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 Good morning, everyone. Today reading will be in the book of John chapter 13 and 1 to 20.

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! It was just before the Passover festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

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 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simeon, Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

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 Jesus knew that the Father had pulled all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.

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 So he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

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 After that, he put water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

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 He came to Simeon Peter, who said to him,

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 Lord, are you going to wash my feet?

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 Jesus replied,

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 You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.

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 No, said Peter, you shall never wash my feet.

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 Jesus answered,

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 Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.

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 Then, Lord,

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 Simeon Peter replied,

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 Not just my feet, but my hand and my head as well.

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 Jesus answered,

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 Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet.

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 Their whole body is clean, and you are clean, though not every one of you.

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 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not everyone was clean.

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 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his cloth and returned to his place.

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 Do you understand what I have done to you?

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 For you, he asked them.

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 You call me teacher and lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am.

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 Now that I, your lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet.

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 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

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 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor his messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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 Now that you know all these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Amen.

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 Thanks very much, Alex.

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 And hi everyone. My name is Simeon. I'm one of the members here at West Kilburn.

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 And it's an exciting time, isn't it? Coming to God's word, seeing what he has to say.

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 Okay, so why don't we commit our time to the Lord here.

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 Gracious Father, we just thank you so much for your word, that you speak to us.

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 And Lord, we just long to hear you. We long to be open to what you have to say.

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 So we pray that you would help me with the words of my mouth be pleasing in your sight.

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 And help all of us to have hearts that are willing to listen to you.

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 Because we do pray for your glory. Amen.

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 Well, it's embarrassing to admit the depth of our need, isn't it?

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 Recently, we took a trip to Northern Ireland to see the new in-laws, my new in-laws.

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 We like them a lot. Hopefully they'll watch the recording so they can hear that.

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 Get some in-law points.

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 But at one point in the trip, Hannah, my wife, was having some trouble with a jar, opening a jar.

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 So, naturally, I stepped up, took the jar, twisted it, twisted it, nothing.

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 My dad takes it, pop, open, no trouble.

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 I did need his help, but omitting it wasn't easy.

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 We hate to admit our need, don't we?

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 It's embarrassing to admit our weakness.

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 That we can't do something.

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 Not that I couldn't have opened a jar, obviously.

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 Because if I wanted to, I could have.

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 But if I'm too proud to admit when I need help, then the help's not going to come, is it?

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 But when we realise that we need help, we need saving effectively,

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 then we put our hands up, we ask, I need help.

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 So it takes humility to be served, but it also takes humility to serve, doesn't it?

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 And we don't really like to serve too much.

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 Because, if I'm honest, my time and my needs are slightly more important than your needs.

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 And so, I don't like to be asked too much of, because it might interfere with my plans, with my dreams, my day.

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 But, I do think when we find a worthwhile cause, or a calling, if you like, then we are willing to serve.

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 We really do want to serve.

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 We think it's worth it.

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 And Jesus speaks into those two things in our passage today.

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 Humility to be served, and humility to serve.

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 Because we need to admit how deeply we need him, our humility to be served.

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 And just how high his call is for us.

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 We need to admit the depth of our need, and the height of our calling.

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 So, I don't know where you're at today.

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 Maybe today you're actually thinking, I'm pretty happy.

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 I don't think I need Jesus.

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 You know, I'm not too interested in what he wants for me.

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 Or maybe you're a Christian.

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 Maybe you know you need him, and you actually want to carry out whatever he has for you.

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 So, wherever we're at, we need John 13 to speak to us today.

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 And it might well humble us.

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 It might be a little bit uncomfortable.

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 Because it's going to show us just how much we need Jesus to serve us.

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 And my prayer is that it would spur us on to jump on board with his mission for us.

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 So, don't be scared.

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 This isn't just going to be about doing more stuff.

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 Filling up your plate even more.

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 But it's much more heart challenging than that.

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 So, let's strap in three things that we need to think rightly about to get our place in serving right.

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 What do we need to think rightly about?

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 First, we need to see how low you need Jesus to go.

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 That kind of makes me think of the game Limbo.

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 You know, how low can you go?

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 Well, I'm terrible at that game.

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 But I think Jesus would be good at it.

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 And you'll see why.

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 And anyway, with that really helpful image in our heads,

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 the way that Jesus acts here is actually pretty outrageous.

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 So, yeah, just like we heard in the kids' life.

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 They're having a nice dinner.

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 And then all of a sudden, verse 4.

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 Take a look.

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 If you close your Bibles, grab it back out.

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 Verse 4.

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 He's taking off his outer clothing.

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 He's taking off his robe and his cloak.

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 And he's wrapping a towel around his waist.

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 Uh-oh.

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 Ding, ding, ding.

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 Alarm bells for the disciples.

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 He looks like a servant.

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 He looks like the lowest of servants.

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 And now he's on his hands and knees.

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 He's washing his disciples' feet.

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 Can you imagine the awkwardness in the room

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 of Bartholomew and Thomas giving each other the wide eyes?

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 Like, what is going on?

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 This is completely upside down.

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 After the day of walking around in sandals,

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 you can imagine the smell.

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 And you can imagine the layers of dirt.

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 This is not a job for their superior rabbi.

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 But it's a job for a servant, right?

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 An inferior servant.

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 So, Jesus is humiliating himself.

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 So, Peter steps up.

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 Are you going to wash my feet?

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 Verse 6.

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 No way, Lord.

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 You're the one that God has sent.

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 I won't let you stoop so low.

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 But you don't get it, Jesus says.

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 Verse 7.

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 You do not realize now what I'm doing,

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 but later you'll understand.

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 Peter's not happy, is he?

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 No.

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 You shall never wash my feet.

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 Oh, boys.

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 It's getting heated.

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 So, Jesus has to tell him straight.

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 Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.

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 What's he saying?

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 Well, that word part is often used to do with inheritance.

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 So, think of the lost son.

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 Give me my inheritance.

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 Give me my part.

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 So, to have a share with Jesus, a part with Jesus,

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 is to share in what God will give him.

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 To share in his glory.

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 To know the living and true God, now and in eternity.

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 And Jesus says,

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 if you don't let me wash your feet,

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 then you can't have that.

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 And I wonder if that seems like a bit of an over-exaggeration to you.

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 A bit like saying to your sister,

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 if you don't let me make you a cup of tea,

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 then you're out of this family.

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 But,

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 the stakes are way higher, aren't they?

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 Because cleaning here is a picture.

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 And it explains people's spiritual reality.

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 And their eternal destiny.

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 So, our sin,

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 that's everything in us that wants to live our way

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 and resist God's way.

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 It's like this layer of dirt between us and God.

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 And he's a perfect God.

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 He's perfectly just and pure and right.

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 Nothing impure

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 can even come near him.

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 Nothing wrong can be tolerated by him.

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 And that is good news, right?

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 Because that means

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 he won't let any wrongdoing go unpunished.

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 But it's also bad news

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 for anyone who has ever done wrong.

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 For anyone who's not perfect.

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 Because it's like this big giant wall

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 that we've built with our own hands

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 that separates us from God.

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 So, our sin means that we can't be with Jesus in this life

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 and we can't be with him in the next.

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 So, that's a pretty bleak situation.

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 It's a big problem.

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 And what Peter doesn't understand yet

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 is that this whole act of service,

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 what Jesus is doing,

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 points to the solution.

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 It's actually what this whole section of John

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 is going to be leading up to.

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 And verse 1 is the introduction to it.

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 It says,

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 The hour has come

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 for him to leave this world

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 and to go to the Father.

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 So,

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 he's about to die.

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 And when he dies,

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 all of that dirt and filthiness

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 of our hearts

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 that meant that we couldn't be with God,

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 he took it on himself.

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 He faced the judgment of the Father

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 so that he can say,

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 verse 10,

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 he can say,

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 you are clean.

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 So, there's a separation in the room here,

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 isn't there,

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 between Judas and everyone else.

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 If you look halfway through verse 10,

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 Jesus says,

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 You are clean,

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 but not every one of you.

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 But he knew who was going to betray him.

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 And that was why he said,

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 not every one of you was clean.

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 So, there's a separation in this room too, right?

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 We're either spiritually clean or not.

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 We either know God or we don't.

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 And it's nothing to do with how much we serve

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 or give or attend.

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 It's either those that have admitted

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 their need for the cross

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 or haven't.

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 And maybe we need to think more

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 on Jesus' response to Peter here.

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 Peter, he hated the idea of Jesus

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 serving him.

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 He says,

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 No way.

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 But Jesus,

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 it's like he says,

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 Don't you see

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 the extent of your need?

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 I have to do this for you.

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 I have to sink

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 this low for you

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 and way further

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 to die for you.

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 And I love you too much,

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 not to.

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 It's embarrassing to admit

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 the depth of our need,

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 isn't it?

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 How low we need him to go.

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 How we need him to die for us.

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 And it's the only way

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 to be right with God,

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 to have a part with Jesus,

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 to share in his heaven.

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 Because, yes,

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 our sin is that awful,

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 is that serious.

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 And you might feel

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 the burden of that today.

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 You might feel the weight

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 of your sin

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 making you feel

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 impure

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 or ashamed.

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 But actually,

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 the beauty of Jesus' offer here

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 is that he will wash it away.

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 That night

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 that we just can't forget.

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 Those words

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 that we wish

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 we could take back.

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 And that thing

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 which we haven't told anyone.

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 Like a teacher

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 at the end of the day

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 wiping the whiteboard

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 clean.

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 Or they're probably

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 just all digital now.

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 Just press a button.

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 But

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 it's gone.

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 You can't see it anymore.

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 We're washed,

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 pure,

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 acceptable to God.

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 Nothing held against you

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 and welcomed

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 into his eternity.

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 And all because Jesus,

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 in the words of

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 Philippians 2.7,

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 made himself nothing.

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 He humbled himself

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 by becoming obedient

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 to death,

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 even death

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 on a cross.

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 So if we get this,

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 if we understand this,

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 when we want to

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 to burst out

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 like Peter,

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 wash me.

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 Verse 9,

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 not just my feet,

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 but my hands

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 and my head as well.

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 We need Jesus

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 to give everything

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 to save us.

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 and we need to see

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 just

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 how low

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 he still needs

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 to go

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 even after we're saved.

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 So that's our second

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 thing that we need

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 to see.

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 You never stop

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 needing

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 his service.

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 So verse 10,

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 those who have

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 had a bath

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 need only

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 to wash

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 their feet.

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 Their whole body

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 is clean

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 and you are clean.

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 So Peter's clean.

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 He's had a whole

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 body wash.

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 In other words,

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 he's forgiven

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 by God.

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 But he still has

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 to see his need

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 for this foot wash.

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 So,

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 what's that all about?

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 Well,

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 it's a beautiful

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 picture of

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 our constant

00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.419
 need

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 for forgiveness.

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 Not to save

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 us again,

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 because

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.539
 Jesus' death

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 has already

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:32.259
 changed our status

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.279
 with God,

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.580
 right?

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 The disciples

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 are already

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 clean.

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 In verse 10,

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 they're pure

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 in his sight.

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 This foot wash

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 is about

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 ongoing

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:42.379
 relationship

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 with God.

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 Because our sin,

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.220
 it hinders

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.759
 our walk

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.639
 with God

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 every day.

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 We know that,

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 don't we?

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 It entangles

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 us.

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 It trips us

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 up.

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 And,

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 undealt with,

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 it makes our

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 relationship with

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 God unhealthy

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 and unhappy.

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 Maybe you feel

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 that today.

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 Because we

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 start to welcome

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.480
 again the

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.480
 very things

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.140
 that separated

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.980
 us from God

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:10.440
 in the first

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 place.

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 It's like they

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.079
 stick to our

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 feet.

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 And so Jesus

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.039
 needs to stoop

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.460
 low and wash

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:19.000
 our feet from

00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:19.359
 the very

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.960
 sin that he

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.460
 died to

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 forgive.

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 And I

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 wonder if

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 it's even

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.319
 harder to

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 admit our

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 constant failure

00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.400
 that we've

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:30.779
 messed up

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.220
 again.

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 Like a

00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:34.160
 child not

00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:34.759
 wanting to

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.319
 admit that

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.019
 they've wet

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.359
 the bed

00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:36.740
 again.

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 We want to

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 be the

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 finished article.

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 not after

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 10,

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 20,

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.720
 50 years

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 of being

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 a Christian

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 still

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 constantly

00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:46.879
 needing

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.720
 Jesus to

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.180
 wash our

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 dirt away.

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.200
 It's

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.680
 embarrassing.

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.119
 But we

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.440
 have to

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.259
 admit our

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 need.

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 So I

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 think humility

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.319
 looks like

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:59.619
 saying sorry

00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:01.039
 to God

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.299
 and trying to

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:03.160
 steer clear

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.200
 of the mud

00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.740
 which holds

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.359
 us back from

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:06.940
 that healthy

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.660
 happy life

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.680
 with God.

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 So just as

00:18:11.540 --> 00:18:12.160
 a quick

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.600
 side note,

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 it's not

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:14.180
 about ritual

00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:15.340
 confession.

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:17.060
 I don't need

00:18:17.060 --> 00:18:17.560
 to have a

00:18:17.560 --> 00:18:18.420
 special prayer

00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:19.840
 or I don't

00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:20.900
 need a

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.779
 special person

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:23.580
 to, like a

00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.040
 priest, to

00:18:24.040 --> 00:18:24.519
 save me,

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.279
 re-save me,

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.160
 bring me back

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:26.580
 to God.

00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:28.140
 This is all

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.980
 about a

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.660
 heart and a

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.600
 mindset change

00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.680
 that we

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.800
 constantly need

00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:34.460
 to walk

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:34.800
 with the

00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:34.960
 Lord.

00:18:35.060 --> 00:18:35.580
 We constantly

00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.300
 need forgiveness.

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.519
 forgiveness.

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.039
 But if you're

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.460
 anything like

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.000
 me, I think

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.180
 when I've

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.940
 disobeyed

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.980
 him, I

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.460
 kind of feel

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.619
 like I

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:44.940
 need to

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.740
 wait a

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.279
 little while

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:48.119
 before I

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.519
 come back

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:48.940
 to him to

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.379
 show that

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.240
 I'm not

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.879
 that bad.

00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.279
 Maybe let

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.619
 the dust

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.139
 settle a

00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.319
 bit.

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.460
 As if I

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 think that

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.079
 if I come

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.819
 straight back

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.299
 to God,

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.639
 he'll be

00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.919
 like, look

00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.139
 at what

00:19:00.139 --> 00:19:00.519
 you've just

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:00.879
 done.

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.799
 Like, you

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.299
 think I'm

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.579
 going to

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.339
 forgive you

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:06.119
 after just

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.879
 literally a

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.379
 second ago

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.039
 you disobeyed

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.259
 me.

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:11.619
 But that's

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.199
 actually, that's

00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:12.799
 the devil's way

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.159
 of thinking

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:14.019
 because I

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.459
 don't have to

00:19:14.459 --> 00:19:15.419
 prove myself

00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:17.319
 worthy or to

00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:18.079
 earn his love

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.459
 again.

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.679
 My relationship

00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:21.259
 with him is

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.959
 always going to

00:19:21.959 --> 00:19:22.459
 be dependent

00:19:22.459 --> 00:19:24.319
 on his love

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.779
 and his

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.139
 forgiveness.

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.179
 So I need to

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.799
 run back to

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.519
 him at that

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.359
 very moment.

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.959
 So I want

00:19:31.959 --> 00:19:33.779
 to ask, is

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.919
 there sin

00:19:34.919 --> 00:19:35.359
 that you

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.059
 don't want

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.479
 to get rid

00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:36.959
 of that's

00:19:36.959 --> 00:19:37.500
 sticking to

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.159
 your feet?

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.359
 Because that's

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.779
 a dangerous

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.479
 thing, right?

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.939
 Run back to

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:44.439
 Jesus.

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.379
 Have that

00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.119
 dirt that's

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.879
 hindering your

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:48.559
 walk with

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.859
 him washed

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.199
 away.

00:19:52.179 --> 00:19:53.519
 So see how

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.679
 much we

00:19:54.679 --> 00:19:55.099
 need him.

00:19:55.199 --> 00:19:55.759
 See how low

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.199
 we need him

00:19:56.199 --> 00:19:56.559
 to go.

00:19:56.939 --> 00:19:57.299
 We need

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.719
 Jesus to

00:19:57.719 --> 00:19:58.479
 die for us.

00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.959
 And we

00:19:59.959 --> 00:20:00.559
 never stop

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.099
 needing his

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.459
 service.

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:01.819
 We need

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.259
 Jesus to

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.899
 keep forgiving

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:03.240
 us.

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:04.979
 Jesus serves

00:20:04.979 --> 00:20:05.279
 and he

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.919
 keeps serving

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:06.299
 and he

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.899
 will keep

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.519
 serving even

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.259
 into eternity.

00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.119
 And the

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.659
 scary thing

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:12.619
 is that

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.799
 Jesus sets

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.259
 the bar

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.819
 for us.

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:16.919
 Right?

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.759
 That might

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.279
 sound a bit

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.339
 shocking or

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.619
 confusing,

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:23.240
 but that's

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.659
 the third

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.179
 thing that we

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:24.799
 need to see.

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.979
 We need to

00:20:25.979 --> 00:20:27.319
 see how

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:29.019
 high our

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.839
 calling is.

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.200
 Do you

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.619
 see how

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.160
 high your

00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.819
 calling is?

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.539
 So take

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.859
 a look

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:36.279
 with me

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.859
 at verse

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.440
 15.

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.920
 I have

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.319
 set you

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.019
 an example

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:42.240
 that you

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.759
 should do

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.379
 as I have

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.759
 done to

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.019
 you.

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.759
 Now,

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.980
 we obviously

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.079
 aren't called

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.859
 to die to

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.339
 give people

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.059
 eternal life.

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.559
 We can't

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.619
 save people

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.099
 like that.

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:54.879
 but we're

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.240
 called to

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.959
 serve like

00:20:55.959 --> 00:20:56.459
 Jesus.

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.099
 So to

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:58.159
 go low

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:59.079
 for the

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.480
 sake of

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.719
 others and

00:21:00.719 --> 00:21:01.099
 even for

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.500
 the sake

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.859
 of their

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.419
 salvation.

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.719
 Now that

00:21:04.719 --> 00:21:06.500
 is a high

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.879
 calling.

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:07.859
 I'm not

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.119
 sure there

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.639
 could be a

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.179
 higher one.

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.119
 How can

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.259
 we ever

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.240
 attain to

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.459
 that?

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:15.039
 How can

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.339
 we ever

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.919
 have hearts

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.359
 that really

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.799
 want to

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.319
 serve like

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.480
 that?

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.819
 Well,

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.319
 Jesus gives

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.000
 us three

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.240
 life-changing

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.759
 truths here

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:25.059
 and they're

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 three phrases

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 that I

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 really want

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 to fix

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 in my

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 mind so

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 that they'll

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 give me a

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.599
 heart that

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 wants to

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 serve.

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 And I

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.420
 know three

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 might sound

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 like a lot

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.839
 of ground

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 but we'll

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 move quickly

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 and I just

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 couldn't not

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 share these

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 with you.

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 So stick

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 with me.

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 Here we

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 go.

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 Phrase

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 number one.

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 I'm not

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 better than

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 Jesus.

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 Now,

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.519
 it feels a

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.740
 little bit

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.640
 awkward saying

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 that like

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 how proud

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 do you think

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 we are?

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 Like I think

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 I'm better

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 than Jesus?

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 But actually

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.319
 Jesus does

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.819
 think that

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 there's a

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.240
 danger of us

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 thinking this

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 way.

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 So take a

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.160
 look at

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 verse 16.

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 Very truly

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 I tell you.

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 So this is

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 Jesus' way

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 of saying

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 I'm about

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 to tell you

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 something crucial.

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 So get the

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 highlighter ready,

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 get the

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 pen ready

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 for the

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 double

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 underlining

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 because what's

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 he going to

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 say?

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 Very truly

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:24.880
 I tell you

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 no servant

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 is greater

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 than his

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 master

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 nor a

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.920
 messenger

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 greater than

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 the one

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.840
 who sent

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 him.

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 So Jesus

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.519
 is the

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.860
 greatest,

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.160
 right?

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 There's no

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 one greater

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 than Jesus

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 who's walked

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 this planet.

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 And verse

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 three,

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 all things

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 are under

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 his power.

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 Literally

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 he's in

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 charge of

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 everything.

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 And yet

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.660
 his mindset

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.640
 was to go

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.819
 way to the

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 bottom of

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.960
 the pile

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 to lay

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.200
 aside his

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 glory and

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.480
 his status,

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 become a

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:03.220
 man and

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 to give

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.200
 his life

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 for those

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.620
 who hated

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:05.900
 him.

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 And we're

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.900
 not greater

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.400
 than Jesus,

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.840
 are we?

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 No one

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.519
 is.

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 So that

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.679
 means that

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.319
 there's no

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.299
 task too

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.519
 low for

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.079
 the Christian,

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:17.839
 right?

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.179
 There's no

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:20.079
 position too

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.619
 inferior.

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.079
 If Jesus

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.679
 was willing

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:24.500
 to go so

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.939
 low for

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:26.679
 me, how

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.319
 low am I

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.879
 willing to

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.240
 go for

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.599
 others?

00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:31.879
 So we're

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.159
 not better

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.659
 than Jesus.

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.959
 And second,

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.759
 service is

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.240
 greatness.

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.379
 The reason

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.139
 Jesus served

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.880
 was because

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.820
 of his

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.460
 importance,

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.020
 because of

00:23:42.020 --> 00:23:42.620
 his importance,

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:44.120
 not in

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.600
 spite of

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:44.800
 it.

00:23:45.280 --> 00:23:46.600
 So this

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.020
 is backwards

00:23:47.020 --> 00:23:47.500
 to how we

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.860
 think of

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:47.980
 it.

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.620
 So Jesus,

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.100
 he knows his

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.540
 authority,

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.120
 he's in charge

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.560
 of everything,

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.540
 verse 3,

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 and he's

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.240
 come from

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.660
 God and

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.000
 he's going

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.400
 back to

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.720
 God.

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.380
 And it's

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:57.940
 because of

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.320
 that that

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.060
 he serves.

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.240
 So we

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.840
 think that

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:03.360
 authority and

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.120
 status,

00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:06.120
 greatness,

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.259
 it should

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.440
 mean reward

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.779
 now,

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.100
 shouldn't

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.320
 it?

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.380
 I should

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.920
 get honour

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.680
 and status,

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.900
 I should

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.180
 have a

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.559
 comfortable

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.080
 life,

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.440
 I should

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.000
 have

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.460
 riches,

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.120
 I'm

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.420
 working

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.600
 hard for

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.320
 my gain,

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.220
 right?

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.559
 That's the

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.880
 way we're

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.240
 taught to

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.600
 think.

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.900
 But Jesus

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.600
 flips it,

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.900
 he says the

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.460
 role of the

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.940
 greatest is

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.640
 to serve.

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.140
 And our

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.460
 word,

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.340
 prime minister,

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.759
 I don't know

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.100
 if you know,

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.539
 it literally

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.820
 means first

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.259
 servant.

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.680
 And I

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.160
 think Jesus

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.619
 would be

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.180
 pretty happy

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.619
 with that.

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.160
 The one

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.420
 at the

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.539
 top should

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.859
 be the

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.440
 first to

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.879
 serve.

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.420
 And I

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.859
 wonder if

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.200
 we have

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.700
 that mindset,

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.000
 are we

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.379
 the first

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:46.779
 to serve?

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.619
 Are we

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.660
 the prime

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.460
 minister of

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.099
 our home?

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.799
 Are you

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.180
 the prime

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.740
 minister at

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.160
 work?

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.980
 Are you

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.400
 the prime

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.960
 minister for

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.220
 God's

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.539
 people?

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.519
 Because

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.200
 instead of

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.079
 saying I'm

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.579
 important,

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.579
 serve me,

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:03.359
 my job is

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.740
 important,

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.460
 my time is

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.939
 important,

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.059
 so serve

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.339
 me,

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.960
 we need to

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.500
 flip it.

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.579
 It's how

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.419
 can I use

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.539
 my important

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.960
 time to

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.579
 serve you?

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.220
 So we're

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.559
 not better

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.079
 than Jesus,

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.220
 service is

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.599
 greatness,

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.460
 and lastly,

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.480
 we have an

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.199
 eternity

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:23.819
 changing

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.419
 mission.

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.740
 Have you

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.139
 ever thought

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.679
 of yourself

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.039
 as a

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.399
 messenger,

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.659
 like in

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.279
 verse 16,

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.439
 a messenger

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.660
 sent by

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.019
 Jesus?

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.740
 He gave

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.380
 his disciples

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.880
 this life

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.759
 saving message,

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.059
 right?

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.279
 So that

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.220
 the people

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.860
 who accepted

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.240
 them,

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:42.820
 who accepted

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.519
 that message,

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.940
 accepted

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.480
 Jesus

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.180
 himself.

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:47.980
 Take a

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.420
 peek at

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.100
 verse 20,

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.140
 very truly

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.860
 I tell you,

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.340
 whoever accepts

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.279
 anyone I

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.880
 send,

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.360
 accepts me.

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.299
 And in

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.620
 the same

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:58.900
 way,

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.559
 we

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.000
 we

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.559
 represent

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.159
 Jesus

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.279
 to the

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.740
 world.

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.279
 And those

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.759
 who accept

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.259
 us and

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.700
 the message

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.159
 that we

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.819
 pass on,

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.740
 the gospel,

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:12.039
 accept the

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.759
 Lord Jesus

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.319
 Christ

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.799
 himself.

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.779
 So we're

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:17.179
 his ambassadors

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:19.720
 serving so

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.899
 that others

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.399
 might be

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.940
 saved.

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.819
 Did you

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.399
 catch that?

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:26.660
 we're the

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:26.900
 Lord's

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.360
 ambassadors

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:29.080
 serving so

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.440
 that other

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.920
 people might

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.540
 be saved.

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.440
 But how

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.180
 high a

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.480
 calling?

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.280
 Could there

00:26:34.280 --> 00:26:34.540
 be a

00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.100
 higher one?

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.280
 Going low

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:39.060
 so that

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.540
 others might

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.140
 hear and

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.600
 believe.

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.480
 Is there

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.900
 any length

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.420
 that it's not

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.940
 worth going

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.140
 to?

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.460
 Is there

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.600
 any energy

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:48.919
 or money

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.519
 or time

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.879
 that's not

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.439
 worth giving?

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.159
 And we've

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.599
 got to start

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.079
 to rethink,

00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:56.399
 ask ourselves

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:57.939
 questions about

00:26:57.939 --> 00:27:00.139
 things like,

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.319
 is the beach

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.199
 holiday worth

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:03.459
 giving up for

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:03.980
 the Christian

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 summer camp?

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 Or is

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 respect worth

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 losing to

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 share about

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 what I heard

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 about the

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 sermon at

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 work tomorrow?

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 Or is a

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 little bit

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 less in the

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 bank account

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 worth it so

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 that more

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 people, the

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 unreached, can

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 hear the

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 gospel?

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 Well, obviously

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 there's good

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 reasons to

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 not do those

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 specific things.

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 That's just to

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 help us to

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 examine our

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 hearts and

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 think, do we

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 believe that we

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 have this

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 eternity

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 changing

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 mission from

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 the Lord?

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 So those are

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 our three

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 statements.

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 Can you

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 imagine what

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 would change

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 if we woke

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 up in the

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 morning with

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 these things

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 ringing in our

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.840
 ears?

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 Like, I'm

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 not better

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 than Jesus.

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 Service is

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 greatness.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.140
 I have an

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 eternity

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.160
 changing

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 mission.

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 How much

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 more would

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 my heart

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 want to

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 serve him?

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 And so that

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 means that

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 today we're

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 not going

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 away

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 with a

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 list of

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 things to

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 do,

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 but it's

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 about a

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.600
 heart that

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 says, I

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 know the

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 depths of

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 my need.

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 I see how

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 low Jesus

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.559
 went for

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 me.

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 It's a

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.660
 heart that

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 cries out, I

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 know how

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.580
 high my

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 calling is.

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 I want to

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 serve for

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 others and

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 for their

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.740
 salvation.

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 salvation.

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 And man, I

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.420
 wish I was

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 less of a

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.940
 hypocrite in

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 this really.

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 I wish I

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 made my

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 life more

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.920
 about this

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 calling.

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 And maybe

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.660
 some of you

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:37.980
 are in the

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.440
 same boat.

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 So we

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.779
 need to pray

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 because we

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.960
 can nod along

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.500
 this morning,

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:45.059
 we can have

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 all of our

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 intentions in

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.640
 the right

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.920
 place, but

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:49.859
 let's go for

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 it, let's

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 follow our

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.099
 Lord.

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 So I'll

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 leave you

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 with the

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 Lord Jesus'

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 words in

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 verse 17.

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 Now that

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 you know

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 these things,

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 you will be

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 blessed if

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 you do

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 them.

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 Let's pray,

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 shall we?

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 Gracious

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 Heavenly

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 Father,

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.079
 we come

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.559
 before you

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 and we

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 admit how

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.119
 much we

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.679
 need you.

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.839
 And we

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.299
 just pray

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.579
 that we

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.980
 would admit

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.439
 that more

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.799
 and more.

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.500
 We just

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.799
 thank you

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.240
 so much

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.879
 for how

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.440
 low Jesus

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.940
 went for

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.339
 us, that

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.619
 he was

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.139
 willing to

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.000
 become

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.659
 nothing for

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.839
 us so

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.159
 that we

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:27.559
 can know

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.879
 you.

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.379
 That he's

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.799
 willing to

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.539
 keep having

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.299
 mercy on

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.200
 us, to

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.819
 keep forgiving

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.299
 us, and

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.200
 we just

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.639
 pray that you

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.200
 would help

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.740
 us to never

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.279
 move away

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.639
 from that,

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.139
 never move

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.539
 away from

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.059
 the cross.

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 If there's

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:40.159
 anything here

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.680
 Lord today

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:42.460
 that you're

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.180
 convicting us

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.419
 of or

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.180
 prompting us

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.579
 to lay

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.379
 aside or

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:49.259
 to repent

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.740
 of, to

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.180
 turn back

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.639
 to you,

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.000
 we just

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.399
 pray that

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:52.659
 you would

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.019
 give us

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.240
 the boldness

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.720
 and trust

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.059
 to do

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.440
 that.

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 And Lord

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.700
 give us

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.399
 hearts that

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.419
 want to

00:29:59.419 --> 00:30:00.059
 serve like

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.539
 Jesus.

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.059
 Keep that

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.659
 mission on

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.299
 our hearts

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.700
 and in

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.279
 our minds

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.399
 and help

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.319
 us to

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.839
 follow Jesus

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.399
 more each

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.659
 day.

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 Because we

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.940
 do pray it

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.200
 for your

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.559
 glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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