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Turn to the Gospel according to Mark. Go ahead and turn to chapter 1 with me this morning.
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! We are going to take a break from our verse-by-verse working through the Gospel of Mark.
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I can't tell you exactly how many weeks that's going to be at this point, likely for the month of February, we're going to do this.
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And we're doing so because I think there's an issue in the American church, which is true of our church as well, that needs to be addressed.
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And we need to take some time to sit and to consider and to really search our hearts concerning the matter.
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Let me first give you a hug before I step on our toes.
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As a church, we do so much right.
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I'm immensely grateful for all of you, and I don't know all of you in the room.
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Some of you are guests with us here this morning.
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This church is a wonderful church.
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There's so much that's good and healthy about what we're doing.
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In fact, as I meet with pastors in the area to be encouraged and to press one another on,
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I always leave those meetings so happy to be the pastor of Christ Family Church.
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Because I don't deal with nearly the messes that they're dealing with in their churches.
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I found myself being a little bit mean about it.
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Like, hey, you want to meet with me so I can hear all your trouble so I can be really happy about my life and my church and the things that are happening in our congregation.
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But there's more, and there's better work that we can be doing.
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And there's a danger that we always look at the good things, which we should certainly look at.
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We should certainly give God much praise for those things that are happening in the life of our church.
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But that we, in doing that, we ignore those things that need to be worked on.
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And I don't think that I would be a good leader to you if knowing those things are true and not telling you about them and not pushing you beyond them,
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not looking for a greater degree of growth in your life.
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It would be unloving for me to withhold that from you.
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There's a school of thought that says if it isn't broken, don't fix it.
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It's a very American way of thinking about business, for an example.
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But I say there's always more.
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Jesus comes back today, we're done.
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But until that time, we're not perfected.
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And we have much work to do.
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And that's why I want to take some time to address this issue.
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And I will say that as we get into it, that there are many of you who do this well.
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That the Lord is pleased with the work that you're doing.
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And my charge to you would be, help me give leadership in surmounting this problem for us.
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So what is that?
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The Gospel of Mark, the great labor of it was to give evidence that Jesus is the Christ.
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Mark does this at great pains.
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He establishes Jesus' power over demons, over sickness.
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His power over Satan, religion itself, the traditions of men.
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His power over nature and his power over sin.
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So Mark really wants his readers to see Jesus is the Christ.
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And as such, he wants his readers to see what it means to follow Jesus Christ.
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That if Jesus is Lord, what does his Lordship look like?
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And how does it bring bearing in our lives?
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How then should we live if we're to be disciples of Jesus Christ?
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And if we're to say that we're disciples of Jesus Christ, this means that we follow him.
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That we walk in his ways.
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And if this is true of us, we as believers must be about the work of making disciples.
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We must be.
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And I think that this is a fairly large failure on our part.
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Certainly to say that there are various giftings in our church.
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There are those with a particular evangelistic gifting that do such a wonderful job of opening the door and inviting people in.
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There are those who are really gifted teachers and can explain things with such clarity to help people understand.
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And a shame is that in our American churches, we have so segregated and so specialized the ministry that we have left that work in the hands of few,
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while the many do very, very little.
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I want this to be untrue of our congregation.
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And I hope that in these coming weeks, it will begin to be the case for us.
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But let me take you through Mark and just help establish what Jesus is trying to do in his ministry and the way in which Mark, led by the Spirit, records it for us.
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Look first in chapter 1.
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Almost every chapter.
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Chapter 1, verse 14 and 15.
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Now after John, that's John the Baptist, was arrested,
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Jesus came into Galilee, the place where he ministered primarily in his earthly ministry,
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proclaiming the gospel of God, the good news of God, and saying,
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the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.
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Repent and believe in the gospel, in the good news.
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The very thing that Jesus came to do, even as he's establishing his power on the earth,
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was coming to preach.
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Just after this, he calls the first disciples.
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Chapter 1, verse 17.
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He says to Simon and Andrew,
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follow me and I will make you fishers of men.
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If you were to follow me,
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the thing you're going to be about doing is not fishing for fish any longer,
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but fishing for men.
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Chapter 1, verse 38.
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After some people, a crowd is looking for him,
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Jesus says,
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let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there also.
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For this is why I came out.
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Chapter 2, verse 17.
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Those who are well have no need of a physician,
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but those who are sick,
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I came not to call the righteous,
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but sinners.
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Jesus didn't come to hang out with those who thought they all had it figured out,
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who thought they were already righteous,
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but rather those who were humble and who were broken and knew they needed a Savior.
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Chapter 3, verses 33-35.
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Jesus' family has come to take him back.
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Earlier in the chapter, we see that they thought that he was insane,
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that he totally lost his mind.
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So they're standing outside,
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and the disciples tell them that they're standing outside.
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In verse 33, he says,
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Who are my mother and my brothers?
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And looking about those who sat around him, he said,
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Here are my mother and my brothers.
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For whoever does the will of God,
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he is my brother and sister and mother.
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We're to be part of the family of God.
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We are to do the very will of God.
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Chapter 4, verse 8.
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He tells the parable of the sower.
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He says,
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And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain,
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growing up and increasing and yielding 30-fold and 60-fold and 100-fold.
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Some soil receives the good news of the gospel,
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the seed planted in them,
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and grows up and produces more gospel,
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growth in the kingdom.
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And he gives explanation of that in verse 20 of chapter 4.
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But those that were sown on the good soil
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are the ones who hear the word
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and accept it and bear fruit,
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30-fold and 60-fold and 100-fold.
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It doesn't make this a conditional thing.
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If you are in fact found in Christ,
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if you have accepted the word,
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you will produce fruit.
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Chapter 5, verse 19.
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Jesus heals the man
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with the subtitle in my copy.
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It says,
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A Demon,
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but we find out that it's actually a legion of demons
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cast them into a group of pigs
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who run off into the sea.
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This man wants to follow him,
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but rather Jesus says to him in verse 19,
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Go home to your friends
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and tell them how much the Lord has done for you
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and how he has had mercy on you.
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This man wanted to devote his life
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because he had been delivered from these demons to Jesus.
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The way Jesus has him do that
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is to go back to his family,
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back to his friends,
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and to share about the mercy of God on his behalf.
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Chapter 6, verses 10-12.
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Jesus sends out the twelve apostles
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and says to them,
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When you enter a house,
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stay there until you depart from there.
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And if any place will not receive you,
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and they will not listen to you,
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there's a proclamation happening.
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When you leave, shake off the dust
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that is on your feet as a testimony against them.
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So, they went out and proclaimed
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that people should repent.
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Jesus sets them in motion
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to do the very thing that he intends for them to do
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when he departs from them,
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gathers them back together,
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and teaches them lessons
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because of their experience.
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Skip over chapter 7.
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It's a great chapter.
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Verse 34.
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I'm sorry.
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Chapter 8, verse 34.
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I'm going to come back to this in a moment.
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But just the statement of verse 34.
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And I will tell you that this is the statement
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that has just been resonating in my heart
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as we've been preaching through Mark,
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as I've been seeing thematic this development.
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Not that this is a strange concept to us, right?
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Like, we know this, right?
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Like, as Christians,
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we're meant to share our faith.
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We're meant to preach the gospel, right?
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I think we get it here,
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but it needs to work down in
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and work around inside of us.
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So, this is the major statement of Christ
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that's been working in my heart.
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If anyone would come after me,
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let him deny himself
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and take up his cross
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and follow me.
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Let him set aside his self-determination,
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his self-worship,
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and let him die and follow me.
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Death and the pain that comes with death
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to pursue Jesus.
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chapter 9, verse 35.
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There's a debate amongst the apostles
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about who is greatest,
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who will be the best of apostles.
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Jesus says in verse 35,
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if anyone would be first,
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he must be last of all
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and servant of all.
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Chapter 10,
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verses 44 and 45.
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Once again,
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we have some debate.
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James and John want to sit at his right hand
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in the kingdom of God.
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And he says,
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whoever will be first among you
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must be slave of all.
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For even the Son of Man came
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not to be served,
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but to serve
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and to give his life a ransom
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for many.
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Chapter 11, verse 17.
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Jesus goes into the temple
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and he cleanses it.
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He flips over all of the tables
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and he runs out the money changers.
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He stops people from cutting through
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the court of Gentiles.
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And he says,
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is it not written,
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and this is from Isaiah 56, 7,
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my house shall be called
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a house of prayer
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for all the nations,
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but you have made it
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a den of robbers.
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The very temple of God
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was meant to serve
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as a place
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to ask God's blessing
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for all peoples.
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We see this in Isaiah.
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We see it other places
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in the Old Testament.
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Jesus confirms it for us here
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in Mark chapter 11.
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Chapter 12, verse 29.
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Jesus asks a question
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to test him
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by a scribe,
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kind of a modern day version
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of a lawyer slash theologian.
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And Jesus answers,
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the most important is,
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hear, O Israel,
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the Lord our God,
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the Lord is one.
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And you shall love
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the Lord your God
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with all your heart
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and with all your soul
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and with all your mind
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and with all your strength.
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The second is this.
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You shall love your neighbor
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as yourself.
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There is no other commandment
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greater than these.
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Chapter 13, verse 10.
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We're almost done.
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Jesus is telling the apostles
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things that will come to pass
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at the end of the age.
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In verse 10, he says,
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and the gospel,
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the good news of Jesus Christ
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must first be proclaimed
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to all nations.
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We saw in chapter 14,
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Jesus' arrest,
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and that's where we are
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now taking a break.
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In chapter 15 and 16,
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we're going to see his trial,
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his death,
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and his resurrection.
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And intentionally,
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I think this is such a good place
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for us to stop
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because we're about to really reflect
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upon the sacrifice
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of Jesus Christ.
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He's now been taken captive.
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The motion is going now.
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There's going to be
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this final thing,
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his death on the cross.
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And we're going to be
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really considering that
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in the coming months.
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But to stop and think
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about the cost
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for us to follow him.
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Recall that he's made predictions.
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Chapter 8,
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chapter 9,
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chapter 10,
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in all of these places,
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he's made predictions
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about what he's going to suffer
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when they finally make
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their final trip to Jerusalem.
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There's some objection to that.
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And even if there's not
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outward objection
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in some of those cases,
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they have objections
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in their hearts
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because they begin to debate
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about who's going to be
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greatest in the kingdom.
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Right?
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And the correction
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he brings to them
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is that the first
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will be last
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and the last
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will be first.
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That if we're to follow Jesus,
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we're going to follow him
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into his death.
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And upon his resurrection,
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he gives a command
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in chapter 16,
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verse 15,
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go into all the world
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and proclaim the gospel
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to the whole creation.
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Whoever believes
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and is baptized
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will be saved,
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but whoever does not believe
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will be condemned.
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And there's a more
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famous record
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of Jesus' great commission
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found in Matthew 28,
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verses 18-20,
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where Jesus says,
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So it is the great
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call on the Christian life.
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There's much conversation
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about calling in our society,
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what God has called you to.
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And the New Testament
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is only clear on two things
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that you've been called to,
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all believers.
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We've been called to believe.
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We've done that thing,
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I hope,
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for everybody in this room
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that's true.
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And the second thing
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is that you're called
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to make disciples.
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To be about the work
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of having others believe.
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These are the two things
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that you can be very sure of.
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The particulars
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of how you'll do that,
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I don't know.
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But you could be about
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that activity,
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not simply making converts,
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but disciples.
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disciples.
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Teaching them to observe.
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Not just teaching,
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but teaching them to observe
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all the things
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that Jesus has commanded us
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to do.
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Now go back,
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if you will,
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with me.
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Turn back a few pages
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back to Mark chapter 8.
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And I want to just expand
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our text a bit.
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I think that verse 34,
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what Jesus says here
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is kind of this axiomatic statement.
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This statement on which
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many things hinge.
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And to look at the context
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is so massively important for us.
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As we see what he begins to do,
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verse 31,
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he begins to teach them
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that the Son of Man
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must suffer many things
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and be rejected by the elders
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and the chief priests
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and the scribes
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and be killed.
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The suffering that he's going
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to experience
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is told to them
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and after three days
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he will rise again.
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He even gives to the apostles
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in this prediction of his death
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the hope that he will again rise.
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And he said this plainly,
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verse 32 says.
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Right?
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He says it plainly to them.
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He doesn't speak in any kind of parable.
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He doesn't try to confuse
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in any way whatsoever.
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He says this to them plainly.
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This thing will come to pass.
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And Peter misses the point altogether.
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He takes him aside
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and he begins to rebuke him.
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And I believe that Peter does so
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out of a love for Jesus.
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Don't say such things, Jesus.
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Don't say that this is the way
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the kingdom is going to come to pass.
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That you're going to have to suffer
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and you're going to have to die.
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That's not the way I envisioned
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this happening.
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And in so doing,
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he's formed Jesus
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the way he wants him to be.
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Here is the Son of Man,
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the predicted one,
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the Christ,
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the Lord of all.
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Recall some of the things
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that Jesus has accomplished
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up to this point
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that Peter has been witness to.
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Phenomenal things.
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The one that continually blows my mind
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because I love nature
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and being outside
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and I did so much study
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on the Sea of Galilee.
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Was he calling that storm?
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Storm.
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Phenomenal thing.
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This period of the year,
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storms kick up on the Sea of Galilee.
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Ten foot waves
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on a body of water
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about the size of Lake Lanier.
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Can you imagine
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being on Lake Lanier
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in like a fishing boat
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and ten foot waves begin?
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And Jesus just says,
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be still.
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And it all stops.
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Dead.
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He's seen these kinds of things happen.
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And then he tells them
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what will come to pass.
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And Peter still says,
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oh no.
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No, no.
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This is not the way
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that Christ comes to reign.
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And I'm afraid in many ways
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we do the same thing.
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We fashion Jesus
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the way we want Him to look.
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Right?
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We in this church
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certainly shun the gospel
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of prosperity.
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I'm not sure
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that we shun the gospel
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of comfort.
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We think that if we add
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Jesus to our life,
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life will get better
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by our terms.
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And when it doesn't,
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many people reject it
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altogether.
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We're apathetic
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because we know
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that being obedient
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will lead us
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into uncomfortable discomfort
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and we don't want it.
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We make Jesus
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into our own fashion.
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That Jesus would come
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and sit amongst us
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and chill out with us
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wouldn't be the case
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if He were to visit.
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It would be clear
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He won't visit again
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until He's ready to vindicate
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and wipe the slate clean
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once again.
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But if He were
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just to come and hang out,
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He might pop by
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and just say what's up.
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To our crowd.
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Sitting together
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in our comfort,
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doing our comfortable things.
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I'm convinced
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He would be someplace dangerous.
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Someplace working.
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Getting in the face
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of those leading people astray.
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Laying out His life
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for the sake of the kingdom
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of God.
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Verse 35 says,
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For whoever would save his life
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will lose it,
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but whoever loses his life
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for my sake
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and the gospels
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will save it.
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Look at the promise there.
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If we're willing
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to sacrifice ourselves
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for the sake of the kingdom,
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this promise that our life
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will be saved.
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For what does it profit
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a man to gain the whole world
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and to forfeit his soul?
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Nothing.
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It profits him nothing.
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For what can a man
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give in return for a soul?
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Absolutely nothing.
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And then verse 38.
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For whoever is ashamed of me
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and of my words
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in this adulterous
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and sinful generation,
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of him will the Son of Man
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also be ashamed
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when he comes in the glory
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of his Father
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with the holy angels.
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And I think that those words
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need to sink
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into our hearts.
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And I think that we need
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to think about the times
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in our lives
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when we have been given
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opportunity
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to be obedient
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to the call of Christ.
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when we know full well
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we can proclaim the gospel
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in a situation
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and we shrink back
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and we're ashamed.
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Certainly at the core
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of all of this
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is an issue of heart.
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If our hearts were
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properly aligned,
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if we love God
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the way we're meant
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to love God,
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overflowing from us
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would be proper response
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and obedience.
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So it's an issue of heart
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and therefore
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it needs treatment
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in that way.
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Like not by some new program
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or some new model
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but we need
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to really examine
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our hearts.
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And the very best way
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I know to do that
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is by the scriptures.
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The scriptures are
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a two-edged sword
21:40
in this case.
21:41
I think maybe a scalpel
21:42
to really get at
21:43
and to do some surgery
21:44
on our hearts.
21:47
And so I want to give to you
21:48
eight cuts.
21:50
I hope that they're
21:53
fine cuts.
21:55
I hope that they hurt
21:56
a little bit.
21:59
Eight things I think
22:00
we may believe
22:03
or believe improperly.
22:05
I'm sure there are more.
22:08
But things that we can
22:09
begin to think about
22:11
and to look at
22:12
and to process
22:13
and to pray through
22:14
and consider
22:15
if this is why
22:17
there's not a greater
22:18
movement of God
22:19
amongst us.
22:21
If this is why
22:22
we're content
22:23
with addition
22:24
and not excited
22:26
and looking toward
22:27
multiplication.
22:28
God bringing people
22:29
into His kingdom
22:30
in droves.
22:33
So eight cuts.
22:37
Number one.
22:39
We may not.
22:40
It is possible
22:41
that we do not
22:43
understand
22:44
the heart
22:45
of our Father.
22:47
We do not understand
22:49
the heart
22:49
of our Father.
22:52
For His great name's sake,
22:55
He is building
22:56
a family.
22:58
He is adopting
22:59
those
23:00
into His family
23:01
that have
23:02
no right
23:02
to be part of His family,
23:04
who have sinned
23:05
grievously against Him,
23:06
have in every way
23:07
said to Him,
23:08
I do not want you
23:09
to be
23:09
my Father.
23:11
And yet,
23:11
He does a work in us
23:12
and He calls us
23:13
into His family.
23:15
He is not
23:16
exclusive.
23:18
But the God of Scripture
23:19
seems to be
23:20
so very inclusive,
23:22
drawing people
23:23
of all variety
23:25
to Himself.
23:28
Revelation 7,
23:29
9 and 10
23:29
gives us
23:30
a peek at this.
23:32
John's vision,
23:33
he says,
23:33
after this I looked
23:34
and behold
23:35
a great multitude
23:37
that no one
23:38
could number
23:38
from every nation,
23:40
from all tribes
23:41
and peoples
23:42
and languages,
23:42
standing before the throne
23:43
and before the Lamb,
23:44
clothed in white robes
23:45
with palm branches
23:46
in their hands
23:47
and crying out
23:48
with a loud voice,
23:49
salvation belongs
23:50
to our God
23:51
who sits on the throne
23:52
and to the Lamb.
23:53
a multitude
23:54
that no one
23:56
can number,
23:57
a vast,
23:58
vast number.
23:59
Do you sometimes
24:00
think that those
24:01
in heaven
24:01
are going to be
24:02
the minority
24:02
of humankind?
24:06
I can't say for sure,
24:07
but it seems to me
24:08
that as God wins
24:10
this great redemptive
24:11
battle,
24:12
it's a sure thing,
24:13
that maybe He wins
24:14
in numbers too.
24:16
Maybe those
24:17
who will one day
24:17
be glorified
24:18
will outnumber
24:19
those
24:20
who will be damned.
24:21
Either way,
24:23
we certainly know
24:23
that He loves
24:24
and He loves immensely
24:25
and He's building
24:26
a family
24:26
for the praise
24:27
of His name.
24:29
I find sometimes
24:31
that we seem
24:31
to operate
24:32
under the assumption
24:33
that God does not
24:35
want to save people
24:36
rather than
24:39
under the assumption
24:40
that He does
24:41
and that He fully
24:42
intends to
24:43
and that He's powerful
24:44
to accomplish this
24:45
and that because
24:46
He loves us,
24:47
He wants us
24:47
to get involved
24:48
in that.
24:49
That He just
24:49
is waiting,
24:50
just go share,
24:52
just go be the friend
24:53
you know you're
24:54
supposed to be.
24:56
Open your mouth
24:57
and give gospel
24:58
proclamation
24:58
and I'll change
24:59
their heart
25:00
and you'll both
25:01
be immensely blessed
25:02
and I'll be glorified
25:03
in this.
25:05
Do you find that
25:06
you do that
25:06
with your friends
25:08
assuming that
25:08
they're so far gone?
25:10
They're so dark
25:12
in their understanding
25:13
that God can't
25:13
change their hearts?
25:16
He changed yours.
25:17
You're no further,
25:19
you're no better off
25:21
than they are.
25:24
Secondly,
25:27
God's love for us
25:28
may too often
25:29
be stale
25:31
in our minds
25:32
and hearts.
25:33
Not fresh,
25:35
stale,
25:35
like it's a forgotten
25:36
thing how incredibly
25:38
God has loved us.
25:40
Turn to Psalm 103.
25:41
For our ministry
25:55
apprenticeship,
25:56
we're reading
25:56
through the Bible
25:57
in a year,
25:58
this chronological
25:58
Bible reading plan
25:59
we're doing
26:00
and Psalm 103
26:01
was part of that reading
26:02
a couple of weeks ago
26:03
and God just really
26:04
arrested my attention
26:05
and I've been meditating
26:06
on verses 8-12
26:09
and it is good.
26:10
Let me read it to you.
26:11
I hope it'll have
26:12
some of the same effect
26:13
it's had on me.
26:16
Psalm 103
26:17
verses 8-12
26:17
The Lord is merciful
26:19
and gracious,
26:22
slow to anger
26:23
and abounding
26:24
in steadfast love.
26:26
He will not always chide
26:28
nor will He keep
26:29
His anger forever.
26:31
He does not deal with us
26:33
according to our sins
26:35
nor repay us
26:36
according to our iniquities.
26:39
Praise Him.
26:40
For as high
26:41
as the heavens are
26:43
above the earth
26:43
Anybody know?
26:45
Infinite.
26:46
That's what is trying
26:47
to be communicated here.
26:48
I'm sure there's a measure
26:48
but it's infinite
26:49
is what is being
26:50
communicated here.
26:51
As high as the heavens
26:52
are above the earth
26:53
so great
26:54
is His steadfast love
26:56
toward those
26:56
who fear Him.
26:58
Just stare up at the sky
27:00
when you walk out
27:00
of this building today.
27:02
Verse 12
27:03
As far as the east
27:04
is from the west
27:06
so far does He remove
27:08
our transgressions from us.
27:10
Do you know how far
27:10
the east is from the west?
27:12
It's infinite.
27:13
No matter where you go
27:14
no matter where you travel
27:15
in the circumference
27:16
of this planet
27:17
the east and the west
27:18
will always be
27:19
infinitely far
27:20
from one another.
27:22
This is God's
27:23
great love
27:24
for us.
27:25
It is infinite
27:26
in its nature.
27:27
It is good.
27:30
1 John 4.19
27:31
says that we love
27:32
because He first
27:34
loved us.
27:35
that the reason
27:36
in which we can
27:37
reach out
27:38
and we can love
27:39
others
27:39
that we can have
27:40
affection for other
27:41
people is because
27:41
of God's great love
27:42
for us.
27:46
Luke 6.45
27:47
Jesus says
27:48
the good person
27:49
out of the good
27:50
treasure of his heart
27:51
produces good
27:52
and the evil person
27:53
out of his evil
27:54
treasure produces
27:55
evil.
27:57
For out of the
27:57
abundance
27:58
of the heart
27:59
his mouth
28:01
speaks.
28:02
beloved
28:04
what do you
28:04
speak about?
28:06
What do you
28:07
get excited
28:08
about talking
28:09
about?
28:11
Many of you
28:11
know that
28:12
kind of
28:13
sort of
28:13
in a past
28:14
life of mine
28:14
some
28:15
oh a decade
28:16
ago
28:16
I used to do
28:18
a lot of
28:18
white water
28:19
paddling
28:19
very into that
28:21
Wes and I
28:22
part of our
28:22
friendship was
28:23
formed around
28:24
paddling
28:24
together
28:25
in fact
28:26
Wes has
28:27
most of my
28:28
gear
28:28
and just
28:28
uses it
28:29
you are
28:32
welcome
28:32
I used to
28:36
be a
28:36
white water
28:36
kayak
28:37
instructor
28:37
and still
28:38
to this
28:38
day
28:38
if somebody
28:38
talks about
28:39
white water
28:39
my ears
28:40
perk up
28:41
and I want
28:41
to go over
28:42
and hear
28:42
what's going
28:42
on
28:42
like what
28:43
river
28:43
they were
28:43
on
28:43
and what
28:44
they
28:44
experienced
28:44
it
28:45
even if
28:45
from
28:45
rafting
28:46
class 2
28:47
to paddling
28:47
class 5
28:48
I want
28:48
to know
28:48
what's
28:48
going on
28:49
that
28:49
excites
28:49
me
28:50
I want
28:50
to be
28:50
around
28:51
it
28:51
do
28:51
we
28:51
do
28:51
the
28:51
same
28:52
thing
28:52
with
28:52
the
28:53
good
28:53
news
28:53
of
28:53
Jesus
28:53
Christ
28:54
do
28:54
we
28:54
find
28:55
ways
28:59
it
28:59
not
29:00
because
29:00
there's
29:00
some
29:00
duty
29:01
to
29:01
share
29:01
it
29:01
but
29:02
because
29:02
the
29:03
love
29:03
of
29:04
God
29:04
overflows
29:04
out of
29:05
our
29:05
hearts
29:05
and
29:06
into
29:06
our
29:06
speech
29:07
this
29:07
is
29:07
what
29:08
Jesus
29:08
is
29:08
saying
29:08
will
29:08
happen
29:09
the
29:09
good
29:10
treasure
29:11
of
29:12
your
29:12
heart
29:12
the
29:12
thing
29:12
you
29:13
care
29:13
most
29:14
about
29:14
is
29:15
the
29:15
thing
29:15
you
29:16
will
29:16
talk
29:16
about
29:16
most
29:18
so
29:19
what
29:19
does
29:19
it
29:19
say
29:19
about
29:19
us
29:19
when
29:20
we
29:20
don't
29:20
when
29:21
we
29:21
find
29:21
ourselves
29:22
in
29:22
situations
29:22
where
29:22
we
29:22
would
29:23
rather
29:23
fit
29:23
in
29:23
and
29:23
be
29:23
cool
29:24
and
29:25
share
29:25
the
29:25
thing
29:25
that
29:25
we
29:26
love
29:26
the
29:26
most
29:27
double
29:28
minded
29:29
acts
29:31
8
29:31
1
29:33
through
29:33
4
29:33
this
29:33
is
29:34
after
29:35
the
29:35
stoning
29:35
of
29:35
Stephen
29:36
it
29:38
says
29:38
and
29:38
Saul
29:38
approved
29:39
of
29:39
his
29:39
execution
29:40
and
29:41
there
29:41
arose
29:41
on
29:42
that
29:42
day
29:42
a
29:42
great
29:43
persecution
29:43
against
29:44
the
29:44
church
29:44
in
29:45
Jerusalem
29:45
and
29:46
they
29:46
were
29:46
all
29:46
scattered
29:47
throughout
29:47
the
29:47
regions
29:48
of
29:48
Judea
29:49
and
29:49
Samaria
29:50
except
29:50
the
29:50
apostles
29:51
devout
29:52
men
29:52
buried
29:53
Stephen
29:53
made
29:53
great
29:54
lamentation
29:54
over
29:55
him
29:55
but
29:56
Saul
29:56
was
29:56
ravaging
29:57
the
29:57
church
29:57
and
29:58
entering
29:59
house
29:59
after
29:59
house
30:00
he
30:00
dragged
30:00
off
30:01
men
30:01
and
30:02
women
30:02
and
30:03
committed
30:03
them
30:03
to
30:04
prison
30:04
and
30:04
so
30:04
there's
30:05
this
30:05
great
30:06
deal
30:06
the
30:06
early
30:06
days
30:07
of
30:07
the
30:07
church
30:07
that
30:07
formed
30:08
in
30:08
Jerusalem
30:08
after
30:08
the
30:09
days
30:09
of
30:09
Pentecost
30:09
there's
30:10
this
30:10
great
30:10
deal
30:10
of
30:10
persecution
30:11
at
30:11
the
30:11
hands
30:11
of
30:12
Saul
30:12
and
30:12
look
30:12
at
30:13
the
30:13
way
30:13
that
30:13
God
30:13
is
30:14
even
30:14
now
30:14
using
30:15
Saul
30:15
to
30:23
and
30:23
a
30:24
better
30:24
word
30:25
that's
30:26
translated
30:26
here
30:26
into
30:27
our
30:27
English
30:27
preaching
30:27
would be
30:28
and
30:28
gossiped
30:29
the
30:30
word
30:30
but
30:30
we
30:30
think
30:31
of
30:31
gossip
30:31
as
30:31
a
30:31
bad
30:31
thing
30:32
so
30:32
we
30:32
got to
30:32
be
30:33
careful
30:33
about
30:33
our
30:33
translation
30:34
but
30:34
it
30:35
literally
30:35
means
30:35
they
30:35
went
30:35
about
30:36
just
30:36
talking
30:37
about
30:37
what
30:37
had
30:37
happened
30:38
in
30:38
Jerusalem
30:38
and
30:39
what
30:39
Jesus
30:39
had
30:39
done
30:40
for
30:40
them
30:40
they
30:40
went
30:40
about
30:41
sharing
30:41
that
30:41
with
30:42
everyone
30:42
they
30:43
encountered
30:44
we
30:45
see
30:45
this
30:45
great
30:46
massive
30:46
advance
30:47
of the
30:48
gospel
30:48
because
30:49
of
30:49
the
30:50
persecution
30:50
because
30:51
of
30:51
the
30:51
work
30:52
of
30:52
the
30:52
apostles
30:52
out
30:53
and
30:53
beyond
30:53
because
30:53
it
30:54
overflowed
30:55
out
30:55
of
30:56
their
30:56
hearts
30:56
and
30:58
I'm
30:58
afraid
30:58
for
30:58
many
30:58
of
30:59
us
30:59
too
30:59
often
30:59
that
31:00
truth
31:00
is
31:01
stale
31:01
in
31:01
us
31:02
forgotten
31:03
it
31:03
just
31:03
doesn't
31:04
have
31:04
effect
31:04
any
31:05
longer
31:05
the
31:06
way
31:06
you
31:06
renew
31:06
that
31:07
in
31:07
yourself
31:07
as
31:07
you
31:08
get
31:08
into
31:08
the
31:08
word
31:08
of
31:08
God
31:09
and
31:09
you
31:09
let
31:09
the
31:09
gospel
31:10
speak
31:10
to
31:10
you
31:10
and
31:11
speak
31:11
to
31:11
you
31:11
get
31:12
around
31:12
the
31:12
church
31:13
and
31:13
let
31:13
people
31:13
preach
31:14
the
31:14
gospel
31:14
to
31:14
you
31:14
you
31:15
come
31:15
and
31:15
you
31:15
sing
31:15
gospel
31:16
songs
31:16
the
31:16
reason
31:16
we
31:17
keep
31:17
the
31:17
volume
31:17
low
31:18
so
31:18
you
31:18
can
31:18
hear
31:18
everybody
31:19
in
31:19
this
31:19
room
31:19
reminding
31:20
you
31:21
that
31:21
the
31:21
gospel
31:21
is
31:21
good
31:22
and
31:22
precious
31:23
and
31:23
has
31:23
effect
31:24
in
31:24
our
31:24
lives
31:25
number
31:27
three
31:27
I
31:29
should
31:29
move
31:29
faster
31:29
than
31:29
I
31:30
am
31:30
right
31:30
now
31:30
we
31:31
may
31:31
not
31:31
understand
31:32
the
31:32
nature
31:33
of
31:33
the
31:33
enemy
31:33
or
31:35
the
31:35
accomplishments
31:36
of
31:37
our
31:37
victor
31:38
we
31:38
may
31:39
not
31:39
understand
31:40
the
31:40
reality
31:41
that
31:42
the
31:43
power
31:44
of
31:44
Satan
31:44
has
31:45
been
31:46
destroyed
31:48
in
31:50
a
31:50
similar
31:50
account
31:50
chapter
31:51
8
31:51
Peter
31:51
confesses
31:52
Jesus
31:52
as
31:52
the
31:52
Christ
31:53
in
31:53
Matthew
31:53
we
31:53
get
31:54
a bit
31:54
more
31:54
detail
31:54
beginning
31:55
of
31:55
verse
31:56
13
31:56
now
31:56
when
31:57
Jesus
31:57
came
31:57
into
31:57
the
31:57
district
31:58
of
31:58
Caesaro
31:58
Philippi
31:59
he
31:59
asked
31:59
his
31:59
disciples
31:59
who
32:00
do
32:00
people
32:01
say
32:01
that
32:01
the
32:01
son
32:01
of
32:01
man
32:01
is
32:02
and
32:02
they
32:02
said
32:03
some
32:03
say
32:03
John
32:03
the
32:03
Baptist
32:04
others
32:04
say
32:07
Simon
32:11
Peter
32:12
replied
32:12
you
32:13
are
32:14
the
32:14
Christ
32:15
the
32:15
son
32:16
of
32:16
the
32:16
living
32:16
God
32:16
and
32:18
Jesus
32:18
answered
32:18
him
32:18
blessed
32:18
are
32:19
you
32:19
Simon
32:19
Barjona
32:20
for
32:21
flesh
32:21
and
32:21
blood
32:21
has
32:21
not
32:22
revealed
32:22
this
32:22
to
32:22
you
32:22
but
32:22
my
32:23
father
32:23
who
32:24
is
32:24
in
32:24
heaven
32:24
and
32:25
I
32:25
tell
32:25
you
32:26
you
32:26
are
32:26
Peter
32:26
and
32:27
on
32:27
this
32:27
rock
32:27
that
32:27
truth
32:28
I
32:29
will
32:29
build
32:29
my
32:29
church
32:30
and
32:30
the
32:30
gates
32:31
of
32:31
hell
32:32
shall
32:33
not
32:33
prevail
32:34
against
32:35
it
32:35
there's
32:36
a
32:36
sure
32:36
promise
32:37
in
32:37
scripture
32:37
that
32:38
the
32:38
work
32:38
of
32:38
the
32:39
church
32:39
by
32:39
the
32:39
grace
32:39
of
32:39
God
32:40
will
32:41
advance
32:41
upon
32:42
the
32:42
gates
32:42
of
32:43
hell
32:43
don't
32:43
hear
32:43
we
32:44
have
32:44
gates
32:44
and
32:45
we
32:45
hold
32:45
out
32:45
hell
32:46
many
32:47
churches
32:47
function
32:48
in
32:48
this
32:48
way
32:48
many
32:48
individuals
32:49
function
32:49
in
32:49
this
32:50
way
32:50
keeping
32:50
at
32:50
a
32:50
distance
32:51
the
32:51
evil
32:51
of
32:51
the
32:52
world
32:52
but
32:52
rather
32:53
we
32:53
advance
32:53
on
32:54
it
32:54
and
32:55
the
32:55
gates
32:55
of
32:55
hell
32:55
will
32:56
not
32:57
prevail
32:57
against
32:57
the
32:58
advance
32:58
!
32:58
It's
32:58
a
32:58
military
33:00
idea
33:01
that
33:01
we
33:01
will
33:02
make
33:02
this
33:02
accomplish
33:04
this
33:04
war
33:05
by the
33:05
grace
33:05
of
33:06
God
33:06
Jesus'
33:08
final
33:08
words
33:09
it
33:09
is
33:10
finished
33:11
on
33:12
the
33:12
cross
33:12
has
33:12
such
33:13
far
33:13
reaching
33:14
implications
33:15
and
33:15
he's
33:16
certainly
33:16
saying
33:17
when
33:17
he
33:17
dies
33:18
that
33:18
the
33:18
death
33:19
blow
33:19
has
33:19
been
33:20
delivered
33:20
to
33:21
the
33:21
dragon
33:22
he
33:22
has
33:22
plunged
33:23
his
33:23
sword
33:23
deep
33:24
into
33:24
his
33:24
heart
33:25
and
33:25
the
33:25
things
33:25
that
33:26
we're
33:26
experiencing
33:26
now
33:27
that
33:27
are
33:27
carried
33:27
!
33:27
by
33:28
Satan
33:28
are
33:28
just
33:29
his
33:29
writhing
33:30
and
33:30
seething
33:31
as
33:32
he's
33:32
dying
33:32
he
33:35
has
33:35
been
33:36
defeated
33:36
and
33:37
in fact
33:38
Jesus
33:38
has
33:39
his
33:39
foot
33:39
on
33:40
his
33:40
neck
33:40
he
33:42
lets
33:42
him
33:42
act
33:43
only
33:44
under
33:45
his
33:45
authority
33:45
it's
33:46
been
33:46
subjected
33:47
to
33:47
him
33:48
this
33:49
is
33:49
our
33:49
God
33:50
the
33:51
darkness
33:51
of the
33:52
world
33:52
seems
33:52
so
33:53
overbearing
33:53
at
33:53
times
33:54
if
33:56
you're
33:56
in
33:56
the
33:56
Lord's
33:56
army
33:56
God
33:58
is
33:58
for
33:58
us
33:58
who
34:00
can
34:00
be
34:00
against
34:00
us
34:00
so
34:02
we
34:02
may
34:02
not
34:02
understand
34:03
the
34:03
nature
34:03
of
34:03
the
34:03
enemy
34:03
or
34:04
the
34:04
accomplishments
34:05
of
34:06
our
34:06
victor
34:07
it
34:07
is
34:07
finished
34:09
he
34:09
will
34:09
accomplish
34:10
his
34:11
will
34:11
we
34:12
are
34:12
part
34:12
of
34:12
that
34:12
we're
34:12
part
34:13
of
34:13
that
34:13
army
34:13
marching
34:14
behind
34:15
him
34:15
number
34:16
four
34:17
we
34:19
may
34:19
not
34:19
consider
34:20
the
34:21
condition
34:22
of
34:22
the
34:22
world
34:22
or
34:24
the
34:24
nature
34:24
of
34:25
hell
34:25
hell
34:25
we
34:27
may
34:27
not
34:27
consider
34:28
the
34:28
condition
34:28
of
34:28
the
34:28
world
34:29
or
34:30
the
34:30
nature
34:30
of
34:32
hell
34:32
I
34:33
find
34:33
this
34:33
to
34:33
be
34:33
true
34:34
in
34:34
me
34:34
often
34:34
I
34:34
become
34:35
kind
34:35
of
34:35
numb
34:35
and
34:36
I
34:36
don't
34:36
tend
34:37
to
34:37
look
34:37
at
34:37
people
34:37
through
34:37
spiritual
34:38
eyes
34:38
so
34:40
there's
34:40
that
34:40
agitation
34:41
about
34:41
the
34:41
guy
34:41
that
34:41
pulls
34:42
out
34:42
in
34:42
front
34:42
of
34:42
you
34:42
on
34:43
the
34:43
road
34:43
that's
34:44
an
34:44
eternal
34:44
soul
34:45
the
34:45
one
34:46
that
34:46
you're
34:46
so
34:46
frustrated
34:47
with
34:47
because
34:48
he
34:48
inconvenienced
34:49
me
34:49
30
34:49
seconds
34:50
on
34:50
my
34:50
commute
34:50
from
34:51
Gainesville
34:52
to
34:52
this
34:52
building
34:52
who
34:55
cares
34:55
really
34:57
the
34:58
world
34:59
is
34:59
broken
34:59
it's
35:00
falling
35:00
apart
35:01
because
35:01
of
35:01
this
35:02
writhing
35:02
and
35:03
seething
35:03
of
35:03
the
35:04
enemy
35:04
having
35:05
its
35:05
effect
35:06
pay
35:07
attention
35:07
to
35:07
the
35:08
news
35:08
put
35:08
on
35:09
talk
35:09
radio
35:09
and
35:10
just
35:10
hear
35:10
about
35:11
all
35:11
the
35:11
tragic
35:12
things
35:13
that
35:13
are
35:13
happening
35:13
in the
35:14
world
35:14
about
35:14
us
35:14
the
35:15
effects
35:15
of
35:16
sin
35:16
it
35:16
is
35:16
having
35:17
its
35:17
way
35:18
here
35:18
and
35:19
now
35:19
beyond
35:21
that
35:21
these
35:23
people
35:23
will be
35:23
delivered
35:23
to
35:24
eternal
35:24
damnation
35:24
does that
35:25
have
35:25
any
35:25
effect
35:25
in
35:26
your
35:26
heart
35:26
at
35:26
all
35:26
do
35:28
you
35:28
remember
35:29
what
35:29
you've
35:29
been
35:29
saved
35:30
from
35:31
or
35:33
has
35:33
Christianity
35:33
just
35:34
always
35:34
been
35:34
like
35:34
this
35:34
happy
35:35
hunky
35:35
dory
35:35
thing
35:35
that
35:35
!
35:36
Have you
35:38
ever
35:38
actually
35:39
really
35:39
considered
35:40
what
35:40
your
35:40
sin
35:41
purchased
35:41
for
35:42
you
35:42
and
35:43
therefore
35:43
what
35:43
Jesus
35:44
delivered
35:45
you
35:45
from
35:45
eternal
35:46
damnation
35:47
2nd
35:47
Thessalonians
35:48
1.9
35:49
Paul says
35:50
they will
35:50
suffer
35:50
the
35:51
punishment
35:51
of
35:52
eternal
35:53
destruction
35:54
being
35:54
destroyed
35:55
for
35:56
forever
35:57
and I
35:57
can't
35:57
even
35:58
possibly
35:58
wrap
35:58
my
35:59
mind
35:59
around
35:59
what
35:59
eternity
36:00
is
36:00
like
36:00
but
36:01
forever
36:01
this
36:02
destruction
36:02
will
36:03
go
36:03
on
36:03
and
36:05
he
36:05
adds
36:05
to
36:05
this
36:06
probably
36:06
the
36:07
more
36:07
piercing
36:07
aspect
36:08
of
36:08
it
36:08
away
36:09
from
36:10
the
36:10
presence
36:10
of
36:11
the
36:11
Lord
36:11
and
36:12
from
36:12
the
36:12
glory
36:13
of
36:13
his
36:13
might
36:14
separated
36:15
from
36:15
God
36:16
forever
36:17
it's
36:18
a great
36:19
deal
36:19
of
36:19
tragedy
36:20
in
36:20
that
36:21
whiteboard
36:23
it's been
36:24
here for
36:24
a while
36:24
hasn't
36:24
it
36:25
I'm
36:26
going
36:26
to
36:26
try
36:27
to
36:27
stand
36:27
in
36:27
such
36:27
a
36:27
way
36:27
that
36:27
everybody
36:28
can
36:28
see
36:28
I
36:29
tried
36:30
to
36:30
draw
36:30
the
36:31
three
36:31
counties
36:31
that
36:31
we
36:32
mostly
36:32
affect
36:33
and
36:33
live
36:33
in
36:33
Dawson
36:37
County
36:38
Lumpkin
36:38
County
36:39
Hall
36:39
County
36:40
here's
36:41
your
36:42
city
36:42
centers
36:43
Dahlonega
36:43
Gainesville
36:44
Dawsonville
36:45
and this
36:45
is approximately
36:46
where we
36:46
are
36:46
it's a
36:47
star
36:47
I'm
36:48
sure
36:48
it looks
36:48
like
36:48
a
36:48
blob
36:49
from
36:49
where
36:49
you
36:49
are
36:49
out
36:50
there
36:50
so
36:51
just
36:51
three
36:51
counties
36:52
and we
36:52
certainly
36:52
have
36:52
some
36:52
effect
36:53
beyond
36:53
that
36:53
we
36:53
have
36:53
people
36:54
who
36:54
live
36:54
in
36:54
white
36:55
county
36:55
we
36:55
may
36:55
have
36:55
some
36:56
folks
36:56
here
36:56
from
36:56
Forsyth
36:57
county
36:57
as
36:57
well
36:57
but
36:57
just
37:02
if
37:02
we
37:02
are
37:03
an
37:03
army
37:03
for
37:04
God
37:04
that
37:04
we
37:04
should
37:04
be
37:04
working
37:05
and
37:05
moving
37:06
and
37:06
this
37:06
is
37:06
how
37:06
many
37:06
people
37:07
live
37:07
in
37:07
this
37:07
area
37:08
232,000
37:10
people
37:10
for
37:13
curiosity's
37:13
sake
37:13
180,000
37:14
in
37:14
Hall
37:15
County
37:15
30,000
37:15
in
37:16
Lumpkin
37:16
County
37:16
and
37:16
22,000
37:17
in
37:17
Dawson
37:18
County
37:18
232,000
37:20
people
37:20
now
37:21
we're
37:21
part of
37:22
the
37:22
Chattahoochee
37:22
Baptist
37:23
Association
37:23
which is
37:24
a collection
37:24
of
37:25
churches
37:25
and
37:25
according
37:25
to
37:26
their
37:26
statistics
37:32
people
37:33
okay
37:33
now I
37:34
think
37:34
that's
37:35
probably
37:35
a pretty
37:35
positive
37:36
number
37:36
unchurched
37:38
because
37:38
this
37:38
would
37:38
be
37:38
people
37:38
who
37:38
are
37:39
just
37:39
saying
37:39
I
37:39
go
37:40
to
37:40
a
37:40
church
37:40
so
37:40
believe
37:41
it
37:41
or
37:41
not
37:41
what
37:42
kind
37:43
of
37:43
church
37:43
what
37:43
kind
37:43
of
37:43
denomination
37:44
I
37:44
don't
37:44
really
37:44
know
37:44
but
37:45
let's
37:45
just
37:45
use
37:45
their
37:45
statistic
37:47
and
37:50
this
37:50
that's
37:52
our
37:53
unchurched
37:54
population
37:54
in those
37:55
three
37:55
counties
37:55
185,600
37:59
people
37:59
that's a
38:00
massive
38:00
number
38:01
of
38:02
people
38:02
who
38:03
likely
38:04
couldn't
38:05
be sure
38:05
but
38:06
likely
38:06
do not
38:07
know
38:07
Jesus
38:08
is
38:08
Lord
38:09
who
38:09
right
38:09
now
38:09
are
38:09
separated
38:10
from
38:10
him
38:10
and
38:11
will
38:11
be
38:11
separated
38:11
from
38:12
him
38:12
for
38:13
eternity
38:13
the
38:16
mortality
38:16
rate
38:17
I didn't
38:18
take the
38:18
time to
38:18
do the
38:18
math
38:18
on this
38:19
population
38:19
but the
38:20
mortality
38:20
rate
38:20
for the
38:21
United
38:22
States
38:22
means
38:23
that
38:24
every
38:25
year
38:25
two and
38:26
a half
38:26
million
38:27
people
38:27
die
38:28
so even
38:30
life itself
38:30
is fleeting
38:31
opportunities to
38:32
share the
38:32
gospel with
38:32
people
38:33
is fleeting
38:34
right
38:35
there's a
38:37
population
38:37
here
38:38
that's
38:39
fleeting
38:39
it's
38:40
passing
38:40
away
38:40
it's
38:40
going
38:41
away
38:41
to
38:41
eternal
38:42
damnation
38:42
right
38:43
we're at
38:44
war
38:45
we're not
38:45
at peace
38:46
we're at
38:46
war
38:47
there are
38:48
dark
38:48
forces
38:48
working
38:49
at keeping
38:50
this
38:50
the same
38:51
way
38:52
we ought
38:53
to be
38:54
about the
38:54
work of
38:54
changing
38:55
that
38:55
of
38:56
moving
38:56
that
38:56
in
38:57
another
38:57
direction
38:58
it ought
38:59
to be
38:59
heartbreaking
38:59
to us
39:00
that people
39:00
don't know
39:01
Christ
39:01
right
39:02
the great
39:02
treasure
39:03
the treasure
39:03
in a
39:03
field
39:03
that we
39:04
go and sell
39:04
all that we
39:04
have
39:04
and buy
39:05
that field
39:05
right
39:06
this thing
39:07
that we
39:07
want to
39:07
share
39:08
with
39:08
everyone
39:09
we're
39:09
so
39:09
unloving
39:10
so often
39:11
because we
39:11
don't press
39:12
at people
39:13
to respond
39:13
to the
39:14
good news
39:14
of Jesus
39:15
Christ
39:15
one of my
39:17
favorite
39:17
Charles Spurgeon
39:18
quotes
39:18
he said
39:18
if sinners
39:19
be damned
39:19
at least
39:20
let them
39:21
leap to
39:21
hell
39:21
over our
39:22
dead
39:22
bodies
39:23
let's
39:24
die for
39:25
the sake
39:25
of
39:26
sinners
39:26
and if
39:26
they
39:27
perish
39:27
let
39:28
them
39:28
perish
39:28
with
39:28
our
39:29
arms
39:29
wrapped
39:29
about
39:30
their
39:30
knees
39:30
imploring
39:31
them
39:31
to
39:32
stay
39:32
if
39:33
hell
39:33
must
39:34
be
39:34
filled
39:34
let
39:35
it
39:35
be
39:35
filled
39:36
in
39:36
the
39:36
teeth
39:37
of
39:37
our
39:37
exertions
39:38
and
39:38
let
39:39
not
39:39
one
39:39
go
39:39
unwarned
39:40
and
39:41
unprayed
39:41
for
39:42
this
39:44
is a
39:45
massive
39:45
work
39:46
but don't
39:47
be
39:48
overwhelmed
39:48
by this
39:48
you
39:49
have
39:49
a
39:49
part
39:49
to
39:49
play
39:50
that
39:51
you'll
39:51
be
39:51
held
39:51
accountable
39:52
for
39:52
that
39:52
you
39:52
should
39:53
be
39:53
obedient
39:53
to
39:54
and
39:54
if
39:54
we
39:55
would
39:55
do
39:55
that
39:55
if
39:56
the
39:56
people
39:57
of
39:57
God
39:57
would
39:57
respond
39:58
to
39:58
the
39:58
call
39:59
of
39:59
God
39:59
to
39:59
make
40:00
disciples
40:00
I
40:02
can't
40:02
say
40:02
exactly
40:02
what
40:03
God
40:03
would
40:03
do
40:03
with
40:03
this
40:03
parable
40:04
of
40:04
the
40:04
sowers
40:04
there's
40:05
different
40:05
types
40:05
of
40:06
soil
40:06
I
40:07
don't
40:07
know
40:07
for
40:07
sure
40:08
what
40:08
he
40:08
would
40:08
intend
40:08
to
40:09
do
40:09
I
40:10
want
40:10
to
40:10
work
40:10
under
40:11
the
40:11
assumption
40:11
that
40:11
he
40:12
just
40:12
may
40:12
let
40:14
revival
40:14
break
40:15
out
40:15
in
40:15
these
40:15
three
40:15
counties
40:16
and
40:16
all
40:16
of
40:16
these
40:16
people
40:17
would
40:17
be
40:17
counted
40:18
amongst
40:19
His
40:19
family
40:20
we
40:22
may
40:22
not
40:22
consider
40:23
the
40:23
condition
40:23
of
40:23
the
40:23
nature
40:24
of
40:24
hell
40:24
we
40:24
may
40:24
not
40:24
actually
40:25
think
40:26
about
40:26
it
40:26
day
40:26
to
40:26
day
40:27
what
40:27
have
40:27
we
40:27
been
40:27
saved
40:28
from
40:28
beloved
40:29
if
40:29
the
40:29
gospel
40:29
is
40:29
precious
40:29
to
40:30
us
40:30
we'll
40:30
know
40:30
that
40:30
we'll
40:31
know
40:31
that
40:31
we've
40:31
been
40:31
delivered
40:32
from
40:32
eternal
40:33
damnation
40:34
that's
40:34
part
40:35
of
40:35
what
40:35
makes
40:35
it
40:35
so
40:36
good
40:37
fifthly
40:39
disciple
40:42
making
40:43
may not
40:43
be
40:43
worked
40:43
into
40:44
the
40:44
DNA
40:44
!
40:44
of
40:45
new
40:45
believers
40:45
we
40:47
coddle
40:48
far
40:49
too
40:49
much
40:49
in
40:50
fact
40:50
many
40:51
of
40:51
us
40:51
probably
40:51
became
40:52
believers
40:52
at a
40:52
very
40:52
early
40:53
age
40:54
and
40:55
what
40:55
happened
40:56
after
40:56
we
40:56
became
40:56
believers
40:57
at
40:57
very
40:58
young
40:58
ages
40:58
is
40:58
we
40:59
sat
40:59
in
40:59
Sunday
41:00
school
41:00
classes
41:00
and
41:00
we
41:01
got
41:01
lots
41:01
of
41:01
nice
41:01
Bible
41:02
stories
41:02
about
41:03
the
41:03
different
41:03
people
41:03
in
41:04
the
41:04
Bible
41:04
that
41:04
we
41:04
should
41:05
emulate
41:05
but
41:07
no
41:07
one
41:07
ever
41:08
said
41:08
and
41:08
I
41:08
could
41:09
be
41:09
wrong
41:09
about
41:09
this
41:10
I
41:10
probably
41:10
am
41:10
and
41:11
just
41:11
didn't
41:11
hear
41:11
it
41:12
as
41:13
a
41:13
seven
41:14
year
41:14
old
41:14
I
41:14
didn't
41:14
feel
41:14
pressed
41:15
to
41:15
go
41:15
share
41:15
the
41:15
gospel
41:15
with
41:16
my
41:16
seven
41:16
year
41:16
old
41:16
friends
41:17
we
41:18
don't
41:19
work
41:19
it
41:19
into
41:19
the
41:19
DNA
41:20
we
41:20
hide
41:20
people
41:21
away
41:21
we
41:21
kind
41:41
so
41:41
much
41:41
image
41:42
bearing
41:42
capability
41:43
to
41:43
accomplish
41:44
so
41:44
much
41:45
but
41:46
everybody
41:46
says
41:46
wait
41:47
wait
41:47
you're
41:47
not
41:47
ready
41:47
yet
41:48
hold
41:48
on
41:48
hang
41:48
on
41:49
how
41:49
much
41:50
exactly
41:51
do
41:51
we
41:51
have
41:51
to
41:51
know
41:51
before
41:53
we're
41:53
willing
41:53
to
41:53
go
41:54
and
41:54
to
41:54
build
41:55
and
41:55
to
41:55
mark
41:57
4
41:57
17
41:57
says
41:58
this
42:00
is
42:00
again
42:00
the
42:00
parable
42:01
of
42:01
the
42:01
soils
42:01
says
42:03
of
42:03
the
42:03
rocky
42:03
soil
42:04
and
42:04
they
42:05
have
42:05
no
42:05
root
42:05
in
42:06
themselves
42:06
but
42:07
endure
42:08
for
42:08
a
42:08
while
42:09
!
42:09
so
42:09
this
42:09
appearance
42:11
Christianity
42:11
then
42:12
when
42:12
tribulation
42:13
or
42:14
persecution
42:14
arises
42:15
on account
42:16
of the
42:16
word
42:16
immediately
42:17
they
42:17
fall
42:17
away
42:18
young
42:20
believers
42:20
need to
42:21
be pushed
42:21
out
42:21
into the
42:22
sun
42:22
of
42:22
tribulation
42:23
kick
42:24
them out
42:24
of the
42:24
shade
42:25
and into
42:25
the
42:25
sun
42:25
they
42:26
need
42:26
to be
42:26
spurred
42:27
on
42:27
to being
42:28
obedient
42:28
to the
42:28
things
42:29
they
42:29
know
42:29
and they
42:30
know
42:30
the
42:30
gospel
42:30
so
42:31
they
42:31
should
42:31
share
42:31
the
42:31
gospel
42:32
the
42:33
gospel
42:33
isn't
42:34
just
42:34
for
42:34
an
42:34
individual
42:35
it's
42:35
for
42:36
all
42:36
of
42:36
those
42:36
that
42:37
be
42:37
counted
42:37
in
42:37
God's
42:41
is
42:41
the
42:41
sharing
42:42
of
42:42
it
42:42
is
42:42
the
42:43
going
42:43
and
42:43
the
42:43
sharing
42:44
of
42:44
the
42:45
good
42:45
news
42:45
of
42:45
Jesus
42:45
Christ
42:46
and yet
42:46
we
42:46
keep
42:46
them
42:46
in
42:47
the
42:47
shade
42:47
no
42:47
no
42:47
block
42:48
out
42:48
the
42:48
sun
42:48
block
42:48
out
42:49
the
42:49
sun
42:49
don't
42:49
let
42:49
the
42:49
sun
42:49
hit
42:50
them
42:50
they
42:52
need
42:52
to be
42:52
pushed
42:52
out
42:52
we need
42:53
to be
42:53
pushed
42:53
out
42:54
into
42:54
the
42:54
sun
42:54
right
42:55
we need
42:55
to have
42:55
our
42:56
faith
42:56
affirmed
42:57
in fact
42:57
experience
42:58
emboldens
42:59
belief
42:59
moved
43:02
in such
43:02
a way
43:02
having
43:03
your heart
43:03
changed
43:04
that
43:04
you
43:04
want
43:04
to
43:04
share
43:05
the
43:05
gospel
43:05
that
43:06
you
43:06
want
43:06
to
43:06
be
43:06
weird
43:07
that
43:07
you
43:07
want
43:07
to
43:07
be
43:08
seen
43:08
as
43:08
strange
43:09
that
43:09
it's
43:09
okay
43:09
if
43:10
people
43:10
think
43:10
that
43:10
of
43:10
you
43:10
because
43:11
you're
43:11
sharing
43:11
you're
43:11
rejoicing
43:12
in the
43:12
suffering
43:12
of
43:13
Christ
43:13
affirms
43:15
that
43:15
kind
43:15
of
43:15
stuff
43:16
in
43:17
you
43:17
we
43:18
coddle
43:19
far
43:19
too
43:19
much
43:19
disciple
43:20
making
43:20
may
43:20
not
43:20
be
43:20
worked
43:20
in
43:21
the
43:21
DNA
43:21
of
43:21
new
43:21
believers
43:21
that
43:22
could
43:22
be
43:22
!
43:22
the
43:22
!
43:22
the
43:22
!
43:23
It's
43:23
not
43:23
part
43:23
of
43:23
your
43:23
DNA
43:24
you
43:24
didn't
43:24
realize
43:25
the
43:26
best
43:27
of
43:27
intentions
43:27
sitting
43:27
here
43:28
today
43:28
you
43:28
just
43:28
may
43:28
not
43:28
have
43:28
known
43:29
that
43:29
it's
43:29
so
43:30
massively
43:30
important
43:31
for
43:31
your
43:31
Christian
43:32
living
43:32
sixthly
43:34
wow
43:36
in a
43:36
moment
43:36
I'm
43:36
going to
43:36
say
43:36
seventhly
43:37
and
43:37
eighthly
43:37
how
43:38
about
43:38
that
43:38
that
43:39
doesn't
43:39
happen
43:39
often
43:39
sixthly
43:40
disciple
43:41
making
43:41
may
43:42
not
43:42
be
43:43
the
43:43
cultural
43:43
norm
43:43
in
43:44
our
43:44
churches
43:44
!
43:45
And
43:45
I
43:45
would
43:45
argue
43:45
In
43:46
most
43:46
cases
43:46
!
43:46
this
43:47
is
43:48
true
43:48
the
43:49
great
43:49
deception
43:49
of
43:50
the
43:50
devil
43:50
that
43:51
he's
43:51
turned
43:51
our
43:52
churches
43:52
into
43:52
events
43:53
and
43:54
our
43:54
members
43:54
into
43:54
audiences
43:55
we
43:57
need
43:57
to
43:57
recognize
43:57
that
43:57
the
43:57
church
43:58
is
43:58
a
43:58
gathering
43:58
of
43:59
saints
43:59
around
44:00
the
44:00
event
44:00
of
44:01
Jesus
44:02
life
44:02
death
44:02
and
44:02
resurrection
44:03
and
44:03
return
44:04
and
44:05
that
44:05
we're
44:05
an
44:05
army
44:05
we're
44:07
his
44:07
army
44:07
an
44:08
extension
44:08
of
44:09
who
44:09
he
44:09
is
44:09
in
44:10
this
44:10
world
44:10
and
44:11
this
44:11
is
44:11
a
44:11
war
44:11
not
44:11
fought
44:11
with
44:12
missiles
44:12
or
44:12
!
44:12
bullets
44:16
hear
44:22
me
44:23
it
44:23
is
44:23
not
44:23
okay
44:24
for you
44:25
just
44:26
to
44:26
come
44:26
here
44:26
and
44:26
sit
44:27
and
44:27
consume
44:28
it's
44:28
not
44:29
okay
44:30
you
44:31
must
44:32
find
44:33
a
44:33
way
44:33
if
44:33
you're
44:33
going
44:33
to
44:33
be
44:33
part
44:34
of
44:34
this
44:34
church
44:34
or
44:35
any
44:35
other
44:36
to
44:36
invest
44:37
in
44:37
those
44:37
people
44:37
for
44:38
equipping
44:39
for
44:40
every
44:40
good
44:40
work
44:40
and
44:41
going
44:41
it's
44:42
not
44:43
about
44:43
putting
44:43
on
44:44
an
44:44
event
44:45
this
44:46
thing
44:46
we
44:46
do
44:46
on
44:46
Sunday
44:47
morning
44:47
and
44:48
I
44:48
get
44:48
that
44:48
there's
44:48
a
44:49
consumption
44:49
aspect
44:50
to
44:50
it
44:50
but
44:50
you
44:51
have
44:51
a
44:51
responsibility
44:52
to
44:52
do
44:53
something
44:53
with
44:54
what
44:54
you've
44:54
been
44:54
given
44:55
so
44:56
many
44:56
of
44:56
us
44:57
are
44:57
so
44:57
spiritually
44:58
fat
44:58
you
44:58
get
44:58
carb
44:59
loaded
44:59
on
44:59
Sunday
45:00
morning
45:00
and
45:01
you
45:01
don't
45:01
do
45:01
anything
45:02
with
45:02
all
45:02
the
45:02
energy
45:02
those
45:03
carbs
45:03
provide
45:03
you
45:04
just
45:04
louse
45:05
around
45:06
pack
45:07
on
45:07
some
45:08
weight
45:08
right
45:09
what
45:11
if
45:12
we
45:12
just
45:13
said
45:13
150
45:14
we're
45:14
probably
45:14
a few
45:15
more
45:15
than
45:15
that
45:15
this
45:16
morning
45:16
but
45:17
what
45:17
if
45:17
we
45:17
just
45:17
said
45:17
there's
45:18
a
45:18
consistent
45:18
150
45:19
people
45:19
that
45:19
come
45:19
to
45:20
our
45:20
Sunday
45:20
morning
45:20
services
45:21
who
45:21
would
45:21
say
45:21
they're
45:21
part
45:22
of
45:22
Christ
45:23
family
45:23
church
45:23
whether
45:23
member
45:24
or
45:24
regular
45:24
attendee
45:24
or
45:25
whatever
45:25
we're
45:26
a part
45:26
of
45:27
Christ
45:27
family
45:27
church
45:27
we want
45:28
to be
45:28
about
45:28
the
45:29
work
45:29
of
45:29
God
45:29
using
45:30
this
45:31
church
45:31
we
45:31
just
45:31
said
45:31
150
45:32
and
45:33
if
45:34
you
45:34
just
45:34
put
45:34
on
45:34
some
45:34
evangelical
45:35
imagination
45:35
with
45:36
me
45:36
what
45:37
if
45:37
each
45:38
of
45:38
those
45:38
disciples
45:39
of
45:39
Jesus
45:39
Christ
45:40
were
45:40
about
45:41
the
45:41
work
45:41
of
45:42
making
45:42
another
45:42
disciple
45:43
of
45:43
Jesus
45:43
Christ
45:43
in
45:43
a
45:44
year
45:44
one
45:44
in
45:44
a
45:44
year
45:45
now
45:45
to
45:46
be
45:46
sure
45:47
some
45:47
people
45:47
may
45:48
do
45:48
many
45:48
more
45:48
some
45:49
people
45:49
none
45:49
at
45:50
all
45:50
some
45:51
people
45:51
may
45:51
give
45:52
their
45:52
very
45:52
best
45:53
effort
45:53
to
45:54
it
45:54
like
45:54
Jeremiah
45:54
God
45:55
delays
45:55
blessing
45:56
they
45:56
press
45:57
and
45:57
they
45:57
press
45:57
and
45:57
no
45:59
one
45:59
responds
45:59
!
45:59
no
45:59
one
46:00
seems
46:00
to
46:00
care
46:01
very
46:06
hear
46:07
me
46:07
out
46:07
but
46:08
just
46:08
a
46:09
little
46:09
evangelical
46:09
imagination
46:10
what
46:10
if
46:11
you
46:11
just
46:12
said
46:12
make
46:13
a
46:13
disciple
46:13
whether
46:14
that's
46:14
somebody
46:14
who's
46:15
converted
46:15
to
46:15
Christ
46:16
and
46:16
grown
46:16
up
46:17
or
46:17
somebody
46:17
who's
46:18
really
46:18
nominally
46:18
committed
46:19
as a
46:19
Christian
46:19
and
46:20
you
46:20
can
46:20
just
46:20
get
46:20
them
46:21
to
46:21
the
46:21
point
46:21
where
46:21
they
46:21
go
46:22
and
46:22
they
46:22
turn
46:22
they
46:22
do
46:22
the
46:23
same
46:23
thing
46:23
multiplication
46:25
is
46:26
what
46:26
we're
46:26
going
46:26
to
46:26
talk
46:27
about
46:27
here
46:27
I
46:27
have
46:28
a
46:28
!
46:28
cheat
46:28
!
46:28
It's
46:29
easy
46:29
in
46:29
year
46:29
one
46:29
I
46:32
could
46:32
probably
46:32
go
46:32
a
46:32
couple
46:33
years
46:33
year
46:34
one
46:35
150
46:35
people
46:35
that's
46:36
what
46:36
I'm
46:36
using
46:37
as
46:37
my
46:37
starting
46:37
point
46:38
just
46:39
imagining
46:39
together
46:40
in the
46:41
next
46:41
year
46:41
300
46:42
we've
46:43
outgrown
46:44
our
46:44
meeting
46:44
space
46:44
and I
46:46
would
46:46
challenge
46:46
you
46:47
push
46:47
the
46:47
leadership
46:48
of
46:48
this
46:48
church
46:48
to
46:48
do
46:49
something
46:49
about
46:49
that
46:50
what
46:51
we'll
46:51
do
46:51
exactly
46:52
I
46:52
do
46:52
not
46:52
know
46:52
but
46:53
I
46:53
welcome
46:53
that
46:54
we
46:54
filled
46:55
!
46:55
the
46:55
room
46:55
you
46:55
might
46:56
be
46:56
thinking
46:56
that's
46:56
okay
46:57
we
46:57
filled
46:57
the
46:57
room
46:57
hey
46:58
that's
46:59
not
46:59
okay
46:59
we'll
47:00
go
47:00
further
47:00
and
47:00
beyond
47:00
this
47:01
building
47:01
could
47:02
be
47:02
leveled
47:03
we
47:03
could
47:03
meet
47:03
in a
47:04
different
47:04
building
47:04
I
47:04
don't
47:04
know
47:04
what
47:05
we'll
47:05
do
47:05
right
47:05
but
47:05
make
47:06
us
47:06
have
47:06
to
47:06
make
47:06
decisions
47:07
and
47:07
offer
47:08
alternatives
47:08
to
47:08
you
47:09
guys
47:09
okay
47:10
300
47:11
here
47:11
we
47:11
go
47:12
600
47:13
1200
47:14
you can
47:15
see how
47:15
smart
47:15
I
47:26
yep
47:26
and
47:26
that's
47:26
why
47:27
I
47:27
lose
47:27
it
47:27
38
47:27
4
47:29
76
47:31
8
47:31
okay
47:33
so
47:33
let me
47:34
just
47:34
I
47:34
know
47:34
most
47:34
of
47:34
you
47:34
can't
47:35
see
47:35
this
47:35
but
47:35
in
47:35
year
47:35
10
47:36
you'd
47:37
have
47:37
76
47:37
800
47:38
disciples
47:39
of
47:39
Jesus
47:39
Christ
47:39
right
47:40
again
47:40
assuming
47:40
right
47:41
God
47:41
works
47:41
God
47:42
moves
47:42
this
47:43
is
47:43
his
47:43
work
47:43
and
47:43
his
47:43
doing
47:44
right
47:44
I'm
47:44
not
47:45
suggesting
47:45
some
47:45
pragmatic
47:46
thing
47:46
like
47:46
if
47:47
you
47:47
do
47:47
it
47:47
this
47:47
way
47:48
this
47:48
will
47:48
be
47:48
the
47:49
result
47:49
of
47:49
course
47:50
right
47:50
but
47:51
what
47:51
if
47:51
what
47:53
if
47:53
God
47:54
was
47:54
so
47:54
loving
47:55
that
47:56
he
47:56
wanted
47:56
to
47:56
save
47:57
people
47:57
and
47:59
we
47:59
just
48:00
were
48:00
obedient
48:00
to
48:01
to
48:02
working
48:02
that
48:03
method
48:03
out
48:03
to
48:03
doing
48:04
the
48:04
things
48:04
that
48:04
the
48:04
scriptures
48:05
tell
48:06
us
48:06
that
48:06
we
48:06
ought
48:07
to
48:07
do
48:08
right
48:08
mature
48:09
obedient
48:10
believers
48:11
of
48:11
Jesus
48:12
Christ
48:12
76
48:12
800
48:14
right
48:16
now
48:16
to
48:18
get
48:18
to
48:18
this
48:18
number
48:19
or
48:19
this
48:19
number
48:20
whichever
48:20
you
48:20
prefer
48:20
make
48:22
a bit
48:22
of a
48:22
jump
48:23
somewhere
48:23
between
48:23
year
48:23
11
48:24
and
48:24
12
48:25
year
48:25
12
48:25
would
48:25
be
48:25
this
48:26
307
48:27
200
48:28
people
48:29
so
48:30
we
48:30
far
48:30
exceeded
48:30
this
48:32
number
48:32
at that
48:33
point
48:33
the
48:35
population
48:35
of
48:35
north
48:36
Georgia
48:36
39
48:37
counties
48:38
Atlanta
48:38
and north
48:39
is 6
48:39
million
48:39
people
48:40
the
48:40
population
48:41
of
48:41
Georgia
48:41
is 9
48:42
million
48:42
people
48:43
in the
48:43
same
48:44
year
48:44
you would
48:46
see this
48:46
accomplished
48:47
so
48:47
about
48:48
4
48:48
million
48:48
oh
48:50
my gosh
48:50
I'm
48:51
writing
48:51
all
48:51
these
48:51
out
48:51
there's
48:52
like
48:52
4
48:52
to
48:53
9
48:54
million
48:54
people
48:57
year 16
48:58
and 17
48:58
and just
49:01
for fun
49:01
the population
49:03
of the
49:03
United
49:03
States
49:04
is
49:04
313
49:05
million
49:05
people
49:06
and in
49:07
year 22
49:07
you'd be
49:08
at
49:08
314
49:09
million
49:09
people
49:10
now I
49:14
know I've
49:14
made a ton
49:15
of assumptions
49:15
in doing
49:16
this
49:17
I
49:19
didn't
49:19
work out
49:20
the math
49:20
for what
49:20
I could
49:21
do
49:21
by
49:21
myself
49:22
right
49:24
but it
49:24
certainly
49:24
isn't
49:25
this
49:25
it
49:26
certainly
49:26
doesn't
49:26
equal
49:27
this
49:27
kind
49:27
of
49:28
expansive
49:29
growth
49:30
Jesus
49:32
Christ
49:32
came into
49:33
the world
49:33
at the
49:33
perfect
49:34
time
49:35
right
49:36
it
49:36
had all
49:37
been
49:37
worked
49:37
out
49:37
so
49:38
perfectly
49:38
he
49:39
didn't
49:39
come
49:40
into
49:40
the
49:40
world
49:40
when
49:40
there
49:40
was
49:41
technology
49:41
I
49:42
believe
49:43
intentionally
49:43
so
49:44
right
49:45
that
49:45
people
49:46
might
49:46
go
49:46
and
49:47
person
49:47
to
49:47
person
49:48
share
49:48
the
49:48
gospel
49:49
of
49:49
Jesus
49:49
Christ
49:50
I
49:50
think
49:51
Jesus
49:51
hangs
49:51
his
49:52
head
49:52
and
49:52
wags
49:53
it
49:53
back
49:53
and
49:53
forth
49:54
with
49:54
online
49:56
TV
49:56
and the
49:57
insanity
49:58
of
49:59
churches
49:59
there's
50:00
a church
50:01
which I
50:01
won't
50:01
name
50:01
the
50:01
name
50:02
of
50:02
that's
50:02
on
50:02
the
50:02
west
50:03
coast
50:03
in
50:03
California
50:04
and
50:05
they're
50:05
starting
50:05
a
50:06
version
50:07
of
50:07
that
50:07
church
50:07
in
50:07
India
50:08
and
50:09
they're
50:09
so
50:10
arrogant
50:10
to
50:11
think
50:11
that
50:11
the
50:12
Indian
50:12
people
50:12
need
50:13
to
50:13
hear
50:13
his
50:13
preaching
50:14
that
50:15
they're
50:15
simulcasting
50:16
him
50:17
into
50:17
India
50:18
the
50:20
arrogance
50:21
of that
50:21
kind
50:21
of
50:22
thing
50:22
the
50:22
kind
50:23
of
50:23
pride
50:23
that
50:23
comes
50:24
from
50:24
that
50:24
rather
50:25
than
50:25
just
50:25
equipping
50:26
people
50:26
equipping
50:27
people
50:27
to go
50:28
and do
50:28
good
50:28
works
50:29
right
50:30
the
50:30
gospel
50:31
is
50:31
on
50:31
three
50:32
continents
50:32
in
50:33
one
50:33
generation
50:33
after
50:34
Jesus
50:34
death
50:35
resurrection
50:36
because
50:37
they
50:37
went
50:37
and they
50:38
shared
50:38
and they
50:38
started
50:38
churches
50:39
and they
50:39
went
50:39
and they
50:40
shared
50:40
and they
50:40
equipped
50:41
and we
50:41
never
50:42
should have
50:42
stepped
50:42
outside
50:42
of that
50:43
model
50:43
right
50:44
we all
50:46
have a
50:46
responsibility
50:47
to play
50:48
in this
50:48
process
50:49
right
50:51
you start
50:51
eliminating
50:52
some of you
50:53
from this
50:53
number
50:53
and this
50:54
multiplication
50:55
gets
50:55
dramatically
50:56
smaller
50:56
and I
50:59
know
50:59
and I
50:59
know
50:59
that
50:59
many
51:01
of you
51:02
have
51:02
hearts
51:02
for
51:03
this
51:03
many
51:03
of you
51:04
are
51:04
pressing
51:04
and
51:05
driving
51:05
I
51:05
have
51:05
been
51:05
so
51:05
encouraged
51:06
in the
51:06
last
51:06
couple
51:06
of
51:07
weeks
51:07
for the
51:07
amount
51:08
of
51:08
sharing
51:08
I've
51:09
heard
51:09
about
51:09
intentional
51:10
gospel
51:11
proclamation
51:12
really
51:12
connecting
51:13
really
51:13
pressing
51:14
it's
51:15
been
51:15
massively
51:16
encouraging
51:17
to me
51:17
and we're
51:18
not seeing
51:19
fruit of
51:19
that
51:19
yet
51:19
but
51:20
stick
51:20
to
51:20
it
51:20
and keep
51:21
going
51:21
I don't
51:24
think it's
51:24
the cultural
51:24
norm
51:25
what if
51:25
we
51:25
change
51:25
that
51:25
culture
51:26
in our
51:26
churches
51:26
what if
51:27
it
51:27
became
51:27
strange
51:28
if you
51:29
didn't
51:29
show up
51:29
and have
51:30
something
51:30
to share
51:31
about the
51:31
work of
51:31
God
51:31
in your
51:32
life
51:32
in the
51:33
gospel
51:33
proclamation
51:34
that week
51:34
what if
51:34
it was
51:35
weird
51:35
that all
51:35
your
51:36
buddies
51:36
are
51:36
talking
51:36
about
51:37
oh yeah
51:37
I got to
51:38
talk to
51:38
so and so
51:38
and this
51:38
is what
51:39
he
51:39
said
51:39
how would
51:41
you have
51:41
answered
51:41
that question
51:42
oh man
51:42
this response
51:43
this was
51:43
really fantastic
51:44
what if
51:44
that was
51:45
the case
51:45
and you
51:45
were like
51:51
opposite of
51:52
this
51:52
it's
51:54
plastic
51:55
in so
51:55
many
51:56
regards
51:56
how are
51:58
you today
51:58
brother
51:58
oh I'm
51:59
really good
51:59
we go
52:01
through our
52:01
motions
52:01
we are
52:04
in a lot
52:05
of ways
52:05
a social
52:06
club
52:06
and we
52:08
believe a lot
52:09
of the same
52:09
things
52:10
and we're
52:10
pressing
52:10
and I know
52:11
that you
52:11
guys love
52:12
holiness
52:12
and you're
52:12
working on
52:13
those kinds
52:13
of things
52:13
but we're
52:15
inwardly
52:16
focused
52:17
not outwardly
52:17
focused
52:18
if we're
52:19
an army
52:20
this is
52:20
base
52:20
camp
52:21
you get
52:21
here
52:22
to get
52:22
equipped
52:23
you get
52:24
trained
52:24
you get
52:25
ammunition
52:25
say to
52:26
people all
52:27
the time
52:27
I just
52:27
need to
52:27
remember
52:28
why I'm
52:28
fighting
52:28
sometimes
52:29
because the
52:30
week's
52:30
hard
52:31
and I
52:32
need to
52:32
know
52:32
sometimes
52:33
that I'm
52:33
not crazy
52:34
so sing
52:34
songs to
52:35
the top
52:35
of your
52:35
lungs
52:35
men
52:36
don't let
52:37
this room
52:37
be dominated
52:38
by female
52:38
voices
52:39
right
52:40
because I
52:40
need to
52:40
hear your
52:41
voices
52:41
right
52:42
I'm not
52:42
a crazy
52:42
man
52:43
I need
52:44
to know
52:44
that
52:45
it's just
52:46
not me
52:46
and the
52:46
women
52:46
that believe
52:47
these
52:48
things
52:48
okay that's
52:53
my sixth
52:53
point
52:53
seventhly
52:54
we may
52:55
not regularly
52:56
recognize the
52:57
transforming
52:58
power of
52:59
the gospel
52:59
we may not
53:00
regularly
53:00
recognize it
53:01
the gospel has
53:02
transforming power
53:03
it's transforming
53:03
power in our
53:04
lives all the
53:04
time
53:05
Paul says in
53:08
Romans 1 16
53:09
for I am not
53:10
ashamed of the
53:10
gospel
53:11
he's not ashamed
53:12
right we've
53:12
seen this
53:12
exhortation
53:13
what will
53:14
happen if we
53:14
are ashamed
53:15
in Mark
53:16
chapter 8
53:16
he's not
53:17
ashamed
53:17
why
53:18
for it
53:18
is the
53:19
power of
53:20
God
53:20
for salvation
53:21
to everyone
53:22
who believes
53:22
to the Jew
53:23
first and also
53:24
the Greek
53:24
if we change
53:25
the culture
53:26
if people are
53:27
sharing constantly
53:28
about the
53:28
transforming
53:28
work of the
53:29
gospel in
53:30
their lives
53:30
and the
53:31
lives of
53:31
the people
53:31
around them
53:32
I think
53:32
that would
53:33
be good
53:33
for us
53:33
because we
53:34
remember
53:34
that the
53:34
gospel does
53:35
in fact
53:36
save people
53:37
that our
53:37
confidence
53:37
will increase
53:38
and that
53:39
again experience
53:39
emboldens
53:40
your belief
53:41
get out and
53:42
share the
53:42
gospel and
53:43
see people
53:43
respond to
53:45
the gospel
53:45
in the
53:46
strangest of
53:46
ways
53:47
right
53:47
melt
53:48
in front
53:49
of you
53:49
so firmly
53:50
believing
53:51
one thing
53:51
and then
53:51
finding that
53:52
their entire
53:52
worldview
53:53
has changed
53:54
in an
53:54
instant
53:55
and you'll
53:56
know
53:56
that God's
53:57
word is
53:58
powerful
53:58
to change
53:59
people's
53:59
hearts
54:00
and
54:02
eighthly
54:02
and finally
54:03
feel strange
54:05
to say
54:05
we may not
54:07
believe that
54:07
we are
54:07
equipped
54:08
we may not
54:10
believe that
54:11
we are
54:11
equipped but
54:11
you are all
54:12
more equipped
54:12
than you
54:13
may think
54:14
you have
54:16
responded in
54:17
faith to
54:18
the good news
54:18
of Jesus
54:19
Christ
54:19
if you claim
54:21
to be a
54:21
Christian you
54:22
better know
54:22
the gospel
54:23
because you
54:24
responded to
54:25
the gospel
54:25
you can't be a
54:27
Christian and
54:27
not understand
54:28
the gospel
54:29
God saves
54:30
all of you
54:30
he saves your
54:31
heart he saves
54:32
your mind
54:32
as well
54:33
this is the
54:33
way that
54:34
he accesses
54:35
our hearts
54:35
through our
54:36
minds
54:36
you better
54:37
be able to
54:37
give at
54:38
least a
54:38
simple
54:38
gospel
54:39
outline
54:40
if you're
54:41
a Christian
54:42
and you've
54:45
been given
54:45
the helper
54:45
the Holy
54:47
Spirit
54:47
you have
54:47
within you
54:48
an extension
54:49
of Jesus
54:50
Christ
54:50
when the
54:51
apostles were
54:52
lamenting
54:52
Jesus is
54:53
leaving
54:53
he said
54:54
no no
54:54
it's better
54:55
that I go
54:55
away
54:55
sometimes
54:56
that's
54:57
hard to
54:57
understand
54:57
like I
54:57
would have
54:58
loved to
54:58
sat at
54:59
the feet
54:59
of Jesus
54:59
but he
55:00
says no
55:00
it's better
55:01
that I go
55:01
away
55:01
because if I
55:01
don't go
55:02
away I
55:02
can't send
55:03
you the
55:03
helper
55:03
right so
55:04
he has
55:05
extended
55:05
himself in
55:06
a most
55:07
magnificent
55:07
way that
55:08
we might
55:09
all have
55:09
this abiding
55:10
presence of
55:11
Christ in
55:12
our lives
55:12
to help
55:12
us in
55:14
what we
55:14
should say
55:15
and how
55:16
we should
55:16
say it
55:17
Mark 13
55:18
11
55:18
Jesus'
55:19
encouragement
55:19
to the
55:19
apostles as
55:20
he's telling
55:20
them about
55:21
the end
55:21
of things
55:22
and the way
55:22
that they're
55:22
going to
55:23
suffer
55:23
he says
55:24
that when
55:24
they bring
55:24
you to
55:25
trial and
55:25
deliver you
55:26
over
55:26
do not
55:27
be anxious
55:28
beforehand
55:28
what you
55:29
are to
55:29
say
55:30
as you're
55:31
sitting in
55:31
a prison
55:31
and you're
55:33
going to
55:33
a trial
55:33
likely to
55:35
be killed
55:35
don't be
55:35
anxious
55:36
about what
55:37
you're going
55:37
to say
55:37
but say
55:38
whatever is
55:39
given you
55:39
in that
55:40
hour for
55:40
it is not
55:40
you who
55:41
speak
55:41
but the
55:42
Holy Spirit
55:43
so when
55:45
your friend
55:45
asks you a
55:45
question about
55:46
Christianity
55:47
right
55:48
and the end
55:49
result may be
55:50
that they just
55:50
don't quite
55:51
understand
55:51
don't be
55:51
anxious
55:52
it's going
55:54
to be
55:54
alright
55:54
the Spirit
55:55
is going
55:55
to speak
55:55
through you
55:56
you are
55:57
probably going
55:58
to flub it
55:59
up sometimes
56:00
but God
56:01
seems to
56:01
use the
56:03
foolishness
56:03
of men
56:04
I feel
56:04
this way
56:05
most Sundays
56:05
to accomplish
56:06
his work
56:07
the Spirit
56:09
moves
56:09
we have
56:10
the helper
56:10
I'll give you
56:11
the example
56:12
of Stephen
56:12
in closing
56:13
mere days
56:14
maybe just
56:15
weeks
56:16
after Stephen
56:17
believes
56:18
he's made
56:19
some issues
56:21
that are arising
56:22
in the church
56:22
the apostles
56:23
want to devote
56:23
themselves to
56:24
prayer and the
56:24
study of the
56:25
word
56:25
and
56:27
he's appointed
56:29
as a deacon
56:30
not long
56:33
after that
56:33
he is going
56:35
about
56:35
and he's
56:36
preaching
56:36
he's teaching
56:37
the word
56:37
and he's
56:39
brought to
56:39
trial
56:39
and I'll
56:40
just encourage
56:40
you to read
56:41
Acts chapter 6
56:41
there's a
56:42
fantastic sermon
56:43
brought by the
56:46
Spirit in
56:46
Stephen's life
56:47
but Stephen's
56:48
not a
56:48
he's filled
56:49
with the
56:50
Spirit
56:50
not
56:53
intellectually
56:53
gifted in
56:54
any manner
56:54
whatsoever
56:55
but Acts
56:56
6.10
56:56
says
56:57
but they
56:58
those are
56:58
those that
56:59
brought him
56:59
to trial
57:00
they could
57:01
not withstand
57:01
the wisdom
57:02
and the
57:03
Spirit
57:04
with which
57:05
he was
57:05
speaking
57:06
read
57:09
that sermon
57:10
and just
57:10
remember that
57:11
he is
57:11
an infant
57:12
in the
57:13
faith
57:14
I'll give
57:15
maybe weeks
57:16
weeks
57:17
in the
57:17
faith
57:18
and yet
57:19
by the
57:19
power
57:19
of the
57:20
Spirit
57:20
he delivers
57:20
this
57:21
magnificent
57:21
sermon
57:23
the great
57:26
mark of
57:26
Christian
57:27
maturity
57:27
beloved
57:28
is not
57:28
how much
57:29
you know
57:30
we're a
57:31
smart
57:32
church
57:34
it's not
57:35
how much
57:35
you know
57:36
it's what
57:36
you do
57:37
with what
57:38
you know
57:39
and I know
57:40
many Christians
57:41
who know
57:41
very very
57:42
little
57:43
but are to
57:44
be esteemed
57:45
for their
57:46
obedience
57:46
the way
57:47
in which
57:47
they respond
57:48
to the
57:49
things they
57:49
know
57:49
and I
57:49
know
57:50
many
57:50
Christians
57:51
who are
57:51
rather
57:52
brilliant
57:52
in what
57:53
they know
57:53
and do
57:54
so little
57:54
with it
57:55
and it's
57:56
a shame
57:56
it's an
57:57
absolute
57:57
shame
57:58
so I
58:00
would ask
58:00
are you
58:01
faithful
58:01
with what
58:01
God has
58:02
given to
58:02
you
58:02
are you
58:04
a disciple
58:05
who makes
58:08
disciples
58:08
the two
58:09
are absolutely
58:10
inseparable
58:12
next week
58:14
we will
58:16
talk
58:16
we will
58:17
preach to
58:19
you
58:19
the things
58:20
that the
58:20
scriptures
58:21
show us
58:22
that can
58:22
be equipping
58:23
the things
58:25
that the
58:26
model and
58:27
the pattern
58:27
in which we
58:28
should follow
58:28
as we look
58:29
at the life
58:29
and teaching
58:30
of Jesus
58:31
Christ
58:31
so be
58:31
encouraged
58:32
by that
58:32
but this
58:33
week
58:33
I want
58:34
you to
58:35
stew in
58:35
it
58:36
I want
58:38
you to
58:38
really
58:39
take an
58:40
account
58:40
of your
58:41
life
58:41
and the
58:41
things
58:41
that you
58:42
care
58:42
about
58:42
and the
58:43
efforts
58:43
that you
58:43
put
58:44
towards
58:44
things
58:44
and I'm
58:44
not
58:45
suggesting
58:45
that we're
58:45
not good
58:46
parents
58:47
and employees
58:47
and that we
58:49
don't work
58:49
hard in our
58:50
classes
58:50
but we do
58:51
all of that
58:51
with the
58:52
kingdom of
58:52
God
58:53
and the
58:53
gospel
58:53
in mind
58:54
this is
58:54
the aim
58:54
should be
58:55
the aim
58:56
of everything
58:57
and let me
58:58
close
58:58
just by
58:59
reading to
58:59
you again
59:00
what Jesus
59:00
said
59:00
recorded in
59:02
Mark 8
59:02
verse 34
59:03
if anyone
59:03
would come
59:04
after me
59:04
let him
59:06
deny himself
59:06
and take up
59:07
his cross
59:08
and follow
59:10
me
59:10
let's pray
59:11
together
59:12
let's