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 So, turn with me to Mark chapter 16, and we're finishing off in verse 21 to 28.

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 Let me explain what I mean. How we understand Jesus, and what it means to follow Jesus, will affect what it means to follow Jesus.

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 There's lots of different views out there as to who Jesus is. There's the inclusive Christ. He's the one that affirms everyone and everything.

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 And if we follow an inclusive Christ, we'll never have to stop doing anything. Anything that other Christians might say is wrong.

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 Because we're following an inclusive Christ. Then there's the therapeutic Christ. And the therapeutic Christ is about me and my needs.

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 And if we're following the therapeutic Christ, we'll basically hop from church to church until we find a church that massages my needs.

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 Then there's the prosperity Christ. And the prosperity Christ wants all his followers to live like kings and queens.

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 And if we follow a prosperity Christ, well there won't be room for any suffering in the Christian life.

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 And we'll use that Christ as a means to the end of prosperity. That's health or wealth.

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 A kind of genie in a bottle. So that he can produce what I want.

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 Maybe that's a husband, what I want. Maybe it's a new job or happiness.

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 What kind of Christ will we have shapes what kind of Christian we will be.

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 And there are many views of Christ out there.

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 But which is the real one?

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 And that's why this passage is so very helpful.

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 You'll remember last week that in chapter 16 and verse 16, Peter finally gets who Jesus is.

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 Look what it says. Look at verse 16.

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 Simon Peter replied, you are the Christ, the son of the living God.

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 But then as now, there were lots of different ideas about what kind of Christ this Jesus is.

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 And that's why in verse 20, Jesus strictly charges the disciples.

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 He says, don't tell anyone that he was a Christ.

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 Is that a surprise?

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 You would expect him, we would expect Jesus to do the exact opposite.

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 Tell everyone about him.

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 It's brilliant, Peter, you've worked it out.

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 Now go and tell who I am.

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 Not at all, says Jesus.

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 Jesus says, you need to be clear.

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 You need to be clear who I am and what it means for me to be the Christ.

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 Before you start telling anyone.

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 And so four times in Matthew, Jesus spells out what it means for him to be the Christ.

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 And what will happen to him as the Christ.

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 And this is the second time.

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 16, 21, 23.

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 And he makes it clear that he will be a crucified Christ.

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 So my first point is this.

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 You've got to notice that the Christ must die and then live.

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 That's the first point.

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 Christ must die and then live.

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 That's 21 to 23.

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 Look down at verse 21.

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 And notice how Jesus begins to fill that out for his disciples.

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 What kind of Christ he will be.

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 And just look how detailed it is.

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 He's predicting what will happen to him.

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 And maybe you're here this morning and you're not yet convinced of who Jesus is.

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 Well it's an extraordinary thing isn't it?

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 How precise he is in his predictions.

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 Verse 21, he will go to Jerusalem.

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 And there in that city he will suffer many things.

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 And he will suffer many things on the hands of the authorities.

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 And he will suffer so much that he will be killed.

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 But after three days he will be raised to life.

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 And not only will he be raised to life.

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 But he will be glorified.

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 Go on to verse 27.

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 And you will see that Jesus one day will return in glory.

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 In the glory of his father.

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 So Jesus couldn't be clearer, could he?

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 He's saying that he must die and then live.

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 And the order is crucially important.

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 Death leads to life and glory.

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 But without death.

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 There would be no life and no glory.

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 Put it another way.

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 No pain, no palm.

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 No thorns, no throne.

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 No gall, no glory.

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 No cross, no crown.

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 You see, Jesus is not primarily an inclusive Christ.

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 Or a therapeutic Christ.

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 Or a prosperity Christ.

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 Although when he's understood correctly.

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 There are elements of truth in those three things.

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 But he's primarily a crucified Christ.

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 But Peter, he won't accept that, will he?

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 Look what he tells in verse 22.

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 Peter took him aside.

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 And began to rebuke him.

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 Saying, far be it from you, Lord.

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 Never, Lord.

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 See the contradiction in those terms?

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 Never, Lord.

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 You can't say that, can you?

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 If you're calling him Lord.

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 You can't say never to him.

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 Because for Peter, the Christ was to be a success.

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 Not a sufferer.

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 For Peter, the Christ was to be a king in control.

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 Not a criminal on a cross.

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 So for Jesus to say that he would be killed in Jerusalem.

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 That's totally off message.

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 And that's not what people want to hear, Jesus.

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 But before Peter can go any further, Jesus turns on Peter.

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 Look at verse 23.

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 But he turned and said to Peter, get behind me, Satan.

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 You are a hindrance.

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 You are a stumbling block to me, initially.

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 For you're not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.

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 I don't know if you've been rebuked recently.

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 But as rebukes go, as telling-offs go, this is right up there, isn't it?

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 It's one of the harshest.

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 I mean, isn't it a little bit over the top?

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 For Jesus to call his friend, his best friend, Peter, Satan.

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 Well, in this case, not at all, because Jesus has heard this voice before.

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 The voice that has come to him and said,

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 Jesus, you can have the crown without the cross.

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 You can have the palm without the pain.

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 You can have the glory without the gall.

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 Do you remember back in chapter 4 of Matthew?

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 Where's this voice that Jesus is here before?

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 It's the voice of the devil.

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 And do you remember how Satan had tempted Jesus,

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 and his whole plan was you can bypass the cross.

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 You don't need to go that route.

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 You don't need to be the crucified Christ.

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 You can get the glory without that.

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 And it's the same temptation, and it comes this time out of the lips of Peter.

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 And so Peter has gone from being a rock, verse 18,

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 to being verse 23.

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 Well, the ESV calls it a hindrance, but it's a stumbling block.

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 He goes from being a rock to a stumbling block.

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 There's a play on the words.

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 And you see what causes Peter to resist the idea of a crucified Christ.

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 It's there at the end of chapter 23.

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 Why is Peter so adamant this can't be?

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 It's because he sets his mind, not on the things of God,

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 but on the things of man, the things of human beings.

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 You see, thinking about glory and honour and myself and success,

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 that comes very naturally to me.

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 Success I crave.

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 Suffering I hate.

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 And as long as we set our minds and hearts on the things of men,

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 a crucified Christ will make no sense to us.

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 But when we see it from God's perspective, it makes complete sense.

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 So let's pause for a moment.

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 Let's think about and try and consider it from God's perspective,

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 that Christ must suffer and die.

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 It's not because God is some kind of cosmic masochist

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 who derives pleasure from pain.

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 It's not because God is into cosmic child abuse,

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 as is sometimes blasphemously said.

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 No, it is because God takes sin,

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 our rebellion,

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 our iniquity,

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 the bent that's within us towards wrong,

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 our transgression,

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 where we blatantly say to him,

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 I don't want you running my life,

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 I'm going to run my life my own way.

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 God takes that very seriously indeed.

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 And God says that my sin is so serious

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 that it deserves death,

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 but in his great kindness,

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 God the Father,

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 and God the Son,

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 and God the Holy Spirit,

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 make a plan in love.

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 That God the Son would

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 come to earth

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 and take on humanity.

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 And he would be called Jesus,

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 for he will save his people from their sins,

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 and he will be the Christ.

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 Jesus, the Christ.

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 And as we sang and as we confessed,

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 this morning,

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 Jesus, the Son of God,

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 in his humanity,

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 did suffer,

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 and was killed,

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 not for his own sin,

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 but for the sin of all who would trust him.

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 And he died,

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 and yet three days later,

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 the grave could not hold him.

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 And he is raised by the Father

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 to vindicate all that he has done on the cross.

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 The resurrection is the receipt

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 that the price has been paid.

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 And 40 days later,

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 he ascends to glory

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 where he remains today.

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 And so what about us?

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 How do you look at Jesus,

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 the Christ,

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 from man's perspective,

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 or from God's?

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 You see,

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 if we look at him from man's perspective,

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 his death is, well,

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 at best confusing,

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 and at worst,

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 totally irrelevant.

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 And maybe you're here this morning,

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 and Jesus seems very,

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 well,

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 little,

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 and insignificant to you.

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 And that's because you are looking at him

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 from a human perspective,

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 and your mind is set on the things of man.

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 And so let me plead with you

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 to change your mindset,

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 to set your mind on the things of God.

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 And when we do that,

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 what we discover is we love nothing more than Christ.

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 And we're not embarrassed by a crucified Saviour.

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 No,

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 we delight in it,

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 we glory in the fact

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 that God made man

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 died in our place.

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 And we love the fact

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 that even today,

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 as we gather to worship,

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 Jesus stands in glory,

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 and he has on his hands

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 and on his feet

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 scars.

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 Scars of the crucifixion.

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 And we'll see that this pattern

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 of death and then life

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 is one that

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 his followers have to follow.

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 And that brings us

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 to the second point.

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 Christians must die

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 and then live.

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 Christians must die

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 and then live

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 is verses 24-28.

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 And so Jesus has just

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 made very clear

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 what will happen to him

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 and now he makes

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 equally clear

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 what will happen

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 to all those

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 that follow him.

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 One of the many wonderful things

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 that I love about Jesus

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 is that he doesn't bury

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 the small print.

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 You know how advertisers

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 give the big sound

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 to you

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 and then on the bottom

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 there's the clauses

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 and sub-clauses

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 and the get-up clauses

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 particularly on radio,

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 isn't it?

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 You know when you listen

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 to an advert on the radio?

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 And then it's, you know,

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 mortgage your host

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 home could be repossessed.

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 It's said very, very quickly.

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 But Jesus doesn't do that.

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 He's wonderfully clear to you.

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 He's totally straight with you.

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 He says to you this morning,

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 this is what it means

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 to follow me.

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 And what does it mean

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 to be a Christian?

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 Verse 24 is a great summary.

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 Verse 24.

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 If anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 Here's the deal.

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 You want to follow Christ?

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 You follow a Christ who died

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 and that means we too have to die.

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 That's what Jesus means

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 by taking up our cross.

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 We've tended to trivialise that,

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 haven't we?

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 We were saying in our culture

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 where we've all got our crosses to bear.

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 That may be a bad knee.

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 It may be an ingrown toenail.

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 It may be an arch

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 kind of coming to stay.

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 But put it this way.

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 If we were in the first century,

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 Palestine,

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 and I met you tomorrow

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 and you were carrying a cross,

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 I wouldn't see you again.

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 You wouldn't be carrying

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 that cross on Tuesday.

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 You'd be dead.

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 Because a man carrying his cross

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 was on a one-way journey to death.

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 A one-way ticket.

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 And that's the journey, isn't it,

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 took for my sake

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 and for yours.

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 And that is the journey

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 that you and I must take

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 if we want to follow Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 For some people,

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 that has meant,

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 and it will mean,

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 a literal physical death.

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 There are brothers and sisters

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 of ours across the world

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 who this week,

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 this is what it's meant for them,

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 it's meant that they faced

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 physical death.

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 We know, don't we,

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 that more Christians

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 were martyred in the 20th century

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 than in the previous

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 19th centuries

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 combined before.

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 But even if it's not

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 physical death,

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 and it probably won't be for us,

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 it must be a daily

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 spiritual death.

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 That's what Jesus means.

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 He says that we must

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 deny ourselves.

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 Taking up our cross means

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 that we will put ourselves

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 to death.

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 So the one thing

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 that Jesus really hates,

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 the one thing Jesus really hates

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 is he hates people

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 living for themselves.

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 That's what sin is.

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 Sin is living to myself.

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 And Jesus came to die

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 for sin.

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 And he longs for us

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 not to live for self,

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 but to live for him

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 and for others.

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 He longs for us

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 to die daily

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 to self-interest,

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 to selfishness

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 and to safety.

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 510 years ago

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 this year,

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 one of the finest pastors

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 that this world

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 has ever seen

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 was born in northern France

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 in a little town

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 called Maillard.

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 His name was John,

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 John Calvin.

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 He's a pastor

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 who had a remarkable ministry.

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 He wrote many books,

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 didn't he?

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 His most famous is

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 The Institute of Christian Religions.

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 It's about 2,000 pages long.

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 It's one of the finest

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 Christian books ever written.

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 One of the finest books ever written.

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 And right in the middle

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 of that book

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 is

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 one sentence

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 that begins like this.

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 The sum of the Christian life

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 is

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 one of the finest

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 Christian pastors

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 who's written

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 some of the best books

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 ever written

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 telling us

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 that the sum of the Christian life

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 is something.

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 So I think it's a good idea

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 for you to listen.

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 Here's how the sentence goes.

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 I wonder what you'd say.

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 The sum of the Christian life

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 is

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 self-denial.

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 Self-denial.

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 Self-denial.

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 That's exactly what Jesus means here

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 when he says

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 we are to take up our cross

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 and to follow him.

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 Sin is love of myself

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 and my opinions

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 and my time

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 and my pleasure

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 and my rights

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 and my career

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 and my money

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 and my feelings

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 and myself.

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 Do you think

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 the spirit of our age

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 is captured brilliantly

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 isn't it

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 by our obsession

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 with taking selfies

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 of ourselves

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 on an iPhone.

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 Selfies

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 on an iPhone.

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 I don't take selfies

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 but I do have an iPhone.

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 But I'm still

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 very very selfish.

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 Selfish.

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 And following Jesus

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 means denying myself.

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 Denying

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 my self-interest.

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 So let me ask you

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 this morning

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 have you done that?

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 Have you denied yourself

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 and taken up your cross

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 and committed to following Jesus?

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 And can I say

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 if you've never done that

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 Jesus would say

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 to you this morning

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 you are not yet a Christian.

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 You're not yet a Christian.

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 Don't shoot me.

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 I am not saying

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 that you're not yet a Christian.

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 Jesus is saying

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 you are not a Christian.

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 And if you haven't done that

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 you're not a Christian.

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 And today would be

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 a wonderful day

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 wouldn't it?

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 A great day

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 to start doing verse 24.

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 But I guess

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 many of us

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 most of us

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 the vast majority of us

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 here have done that wonderfully

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 and we need to ask

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 this question

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 we need to ask

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 am I doing that?

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 Because this command

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 of verse 24

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 is not just a one-off decision

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 it's not just a decision

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 I made at camp

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 20 odd years ago

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 or a decision I made

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 at university.

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 No, this is the pattern

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 of daily discipleship

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 of daily following.

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 And for different people

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 it's going to apply

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 differently isn't it

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 this morning?

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 for some people

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 it's going to mean

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 making a stand

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 where you've not

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 made a stand.

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 For some people

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 it's going to mean

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 not getting drunk.

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 For others

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 it's going to mean

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 not entering

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 into a relationship

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 or breaking off

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.799
 a relationship

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 with someone

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 who is not a Christian.

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 who's that boyfriend

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 and girlfriend?

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 So maybe for some

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 it's going to mean

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 radical action

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 about what you look at

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 on your computer.

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 For others

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 it's going to mean

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 stopping being

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 over-sensitive

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.840
 to what other people

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 think of me.

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 So I'm living

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 in a state

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 of wounded pride

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 I think this probably

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 is where it kicks in

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 for me.

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 Always wanting to know

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 what other people

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 think

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 what is other

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 people's opinion

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.879
 of me

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 but it doesn't

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.479
 matter.

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 It really does

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 not matter.

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 For others

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 it's going to mean

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.479
 forgiving someone

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 who has hurt us

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 very differently.

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:55.459
 For some of us

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 it's going to be

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 very deliberately

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:59.319
 humbling ourselves

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 before God

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.099
 and saying

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.179
 I haven't got it

00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.699
 all together

00:20:02.699 --> 00:20:03.479
 when I'm desperate

00:20:03.479 --> 00:20:04.059
 to show everyone

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.579
 I have.

00:20:07.239 --> 00:20:07.839
 The sum of the

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.480
 Christian life

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.679
 is self-denial.

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 Maybe you think

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:12.779
 it's really

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.179
 hardcore

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 it's pretty

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 gloomy

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 it's pretty

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 negative

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 and it's

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 certainly not

00:20:16.959 --> 00:20:17.699
 what psychologists

00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:18.500
 tell you to do

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 and yet this is

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.039
 the way to life

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 because just as

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.399
 death led to

00:20:25.399 --> 00:20:26.119
 life to Christ

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:27.019
 so too death

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.899
 leads to life

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.259
 for Christians.

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 So let me show you

00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.639
 the 7th verse

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:31.240
 of 25, 26 and 27

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 and they all

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.319
 begin with the

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.140
 same word

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 or at least

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.240
 they should.

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.180
 They all begin

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.539
 with the word

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 for

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 and Jesus

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.400
 is giving us

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 three reasons

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 why it makes

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.620
 sense for you

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.059
 this morning

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.839
 to die yourself

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.839
 and follow him.

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 So the first

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.120
 reason is in

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.900
 verse 25

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 where it says

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 for whoever

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.339
 would save his

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.339
 life will lose it

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:53.059
 but whoever

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.019
 loses his life

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.539
 for my sake

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 will find it.

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 And so you

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.120
 know how to

00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:57.640
 catch a monkey

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.140
 don't you?

00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:00.980
 How do people

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.600
 catch a monkey?

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.700
 Hunters, they

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.380
 hollow out a

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.040
 coconut and they

00:21:04.040 --> 00:21:04.660
 put peanuts

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.380
 inside the

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:05.640
 coconut.

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.600
 And the monkey

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.300
 comes along

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:09.140
 and he puts

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.820
 his hand

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.960
 into the

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 coconut shell.

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 And as he

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.740
 does that

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.340
 he makes a

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.380
 fist to grab

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.840
 hold of the

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.080
 peanuts.

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 And at that

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.259
 point the

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.600
 monkey is

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:17.960
 trapped.

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.800
 Because he

00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.320
 loves the

00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:21.320
 peanuts so much

00:21:21.320 --> 00:21:21.780
 that he will

00:21:21.780 --> 00:21:22.320
 not let go

00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:22.640
 of them.

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.300
 And the

00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:25.220
 hunter at the

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.880
 other end

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:27.200
 can pull the

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.759
 monkey in.

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:31.080
 just like that

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.340
 with our

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 lives.

00:21:33.780 --> 00:21:34.300
 As long as

00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:35.860
 you grab

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.360
 hold of

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.860
 life,

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.980
 you're

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.320
 trapped.

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.780
 We're so

00:21:42.780 --> 00:21:43.040
 excited,

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.300
 aren't we,

00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:43.800
 by peanuts,

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.080
 by the

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:45.500
 things of

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.220
 this world,

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.780
 by repetition,

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.759
 by money,

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.720
 by all sorts

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.100
 of things.

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.840
 We're so

00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:54.400
 trapped by

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:54.640
 them.

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 We're so

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.259
 glad we've

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.560
 got them,

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 we just

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.140
 will not

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.400
 let them

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.660
 go.

00:21:58.140 --> 00:22:02.660
 But it's

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.120
 when we

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.700
 do let

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.040
 go,

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.500
 then we're

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.820
 free.

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.880
 We find

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.560
 our lives

00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:09.520
 by giving

00:22:09.520 --> 00:22:10.000
 them away.

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:11.940
 Here's the

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.360
 paradox.

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.200
 If we try

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.740
 to save our

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.000
 lives,

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.380
 we'll lose

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.540
 it.

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.460
 But if we

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.040
 lose our

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:18.020
 lives for

00:22:18.020 --> 00:22:18.720
 Jesus and

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.340
 for others,

00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.880
 if we die

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.540
 to ourselves,

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:21.860
 then we

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.460
 find them.

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.080
 Find them.

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:25.919
 you see,

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.939
 pouring out

00:22:26.939 --> 00:22:27.599
 our lives

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.000
 for others

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.240
 is what

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.439
 we were

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:28.980
 made for.

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.519
 We weren't

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.039
 made to

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.339
 live for

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.720
 ourselves,

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.000
 we were

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.359
 made to

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.819
 live for

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.500
 God and

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.879
 for others.

00:22:34.199 --> 00:22:34.699
 Our lives

00:22:34.699 --> 00:22:35.139
 are not

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.519
 for holding

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.000
 on to,

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.199
 they're

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.500
 for giving

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.939
 away.

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.099
 And when we

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.419
 do that,

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.039
 yes, it will

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.519
 be painful,

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.099
 I know that,

00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:42.699
 and it may

00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.559
 involve suffering

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.399
 and sacrifice,

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.819
 but it will

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.399
 come back to

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:46.099
 us a hundred

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.539
 forward.

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:49.639
 And what

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.420
 if it's not

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.019
 just peanuts

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.379
 that are

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.599
 on offer?

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.000
 What if it

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.440
 is serious

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.779
 money?

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.200
 What if it

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.940
 is fantastic

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.399
 sex?

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.039
 What if it

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.720
 is worldwide

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.220
 fame?

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.960
 What if it

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:58.599
 is what

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.299
 you dream

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.680
 of?

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.700
 Well, look

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.859
 at the

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.359
 second reason

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.899
 Jesus gives

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.159
 in verse

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:05.619
 26.

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.420
 For what

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.639
 will it

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.019
 profit a

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.480
 man or

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.779
 a woman

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.359
 or a boy

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.980
 or a girl

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.599
 if you

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.079
 gain the

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:13.059
 whole world

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.639
 and you

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.019
 forfeit,

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.399
 you lose

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.720
 your own

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:14.960
 soul?

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.240
 Or what

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.500
 shall a

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.940
 man or

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.220
 a woman

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.700
 or a boy

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.099
 or a girl

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.519
 give in

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.859
 return?

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.859
 For their

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.159
 soul.

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.599
 So Jesus

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.940
 says to

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.240
 this morning,

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.480
 he says,

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.759
 get the

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.240
 wane scales

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.460
 out,

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:26.940
 you know,

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.480
 the old

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.019
 wane scales,

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.700
 and put

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.099
 on one

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.440
 side of

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.740
 the wane

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:30.960
 scales,

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.700
 put the

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:33.000
 whole world

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.619
 on the

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.440
 wane scales,

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.359
 clearly in

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.980
 exaggeration.

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.859
 Not even

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.259
 the richest

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.440
 men,

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.759
 not even

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.119
 the Simon

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.720
 Cowell's

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.200
 or the

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.599
 Sultan

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.079
 of Brunei's,

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.920
 not even

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.279
 them have

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.559
 got the

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.200
 whole world,

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.519
 have they?

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.639
 They've

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.139
 got a lot,

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.480
 but they

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.600
 haven't

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:46.800
 got the

00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:46.940
 whole

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.340
 world.

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:49.600
 Let's

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:49.880
 just say

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.000
 you've

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.200
 got the

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.560
 whole

00:23:50.560 --> 00:23:50.980
 world,

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.259
 and you

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.480
 put it

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.880
 on one

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.220
 side of

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.480
 the wane

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.840
 scales,

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.440
 and then

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.640
 on the

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:53.800
 other

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.080
 side,

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.480
 you put

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.240
 your soul,

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.140
 your never

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.740
 dying soul,

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.500
 your life.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.640
 life.

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.759
 And Jesus

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.140
 says your

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.500
 soul is

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.740
 that

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.099
 valuable.

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.079
 Your

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.279
 soul,

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.740
 your life

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.220
 is so

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.579
 precious,

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.259
 so vulnerable,

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.160
 but whatever

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.160
 you gain,

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.519
 if the

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.180
 price is

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.940
 your soul,

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.720
 then it's

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.119
 too high.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.059
 I want

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.259
 you to

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.759
 realise this

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.299
 morning your

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.680
 value.

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.500
 Some of you

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.799
 don't think

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.119
 you're very

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.619
 valuable at

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:21.880
 all, do

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.039
 you?

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.500
 But realise

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.980
 your value.

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:28.960
 and realise

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.299
 that the

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.079
 way for

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.400
 you to

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.720
 live,

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.420
 really live,

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.740
 is by

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.319
 forfeiting

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.000
 the world,

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.660
 not by

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.120
 forfeiting

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.700
 your soul.

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.360
 Grasp

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.700
 with me

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.200
 just how

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.740
 valuable

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.500
 is one

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.000
 human

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.400
 soul,

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.839
 your

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.299
 soul,

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.480
 your

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.120
 children's

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.339
 soul,

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.259
 the souls

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.480
 of the

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.860
 people that

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.299
 you're at

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.779
 school with

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.180
 tomorrow,

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.380
 the souls

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.620
 of the

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.920
 people you

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.120
 are at

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.620
 work with

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.980
 tomorrow.

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:54.880
 And so

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.299
 the way

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.819
 to live

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.680
 now is

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.420
 to die

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.940
 now.

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.120
 And that

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.680
 life which

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.319
 starts now

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.000
 goes on

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.620
 forever,

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:01.940
 and we

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.319
 see that in

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.660
 the third

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.099
 reason that

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.559
 Jesus gives

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.920
 the following

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.160
 him in

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.839
 verse 27.

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.839
 Verse 27,

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.839
 the son of

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.120
 man is

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.400
 going to

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:09.299
 come with

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.759
 all his

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.539
 angels in

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.079
 the glory of

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.500
 his father,

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:12.920
 and then he

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.319
 will repay

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.960
 each person

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.539
 according to

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.799
 what he's

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.079
 done.

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.500
 If that

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.019
 wasn't the

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.779
 case, if that

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.400
 wasn't true,

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.880
 it wouldn't

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.340
 really matter

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.700
 what we

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.160
 decide to

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.460
 do with

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.820
 Jesus.

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.640
 First

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:27.220
 school makes

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.519
 very little

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.040
 sense with

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:28.580
 exams, but

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.759
 it would

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.220
 make no

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.960
 sense without

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.380
 exams,

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.740
 would it?

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.900
 If there's

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.560
 no assessment

00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:32.960
 at the end

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.259
 of it.

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.820
 But there

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.220
 will be an

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.540
 exam at

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:35.860
 the end.

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.759
 And deep

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.080
 down we

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.440
 know that,

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.759
 don't we?

00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.120
 You know

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.400
 that.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.240
 One day

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.640
 the Christ

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.320
 who died

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:42.740
 and was

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.160
 raised will

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.680
 come back,

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.000
 and this

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.320
 time he

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.660
 will not

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.660
 come again

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.280
 in humility

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:47.519
 as a baby

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:49.100
 that no one

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.620
 knows about.

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.140
 The shepherds

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.600
 have to hunt

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:50.960
 for,

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.720
 and wise

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.059
 men have

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.319
 to hunt

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.620
 for.

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.480
 No, when

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.000
 he comes he

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.319
 will come

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.940
 as a king

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.000
 in glory.

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.880
 And when

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.259
 he does he

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.600
 will repay

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.220
 each person

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.660
 according to

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.039
 what they've

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.340
 done.

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:01.920
 Now don't

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.240
 miss the

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.660
 encouragement.

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.960
 Don't miss

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.360
 the encouragement

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.940
 for those of

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.559
 you who are

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.420
 seeking to

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.960
 die to

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.660
 self, and

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.920
 I know

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.240
 some of

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.559
 you are,

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.380
 to follow

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.819
 Jesus

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.500
 now.

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.759
 You can

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.160
 look back

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.360
 in your

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.660
 life and

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:14.860
 you can

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.519
 see decisions

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.880
 that have

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.660
 been costly

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.259
 for you.

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.960
 Maybe it's a

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.600
 relationship that

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.319
 you didn't

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.859
 go down

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.459
 because you

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:21.980
 knew to

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.679
 follow Christ

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:22.959
 you had to

00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:23.379
 go another

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.779
 way.

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.679
 Well, Jesus

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:25.419
 knows that.

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.839
 He knows the

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.480
 decisions you've

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.719
 made.

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.240
 He knows the

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.019
 hard decisions

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.559
 you're making.

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.899
 Jesus knows the

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.639
 money that you

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.639
 are giving away

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.559
 sacrificially.

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.959
 Jesus knows the

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.359
 way that you

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.119
 are serving

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 sometimes when

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:39.099
 you really wish

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.659
 you didn't have

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 to.

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.399
 And maybe this

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.759
 is why you're

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.659
 feeling weary

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.540
 or be

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:44.000
 encouraged.

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 Look what it

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 says.

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 Then at 27,

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.400
 one day he

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.720
 will repay

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 you for

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.420
 those things.

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 The greeting

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.420
 wrote,

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 Sunday morning,

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 I just need

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.380
 another half

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 an hour in

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.120
 bed.

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.400
 You drag

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.460
 yourself into

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.900
 the shell

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.759
 and you get

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.040
 out of the

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.380
 house and

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.700
 you get

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.019
 here and

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.620
 you greet

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.000
 people with

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.320
 a broad

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.779
 smile.

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.420
 Well, Jesus

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.960
 knows that

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.360
 because he

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.440
 rewards that.

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:16.000
 the missionary

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.060
 martyr, Jim

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:17.779
 Elliot, he

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.220
 put it so

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.759
 well that it

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.279
 turns out he

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.700
 actually stole

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.160
 it from Matthew

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.480
 Henry.

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:22.000
 But the

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.700
 famous line,

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.460
 he is no

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:26.200
 fool to

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.840
 give up what

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.220
 you cannot

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:29.580
 keep, to

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.019
 gain what

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.380
 you cannot

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.740
 lose.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.440
 He is no

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.820
 fool to

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:36.140
 give up what

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.480
 you cannot

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:38.019
 keep, to

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.160
 gain what

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.519
 you cannot

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.820
 lose.

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.100
 Do you get

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.279
 it?

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 And the

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.119
 world will

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.539
 call you a

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.920
 fool, won't

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.039
 they?

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.359
 They will

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.639
 call you

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:46.759
 a fool.

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.059
 Some of

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.579
 them think

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.759
 you are

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.059
 a fool.

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.220
 But on

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.519
 that day

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.940
 when Jesus

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.639
 comes back,

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.259
 it will be

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.740
 clear that

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:52.940
 you have

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.240
 not been

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:55.180
 foolish to

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.599
 follow him.

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.119
 And you have

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.399
 not been

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:58.119
 foolish to

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.599
 give your

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.240
 life away

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.940
 for others.

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.180
 But for

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.579
 those who

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.960
 have not

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.639
 followed him,

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.500
 and that

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.899
 may be some

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.160
 of you,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:07.240
 the regret,

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.899
 the reality

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.299
 will be very

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.619
 different.

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.039
 There will

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.480
 only be

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.139
 regret and

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.619
 anguish.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.259
 As people

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.099
 realise in

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.659
 their thousands

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.279
 the foolish

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.039
 bargain that

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.579
 they made,

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:19.859
 trying to

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.440
 save their

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.099
 lives only

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.419
 on that

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:21.700
 day to

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.059
 lose them

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.419
 totally.

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.079
 Trying to

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.480
 gain the

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.859
 world or

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.259
 at least a

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.879
 tiny part

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.059
 of it,

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.460
 only to

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.799
 forfeit

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.359
 their own

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.059
 never dying

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.460
 soul.

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.839
 What kind

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.480
 of Christ

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.159
 we have

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:33.159
 will shape

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.700
 what kind

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.159
 of Christian

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.539
 we will

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.819
 be.

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.899
 And only

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.319
 when we

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.659
 have a

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.120
 crucified

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.380
 Christ

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.220
 will we

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.460
 live

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:40.940
 crucified

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.519
 lives.

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.880
 But please,

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.820
 please don't

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.340
 forget

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:49.300
 what that

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:50.300
 death led

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:50.800
 to for

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.120
 Jesus.

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.660
 And what

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.759
 that death

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:56.440
 will lead

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.120
 to for us.

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.160
 Led to

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.620
 life.

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.279
 Life now,

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:06.000
 life forever.

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.240
 let's pray.

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.240