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 How does a person go about building a life worth living?

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 How do you build a good life?

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 How do you build a life that is a life of meaning, a life of purpose,

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 a life that is reasonably happy, but also a life that can bear the weight

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 of suffering and loss, a life that can hold up in the face of

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 its own finitude, a life that can hold up

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 to the challenges of life in the real world?

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 How do you build that kind of life?

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 And where do you look to learn how to do this well?

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 Our culture emphasizes that such a life should be authentic,

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 that we should build a life that feels true to us.

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 But beyond that, there's not a lot of guidance.

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 And if we're honest, no one, at least no one I know,

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 has the time or energy to develop a comprehensive and rigorous worldview.

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 We just don't have time or energy for that.

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 Where would we start?

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 And so what most people end up doing, if we're honest,

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 is sort of cobbling together a life out of this and that, right?

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 There might be this that we saw on Instagram,

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 or that that we heard in a particularly compelling podcast,

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 or this snippet that we got from a friend,

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 or this that these friends who seem to be doing a better job in their life than us,

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 and we copy them.

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 We sort of cobble together a life.

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 But a life built this way is fragile.

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 It tends to fall apart when things get tough.

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 A life built this way is also a life that feels meaningless,

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 because we know deep down we're making it up as we go along.

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 Matthew chapter 28, this passage that Hillary just read,

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 speaks directly into this question.

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 It shows us the kind of life that is on offer through the risen Christ

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 that we cannot find anywhere else.

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 It's a life built around three things.

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 A life built around a new center.

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 A life built around a new identity.

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 And then a life built around a new purpose.

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 So let's pray, and then we're going to open God's Word together.

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 If you have a Bible and you want to turn to chapter 28 of Matthew,

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 you can do that.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord, we thank You for Your Word,

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 and we thank You that it is not mere ink and paper,

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 that we are here in the presence of the living God.

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 We pray that as we open Your Word, Your Word would open us.

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 As we read Your Word, Your Word would read us.

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 Lord, and that as we come to understand Your written Word,

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 we would come face to face with the living Word, Jesus Christ.

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 And it's in His name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So what does it take to build a good life?

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 What is on offer through the risen Christ to the world?

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 The first thing is that we find in Jesus a new center.

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 After seeing Jesus crucified,

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 this happened previously in Matthew's Gospel.

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 After seeing Jesus crucified,

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 the disciples felt as though their lives were falling apart.

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 They felt as though their lives were meaningless.

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 They felt as though everything they thought they knew

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 had just come undone.

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 And they were trying to rebuild their lives as best they could.

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 But suffice it to say, they were profoundly disoriented.

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 But when they encounter the risen Jesus, everything changes.

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 He appears to them.

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 He says, meet me in Galilee.

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 Go there, wait, I'm coming.

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 So they go to Galilee.

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 They go to the mountain,

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 and they're waiting for Jesus on the mountain.

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 And when Jesus arrives,

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 it says some of them immediately fall prostrate on the ground,

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 and they worship Him.

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 And then it says others still doubted.

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 They still had their doubts.

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 Now we're going to come back to that.

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 The first thing Jesus says is this.

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 Now he's not just saying some authority.

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 He's saying all authority everywhere is now mine.

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 For those who know their Old Testaments,

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 this is a reference indirectly to Daniel chapter 7.

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 There's a prophecy that Daniel makes in the Old Testament

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 that the Son of Man,

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 a title that Jesus had used for Himself,

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 the Son of Man one day would be enthroned

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 as the ruler of the world.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 that has been fulfilled in your hearing.

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 That was fulfilled through the resurrection.

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 I have become the King of the world.

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 In other words, at this moment,

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 Jesus is announcing His coronation

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 on this mountain to His disciples

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 as the King of heaven and earth.

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 So for those who say or argue

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 that there's nowhere where Jesus actually

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 announces that He is divine

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 or makes the claim that He is God,

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 you're going to have to figure out

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 how to make sense of this passage

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 because that seems to be exactly

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 what He's saying here.

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 And here's the thing that we want to wrestle

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 with this morning.

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 If all authority in heaven and on earth

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 belongs to Jesus,

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 that means that Jesus is the center

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 of reality itself.

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 It means that Jesus is the center

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 of everything.

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 And if that's true,

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 then any vision of life

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 that doesn't begin that way,

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 in other words,

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 any vision of life

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 that assumes we are at the center

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 is already doomed to fail

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 because it doesn't line up with reality.

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 It's already disconnected

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 from what is most true.

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 So there's a lot of wisdom

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 to be found in the world.

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 The ancient Greeks

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 had a lot of wisdom.

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 They talked about,

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 Aristotle talks about

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 the cultivation of virtue.

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 The Stoics talk about

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 the value of self-mastery.

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 There's a lot of modern wisdom

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 to be gleaned, right?

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 Tim Ferriss can help us

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 optimize our habits, right?

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 Andrew Huberman can help us

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 use science to improve

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 our quality of life

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 and our bodies and minds.

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 Or Brene Brown can urge us

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 to embrace vulnerability.

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 All valuable,

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 all worth considering,

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 all worth maybe incorporating.

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 There's value in these ideas,

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 but listen,

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 they all share the same limit

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 because all of these realities,

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 all of these visions of life

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 assume that I should be

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 at the center of my life.

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 And that's the problem.

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 And that's the limit.

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 Scripture actually says

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 that this is how things

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 originally went wrong

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 in the world,

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 that human beings

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 became convinced

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 at some point along the way

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 that life would be better

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 if we were at the center

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 instead of God.

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 And that's when things

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 began to fall apart.

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 All right,

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 so think of the solar system.

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 How do massive planets

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 move with such precision

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 and beauty and order?

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 Why aren't they constantly

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 crashing into each other

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 or flying out into space?

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 And the answer is

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 because they all share

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 the same center.

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 They're all held in place

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 by the one thing

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 that has the gravity

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 and the power to do it,

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 and that's the sun.

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 So our lives are very much

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 like the solar system.

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 There are all kinds of things

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 floating around in my life

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 and in your life, right?

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 Our loves are floating around out here.

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 Our desires are floating around.

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 Our fears are over here

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 and they're floating around.

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 Our ambitions,

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 our duties,

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 our obligations,

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 our relationships,

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 all of these things

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 are floating around.

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 That's what makes up

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 the stuff of our lives.

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 when we try to sit

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 at the center of all that

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 and when we try to hold

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 all of it in balance

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 and all of it,

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 get it all moving together

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 and flowing in harmony

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 and peace,

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 we find very quickly

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 it doesn't work.

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 Nobody I know,

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 despite all of our efforts

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 in all of the podcasts,

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 has that kind of life.

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 the reality is

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 our lives are disordered

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 because we were never really

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 meant to be at the center.

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 We lack the gravity.

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 We lack the authority

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 to hold it all together

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 the way it should fit.

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 And so what we find

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 is that sometimes

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 things hurl off into space.

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 They just get neglected

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 altogether.

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 Much more often,

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 at least if you're anything like me,

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 you find things crashing

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 into one another.

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 And our life is actually

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 made up of a lot of things

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 clashing with other things

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 and bringing disorder.

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 So our ambitions

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 might crash

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 into our sense of self-worth.

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 And you find

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 that you're a workaholic,

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 that you can't even

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 take a day off,

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 that you work seven days a week

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 because your ambitions

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 have crashed

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 into your sense of self-worth.

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 Our fears may crash

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 into our relationships.

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 And when that happens,

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 we either become

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 highly self-protective

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 and disconnected.

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 Or we become

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 overly needy

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 because our fears

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 are crashing

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 into our relationships.

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 Or our need for approval

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 crashes into our values.

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 And we find that we let people

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 walk all over us.

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 And we become people pleasers.

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 Or our desires

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 and urges

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 crash into our ethics.

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 And we become immoral

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 or maybe even hypocritical.

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 So things are crashing

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 into each other

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 all the time.

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 Our lives don't work

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 when we're at the center

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 of them.

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 Jesus is the only one.

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 And this is part

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 of what he's claiming here.

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 He's the only one

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 with the gravity.

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 He's the only one

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 with enough authority

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 to bring order

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 to the solar system

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 of your life

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 and your soul.

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 In order to build

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 the kind of life

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 we were created to live,

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 the first thing

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 we need to realize

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 is that everything

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 in our life

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 all of this stuff

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 belongs to Jesus.

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 It's his.

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 Right?

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 So your family,

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 your kids,

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 your money,

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 your body,

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 your ambitions,

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 your suffering,

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 your politics,

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 your future,

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 your past.

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 This moment

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 all belongs to him.

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 It's all his

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 to do whatever

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 he wants

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 with it.

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 The invitation here

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 is to put him

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 at the center,

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 allow him

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 to occupy the place,

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 the throne

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 at the center

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 of our lives.

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 Everything then

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 begins to fall

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 into place.

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 This is how life

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 was meant to work.

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 We need a kind of

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 Copernican revolution

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 of the heart.

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 We need Jesus

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 to displace us

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 at the center

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 of our lives.

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 However,

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 right,

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 it's not as simple

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 as saying,

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 okay,

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 from this moment forward

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 I'm going to do that

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 because we can say that

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 but then there's

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 the reality

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 of actually living

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 that out

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 and we find

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 all kinds of resistance

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 in ourselves

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 when we try

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 to actually

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 live that way

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 and if we were

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 to simply resolve

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 to start living

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 that way

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 then this would

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 be no different

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 than any of the other

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 podcasts

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 we listen to

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 throughout the week.

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 Just another way

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 to optimize

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 and improve.

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 So in order

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 to actually have

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 this Copernican revolution

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 we need a new identity.

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 We need a new identity

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 and this is the second thing

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 we see in this passage.

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 If we follow Jesus' words

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 he says,

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 all authority

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 has been given to me

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 therefore

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 go and make disciples

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 of all nations.

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 Disciples are

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 one way of thinking

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 about a disciple

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 is a disciple of Jesus

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 is someone who lives

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 with King Jesus

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 at the center

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 of their lives.

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 It's someone

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 who has put Christ

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 at the center

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 of their lives

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 or is seeking

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 to do that.

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 Right?

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 But notice how

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 disciples are made.

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 This is very important.

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 Two things happen

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 in order to make

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 a disciple.

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 Jesus says

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 go and make disciples

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 number one

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit

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 and then

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 teaching them

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 to obey everything

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 I have commanded you.

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 Baptism

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 gives us

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 a new identity.

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 Then the teaching

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 gives us

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 a new way to live.

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 But notice

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 before we can be taught

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 a new way of life

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 we have to be baptized

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 into a new identity.

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 The new identity

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 comes before

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 the new way of life

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 and that is

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 extremely important.

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 It's one of the things

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 that makes Christianity

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 entirely unique

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 when compared

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 to other religions

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 and worldviews.

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 The claim is

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 that before we can

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 change how we live

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 we need to change

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 who we are.

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 That's what baptism does.

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 Right?

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 For those who were here

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 last week

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 we saw two young women

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 baptized up here.

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 Claire and Sunny.

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 It was so hard

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 not to call them

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 Sunny and Claire.

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 Sunny and Cher.

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 So I reversed it

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 and on purpose

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 I said Claire and Sunny.

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 Claire and Sunny

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 were up here

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 because I didn't

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 trust myself

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 and they were baptized.

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 And if you were here

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 and you saw them

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 baptized

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 you saw them kneel here

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 you saw us

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 pour the water

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 over them.

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 When that happened

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 it wasn't just

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 a ritual.

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 Right?

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 It wasn't just

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 a kind of

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 teaching aid

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 or visual device.

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 Something happened

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 fundamentally in them.

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 each of those women

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 became

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 in a way

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 someone new.

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 Because if you remember

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 the words we said

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 we baptized

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 each of those women

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 into the name

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 of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 Notice by the way

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 it's not names.

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 Three.

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 It's the name.

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 The name of a God

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 who is Father, Son

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 They were baptized

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 into that name.

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 And what that means

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 is that they were

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 joined into

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 and took on

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 the identity

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 of that being.

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 Their old self died

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 there was a new self

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 that emerged

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 that is joined

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 into

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 the essence

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 of God Himself.

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 Right?

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 So they emerge

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 as someone

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 who has been adopted

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 by God the Father.

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 Who has been

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 united

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 to God the Son.

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 Who has been

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 filled by God

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 God the Son

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 Listen,

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 unlike all other

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 forms of identity

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 in our society

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 that we have

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 to construct

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 ourselves

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 this is not

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 an identity

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 that we can construct.

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 It's an identity

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 that can only

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 be received

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 by grace

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 through faith.

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 It's a gift

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 made possible

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 by the death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And once we have

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 that new identity

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 once we are

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 then sharing

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 in the life

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 of God.

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 Right?

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 Once we are

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 sharing in the

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 dance of the Trinity.

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:17.439
 Right?

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 There's this lovely

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 image of the Trinity

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 the three persons

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 of the Trinity

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 and the word

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 that theologians

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 use is perichoresis

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 and there's this

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 idea of this

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 perichoretic dance

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 that has been

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 happening for all

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 of eternity

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 the mutual indwelling

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 of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Spirit.

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:32.319
 Right?

00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:33.500
 This eternal dance

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 of three persons.

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 And in baptism

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 we see someone

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 who's invited

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 to dance.

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 they join

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 into that dance

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 they join

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 into that life

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 they join

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 into that love

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 and only then

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 can we begin

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 to learn

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 a new way

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 of life

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 and we can begin

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 to learn

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 a new way

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 of living

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 where we join

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 with Christ

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.759
 in the renewal

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 of all things.

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 Identity

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 and then behavior.

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 And you know

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 listen

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 there are a lot

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 of people

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 in this city

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 those of you

00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.180
 who live here

00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:04.580
 you know

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 there are a lot

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 of people

00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:06.280
 in the city

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 a lot of people

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 in the world

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 trying to bring

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 renewal to our society.

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 Most everybody agrees

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:12.379
 that things are not great

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.519
 and most everybody agrees

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.000
 that we need

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 some kind of change

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 and a lot of those efforts

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 are really wonderful

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 don't get me wrong

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 go out there

00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.200
 and do some good

00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:20.659
 in the world

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:20.899
 right?

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 We're not going

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:21.819
 to argue with that

00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:23.639
 but most of these

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.039
 approaches

00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.039
 are outside in.

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:28.039
 There are a lot

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 of people here

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.059
 working on

00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:30.100
 getting better policies

00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:30.620
 great

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 some of you

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 are working on that

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 great

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.679
 more education

00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.340
 for everybody

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 absolutely

00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:36.580
 some people

00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:37.100
 really care

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.980
 about moral reform

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.620
 let's get back

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.160
 to the way

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 things were

00:16:39.800 --> 00:16:41.300
 the good old days

00:16:41.300 --> 00:16:42.040
 somebody really

00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:43.240
 want better programs

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.320
 and more access

00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.060
 right?

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.840
 For more people

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 all of that is good

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:48.379
 but the truth is

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:51.240
 we cannot change

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.019
 society

00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:53.160
 unless we can

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 change ourselves

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 unless we can

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 change ourselves

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 it's like that

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 well-known

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 and somewhat

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.160
 apocryphal story

00:17:01.160 --> 00:17:02.120
 about G.K. Chesterton

00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:02.660
 where the newspaper

00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:04.000
 put out the question

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.519
 what's wrong

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.019
 with the world

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.980
 and invited submissions

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 and Chesterton

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.460
 famously responds

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 actually with a

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.700
 longer response

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.339
 if you look at it

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.819
 but the summary

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.359
 of the response

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:11.700
 is this

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.099
 what's wrong

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.579
 with the world?

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.839
 I am

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.880
 we cannot change

00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.380
 society

00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:18.039
 if we can't

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.900
 change ourselves

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:20.720
 Christ's renewal

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.420
 has to begin

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.160
 in us

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.819
 before it can

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.140
 flow

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:24.339
 through us

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:26.119
 so if you're here

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 and you're not a Christian

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 some of you are here

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 and you're not sure

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 what you believe

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 and you're in the right place

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 but I want to make clear

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 what we're saying

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 what this means

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 is that Jesus

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 is not inviting you

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 to merely clean yourself up

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 and become a church person

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 he's not inviting you

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 merely to clean yourself up

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 and become more moral

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 or more religious

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 he's offering

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 a new identity

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 an identity

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 that you will never

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 be able to achieve

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 that you will never

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 be able to construct

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 that you would never

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 be able to secure

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 for yourself

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 it's on offer

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 for free

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 through faith

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 and once we take hold

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 of that new identity

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 and become a disciple

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 then we gain a new purpose

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 then we gain a new purpose

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 but before we go there

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 I want to pause

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 for a second

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 and I want to tackle

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 or engage

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 a possible objection

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 that people might be thinking

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 okay

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 some people might be hearing

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 all of this

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 and be skeptical

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 because at the very beginning

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 we said that Jesus

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 announced himself

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 as king of heaven and earth

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 he's king of everything

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 and so an objection

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 that we might hear

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 well if Jesus is really

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 in the throne of the world

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 then why are things

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 still so messed up

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 why is the world

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 such a mess

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 why is my life

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 such a mess

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 if Jesus is king

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 it sure doesn't look

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 like Jesus is king

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 you know I read

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 a health report

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 on DC

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 maybe some of you

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 saw this

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 I think it just came out

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 where they found

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 that people who live

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 east of the Anacostia river

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 on average

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 have a lifespan

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 that is 30 years shorter

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 than people who live

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 west of the park

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 I'm going to say that again

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 if you live

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 east of the river

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 your lifespan on average

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 is going to be

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 30 years shorter

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 than people who live

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 west of Rock Creek Park

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 that's crazy

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 I don't know about you

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 but when I read that

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 I had to read it

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 several times

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 to make sure

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 I was reading it correctly

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 that's not okay

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 that's not a world

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 that seems like

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 Jesus is king

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 because there are

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 so many issues

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 related to justice

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 right

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 that are

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 that are contributing

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 to that difference

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 in lifespan

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 so many issues

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 that

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 that need to be

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 tackled

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 right

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 it doesn't seem

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 like Jesus is king

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 here's my response

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 here's the response

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 of N.T. Wright

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 the renowned Bible scholar

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 to this as well

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 so maybe

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 that'll have more credibility

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 you're right

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 it doesn't seem

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 like Jesus

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 is in charge

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 the claim

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 is actually not

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 that everything

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 is already healed

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 the claim

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 is that the risen Jesus

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 is at work now

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 taking the world

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 from where it was

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 which is under the rule

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 under the false king

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 of death

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 and corruption

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 and greed

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 and evil

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 and every kind

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 of wickedness

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 and gradually

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 bringing the world

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 under his rule

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 of life

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 giving love

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 and you say

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 well where

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 and how

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 is Jesus

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 doing this

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 through you

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 through you

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 through us

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 through his followers

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 through people

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 that he has commissioned

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 that my friends

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 is the new purpose

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 that Jesus gives people

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 once they become

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 his disciples

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 to join with him

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 in the renewal

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 of all things

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 this is the new purpose

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 and I know

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 that's a staggering idea

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 it's also a crucial reminder

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 of why we exist

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 as a church

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 a church

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 is not just

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 a social club

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 not just a service provider

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 we're not just another

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 form of support group

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 with prayer

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 and singing

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 a church

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 is the people

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 sent by the risen king

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 to call others

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 into the life

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 and the way

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 of his kingdom

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 so everything we do

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 everything we do

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 our worship

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 evangelism

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 pastoral care

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 children's ministry

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 youth group

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 adult education

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 small groups

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 hospitality

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 mercy ministry

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 it's all part

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 of this larger purpose

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 all of that

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 serves the purpose

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 of making disciples

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 who live out

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 the ways

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 of the kingdom

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 and help

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 bring

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 renewal

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 to every corner

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 of the world

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 so the purpose

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 of our church

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 the reason

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 that we're even here

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 is not simply

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 to provide

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 religious goods

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 and services

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 for people

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 who already believe

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 that's part of it

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 the purpose

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 of the church

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 is to make disciples

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 of all nations

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 Jesus says

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 and by the way

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 because he says

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 all nations

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 our purpose

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 our identity

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 as a church

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 can never be allowed

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 to become tribal

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 the gospel

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 is not the

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 possession

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 of one nation

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 or one race

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 or one class

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 or one culture

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 or one political party

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 if Jesus is lord

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 of all nations

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 then the church

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 has to be for

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 all nations

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 moreover

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 the church

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 can never be allowed

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 to become

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 a private religious club

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 for the already convinced

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 we can never allow

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 ourselves

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 to become

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 a chaplaincy

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 for people

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 who already know

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 how to behave

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 because the church

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 fundamentally

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 does not exist

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 with all due respect

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 only to meet

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 our needs

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 our primary purpose

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 I would argue

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 is not to meet

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 your needs

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 my needs

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 it's for the sake

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 of the people

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 outside the walls

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 it's for the sake

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 of the people

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 who are not a part

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 of our church

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 that's our primary orientation

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 so everything we do

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 is not only about

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.919
 us growing

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.559
 in our faith

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 but about seeing

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 others come to faith

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.079
 right

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.219
 folding others in

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 inviting them

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 to the dance

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.859
 of the trinity

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 that's our purpose

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 so

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 if we pull

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 all of this together

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 every Christian

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 I would say

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 should be asking

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 those of us

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 who are here

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 Christians

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 how am I helping

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 somebody

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:37.120
 take the next step

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:38.420
 toward Jesus

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.759
 who am I helping

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 in my life

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.880
 who am I

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.480
 helping to take

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.019
 that next step

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.319
 where Jesus

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.160
 becomes a little

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.859
 more central

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:48.359
 to their life

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 right

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.380
 where their life

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 comes a little

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 more under

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.259
 his rule

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 where their identity

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 becomes a little

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.920
 more formed

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 and defined

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 by their unity

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 with him

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 right

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 so who are you

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.500
 praying for

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 we should all

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:03.819
 have people

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.339
 in our lives

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.579
 that we're

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.160
 praying for

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 who are you

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.519
 encouraging

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 who are you

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 welcoming

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 who are you

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.359
 walking alongside

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 who are you

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.980
 inviting

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 you know

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 for Father's Day

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 coming up

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 we're doing

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.579
 a cookout

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 and this is

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.099
 like Mother's Day

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 something that we

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 want to reach out

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 to the community

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 and invite them

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 to come

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 and as long

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 as the

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 meat lasts

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 we're going to be

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.960
 cooking and slinging

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 burgers and dogs

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 and it's going to

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.680
 happen out in the

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:28.960
 courtyard

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 and so we'll do it

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.519
 until we run out

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 and whoever comes

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.980
 gets food

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 and it's free

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 and so this would

00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.160
 be a great opportunity

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 for families

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 particularly men

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 that you know

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 it's not just for

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 people with biological

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 children

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 it's for every form

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 of fatherhood

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 just like mothers

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 and everybody in this

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 room

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 every man in this

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 room can in some

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.440
 way

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.880
 we've all had

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 fathers

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 we all

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 can serve

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 as spiritual

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 fathers

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 right

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.640
 to others in the

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:54.960
 community

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 and so it's for

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.560
 guys in your life

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 that you think

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.720
 might be encouraged

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.660
 you should invite

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 them

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 that would be a

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.079
 great step

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.339
 we actually have

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:04.220
 Sharon has printed

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:06.120
 beautiful invitations

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 you can take one

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 you can give it to

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 somebody

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.759
 say you should come

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 it'll be fun

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.660
 you'll get a burger

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:12.140
 come to worship

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.600
 with us

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.539
 and then stay for

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.920
 the cookout

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 so that would be a

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.420
 great thing you could

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.940
 do right now

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 now this doesn't

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.400
 mean that every

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.180
 Christian has to

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.819
 become a missionary

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:21.079
 or an expert

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.519
 apologist

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.100
 or a Bible

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.600
 scholar

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 but it does mean

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.400
 that every Christian

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.980
 is called to

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.880
 participate in the

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.680
 disciple making

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.340
 life of the

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.680
 church

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 we all have a

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.340
 role to play

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:34.260
 and this church

00:25:34.260 --> 00:25:34.820
 is full

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.940
 of people

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.400
 who are being

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.020
 discipled

00:25:37.020 --> 00:25:38.800
 who need

00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.520
 others to pour

00:25:39.520 --> 00:25:39.840
 into their

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 lives

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.280
 right

00:25:41.280 --> 00:25:43.780
 so let's

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:45.600
 bring this

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.200
 back to where

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.480
 we started

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.160
 how should

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.840
 someone go

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.580
 about building

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 a life worth

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.500
 living

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.860
 this feels

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.820
 particularly relevant

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.520
 this time of

00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:53.960
 year when there's

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.340
 a lot of people

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.920
 graduating

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.060
 and thinking

00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:56.580
 about what's

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:56.920
 next

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.980
 how should

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.420
 someone go

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.900
 about building

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.420
 a life worth

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 living

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.279
 here's what

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.900
 Jesus offers

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:03.400
 he gives us

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.980
 a new center

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:07.140
 it's bad news

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.519
 and good news

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.300
 on the one hand

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:09.080
 we're not the

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.420
 center of the

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.740
 universe

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.279
 I'm sorry

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:12.800
 our desires

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.420
 are not

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.820
 sovereign

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.740
 I'm sorry

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:16.440
 on the other

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.220
 hand guess what

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.320
 your fears

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.080
 are not ultimate

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:21.140
 your failures

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.820
 are not final

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:23.700
 because Jesus

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.179
 is king

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:26.419
 number two

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.859
 he gives us

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.480
 a new identity

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:30.179
 he doesn't tell

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.720
 us how to shape

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.159
 up and get our

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.559
 act together

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.179
 so that we can

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.980
 fit in

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:34.519
 he pours his

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.319
 love and grace

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.240
 into our lives

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.819
 now as we

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.119
 are

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:39.359
 he gives us

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.980
 a new identity

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.179
 as people who

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.779
 share in the

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.439
 life of God

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.980
 who share in

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.460
 the dance of

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.819
 the Trinity

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.200
 and then he

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.879
 sends us out

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:48.119
 and he gives us

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.700
 a new purpose

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.599
 to make disciples

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.539
 and join with him

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.079
 in the renewal

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.179
 of all things

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:53.279
 and if this

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.079
 purpose sounds

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.019
 too big for us

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.699
 as we look around

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.639
 it's because it is

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.439
 it's way too big

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:57.919
 for us

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:59.079
 it's way too

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.240
 big

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.659
 it's way too

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.019
 much

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.439
 right

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:03.439
 remember who

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:04.159
 Jesus is speaking

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.639
 to here

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.659
 it's the last

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.000
 point

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.799
 even after

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.659
 everything these

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.240
 people have been

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.779
 through together

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.819
 Matthew tells us

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.399
 that when Jesus

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.939
 arrives

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.939
 some get it

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.500
 and they worship

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.099
 and others

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.220
 still doubt

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.819
 and you'd be

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.159
 so tempted

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.639
 to say are you

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.259
 kidding me

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:20.740
 you saw this

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.400
 guy die

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.680
 and I was

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.059
 standing right

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.519
 in front of

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.619
 you

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:22.779
 and you're

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.079
 like I'm

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.740
 not so sure

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:29.559
 even the fact

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.000
 that there are

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.019
 only 11

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.640
 disciples

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:33.119
 right

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.019
 there's a

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.660
 pang when you

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.000
 read that

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.700
 number 11

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:37.000
 there should

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.200
 have been

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.559
 12

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:39.319
 so already

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.799
 before the

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.339
 movement even

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.799
 got off the

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.000
 ground

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.440
 they've had

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.140
 deception

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.819
 and betrayal

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.319
 by one of

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.700
 their own

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.420
 surely these

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.779
 are not the

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.299
 kind of people

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.759
 that Jesus

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.279
 would use

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.759
 to go out

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.139
 and change

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.619
 the world

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.539
 are they

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.899
 right

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.740
 the answer

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.279
 is on their

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.539
 own

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.980
 no

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.359
 no

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.420
 they could

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.139
 never pull

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.619
 this off

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.039
 on their

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.259
 own

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.500
 but Jesus

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.099
 doesn't send

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.339
 them out

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.599
 alone

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.019
 and Jesus

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.539
 doesn't send

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.980
 us out

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.480
 alone

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.000
 he says

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.220
 and surely

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.119
 I am with

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.119
 you always

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.619
 to the end

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.339
 of the age

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.879
 we don't go

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.299
 alone

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:13.019
 we go with

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.299
 him

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:15.299
 and we follow

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.700
 him

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.720
 so ultimately

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.180
 friends our

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.920
 confidence does

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.360
 not rest

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.860
 in us

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.960
 it rests

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.380
 in him

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.460
 the one who

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.820
 is here with

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.400
 us right now

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.240
 let's pray

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:26.759
 Lord we thank

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.180
 you for your

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.500
 word

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:30.460
 we thank you

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.799
 for your

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.320
 spirit

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:34.779
 Lord we thank

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.039
 you

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.160
 father for

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.680
 your love

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:39.740
 and we thank

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.240
 you Jesus

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.039
 and we pray

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.940
 that as we

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:45.200
 come together

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.200


00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.720
 and confess

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.480
 our faith

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.960
 as we pray

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.660
 as we confess

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.299
 our sin

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.039
 and hear your

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.160
 grace spoken

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.779
 into our lives

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.180
 as we come

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.500
 around your

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.920
 table

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:55.799
 to receive

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.259
 your body

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.640
 and blood

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.180
 we pray

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.519
 Lord

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:59.240
 that these

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.940
 ideas

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.620
 would not

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.420
 remain merely

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.900
 ideas

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.279
 that your

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.900
 word would

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.660
 become flesh

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.000
 in our

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.360
 hearts

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.880
 that we

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.360
 in your

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.160
 great mercy

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.600
 would be

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.320
 displaced

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.659
 that you

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.159
 would become

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.819
 our center

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.019
 and that we

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.259
 would be

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.079
 redefined by

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.339
 you

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.599
 and inspired

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.139
 by you

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:16.379
 to live out

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:16.779
 the purpose

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.159
 you've given

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.399
 us

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:18.139
 we pray this

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:19.339
 in Jesus

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.059
 holy name

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.480
 amen