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 All right, we're going to read from Matthew 10, verse 32 to 42.

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 And then David will come up and speak to us.

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 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

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 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.

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 And whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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 Whoever finds his life will lose it.

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 And whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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 Whoever receives you receives me.

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 And whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

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 The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward.

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 And the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

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 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple,

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 truly I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.

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 Well, if you look at the trail of Christianity through history, there's lots of ways you can describe it.

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 But one way that would be quite appropriate is that it's a very bloody trail.

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 And it's bloody because Jesus has never been comfortable or acceptable in our world.

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 When faithfully proclaimed as God's king and savior,

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 he challenges that which is actually hardwired into every single person.

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 That is what we call personal sovereignty.

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 We just naturally believe that we're competent to run our own life apart from God.

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 And so when we speak of Jesus,

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 then we're automatically on a collision course with individuals around us and our society at large.

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 It can't be any other way.

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 We're a threat as we speak about Jesus.

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 We become a threat.

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 Jesus is a threat to how people think, to how people live.

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 And as a result of that, then, generally speaking,

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 Christians have not been welcomed or accepted as the message of Jesus has not been welcomed or accepted.

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 And generally speaking, when you look back through history,

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 generally speaking, you would have to say that the lives of Christians

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 who are seriously committed to Jesus and serving Jesus and speaking about Jesus,

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 you'd have to say their lives have not been comfortable or peaceful.

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 Now, I suspect that's not how most of us think about our week to come, is it?

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 Because, you see, I think generally in our day and age,

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 generally we think that having sorted out a relationship with God,

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 being a Christian is about getting on with life,

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 enjoying the things that life has to offer us.

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 The comforts, the leisure, the pleasure, the possessions.

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 Now, we might actually qualify that a little bit when talking to somebody.

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 They might say, well, we expect from time to time that people will attack our faith in Jesus.

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 But it's that sort of magnitude.

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 The prevailing view, I think, is that we expect, being Christians,

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 is an enjoyable life, perhaps even a comfortable life,

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 albeit with that relationship with God sorted out.

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 Now, friends, I think what that means as we move into this passage,

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 I think what it means is that we're really ill-prepared to hear these words this morning.

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 Perhaps even worse, perhaps we're even reluctant to hear these words this morning.

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 Because they detail out, as James already opened up,

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 whereas they detail out hostility, division, suffering,

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 that serving Jesus will bring,

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 right into even those most personal and intimate relationships.

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 relationships.

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 So, what I'm going to do now is I'm going to stop,

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 and I'm going to ask you to join me in prayer

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 that the Lord might help us impact on these verses and these verses to impact on us,

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 given that they're talking about selflessness

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 when we're so hardwired to be selfish.

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 So join with me now in prayer just as we move into these verses.

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 Lord, we are ill-prepared to hear the challenge of these verses,

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 perhaps even reluctant.

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 We are naturally inclined to self-interest,

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 and yet these verses call us to your interest and our selflessness.

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 So, Lord, we need you to go before us.

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 We need you to open these words to our minds

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 and open our minds to these words

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 and change us from the inside out.

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 Amen.

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 Okay, as usual,

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 before we get into the detail of the text,

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 I want to do some revision,

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 just to keep these chapters together,

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 from chapter 9, verse 35,

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 through to chapter 10, verse 33.

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 We're working on this section that stands together.

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 Jesus, back in chapter 9, verse 35,

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 likened his mission to the work of harvesting.

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 So preaching the gospel is harvesting.

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 He's the Lord of the harvest,

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 and he invites his disciples to share in this exciting mission,

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 in his exciting mission,

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 and indeed share in the bumper harvest that he said would be there.

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 Then in chapter 10,

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 Jesus sends out his disciples as harvest workers,

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 or mission partners.

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 And chapter 10 then is essentially

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 talking his disciples through the practical challenges

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 and difficulties they might expect to encounter.

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 There's a cost in being harvesters.

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 And as we work through chapter 10,

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 we see that cost steadily ramping up.

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 Initially, verses 5 through to 15,

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 any opposition seemed sort of general,

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 impersonal, remote.

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 So Jesus sends them out,

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 and he talks about them going into a village.

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 If you're going into a village or into a house,

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 it's out there.

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 It's just out there.

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 And he says that you can expect

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 there would be random people in random villages,

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 showing disinterest.

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 That's where we start,

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 in those verses 10 through to 15.

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 And then last week,

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 we saw verses 16 to 33.

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 It ramps up.

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 Jesus prepares them for much more challenging scenarios.

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 And Jesus says,

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 as they proclaim the gospel of Jesus,

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 they should expect initial opposition and disinterest

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 to become persecution.

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 violent persecution.

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 Violent persecution.

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 You should expect loss of freedom,

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 loss of reputation,

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 ridicule,

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 false accusations,

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 and in the most extreme cases,

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 death.

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 And last week,

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 as I tried to open up this idea of Jesus' perspective

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 on the cost of being harvesters,

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 harvesters,

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 I used the idea of a cost-benefit analysis.

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 As Jesus prepared,

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 his disciples for what lay ahead.

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 And so,

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 the costs are real,

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 says Jesus,

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 but the eternal benefits

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 of identifying with Jesus,

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 of keeping our eyes on him,

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 seeing through our circumstances

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 to our Savior and the Lord of the harvest

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 behind our circumstances,

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 though the benefits of that

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 move us from fear

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 to freedom,

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 move us from reluctance

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 to see opportunity

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 to minister and stand with Jesus,

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 from fear to excitement

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 in the mission with Jesus.

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 Now,

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 with that background,

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 let's step into these confronting verses

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 in verse 32,

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 but mainly kicking into verse 34

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 for a start.

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 And the cost ramps up even further.

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 Jesus hears warning

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 that the greatest cost

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 is likely to be experienced

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 in our most personal

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 and valued relationships.

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 The greatest cost

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 is likely to be felt closest to home,

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 in other words.

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 Verse 34.

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 Here's where it starts

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 to open up the gap

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 between where we are

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 and between what Jesus says.

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 As Christians,

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 we're determined

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 to believe

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 that Jesus' gospel

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 or message

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 will bring peace

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 and happiness

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 and well-being

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 to our lives.

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 I mean,

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 we're just starting to move

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 into that silly season

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 of Christmas

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 and that's what we're starting to hear.

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 You know,

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 peace and goodwill

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 to all men.

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 Quietly,

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 I think,

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 as Christians,

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 we're committed to

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 and demand

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 from the Lord

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 hassle-free lives.

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 And we see that

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 as so fundamental

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 to being Christians.

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 Well,

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 Jesus says the opposite.

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 Allegiance to him,

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 allegiance to his gospel

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 of salvation,

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 says Jesus,

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 inevitably

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 results in conflict.

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 Now,

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 we need to read this

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 very,

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 very carefully

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 in today's

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 modern society.

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 Jesus is not

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 inciting people

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 to violence.

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 That's not his point

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 here at all.

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 His point is that

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 people,

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 when they're confronted

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 with him

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 as Savior

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 and Lord

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 and confronted

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 with his gospel,

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 they will not

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 easily give up

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 their own

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 personal sovereignty.

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 There will need

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 to be a struggle

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 for that to happen.

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 People will push back

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 at anybody

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 who threatens

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 their personal

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 self-sovereignty.

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 Jesus himself,

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 back from the Sermon

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 on the Mount,

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 is the ultimate

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 peacemaker.

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 But when you think

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 of Jesus like a surgeon

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 who comes,

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 as patient comes

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 and his body

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 is ravaged

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 by cancer,

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 how is the surgeon

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 going to bring peace

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 into that body,

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 if I can use

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 that sort of metaphor?

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 Well,

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 he has to

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 take that patient

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 into a place

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 of more pain,

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 more suffering

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 through surgery.

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 There can be

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 no shortcutting

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 of that.

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 The pathway

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 to peace

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 and health

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 is suffering.

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 That is the way

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 Jesus,

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 the peacemaker,

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 brings his peace

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 into our lives

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 and in the lives

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 of people around us.

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 verses 35,

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 30,

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 37 then.

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 For I have come

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 to set a man

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 against his father

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 and a daughter

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 against her mother.

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 Even as we start

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 to read these verses,

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 we start to think,

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 this is obscene.

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 And yet,

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 these are the words

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 of Jesus.

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 A daughter-in-law

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 against her mother-in-law

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 and a person's enemies

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 will be those

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 of his own household.

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 Whoever loves

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 father or mother

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 more than me

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 is not worthy of me.

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 And whoever loves

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 son or daughter

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 more than me

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 is not worthy of me.

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 The gospel of Jesus

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 polarizes people.

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 The most painful divisions,

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 the greatest hostility,

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 the most heartbreaking

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 suffering,

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 will surface

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 closest to home

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 in our closest,

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 most personal relationships

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 when we share

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 that Jesus is God's king

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 to be obeyed.

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 God's savior

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 without whom

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 nobody gets to heaven.

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 If we share that,

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 even our closest relationships

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 will be under severe pressure.

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 And even then,

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 Jesus calls us

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 to absolute loyalty,

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 choosing relationship

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 with him

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 over any other relationship,

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 any other relationship.

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 And accepting,

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 in practical terms,

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 that sometimes

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 when we want to speak

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 the gospel

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 to those we love most,

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 they are closest to,

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 them,

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 they actually

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 will become

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 enemies.

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 We will become

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 enemies to them.

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 So much will they hate

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 what we're saying to them,

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 even though what we say

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 to them

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 is driven by our love

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 for them.

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 Verse 38,

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 as harvesters

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 working for Jesus,

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 we must be

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 totally selfless,

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 that idea that

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 Jen's already

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 opened up helpfully,

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 carrying the cross.

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 Most days

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 when you hear Christians,

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 it's just used

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 as a turn of phrase

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 when you speak

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 and do lots of Christians.

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 Oh yes,

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 I have a cross to carry.

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 That is,

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 there's a particular

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 unpleasant circumstance

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 in my week this week

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 or something like that.

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 That's what carrying a cross is.

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 But not so in Jesus' day.

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 When you carried your cross,

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 you had already

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 been sentenced to death.

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 So to carry your cross

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 is to act

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 as one whose life

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 has already been forfeited

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 to somebody else.

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 totally selfless.

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 Disciples

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 are to demonstrate,

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 we disciples

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 are to demonstrate

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 our total commitment

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 to Jesus

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 and his cause

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 even if necessary

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 walking away

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 from the most

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 treasured relationships

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 in our lives.

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 man,

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 that's a big call,

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 isn't it?

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 That's huge.

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 And it's huge

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 simply because

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 treasured relationships

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 are exactly as they say,

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 treasured relationships.

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 And yet,

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 that's what Jesus

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 calls us to.

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 Verse 39

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 cuts even deeper.

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 whoever finds his life

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 will lose it

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 and whoever loses

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 his life for my sake

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 will find it.

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 Another sort of

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 proverbial type phrase

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 but I think it's this.

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 I think Jesus is saying,

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 look,

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 there's two choices

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 and only two choices.

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 Either

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 we will be committed

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 to building

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 our own kingdom,

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 that's the self-sovereignty

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 thing again,

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 building our own kingdom,

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 our own secure

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 and comfortable life

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 in this world

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 which will mean

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 that we need to make

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 peace with this world

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 and in a sense

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 approximate something

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 of the values

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 and philosophies

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 of those around us

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 in order to be

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 peaceful and acceptable

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 among them.

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 So we can go that way.

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 So we can sort of

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 find a life

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 that says Jesus

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 but ultimately

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 will lose it

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 or the alternative is

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 we will be committed

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 to building

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 his kingdom

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 by speaking

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 the gospel

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 of Jesus

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 as God's

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 savior and king

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 and accept

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 the cost

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 involved in that.

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 Now,

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 there's no way

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 to sugarcoat

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 those verses.

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 They're confronting

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 and they force

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 a confronting question

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 for each one of us.

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 So go back

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 to the idea

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 of the cost-benefit

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 analysis

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 that we talked

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 about last week.

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 What will these

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 details

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 mean for your

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 cost-benefit

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 analysis

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 of serving Jesus?

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 It's quite possible

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 for some here

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 this morning

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 these verses

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 would be

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 a deal-breaker.

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 giving up

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 those relationships

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 most valuable

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 to me

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 closest to me

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 is just

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 too much

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 to ask.

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 Or

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 is it still

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 a good

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 decision

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 to serve

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 Jesus

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 getting involved

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 in this

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 mission

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 with ever

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 increasing

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 costs?

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 And so

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 maybe in your

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 mind you're

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 saying

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 could any

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 person in

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 their right

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 mind

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 be prepared

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 for the

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 intense

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 personal cost

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 of giving up

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 the closest

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 and most

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 precious of

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 relationships

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 and family

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 relationships

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 or close

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 friends

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 for the sake

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 of spreading

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 the gospel

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 of Jesus

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 could anybody

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 in their

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 right mind

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 say

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 yep

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 I'm up

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 for that.

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 Continuing

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 from last

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 Sunday

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 the theme

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 that I used

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 what sort

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 of gospel

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 perspective

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.200
 could enable

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 us to go

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 down this

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 pathway?

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 And I tell

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 you

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 it needs

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 to be a

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 gospel

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 perspective

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 nothing

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 else

00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:43.400
 will take

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 us down

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 that

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 pathway

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 but what

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.019
 gospel

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.579
 perspective

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.460
 could possibly

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 take us

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 down

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 that

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 pathway?

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 Well

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 I want to

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 suggest two

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 the first

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 one there

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 if you see

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 your outline

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 in front

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 of you

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 being clear

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 about family

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 relationships

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 ultimate

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 family

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 and temporary

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 family

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 Now as I

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 said last

00:19:05.580 --> 00:19:05.819
 week

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 Jesus is

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 sending his

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.460
 disciples

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.700
 out to do

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 something so

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 new

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 so different

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 so dangerous

00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.779
 to anything

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 they've ever

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 experienced

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 and so in a

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 sense throughout

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 these two

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 chapters Jesus

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 said look

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 the key thing

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.680
 is keep

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 your eyes

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 on me

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 keep looking

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 at me

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 see through

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 the circumstances

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 that are going

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 to come to

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 you and

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 see me

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 the Lord

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 of the harvest

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 behind those

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 circumstances

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 that's a

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 gospel

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.879
 perspective

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:37.099
 it's the

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:37.940
 great faith

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.799
 that Jesus

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.680
 commended back

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.139
 in chapters

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.700
 8 and 9

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.039
 when we looked

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 at some of

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.700
 the miracles

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.619
 which was

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.480
 the ability

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.919
 of people

00:19:43.919 --> 00:19:44.279
 who came

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.700
 to Jesus

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.319
 asking for

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.619
 healing

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.079
 and asking

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.680
 for Jesus

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.019
 blessing

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 it was the

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 ability to

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.940
 see through

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 this man

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:49.880
 that stood

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 in front

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.500
 of them

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.180
 to see

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 the Lord

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:51.740
 of the

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 universe

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.380
 who had

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.820
 power

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:54.480
 to heal

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.980
 to renew

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 so my

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.620
 friends

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.420
 this is the

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 gospel

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.279
 perspective

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.620
 we will

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:04.920
 need

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:06.880
 when it

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.360
 comes to

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.980
 rejection

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.880
 and opposition

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.660
 and enmity

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.360
 from those

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.920
 that once

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.680
 we treasured

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 and valued

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.700
 as closest

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.220
 to us

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:15.620
 being able

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:15.940
 to look

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.519
 through that

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.039
 rejection

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.559
 and hatred

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.180
 from those

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.920
 closest to us

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:20.139
 is so hard

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:21.720
 of course

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 it's hard

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.680
 because to

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.259
 be human

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.899
 is to crave

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.399
 love

00:20:25.399 --> 00:20:26.460
 to crave

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.079
 acceptance

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.960
 to have

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.319
 somebody

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.420
 reciprocate

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.579
 our love

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.039
 and actions

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.659
 towards them

00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.859
 to belong

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.879
 to be in a

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 lasting

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.079
 relationship

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.759
 to be in a

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.579
 secure relationship

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.399
 without fear

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.000
 of rejection

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.220
 all those

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.639
 things are just

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.539
 so fundamental

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.859
 to us

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.299
 as humans

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:46.480
 so what

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.319
 could possibly

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.940
 enable us

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.299
 to give

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.779
 those things

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.059
 up

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:50.200
 or walk

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.440
 away

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.099
 from them

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:53.180
 well

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.859
 we need

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.339
 to remember

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.819
 that our

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.420
 ultimate

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.480
 lasting

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.399
 family

00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:58.220
 relationship

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.119
 is in

00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.399
 God

00:20:59.399 --> 00:21:04.599
 I said

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.200
 last week

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.119
 that being

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.240
 a disciple

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.119
 is identifying

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.859
 with God

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.139
 and that's

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.379
 true

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:11.380
 but far

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.260
 more important

00:21:12.260 --> 00:21:13.300
 is that

00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:14.180
 God identifies

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.700
 with me

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.380
 his disciple

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:19.200
 because

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.000
 that's

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.720
 my security

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:23.160
 that is

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.860
 the relationship

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.460
 I crave

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.400
 for in my

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.240
 innermost being

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:28.220
 that is the

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.920
 unbreakable

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.560
 relationship

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:31.080
 which can be

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.540
 enjoyed

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:32.440
 without fear

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:35.300
 that's the

00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:35.760
 relationship

00:21:35.760 --> 00:21:37.020
 that keeps

00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:37.480
 on getting

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.900
 better

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.440
 and will

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.980
 keep on

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.500
 getting better

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.920
 until I

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.400
 go to

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.640
 heaven

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:40.980
 to be

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.279
 with him

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.539
 forever

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.039
 and enjoy

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.539
 the fullness

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.920
 of that

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.400
 relationship

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.900
 in a way

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.180
 that I

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.599
 can't even

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.140
 begin to

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.519
 imagine

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:45.900
 now

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:48.440
 that is

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.759
 in my

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.259
 heart of

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.500
 hearts

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.339
 the relationship

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.079
 sorry

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.579
 that is the

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:51.980
 relationship

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.539
 I crave

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:52.880
 in my

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.220
 heart of

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.599
 hearts

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:56.220
 and it's

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.160
 mine

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.960
 in Christ

00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:04.480
 this relationship

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.480
 is essentially

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.039
 with God

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.559
 in Trinity

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.940
 and underpins

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.299
 everything

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.619
 Jesus

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.059
 saying

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.879
 in chapter

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.339
 10

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.799
 if you look

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.159
 at chapter

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.819
 29

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.539
 sorry

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.399
 verse 29

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.819
 through to

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.740
 32

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:17.019
 we looked

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.259
 at this

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.639
 passage

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.279
 these verses

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.819
 last week

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:20.379
 God is

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.179
 my father

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:24.619
 and he cares

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.480
 for me deeply

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.539
 as his child

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:29.200
 for every aspect

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.639
 of me

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.279
 as I serve

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.500
 him

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:32.799
 Jesus has

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.279
 dealt with

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.779
 my sin

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.420
 he's made

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.059
 me acceptable

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.500
 to my

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.879
 father

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:37.399
 who has

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:37.839
 adopted

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.220
 me into

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.839
 his family

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.579
 making

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:41.960
 Jesus

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.359
 like a

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:42.579
 brother

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:42.980
 to me

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.379
 so

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.019
 God

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.180
 the

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.519
 father

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.240
 Jesus

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.480
 my

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.839
 brother

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:49.059
 and

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.379
 Jesus

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:50.019
 gladly

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.559
 identifies

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:52.119
 with me

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.559
 before the

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:52.839
 father

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.200
 he's

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.839
 happy to

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.220
 acknowledge

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.559
 when we

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:54.879
 stand

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.200
 with him

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.500
 he will

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.779
 stand

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.319
 with us

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.319
 that's

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.460
 what

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.960
 brothers

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.379
 do

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.879
 in the

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.200
 ideal

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.579
 world

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:04.599
 verse 25

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.199
 you go back

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.960
 to one of the

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.259
 verses we

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.559
 looked at

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.099
 last week

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.659
 it talks

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:08.899
 about

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.720
 how

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.759
 they will

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.199
 be treated

00:23:11.199 --> 00:23:12.000
 just like

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.679
 the master

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.779
 because in

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.079
 the same

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.559
 household

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.759
 this is

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.539
 what the

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.199
 family treatment

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:18.879
 will be

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.819
 says Jesus

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.439
 it's an

00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.039
 affirmation

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.779
 of

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.779
 family

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.699
 likeness

00:23:23.699 --> 00:23:24.939
 and belonging

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:28.660
 and he

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.220
 reassures

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.519
 the

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:30.900
 disciples

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.400
 even in

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.600
 the midst

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:31.860
 of what

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.100
 seems

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.299
 like

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.680
 negative

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.820
 he

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.320
 reassures

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.500
 them

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:34.880
 that yes

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.259
 when they

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.900
 experience

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.480
 rejection

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.279
 and opposition

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.860
 and hatred

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:39.019
 then yay

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.480
 that's

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.059
 confirmation

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.740
 that they're

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.000
 in the

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.480
 family of

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.799
 Jesus

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.220
 in a

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.500
 sense

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.900
 verses

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.480
 21 and

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.900
 22

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.160
 go back

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.400
 further

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.740
 we looked

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:47.980
 at those

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.420
 again last

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.720
 week as

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:48.900
 well

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:50.700
 when you're

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:50.900
 under

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.279
 pressure

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.640
 when you're

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:51.960
 holed up

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.400
 before the

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.660
 courts

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.440
 don't worry

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.740
 about what

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.080
 to speak

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.460
 because

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.120
 your

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.559
 father

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.920
 will give

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.160
 you what

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.480
 to speak

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.779
 through the

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:57.940
 holy

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.380
 spirit

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.740
 and there

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.039
 we have

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.220
 it

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.660
 the

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.100
 trinity

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:02.819
 working

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.600
 for us

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.059
 with us

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.779
 as family

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:09.620
 the

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:09.799
 holy

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.200
 spirit

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.680
 has taken

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.279
 up residence

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.779
 with me

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.380
 the

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:12.579
 holy

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:12.860
 spirit

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.019
 we're

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.200
 told

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.480
 in other

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.759
 parts

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:13.920
 of the

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.180
 scripture

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.900
 daily

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.559
 renovates

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.720
 me

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.059
 from the

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.380
 inside

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.759
 out

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.840
 in a

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.019
 sense

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.259
 you can

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.600
 talk of

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:18.680
 the

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:18.840
 holy

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.120
 spirit

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.380
 like

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.059
 new

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.539
 dna

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.120
 when we

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.420
 become

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.000
 christians

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.860
 and that

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.079
 new

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.660
 dna

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.600
 is slowly

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.040
 working

00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.600
 through all

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.259
 my body

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.180
 and renewing

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.360
 me

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.880
 spiritually

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:30.660
 helping me

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.240
 express the

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.620
 mind of

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.140
 christ in the

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.720
 most difficult

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.600
 of circumstances

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:37.480
 my friends

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.519
 this is the

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.220
 family we

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.000
 belong to

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.700
 in christ

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:43.920
 this is a

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.440
 family like

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.980
 no other

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.500
 family

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:49.799
 and all

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.259
 of this

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.339
 helped me

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.960
 to remember

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.099
 that my

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.720
 identity

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.700
 and security

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.579
 is not

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.140
 tied

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.120
 to my

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.480
 human

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.220
 relationships

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.319
 no matter

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.120
 how personal

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.839
 and how

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.319
 treasured

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.680
 they might

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.799
 be to me

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:07.139
 now

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.980
 sadly

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.700
 many

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.180
 many

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.720
 christians

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.019
 get it

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.240
 wrong

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.539
 at this

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.819
 point

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:13.339
 many

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.819
 christians

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.299
 act as

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.500
 though

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.299
 family

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.460
 human

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.899
 family

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.480
 relationships

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.980
 or other

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.379
 close

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.819
 personal

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.299
 friendships

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.399
 are permanent

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.139
 are absolute

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.779
 are ultimate

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.919
 in other

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.039
 words

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.319
 they are

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.419
 so important

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.779
 to life

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.119
 that they are

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.339
 to be

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.779
 protected

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.139
 against

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.519
 everything

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.899
 else

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.779
 so

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.139
 these

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.399
 are my

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:29.639
 fixed

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:29.940
 points

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.379
 in life

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.440
 i'll give

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.860
 up all

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.240
 that out

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.480
 there

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.260
 but no

00:25:33.260 --> 00:25:33.900
 these

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.300
 family

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:34.800
 relationships

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.360
 i need

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.640
 them

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:40.040
 that's a

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:40.200
 wrong

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.540
 statement

00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:41.180
 for christians

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.540
 we might

00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:43.220
 desire them

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.840
 we might

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.360
 love them

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.800
 and enjoy

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.000
 them

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.740
 but we

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.200
 don't

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.520
 need

00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:46.840
 them

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:48.000
 in christ

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:57.940
 the problem

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.500
 with that

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.860
 thinking

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.380
 is that

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.580
 we

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.480
 become

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.019
 flexible

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.339
 at the

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.500
 wrong

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.960
 points

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.819
 we

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.139
 become

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.759
 flexible

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.259
 in our

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.740
 service

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.500
 and

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.059
 testimony

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.879
 to jesus

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:08.619
 because

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.339
 well

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.759
 i don't

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.000
 want to

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.339
 risk

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.720
 these

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.460
 intensely

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.019
 personal

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.579
 friendships

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.319
 relationships

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:17.339
 so we

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.679
 become

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.339
 flexible

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.379
 about jesus

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.639
 and our

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.079
 relationship

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.619
 with him

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:22.619
 and inflexible

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:24.139
 about our

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.819
 relationships

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.960
 yeah that's

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.159
 how to

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.519
 kill her

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:30.879
 now i got

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.420
 to say here

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:31.839
 carefully

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:33.139
 i got to

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.799
 say here

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:35.400
 oh i don't

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.660
 know what i'm

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.000
 going to say

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.720
 this is not a

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.099
 license to be

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.660
 careless

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:42.139
 or heartless

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.400
 or irresponsible

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.900
 or disengaged

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.400
 in this world

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.200
 human family

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.859
 relationships

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:49.480
 that would be

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:51.119
 a terrible way

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.619
 to understand

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.000
 scripture

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:54.420
 so it's not

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.119
 a license to

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.140
 step away from

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.640
 human family

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:56.980
 relations

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.920
 it's a

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.400
 safeguard

00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:00.559
 against making

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.519
 these relationships

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.220
 absolute

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.440
 and therefore

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.640
 being devastated

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.460
 or debilitated

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.539
 when gospel

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.700
 conflict surfaces

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.259
 in them

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:14.720
 so as

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.460
 disciples of the

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.660
 great peacemaker

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.480
 we too

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.440
 are peacemakers

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:22.740
 but just

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.420
 as jesus

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.200
 pathway to

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.580
 delivering

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.000
 peace

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.320
 meant

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.900
 rejection

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.340
 by his

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.580
 human

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.180
 family

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.940
 and remember

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.220
 that jesus

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.059
 human family

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.799
 first came

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.360
 to see what

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.700
 he was up

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.080
 to because

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.340
 they were a

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.980
 bit embarrassed

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:35.120
 by what he

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.519
 was saying

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.880
 and doing

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.860
 then

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.600
 down the

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:37.980
 track a

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.240
 little bit

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.420
 their

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.820
 embarrassment

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.220
 changed

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.660
 to outright

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.080
 anger

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.860
 they thought

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.080
 he had

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.660
 lost it

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:46.740
 so

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.360
 the pathway

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.859
 of jesus

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.339
 delivering

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.699
 peace

00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:49.939
 meant

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.459
 rejection

00:27:50.459 --> 00:27:50.799
 by his

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.019
 human

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.459
 family

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.639
 and

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.019
 ultimately

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.619
 suffering

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.759
 and death

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:56.000
 so too

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.399
 our sharing

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.719
 in his

00:27:58.719 --> 00:27:59.359
 mission of

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.039
 true peace

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.519
 and renewal

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.819
 will reflect

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.740
 jesus pathway

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:05.559
 my friends

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:07.099
 this is hard

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.500
 for us to

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.699
 hear

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:07.919
 is it

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:08.159
 not

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:12.559
 so

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.259
 often

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.599
 we have

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.179
 secured

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:15.199
 peaceful

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:15.799
 relations

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.319
 in our

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.799
 families

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.519
 and workplace

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.099
 and with

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.259
 our

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.779
 friends

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:21.240
 simply

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.579
 because

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.859
 we've

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.240
 played

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.799
 down

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.379
 our

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.759
 loyalty

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.279
 to jesus

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.619
 and we've

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:24.859
 played

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.099
 down

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.539
 the message

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.039
 of jesus

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.559
 perhaps we've

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.200
 been silent

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.779
 about that

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.899
 which we

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.299
 say is at

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.700
 the heart

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:30.940
 of our

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.259
 being

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:33.159
 because we've

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.700
 not wanted

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.279
 to risk

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.799
 those friendships

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.680
 that are fun

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:38.240
 or intense

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.339
 or personal

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.599
 or immediate

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:49.279
 so often

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.799
 i think we

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.359
 protest

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.719
 that we

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.539
 don't have

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.399
 the opportunity

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.339
 to stand

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.119
 publicly with

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.619
 jesus and

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.059
 the gospel

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.299
 or that we

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.799
 don't have

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.379
 the ability

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.939
 to say

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.299
 anything

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.819
 worthwhile

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.279
 we often

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.919
 try and

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.319
 excuse

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.679
 ourselves

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:01.959
 for that

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:02.659
 when in

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:02.899
 fact

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.319
 perhaps

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.899
 the reason

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.819
 is slightly

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.279
 different

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.919
 perhaps the

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.339
 reason is

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.519
 that we're

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.079
 not prepared

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.639
 to risk

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:09.960
 those

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.359
 friendships

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.819
 that mean

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.399
 most to

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.720
 us

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:13.960
 perhaps we're

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.439
 not prepared

00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:15.419
 to risk

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.539
 division

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.339
 and hostility

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.980
 creeping into

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.500
 those friendships

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.159
 that we value

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.839
 so much

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:26.519
 now friends

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.319
 don't misunderstand

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.859
 me

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.899
 we should

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:30.119
 never relish

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.480
 or look for

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.339
 hostility in a

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.579
 fight

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.519
 there's never

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.159
 a license to

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.460
 be that

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.039
 annoying

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.819
 christian

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.779
 member of

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.319
 the family

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.879
 at family

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.299
 gatherings

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.779
 who just

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.220
 won't

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.539
 shut

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.839
 up

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.059
 there's

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.359
 never

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.799
 an excuse

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.299
 for that

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:44.119
 and we

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.460
 all have

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.639
 them

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:46.059
 i might

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.279
 even be

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.480
 the one

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.740
 in my

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.000
 family

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.279
 i'm not

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.440
 sure

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.519
 but there's

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.980
 no excuse

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.420
 for that

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.139
 we're never

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:52.359
 looking for

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.059
 hostility in a

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.539
 fight with

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.019
 unbelievers

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.160
 but neither

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.700
 should we

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.319
 bag away

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.879
 from telling

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.220
 them

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.279
 those closest

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.680
 to us

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.019
 of their

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.359
 need

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.680
 for a

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.240
 fresh start

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.759
 in jesus

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.180
 i mean

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.160
 by definition

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.259
 if they're a

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.139
 close friend

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.960
 that means

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.039
 you love

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.339
 them

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.199
 and if

00:30:08.199 --> 00:30:08.599
 you love

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:08.759
 them

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.359
 surely you

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.639
 want to

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:09.939
 tell the

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.240
 truth

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.759
 to them

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.259
 and if

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.639
 the truth

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:11.980
 means

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.679
 confronting

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:13.379
 their autonomy

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:14.119
 and sovereignty

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.799
 their own

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.220
 individual

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.659
 sovereignty

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:17.379
 and talk

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.619
 about

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.119
 bowing to

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.519
 jesus

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.319
 then it's a

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.639
 risk

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.480
 surely if you

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.819
 love them

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.159
 it's worth

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.579
 taking

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:27.480
 and so

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.099
 perhaps the

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.619
 real reason

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.839
 we're

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.259
 silent

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:31.439
 is because

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:31.759
 we put

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.259
 too much

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.679
 value

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.579
 on these

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.199
 relationships

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:35.879
 and we

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.179
 don't want

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.500
 to risk

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.779
 them

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:41.220
 second point

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.759
 is appreciating

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.079
 that we're

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.439
 never

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.480
 without

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.059
 family

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.899
 to enjoy

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.659
 and nurture

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:51.140
 we're never

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.600
 without

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.160
 family

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.120
 to enjoy

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.880
 and nurture

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:57.440
 now i have

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.680
 to say

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.240
 these last

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.060
 few verses

00:30:59.060 --> 00:31:00.400
 are not

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.800
 easy to

00:31:00.800 --> 00:31:01.320
 understand

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:03.279
 but here's

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.400
 what i think

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.759
 they might

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.019
 mean

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:08.300
 so you look

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.580
 at verse

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:08.920
 40

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.180
 whoever

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.960
 receives

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.500
 you

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.120
 receives

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.480
 me

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.380
 and whoever

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.900
 receives

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.160
 me

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.740
 receives

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.140
 him

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.019
 who sent

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.220
 me

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.680
 i think

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.079
 that's a

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.519
 principle

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.940
 perhaps

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.360
 that jesus

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.740
 sort of

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.319
 proverbial

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.720
 principle

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.140
 that then

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.500
 jesus

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.220
 expands

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.539
 in the

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.779
 next

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.180
 two

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.559
 verses

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.759
 and i think

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.000
 it goes

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.380
 something like

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.680
 this

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.860
 in jesus

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.259
 day

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.380
 it was

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.019
 assumed

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.960
 that a

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.640
 person's

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.299
 representative

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.259
 would be

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.059
 received

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.200
 welcomed

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.319
 and assisted

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.680
 as if

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.420
 the person

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.200
 themselves

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.579
 were there

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.019
 present

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:41.900
 so if you

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.259
 want to put

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.559
 it in the

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.220
 family context

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.600
 we're talking

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.100
 about here

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:45.759
 a person's

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.279
 representative

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.000
 in a sense

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.419
 was just

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.980
 an extension

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.319
 of the

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.740
 family

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:52.559
 and was

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.779
 to be

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.059
 treated

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.359
 like

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.759
 family

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.759
 and i

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.219
 think that

00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:57.019
 principle

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.759
 of family

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.819
 connectedness

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.240
 might be

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.639
 at the

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.099
 heart of

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.319
 verses

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.779
 40

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.740
 to 42

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:06.219
 as

00:32:06.219 --> 00:32:06.939
 disciples

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.839
 busy in

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.159
 the work

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.879
 of harvesting

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.759
 or proclaiming

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.159
 the gospel

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:11.259
 in a myriad

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.399
 situations

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.320
 and circumstances

00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:14.360
 we will

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.940
 constantly

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.620
 intersect

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.300
 with other

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:16.759
 disciples

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.560
 doing exactly

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.019
 the same

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.420
 work

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:20.640
 for exactly

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.060
 the same

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.580
 reasons

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.940
 and bearing

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.740
 exactly the

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:23.940
 same

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.519
 costs

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:29.560
 and we'll

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:30.120
 intersect

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.759
 with them

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.400
 and their

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.180
 joy and

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.820
 delight in

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:33.259
 jesus

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.180
 and we'll

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.500
 intersect

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.060
 with them

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.640
 in their

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.320
 desire that

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.900
 others might

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.440
 hear of

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.860
 jesus

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.920
 and know

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.540
 the salvation

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.940
 that we

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.379
 ourselves

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.700
 have

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.319
 experienced

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:46.519
 i think

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.000
 the picture

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.700
 there jesus

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.180
 is saying

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.839
 is that

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.819
 we are

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.779
 never without

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.579
 family

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:53.859
 and in fact

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.859
 as disciples

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.259
 we're engaged

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.960
 in core

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.079
 family business

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.659
 and so we

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.139
 will actually

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.539
 have a much

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.519
 bigger family

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:04.099
 to be part

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.819
 of than

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.359
 anything we

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.859
 could possibly

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.519
 imagine

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.420
 at the human

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.779
 level

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:14.680
 we are

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.240
 engaged in

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.619
 the core

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.259
 family business

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.660
 we all

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.220
 know and

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.920
 enjoy god

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.180
 as our

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.440
 father

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.740
 we all

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.160
 have a

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.639
 rich sense

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.160
 of privilege

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.740
 as siblings

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.299
 of jesus

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.839
 and joint

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.319
 heirs with

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.420
 him

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.980
 we all

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.240
 have the

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.960
 holy spirit

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.879
 working quietly

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.379
 behind the

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.819
 scenes to

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.460
 create family

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.059
 likeness in

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.279
 us

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:30.160
 and in

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.639
 these verses

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.059
 it's hard

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.379
 to know

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.000
 whether jesus

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.279
 has got

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.720
 different

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.160
 levels of

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.720
 formality

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.759
 or different

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.599
 harvest tasks

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.299
 in mind

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:39.159
 so he

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.619
 talks about

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.000
 a righteous

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.419
 person

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.720
 he talks

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.019
 about a

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.279
 prophet

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.579
 and he

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.919
 talks about

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.539
 little ones

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:44.259
 i think

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.200
 possibly he's

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.139
 just spelling

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.680
 it out in

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.319
 some sort

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.240
 of concrete

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.799
 terms

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:52.460
 that regardless

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.139
 of the particular

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.859
 part of the

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.319
 harvest

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.740
 wherever you

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.180
 intersect

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.119
 disciples busy

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.599
 in the work

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.139
 of harvest

00:33:58.139 --> 00:34:00.279
 they're all

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.799
 his little

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.159
 ones

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:02.279
 they're all

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.500
 to be

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.940
 welcomed

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:04.200
 encouraged

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.839
 supported

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:06.099
 enjoyed

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:08.480
 the reward

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.059
 that's mentioned

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.380
 in here

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.059
 well again

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.400
 it's really

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.039
 hard to be

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.759
 precise

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:13.079
 but the idea

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.460
 I think

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.900
 which fits

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.460
 best with

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.019
 the context

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.599
 is simply

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.360
 that embracing

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.179
 the family

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.139
 as they're

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.719
 busy in

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.079
 harvest

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.179
 will win

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.799
 the approval

00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:21.559
 of christ

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:25.079
 because this

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.819
 is how

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:27.239
 god's family

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.960
 should work

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:33.380
 that's what

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.059
 family's all

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.420
 about

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.960
 that's what

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.380
 god's

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.940
 family's all

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.280
 about

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:39.920
 if your

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.240
 family

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.659
 gatherings

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.679
 are family

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.179
 gatherings

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.599
 you just

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.980
 come back

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.240
 to the

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.460
 same

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.880
 stories

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.260
 the same

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.639
 themes

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:45.960
 all the

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.260
 time

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.920
 I mean

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.320
 it's funny

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.780
 when you're

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.079
 there with

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.440
 a family

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.860
 but somebody

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.300
 else looking

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.599
 in would

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.960
 just think

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.280
 this is

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.659
 weird

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:54.059
 the family

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.940
 has a

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.300
 core

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.139
 definition

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.619
 a core

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.119
 shape

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.199
 common

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.839
 stories

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.559
 common

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.139
 memories

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:04.339
 our

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:04.980
 spiritual

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.599
 family

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.000
 is the

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.539
 place

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.079
 for us

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.819
 to rest

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:10.779
 and thrive

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:12.819
 and all

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.299
 the more

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.739
 so

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:15.299
 against

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.619
 the

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.199
 dysfunction

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.880
 and conflict

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.699
 and hostility

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.579
 that will

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.619
 most likely

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.279
 mark our

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.059
 human families

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.739
 and relationships

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:24.239
 as we

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.460
 are harvesters

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.179
 for Jesus

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:28.599
 my friends

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.079
 put it

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.839
 all down

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.139
 to something

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.719
 really simple

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:32.339
 we're never

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:32.819
 without

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.539
 family

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.599
 even when

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.179
 our human

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.639
 family

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.000
 and those

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.759
 closest to us

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.239
 reject us

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.579
 because

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.799
 those we

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.460
 have most

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.079
 in common

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.519
 with as

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.199
 family members

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.639
 are in

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:41.899
 fact

00:35:41.899 --> 00:35:42.419
 Christ's

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:42.639
 people

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:45.699
 we are

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.000
 never

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.339
 without

00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:46.899
 family

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.539
 to nurture

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.259
 and enjoy

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.300
 family

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:50.940
 and what

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.460
 a gracious

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.000
 provision

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.600
 that is

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:56.620
 and many

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:57.240
 many

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.800
 Christians

00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.020
 have lost

00:36:00.020 --> 00:36:00.660
 all of

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.200
 their family

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.800
 and been

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.460
 totally

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.260
 rejected

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.800
 totally

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.340
 rejected

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.680
 by their

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.000
 family

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.360
 but even

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.760
 they are

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.480
 never without

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.960
 family

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.180
 in the

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.340
 Lord

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.700
 Jesus

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:16.679
 so which

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.379
 close

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:18.059
 relationships

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.619
 will claim

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.159
 your

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.839
 primary

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.339
 allegiance

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:21.960
 that's the

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.319
 question

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:26.199
 which

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.960
 family

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.239
 which set

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.659
 of close

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.239
 relationships

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.819
 are you

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.619
 shaped by

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.279
 defined by

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.039
 identified

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.619
 with

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:35.759
 which do you

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.439
 find security

00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:36.739
 in

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.399
 which do you

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:37.980
 give allegiance

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.339
 to

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.500
 that's the

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.780
 question

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.140
 that boils

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:41.100
 down to

00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:43.780
 will you

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.300
 continue

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.100
 to expect

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:45.740
 and demand

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.160
 a hassle

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:46.880
 free life

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.539
 and

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.440
 conflict

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.559
 free

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.500
 close

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.920
 personal

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.620
 relationships

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:53.780
 whether

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.539
 family or

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.920
 friends

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.220
 who are

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.500
 hostile

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.600
 to Jesus

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:57.680
 even if

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:58.260
 the cost

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.760
 is not

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.160
 speaking

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.400
 about

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.700
 Jesus

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.000
 to them

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.660
 is that

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.059
 what you'll

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.420
 continue

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.820
 to hang

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.320
 out for

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.960
 and protect

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:06.640
 or will

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.019
 you sit

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.440
 loose

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.019
 to human

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.599
 family

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.079
 and other

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.739
 relationships

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:11.059
 knowing

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.559
 that

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:13.420
 your real

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.880
 family

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.199
 isn't

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.539
 Jesus

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:17.800
 if you

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.079
 can do

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.619
 that

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:20.119
 then I

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.400
 suspect

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.980
 you will

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.719
 be prepared

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.340
 to take

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.940
 the risk

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:25.639
 because you

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.139
 want your

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:27.179
 closest friends

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.099
 to know

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:29.079
 of the

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.480
 salvation

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.920
 that you've

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.280
 enjoyed

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:32.039
 and continue

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.500
 to enjoy

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.059
 in Jesus

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:36.860
 but it

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.159
 will only

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.500
 be that

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.860
 gospel

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.440
 perspective

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:40.179
 that will

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.539
 help you

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.000
 step into

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.659
 that place

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:45.820
 pray with

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.179
 me again

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.500
 please

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:53.719
 Lord I

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.119
 prayed at the

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.539
 start that you

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.039
 would help

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:56.119
 us hear

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.759
 words that

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.019
 we're

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:58.759
 not inclined

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.219
 to hear

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.879
 and perhaps

00:37:59.879 --> 00:38:00.839
 even quite

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.279
 reluctant

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.759
 to hear

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:04.799
 Lord we

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.339
 confess to

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:05.599
 you that we

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.980
 have put

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.339
 our allegiance

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:10.000
 in wrong

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.459
 places

00:38:10.459 --> 00:38:14.619
 we have

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:16.319
 valued human

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:16.939
 relationships

00:38:16.939 --> 00:38:17.299
 Lord

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:18.659
 good

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.339
 relationships

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:20.199
 important

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.819
 relationships

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.299
 to us Lord

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.679
 immediate

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.219
 relationships

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.579
 but we

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.119
 valued them

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.659
 too highly

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.879
 and unfortunately

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:26.420
 Lord the

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.079
 cost has been

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.359
 that we've

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:27.819
 been silent

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.379
 about you

00:38:28.379 --> 00:38:29.739
 to those

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.079
 we would

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.519
 say we

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.179
 love most

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:34.719
 help us

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.219
 Lord to

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.659
 see through

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.259
 our

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:38.719
 dearest

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.440
 and most

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.960
 personal

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.819
 of relationships

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:42.899
 to see

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:43.440
 you the

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.819
 Lord of the

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.199
 harvest

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:45.500
 and help

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.859
 us Lord

00:38:45.859 --> 00:38:47.920
 to take

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.500
 risks

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.940
 for those

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.399
 we love

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:50.799
 most

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:53.079
 by

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.159
 venturing

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.599
 most

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.039
 in speaking

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.079
 of Jesus

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.779
 to them

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.960
 and in

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.299
 his name

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.699
 I pray

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.179
 Amen

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:02.119
 Thank you

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.480
 very much