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 Well, please do have a seat.

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 And it is wonderful to see you this morning,

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 particularly if this is your first Sunday with us at Brunsfield.

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 It is just great to have you with us.

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 Can I encourage you at this point to make every effort to get Luke chapter 9

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 open in front of you?

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 It is crucial as we come to church at this point in our service

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 that we have God's Word open in front of us.

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 So make every effort to get the Scriptures open in front of you.

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 Luke chapter 9.

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 And let's pray together.

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 And ask for God's help as we come to his Word.

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 Dear Heavenly Father,

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 Lord, we still ourselves now,

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 and we remember who you are and who we are.

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 We remember that you are God in heaven,

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 and we are on earth.

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 And we remember that your ways are so much higher than our ways.

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 And we remember that in our world of change,

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 in our lives of change, Lord, that you never change.

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 And what a joy it is that we can call you,

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 because of Jesus, our Father.

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 And we can hear from you as your children.

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 So, Heavenly Father,

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 we ask that you would speak to us now through your Word.

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 Would you help us grasp something more of your amazing goodness,

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 like we were just singing,

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 and your greatness.

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 And may that go from being praised on our lips,

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 to knowledge in our head,

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 to truth in our hearts.

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 And may that just drive a love for you.

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 Help us to appreciate something more of who you are this morning,

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 we ask.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we've been journeying through Luke's Gospel

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 over the past few months.

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 And I want to take you,

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 at the outset of this sermon this morning,

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 right back to Luke chapter 1.

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 If you remember right at the start of his Gospel,

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 you may want to turn there now,

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 to chapter 1 and verse 4.

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 However, we saw Luke declare at the outset of his Gospel

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 that he'd started out with a very clear purpose in mind.

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 And he had set out to compile,

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 and you'll see it there,

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 an orderly account of Jesus' life.

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 And what he's done is,

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 he's carefully researched the facts about Jesus Christ.

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 And he's gathered those facts together,

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 and he's put his account together in a way

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 with the express purpose of providing his readers there

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 with, and you'll see the word there,

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 certainty.

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 This is what he's all about, Luke.

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 He's trying to provide certainty to his readers.

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 Now, I find that a massive comfort.

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 Because I look out in a world,

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 and I see massive uncertainty.

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 I see political uncertainty.

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 I see economic uncertainty.

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 I look at my life, and I see uncertainty.

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 And isn't it incredible that Luke writes for certainty?

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 So here he is.

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 He's written for certainty.

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 And because he's done that,

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 I think it means that we should expect to see

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 a progressive logic to his Gospel.

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 And indeed, I think that's exactly what we see.

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 Here is the flow of Luke's Gospel so far.

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 If you remember, at the start,

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 he started by showing us Jesus' CV.

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 So he started showing us,

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 this is who Jesus is,

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 and these are the things that he was doing.

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 This is who Jesus is.

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 Then he progressed to tell us about Jesus' manifesto.

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 This is what Jesus came to do.

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 Then he proceeded to tell us about the mission of Jesus.

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 Right at the heart of what Jesus came to do,

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 we saw it last week, if you remember,

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 right at the heart of it,

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 Jesus came to bring salvation.

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 To save people from their sin,

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 to rescue them,

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 to give them life,

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 and to reconcile them to God.

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 And as we enter chapter 9 this morning,

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 what we need to see is that progression,

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 that flow has led us to a new theme in Luke's Gospel.

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 Chapter 9, we enter a new section.

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 And the big question now for Luke

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 is having shown us what Jesus came to do,

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 and who Jesus is,

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 he'll now go on to show us what it means to follow him.

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 So there's our big theme for this morning.

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 What it means to follow Jesus.

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 What does Jesus call his followers to a life of?

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 And can I suggest straight off the bat,

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 that is the most important question

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 that we can ever ask with our lives.

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 What does it mean to follow Jesus?

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 You know, one of my pet hates in life,

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 I don't have many,

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 but one of my pet hates in life

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 is when people try to hide the small print from you.

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 Don't know if you find that,

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 you get stuff through your inbox,

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 and it says super fast broadband,

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 $9.99 a month,

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 and you think, ka-ching, we're in.

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 Then you read the small print,

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 what does it say?

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 Line rental, £16 a month.

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 You know what it's like?

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 You get flyers through your post,

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 it says three free months at the gym.

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 Again, you're thinking,

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 great, I can get my Hasselhoff on.

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 Then what does it say?

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 But only when you sign up for 18 months.

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 We hate it.

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 I hate it when people try to hide the small print from me.

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 Here's the thing about Luke chapter 9.

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 There's no hiding of the small print.

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 Jesus is explicit in what it means to follow him.

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 Small print, Luke chapter 9,

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 not small, it's big.

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 And the disciples in our verses this morning,

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 they're going to learn two massive lessons

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 about what Jesus calls them to as they follow him.

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 This is what a life of following Jesus looks like.

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 Now, what I want to suggest this morning

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 is that although we are not the 12,

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 and although we live in a different time from them,

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 and although we won't go around doing exactly the things that they did,

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 nor do I think we should expect to,

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 actually, at the center of what Jesus calls them to do,

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 is so true for us today.

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 A big lesson for this morning

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 is that the disciples,

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 these followers and learners of Jesus,

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 are called by him to a life of going

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 and a life of knowing.

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 A life of going

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 and a life of knowing.

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 So here it is.

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 If you've got verses 1 to 9 there,

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 let's look at what going looks like.

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 So we meet Jesus at verse 1.

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 What is he doing?

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 He's calling a team meeting.

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 That's what he's doing.

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 Interesting.

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 He calls the disciples to come to him

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 before they can go out.

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 Now, it's interesting,

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 because up until this point in Luke's gospel,

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 Jesus has been the only one

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 doing the preaching and the healing.

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 I mean, this really has been a one-man show

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 up until this point in Luke's gospel.

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 But now, do you see that Jesus

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 calls the disciples to him

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 and to join him in his kingdom work?

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 He calls them to himself,

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 he delegates authority to them,

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 and he sends them out.

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 This is what's going on.

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 This is the pattern.

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 I want us to notice a few things

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 about what he is commissioning them

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 to do here.

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 Now, firstly, notice what they are to do.

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 Verse 2.

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 They are to preach,

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 and they are to heal.

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 Jesus is calling them to go

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 and to tell people about the kingdom of God,

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 to go and make him known

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 in their surrounding countryside.

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 Go and make Jesus known.

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 Secondly, notice where they have to go.

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 Verse 4.

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 They have to go to people.

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 This is a people business

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 that Jesus is calling them to do.

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 People right at the heart of this.

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 They will enter homes.

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 Where did they go?

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 Verse 6.

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 They went from village to village.

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 How far did they go?

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 Notice the word at the end of verse 6.

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 They went everywhere.

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 This is a going-to-people mission

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 that Jesus is sending his people on.

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 Now, presumably, that's why

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 they are told not to take

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 the essentials for their journey,

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 if you think about it.

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 It does seem a bit odd

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 when we read it there, doesn't it?

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 But if you think about it,

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 it's going to sharpen in their minds

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 the sense of urgency

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 that they need to go,

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 but it's also going to sharpen

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 in their minds

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 that they need people.

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 They need to have people serve them.

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 They need to seek out people

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 that are going to help them.

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 People that are going to let them

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 stay with them.

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 People that are going to feed them.

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 Because if that doesn't happen,

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 they're not going to get very far.

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 Third thing to notice,

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 notice how this will go down.

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 I think this is where it gets

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 really applicable for us.

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 How will this go down?

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 What does Jesus envisage?

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 Do you see it there?

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 That some people will accept them.

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 Some will accept them

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 and their message about Jesus

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 and they'll warmly welcome them.

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 But, verse 5,

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 some will reject them

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 and their message.

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 I think we've got a great example

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 of that rejection.

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 Luke tells us about King Herod

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 at verse 7.

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 Seems likely that the mission

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 of the twelve,

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 what they are doing,

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 and clearly the success

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 of what they are doing,

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 it reaches the palace.

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 And Herod is perplexed

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 and he's confused

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 about Jesus' identity.

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 And what's the question

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 that's on Herod's lips

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 that Luke records for us there?

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 Who is this man?

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 It's been the big question

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 of Luke's gospel so far

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 as we've looked at

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 the identity of this man.

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 Now that might seem

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 an innocent question

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 at this point

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 on the lips of Herod.

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 But later on we learn

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 that it would appear

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 that he simply wants

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 to see Jesus perform a sign.

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 Or at worst,

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 to have him killed

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 and he's choosing

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 to respond negatively

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 to who Jesus is.

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 So let's bring a few

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 of those threads together.

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 What is Luke telling us?

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 He's telling us,

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 or Jesus is telling

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 his disciples,

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 that when they go,

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 when they tell people

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 about him,

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 they'll be met with hunger

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 and they'll be met

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 with hostility.

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 Some people will accept

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 their message

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 and some people

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 will reject their message.

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 And what I want

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 to suggest to us today

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 is that as modern day

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 disciples,

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 Jesus calls us

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 to the same pursuit.

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 You know,

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 Rico Tyson,

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 his great little book,

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 Honest Evangelism,

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 I suggest you read it.

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 It's a great little book,

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 probably the best book

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 I've read on this kind

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 of stuff.

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 He writes this,

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 God is the great evangelist,

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 the great seeker

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 and finder of people.

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 And he's called his followers

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 to the same pursuit

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 and to the same emotion.

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 So there we go.

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 There is the gospel task

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 of the disciples

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 to go to people

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 in their community,

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 to their everyday circles

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 and to make Jesus known.

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 And we think about it

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 in our lives.

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 We think about our circles.

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 We think about our communities.

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 Think about the people

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 who are in your circles.

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 Think about your colleagues

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 at work.

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 Think about your peers

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 at university.

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 Think about your classmates

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 at school.

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 Think about your brothers

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 and sisters.

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 Think about your mums

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 and dads.

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 Think about your uncles

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 and aunties.

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 Think about your family.

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 I mean,

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 these are our circles,

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 aren't they?

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 What is Jesus calling people to,

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 followers of him?

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 He's calling them

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 to embrace a lifestyle

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 of speaking for him.

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 I think at this point,

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 I would say that's why

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 I find it so massively encouraging

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 to hear people like Struan

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 really want to take

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 their circles,

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 speaking for Jesus

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 in their circles,

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 really seriously.

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 I want to,

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 this is what effectively

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 he was saying,

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 wasn't it, I think,

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 that I want to

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 speak for Jesus

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 in my sports team.

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 I want others

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 to help me speak

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 for Jesus

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 in my sports team.

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 And I want to gather

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 others together

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 because I realise

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 that I can't do it

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 on my own

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 and I'm so much more

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 effective by others

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 supporting me.

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 I think that's great.

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 It's absolutely brilliant.

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 And it's so encouraging

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 here to see,

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 isn't it,

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 that as people go

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 and as God moves

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 by his Holy Spirit

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 and as the message

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 is proclaimed,

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 God moves

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 and people are saved.

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 I don't know

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 if you were aware

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 at all

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 that this week,

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 we've got many students

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 in this church,

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 by the way.

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 I love that we have

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 such a diverse

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 church family.

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 It's brilliant.

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 But the many students

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 in this church,

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 many students

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 in this church

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 involved with the

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 Christian Union

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 at their university.

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 And I don't know

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 if you knew,

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 but this week

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 was the Edinburgh

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 Christian Unions

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 coming together

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 and having a

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 missions week

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 on campus.

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 So what they were

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 trying to do,

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 they were trying

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 to come together,

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 pull resources,

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 help each other

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 and go out

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 and tell their classmates,

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 their peers,

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 about Jesus.

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 Now they called it

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 something more.

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 Is there something

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 more to life?

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 That was a big idea.

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 I've been following

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 it this week

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 and something really

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 cool,

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 they set up a website

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 and on the website

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 was just testimonies

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 of Christian students

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 about how they came

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 to know Jesus

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 as the Lord,

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 King and Saviour.

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 It's brilliant.

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 Let me read to you

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 two stories

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 that I found

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 on this website.

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 This is Megan.

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 Megan's a fourth year

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 student at Napier University

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 and this is her story

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 about how she came

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 to faith.

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 She said,

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 I wanted to get

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 to know Jesus more

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 so my friend Alice

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 took me to church

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 and there I found

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 all the answers

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 to my questions.

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 It brought me

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 so much joy

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 to know that Jesus

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 had wiped my slate clean,

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 that he had sacrificed

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 himself and taken

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 the punishment

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 for my sin.

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 This was to me

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 the most incredible

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 amount of love

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 I'd ever heard of.

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 I hadn't realized

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 how much God loved me

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 and I remember

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 praying to Jesus

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 one night

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 and asking him

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 to save me

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 because I knew

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 I simply had

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 had too much.

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 It was right at that

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 second I knew

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 God had forgiven me

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 and that God

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 was truly real.

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 That's cool,

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 isn't it?

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 Hunger

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 for the gospel

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 as the gospel goes.

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 Hunger.

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 Here's David,

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 a third year

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 at Napier University

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 talking about

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 what life was like

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 for him

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 after he became

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 a Christian.

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 It was really hard

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 and I ended up

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 sticking out

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 like a sore thumb

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 at school.

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 My friends

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 constantly teased me

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 and picked on me.

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 It was humiliating

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 and I kept asking myself

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 have I made a mistake?

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 I tried to hold on

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 to Jesus

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 and to trust in him

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 knowing deep down

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 that he was real

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 and I was encouraged

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 by friends at church

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 and I was shown

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 a verse from the gospel

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 where Jesus says

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 to his disciples

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 you will be hated

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 by everyone

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 because of me

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 but the one

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 who stands firm

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 to the end

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 will be saved

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 and I knew

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 I had to keep going.

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 Hostility.

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 What will happen

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 when the gospel

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 goes to our world

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 to our friends

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 to our circles

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 we will be met

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 with hunger

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 and we will be met

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 with hostility.

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 You see

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 it's not our job

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 to make people

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 Christians

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 it's not our job

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 to make people

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 respond to the gospel

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 message

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 that's the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 as he works

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 in the lives

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 of people

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 but it is our job

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 to be obedient

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 to Jesus

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 and out of a love

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 for him

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 speak of him

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 and introduce

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 people to him.

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 Now just think about it

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 if you want an illustration

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 just think of a witness

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 in a courtroom.

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 Why are they called

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 into the court?

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 Well they're simply called

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 to present the truth.

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 Not their fault

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 if the jury

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 don't believe them

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 they are simply called

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 to speak

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 the truth.

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 Same with evangelism.

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 We haven't failed

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 in our task

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 if people don't believe us

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 but we think

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 we have failed

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 in our task

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 if we simply

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 don't try.

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 To follow Jesus

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 point number one

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 what does he call

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 his followers to?

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 To a life of going.

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 Now I don't know

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 about you

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 but I hear that

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 and I'm massively

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 daunted by it

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 and I'm scared

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 by it

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 and I think to myself

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 that is a big task

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 and I think to myself

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 somebody else

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 nodded me right?

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 Massive task.

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 Massive task.

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 I think about my circles.

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 I think about my football team.

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 I think about my family.

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 I think about my friends.

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 And I think on a bigger level

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 I think of our neighbourhood

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 of Brunsfields.

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 I look out over here

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 and I see all those flats

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 five, six storeys high

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 filled with people.

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 Thousands of people

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 living in this neighbourhood.

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 And I look out here

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 and I see maybe

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 150 of us or so

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 and I think we haven't

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 even scratched the surface

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 of this area.

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 And I think of our nation

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 of Scotland

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 and I think of the statistics

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 that would tell me

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 that two or three percent

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 of people in this country

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 would claim the name of Jesus.

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 That would know him

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 as their Lord, King and Saviour.

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 And I think of the size

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 of the task

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 and I feel crushed

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 under the weight.

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 And I consider the scale

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 of the task

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 and I feel sometimes

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 massively disheartened

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 especially when I

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 encounter that hostility.

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 I bet you the disciples

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 felt like that at times.

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 The question for us

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 as we look at this

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 as we think about our own lives

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:58.319
 as modern day disciples

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 is how do we keep going?

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 How do we keep going?

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 What is it that the disciples

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 need to know here?

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 Now Luke has deliberately

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 put this together

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 in a certain way.

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 We've had the mission

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 of Jesus

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 and very next

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 we get the identity

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 of Jesus.

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 No coincidence.

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 What follows next

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 is a big reminder

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 for the disciples.

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 They need to grasp

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 the identity

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 of who Jesus really is.

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 They need to grasp

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 his incomparable power

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 and his sufficient

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 and abundant provision

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 for them.

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 And this takes us

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 to the second thing

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 that Jesus is calling

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 his disciples to embrace.

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 And that's to embrace

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 a lifestyle

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 verses 10 to 17.

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 Embrace a lifestyle

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 of knowing.

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 So look at it there

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 if you've got it there

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 come back with me

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 if you've lost me.

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 Okay.

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 Verse 10.

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 The disciples

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 what are we told there?

00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:55.180
 They return from their mission.

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 And they tell Jesus

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 everything that they

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 had seen and done.

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 Everything they've seen

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 and done.

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 And you can understand

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.960
 that they are

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.480
 absolutely shattered

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 given everything

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 that they've done.

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 They have poured

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 themselves out.

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 They have walked around.

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 They have spoken of him.

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 They are shattered.

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 So what does Jesus do?

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.920
 He takes them away

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 for a bit of R&R.

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 You can see it there.

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 He tries to take them away

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 but it seems that news

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.000
 spreads quickly

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 of Jesus' whereabouts.

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 And as we've seen

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 constantly throughout

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 this gospel

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 the crowds

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 find out

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 and they are really

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 keen to follow him.

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 Do you see that?

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 They go towards him

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 the crowds.

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 And notice in passing

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 and I found this

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 beautiful this week.

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 Notice in passing

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 how Jesus responds

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 to them.

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 Now our little girl

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 Chloe

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 one of her favourite books

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 is called

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 Five Minutes Peace.

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 Put your hands up

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 if you've heard of this book

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 called Five Minutes Peace.

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 Yep.

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 What it is

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:57.159
 mummy elephant

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 she's got three little

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 children elephants

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 I think that's the term

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.519
 three little children elephants

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 and he just won't

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.079
 give her a minute's peace.

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 And this book is called

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 Five Minutes Peace.

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 I just want five minutes

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 when you're not

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 all up in my grill.

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 Just give me

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 five minutes peace.

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 And she never gets

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 the five minutes peace.

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 Now if I were Jesus

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 at this point

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 I would be playing

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 the five minutes peace card.

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 Just crowds

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 just give me

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 just give me

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 a bit of time

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 with my disciples.

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 Can we have a bit of time

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 just to us?

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 But what does he do?

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 How does Jesus

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 respond?

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 Look at it

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 second half of verse 11

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 it's great.

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 Jesus welcomed them

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 and he spoke to them

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 and he healed them.

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 Now one of the

00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:47.140
 big themes isn't it

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.660
 as we've been going

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.800
 through this Gospel of Luke

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 one of the big things

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.220
 that we've seen

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.720
 is the beauty

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:53.080
 of Jesus Christ.

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 His compassion

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 his love for people

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 his grace

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.460
 that he bestows on people

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.259
 his patience

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.920
 his kindness

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:03.000
 his tenderness

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 we see them all here

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 don't we?

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 Patient

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 kind

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 concerned

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 caring

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 gracious

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 this is the Jesus

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 that we meet

00:20:12.600 --> 00:20:13.380
 in the Gospels.

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 but what happens

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.240
 the day progresses

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:19.300
 and it suddenly dawns

00:20:19.300 --> 00:20:20.020
 on the disciples

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 that there could be

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.960
 a crisis just around

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.340
 the corner

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:22.980
 do you see that?

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.560
 They're heading

00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:25.240
 for a crisis

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.440
 the day is

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 drawing near

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 and do you see

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.160
 that they identify

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.240
 two potential reasons

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.060
 for this crisis?

00:20:32.020 --> 00:20:33.400
 Two massive reasons

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.920
 firstly because of

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.660
 where they are

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.220
 check it out

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.940
 verse 12

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:38.740
 where are they?

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.880
 They're in a desolate

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.540
 place

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.960
 they're out

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.720
 in the sticks

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:44.139
 now what does that mean?

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 That means that there is

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.099
 no Tesco Express

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.139
 at the end of the road

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:48.740
 and that means

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.839
 there is no Starbucks

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.399
 on the corner

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.159
 that you could go to

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.079
 to get your caffeine

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.839
 hit to take you

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.379
 through the night

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:55.000
 they are

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.119
 in a desolate

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.700
 place

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:58.460
 that's where they are

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.359
 first problem

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.420
 second problem

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.980
 notice

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.279
 what they have

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:05.339
 they don't have a lot

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:07.180
 verse 13

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 no more than

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.359
 five loaves

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.059
 and two fish

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.980
 how many people

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.659
 are in front of them?

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.899
 5,000 men

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 5,000 people

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.679
 now

00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:17.240
 picture that

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.079
 100 people

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.659
 in this room

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 that is

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:21.099
 50 times

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.980
 this amount

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.319
 of people

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.019
 that is a lot

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 of people

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:25.099
 that's a lot

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 of people

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 and even

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.220
 that number

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.980
 of 5,000

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.440
 do you notice

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.960
 that there

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.619
 may well not

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.079
 have accounted

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.559
 for women

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 and children

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 as well

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 big number

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.519
 of people

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:37.099
 given that

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.779
 number of people

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.359
 what they have

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:40.119
 wouldn't have

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:41.220
 even made a dent

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:42.180
 in the hunger

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.980
 of the people

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.279
 there

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:45.799
 so what do they

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.000
 do

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.379
 and I love

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.720
 this little

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.539
 discourse here

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.299
 notice it there

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.680
 what does

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.559
 the disciples

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.940
 do

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.839
 they put the ball

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.200
 in Jesus'

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.579
 court

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:53.279
 what do they say

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.879
 what are we

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.559
 going to do

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:56.599
 send them away

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.980
 Jesus

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.799
 that's their answer

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.420
 to the problem

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.220
 send them away

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.759
 to get something

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.279
 to eat

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.240
 what does

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.899
 Jesus do

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:04.799
 the ball's

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.220
 in his court

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.440
 now

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.859
 he puts it

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.700
 well and truly

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.379
 back in theirs

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:07.799
 do you notice

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.139
 that

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:09.399
 what does

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.839
 they say

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.500
 you

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.539
 give them

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.799
 something

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.319
 to eat

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.599
 you

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:13.899
 in the

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.079
 Greek

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.299
 there

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.460
 it's

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.980
 emphatic

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.539
 you

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.420
 give them

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.700
 something

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.220
 to eat

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:20.420
 verse 13

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.680
 I love

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:21.940
 how they

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.379
 suggest

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:22.759
 they think

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.019
 they can

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.279
 go and

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.639
 buy food

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:23.920
 for all

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.039
 these

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.279
 people

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.559
 can you

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.799
 imagine

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.099
 that

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.440
 they go

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.720
 to the

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:26.960
 local

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.399
 store

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.099
 and they

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.500
 ask

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.759
 the

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:30.319
 guy

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.480
 behind

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.599
 the

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.740
 tail

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.000
 says

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.180
 what

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.339
 are you

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.660
 after

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.379
 or after

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.599
 some

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:32.819
 eggs

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.099
 how many

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.299
 eggs

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:33.440
 are you

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.720
 after

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.160
 5,000

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.259
 it's a lot

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.660
 of people

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.779
 they just

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.079
 don't know

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.539
 what to do

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.000
 we get that

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.379
 sense

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.740
 don't we

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.200
 they just

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.640
 don't know

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:41.900
 what

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.940
 they are

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.140
 going to

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.319
 do

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.539
 they

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.440
 they are

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.980
 well and

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.220
 truly

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.680
 out of

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.059
 ideas

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.420
 and they

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.720
 are well

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.039
 and truly

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.379
 out of

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:47.799
 resources

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.460
 there's

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.720
 not a

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.039
 chance

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.359
 they can

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.519
 do

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.980
 this

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:52.559
 and here's

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:52.779
 where I

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.119
 find this

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.359
 really

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.920
 interesting

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.839
 if you

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.240
 think about

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.379
 it

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.819
 presumably

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.220
 Jesus

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.640
 could have

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.000
 just done

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.200
 this

00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:01.119
 he could

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.359
 have just

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.740
 done this

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.039
 miracle

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.420
 couldn't he

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.980
 he didn't

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.319
 really need

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.579
 to have

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:03.740
 this

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.259
 conversation

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.599
 with the

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.980
 disciples

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.279
 he could

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.539
 have just

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.039
 done it

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.039
 and everyone

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.220
 would have

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.099
 been satisfied

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.879
 and fed

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:10.559
 but you

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:12.019
 see how

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 Jesus

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:14.180
 helps them

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 feel

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.220
 their utter

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.160
 helplessness

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.539
 that he

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 allows them

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.599
 to be in

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.359
 that place

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.039
 of

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.099
 cluelessness

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 now why

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.680
 is he

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.240
 doing that

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:27.299
 well

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.240
 surely

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 reflecting

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.079
 on it

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 this

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.599
 week

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.779
 is it

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.220
 not to

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.480
 show

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.819
 them

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 one of

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 the

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 most

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 fundamentally

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.159
 simple

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:36.039
 yet profoundly

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.539
 beautiful

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.079
 truths about

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.519
 the Christian

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.000
 life

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.899
 that we

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:41.059
 need

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.960
 Jesus

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.740
 we need

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.740
 Jesus

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.000
 what do

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.799
 the disciples

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.319
 need to

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.680
 learn at

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.200
 this point

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.759
 surely that

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.079
 it's not

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.420
 all about

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.740
 them

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.460
 that they

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 need

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.460
 Jesus

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:58.279
 and so what

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.759
 does he do

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.340
 he gets

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.100
 them to get

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.579
 the crowds

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 to sit in

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.140
 the 50s

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.680
 these groups

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.960
 and Jesus

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.880
 performs the

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.279
 miracle

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.839
 it's written

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 there isn't

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.399
 it

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.240
 of course

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.500
 he could

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.579
 have

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:08.879
 performed

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.079
 that

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.480
 miracle

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.740
 food

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:10.960
 for

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.399
 everyone

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.119
 and more

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.519
 than that

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.720
 do you

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 notice that

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.500
 what does

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.980
 Luke tell

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.279
 us that

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.660
 all the

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:14.879
 people

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 ate

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.599
 and they

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:15.740
 were

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.099
 what

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.279
 satisfied

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 satisfied

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 in fact

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.079
 so satisfied

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.539
 were they

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.740
 do you

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.240
 notice that

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.539
 there are

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.440
 12 baskets

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.000
 left over

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 this is

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.139
 a big

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.480
 feed

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:29.879
 reading the

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.240
 Jesus

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.759
 storybook

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.039
 bible

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 with my

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 little girl

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 the other

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 night

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.059
 commenting on

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.579
 this section

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:34.980
 I love

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 this

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:37.699
 it was the

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.279
 most natural

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.799
 thing in the

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.179
 world

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.319
 it's what

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.839
 God had been

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.779
 doing ever

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.259
 since the

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.799
 beginning of

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 course

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 taking nothing

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.960
 and making

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.439
 it everything

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:48.179
 taking emptiness

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.299
 and filling

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.740
 it up

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.740
 here is

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.759
 the glory

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.299
 of Jesus

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.819
 Christ

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.859
 and he's

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.419
 calling his

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.099
 disciples to

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.879
 behold it

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.859
 lesson for the

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.379
 disciples

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.919
 they need

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.599
 Jesus

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.439
 and the

00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:03.359
 wonderful truth

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.659
 for the

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.339
 disciples to

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.839
 know

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.339
 that they

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.000
 need Jesus

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.539
 but he

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.379
 is willing

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.079
 and he

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.639
 is able

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.319
 to provide

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.199
 for all

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.819
 their needs

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:13.339
 all their

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.759
 needs

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.879
 so there

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.179
 it is

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.639
 the second

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.179
 truth for

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.740
 the disciples

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.500
 to grasp

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.899
 that to

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.679
 follow Jesus

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.539
 is to sign

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.419
 up for a

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.799
 life of

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 going

00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:23.359
 and it's

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.720
 to sign

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.139
 up for a

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.480
 life of

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 knowing

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:26.859
 and if you

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.399
 look carefully

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:28.019
 there the

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.139
 information that

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.079
 Luke gives

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.579
 us you see

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.899
 that there's

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.439
 actually something

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.159
 else going on

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.559
 behind the

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.980
 scenes as

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.319
 well and

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.619
 you begin

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.179
 to see the

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.599
 massive

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.960
 exodus imagery

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.419
 that Luke

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:38.220
 employs here

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 and indeed

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 it's not just

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.859
 in these verses

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.579
 actually it's a

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.220
 mega theme that

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.740
 runs throughout

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.500
 chapter 9

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.539
 the exodus story

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.559
 God's people in

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.059
 the wilderness

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:51.319
 God's people at

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.759
 the end of

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.539
 themselves in the

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.259
 need of food

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:55.259
 God miraculously

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.359
 feeds them

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.279
 provides food for

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.740
 them in the

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.099
 wilderness

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.939
 lesson for

00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.759
 that generation

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:02.019
 you need

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.439
 God

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:04.500
 and your

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.639
 God is

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.719
 one who

00:26:06.719 --> 00:26:07.359
 can provide

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.480
 all your

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.859
 needs

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.399
 and he will

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.899
 lead you

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.819
 and he will

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.480
 provide for

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.799
 you

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.099
 you need

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.519
 God

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.399
 lesson for

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.399
 this generation

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:19.359
 surely it's

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.779
 the same

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:21.399
 disciples

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.259
 you need

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.699
 God

00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:24.480
 your God

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.099
 is willing

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.579
 and he's

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.139
 able to

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.279
 provide all

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.559
 of your

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.959
 needs

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.920
 so keep

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.460
 trusting

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.779
 and following

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.160
 him

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.059
 and trust

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.500
 him when

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:35.059
 things happen

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.400
 that he knows

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.720
 where he's

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.259
 leading you

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.279
 he can provide

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.819
 for you

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.819
 here are people

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.539
 in a desolate

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.100
 place

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:42.120
 here are people

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.799
 with no idea

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.140
 where they will

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.759
 find food

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.539
 and here is

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.460
 God miraculously

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.160
 once again

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.840
 providing for

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.340
 his people

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:49.700
 isn't that just

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.160
 a wonderful

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.779
 truth for us

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.460
 to meditate on

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.880
 this morning

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.640
 as God's

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:52.920
 people

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:55.220
 that our

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.799
 God he will

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.420
 never run out

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.900
 of resources

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:59.160
 that our

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.800
 God will

00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:01.180
 never run

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.700
 us dry

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:04.460
 that our

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.780
 God will

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.420
 provide for

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.140
 every single

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.620
 need of his

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:06.980
 people

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:09.360
 it's a big

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.040
 incentive is it

00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:10.480
 not for the

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.160
 disciples to

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.840
 keep going

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:13.300
 if they know

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:14.200
 who this God

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.040
 is whose name

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:15.960
 they go on

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.640
 behalf of

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.500
 what do they

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.140
 need to know

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.860
 what do we

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.420
 need to know

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.759
 we need to know

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.140
 that when the

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.780
 task seems

00:27:22.780 --> 00:27:23.160
 big

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:25.019
 our God

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.440
 is bigger

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.060
 when the

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.920
 task seems

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.940
 giant

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.900
 our God

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.279
 is

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.279
 gianter

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:33.100
 our God

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.560
 is a big

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:33.880
 God

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.400
 that is the

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.000
 truth here

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.580
 our God

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:35.960
 is one who

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.540
 provides for

00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:37.160
 all of our

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.519
 needs

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.580
 and I was

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.100
 thinking on it

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.580
 this week

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.640
 how often

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.240
 is my view

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.620
 of God

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.160
 my God

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.460
 is too

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.840
 small

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:44.600
 he is too

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.019
 small

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.940
 just need to

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.640
 think about

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.400
 his greatness

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.780
 and I need

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:50.400
 to stop

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.120
 trying to

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.780
 rate my

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.500
 ability to

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.080
 navigate my

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.460
 way through

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.920
 life

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:56.120
 the lesson

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.120
 here is to

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.920
 look to him

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.200
 look to him

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.700
 as the all

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.560
 sufficient one

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.060
 look to him

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.400
 as the one

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.820
 who is able

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.400
 to provide

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.400
 everything

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.660
 stop projecting

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.740
 your human

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.540
 limitations on

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:08.860
 God

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:11.800
 stop pretending

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.500
 like he is one

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.780
 who has

00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.660
 limited energy

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.019
 stop

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:16.160
 looking on him

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.000
 who is one

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.320
 who has got

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.120
 limited resources

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.979
 like we do

00:28:18.979 --> 00:28:20.439
 I think

00:28:20.439 --> 00:28:20.779
 J.I.

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.159
 Parker

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.699
 he nails

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.019
 this one

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.439
 in the head

00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:22.799
 he says

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.519
 we think

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.899
 of God

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.259
 as being

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.779
 too much

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.239
 like what

00:28:25.239 --> 00:28:25.739
 we are

00:28:25.739 --> 00:28:28.299
 let's put

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 that mistake

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 right

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 and let's

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 learn to

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 acknowledge

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 the full

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 majesty

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 of our

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 incomparable

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 God and

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 saviour

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 we need to

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 have a big

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.619
 view of

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 Jesus

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 that's what

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 this is

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 telling us

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 we need to

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 have a big

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 view of who

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 he is

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 the mission

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 is big

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 but our

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 God is

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 big

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 I think

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 that's a

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 great place

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 for us

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 to finish

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 for this

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:51.920
 morning

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 as we

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 think about

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 the greatness

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 of our

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 gods

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 what do the

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.140
 disciples need

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 to know

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 that as they

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 go in the

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.519
 name of their

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 saviour

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 they need to

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 know the

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 incomparable

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 power and

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.980
 provision of

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 their saviour

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 what does

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 it mean to

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 follow Jesus

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 what does he

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.740
 call his

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 disciples to

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 what does he

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 call his

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 followers to

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 well here it

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.379
 is at the

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 beginning of

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 chapter 9

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 two aspects

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 of it

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 to follow him

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.279
 is to sign

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.660
 up to a

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:18.980
 life of

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 going

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.539
 and to

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.200
 follow him

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.740
 is to sign

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.259
 up to a

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.599
 life of

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:22.859
 knowing

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:24.779
 now we're

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.059
 going to

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.859
 one of the

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.259
 songs that

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.480
 we're going

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.940
 to finish

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.500
 with is

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.400
 guide me

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.759
 oh thou

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.039
 great

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.400
 jehovah

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.680
 let me

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.139
 just read

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:32.139
 this verse

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.799
 to you as

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.480
 we finish

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.400
 I think it

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.960
 just picks up

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.380
 on a lot

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.799
 of the themes

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.039
 that we've

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.360
 been looking

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:36.740
 at this

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.039
 morning

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.039
 guide me

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.480
 oh thou

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.759
 great

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.220
 jehovah

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.640
 pilgrim

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.180
 through this

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.980
 barren land

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.299
 I am weak

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:45.019
 but you

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.599
 are mighty

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 hold me

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.000
 with thy

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.960
 powerful hand

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.279
 bread of

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.579
 heaven

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.860
 bread of

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.059
 heaven

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.599
 feed me

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.960
 till I

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.319
 want no

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.660
 more

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.860
 feed me

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.220
 till I

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.579
 want no

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:55.860
 more

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.799
 let's pray

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.220
 together

00:29:57.220 --> 00:30:01.160
 oh dear

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.700
 father we

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.360
 ask that you

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.720
 would help

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.099
 us this

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.400
 week

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:05.460
 we ask

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.620
 that you

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.180
 help us

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.540
 this week

00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:07.100
 to be in

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.560
 tune with

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:07.740
 your

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.480
 incomparable

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.060
 greatness

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:10.900
 would you

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.320
 help us

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.600
 to be

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.060
 those

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:12.800
 people

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.880
 who

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.340
 follow

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.640
 you

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:14.960
 and who

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.280
 live

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:15.920
 not by

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.800
 sight

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.980
 but who

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.540
 live by

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.259
 faith

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.519
 and we

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.019
 do so

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.519
 because we

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.080
 know that

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.360
 you are

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.000
 the gods

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.820
 who is

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.280
 able to

00:30:24.280 --> 00:30:24.880
 provide for

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.280
 all of

00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:25.740
 our needs

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:27.100
 and I

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.680
 ask dear

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.180
 father that

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.500
 in our

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.100
 own times

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.560
 this week

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:29.920
 of reading

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.580
 your words

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.600
 would you

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.040
 feed us

00:30:32.040 --> 00:30:32.320
 up

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.700
 would you

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.179
 build us

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.480
 up

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.460
 would you

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.939
 strengthen

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.240
 us

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.559
 and would

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.000
 you send

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.339
 us to

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.779
 a lost

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.099
 world

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.799
 to proclaim

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.799
 the greatness

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.240
 of your

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.759
 son Jesus

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.240
 Christ

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.119
 and so we

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.659
 thank you for

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.240
 our time this

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.539
 morning

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.460
 and we pray

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.939
 you'll be with us

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.480
 now in the rest

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.059
 of our service

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.779
 in Jesus name

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.399
 Amen