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 And 12. Yeah, thank you.

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 So page 1012.

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 And it's my aim this morning for us to consider from this passage

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 to think about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

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 And obviously we can't understand what it means to be a disciple

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 unless we know something of who Jesus is and what he has come to do.

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 And so that's what we're going to look at, Jesus' identity, his mission,

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 and then what it is for us to be his disciples.

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 The Bible has more to say about discipleship than just this passage,

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 but this is the text we have before us this morning,

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 so let's read through it together.

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 Starting in verse 27.

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 Mark 8, 27.

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 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi

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 and on the way asked them,

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 Who do people say that I am?

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 They replied, some say John the Baptist,

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 others say Elijah, and still others one of the prophets.

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 But what about you, he asked.

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 Peter answered, you are the Christ.

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 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

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 He then began to teach them

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 that the Son of Man must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders,

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 chief priests,

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 and teachers of the law,

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 and that he must be killed

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 and after three days rise again.

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 He spoke plainly about this

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 and Peter took him aside

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 and began to rebuke him.

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 But when Jesus turned

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 and looked at his disciples,

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 he rebuked Peter.

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 Get behind me, Satan,

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 he said.

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 You do not have in mind

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 the things of God,

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 but the things of men.

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 Then he called the crowd to him

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 along with his disciples

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 and said,

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 If anyone would come after me,

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 he must deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 For whoever wants to save his life

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 will lose it,

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 but whoever loses his life for me

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 and for the gospel

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 will save it.

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 What good is it for a man

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 to gain the whole world

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 yet forfeit his soul?

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 What can a man give

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 in exchange for his soul?

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 If anyone is ashamed of me

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 and my words

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 in this adulterous

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 and sinful generation,

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 the Son of Man

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 will be ashamed of him

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 when he comes

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 in his Father's glory

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 with the holy angels.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we declare

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 that your word is true.

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 We acknowledge

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 that your word is true.

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 And we acknowledge

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 that one day

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 your Son,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 will come back

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 in the glory

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 that you have given to him.

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 And Father,

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 in light of that coming event,

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 in light of the return

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 of your Son,

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 would you help us this morning

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 before your word

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 to humble ourselves?

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 Lord, that you would give me

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 clarity to speak

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 and give us all hearts,

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 hearts, Lord,

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 that are wide open

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 to receive your word.

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 Thank you, Lord,

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 that we have your word

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 in our language.

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 Thank you that you have loved us

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 with an everlasting love

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 and called us into fellowship

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 with you,

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 the triune God.

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 Help us, Father,

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 for your sake,

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 for our sake, Lord,

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 that we might serve you

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 all the better

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 during this time

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 of exile on earth.

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 Through Christ we pray.

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 Amen.

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 A few years ago,

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 Roxy and I were in

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 holidays in Romania.

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 I'm not too sure

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 the last time I was here

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 if I used an illustration

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 from when I was on

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 holidays in Romania,

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 so forgive me if it was,

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 but it doesn't really matter.

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 The point was that

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 we met up with some

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 of Roxy's friends,

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 one of her girlfriends,

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 and this girl's,

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 Shusie was her name,

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 this girl's boyfriend,

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 he was on tour

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 in Afghanistan.

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 I think he was serving

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 with the UN or something

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 like that,

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 I can't remember.

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 Anyway,

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 he brought this up

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 in conversation,

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 he was very proud of it,

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 and he rightly should have been,

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 he served very well.

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 It's a very difficult place

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 to be,

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 obviously,

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 at the time.

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 And he said,

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 would you like to see

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 some photos of my tour?

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 And I was like,

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 I would actually like

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 to see some photos

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 of what it looks like

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 and what it looked like

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 to serve there.

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 But he showed us,

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 I would say,

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 close to a thousand photos.

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 And we were there for,

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 I don't want to exaggerate

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 because let's face it,

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 exaggeration is just

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 another form of lying,

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 really,

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 but I think we were there

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 for over half an hour,

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 huddled around the PC monitor

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 and clicking next

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 and next.

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 And you know,

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 I think,

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 have you ever had

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 that experience

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 where someone shows you

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 photos and,

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 to be honest,

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 your attention is strained?

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 When Roxy and I

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 got our wedding photos

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 back on a CD,

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 all the photos,

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 there was like 700 of them

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 and we got bored

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 halfway through

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 and we just said,

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 you know,

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 we get the picture.

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 Have you ever had

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 that experience

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 where someone sits you down

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 and says,

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 I want to show you something

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 and it's just,

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 it's overkill.

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 The Bible is not like that.

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 God does not waste your time

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 when you read the Bible.

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 There are parts of the Bible

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 that are long,

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 that are detailed,

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 that require concentration,

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 but it's not without a point.

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 God doesn't just,

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 God never waffles

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 when he speaks.

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 But there's a great variety

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 in Scripture.

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 There are long psalms

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 and short psalms.

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 There are long books

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 of history,

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 poetry,

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 prophecy,

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 all variety.

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 But the Gospel of Mark,

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 if you read through it,

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 which doesn't take very long,

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 is a very small photo album.

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 It's 16 chapters long.

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 Obviously,

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 when Mark wrote it,

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 he didn't say,

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 Mark chapter 1,

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 verse 1.

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 He wrote one Gospel

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 and we've broken it down

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 into different chapters

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 and verses

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 just to help us get through it

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 and to find our way in it.

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 But it covers Jesus'

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 earthly ministry,

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 which is about

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 three and a half years.

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 So if you do the math,

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 every time you read

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 a chapter of Mark,

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 it doesn't really divide up

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 this easily,

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 but if you just do

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 the quick math,

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 every time you read

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 a chapter,

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 it's about ten weeks

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 of his life,

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 or of his earthly ministry,

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 rather.

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 And so you cover

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 an awful lot of ground

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 in a very short amount

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 of time.

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 And so as I said

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 at the start,

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 I want to begin

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 looking at what

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 Mark's purpose is,

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 which is to say

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 that Jesus is the Christ

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 or the Messiah,

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 those words can be used

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 interchangeably,

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 and that he is

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 the Son of God.

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 And so that's what

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 I want to look at

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 this morning,

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 Jesus' identity,

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 the identity of Jesus.

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 Beginning in chapter 1,

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 verse 1,

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 it says,

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 the beginning of the

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 gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 we read about how

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 Jesus was baptized

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 by John the Baptist,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 descended upon him

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 like a dove,

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 and immediately

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 afterwards,

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 that same spirit

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 leads him out

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 into the wilderness

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 where he's tempted

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 by Satan.

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 And then he begins

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 his ministry,

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 which is primarily

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 a ministry of preaching,

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 with the clarion call

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 of saying,

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 the time is fulfilled,

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 the kingdom is at hand,

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 repent,

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 and believe

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 in the gospel.

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 And Mark's gospel

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 is absolutely

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 packed full of examples

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 of Jesus' ministry,

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 and I think there's

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 four,

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 roughly four main

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 categories

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 that you can put

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 these into.

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 First of all,

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 as I said,

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 there's teaching.

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 Jesus taught in the

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 synagogue because

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 he was a Jew.

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 He taught on the

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 beaches,

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 he taught on the

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 mountainsides,

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 in houses,

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 in towns,

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 he taught in public,

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 to the crowds,

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 and he taught

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 privately to his

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 disciples.

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 Secondly,

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 he healed people.

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 He healed a woman

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 with a fever,

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 people with diseases,

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 leopards,

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 the blind,

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 the paralyzed,

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 the deaf,

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 the mute,

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 people with withered

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 hands.

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 You're talking about

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 a day when there

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 are no hospitals,

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 and a man who,

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 if you make contact

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 with him,

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 will heal you.

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 Thirdly,

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 he cast out demons.

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 demons.

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 Jesus casts out demons

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 a lot.

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 Men,

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 women,

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 and children.

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 And you'll notice

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 when you read these

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 that the demons

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 don't wrestle with

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 Jesus.

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 They beg him to be

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 lenient with them.

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 He has complete

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 authority over them.

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 And fourthly,

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 that general category

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 of miracles,

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 Jesus walked on water.

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 He brought food

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 from a very small

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 amount out to

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 enough to feed

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 5,000,

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 and then 4,000.

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 But no sooner

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 had Jesus' ministry

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 had begun,

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 than he's been

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 followed around

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 by crowds of people.

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 At one point,

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 Mark said the whole

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 city was at his door.

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 In fact,

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 they almost crush him.

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 Jesus and his disciples

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 can't even get time

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 to eat.

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 And it's no disrespect

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 to say it.

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 It's accurate to say

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 that Jesus was famous.

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 He was famous.

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 People followed him

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 everywhere.

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 He was always

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 being followed

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 by people.

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 And a crowd

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 attracts a crowd.

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 And the more

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 Jesus ministers,

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 the more his fame

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 seems to snowball.

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 People seem to be

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 coming after him

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 for all kinds

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 of reasons.

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 We could say

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 the same today,

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 couldn't we?

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 People come to Jesus

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 for all kinds

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 of reasons,

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 don't they?

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 Why did you

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 come to him

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 initially?

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 Something to think

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 about.

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 But these people

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 wanted to be healed

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 of their sicknesses

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 and diseases.

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 Some wanted to receive

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 free bread.

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 Others wanted to

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 just see miracles.

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 Others were just

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 probably just curious

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 about who he was

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 and what he had to say

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 and they just wanted

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 to hear more.

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 Because he

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 taught with authority.

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 He spoke with authority

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 unlike the scribes.

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 But this

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 produces a problem

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 because Jesus

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 has a crowd

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 of people

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 following him

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 and they all

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 have different goals.

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 They all have

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 different agendas

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 as it were.

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 Some of them good,

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 some of them not so good.

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 Masses of people.

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 And so you can

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 picture them

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 where our text

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 picks up this morning.

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 They're walking

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 from the Sea of Galilee,

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 Bethsaida,

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 and then they're

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 walking up north

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 to Caesarea Philippi.

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 They're walking

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 along the road.

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 Jesus is on his mission.

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 He knows where

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 he's going.

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 And you can picture

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 them as they're

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 walking along.

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 Jesus is in front.

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 The disciples

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 are next to him

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 and then shortly

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 behind there's

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 just probably,

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 I would imagine

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 a throng of people.

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 Hundreds of people.

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 And Jesus

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 asks his disciples

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 that question.

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 Who do people

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 say that I am?

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 And they chime in

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 with the different

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 views that are

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 going around

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 about who Jesus is.

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 Some say you're

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 John the Baptist

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 whom Herod had killed.

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 John the Baptist

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 back from the dead

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 as it were.

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 Elijah.

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 If you look at

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 the very last verses

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 in the Old Testament,

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 God says that

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 he's going to send

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 Elijah to turn

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 the parts of the people

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 back to the Father.

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 Or one of the prophets.

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 And so there's

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 all these sorts

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 of different ideas

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 of who Christ is.

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 And then Christ

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 brings the follow-up

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 question to the disciples.

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 Who do you say

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 that I am?

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 Peter seems to always

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 be the first to speak,

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 doesn't he?

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 He speaks on behalf

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 of the disciples

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 and says,

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 you are the Christ

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 or the Messiah.

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 You're the Messiah,

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 the promised one,

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 the anointed one,

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 the Savior,

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 the deliverer

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 who will restore

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 Israel to glory,

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 the one who the law

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 and the prophets

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 speak about.

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 You are the Savior

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 of the world

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 to all who believe,

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 the Jew first

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 and to the Gentile.

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 And so Jesus affirms

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 Peter's answer.

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 He doesn't say,

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 no, no, you're wrong.

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 But he affirms it

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 and he gives him

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 a warning.

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 He says,

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 don't tell anyone

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 about who I am.

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 Now that seems

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 kind of odd,

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 doesn't it?

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 Why does Jesus

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 at different points

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 in the Gospel

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 turn people and say,

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 don't tell anyone

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 about who I am?

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 Or he forbids people.

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 I do not give you

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 permission to tell

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 people who I am.

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 Why does he do that?

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 It would seem

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 counterproductive

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 if he wants to get

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 his message out there.

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 But that's exactly

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 the point.

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 There were thousands

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 of different,

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 as we've already seen,

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 different ideas

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 and concepts

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 and messages

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 about who Jesus was

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 and he wants to make sure

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 the right one

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 gets out there.

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 And until the time

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 is right,

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 Jesus does not want

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 to put fuel

00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.299
 on the fire

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 of misinformation.

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 Because there are

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 people out there

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 who want to use Jesus

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 for their own agenda.

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 They want Jesus

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 to basically be

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 a political activist

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 and to get rid

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 of the Roman rule

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 and to break off

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 the shackles of bondage

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 so that the Jewish people

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 can be free.

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 And if they hear

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 that he is the Christ

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 and they'll say,

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 that's wonderful,

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 that's it.

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 And he'll do

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 what we want him to do.

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 In John chapter 6,

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 for example,

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 I'll read it for you,

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 but right after he's fed

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 the 5,000,

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 it says,

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 Jesus,

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 knowing that they

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 intended to come

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 and make him king

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 by force,

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 withdrew again

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 to a mountain

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 by himself.

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 And so Jesus sees

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 that the people,

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 having just fed them

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 5,000 of them,

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 he sees that they're

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 so enamored

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 with his miraculous power

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 and his usefulness

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 that they want

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 to make him king.

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 Jesus,

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 you are so useful

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 and you're so powerful,

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 you can get so much done.

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 You tick all the boxes.

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 You can be our king.

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 And Jesus wants

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 nothing to do with it.

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 The only agenda

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is interested in fulfilling

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 is the agenda

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 of the Father.

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 Not my will,

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 but yours be done.

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 And so Peter's answer

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 is correct

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 in terms of

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 the words he uses.

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 But as we go on

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 to look at Christ's mission,

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 we'll see that Peter's

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 understanding

00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:52.980
 of what the Christ is

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 is totally off base.

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 He misses it.

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 So let's read

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 verses 31 to 33 again

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 where Christ goes on

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 to expand upon

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 what it means

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 that he is the Christ.

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 And he began

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 to teach them

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 that the Son of Man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected

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 by the elders,

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 the chief priests

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 and the teachers

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 of the law,

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 and that he must be

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 killed and after

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 three days rise again.

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 He spoke plainly

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 about this

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 and Peter took him aside

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 and began to rebuke him.

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 But when Jesus turned

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 and looked at his disciples,

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 he rebuked Peter,

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 get behind me, Satan.

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 He said,

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 you do not have in mind

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 the concerns of God,

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 but merely human concerns.

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 So Jesus and his disciples

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 have been together

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 for months.

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 He has taught them

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 so much,

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 but at this time

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 he begins to teach them

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 about what is going

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 to happen to him.

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 They have not heard

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 this before.

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 This is the first time

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 that they have heard

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 anything about suffering

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 or dying

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 or going to the cross

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 or being rejected

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 by the leadership

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 of Israel.

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 And it says

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 he taught them.

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 So he didn't just say it

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 and throw it out there

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 and sort of leave

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 an awkward silence.

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 He taught them.

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 He explained it for them.

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 He said he spoke plainly.

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 He didn't use parables

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 to explain it to them.

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 He just spoke plainly.

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 This is what is going

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 to happen.

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 And no doubt

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 he would have turned

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 to the scriptures

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 and shown how

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 that is why,

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 because it is in scripture,

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 this is why

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 he must be killed.

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 As he said later in John,

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 the Son of Man goes

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 as it is written of him.

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 Jesus didn't die

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 because man got his way.

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 Jesus died ultimately

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 because God got his way.

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 Let me read from you

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 Isaiah 53.

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 You can turn there

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 if you want,

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 Isaiah 53.

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 But I'll read it for you.

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 It speaks

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 of the suffering servant

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 who has believed

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 our message

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 and to whom

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 has the arm

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 of the Lord

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 been revealed,

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 speaking of Christ

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 prophetically

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 before he arrived.

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 He grew up

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 before him

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 like a tender shoot,

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 like a root

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 out of dry ground.

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 He had no beauty

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 or majesty

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 to attract us to him.

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 nothing in his appearance

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 that we should desire him.

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 He was despised

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 and rejected

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 by men,

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 a man of sorrows

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 and familiar

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 with suffering,

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 like one

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 from whom

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 men hide

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 their faces.

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 He was despised

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 and we esteemed him not.

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 Surely he took up

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 our infirmities

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 and carried our sorrows.

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 Yet we considered him

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 stricken by God,

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 smitten by him

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 and afflicted.

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 But he was pierced

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 for our transgressions,

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 he was crushed

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 for our iniquities.

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 The punishment

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 that brought us peace

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 was upon him

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 and by his wounds

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 we are healed.

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 We all like sheep

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 have gone astray,

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 each of us

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 has turned

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 to his own way

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 and the Lord

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 has laid on him

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 the iniquity

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 of us all.

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 So Jesus is saying

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 this is

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 what must take place,

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 this is why

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 I am here.

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 And Peter

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 takes him aside.

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 You can almost

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 picture him

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 taking him

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 by the elbow

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 and saying,

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 you know,

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 Jesus,

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 this is not on.

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 It doesn't say

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 Jesus disagreed

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 with him,

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 it said he rebuked him.

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 That's strong language.

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 He took him aside

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 and said,

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 Jesus,

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 that's not right.

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 We don't know

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 exactly what he said

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 but if it says rebuke

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 it means he probably

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 used very forceful

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 and determined language

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 towards Christ

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 that that's not

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 the way it's going to go.

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 No one's going to kill you.

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 You're safe.

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 Who can touch you?

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 It says Jesus turns

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 so Peter's taking him aside

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 and Jesus turns

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 and looks at the disciples.

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 I think that's

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 indicating that

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 his response

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 to what he's about

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 to say to Peter

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 is a corrective

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 for all of them.

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 Peter has spoken

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 on behalf of the disciples

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 and so he's now

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 responding to Peter

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 but I think

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 what he's saying

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 is true for all.

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 It's a corrective

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 for all rather.

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 It's startling

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 what he says.

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 He says,

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 get behind me,

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 Satan.

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 You do not have

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 in mind

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 the concerns of God

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 but merely

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 human concerns.

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 That's strong language,

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 isn't it?

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 Jesus calling you Satan.

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 He says,

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 get behind me.

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 In other words,

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 you're in my way.

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 Insofar, Peter,

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 as you are getting

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 in the way

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 of my true mission,

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 insofar as you

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 do not understand

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 and do not believe

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 what I have told you

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 about what I came here

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 to do,

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 you are in my way

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 and you're serving

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 the purposes

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 of Satan.

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 You're an obstruction

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 to my mission.

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 You know,

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 Peter probably,

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 you know,

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 took him off

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 to the side.

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 Physically and literally

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 took him aside

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.279
 from his path

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 and he's trying now

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.380
 to put him aside

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 from his true mission too.

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 I wonder what Peter's

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.320
 expression was

00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.840
 in his face.

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 He's probably very

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.460
 shocked to hear

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.519
 Jesus say to him,

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.100
 get behind me,

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.400
 Satan.

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 But unwittingly,

00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.500
 he was

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.759
 opposing Jesus'

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.500
 true mission.

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 And so Jesus responds

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 in equal force

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 saying that

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 that thinking

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 ultimately,

00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:20.600
 its source

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 is satanic.

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 Can you think

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 of anything more

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 that the devil

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 would have wanted

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 to have done

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 than to derail

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.500
 Christ's mission?

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.420
 1 John 3, 8,

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 the reason the Son

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.960
 of God appeared

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.180
 was to destroy

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 the work of the devil.

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 I recently watched

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 a documentary

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.619
 on JFK

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 and it obviously

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.359
 dealt with

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 the Cold War

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 and the nuclear

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 standoff.

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.460
 with Khrushchev

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 and there was

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 a point

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.420
 where the world

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.079
 really did seem

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.940
 to be on the brink

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 of nuclear war.

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 And in the end,

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.660
 the final decision,

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.359
 JFK at times

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.899
 had advisors

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.480
 telling him

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.960
 they've put missiles

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.759
 in Cuba now,

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.660
 press the button,

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 let's get war

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.420
 on the way,

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 let's just prove,

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 let's show them

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.240
 who's boss.

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 and the ultimate

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.920
 decision,

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.839
 the rest,

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.359
 the decision rested,

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.120
 that burden

00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:20.740
 ultimately rested

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.700
 on JFK.

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 No one else,

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:26.160
 he was the person,

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.120
 the commander-in-chief

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.859
 who had to make

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.400
 that decision

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 and he very nearly

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.759
 came close to doing it

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.420
 but he waited

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.880
 and waited

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 and thankfully

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.099
 it was avoided.

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 Friends,

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.120
 we will never

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.240
 understand

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:40.059
 the weight

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.240
 of responsibility

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.519
 that Jesus

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.380
 had on his shoulders.

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.640
 The intensity

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.680
 of the spiritual

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.660
 warfare that Jesus

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.579
 endured for you

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.140
 and for me

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.680
 is beyond

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.279
 what we can ever

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.759
 understand.

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 No one

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.519
 was tempted

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.980
 more

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.839
 than Jesus

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.319
 was tempted.

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.579
 Remember in the

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.000
 wilderness,

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.740
 Satan offers him

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.220
 a shortcut

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.740
 to glory,

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.180
 doesn't he?

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.299
 He says,

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.680
 I'll give you

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.180
 all the kingdoms

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.559
 of the world,

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.140
 you just bow down

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.440
 and give me

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.980
 a little worship.

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:13.240
 no one

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.240
 endured

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.900
 more spiritual

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.380
 opposition

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.019
 than Jesus

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.299
 did.

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.700
 And when

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.400
 Jesus' hour

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.180
 had eventually

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.579
 come,

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:25.019
 Christ endured

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.880
 the full burden

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.599
 of God's wrath

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.140
 on the cross

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.759
 for you

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.819
 and for me.

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.960
 And as he

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.980
 prayed before

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:34.799
 going to Calvary,

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.640
 such was the

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.440
 agony of his

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.120
 soul that he

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.539
 prayed,

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.339
 Father,

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.339
 if you are

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.720
 willing,

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.779
 take this

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.259
 cup from

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.519
 me.

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.740
 Yes,

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.199
 not my

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.399
 will,

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.779
 but yours

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.159
 be done.

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.339
 We will

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.159
 never understand

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.659
 what Christ

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.220
 faced on the

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.559
 cross,

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.299
 the weight

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.639
 and the

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.119
 burden of

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.279
 it.

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.899
 There was

00:22:58.899 --> 00:22:59.619
 no plan

00:22:59.619 --> 00:22:59.980
 B,

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.579
 there was

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.959
 no spare

00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:02.480
 Messiah,

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.859
 I don't mean

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.799
 that disrespectfully,

00:23:03.959 --> 00:23:04.439
 but there was

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:04.879
 one,

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.159
 and he was

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.380
 this.

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.200
 And as

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.920
 clearly as we

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.519
 emphasize the

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.080
 sovereignty of

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:11.440
 God and

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.920
 saying who

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.200
 can undermine

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.960
 God's purposes,

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.820
 no one can,

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.240
 let us not

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.680
 say that at

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:18.240
 the expense of

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.880
 also being able

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.279
 to say that

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.640
 Christ struggled

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.880
 and that he

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.420
 had to,

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.840
 with all of

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.460
 his frame,

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.240
 go to the

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.820
 cross for you

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.100
 and me.

00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:29.200
 I used to

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.820
 have a bad

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.580
 understanding of

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:30.960
 what it meant

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.460
 that Jesus was

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.040
 fully God and

00:23:32.040 --> 00:23:32.580
 fully man,

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.140
 I certainly

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.440
 don't have a

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.220
 perfect understanding,

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.160
 but I often

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.500
 thought that

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.880
 when Jesus

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.400
 was tempted

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.900
 it was sort

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.279
 of like

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.740
 it was not

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.339
 a bother to

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.559
 him.

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.100
 It was kind

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.299
 of like

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.980
 playing tennis,

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.299
 it would be

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.660
 like you and

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:42.960
 I playing

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.380
 tennis or

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.000
 Roger Federer,

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.799
 he could just

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.400
 wipe the floor

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.100
 with his hands

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.460
 behind his

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.000
 back or one

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.319
 of his hands

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.660
 behind his

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:47.900
 back.

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.200
 There's no

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.660
 real effort

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.100
 involved,

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.440
 it's just

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:50.900
 a show.

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.140
 But Jesus

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.920
 was tempted

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.779
 in his

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.279
 humanity,

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.460
 he was

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.019
 pressured

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.920
 in his

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.319
 humanity,

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.940
 he was being

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.420
 pulled in

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.860
 all different

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.400
 directions,

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.259
 and in this

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.860
 instance even

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.400
 by his own

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.839
 disciples.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:06.779
 Peter,

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.200
 you're not

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.620
 thinking on

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:08.900
 the things

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.319
 of God,

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.819
 you're thinking

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.299
 on the things

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.660
 of man.

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.559
 And what

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.319
 follows from

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.299
 verse 34 to

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.620
 the end of

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.100
 the chapter

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:20.160
 is an

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.980
 expansion on

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.480
 this statement

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.019
 I believe,

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.700
 where Jesus

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.380
 says this is

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.779
 what it means,

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.140
 if you're going

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.860
 to follow me,

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.299
 this is what

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.640
 it's going to

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.019
 look like.

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.360
 So having

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.759
 looked at his

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.500
 identity and

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.039
 his mission,

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.680
 finally,

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.620
 what it means

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:32.960
 to be a

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.600
 disciple of

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.000
 Jesus.

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.399
 Verse 34,

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.779
 then he

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.259
 called the

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.779
 crow to

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.379
 him along

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.740
 with his

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.039
 disciples and

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.399
 said,

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.939
 whoever wants

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.339
 to be my

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:44.079
 disciple must

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.939
 deny themselves

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:46.019
 and take up

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.559
 their cross

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.619
 and follow

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:47.859
 me.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.099
 I struggled

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.579
 how to,

00:24:54.219 --> 00:24:54.639
 in my

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.219
 preparation,

00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:56.099
 how to

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.119
 sort of

00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:00.259
 express what

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.659
 Jesus is

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.019
 getting at

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.139
 here,

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.379
 but I

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.639
 think it's

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:01.859
 fairly

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.379
 straightforward.

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.620
 I was

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.020
 getting myself

00:25:03.020 --> 00:25:03.400
 tied up

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.860
 on knots.

00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:05.220
 Jesus is

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.100
 presenting two

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.660
 main ways

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.100
 of life.

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.660
 Essentially

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.160
 he's saying,

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.120
 you can live

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.780
 for yourself

00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:14.100
 or you can

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.640
 live for me.

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:19.120
 Thy will be

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:20.760
 done or my

00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:21.280
 will be done.

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:26.760
 Following

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.599
 Jesus Christ

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.480
 costs you

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.559
 costs you.

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:32.619
 I wonder,

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.220
 what does it

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.879
 cost you so

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.319
 far in your

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.599
 life?

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.480
 It costs

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.000
 different people

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.759
 different things,

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.799
 but there is no

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.900
 one who makes

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.619
 it to glory,

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.779
 having followed

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.140
 the way of

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.519
 righteousness,

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.799
 that hasn't

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.599
 had to pay

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.299
 some cost.

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.379
 We're not

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.400
 saved by denying

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.819
 ourselves,

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.500
 we're not

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.059
 saved by

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.400
 suffering,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.720
 we're not

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.339
 saved by

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.700
 denying

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.140
 anything.

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.720
 We're saved

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.240
 solely through

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.720
 the work of

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.099
 Christ,

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.480
 but having been

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.119
 made his,

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.639
 we follow

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.199
 after him

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:56.579
 and that

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.299
 costs us.

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.619
 It might

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.139
 cost you

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.299
 financially,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.739
 it might

00:26:02.739 --> 00:26:03.199
 cost you

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:04.059
 in relationships

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.459
 with other

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:05.319
 people who

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.819
 say, I don't

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.199
 want to be

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.579
 with you

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.879
 anymore,

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.119
 I don't

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.359
 want to

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.879
 know you.

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.799
 It might

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.179
 cost you

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.919
 comfort or

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.519
 security,

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.839
 and it

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.159
 might even

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.699
 cost you

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.179
 the ultimate

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.839
 sacrifice,

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.399
 which is

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.139
 your life.

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.259
 You know,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.679
 we get a

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.179
 prayer letter

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:23.159
 of some

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.539
 friends of

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.799
 ours who

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.199
 work in

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:24.500
 Jordan,

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:26.819
 and one

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.059
 of their

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.519
 friends,

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.219
 I can't

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:29.479
 say his

00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:29.839
 name because

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.379
 they've asked

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.579
 we don't

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:30.819
 say his

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.039
 name,

00:26:31.239 --> 00:26:34.000
 but he's

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.339
 come to

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:36.000
 faith from

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.819
 Islam,

00:26:37.219 --> 00:26:37.819
 and he's

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.439
 gotten text

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:38.939
 from people

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.239
 saying,

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.539
 we're going

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.819
 to kill

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.019
 you,

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.079
 we're going

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.339
 to kill

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.579
 you.

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:43.959
 Now,

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.399
 he's still

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:46.819
 alive,

00:26:47.719 --> 00:26:48.500
 but that

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.159
 man is

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:49.699
 carrying around

00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.139
 with him

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:51.000
 that burden

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.479
 every day.

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.500
 He is

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.939
 paying a

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.299
 cost,

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.779
 and all

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.099
 he has

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.559
 to do

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.980
 is,

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.539
 if he

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.919
 wanted it

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.180
 to all

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.559
 go away,

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:57.799
 he could

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.099
 say,

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.180
 I repent,

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.659
 I'm not

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.079
 a Christian,

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.419
 I go

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.839
 back to

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.240
 the Muslim

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.680
 faith.

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.720
 But because

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.200
 he is

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.180
 following

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.599
 Christ,

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.980
 he is

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.680
 sharing in

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.039
 Christ's

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.599
 sufferings.

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.359
 As Romans

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.940
 8 says,

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.299
 having shared

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.740
 in Christ's

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.180
 sufferings,

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.539
 we will

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.119
 also share

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.359
 in his

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.859
 glory to

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.119
 come.

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:18.619
 See,

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.220
 Jesus says,

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.659
 I will

00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:20.039
 suffer,

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.799
 I will

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.180
 die,

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.840
 but I

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:21.980
 will

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.259
 rise

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.460
 again

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.600
 in

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.759
 three

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.080
 days.

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.980
 He

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.180
 will

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.420
 come

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.680
 back

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:25.900
 in

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.220
 glory.

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.039
 And

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.440
 just as

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.740
 sure

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.200
 as

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.640
 Christ's

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.120
 resurrection

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.960
 has

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.320
 occurred,

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.900
 so too

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.160
 is it

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.420
 sure

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.640
 that

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.900
 we

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.660
 will

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.560
 be

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:33.880
 raised

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.120
 with

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.340
 him

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.140
 in

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.460
 glory.

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.340
 And

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.440
 he

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.600
 goes

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.799
 on

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:36.920
 in

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.100
 verse

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.700
 36,

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.799
 for

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.060
 whoever

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.400
 wants

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.860
 to save

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.000
 their

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.259
 life

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.440
 will

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.700
 lose

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:41.880
 it,

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.440
 but

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.640
 whoever

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.019
 loses

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.220
 their

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.440
 life

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.620
 for

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.779
 me

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:43.900
 and

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.019
 for

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.160
 the

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.519
 gospel

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.779
 will

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.100
 save

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.320
 it.

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.080
 In

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.180
 other

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.279
 words,

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.519
 if you

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.960
 try and

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.460
 preserve

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.819
 your

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.240
 life,

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.720
 if your

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.259
 goal is

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.779
 just to

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.960
 have as

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.240
 much as

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.519
 you can

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.759
 in this

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:54.940
 life,

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.120
 have

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.660
 security,

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.100
 and your

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.860
 priority is

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.360
 on you

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:57.779
 and what

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.360
 you want,

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.779
 in the

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.079
 end you

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.420
 lose it

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.640
 all.

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.720
 But if

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.079
 you give

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.740
 me your

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.019
 life,

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.539
 you follow

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:04.860
 me,

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.579
 in the

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.900
 end,

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.180
 although you

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.819
 will have

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.680
 suffering and

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:08.900
 you will

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.340
 have pain

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:09.640
 in this

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.000
 world,

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.900
 and trouble

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.220
 in this

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.440
 world,

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.980
 and hassle,

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.740
 you will

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.259
 inherit

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.900
 eternal

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.299
 life.

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:26.880
 In

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.720
 verse 36,

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.299
 let me

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.500
 flick

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.779
 there.

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.680
 Verse 36,

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.200
 where Christ

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.740
 gives those

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.539
 two rhetorical

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.200
 questions.

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.220
 What good

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.559
 is it for

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.019
 a man to

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.299
 gain the

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.900
 whole world

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.319
 and yet

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.920
 forfeit his

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.259
 soul,

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.380
 or what

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.640
 can a

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.140
 man give

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.240
 in exchange

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.579
 for his

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.819
 soul?

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:50.980
 It hardly

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.220
 needs

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.700
 explaining,

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.140
 does it?

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.059
 What good

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.720
 is it if

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:54.980
 you get

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.519
 everything in

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.980
 this life,

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.620
 and in

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.940
 the end

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.220
 you end

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.120
 up in

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.319
 hell?

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.740
 That's

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.160
 sobering,

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.539
 isn't it?

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.059
 Do you

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.340
 think there's

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.799
 anyone in

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.200
 hell who

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.759
 takes comfort

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.240
 from something

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.799
 they owned

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.420
 in this

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.720
 life?

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.620
 Do you

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:10.900
 think there's

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.440
 anyone who

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.740
 thinks,

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.700
 at least in

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.120
 earth I

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.000
 had X,

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.279
 Y,

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.620
 or Z?

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:16.959
 there's

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:18.439
 nothing more

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:19.199
 important than

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:20.279
 the salvation

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.659
 of your

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.000
 soul.

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:22.179
 What could

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.679
 possibly be

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.119
 worth more

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.619
 to you than

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:23.959
 your very

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.339
 self?

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.399
 love?

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.500
 And finally,

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.359
 verse 38,

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.919
 Jesus points

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.419
 out that his

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.039
 words will be

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.480
 the dividing

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.839
 line.

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.859
 If anyone is

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.599
 ashamed of me

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.220
 and my words

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.480
 in this

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.259
 adulterous and

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.159
 sinful generation,

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.419
 the Son of

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.839
 Man will be

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.500
 ashamed of him

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.059
 when he comes

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.419
 in his

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.119
 Father's glory.

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:49.759
 There are

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.139
 lots of

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.719
 people who

00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.459
 like Jesus,

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:55.379
 but let us

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.859
 as his

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.399
 people be

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.819
 those who

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.379
 listen to

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.619
 him.

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.839
 He doesn't

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.239
 have a

00:30:02.239 --> 00:30:02.739
 mute button.

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.719
 We must

00:30:04.719 --> 00:30:05.139
 listen to

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.399
 what he

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:05.739
 says.

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.959
 And Jesus

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.279
 is saying

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.559
 that there

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.779
 will be

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.179
 lots of

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:13.119
 people who

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.739
 hear my

00:30:13.739 --> 00:30:14.259
 words and

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.799
 they're ashamed

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.059
 of them,

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.339
 they don't

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.819
 want to have

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.179
 anything to

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.459
 do with

00:30:16.459 --> 00:30:16.619
 them.

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.939
 No, not

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.279
 for me.

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.759
 That's no

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.059
 thanks.

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.399
 They might be

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:20.859
 even polite

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.199
 about it,

00:30:21.219 --> 00:30:21.419
 but they're

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.859
 just saying

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.779
 no.

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:24.199
 They mightn't

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.519
 come out and

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.039
 say that's

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.739
 shameful, but

00:30:26.739 --> 00:30:26.959
 they won't

00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:27.299
 want anything

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.719
 to do with

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:27.839
 them.

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.119
 And Jesus

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.619
 is saying

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.579
 if that's

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:29.979
 where you

00:30:29.979 --> 00:30:30.419
 are at,

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.239
 then when

00:30:31.239 --> 00:30:31.539
 I come

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.899
 back, I

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.199
 will treat

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.479
 you the

00:30:33.479 --> 00:30:33.699
 same.

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.119
 I won't

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.359
 want anything

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.759
 to do with

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:35.919
 you.

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.539
 Now bear

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.879
 in mind

00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.279
 who Jesus

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.719
 is speaking

00:30:38.719 --> 00:30:39.139
 to here.

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.639
 Jesus is

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.139
 speaking to

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.699
 a crowd

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.239
 of people.

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.859
 This is

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.259
 not Jesus

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.119
 speaking to

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.639
 his sheep,

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.519
 saying you

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.879
 ought to be

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.279
 ashamed of

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.579
 yourselves.

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.259
 Get the

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.579
 wrong end of

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.939
 the stick.

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:50.859
 But Christ

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.399
 is giving a

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.059
 solemn warning

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.739
 that in order

00:30:53.739 --> 00:30:54.559
 to follow him,

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.459
 it involves

00:30:55.459 --> 00:30:56.119
 denial of

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.419
 self.

00:30:56.979 --> 00:30:57.779
 It involves

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.219
 cost and

00:30:59.219 --> 00:30:59.679
 sacrifice.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.339
 We don't

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.959
 want to fall

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.279
 into an

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.779
 extreme of

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.239
 saying that

00:31:04.239 --> 00:31:04.819
 to be a

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.219
 Christian, you

00:31:05.219 --> 00:31:05.759
 basically have

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.159
 to get rid

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.500
 of everything

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.059
 you enjoy

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.479
 in life,

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:08.019
 and that

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.539
 somehow makes

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.059
 you godly.

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.839
 I mean,

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.299
 Jesus was

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.799
 accused of

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.039
 being a

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.379
 drunkard

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:14.699
 because he

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:16.259
 enjoyed eating

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.939
 and drinking.

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.739
 For the

00:31:17.739 --> 00:31:18.159
 glory of

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.459
 God.

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.519
 That's not

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.899
 what Jesus

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.279
 is getting

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.539
 at.

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.539
 And again,

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.859
 we don't

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.339
 earn our

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.639
 way to

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.119
 heaven by

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.539
 denying

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.299
 ourselves

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.859
 of things.

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.879
 But what

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.299
 Jesus is

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.679
 getting at

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.079
 is saying,

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:33.379
 when you

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.919
 come into

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.519
 conflict with

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.039
 this world

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.859
 and you

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.059
 have a

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.379
 decision

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.739
 between

00:31:36.739 --> 00:31:37.099
 me,

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.299
 what I

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.579
 say,

00:31:38.719 --> 00:31:38.959
 and what

00:31:38.959 --> 00:31:39.279
 the world

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.619
 wants you

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:39.979
 to do,

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.039
 you choose

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.379
 me,

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:43.160
 whatever

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.740
 it costs.

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.700
 And no,

00:31:49.760 --> 00:31:50.060
 we don't

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.440
 always get

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.700
 it right,

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.060
 do we?

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.940
 I was,

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.560
 yesterday we

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.920
 were handing

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.560
 out tracts

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:56.880
 in

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.320
 Valancholy,

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.740
 we do

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.000
 that on

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.260
 Saturday

00:31:58.260 --> 00:31:58.760
 mornings,

00:31:59.760 --> 00:32:00.400
 and I

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.720
 tell you

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.260
 this because

00:32:01.260 --> 00:32:01.840
 I feel

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.140
 it's,

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.260
 I'm not

00:32:04.260 --> 00:32:04.820
 happy to

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.600
 say it,

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.700
 but we're

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.180
 handing out

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.600
 tracts,

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.340
 and a guy

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.660
 I used to

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.040
 go to school

00:32:09.040 --> 00:32:09.260
 with,

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:09.520
 Jack,

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.879
 I barely

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.200
 knew the

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.400
 guy,

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.859
 and he

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.319
 was walking

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.559
 up,

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.779
 and I

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.200
 saw him

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.579
 coming,

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.639
 and I

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:14.859
 started

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.339
 talking to

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.639
 somebody

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.019
 else,

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:16.980
 and a

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.339
 part of

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.599
 me was

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.779
 just

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.200
 embarrassed.

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.879
 I'm being

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.200
 honest,

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.359
 I'm not

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.759
 proud of

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:21.900
 that,

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.139
 I'm not

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.700
 saying that's

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.059
 wrong,

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.119
 I don't

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.359
 think in

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.639
 my mind

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:24.940
 I said,

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.400
 I'm ashamed

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.579
 of the

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.960
 gospel of

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.099
 Jesus

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.420
 Christ,

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.680
 I'm going

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.019
 to turn

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.359
 away,

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.420
 but a

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.859
 part of

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.779
 me felt

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.319
 embarrassment.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.119
 I'm

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.379
 sure I'm

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.779
 not alone

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.160
 in that,

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.940
 but friends,

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.599
 Christ is

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.139
 gracious,

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.539
 and he

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.920
 will give

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.220
 us

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.259
 what we

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.539
 need.

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.900
 We fail,

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.319
 I have

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.819
 failed him,

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.180
 I failed

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.680
 him yesterday,

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.079
 but he

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.740
 loves you,

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.620
 and he

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.079
 will bring

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.519
 you into

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.940
 glory,

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:48.839
 but let

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.380
 us stand

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.799
 by what

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.279
 he says,

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.839
 and I

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.420
 thank God

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.740
 for the

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.100
 forgiveness

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.779
 that we

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.180
 have in

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.500
 Christ,

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.480
 I thank

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.100
 God that

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.880
 he bears

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.360
 with us,

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.620
 that he

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.059
 remembers

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.380
 that we

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.740
 are with

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.120
 dust,

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.759
 he remembers

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.299
 our frame,

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.220
 and I

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.640
 thank him

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:02.960
 that he

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.380
 will help

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.880
 us to be

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.360
 faithful unto

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.799
 the end.

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:07.919
 let's

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.159
 pray.

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:09.159
 Let's

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.159
 pray.

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:33.740
 blessed be

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.160
 the God

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.300
 and

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:34.860
 Father of

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.200
 our Lord

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.980
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.480
 according to

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.920
 his great

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.480
 mercy with

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.799
 which he

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.259
 has caused

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.519
 us to

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.900
 be born

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.420
 again to

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.759
 a living

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.120
 hope,

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.200
 through the

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.620
 resurrection

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.099
 of Jesus

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.640
 Christ from

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.039
 the dead,

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.279
 to an

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.700
 inheritance

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.140
 that is

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.920
 imperishable,

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.339
 undefiled,

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.620
 unfading,

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.099
 kept in

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.559
 heaven for

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.799
 you,

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.220
 who by

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.559
 God's

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.039
 power are

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.640
 being guarded

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.539
 through faith

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.519
 for a

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.360
 salvation ready

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:59.000
 to be revealed

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.559
 in the last

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.900
 time.

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.660
 In this

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.360
 you rejoice,

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.579
 though now

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.059
 for a little

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.480
 while,

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.279
 if necessary,

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.900
 you have been

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.460
 grieved with

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.380
 various trials,

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.780
 so that the

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.119
 tested

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.019
 genuineness of

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.559
 your faith,

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.960
 more precious

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.579
 than gold

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.180
 that perishes

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.660
 though it is

00:34:13.660 --> 00:34:14.160
 tested by

00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:14.539
 fire,

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.740
 may be found

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.420
 to result in

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.980
 praise and

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.380
 glory and

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.780
 honor at the

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.579
 revelation of

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.260
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.300
 Our

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.940
 Father in

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.260
 heaven,

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:28.059
 we pray,

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.420
 Lord,

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.000
 that you

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.240
 would impress

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.880
 upon us the

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.300
 words of

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.619
 Christ.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.759
 Christ,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:34.400
 I pray,

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.779
 Father,

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.179
 for your

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.119
 strength for

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.559
 us as

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.079
 your people

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.980
 in this

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.900
 adulterous and

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.099
 wicked

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.739
 generation

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:42.900
 to stand

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.259
 by your

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.579
 word,

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:43.839
 Lord.

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.359
 Whatever it

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.059
 may cost us,

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.259
 Lord,

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:48.779
 help us to

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.440
 be faithful

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.900
 to what you

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.460
 have commanded

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.819
 us,

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.579
 what you

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.099
 have taught

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.539
 us in

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.719
 your

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.059
 scriptures.

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.440
 And I

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.839
 thank you,

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.000
 Lord,

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.380
 for your

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.859
 grace,

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.779
 which covers

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.420
 our failures,

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.019
 which covers

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.680
 our sin.

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.579
 And I

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.960
 thank you,

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.119
 Lord,

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:04.559
 that Jesus

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.039
 Christ,

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.300
 Lord,

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.760
 that for the

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.280
 joy set

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.900
 before him

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:08.519
 endured the

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.840
 shame of

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.280
 the cross,

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:11.599
 and that he

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.180
 is now seated

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.460
 at your

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.059
 right hand.

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.059
 Lord,

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.639
 as we make

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.440
 our way as

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.980
 pilgrims in

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.500
 this world,

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.720
 as foreigners,

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.180
 Lord,

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.840
 I pray,

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:21.980
 Lord,

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.180
 that you

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.519
 would keep

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.880
 us from

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.159
 the love

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.420
 of this

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.760
 world.

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.300
 May we

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:25.760
 love those

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.119
 who are in

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.480
 the world,

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:26.760
 Lord,

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.260
 and call

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.579
 them to

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.800
 you.

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.920
 Help us,

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.180
 Lord,

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.519
 to be

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.000
 witnesses

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.940
 to those

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:32.059
 who are

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.420
 not yet

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.800
 yours.

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.019
 But,

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.219
 Father,

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.679
 help us

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.000
 never,

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.380
 Lord,

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.179
 to be

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.519
 ashamed

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.820
 of your

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.179
 word.

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.980
 Give us

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.300
 strength,

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.739
 we pray,

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:40.960
 Lord,

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.219
 for the

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.699
 days before

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.099
 us.

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.639
 And I

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:43.980
 thank you

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.280
 for your

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.579
 word,

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:44.840
 Lord,

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.159
 and for

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.559
 your grace

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.900
 to us

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.380
 this morning

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.840
 in Christ

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.199
 Jesus.

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.900
 Amen.

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.000
 Amen.

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:11.840
 thank you

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.099
 very much,

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.360
 Kevin,

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.340
 for bringing

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.659
 God's

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.260
 words to

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.559
 us for

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.780
 all your

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.239
 preparation,

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.780
 but also

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.059
 for your

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.400
 honesty,

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.739
 and thank

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.059
 God we

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.360
 do have

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.380
 a God

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.880
 who does

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.980
 forgive us.

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.440
 I was

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.900
 thinking as

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.380
 you were

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.980
 speaking just

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.699
 about Peter,

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.199
 and isn't it

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.639
 wonderful that

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.079
 we can look

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.639
 back and have

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.099
 the whole

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.619
 canon of

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.239
 scripture here,

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.199
 for we can

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.460
 have a

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.699
 fuller

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.259
 understanding.

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.179
 I think of

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.480
 Peter,

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.219
 that even

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.460
 though he

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.659
 was able

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.119
 to correctly

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.319
 identify that

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:35.440
 Jesus was

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.960
 the Christ,

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.480
 the one they

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.819
 were waiting

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.079
 for,

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.039
 and yet he

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.400
 didn't have

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.900
 at that time

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.299
 a full

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.920
 understanding

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.920
 of why

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.819
 Jesus came,

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.039
 nor perhaps

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.559
 the full

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.699
 idea of

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.659
 following

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.079
 Jesus,

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.159
 but that as

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.559
 we read

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.019
 God's word,

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.759
 we can see

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.880
 of why

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.619
 Jesus came,

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.559
 and that

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.179
 cost in

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.460
 following,

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.019
 and yet the

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.619
 joy that we

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.059
 have because

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.659
 of following.

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.539
 So thank

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.759
 you very

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:56.960
 much,

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.239
 Kevin.

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.359
 We're going

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.079
 to stand

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.179
 and sing,

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.159
 can the

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.519
 song be

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.880
 brought up,

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.719
 the final

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:02.940
 song?

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.440
 Yes,

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.639
 we're going

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.980
 to sing,

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.920
 beneath the

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.639
 cross of

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.000
 Jesus,

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.880
 I find a

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.359
 place to

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:07.920
 stand and

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.440
 wonder at

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.119
 such mercy

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:10.219
 that calls

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.179
 me as

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.639
 I am,

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.859
 because as

00:37:12.859 --> 00:37:14.019
 people,

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.420
 when we

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.900
 came to

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.319
 know Jesus,

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.339
 we recognized

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:17.039
 that we

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.139
 were

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.179
 the

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.579
 cross of

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.639
 Jesus.

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.139
 We

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.139
 were

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.639
 the

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.639
 cross of

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.639
 Jesus.

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.139
 We

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.639
 were

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.639
 the

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.639
 cross of

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.639
 Jesus.

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.139
 We

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.639
 were

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.599
 the