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 What is evangelism? You know, why don't we do it? Why do we have fears and sharing the gospel, etc. And then why should we do it?

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 And then last week, I think the overall framework of this series, I guess, is like knowing, living, and speaking the gospel.

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 And I kind of got that from one of my favorite books about evangelism.

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 If you want like an awesome read that's not long, but it's this really good, thorough Marks of the Messenger by Max Stiles.

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 He's a missionary in Dubai.

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 But yeah, knowing, living, and speaking the gospel.

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 And to where evangelism really isn't a program or a duty.

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 It's a lifestyle that we live with our words and with our actions and to bring people into the kingdom.

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 So the first part of this is knowing the gospel.

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 And so we're talking about the contents of the gospel message.

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 And that's important because you could talk about gospel just means good news or glad tithings.

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 We talked about that.

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 And there's a lot of good news in the Bible, right?

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 Like everything.

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 We could like start naming off all the promises of God, all the awesome things God's done, and call that gospel.

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 And, you know, and I guess that could be an accurate description.

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 But scripture is also different when it talks about the content of the gospel message.

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 Like things that when we go out and we actually proclaim the gospel to people in order for them to be saved and come to salvation in Christ.

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 And there's a few key components that need to be there or else something's going to be lost.

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 And most theologians have kind of broken that up into four different things.

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 They break it up into God, man, Christ's response.

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 You know, like those are the key things.

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 And so last week, Swanson talked about God and man.

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 And now we're going to pick up on Christ in response.

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 But just a brief overview of what he said last week, just really briefly, just to make sure we're connecting the dots.

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 The gospel is a message about God.

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 It means that it tells us about who he is, his character, what he demands of us, what he requires of us as his creatures, as those that he's made.

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 And it tells us that we owe our very existence to him and that we live, move, and breathe in him.

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 And that we don't have any existence outside of him.

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 He holds our life breath in his hand.

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 And he's totally worthy of our affections, our joy, our obedience.

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 Completely worthy.

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 And he's a living, eternal God.

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 And he's there.

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 Revelation 4.11 says,

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 So one of the Old Testament words for glory, I think it means like, I think the word is kabod.

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 But it means like, your glory is measured back to you in your weight.

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 The weight of like what you possess and who you are.

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 And so, like a king would have great glory.

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 He would have a huge kingdom, money, wealth, possessions, a large army, etc.

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 He would have great glory.

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 But a peasant would have very little glory.

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 So your worth was measured back to you by your weight.

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 And God is of an infinite weight.

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 He owns all things.

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 He's made all things.

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 He possesses all things.

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 And so we rightfully belong to him.

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 So only when we see God as a sovereign, holy creator,

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 can we see who we are and how ugly our sin is.

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 Which brings us to the gospel as a message about man.

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 That God originally created man in his own image to reflect who he was, his holy character.

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 And to walk with him in a joyful, obedient relationship.

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 But all men, all men have just utterly rebelled against God and decided to be lords of their own life.

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 And have sought to find fulfillment and whatever in a thousand other things other than God.

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 And so we've rebelled against God.

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 And we've kind of shaken our fist at him and told him that we're going to live how we want to live.

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 Our lives are going to be about this and not about you.

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 We've turned away from God and turned to the things of this world.

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 And so in being aware that God is not just our creator but our judge,

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 that brings like a serious thing into view.

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 We've cosmically wronged God.

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 And all men have fallen short of the glory of God, as it says in Romans 3.23.

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 We've fallen short of what he's made, created us to do, designed us to do.

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 And in Romans 1, it says, Romans 1.18,

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 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men,

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 who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

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 And then later on, verse 24 in Romans 1, it says,

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 God gave them up to the lusts of their hearts,

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 to impurity and the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.

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 And here's that trade I'm talking about.

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 Verse 25,

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 Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie,

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 and worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator,

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 who is blessed forever.

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 Amen.

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 And that's what it is.

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 It's idolatry.

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 It's seeking to find your existence and your being in something other than God

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 and rebelling against Him in that way.

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 So that's who man is.

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 Man has utterly rebelled against God.

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 So I'm not going to go back over that.

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 Swanson covered that well last week.

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 So because of that now, that will be bad.

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 But it's kind of stopped right there.

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 But now we get into the next part of this.

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 And really there's just two main points tonight,

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 and some sub-points under those.

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 So this is Christ, the Savior.

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 This is the next part of the gospel message.

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 So the good news is that God has not left us to ourselves and left us to His wrath and judgment,

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 but He's actually made provision for us to be pardoned of our sin

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 and to be reconciled back to Him in relationship with Him

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 so that we can once again glorify Him and know Him as we were supposed to do originally.

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 And He did that in Christ.

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 Lovingly, He sent Christ to die in our place as a substitute.

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 And the word Christ, you know, like when I'm sharing the gospel with people,

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 sometimes this is something that a friend of mine taught me,

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 like particularly in the Bible Belt where a lot of you are going to claim to be Christians,

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 and you want to be respectful, you can ask them something like,

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 you know, so what does someone have to do to be right with God?

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 You know, what does someone have to do to...

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 I'm mainly leaving heaven out of things because the gospel is not about heaven.

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 The gospel is about God.

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 It's not about hell either.

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 It's about God.

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 Those are parts of the gospel, but they're not the end.

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 And so I just ask them, like, what does it take to be made right with God?

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 And then I sometimes start jotting down what they say.

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 Like if they're like, oh, man, well, I've gone to church since I was a kid,

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 and, you know, I was really active in my youth ministry in high school,

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 and I start laying it on thick.

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 I've been on some mission trips, et cetera.

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 And then I just kind of jot some of that stuff down,

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 and then I kind of come around and do well.

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 Well, it really is about, you know, faith and complete reliance in Christ to be saved by grace.

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 And, of course, they're like, oh, yeah, well, I know that.

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 I'm like, well, that's not what you said.

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 You know, like I wrote down exactly what you said to that,

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 and that was your response, you know.

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 So can you honestly tell me that was what the deal was?

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 There's always sometimes a little strange moment at that time

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 when they're kind of like, wow, I just got exposed.

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 But this is a good thing.

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 And then you can just kind of come in and start to tell them about Christ.

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 And so when they call themselves a Christian,

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 they're saying they're a follower of the Messiah, the Anointed One, the Savior.

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 And what did He come to save you from?

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 Your sin.

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 Like it all starts just connecting.

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 And like so you can't claim to be a follower of Christ

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 if you don't actually believe Him to be the Messiah.

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 Yeah, so these are some things I try to talk about with people

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 in discussing who Christ is.

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 You could get into all this stuff.

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 I mean, the doctrine of the person of Christ and the work of Christ and et cetera.

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 But if you have to keep it down, just a few things to share with people.

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 Like I'm going to give you just a phrase and I'm going to unpack it

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 just to kind of help.

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 And you don't have to throw this phrase out to somebody you're sharing with.

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 I'm telling you this because you're mostly believers here.

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 But a big word, okay?

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 We're going to talk about how Christ was the substitute.

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 And how we're going to unpack that is the penal substitutionary atonement.

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 Okay?

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 That's big words, but they're important.

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 Penal, P-E-N-E-L, like penalty.

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 And then substitutionary atonement.

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 Okay?

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 So what Christ did was He was a substitute.

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 And we're talking about penal substitution.

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 It's the idea that we deserved something, a penalty,

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 that was given to us rightfully.

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 But someone else voluntarily came in and took that penalty for us.

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 That's what it means.

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 And so Christ voluntarily took our place and bore the penalty that we deserve,

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 which is the judgment and the wrath of God.

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 So that's where that first part comes in.

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 Penal substitutionary.

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 Another way of saying this is like Christ's atonement was vicarious.

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 He was, which means like a vicar is someone who stands in the place of someone else and represents them.

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 So Christ was that for us.

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 He stood in our place and He represented us.

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 So His death was vicarious because He stood in our place and bore that penalty.

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 All right?

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 And turn to Isaiah 53 real fast.

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 I want you to see this.

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 And this is a great text to go to people,

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 go to with people, excuse me,

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 to talk about how Christ was our substitute

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 and His atonement was both penal and vicarious.

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 You can probably kill those words.

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 I'm telling you, sometimes when you use big words,

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 it'll help you remember things because it's different.

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 Like sometimes I'll throw like a Latin phrase or something

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 and it's not to sound smart.

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 It's to like, it's different.

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 So you sometimes will remember.

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 You're like, oh, that's that word that means,

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 and it just stands out to you.

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 So that's why we're doing that.

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 Isaiah 53 and go to verse 4.

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 And this was a prophecy about Christ written around 700 years before Christ.

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 Really cool.

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 So think about that.

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 Now, Christ is our substitute in these verses.

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 All right?

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 Surely He has bore our, there's the our, our griefs,

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 and carried our sorrows.

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 Yet we esteemed Him stricken,

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 smitten by God, afflicted.

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 But He was wounded for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace.

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 And with His stripes we are healed.

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 All we like sheep have gone astray.

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 We have turned everyone to his own way.

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 And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

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 So, us, again,

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 He was oppressed and He was afflicted.

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 Yet He opened not His mouth like a lion that is led to the slaughter,

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 and like a sheep that before it shears is silent,

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 so He opened not His mouth.

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 Remember that, how Christ just stood there and took it?

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 Just didn't plead His case before Pilate or anybody.

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 Then it says,

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 By oppression and judgment He was taken away,

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 and as for His generation who considered that He was cut off the land of living,

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 stricken for the transgressions of my people.

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 You know, so that's a picture of like,

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 it was in our place,

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 all these things He did on our behalf.

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 He was, those words in that text,

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 you've got the words smitten,

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 you've got wounded,

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 chastised, oppressed, afflicted,

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 you know, and all that was on in our place.

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 And so,

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 and another word that we're going to kind of look at is the atonement part.

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 If you just want a simple,

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 a lot over-complicating it,

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 a simple definition of atonement,

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 it just means like the work that Christ did

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 in His life and His death

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 to make us right with God,

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 to right the offense that we've made with God.

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 And so,

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 in 1 John 4, 8,

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 it says,

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 And this is the love of God

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 was made manifest among us,

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 that God sent His only Son to the world,

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 that we might live through Him.

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 And this is the love,

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 not that we loved God,

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 but that God loved us

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 and sent His Son to be a propitiation

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 for our sins.

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 Okay?

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 So when you're talking about,

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 when you're sharing with somebody,

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 that's a good verse to look at.

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 1 John 4, 8-10.

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 But that word,

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 it's a Bible word,

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 so here we go.

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 Propitiation.

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 It kind of really sums up a lot

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 of what the work of Christ did,

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 what He did on the cross.

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 And it means like for or in front of,

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 literally,

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 but it means like how,

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 in our case,

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 Christ,

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 He bore the full wrath of God

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 on the cross,

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 and then that changed it,

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 that changed God's attitude

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 towards us.

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 And so,

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 some of your translations,

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 I don't know what translation you have,

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 but some translations use the word like

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 to appease or to placate

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 or to,

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 let's see,

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 you know,

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 those are not the best words to use

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 for a lot of different reasons,

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 but propitiation does not mean

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 to appease or to placate,

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 because that would kind of suggest

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 that like God can be kind of bought off

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 and His wrath can be kind of sued,

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 like,

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 hey God,

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 it's okay,

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 you know,

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 don't be so upset,

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 calm down,

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 you know,

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 it's like,

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 it's not a really good word to use,

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 and it's inadequate.

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 And the NIV actually uses the word

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 atoning sacrifice,

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 which isn't bad,

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 you know,

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 but it's expressed in a way

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 as someone who would turn aside

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 the wrath of God,

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 and that's not the best way either,

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 because it means like,

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 like,

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 think about yourself,

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 you know,

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 you're standing here,

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 and you're under the wrath of God,

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 and God's wrath is coming

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 straight towards you,

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 and Christ stands in your place,

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 like,

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 and when that wrath comes,

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 like,

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 what this is kind of suggesting

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 is that He like,

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 deflected it,

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 like,

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 like in a boxing match,

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 you know,

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 like you,

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 you kind of parry off

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 the wrath of God,

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 but what the word really can imply,

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 and what it does mean,

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 is like,

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 exhausted,

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 like,

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 Christ exhausted

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 the wrath of God,

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 like He fully,

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 it hit Him right on,

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 and He absorbed it,

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 you know,

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 like He fully embraced

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 the wrath of God,

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 and not one ounce of wrath

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 was left after He did that,

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 and so,

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 turn to Romans 5,

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 go fast,

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 Romans 5,

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 and go to verse 6,

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 so all of God's fury

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 was unleashed on Christ,

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 and He held nothing back,

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 and even in the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 where He prayed,

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 you know,

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 Father,

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 if it's possible,

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 let this cup pass from me,

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 you know,

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 and what He means by that is,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 God's wrath was referred to

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 as like these cups of wrath

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 that God would pour out

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 on people,

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 also in Revelation,

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 so He knew that that cup

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 was going to be the wrath of God,

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 and so Romans 5,

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 this is my,

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 I probably go to this,

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 like,

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 at least half the time,

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 when I'm like initially

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 trying to share the gospel

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 with somebody,

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 I go to Romans 5,

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 6 through 11,

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 so verse 6,

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 for while we were still weak,

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 at the right time,

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 Christ died for the ungodly,

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 okay,

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 and just stop there,

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 that's important,

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 because,

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 like,

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 God doesn't help those

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 who help themselves,

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 that's not the gospel,

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 that's medieval theology,

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 and like it says,

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 while we were weak,

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 and while we were helpless,

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 you know,

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 like while we couldn't do anything

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 to help ourselves,

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 Christ died for the ungodly,

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 and then it says,

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 for one will scarcely die

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 for a righteous person,

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 though perhaps for a good person,

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 someone might dare even to die,

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 okay,

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 and what,

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 Paul is trying to make a case there,

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 like,

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 I kind of,

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 I kind of try to describe this

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 to people,

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 I say,

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 I tell them,

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 I have three nieces,

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 Addison,

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 Ansley,

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 and Ava,

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 the oldest one's six now,

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 and like,

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 I,

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 without hesitation,

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 would give my wife

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 or any of them,

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 like,

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 just,

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 you know,

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 if it was between them or me,

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 I would like,

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 gladly choose me any day,

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 it'd be easy for me

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 to die for them,

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 but,

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 if you place another decision

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 before me,

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 and said,

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 hey,

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 there's a guy here who,

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 he's like a serial killer,

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 and a child rapist,

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 and he has no regret whatsoever,

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 but,

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 the only way he'll go free

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 is if you die for him,

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 and stand in his place,

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 you might be more like,

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 uh,

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 you know,

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 maybe not,

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 maybe not,

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 not that guy,

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 he's had his chance,

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 you start rationalizing everything,

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 but what Paul is saying here

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 is you are that guy,

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 like we are that guy,

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 and,

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 that we didn't deserve,

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 to be saved at all,

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 we didn't have some kind of innocence,

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 hanging over us,

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 and,

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 but this is what it says,

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 and there in verse 8,

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 but God shows his love for us,

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 and that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us,

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 see that,

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 so that kind of shows you the,

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 the magnitude,

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 of like God's love,

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 okay,

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 and,

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 remember,

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 a lot of people are thinking in their minds,

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 like,

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 a lot of them are either thinking,

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 God is like seriously wrathful,

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 in judgment,

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 and that's,

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 and he's holy,

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 and that's all I can think about,

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 when I think of God,

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 and other people would just see him,

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 as the big grandpa in the sky,

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 the nice loving God,

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 that's just not ever going to do anything,

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 to,

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 to harm you,

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 and,

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 and so we have the love of God there,

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 on the table,

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 you see that,

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 like,

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 he shows his love for us,

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 he died for us,

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 and then the next verse,

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 since therefore,

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 we have now been justified,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.059
 by his blood,

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 much more shall I be saved,

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 by him from the wrath of God,

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 so I like to say that,

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 I like to show them,

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 like you see love,

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 and you see wrath,

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.700
 like right by each other,

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.240
 like the love of God,

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 and the wrath of God,

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 side by side,

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 and,

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 and I tell them,

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 that justified,

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 like,

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 like you're not,

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:21.539
 you don't have a right standing with God,

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:23.440
 until you have Christ,

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 and only when you have Christ,

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 you can be justified,

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 made right,

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 declared righteous,

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 according to his blood,

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 and so,

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 then it goes on,

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 it says,

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 verse 10,

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 for if we were enemies,

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 we were reconciled to God,

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 by the death of his son,

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 much more now,

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 that we've been,

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 we are reconciled,

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 shall be saved by his life,

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.579
 more than that,

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:46.119
 we also rejoice in God,

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 through whom,

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.139
 we have now received reconciliation,

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.380
 reconciliation,

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 so we are saved,

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:54.000
 by the death of Christ,

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 and we've been brought back to God,

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 been reconciled,

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 you know,

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 brought back to God,

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 so,

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 those are like the,

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 a very simple,

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.440
 picture,

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 I guess,

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.300
 if we want to put it that way,

00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:08.180
 what Christ has done,

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 if you have to come across with,

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 a message,

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 this is who Christ is,

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 this is what he's done,

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 so,

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 we know what you've,

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 most of us have probably seen the movie,

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 Passion of the Christ,

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 but,

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 Passion,

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 at least biblically,

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 in a positive way,

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 means,

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 I think in Greek,

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 it really just means like,

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 the degree of difficulty,

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 you're willing to go through,

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 to accomplish a goal,

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 to,

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 like,

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 it's the thing inside of you,

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 that says that goal,

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 or that,

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 you know,

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 thing,

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 is worth anything,

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 to get to,

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 and I'm going to do it,

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 that's like what Passion is,

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 and it's not just like a,

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 yeah,

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 I'm passionate,

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 you know,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:49.860
 like,

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 it's not like a,

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 I'm passionate,

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 it's like a,

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 I'm willing to live,

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 and die,

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 to get that,

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 that's what Passion is,

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 and so,

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 that's,

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 so what was Christ's Passion,

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 you know,

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 well,

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 one was,

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 he wanted us to be restored,

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.180
 back into,

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 the relationship,

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 with the Father,

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 so that we could glorify,

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.980
 the Father once again,

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 you know,

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 and,

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 and that we'd be able,

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 to walk in a manner,

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 that reflects God's glory,

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.340
 once again,

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.920
 all the stuff that was lost,

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.900
 he was going to restore,

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.320
 and,

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.300
 and ultimately,

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.620
 we are the bride of Christ,

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 so he died for us,

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.200
 his bride,

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 to be brought back to her,

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 that was his passion,

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 so,

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.519
 in Romans,

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 or Hebrews 12,

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 for the joys that before him,

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 he endured the cross,

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 you know,

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 that's what,

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 that was the joy,

00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:33.840
 that was before him,

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.380
 to see that happen,

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.800
 so,

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.440
 so summing that up,

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.120
 really fast,

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.620
 that's what,

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:39.980
 the,

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.140
 the Christ part,

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.840
 of the gospel message,

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.100
 like,

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.340
 at least needs to contain,

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.980
 you can go,

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.680
 and tell a lot more things,

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.020
 but,

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:48.720
 those are at least two scriptures,

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.700
 I like to look at,

00:22:50.280 --> 00:22:51.860
 when I'm discussing with someone,

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.300
 so,

00:22:54.520 --> 00:22:56.340
 which brings us to the next part of this,

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:58.980
 response,

00:23:00.260 --> 00:23:00.620
 okay,

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.500
 the response,

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.540
 this is the other main,

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.600
 point here,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.200
 response,

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:04.840
 and,

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:07.500
 and,

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:07.800
 I guess,

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.340
 under that,

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.580
 like,

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.500
 what do you mean by response,

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.520
 well,

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.260
 the gospel is not just a message,

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.060
 that you can just say,

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.700
 you know,

00:23:14.780 --> 00:23:15.120
 that's,

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.940
 that's kind of cool,

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.560
 you know,

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:16.980
 like,

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.340
 it's,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.340
 it's a message,

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.760
 that like,

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.920
 demands a response,

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.320
 like,

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.580
 it's,

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.500
 it calls you,

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.180
 to that,

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.920
 and that response,

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.820
 really should be,

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.620
 faith and repentance,

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.340
 that's what,

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.680
 what the response,

00:23:28.760 --> 00:23:29.700
 kind of contains,

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.400
 inside it,

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.340
 is faith and repentance,

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.040
 um,

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.340
 people need to understand,

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.120
 like,

00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:37.720
 like,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.480
 this isn't a trivial decision,

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.040
 you make,

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:41.840
 like,

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.600
 a lot of churches,

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.020
 like,

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:44.160
 have reduced the gospel,

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.720
 to mere decisionism,

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.220
 like,

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:47.520
 write your name down,

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.160
 this card,

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:50.140
 walk this aisle,

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.420
 pray this prayer,

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.220
 you know,

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.560
 just decide to do it,

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.720
 you'd make the right decision,

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.040
 you know,

00:23:56.040 --> 00:23:56.940
 go up there and do it,

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.440
 and,

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.860
 no,

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.660
 I mean,

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.200
 that's not what it is,

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.700
 I'm not saying,

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.500
 if you've done that,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.720
 then it wasn't real,

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.240
 I'm just saying,

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.720
 that's not,

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.880
 in and of itself,

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.880
 what response is,

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.820
 um,

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.820
 we don't have altar calls,

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.080
 here,

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.900
 at Christ's family,

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.539
 um,

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.220
 for a lot of reasons,

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.740
 but,

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.559
 but,

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.399
 we're talking about David Platt,

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.599
 earlier,

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.740
 I'll tell you a really funny story,

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.720
 just to kind of lighten the mood,

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.159
 for a second,

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.720
 before we get back into serious,

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.019
 but,

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.279
 I was in Birmingham,

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.039
 recently,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.679
 and,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.079
 for my surgery,

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.299
 that was the next morning,

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.480
 but I went to Brook Hills,

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.299
 that Sunday night,

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.559
 and,

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:30.559
 heard the Sunday sermon,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.899
 um,

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.679
 and he actually was talking about,

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.279
 this kind of stuff,

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.839
 that was kind of cool,

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.639
 he was talking about,

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.740
 it was called threads,

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.799
 so it was like the main points,

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.319
 of the gospel,

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.700
 that,

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.700
 hit the head on us,

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.039
 I was like,

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.599
 I asked him,

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.220
 when I saw him later,

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.379
 I was like,

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.619
 David,

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.220
 did you like,

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.299
 know that we were doing that,

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.900
 on Thursday night,

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.980
 and that's why you're doing it here,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.380
 too,

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.460
 he was like,

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.400
 no,

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:48.819
 but,

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.940
 um,

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.380
 but he told a funny story,

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:53.059
 about an altar call,

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.600
 that happened,

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.100
 but,

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.500
 he said when he was 10 years old,

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.600
 he was a,

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.640
 he was a believer then,

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.420
 he was 10 years old,

00:24:59.700 --> 00:24:59.940
 and,

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.319
 um,

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.980
 he said that he went to a really old church,

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.259
 and,

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.900
 probably like,

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:05.319
 9% of the congregation,

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.319
 were like really old people,

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.220
 he said,

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.420
 mostly kind of hard of hearing,

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:08.759
 and,

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.240
 and,

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:11.160
 and the pastor was also kind of old,

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.740
 and hard of hearing,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.079
 and,

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.699
 and they said,

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:13.899
 you know,

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:15.079
 before you leave tonight,

00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:16.419
 go up and say like,

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:17.819
 an encouraging word to somebody,

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.619
 and,

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.359
 you know,

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.740
 so that this music started playing,

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.139
 you know,

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.500
 and,

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:23.980
 and they,

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.019
 they had an altar call,

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.819
 and so the pastor,

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.179
 like,

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.460
 you know,

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.899
 did the number,

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.740
 where he kind of comes down here,

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.819
 and he's kind of looking for people to,

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.259
 come down the aisle,

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:31.639
 you know,

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.519
 just for,

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.379
 for,

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.000
 for whatever,

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.639
 and,

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.059
 uh,

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.399
 and David said,

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.619
 I was sitting in the front row,

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.639
 and I just thought,

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.899
 you know,

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.319
 like,

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.559
 I really love the pastor,

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:44.379
 the pastor really encourages me,

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.839
 and I want to just go,

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:47.399
 and just say an encouraging word to him,

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.599
 I just want to encourage the pastor,

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:48.899
 so,

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:49.819
 he,

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.939
 he walks up to the pastor,

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.319
 he's like,

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.619
 you know,

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.319
 pastor,

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.619
 I,

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:55.919
 I'm really grateful for all you've done for this church,

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.139
 and,

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.119
 you know,

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:59.119
 you've really had a big impact on my life,

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.279
 and,

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.980
 and he said the pastor really couldn't hear that good,

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.419
 and he was like,

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.720
 what did you say,

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.259
 and,

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.599
 uh,

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.500
 he said,

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.919
 I'm just,

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.299
 I love you,

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.500
 and,

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:07.740
 you know,

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.359
 I'm grateful for all you've done,

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.939
 and how you've impacted my life,

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.079
 and he said,

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.099
 you want to rededicate your life,

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.500
 and he said,

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:18.179
 yes,

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.399
 sir,

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.160
 and,

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.460
 uh,

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.580
 and so he,

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:20.920
 uh,

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.280
 then after it was over,

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.620
 you know,

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.720
 he like called the music,

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.380
 but he's like,

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:28.380
 young David has come up here to rededicate his life to the Lord,

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:30.700
 and he said his parents came up there with him,

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.620
 and his mom was crying,

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.259
 and he was just like,

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:32.519
 oh,

00:26:32.780 --> 00:26:33.340
 you know,

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.800
 it's kind of,

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.560
 um,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.320
 I just didn't know what to do,

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.580
 I didn't want to like let him down,

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:37.920
 so,

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.060
 um,

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.360
 but,

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:41.660
 but those kind of things encourage a lot of faults,

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:44.980
 a lot of people have a lot of faults hoping that,

00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.759
 I did that,

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.460
 so I'm good,

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.420
 but,

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.380
 but then the present day,

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.180
 ten years later,

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.500
 they're living like total heathens,

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:52.840
 and they have no evidence at all that Christ has touched them,

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:56.759
 so their salvation is based on a past experience,

00:26:56.940 --> 00:27:00.759
 and that's not what faith and repentance is at all,

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.600
 and so,

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.420
 um,

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:06.940
 when you're talking to someone,

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:09.320
 they need to know that like presently,

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.900
 their soul is hanging in the balance,

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.320
 you know,

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.920
 like,

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.400
 like,

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:17.960
 that there's a holy living God that they have to reckon with,

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.380
 like,

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.220
 there's not a choice,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.620
 and,

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:20.640
 and,

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:23.279
 they need to know that like,

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.940
 God's not waiting for them,

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.500
 you know,

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.700
 he doesn't consider them neutral,

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.920
 like,

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.559
 huh,

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:32.400
 their answer to God is no,

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.700
 until it becomes yes,

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.700
 and,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.940
 that if they're not with him,

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.779
 they're against him,

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.880
 and,

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.580
 that to remain,

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.580
 we just read it in Romans,

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:43.200
 though we were enemies of God,

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.480
 right,

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.860
 and we were,

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.420
 so they need to understand that,

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.880
 apart from Christ,

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.599
 and apart from faith and repentance in Christ,

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.640
 they're an enemy of God,

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.140
 there's like,

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.779
 hostility there,

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.380
 and,

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:55.720
 that they have to repent of their sins,

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.720
 surrender to Christ,

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.140
 and so,

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.900
 and like telling them,

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.720
 you will exist,

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.640
 forever,

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.360
 like me and you,

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.480
 we're going to exist forever,

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.740
 and we're either going to exist,

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.839
 as friends of God,

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.920
 on his terms,

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.900
 or enemies on your terms,

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.599
 you know,

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.039
 like,

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.279
 this is called,

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.259
 you have to make a decision,

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.259
 this isn't like a,

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.319
 a neutral thing,

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.660
 like,

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.599
 guys are like,

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:15.799
 okay,

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.500
 well cool,

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.319
 just get back to me,

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.319
 you know,

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.660
 like,

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.559
 just RSVP whenever you feel like it,

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.879
 no,

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.180
 like,

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.500
 there's,

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.920
 this like demands something,

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.420
 it should keep people awake at night,

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:27.119
 until they've come to,

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.500
 to grips with what's going on,

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.640
 so,

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.420
 um,

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.720
 turn to Mark real fast,

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.460
 Mark one,

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:43.340
 Mark is that gospel,

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.920
 that kind of comes right out,

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:46.380
 and tells you who Jesus is,

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.059
 and what he's about,

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.120
 as were Luke,

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.779
 and some other ones,

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.380
 you're kind of like,

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.460
 learning about who Jesus is,

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.220
 you don't really know,

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.380
 until like later on,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.340
 if you were just reading it,

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.000
 for the first time,

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.180
 but,

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.819
 there's no joking around in Mark,

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.620
 it comes right out,

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.140
 and says it,

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.840
 Mark one,

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.960
 and go to verse 14,

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:04.720
 Mark one,

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.880
 and go to verse 14,

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:09.600
 it says,

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.019
 now after John was arrested,

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.759
 John the Baptist,

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.380
 Jesus came into Galilee,

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:17.140
 proclaiming the gospel of God,

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.640
 and saying,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:20.100
 the time is fulfilled,

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:22.900
 and the kingdom of God is at hand,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.000
 repent,

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.759
 and believe in the gospel,

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.400
 alright,

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.220
 so,

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.279
 out of the mouth of Jesus there,

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.840
 so,

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:31.880
 so,

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.779
 we see two things,

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.140
 repent,

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.840
 believe,

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.740
 you know,

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.720
 so,

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.920
 we'll look at those two words,

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.519
 for a second,

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.059
 this is,

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.380
 this is really key,

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.240
 to the response,

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.660
 you know,

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.240
 in the gospel,

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.500
 but,

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.799
 when we talk about believing,

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.880
 we're not talking about,

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.920
 how children believe,

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.519
 in Santa Claus,

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.299
 and the Easter Bunny,

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.980
 and,

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.079
 you know,

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.840
 mystics believe,

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.819
 in the power of crystals,

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.460
 and rocks,

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:56.100
 and Christians,

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.079
 they just believe in Jesus,

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.240
 it's not like the same,

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.840
 kind of thing at all,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.339
 like,

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:02.259
 to believe is to have faith,

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:03.279
 and faith isn't like,

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.259
 faith is not believing,

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:05.740


00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.919
 excuse me,

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:07.419
 it's not,

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:11.819
 trying to prove something,

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:15.079
 faith is like a strong reliance,

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:16.299
 it's like rock solid,

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.740
 and truth grounded,

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:21.039
 trust in Christ,

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.799
 to save us,

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.559
 that's what it is,

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.919
 it's like a,

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:25.379
 it's like this unwavering trust,

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:27.380
 full reliance upon Christ,

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.600
 to save us,

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:28.980
 it's what,

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.560
 faith really is,

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.080
 biblically,

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.860
 and your faith doesn't save you,

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.620
 Christ saves you,

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:35.180
 but your faith is what links you,

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:36.240
 to Christ,

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.500
 so,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.580
 to throw yourself,

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:38.960
 you know,

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.620
 on him,

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:39.920
 and say,

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.140
 hey,

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.540
 I need you,

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.700
 and it's being fully convinced,

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:45.300
 that Christ is able to deliver you,

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.020
 from your sin,

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.620
 and,

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:49.139
 so,

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.619
 a lot of people need to know that,

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:51.979
 and,

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.599
 and then the repentance part,

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:54.759
 like,

00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.139
 I mean,

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.019
 I know if I ask you,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.879
 what does repentance mean,

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.539
 a lot of people,

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.839
 I mean,

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.119
 you could have a lot of different answers,

00:31:00.219 --> 00:31:00.839
 to that probably,

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.919
 but at least in the context,

00:31:02.979 --> 00:31:03.859
 of the gospel message,

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.979
 repentance really means,

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.399
 it's like,

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.619
 forsaking your sinful ways,

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.000
 and thoughts,

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.339
 and turning towards God,

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.000
 and it's not just,

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.539
 turning away from something,

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.519
 it's turning to something,

00:31:14.479 --> 00:31:15.939
 and,

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.519
 it's,

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.339
 it's,

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.819
 you come believing,

00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:21.159
 recognizing your sin,

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.899
 and your rebellion towards God,

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:25.699
 and desiring to have forgiveness from God,

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.679
 and deliverance from his wrath,

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.959
 and you throw yourself completely,

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.720
 at his mercy,

00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:30.819
 and say,

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:31.079
 you know,

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.939
 I can't,

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.619
 I can't do this,

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.159
 I know I'm,

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.579
 I'm under the waterfall,

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.799
 of your wrath right now,

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:38.480
 and I need help,

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.299
 to turn away from my sin,

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.720
 and,

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.179
 and to say,

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.399
 you know,

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.579
 I believe that Christ,

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.379
 is my substitute,

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.539
 that he died,

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.099
 in my place,

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.720
 and,

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.859
 and through him,

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.759
 I can like know,

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.279
 know you,

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:53.059
 once again,

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.460
 you know,

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.799
 God,

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.299
 and,

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.879
 so,

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.940
 that's kind of what repentance is,

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.559
 to some degree,

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.399
 they have to understand,

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.019
 that it's not just,

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.220
 you know,

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.819
 check,

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.779
 I'm a Christian now,

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:04.160
 and then you just continue walking,

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:04.160
 and then you just continue walking,

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.279
 in that sinful way,

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.220
 all the time,

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.599
 with no remorse,

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.000
 or,

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.980
 brokenness about it at all,

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.799
 but,

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.639
 to repent and believe,

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.160
 to turn,

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.680
 from your sin,

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:18.319
 and from self-worship,

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.480
 and turn to God,

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.420
 you know,

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.320
 that's what it is,

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.700
 and so,

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:25.140
 also underneath response,

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.539
 we're going to talk about two realities,

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.860
 okay,

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.420
 and,

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:30.320
 and usually,

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.539
 most people are tracking,

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.820
 you know,

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.840
 with me pretty well,

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.640
 until I get to this time,

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.120
 you know,

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:39.660
 you know,

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.720
 I don't have like a,

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.340
 a technique,

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.980
 or a method,

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.940
 that I try to follow,

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.240
 but,

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:44.420
 I do have kind of like a,

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.420
 a flow,

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.680
 which I try to talk to people,

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.700
 I try to talk to them,

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:49.400
 you know,

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.380
 just about the gospel,

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.019
 of,

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.100
 of,

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.019
 of God,

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.640
 and a man,

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.480
 and Christ,

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.539
 and then,

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.580
 I let them chew on that,

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.120
 for a while,

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.000
 and maybe the next week,

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:59.319
 kind of ask them where they are with that,

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.220
 and if they have questions,

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.000
 but then it gets to,

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.840
 like eventually,

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.680
 it comes to this,

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.880
 and sometimes this is where,

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.380
 you know,

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.880
 this is like the fork in the road,

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.519
 kind of thing,

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.819
 but,

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:13.400
 there's two existing realities,

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.240
 in the scripture,

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.440
 when it comes to response,

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.660
 both are there,

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:18.860
 and both you need to emphasize,

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:21.420
 one is,

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.660
 that Christ demands,

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.900
 that you weigh the cost,

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.700
 of following him,

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:27.060
 like you must think about this,

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.600
 and the other one is,

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.580
 there's urgency,

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.860
 that we have to respond,

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.980
 right,

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.500
 so,

00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.779
 weighing the cost,

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.140
 urgency,

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.300
 you know,

00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:39.480
 all right,

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.360
 so,

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.160
 the first one,

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.019
 weighing the cost,

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.560
 turn to Luke 14,

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.220
 real fast,

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:48.560
 Luke 14,

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.960
 this is a,

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.360
 a classic text,

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.500
 that kind of contains,

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.100
 these,

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.160
 these truths in it,

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:58.860
 you know,

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.620
 and walk them,

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.840
 walk them through this,

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.180
 you know,

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:12.340
 okay,

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.940
 I'm sorry,

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.619
 I should have told you,

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.000
 where to turn,

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.599
 in Luke 14,

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.000
 but yeah,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.900
 go to verse 25,

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:19.680
 and,

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.320
 and in this place,

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.920
 in Luke,

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:25.059
 Christ is on his final journey,

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.980
 toward Jerusalem,

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.980
 it says that he turned his eyes,

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.840
 towards Jerusalem,

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.599
 and he,

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.960
 he's going there,

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.460
 to be,

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.760
 you know,

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.220
 betrayed,

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.160
 arrested,

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.340
 and crucified,

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:37.140
 so,

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.940
 um,

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:39.519
 he's being followed,

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.600
 by some crowds,

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.320
 that are somewhat,

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.120
 kind of flirting,

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.900
 with Jesus,

00:34:44.120 --> 00:34:44.800
 they're kind of like,

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.480
 intrigued by him,

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.019
 and,

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.160
 you know,

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.720
 what do we do,

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.460
 when we get a big crowd,

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.640
 we do anything we can,

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.579
 to get them to stay,

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.039
 you know,

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.480
 and like,

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.559
 make them happy,

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.660
 and tell them what they want,

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.180
 to hear,

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:58.079
 but Jesus would just,

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.860
 when stuff kind of got like this,

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.900
 he would kind of look at them,

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.600
 and just like,

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:02.720
 say something,

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.160
 that would like,

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.899
 make them leave,

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.599
 or make them stay,

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.139
 you know,

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.960
 like it would just be,

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.079
 again,

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.539
 just kind of like a fork in the road,

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.219
 and,

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.519
 um,

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.420
 so he turns around,

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.239
 this is what he says,

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.839
 well,

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.399
 uh,

00:35:13.399 --> 00:35:13.920
 context,

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.039
 verse 25,

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.219
 now great crowds,

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.000
 accompanied them,

00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.639
 and he turned,

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.539
 and said to them,

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.859
 if anyone comes,

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.779
 to me,

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:25.279
 and does not hate,

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:26.219
 his own father,

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.440
 and mother,

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.279
 and wife,

00:35:28.399 --> 00:35:28.920
 and children,

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.759
 and brothers,

00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:31.139
 and sisters,

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.920
 and yes,

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.980
 even his own life,

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.860
 he cannot be,

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.179
 my disciple,

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.340
 wow,

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.280
 okay,

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.059
 and,

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.840
 then it says,

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.000
 whoever does not bear,

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:44.059
 his own cross,

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.900
 and come after me,

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:47.019
 cannot be my disciple,

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.000
 for which of you,

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.599
 desiring,

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.400
 to build a tower,

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.800
 does not first sit down,

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.840
 and count the cost,

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.599
 whether he has enough,

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.340
 to complete it,

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.119
 otherwise,

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.579
 when he has laid a foundation,

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.719
 and is not able to finish,

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.519
 all who see it,

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.559
 will begin to mock him,

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.920
 saying,

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.199
 this man began to build,

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:06.119
 and was not able to finish,

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.719
 or what king,

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.759
 going out to encounter,

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.779
 another king in war,

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.099
 will not sit down first,

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.699
 and deliberate,

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.840
 whether,

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.219
 he is able,

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.000
 with 10,000,

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.199
 to meet him,

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.079
 who comes against him,

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.860
 with 20,000,

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:20.159
 and if not,

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.719
 while the other,

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.699
 is still a great way off,

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.639
 he sends a delegation,

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.420
 and asks them,

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.840
 for terms of peace,

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.220
 all right,

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.140
 so then he brings it back,

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.820
 so therefore,

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.260
 any one of you,

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.079
 who does not renounce,

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.920
 all he has,

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.180
 cannot be my disciple,

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.559
 man,

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.320
 like,

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.840
 again,

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.380
 like,

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:38.039
 most people are like,

00:36:38.100 --> 00:36:38.280
 okay,

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.559
 well,

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.400
 we're done with that,

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:40.539
 and they go home,

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.920
 so,

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.179
 I bet,

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.300
 I've had this question before,

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.320
 when I read this one time,

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.900
 to some guy,

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.300
 he said,

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.259
 well,

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.860
 it sounds like,

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.119
 we have to do something then,

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.340
 like,

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.880
 it sounds like,

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.619
 we have to like,

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.500
 do some kind of work,

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.159
 to be saved,

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.920
 and you just told me,

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.079
 that salvation is free,

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.099
 you know,

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.559
 it's a free,

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.920
 I'm like,

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.840
 good question,

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:02.239
 I have an answer,

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.500
 but,

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.279
 what,

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:07.340
 what Christ understands,

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.099
 okay,

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:10.039
 why he can say this,

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.599
 is like,

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:12.079
 if these people,

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.940
 really believe,

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:14.059
 who he says he is,

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.719
 and what he says,

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.519
 he will do,

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:18.519
 they will have no problem,

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.139
 like,

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:20.139
 giving up those things,

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:20.960
 like,

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.380
 they'll be like,

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.599
 oh,

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.340
 I don't care,

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.619
 like,

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.360
 whatever it takes,

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.019
 I want you,

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.719
 and so all it really does,

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:27.079
 is kind of expose those people,

00:37:27.279 --> 00:37:28.440
 who don't really believe that,

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.440
 because they're not willing,

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.119
 to die for that,

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.800
 they think it's cool,

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.699
 but they're not willing,

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.059
 they don't believe it enough,

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.980
 to die for it,

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.820
 while the other people are like,

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.099
 that sounds awful,

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.619
 but,

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:40.359
 and I don't want,

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.719
 to like,

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:42.119
 lose anybody in my life,

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.420
 but,

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.900
 I'm willing to,

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:45.259
 if it means I can get you,

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.759
 you know,

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:47.539
 because this life is short,

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.339
 and,

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.599
 eternity is a long time,

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:50.960
 and now,

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:52.440
 I want to be with God,

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.059
 in eternity,

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.079
 you know,

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:55.000
 so whatever it takes,

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.000
 I believe you're worth it,

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.359
 it's like,

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:58.039
 Jesus is like,

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.059
 testing them in a way,

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.500
 like,

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.639
 he just knew,

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.779
 that if they really did believe,

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:02.779
 who he says he was,

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:04.259
 then they wouldn't care,

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:04.559
 like,

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.219
 what it costs,

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:06.539
 so,

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:08.439
 but in this text,

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.559
 you see,

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:09.980
 kind of,

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:11.000
 kind of two things,

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.480
 or three,

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.799
 but,

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.679
 you see that,

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:16.059
 Christ demands that,

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.919
 you love him,

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:20.119
 more important than your family,

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.839
 you know,

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:22.239
 this is just like the people,

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:22.959
 you care about,

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:26.439
 this could be any kind of relationship,

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:28.019
 but he throws family in there,

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:29.079
 because it's usually the closest,

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.899
 relationships we have,

00:38:30.899 --> 00:38:31.819
 it can mean a boyfriend,

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.480
 or a girlfriend,

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.719
 whatever,

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:35.039
 friends in general,

00:38:35.939 --> 00:38:36.759
 but it says,

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.719
 he demands that we have a superior love,

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:41.279
 to all our earthly relationships,

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:42.579
 and,

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.539
 let me clear that up,

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.299
 where it says hate,

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.799
 there,

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:46.059
 it doesn't mean like,

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.239
 man,

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:47.259
 I hate my dad,

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.559
 or man,

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.619
 I hate my mom,

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.699
 it's not what it means,

00:38:49.899 --> 00:38:50.059
 it,

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:52.539
 it really just kind of implies,

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.019
 like,

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.779
 like,

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.799
 to love less than,

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:59.219
 but the way he's kind of using it,

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.199
 it kind of means like,

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:02.039
 the love that you should have for me,

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:04.820
 compared to the love that you should have for others,

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.739
 should be so great,

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:07.400
 that your love for them looks like hate,

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:09.259
 compared to the love you have for me,

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.779
 and so,

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:13.679
 that's kind of what he means by that,

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.300
 and we know that only loving Christ first,

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.460
 we can love other people too,

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:18.800
 so,

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:20.199
 so it's not a wrong,

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.039
 a wrong thing,

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:23.440
 so,

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:26.800
 in Matthew 10,

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:28.119
 there's a parallel to this text,

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.079
 and he says,

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.179
 I've not come to bring peace,

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.779
 but the sword,

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.659
 and what he means is like,

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.039
 if Christ,

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.820
 I tell people like,

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:37.800
 if Christ's presence in your life,

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.519
 you need to know,

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.559
 that that can cause division,

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.639
 like,

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.559
 you can lose friends,

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.559
 you can lose family,

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:43.920
 you can,

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.400
 a lot,

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.719
 you can suffer a lot of loss,

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.539
 because of this,

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.360
 you understand,

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:50.000
 and I kind of tell them,

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.559
 like,

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.079
 in this context,

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:53.360
 and in other places in the world,

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.160
 even today,

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.559
 and then,

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.019
 like,

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.559
 this is,

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.760
 this is true,

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.260
 I said,

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.079
 you're probably,

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.720
 you know,

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.800
 not going to be killed,

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:02.039
 and in prison for the gospel,

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:03.380
 here in the U.S. at least,

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.480
 but I can,

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:06.640
 I have friends that are scattered abroad,

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.599
 that have been in prison,

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.840
 for following Christ,

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.820
 and in this context,

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.000
 it meant losing everything,

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.260
 and,

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.599
 my friend,

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.140
 some of you,

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:17.240
 some of you guys met him,

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.099
 up in Hiawasi,

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:20.579
 also from Kyrgyzstan,

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:20.900
 he,

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:22.519
 he's been in prison,

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.780
 for the gospel before,

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.620
 a few times,

00:40:25.660 --> 00:40:26.460
 he never would come out,

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.120
 and tell you that,

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.599
 but,

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.740
 but,

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:30.900
 he tells people this,

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.340
 he says,

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.660
 like,

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.760
 you know,

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.700
 when you become a Christian,

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.340
 in Asia,

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.539
 like,

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.260
 first of all,

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.660
 like,

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.740
 your family kicks you out,

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:38.240
 of the house,

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.480
 like,

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.140
 they kind of,

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.400
 like,

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.800
 don't want anything to do,

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.280
 with you anymore,

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.740
 and this would have been,

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.519
 the same case,

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:44.660
 in this Jewish context,

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.059
 they want,

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.740
 they don't want anything,

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:47.579
 to do with you anymore,

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.199
 secondly,

00:40:49.419 --> 00:40:50.579
 you're probably ostracized,

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.339
 by your community,

00:40:51.459 --> 00:40:51.799
 they're like,

00:40:51.919 --> 00:40:52.459
 we just don't,

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.519
 you know,

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.500
 don't come into my store,

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.139
 don't like,

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.519
 I don't want you to work,

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.199
 anywhere here,

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.839
 and then he said,

00:40:58.919 --> 00:40:59.399
 thirdly,

00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:00.539
 the government will either,

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.639
 tell you,

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:02.739
 you're not allowed to work,

00:41:02.919 --> 00:41:04.219
 and work within their nation,

00:41:04.359 --> 00:41:05.099
 while you're a Christian,

00:41:05.919 --> 00:41:07.639
 or they'll imprison you,

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:09.000
 or they'll kill you,

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.339
 and he said,

00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:12.019
 and if you do all those things,

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:14.699
 and you're still trusting in Christ,

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.759
 we know you're a true Christian,

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:16.559
 that's like what he said,

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:18.079
 you know,

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.599
 so like,

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:20.059
 so Christ understood,

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.759
 like,

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.579
 this is what it's gonna,

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:23.019
 this could mean death,

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:24.820
 that's why he brings out the cross in this,

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.920
 you know,

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:27.000
 he says like,

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.639
 take up your cross,

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:30.980
 and that leads us to,

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:35.420
 so we got like relationships there,

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.559
 but then he says yourself,

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.960
 like you gotta love him more than yourself,

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:38.940
 you know,

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:41.219
 like Christ's love should be superior to ourselves,

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.639
 even our own lives,

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.739
 and then Luke 9,

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:46.340
 23 says,

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.559
 if anyone comes after me,

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.820
 let him deny himself,

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:50.360
 take up his cross,

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:51.119
 and follow me,

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:52.659
 and so,

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:54.400
 taking up your cross,

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.799
 in that context,

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.319
 would have meant,

00:41:56.859 --> 00:41:57.599
 come and die,

00:41:57.779 --> 00:41:58.920
 come and die with me,

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.319
 like,

00:41:59.359 --> 00:42:00.199
 that's what it would mean,

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.619
 it would mean like,

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:03.559
 as Christ is carrying his cross,

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.699
 you're gonna be right behind him,

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.659
 that's like,

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.940
 what it kind of implies,

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.339
 like,

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:09.199
 you have to be willing to die,

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:11.219
 for this,

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.859
 and,

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:12.980
 so,

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:13.679
 and when he says,

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.559
 deny yourself,

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.400
 what that means,

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:17.239
 is like to refuse to associate with,

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.719
 simply,

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.920
 it means don't,

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:20.519
 don't associate with this,

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:21.679
 and,

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.900
 it means like,

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:24.900
 a willingness to follow him,

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.460
 to serve one another,

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.500
 and to keep his commandments,

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.380
 you know,

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.679
 and,

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:32.539
 I'll try to paraphrase it,

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.119
 he's like saying,

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.820
 if you knew,

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.579
 that following me,

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.880
 would cost you your life,

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:38.380
 would you still come anyway,

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:40.219
 are you that desperate,

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:40.860
 do you,

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:42.059
 do you understand your sin,

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.360
 that much,

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.320
 you know,

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.199
 you might not die,

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:46.539
 but,

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.619
 if it costs you that,

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.880
 would you still do it,

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:50.500
 do you see your sin,

00:42:50.660 --> 00:42:51.539
 and you see my,

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.300
 my grace,

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.760
 that much,

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.400
 you see,

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.200
 you see what he's doing,

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:55.660
 he's like,

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:57.240
 he's calling them to,

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:59.880
 to take up the cross,

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.440
 and to die,

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.820
 so,

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.720
 it's a call,

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.800
 to a living savior,

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.160
 and then finally,

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:08.059
 in that last part,

00:43:08.180 --> 00:43:08.260
 in,

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:09.559
 in Luke,

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:10.140
 that we read,

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:11.039
 he kind of like,

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.180
 sums it up there,

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:12.980
 in verse 23,

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:14.240
 if one of you,

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:15.099
 that does not renounce,

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.820
 all he has,

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.980
 he cannot be my disciple,

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:17.940
 so,

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:19.139
 in case I've missed everything,

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.500
 renounce all you have,

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:21.780
 so,

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.219
 you're like,

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.420
 okay,

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:23.139
 I can renounce that,

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:23.440
 and now,

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.679
 he's like,

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:23.960
 well,

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.980
 how about everything,

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:25.760
 and he kind of like,

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:26.659
 kind of sums it up,

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:27.719
 with that,

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.519
 you have to be willing,

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.679
 to renounce everything,

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.440
 so,

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.159
 you know,

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.800
 with the left,

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.780
 no stone or in turn,

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.860
 he kind of throws that in there,

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:37.300
 and you get that picture,

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:38.280
 of weighing the cost,

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:39.360
 he like talks about the tower,

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.039
 and he talks about,

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.159
 the king going to war,

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:43.059
 think about this,

00:43:43.259 --> 00:43:43.579
 you know,

00:43:44.259 --> 00:43:44.719
 like I,

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.019
 don't be in a hurry,

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.779
 I told somebody,

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.179
 this one time,

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:49.460
 they're like,

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.739
 what,

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.659
 that's so wrong,

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:51.340
 and then I had to,

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:52.059
 explain what I meant,

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.719
 but I say that,

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:55.099
 I try to talk people,

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:56.199
 out of becoming a Christian,

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:57.259
 after like I've told them,

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:58.259
 what the gospel is,

00:43:58.920 --> 00:44:00.500
 and I can do that,

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.920
 because God is sovereign,

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.440
 and salvation,

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.759
 and if God really,

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:04.659
 is working in them,

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:06.219
 I can't change their minds,

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.659
 about it,

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:07.300
 like I can't,

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:08.340
 I can't say,

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.420
 they're not going to be like,

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.659
 well,

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:11.420
 I don't want that anymore,

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.380
 like they're like,

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.980
 I don't care,

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.519
 I want,

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.860
 I want Christ,

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.400
 so,

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:16.659
 he kind of,

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:18.279
 that's important,

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:18.900
 to understand,

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.960
 that they need to think about it,

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.480
 you need to tell them,

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:22.599
 don't enter to this decision hastily,

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:24.239
 think about it,

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.759
 okay,

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:27.320
 and so this next part though,

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:27.940
 urgency,

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.820
 is the next part of that,

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.699
 because they can't,

00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:32.300
 weigh the cost for 20 years,

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:35.360
 you know,

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:35.880
 so,

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:38.619
 I'll give you an example,

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.119
 I try to,

00:44:39.160 --> 00:44:40.000
 I give to people,

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:40.640
 I'm sharing,

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:42.240
 I tell them like,

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:44.039
 five years ago,

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.539
 I had a lung transplant,

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.000
 okay,

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:50.680
 and the doctors at UAB,

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.420
 told me,

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.480
 like,

00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:55.880
 we can do this surgery,

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.660
 but you need to know,

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:57.780
 this surgery has,

00:44:58.160 --> 00:44:59.360
 a lot of risks,

00:44:59.640 --> 00:45:01.140
 you can have a lot of side effects,

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.140
 you know,

00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:03.539
 like this isn't a perfect science,

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.840
 it's like a lot of things can go wrong,

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:07.739
 and so you need to think about this,

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:09.019
 you don't need to jump into this,

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:10.699
 this surgery really quickly,

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.400
 you need to go home,

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.279
 and talk about it with,

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.579
 your family,

00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:14.340
 and your friends,

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:14.659
 and,

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.179
 you know,

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:16.519
 whatever,

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:17.460
 you need to think about it,

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:18.199
 it's a big deal,

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.079
 you know,

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:20.579
 it's going to take a lot of time,

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.340
 and there's risks,

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:24.920
 but then he also threw in there,

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.360
 he said,

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.779
 but you need to also understand,

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:28.460
 that your lung function,

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.360
 is not great,

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:30.179
 and it's declining,

00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:31.400
 you know,

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.579
 almost every other month,

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:33.559
 it's getting worse,

00:45:34.099 --> 00:45:35.360
 so you don't have like forever,

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:36.460
 to kind of put this off,

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.139
 you need to,

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:38.420
 come to the decision,

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.699
 so you see that idea of like,

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:41.539
 how both of those are pressing in,

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.039
 and,

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:43.519
 so,

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:46.000
 we get into this idea of urgency,

00:45:47.279 --> 00:45:48.380
 flip this second Corinthians,

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:49.159
 real fast,

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:51.659
 verse six,

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:57.099
 or chapter six,

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.360
 sorry,

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:58.799
 second Corinthians chapter six,

00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:00.700
 and,

00:46:00.700 --> 00:46:28.019
 this is Paul,

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.699
 and he says,

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:32.920
 working together with him,

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:34.139
 then we appeal to you,

00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:35.219
 not to receive,

00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:37.300
 the grace of God in vain,

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:38.780
 right,

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:40.340
 so we're pleading with these people,

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:40.699
 it says,

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:41.440
 for he says,

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:43.320
 in a favorable time,

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:44.360
 I listened to you,

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.400
 and in a day of salvation,

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.400
 I have helped you,

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:48.860
 and behold,

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:50.759
 now is the favorable time,

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.340
 behold,

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.900
 now is the day of salvation,

00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:53.039
 and,

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:54.579
 so,

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.920
 like,

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.840
 right now,

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:58.800
 we're living in,

00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:00.260
 like a season of grace,

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:00.619
 okay,

00:47:00.720 --> 00:47:02.539
 like God's wrath has not come yet,

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.280
 fully,

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:05.920
 if you're alive and breathing,

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:07.320
 you're being shown mercy,

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:07.940
 right now,

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:09.800
 without Christ,

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:10.700
 and,

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:11.860
 like,

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:13.960
 that's what God's saying here,

00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:15.059
 he quotes out of the Old Testament,

00:47:15.180 --> 00:47:16.400
 like in this favorable time,

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:17.320
 I listened to you,

00:47:17.720 --> 00:47:18.340
 like you had,

00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:20.460
 this window of time,

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.139
 to come to me,

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:22.059
 and repent of your sin,

00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:22.519
 you know,

00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:24.139
 and,

00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:25.679
 but then he says,

00:47:26.279 --> 00:47:28.900
 now is the favorable time,

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:29.319
 behold,

00:47:29.420 --> 00:47:30.960
 now is the day of salvation,

00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:31.739
 like,

00:47:31.839 --> 00:47:33.039
 don't put this off,

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:34.699
 there's an allotted time,

00:47:34.839 --> 00:47:35.259
 but then when,

00:47:35.299 --> 00:47:36.719
 like the gates shut,

00:47:36.839 --> 00:47:37.319
 it shut,

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.420
 there's not like another,

00:47:39.319 --> 00:47:39.639
 you know,

00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:41.339
 time when God's going to open it up,

00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:41.940
 and,

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:44.199
 they need to come to Christ,

00:47:44.259 --> 00:47:45.379
 for forgiveness and restoration,

00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:46.859
 and,

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:48.259
 and,

00:47:48.259 --> 00:47:49.859
 I'll read this to you real fast,

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:50.179
 you don't,

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:51.679
 have to turn there,

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:54.739
 but Isaiah 55,

00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:55.619
 you can write it down,

00:47:55.719 --> 00:47:56.379
 Isaiah 55,

00:47:57.219 --> 00:47:58.179
 verse 6,

00:47:58.299 --> 00:47:59.399
 this is another text,

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.199
 that I use,

00:48:00.879 --> 00:48:01.259
 it says,

00:48:01.359 --> 00:48:02.440
 seek the Lord,

00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:04.899
 while he may be found,

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:06.500
 call upon him,

00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:07.579
 while he is near,

00:48:08.339 --> 00:48:10.019
 let the wicked forsake his way,

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:11.679
 and the unrighteous man his thoughts,

00:48:12.259 --> 00:48:13.899
 let him return to the Lord,

00:48:14.379 --> 00:48:16.259
 that he may have compassion on him,

00:48:16.299 --> 00:48:17.079
 and to our God,

00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:19.739
 for he will abundantly pardon,

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:21.759
 all right,

00:48:22.179 --> 00:48:22.579
 and,

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:24.880
 that's another verse,

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.380
 just saying,

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:25.900
 come on,

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.259
 like,

00:48:26.799 --> 00:48:27.500
 seek the Lord,

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:28.380
 while he's near,

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:30.900
 and,

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:31.799
 I have a quote,

00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:33.019
 by Charles Spurgeon here,

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:34.480
 I liked a lot,

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:34.819
 he says,

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:35.699
 if you were sick,

00:48:36.259 --> 00:48:37.019
 would you send,

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:38.299
 for your physician tomorrow,

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:40.639
 if your house were on fire,

00:48:40.739 --> 00:48:42.380
 would you call fire tomorrow,

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:43.579
 no,

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:45.860
 but a man is foolish,

00:48:46.140 --> 00:48:47.180
 in these things,

00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:48.360
 that concern his soul,

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.980
 unless divine,

00:48:50.160 --> 00:48:50.760
 infinite love,

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.460
 shall teach him,

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:52.599
 to number his days,

00:48:53.140 --> 00:48:53.660
 he will still,

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:55.140
 he will go on,

00:48:55.220 --> 00:48:56.440
 boasting of tomorrows,

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.860
 until his soul,

00:48:58.039 --> 00:48:59.140
 has been destroyed by them,

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.340
 remember,

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:01.760
 that if you have missed Christ,

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:04.200
 by just a ticking of a clock,

00:49:04.260 --> 00:49:05.300
 you have missed him forever,

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:06.760
 you know,

00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:07.240
 like,

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:08.340
 like,

00:49:08.340 --> 00:49:09.059
 it's urgent,

00:49:09.220 --> 00:49:09.440
 like,

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:10.440
 take care of this,

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:11.019
 you need to,

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:12.059
 so,

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:12.699
 remember,

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:13.579
 both of those things,

00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:14.340
 weighing the cost,

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:14.920
 and urgency,

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:17.340
 should be stressed to them,

00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:19.559
 and if you're taking notes,

00:49:19.759 --> 00:49:20.719
 Proverbs 1,

00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:22.980
 verse 24,

00:49:23.139 --> 00:49:23.780
 through 33,

00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:24.940
 is another time,

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:27.219
 another text to look at,

00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:27.480
 where,

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:29.259
 it's kind of like saying,

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:29.440
 like,

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:29.659
 hey,

00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:30.380
 I called you,

00:49:30.460 --> 00:49:31.119
 and you didn't listen,

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:32.800
 I did this,

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:33.539
 and you didn't listen,

00:49:33.619 --> 00:49:34.159
 I did this,

00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:34.840
 and you didn't listen,

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:35.079
 so,

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.420
 but,

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:37.759
 if you do turn to me,

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:38.500
 there will be life,

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:38.860
 you know,

00:49:38.920 --> 00:49:39.320
 kind of,

00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:40.099
 kind of idea,

00:49:40.099 --> 00:49:41.279
 so,

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.880
 that's what,

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:45.079
 the content,

00:49:45.259 --> 00:49:46.219
 of the gospel message,

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:46.739
 should be,

00:49:46.819 --> 00:49:47.119
 God,

00:49:47.259 --> 00:49:47.559
 man,

00:49:47.739 --> 00:49:48.000
 Christ,

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:48.619
 response,

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:49.159
 and,

00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:51.000
 those all need to be covered,

00:49:51.299 --> 00:49:51.559
 you know,

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:51.880
 with,

00:49:51.940 --> 00:49:52.619
 with someone,

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:55.159
 and some,

00:49:55.319 --> 00:49:56.079
 to some degree,

00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:57.920
 they have to have some understanding,

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.699
 of these things,

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:01.779
 and,

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:03.559
 and let's just praise God,

00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:04.799
 that most of us here,

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:05.519
 have believed this,

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:06.159
 if you haven't,

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:08.119
 I hope that this has helped you,

00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:09.019
 and you'll come to,

00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:10.659
 talk to someone,

00:50:10.759 --> 00:50:11.559
 who came with you tonight,

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.539
 or come and talk to me,

00:50:12.619 --> 00:50:13.139
 or Swanson,

00:50:13.319 --> 00:50:14.000
 or Alex,

00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:14.599
 Ashley,

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:17.339
 because,

00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:17.940
 this is,

00:50:18.139 --> 00:50:19.699
 this is the only news,

00:50:19.739 --> 00:50:20.500
 that will save your soul,

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:21.339
 there is no other,

00:50:22.079 --> 00:50:22.359
 there's no,

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:23.079
 there's salvation,

00:50:23.239 --> 00:50:23.900
 no other name,

00:50:23.940 --> 00:50:24.359
 it says,

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:25.179
 in Acts,

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:26.500
 other than Christ,

00:50:27.500 --> 00:50:27.940
 and,

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:29.500
 Christ is worth it,

00:50:29.739 --> 00:50:30.599
 anything it takes,

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:31.639
 you know,

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:32.659
 if you lose your life,

00:50:32.900 --> 00:50:33.380
 so be it,

00:50:33.440 --> 00:50:34.000
 if you lose,

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:35.420
 all your possessions,

00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:36.199
 so be it,

00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:36.859
 like it's,

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:37.579
 he's worth it,

00:50:37.619 --> 00:50:38.599
 he's that treasured,

00:50:39.379 --> 00:50:40.819
 there's a place in Mark,

00:50:40.899 --> 00:50:41.199
 where,

00:50:41.919 --> 00:50:43.299
 where the disciples told him,

00:50:43.419 --> 00:50:43.659
 like hey,

00:50:43.699 --> 00:50:44.679
 we left everything,

00:50:44.939 --> 00:50:45.859
 to follow you Jesus,

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:47.379
 and he says,

00:50:47.460 --> 00:50:47.719
 really,

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:49.539
 have you really left everything,

00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:50.139
 to follow me,

00:50:50.819 --> 00:50:51.279
 and he goes,

00:50:51.359 --> 00:50:52.139
 I tell you,

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:52.839
 that if you,

00:50:53.699 --> 00:50:55.239
 are following me now,

00:50:55.399 --> 00:50:56.279
 like your reward,

00:50:56.399 --> 00:50:56.779
 will be,

00:50:57.799 --> 00:50:58.219
 he's like,

00:50:58.259 --> 00:50:59.139
 no one has left,

00:50:59.259 --> 00:50:59.579
 father,

00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:00.000
 mother,

00:51:00.399 --> 00:51:00.819
 home,

00:51:00.819 --> 00:51:01.299
 for me,

00:51:01.759 --> 00:51:02.759
 who will not receive,

00:51:02.879 --> 00:51:03.159
 you know,

00:51:03.639 --> 00:51:04.619
 a hundred times more,

00:51:04.619 --> 00:51:05.420
 in the life to come,

00:51:05.559 --> 00:51:06.179
 like saying that,

00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:06.839
 whatever you think,

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.519
 you've sacrificed,

00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:10.079
 I'm going to be so great,

00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:11.199
 that in the end of the day,

00:51:11.259 --> 00:51:12.239
 you won't be able to speak,

00:51:12.299 --> 00:51:13.400
 of sacrificing anything,

00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:14.099
 to follow me,

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:15.139
 because it'll be that awesome,

00:51:15.799 --> 00:51:16.159
 you won't,

00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:16.819
 you won't say,

00:51:17.339 --> 00:51:18.739
 it'll be like trading 10,

00:51:18.839 --> 00:51:19.679
 so you can get gold,

00:51:20.099 --> 00:51:20.359
 you know,

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:21.079
 like it's not,

00:51:21.579 --> 00:51:22.259
 you can't really say,

00:51:22.339 --> 00:51:23.380
 that's like a sacrifice,

00:51:23.679 --> 00:51:23.839
 but,

00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:26.739
 so Christ is worth it,

00:51:27.940 --> 00:51:28.699
 and so we're going to just,

00:51:28.699 --> 00:51:29.699
 respond with some seeing,

00:51:29.699 --> 00:51:30.219
 right now,

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:30.639
 and,

00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:32.519
 in the next week,

00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:33.279
 we're going to talk about,

00:51:33.339 --> 00:51:34.279
 like living the gospel,

00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:36.219
 like how our lifestyle,

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:37.319
 should kind of reflect that,

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.199
 and how we can bring people,

00:51:38.279 --> 00:51:39.159
 into our lives,

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:41.460
 to show them Christ,

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:43.159
 so,

00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:44.339
 Alex and Ashley,

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:45.239
 you can come on up,

00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:47.400
 Father,

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:49.480
 we just want to stop,

00:51:49.900 --> 00:51:50.059
 and,

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:52.679
 and praise you,

00:51:52.819 --> 00:51:54.279
 because this isn't just news,

00:51:54.579 --> 00:51:54.779
 it's,

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.779
 it's glorious news,

00:51:56.900 --> 00:51:57.759
 it's news that,

00:51:59.299 --> 00:52:00.839
 meets our greatest need,

00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:01.199


00:52:02.279 --> 00:52:03.839
 brings us to the greatest treasure,

00:52:03.840 --> 00:52:04.480
 in Christ,

00:52:04.620 --> 00:52:05.019
 and so,

00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:06.180
 Father,

00:52:06.260 --> 00:52:06.880
 we love you,

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:07.860
 and give you praise,

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:09.480
 thank you for the gospel message,

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:11.019
 help us,

00:52:11.240 --> 00:52:11.360
 Lord,

00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:11.600
 to,

00:52:11.600 --> 00:52:14.140
 remember the depths,

00:52:14.220 --> 00:52:15.340
 that you pulled us out of,

00:52:16.500 --> 00:52:16.980
 and,

00:52:17.140 --> 00:52:17.620
 to,

00:52:17.720 --> 00:52:18.940
 be broken enough,

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:19.539
 to go out,

00:52:19.620 --> 00:52:20.480
 and love other people,

00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:21.640
 and,

00:52:21.740 --> 00:52:22.720
 to lay down our lives,

00:52:22.720 --> 00:52:23.980
 for other people,

00:52:24.760 --> 00:52:26.320
 to know Christ,

00:52:27.579 --> 00:52:27.960
 and,

00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:28.760
 so Lord,

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.460
 we praise you,

00:52:29.460 --> 00:52:31.519
 in Christ's name,

00:52:31.720 --> 00:52:32.039
 Amen.