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You can turn your Bible to 
Matthew chapter 16. 

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We're turning a corner in 
Matthew today and I'll, I'll 

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show you how. 
I'll show you why here in a 

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moment where in Matthew chapter 
16 you're gonna be looking for 

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verse 21. 
We're going to go verses 21 

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through 28 today. 
So remember our moment, remember

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our context. 
Jesus was just telling the 

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disciples he had taken them to 
Caesarea Philippi Pagan place, 

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filthy demon worship going on 
all over the place. 

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Jesus takes his young disciples 
there. 

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They're probably going, we've 
never been here. 

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This isn't the kind of town mom 
and Dad would want us to visit. 

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And Jesus is saying, you see all
this, I'm going to build my 

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Kingdom, I'm going to build my 
church, and the gates of hell 

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won't prevail against it. 
I know you boys have been 

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intimidated by this kind of 
thing. 

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I want you to know I'm dominant 
over everything and nothing can 

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stop me or my Kingdom. 
Also, Peter confesses that Jesus

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is Lord. 
He confesses that Jesus is the 

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Christ. 
So this is a monumental moment. 

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Jesus said that's what I'm going
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I'm going to build my church on 
that revelation. 

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So we talked about how our 
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interpret that differently. 
We talked about the reasons that

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that can't be the case, though. 
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Peter's establishment as the 
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Because moments later, as you're
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rebuked by the Lord Jesus Christ
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There's a number of reasons for 
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he's going to build his church 
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Peter very much was a pillar in 
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We're not as ashamed of that. 
We're we're thankful for that, 

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but we recognize it's the 
revelation and it's the 

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confession. 
It's the confession and the 

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revelation that Jesus is Lord. 
Jesus said, I'm building my 

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church that way through that 
confession and through that 

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revelation you, you have 
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and you confess who Christ is. 
Jesus said that's how the church

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is going to be built through 
that revelation and through that

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confession. 
So Jesus encourages his 

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disciples. 
And now in verse 21, from that 

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time on, so we needed to know 
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verse 21 tied us back into it. 
What just happened? 

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He said this to his guys at 
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He explained to them what was 
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Peter has this revelation. 
He makes this confession. 

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Jesus congratulates it. 
He says the gates of hell won't 

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prevail against the church that 
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And from that time on, verse 21,
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disciples that he must go to 
Jerusalem and suffer many things

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from the elders and chief 
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killed, and on the third day be 
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And Peter took him aside and 
began to rebuke him, saying, Far

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be it from you, Lord, this shall
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But he turned to Peter and said,
Get behind me, Satan, you are a 

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hindrance to me. 
For you are not setting your 

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mind on the things of God, but 
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Then Jesus told his disciples, 
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let him deny himself and take up
his cross, and follow me. 

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For whoever would save his life 
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But whoever loses his life for 
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For what would it profit a man 
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If he gains the whole world and 
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Oh, what would a man give in 
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For the Son of Man is going to 
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in the glory of His Father, and 
then He will repay each person 

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according to what He has done. 
Truly, I say to you, there is 

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some standing here who will not 
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Son of Man coming in His 
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God, I pray that you would 
anoint the preaching of Your 

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word. 
I pray that you would anoint me 

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this morning so that I would 
speak with clarity, that I would

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speak with Your direction for 
your flock. 

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Your word is always true, Your 
word is always perfect, Your 

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word is always good. 
And still You'll minister to 

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this particular flock exactly as
they need it. 

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They're hungry for you. 
They want your direction, they 

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want your wisdom, they want your
revelation, and they want to 

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walk in more obedience to you. 
Lord, show us Jesus and help us 

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to follow Him closely as He 
commands, as He invites, as He 

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welcomes. 
We thank you for it in Jesus 

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name. 
Amen. 

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Champ, can you mute me just for 
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Spared y'all a little bit of 
grossness there. 

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Alright, so in verse 21 I said 
we're turning a corner now 

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there's a shift, there's a turn 
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We're now going into really the 
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If the if the whole thing is 
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This is the third act and 
everything is going to start 

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coming to its conclusion from 
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Jesus is saying, and now my eyes
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Now my eyes are on the cross. 
It's time to finish my mission. 

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He came, He was born of the 
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that was holy and righteous and 
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And then about 3 years ago or 
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ministry. 
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chapter 4 where there was a 
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And it said from that time 
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the Kingdom of God and to 
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repentance. 
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ministry, and it was the 
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the healing. 
That's what Jesus did, preaching

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and teaching and healing. 
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That was the focus. 
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that here in the third act, but 
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act is going to be Jesus's 
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And he's saying I'm going to 
finish what I came to do. 

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The whole purpose was that I 
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Did he also reveal the will of 
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He most certainly did. 
If you want to know what God is 

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like, look at Jesus. 
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So he reveals the will of God 
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And still he he does that 
perfectly by going all the way 

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to the cross. 
This is the shift and this is 

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the turn. 
He's just made that point about 

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the gates of hell won't stop 
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They won't stop his Kingdom. 
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And now he shifts his ministry 
focus to emphasize suffering, to

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emphasize death, and to 
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It's an unexpected thing to come
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But notice he tells his 
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And he starts to do it 
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I'm going to be killed. 
I'm going to die on a cross, and

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I'm going to be raised on the 
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Doesn't it make it that much 
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they're all like, well, it's all
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Isn't it crazy? 
I mean, you and I, I always tell

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myself if I was there, I would 
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I mean, these guys cast out 
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These guys healed the sick. 
Maybe they raised the dead as 

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well. 
But Jesus most certainly raised 

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the dead. 
All this miraculous stuff, They 

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saw thousands of people fed. 
They saw Jesus do incredible 

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mighty works. 
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going according to plan. 
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plan. 
I'm going to be killed and I'll 

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be raised from the dead. 
But it's been hilariously said 

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by some pastor when when Jesus 
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weren't standing there with, you
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They were hiding. 
They were waiting, they were 

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saying, and then when the women 
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they said, I'm not so sure. 
I don't know about that. 

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I don't know if this is really 
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Is it true? 
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true. 
It's too good to believe what a 

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wild thing unbelief can be for 
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But Jesus is preparing them and 
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that this is the way of the 
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It's funny to look at Peter. 
You know, everybody loves Peter 

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because he's just so human. 
He's just like all of us and 

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he's got the highs and he's got 
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He's got the moments of Lord, I 
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forever. 
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remember in the garden and he 
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and only cuts off his ear. 
Peter wasn't that precise that 

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he was like, I just want to nip 
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He said, no, it's time to go to 
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There's like 600 soldiers there 
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Peter's like it's go Time Lord. 
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he denies the Lord of glory 
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I don't know him. 
I swear to God, he says, calls 

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down curses on himself and 
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separate himself from Jesus. 
And now look what Peter's just 

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done. 
You are the Lord. 

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You are the Son of the living 
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And Jesus says, that's right, 
Peter, flesh and blood hasn't 

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revealed this to you, but my 
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And moments later Jesus says, 
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and die. 
And Peter rebukes the Lord of 

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glory and gets called Satan by 
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Look how fast we can act in 
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flesh. 
Have you ever been there? 

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I'm a mighty man of God. 
And then moments later I'm going

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man. 
I thought I was a mighty man of 

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God. 
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willing, but the flesh is weak. 
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faithfulness to renew our minds 
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anyone, if you, if you think 
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that you're standing firm, take 
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So that's the warning to the 
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Praise God for strength. 
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that can become a slippery and 
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Because now as I begin to get 
strengthening, hey, I'm putting 

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quite a streak together here. 
Careful pride is the next thing 

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that's about to Take Me Out as I
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accomplishment instead of the 
grace of God working in me and 

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through me. 
It keeps me humble and before 

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the throne and saying God, 
anything in me that's good is 

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from you. 
You are the vine, I am the 

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branches. 
From this time forward, he began

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to show his disciples that he 
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telling this word implies that 
he was explaining and revealing 

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it to them. 
Most likely with the Scriptures.

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Jesus is going through the Old 
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Messiah has to suffer. 
The Messiah has to experience 

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these things. 
He has to go through these 

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things. 
But their unbelief and their 

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unrenewed minds had other 
expectations that would not 

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submit to what the Scriptures 
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Or specifically Peter in this 
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How often have you been there? 
No amount of explanation is the 

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thing that's needed to persuade 
you because you're refusing to 

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believe. 
When God promises the things 

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that I want, I'm eager to trust.
Hallelujah, that's mine. 

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I receive it now, but when he 
promises death, it's easy for me

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to respond like Peter does. 
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Lord, let me tell you how your 
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But that's not how God's Kingdom
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You don't tell the king 
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The king tells you everything. 
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is like. 
We were talking yesterday, 

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Hudson and Natalie and I, about 
our government and the three 

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branches of government, the 
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asking questions. 
We're saying no, that's how it 

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works with the king. 
King has ultimate authority. 

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King is every branch of 
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It's whatever he says, goes. 
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that still exists in certain 
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Thankfully, it exists over the 
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Jesus is King over all. 
But it's easy to want my own 

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way, just like Peter does. 
No, no, Lord, that's not the way

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we should wrap this thing up. 
That's not the way we should do 

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this. 
I like the thing you were just 

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saying moments ago. 
Jesus, the gates of hell won't 

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prevail against your Kingdom. 
Peter's going. 

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Yeah. 
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And now it's time for me to go 
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the Romans and the Pharisees. 
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That was a plot twist. 
I was not ready for it. 

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No, no, no. 
Lord, now's the time for you to 

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take over the world. 
Come on, Lord, we're I'm with 

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you, Jesus, let's take over the 
world. 

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Let's destroy the Romans and 
let's establish your Kingdom all

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over the earth. 
And Jesus saying, Peter, you're 

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not hearing me. 
That's exactly what we're about 

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to do, buddy. 
That's exactly what we're going 

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to do. 
We're going to take over the 

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entire world. 
Global domination was always the

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plan of King Jesus. 
It's just not the way that man 

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thinks about global domination, 
to put somebody under your boot 

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and to force them. 
Jesus is going to change the 

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thing that no man can change. 
He's going to change the hearts 

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of man. 
Jesus, Saint Peter, I'm actually

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going to rescue my enemies. 
You want me to kill my enemies, 

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but I'm the God who comes to die
for my enemies. 

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So this is the revelation of the
cross that the disciples still 

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don't have yet, that you and I 
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understanding. 
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and we need revelation to see 
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all of his perfection. 
But we've been there. 

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But look at this human moment 
where Peter wants Jesus to get 

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with Peter's program. 
Instead of submitting to Jesus's

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program, he took him aside, 
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Far be it from you, Lord, this 
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But he turned to Peter and said 
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You are a hindrance to me. 
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mind on the things of God, but 
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What a stiff and firm rebuke. 
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presented this temptation to 
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Remember earlier when Jesus was 
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baptism, Satan came to Jesus and
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The scripture says he showed him
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We don't know how that worked or
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showed Jesus all the kingdoms of
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And he said, if you will just 
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give you all the kingdoms of the
earth, for they were delivered 

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unto me. 
Remember, this is a temptation. 

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If this was a full outright lie,
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in it, right? 
If Satan didn't have some sort 

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of temporary jurisdiction over 
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that would be a stupid thing to 
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Hey Jesus, here's the kingdoms 
of the earth. 

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They're mine, but I'll give them
to you. 

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Jesus didn't say they're not 
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He didn't say that. 
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Remember, because of the fall, 
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him the lowercase God, the ruler
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Well, in his treason against 
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And Satan has now this, this 
temporary jurisdiction and this 

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temporary authority, which is 
why we see the brokenness, the 

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decay, the perversion, the 
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and the filth and the earth, 
because Satan has a limited 

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amount of influence. 
Now the Kingdom is broken in and

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the Kingdom continues to break 
in and it is the mustard seed 

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that keeps on growing and 
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everything through you, through 
I as we make disciples for his 

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name and for his glory. 
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I'll give you everything if 
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me. 
And of course Jesus answered him

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with the word of God. 
He said you shall worship none 

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other than the Lord your God. 
So Satan influenced Peter in 

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this situation, this same 
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Hey, skip the cross. 
He's going to, he's going to 

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come to tempt Jesus again in 
this way. 

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He's saying, skip the cross and 
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Do it a different way. 
I'll hand it to I'll hand it off

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to you in an easier way. 
But of course then he wouldn't 

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be qualified to be our sacrifice
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What's interesting is that the 
Lord is far more focused here on

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his own obedience than he is 
concerned about how Peter might 

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feel about what Jesus has to 
say. 

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To Peter. 
Jesus's conviction is about 

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Jesus's obedience. 
He's not being harsh with Peter 

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for the sake of being harsh. 
Jesus is being harsh for the 

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sake of his own faithfulness. 
The temptation is real. 

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Jesus was tempted, but without 
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He never sinned once, not in his
mind, not in his actions, and no

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part of his life. 
But he was tempted in every way,

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as we are. 
The scripture says so you have 

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felt temptation. 
It's often been described as the

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difference between you can't 
stop a bird from flying over 

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your head, but you can stop a 
bird from building a nest in 

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your hair. 
One is to welcome, to invite and

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to meditate on. 
The other is to go, hey, get out

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of here, You're not welcome, 
man. 

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That was a close call. 
But no, I'm not. 

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I'm not letting it participate. 
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Because we have control of our 
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We have power over ourselves, 
which is why the Lord is right 

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and just to hold us accountable,
to reward and to punish. 

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But Jesus was tempted. 
So Jesus is being harsh, but 

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it's so important to understand 
He's not harsh for the sake of 

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harshness. 
He's harsh for the sake of His 

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own faithfulness and for his all
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He is guarding himself from the 
temptation. 

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That's the reason for the 
harshness. 

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Did he, did you have to say it 
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Yes, I did, for my sake. 
I had to have that kind of 

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aggressive attitude and 
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This is a deliberate temptation 
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I want you to understand this is
not always applicable. 

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You should not always use the 
Get Behind Me Satan line when 

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somebody cuts you off in 
traffic. 

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It's not the same and I'll 
explain to you why. 

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That's apples and oranges. 
This is not the same thing as 

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Peter just living his life and 
annoying Jesus in the process 

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and requiring Jesus to exercise 
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This is different. 
This isn't someone just living 

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their life annoying you in the 
process, requiring you to 

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exercise patience. 
Lord, help me today not to slap 

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somebody. 
Well, you might need the Lord's 

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help not to slap somebody. 
It's not a terrible prayer to 

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pray. 
We could probably do better than

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just not slapping folks. 
But it's if that's your starting

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point, we'll take it. 
But this is someone deliberately

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personally calling you to sin. 
Peter's deliberately and 

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personally, he's heard of Jesus 
obedience and he says, no, Lord,

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don't do that. 
It's not the same thing as 

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somebody minding their own 
business, being sinful, being 

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obnoxious and maybe in some way 
enticing you. 

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But this is a very direct call. 
This is me going to Chris and 

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telling Chris explicitly to 
disobey God in a plain spoken 

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way. 
In that moment, Chris should 

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absolutely say get behind me 
Satan, get behind me, Satan, 

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because in that moment I have 
become Satan's instrument. 

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I have become Satan's minister 
in that moment and I'm working 

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against my brother. 
I'm working against the will of 

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God for his life. 
So anytime you experience that 

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kind of temptation where 
somebody is saying do this, then

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it is right and appropriate to 
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They might be offended. 
You should guard your own soul 

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like it's the most important 
thing you've got, because it is.

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Let their feelings be damned, 
rather than your soul be damned 

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for all eternity. 
So this is the harshness that 

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Jesus is using. 
Our Lord was ruthless when he 

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faced temptation. 
We fail when we're tempted, not 

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because the temptation is too 
much for us to bear, but because

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we have not predetermined to 
kill it before it ever arrives. 

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Many of us wait for the bird to 
come and go. 

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What's this guy doing? 
Interesting. 

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Perhaps I'll watch for a moment.
That is the attitude that 

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eventually will have a nest 
built in your hair. 

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This is the concept between the 
enemy having a foothold. 

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There's a starting point where 
he's made some aggressive 

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military action in your mind, 
and then there's a stronghold 

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where you've allowed him to 
build an entire castle. 

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So imagine you've got your 
castle established here out in 

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the middle of out in the middle 
of this Kingdom, and an enemy 

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comes out in this. 
Multi acre field out in front of

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your castle. 
And he just, he's just standing 

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there. 
Are you threatened? 

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Doesn't seem like much of A 
threat at all. 

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He's just hanging out like, OK, 
what are you doing here? 

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We ought to kill you. 
Get out of here. 

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Are you stupid? 
But he brings a few friends and 

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they just, they just pitch 110. 
A couple of your enemies are now

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in this lawn in front of your 
castle like there's no threat. 

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It's a bit of a joke. 
I mean, everybody in the castle,

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like you also have the gates 
open. 

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People are still buying and 
selling and trading and 

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traveling. 
It's just these, these four or 

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five goofballs are out there. 
I think there's a few more now. 

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It might be seven or eight. 
Yeah. 

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But I mean, it's just they're 
not hurting anything. 

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Like there's no, there's no real
threat here. 

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And I begin to get more 
comfortable and I begin to get 

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more comfortable and I begin to 
get more comfortable. 

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And over time, eventually 
there's another castle over 

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there. 
There's a there's a stronghold 

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now and there's a real offensive
weapon system that's been built 

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over there. 
And next thing I know, my 

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castle's coming apart and going,
how did this happen? 

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Lord, where are you? 
If only the Lord would deliver 

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me from this evil. 
Well, he will because he's so 

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good to us and he rescues us 
from all of our stupidity. 

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And God, contrary to popular 
belief, he helps those who can't

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help themselves. 
He helps those who won't help 

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themselves, but if they will 
come to the cross in repentance,

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then yes, God will come through 
and deliver from all kinds of 

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evil. 
But the time to deal with 

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temptation, the best time to 
pull the weed is right away. 

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It's the tiniest thing, and I 
go, now's the moment. 

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You've done it in your flower 
bed, you've done it in rock 

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gardens. 
Now's the time to get it. 

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Not later. 
Now when there's a root system 

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that destroys everything, you 
want to go pull that tree up. 

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You're going to have a hard 
time. 

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The best time to pull up 
something that's not wanted as 

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quickly, deliberately, 
specifically, and Jesus does the

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same thing. 
We've got to have that same 

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attitude when we submit to 
temptation and we sin, It's not 

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because it was impossible for us
to be victorious over it. 

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It's because we had some kind of
tolerance for our tempter, the 

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kind of tolerance that you see 
Jesus has none of got some sort 

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of patience with this thing. 
Let me think on that for a 

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moment. 
Then it's over. 

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Then the rest is history. 
The moment I begin to tolerate 

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in my mind is the moment I'm in 
great danger. 1st Corinthians 

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1013 says no temptation has 
overtaken you. 

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That is not common to man. 
He's saying you haven't 

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experienced any temptation that 
everybody hasn't experienced. 

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He's saying you're not special 
when it comes to sinful 

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temptations. 
Oh, for me it's just stop. 

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It's not you're not special when
it comes to sinful temptation 

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that is to that is intended to 
encourage you and bring you 

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relief. 
There's no temptation has 

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overtaken you. 
That's not common to man God 

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Here the news gets better. 
God is faithful and he will not 

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let you be tempted beyond your 
ability. 

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What a promise. 
God won't let John Michael be 

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tempted. 
Beyond John Michael's ability to

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walk in victory over temptation,
that also means every time I've 

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ever succumbed to temptation in 
my life, I didn't have to. 

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That God had delivered an escape
for me, and that I chose sin 

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with my deliberate action and my
will. 

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I did it because I wanted it. 
Yikes. 

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Gross. 
And I liked it when it was just 

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kind of like it kind of happened
to me, right? 

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Sin just kind of just, it 
overtook me. 

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It can't just overtake you. 
Why? 

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Because your sovereign God is so
big and so strong and so loving 

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and so mighty that he is 
faithful and He will not let you

454
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:34,520
be tempted beyond your ability. 
Your ability and my abilities 

455
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,680
are different. 
You might be stronger than me in

456
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,120
this area. 
I might be stronger than you in 

457
00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:39,840
that area. 
Who knows? 

458
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,880
The Lord does, I don't have to 
know. 

459
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,880
You don't have to know. 
But what we know is our God is 

460
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,160
faithful. 
So every temptation that you and

461
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,640
I face in that moment of 
temptation, when we go, I'm 

462
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,000
tempted towards the thing, 
whatever it may be, I've got 

463
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,200
this moment. 
You got a moment of opportunity 

464
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,440
and victory. 
God is faithful. 

465
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,920
The news gets better. 
He will not let you be tempted 

466
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,800
beyond your ability, but with 
the temptation, He will also 

467
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:10,400
provide the way of escape that 
you may be able to endure it. 

468
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,720
What an incredible promise. 
With every temptation you and I 

469
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,760
face, God is faithful. 
So already know the Lord in His 

470
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:23,200
sovereign power has somehow kept
this temptation small enough 

471
00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:26,120
that I can manage it. 
It's not too big for me. 

472
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,040
It's not an impossibility. 
Oh, somehow one slipped through 

473
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,240
and I'm being attacked by the 
Lord. 

474
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,400
Oh, sorry, John Michael, didn't 
see that one coming. 

475
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,360
Every temptation that John 
Michael faces is one that the 

476
00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:37,120
Lord says, Nope, that's too big 
for him. 

477
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,760
He's not able. 
He's he. 

478
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,360
That is unfair to him and I 
won't do that. 

479
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,560
Satan wants to crush us with 
everything, of course, but the 

480
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,560
Lord is subsiding and saying no.
I will only let him handle the 

481
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,160
temptations that he can be 
victorious over. 

482
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,640
This is a glorious promise. 
This is good news for us. 

483
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,960
And with every one of those 
temptations, I will also provide

484
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,440
him a way of an escape so that 
he can endure it. 

485
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,080
Isn't that a good father? 
Is that what good parents do for

486
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,440
their kids? 
They need to experience 

487
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,800
challenge. 
We need them to grow up. 

488
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,240
We need them to grow in 
maturity. 

489
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,120
But we can't stack weight on 
them. 

490
00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:15,120
That's going to definitively 
crush them. 

491
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,720
So with my sons, I need to put 
some strain on them. 

492
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,120
They don't think they can handle
it. 

493
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,160
They think it's too much for 
them. 

494
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,480
But I know why, Because I know 
better. 

495
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,400
Because I'm their father and I 
see things that they don't see, 

496
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:28,640
and I know things that they 
don't know. 

497
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,720
And I've been 16, but they 
haven't been 40. 

498
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,640
And I've been 13 and they 
haven't been 40 and I've been 

499
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,000
nine and they haven't been 40. 
So I can see. 

500
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,280
And now I go, this is this is 
right. 

501
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,520
This is the right amount of 
weight. 

502
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,080
This is the right amount of 
responsibility. 

503
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,160
It's, it's stretching him. 
It's growing him. 

504
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,320
But that's the point. 
I need my son to grow in 

505
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,760
strength. 
The Lord doesn't provide us with

506
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,440
temptation. 
The Lord does not tempt us with 

507
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,080
evil. 
Satan tempts us with evil, and 

508
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,480
we are tempted because of our 
own sinful desires. 

509
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,200
But the Lord is faithful, and He
provides a way of escape. 

510
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,960
What is the way of escape? 
One way is what Peter says to 

511
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,640
Jesus here in verse 23. 
You are not setting your mind on

512
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,280
the things of God, but on the 
things of man. 

513
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,120
To set your mind on the things 
of God is the answer, not on the

514
00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:25,800
things of man. 
A mind that is set, a mind that 

515
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,120
is fixed, a mind that is grabbed
a hold of something will not 

516
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:33,320
easily be pulled away from it. 
And that's true for better or 

517
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,120
worse, right? 
If I set my mind on the right 

518
00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,800
thing, you're still going to 
have a hard time pulling me 

519
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:38,840
away. 
If I set my mind on the wrong 

520
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,000
thing, you're going to have a 
hard time pulling me away. 

521
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,160
I want the Lord's stronghold to 
be the thing that holds me with 

522
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,360
strength instead of the enemies.
But to fix your mind on 

523
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,840
something instead of drifting, 
where is your mind? 

524
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,200
Well, on Sunday morning, it's 
fixed on the Lord. 

525
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,080
OK, So what about all the other 
hours in the week? 

526
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,880
I'm glad that hour and a half 
was a solid fixation. 

527
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,000
But like, is, is that really the
anchor? 

528
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,480
Is that really enough? 
Church service is good. 

529
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,440
It's biblical. 
It's obedience. 

530
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,240
But that's not the same thing as
being anchored to Christ and 

531
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,800
meditating on Him and His Word 
in His ways. 

532
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,600
This is why you should love and 
know and read your Bible. 

533
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,480
This is why you should consume 
the scriptures and continue to 

534
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,640
get your brain changed. 
You and I are always being 

535
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,080
unrenewed by the world we live 
in, in our own flesh. 

536
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,240
We have to take an active 
obedience to renew our mind and 

537
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,120
to change our thinking so that 
our our thoughts actually do 

538
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,080
become, so that God's thoughts 
actually do become our thoughts.

539
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:49,880
You must fix your minds on the 
things of God and not on the 

540
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:56,080
things of man. 
When we when we set our minds on

541
00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,800
the things of God for the 
temptations that inevitably will

542
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,360
come, what will happen is those 
temptations will start to feel 

543
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,880
foreign instead of feeling 
friendly. 

544
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,880
We have many temptations that 
feel friendly to us. 

545
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,640
They're familiar. 
We need those to feel foreign. 

546
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,360
The only way to get them to feel
foreign for them to be strange. 

547
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,320
That's a that was weird. 
That shouldn't have happened. 

548
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,680
What's a bird doing in here 
that's abnormal? 

549
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,400
Instead of like, there's birds 
all over the place and some 

550
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,520
people in their mind have birds 
all over the place. 

551
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,480
There's just flocks of birds and
they're just used to it, you 

552
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,280
know, like, yeah, there's just 
birds up here all the time, just

553
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,480
flying around. 
Some of them land. 

554
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,200
There's some nests over here, 
some nests over there. 

555
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,360
My friend, I'd like to introduce
you to the shotgun. 

556
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:40,720
It's going to be your best 
friend. 

557
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,080
It's the word of God and I just 
want you to just blast away. 

558
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,200
Just start going crazy with the 
scriptures so that you can clear

559
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,280
the air and you can go, wow, 
well, this is different. 

560
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,800
I can actually see the sky now. 
I'm actually not being 

561
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,920
oppressed. 
I'm not covered in bird poop. 

562
00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:00,560
Like this is objectively better.
The Lord is delivering me and 

563
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,800
healing me and helping me. 
And then a bird comes through 

564
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,120
and you go, whoa, get out of 
here. 

565
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,760
He's it's the exception instead 
of the rule. 

566
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,040
When we fix our minds on the 
things of God, our temptations 

567
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,760
start to feel foreign. 
And you can tell they're coming 

568
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,000
in from elsewhere. 
You can feel the arrow being 

569
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,840
shot at you. 
And you go, oh God, you are 

570
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:25,800
faithful. 
And this temptation is not 

571
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,600
something that I'm not able to 
overcome. 

572
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,200
And with this temptation, you 
have provided a way of escape. 

573
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,120
God, I need your strength. 
I can't do it. 

574
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,640
But with you, I can do all 
things. 

575
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,440
You start to pray that prayer 
every time a bird flies over, 

576
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,000
every time temptation comes, you
go victory. 

577
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:52,000
Now the rest is history. 
When we start to live and think 

578
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,240
that way, then we'll resist. 
Then we'll resist the devil with

579
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,440
aggression rather than hear him 
out with patience. 

580
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:04,320
Keep going In verse 24. 
Then Jesus told his disciples, 

581
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,360
if anyone would come after me. 
So he's emphasizing and doubling

582
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,920
down on the point he just made. 
Guys, I'm going to go to the 

583
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,080
cross. 
I'm going to die. 

584
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,320
Peter goes, no, no, no, don't do
that. 

585
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,160
He rebukes Peter and now he 
turns to all his disciples and 

586
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,360
Mark actually tells us he turns 
to a whole crowd that was there.

587
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,520
So he's not just talking to the 
12. 

588
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,480
Now this is not like private. 
Hey, Peter, this is going to be 

589
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,600
a bit embarrassing, so I'll just
do this privately with you. 

590
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,240
He's going, guys, here's what 
Peter just said. 

591
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:38,040
Let me explain to all of you if 
anyone would come after me, let 

592
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,560
him deny himself and take up his
cross and follow me. 

593
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,200
He just upped the ante, didn't 
he? 

594
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,600
He just said I'm going to go die
on the cross. 

595
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,080
And now he says, and I tell you 
what, if you want to be my 

596
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,800
disciple, you got to follow me. 
It scared you that I said I'm 

597
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,520
going to go die. 
You have to come die. 

598
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:05,240
This is my invitation to you. 
If anyone would come after me, 

599
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,400
Mr. Nice Guy, Jesus, right? 
This is him. 

600
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:13,440
So we've been told if anyone 
would come after me, let him 

601
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,040
take up his cross and follow me.
That sounds slightly different 

602
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,400
from He has a wonderful plan for
your life. 

603
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,320
Still is a wonderful plan for 
your life, but it sounds 

604
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,720
different from the American 
message that we used to draw and

605
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,440
invite. 
What did Jesus use to draw and 

606
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,040
invite? 
Come and follow me. 

607
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,880
OK. 
Well, what'll happen? 

608
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:37,120
You'll take up your cross for 
anyone who would save his life. 

609
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,720
Who's the example he's making up
here? 

610
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,000
It's Peter. 
Peter's like. 

611
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,000
No, no, don't do that. 
He's going. 

612
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,600
If you want to save your life, 
you'll lose it. 

613
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,800
But whoever loses his life for 
my sake will find it. 

614
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,840
Well, that's a that's a bit of a
brain twister, isn't it? 

615
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,560
Of course you and I have 2020 
vision. 

616
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,480
Looking back over the past two 
days, we got, I get the whole, I

617
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,080
get it Now. 
What will it profit a man if he 

618
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,360
gains the whole world and 
forfeits his own soul? 

619
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,200
Or what shall a man give in 
return for his soul? 

620
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,520
He continues to make this a 
teaching moment. 

621
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,240
He double s down on his 
conviction and his point. 

622
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,000
He's just been talking about his
own death, but now he's raising 

623
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,280
the stakes and challenging them 
about their death. 

624
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,960
He does the same thing for you 
and I Jesus speaks the razor 

625
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,800
sharp truth to cut away our 
weakness and to draw us into 

626
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,960
deeper devotion and a closer 
fellowship. 

627
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,440
Remember His motive because if 
you don't understand His motive,

628
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,080
if you don't look at the whole 
Jesus, not just the portion that

629
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,680
some people would give us, but 
when we look at the whole Jesus 

630
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,960
of the Bible, we understand He 
always wants to draw us closer, 

631
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,520
but He does it with standards 
and He does it with 

632
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,080
requirements. 
A husband and wife at the altar,

633
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,160
they're saying I reject all the 
other the husband saying I 

634
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,760
reject all the other women. 
Why in it in a in an effort to 

635
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,560
draw closer to this one. 
And the wife is saying I reject 

636
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,200
all the other men. 
Why? 

637
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,000
For the purpose of drawing in to
this one. 

638
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,960
Jesus saying there's so much I 
want to cut out. 

639
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:13,120
You're taking so much from me, 
Lord, for the purpose of drawing

640
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,000
you in to the to the one 
treasure. 

641
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,800
I mean, Can you imagine my 
saying now on their wedding day,

642
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:22,120
man, there's like, it's like 4.5
billion other women out there. 

643
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:27,040
This feels really restrictive. 
Like, you know, I mean, it feels

644
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:28,719
like, I feel like if you love 
me, you'd want me to have 

645
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,120
options and freedom, you know, 
and some variety. 

646
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,239
We see the absurdity there. 
But when it comes to Christ, 

647
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,840
it's like, well, can I have 
both? 

648
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,679
And like, so you don't love him 
then? 

649
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,080
No, I do. 
I just know you don't. 

650
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,120
We'd never believe that for a 
spouse. 

651
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,520
We'd never believe it. 
No, I love her. 

652
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,800
I just want to love everybody 
the same way that I love her. 

653
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,920
Like, hey, no one believes you. 
No one. 

654
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,199
Well, I believe it. 
You, you can believe it all the 

655
00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:56,760
way to hell. 
I'm just telling you no, none of

656
00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,120
us are tricked by it. 
You're tricked, but we're not. 

657
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,600
And the same thing happens with 
the Lord. 

658
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,040
Like, well, I love the Lord, but
be careful. 

659
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,720
Just love the Lord. 
I love the Lord. 

660
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:09,920
I love the Lord, but I have 
flesh. 

661
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,040
Hey, same. 
Let's keep crucifying him 

662
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,520
because that was his command and
that was his invitation. 

663
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,520
And thankfully, he's given us a 
way to overcome it. 

664
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,560
But Jesus speaks that razor 
sharp truth. 

665
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,880
Why? 
To cut away cancer. 

666
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,000
To cut away weakness. 
To cut away and inflamed 

667
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,800
appendix. 
Right. 

668
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:28,920
Jesus cuts all those things 
away. 

669
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,080
Why? 
To save our lives. 

670
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,760
If you hold on to that inflamed 
appendix, what will happen? 

671
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:36,200
Hudson? 
I die. 

672
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,440
Yeah, you die. 
That's what happens if you keep 

673
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:41,920
it. 
I want to keep my appendix the 

674
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,360
way it is. 
Well, you can, but you'll lose 

675
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,720
your life. 
But if you'll come under the 

676
00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:51,520
Lord's ministry, the Lord's 
surgery, deeper devotion and 

677
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,760
closer fellowship, your life 
will actually be saved. 

678
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,080
We must prepare our hearts and 
our minds for faithfulness to 

679
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:03,520
Jesus no matter what. 
And I've told you before, your 

680
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:08,240
devotion to the Lord, your 
faithfulness and your deliberate

681
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,920
will to live for Him should not 
be contingent upon your 

682
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,280
geography on the planet earth. 
That's not how Christianity is 

683
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,720
supposed to work. 
You're supposed to be faithful 

684
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:21,720
to Jesus if you live in 
Pakistan, no matter what. 

685
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,880
You're supposed to be faithful 
to Jesus if you live in 

686
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,480
Hartfield, no matter what. 
That's what faithfulness to 

687
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,560
Jesus looks like. 
Easy for you and I to say, 

688
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,400
because we don't experience any 
persecution. 

689
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,560
I lost my job. 
Well, did they cook you 

690
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,920
literally like other Christians 
have been? 

691
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:42,800
Or did they boil you alive? 
Did they flay you on one side 

692
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:47,400
and then flay you on the other? 
Did they peel the skin off your 

693
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,640
body? 
Pastor, why are you being 

694
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,360
graphic? 
Because I don't know what you're

695
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,040
going to face, but I don't want 
your convictions to be based 

696
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,960
upon your comforts. 
I want your convictions to be 

697
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,840
based upon what Jesus is talking
about. 

698
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,880
He meant literally death. 
So I would be doing the Lord a 

699
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,240
disservice and you a disservice 
if I didn't make this plain and 

700
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,960
be like, oh, the Lord just wants
a spiritual death for us. 

701
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:11,160
Well, yes, that needs to happen.
But you know, my the complaint I

702
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,040
often make about other pastors 
when they come to certain 

703
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,280
passages, they're like this 
verse means this, this verse 

704
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,400
means this. 
And then they come to things 

705
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,600
about physical healing and they 
say this means a spiritual 

706
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,240
healing. 
I'm not going to over 

707
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:23,920
spiritualize the death that 
Jesus is referencing here. 

708
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,040
He does mean that our old life 
has to die spiritually, it's 

709
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,760
true. 
But he also literally means 

710
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,400
physical death. 
Almost all of his disciples 

711
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,640
listening here would die in 
gruesome ways. 

712
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,280
Peter actually when they went to
go kill Peter, they went to 

713
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,640
crucify him and he said, I'm not
worthy to be crucified like my 

714
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,760
Lord. 
And they said, OK, so they 

715
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:49,800
crucified him upside down. 
So the gruesome experiences that

716
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,720
the church has experienced 
through the past 2000 years, 

717
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:57,040
whether the Saints were fed to 
lions or, you know, whether, you

718
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:00,280
know, just the, the more the 
more recent ones in the past few

719
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,160
decades or the effects of 
communism, it's graphic and 

720
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:05,680
there's, there's little ears in 
here. 

721
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,560
But the point is, our hearts 
need to be steeled to say Jesus,

722
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,480
no matter what, no matter what. 
Well, I'll do this to your 

723
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:12,760
family. 
I'll do that to your family. 

724
00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,720
Well, then that'll be awful. 
But we're still going to live 

725
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:16,800
forever and we're still going to
win. 

726
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,720
I will. 
I will lose my life. 

727
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,280
I'll let my family lose their 
lives. 

728
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:25,520
But we will gain our souls. 
We will keep our souls. 

729
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:31,720
It was Jim Elliott of a famous 
Christian martyr who famously 

730
00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:41,200
said he is no fool who gives up 
what he cannot keep to gain what

731
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,400
he cannot lose. 
He's saying you're no idiot if 

732
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,280
you give up the stuff you 
couldn't have kept anyway to 

733
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,000
gain the thing that you couldn't
lose in no matter what. 

734
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,640
You look like a fool. 
Look at these fools following 

735
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:59,600
Jesus, sacrificing now for 
later. 

736
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,320
Oh, we want glory, I want 
reward. 

737
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,680
I want treasures. 
Jesus doesn't condemn us for 

738
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,480
wanting treasures. 
He says I want you to store up 

739
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,040
treasures. 
Store them up. 

740
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,440
It's normal and natural in the 
heart of man to storm up, but 

741
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,560
the fool focuses on storing them
up on earth. 

742
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,560
The richest man on earth will 
not be rich if he does. 

743
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,080
If he dies without Christ, he 
will be poor. 

744
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,840
He will be suffering, literally 
in hell and torment. 

745
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:29,120
He gained the whole world. 
Enjoy it because that's all it 

746
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,200
is. 
Enjoy that, your Kingdom of 

747
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,560
dust, because without Jesus it's
over and that's it. 

748
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,520
But he loses his soul. 
And what will he give when he 

749
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,520
enters hell? 
What will he give to get his 

750
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,240
soul back? 
You got nothing, Lord. 

751
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,720
I'll offer you my what? 
What do you have that the Lord 

752
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,160
needs? 
The Lord asked for one thing 

753
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,440
from us in our time on earth. 
Love and obedience. 

754
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,600
Love me and trust me and walk 
with me as a child. 

755
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,720
Why? 
Remember, it's all to get back 

756
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,400
to the garden. 
He is restoring what He always 

757
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,840
intended. 
We're in this massive, 

758
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,800
beautiful, glorious detour in 
the middle. 

759
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,040
But how does it end? 
It ends with a family and a 

760
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:15,400
father and a son at a table and 
a meal and and we live happily 

761
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,160
ever after. 
He is going to establish what he

762
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,480
started. 
He is going to finish what he 

763
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,440
started. 
We must prepare our hearts and 

764
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,720
our minds to faithfulness to 
Jesus no matter what. 

765
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,200
We must prepare our children for
faithfulness to Jesus no matter 

766
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:34,080
what. 
Continue to crucify a wimpy 

767
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,960
Christianity and American 
Christianity out of your mind 

768
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,120
and out of your life. 
A country music Christianity as 

769
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:42,600
I describe it. 
I like country music. 

770
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,320
By the way, Don's a big fan of 
country music, loves country 

771
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:51,000
music, Not really, but country 
music Christianity. 

772
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,640
It's the, it's the tip my hat to
the man upstairs. 

773
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,880
You know, it's do my thing on 
Saturday night, you know, but 

774
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,240
I'm going to be in church on 
Sunday morning. 

775
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:02,200
Lord understands me. 
It's just made-up hodgepodge. 

776
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,000
It's all just the, it's just all
just the American perspective of

777
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,480
I like this part of Jesus. 
I like this part of Jesus. 

778
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,320
I like this part of culture. 
Instead of Lord, your way, your 

779
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,560
will and your Kingdom. 
What is the requirement of 

780
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,880
Jesus? 
Let him deny himself. 

781
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,720
That means to disown himself. 
Man, I was hoping I could disown

782
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,160
somebody I didn't like. 
That'd be easier. 

783
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,080
Man. 
I would like to disown my, you 

784
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:28,880
know, this person, this family 
member. 

785
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,680
No, you got to disown the person
that you like the most. 

786
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,760
You got to follow Jesus in the 
Jesus path. 

787
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,840
Jesus denied himself and the 
disciple is not above the 

788
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,880
teacher. 
So if Jesus needs to deny 

789
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,640
himself, you and I will need to 
do the same. 

790
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,960
Not my will, Father, but yours 
be done. 

791
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,240
That's the way of salvation. 
Lose your life so that you can 

792
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,440
actually gain it. 
What a promise, what a warning. 

793
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,760
What will it profit a man if he 
gains the whole world and 

794
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,760
forfeits his soul? 
You and I have heard these 

795
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,760
statements before. 
Take up your cross and follow 

796
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,360
me. 
But I have prayed for you that 

797
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,080
you will hear them for the first
time with New Year's today. 

798
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,240
That they would actually land 
deeply, that we wouldn't be so 

799
00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:09,800
familiar. 
Yeah. 

800
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:10,800
Yeah. 
You got to take up your cross 

801
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,760
and follow Jesus. 
He meant literally. 

802
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,080
And they knew what they meant 
when they heard that crucifixion

803
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,800
was something that would have 
caused those young disciples to 

804
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,360
shudder. 
The cross is a symbol of death. 

805
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:26,040
And Jesus, of course, he's got 
the most unlikely recruiting 

806
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,640
methods. 
It's not good marketing. 

807
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,480
Come and die. 
Thanks, I'm good. 

808
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,640
Well, but he goes on. 
He gives the whole story. 

809
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,920
What's in it for me? 
Well, eternal life. 

810
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:39,640
Well, I kind of like my life 
now. 

811
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,160
Yeah, but you'll actually lose 
it if you hold on to it. 

812
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:47,120
Ah, so making following Jesus is
the only thing that makes any 

813
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,760
logical sense? 
It makes logical sense. 

814
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,280
I know that's not enough to 
persuade folks. 

815
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:52,760
You need to see his goodness and
his glory. 

816
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:58,000
But just logically for a moment,
anything else is stupid. 

817
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,160
The cross is a symbol of death, 
for whoever wants to save his 

818
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,040
life will lose it, but whoever 
loses his life for my sake will 

819
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:08,840
find it. 
Jesus is talking about living 

820
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,040
your way and going to hell and 
eternal torment, or killing your

821
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,280
way and going to heaven with 
pleasure forevermore. 

822
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,400
What will it profit a man if he 
gains the whole world and 

823
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,640
forfeits his soul? 
What did he really gain? 

824
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,080
Nothing. 
He only lost. 

825
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,000
But the disciples understood the
reference to the cross. 

826
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,080
When you saw a man carrying a 
cross because you were forced to

827
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,440
carry your cross to the 
crucifixion. 

828
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:31,920
The Roman soldiers didn't want 
to carry your cross. 

829
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,880
Come on, man, we got your cross 
here. 

830
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,120
Come on, we'll crucify you on it
in a little bit. 

831
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,080
Crucifixion was really common. 
Jesus was not the only person to

832
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,000
be crucified. 
The Romans executed thousands 

833
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,120
upon thousands upon thousands 
upon thousands upon thousands of

834
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:46,760
people. 
There were times where they 

835
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,640
would quell a rebellion and they
would line the road leading into

836
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,400
a town or a village or a city, 
and you'd be walking past people

837
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,960
hanging crucified for days 
because they wouldn't beat them.

838
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,720
They'd just hang them. 
So these people are going to the

839
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:02,920
bathroom all over themselves. 
These people are crying out in 

840
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,880
anguish, and you're just walking
past as a child. 

841
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,400
You're going into this village 
with your parents and men, 

842
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,160
women, children, stripped naked,
crucified. 

843
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,280
That's the invitation. 
Pastor. 

844
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,040
You're being really detailed. 
Yeah, because we're missing it 

845
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,920
if we don't have the 
understanding of the context. 

846
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,600
I don't intend to shock you, 
except that Jesus intended to 

847
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,320
shock you. 
Take up your cross and follow 

848
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,040
me. 
If you saw a man carrying a 

849
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,160
cross, you knew you were looking
at a man who would never come 

850
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,360
back here. 
You knew he would never be 

851
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,840
walking back this way ever 
again. 

852
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:39,200
That man was on his last walk. 
He's got terror in his heart. 

853
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,040
He doesn't want to take one more
step. 

854
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:44,000
But the Roman whip pushes him 
forward, the cross weighs him 

855
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:49,160
down, and he knows he's doomed. 
He knows he's doomed now, 

856
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,640
depending on his eternity, is he
really doomed? 

857
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,880
Of course. 
The disciples they welcomed to 

858
00:44:54,880 --> 00:45:01,520
death, whether they were boiled 
or shot with arrows or impaled 

859
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:06,360
or crucified or beheaded. 
In all the many Saints who have 

860
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,520
suffered throughout history, 
this is not just a figure of 

861
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:13,320
speech. 
We wear cross jewelry. 

862
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,400
I'm fine with that, as long as 
we remember that the cross is 

863
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,440
the invitation to come and die. 
The cross is a killing place. 

864
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,720
So when you saw the man carrying
the cross, you knew you were 

865
00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:25,840
seeing a man who would never 
walk back this way again. 

866
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:27,520
That's the invitation of the 
cross. 

867
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:30,320
Walk this way and never walk 
back that way again. 

868
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:35,040
Turn from your old life, 
actually come and die. 

869
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,760
You know how much temptation a 
dead man experiences? 

870
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:41,840
Not much. 
That's the point that Scripture 

871
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,440
makes. 
I died to sin in our baptism 

872
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,520
church. 
That was what we were being 

873
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,640
reminded of. 
You died to sin. 

874
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,920
Now you've been raised with 
Christ, a new life. 

875
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,400
We'll pastor us to experience 
temptation. 

876
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,840
Yes, we still have flesh, but 
still we actually have the 

877
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:03,200
ability and power in Christ to 
walk in freedom now and to never

878
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:07,600
walk back that way again. 
You and I are given the same 

879
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:12,280
command and invitation. close 
off every other option like a 

880
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:13,760
bride and groom on their wedding
day. 

881
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,320
Reject every other path Jesus 
invites. 

882
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,640
Walk with me. 
Don't look back. 

883
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:25,360
He even says remember Lot's wife
from that passage he tells. 

884
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,920
He warns everybody and he goes 
and remember Lot's wife. 

885
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,720
That was an interesting tag to 
just drop on the in there. 

886
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:32,600
What did Lot's wife do? 
She looked back. 

887
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:34,680
Oh, Sodom. 
The more I loved it. 

888
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:39,560
The shopping, the brunches, the 
mimosas, just, I don't know, the

889
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:40,840
good life. 
She just loved it. 

890
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:42,800
It was so good. 
It was so sweet. 

891
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:49,800
She was somebody in that town. 
She looked back and the Lord 

892
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,000
turned her into the pillar of 
salt, the salt that she should 

893
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:57,400
have been to preserve this place
and to be holiness there. 

894
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,920
The Lord said, I'll make you 
what you never were in life. 

895
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,880
Remember Lot's wife, we're 
closing. 

896
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,640
Jesus loves you and he does have
a wonderful plan for your life. 

897
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,680
It's true. 
And while that is a true 

898
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,560
statement, it's an incomplete 
statement. 

899
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,600
It's not the whole truth, and 
Jesus always told the whole 

900
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,240
truth about being his disciple. 
God does love us. 

901
00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:24,640
He does have a wonderful plan 
for our lives, and that includes

902
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:29,760
giving us commands like a king. 
That includes inviting us into 

903
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:34,040
fellowship like a father, and 
that includes healing us like a 

904
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:37,920
surgeon who will take out the 
things that are killing us and 

905
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,240
calling us to follow Him. 
Why? 

906
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:41,800
Because he's worth it. 
Why would anybody do any of 

907
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,760
this? 
Well, because we believe A is 

908
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:46,600
better than B. 
If you believe Jesus is better 

909
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,040
than everything, then it's case 
closed. 

910
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:52,320
But you've got to keep reminding
yourself by looking at Him, 

911
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,040
because if you look away, you 
forget and you start to go, 

912
00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,960
well, you know, he's a way. 
No, that's not what he said. 

913
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:02,600
He's an option. 
That's not what he said. 

914
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:08,360
Well, you know, Son, someday I'm
gonna God help you. 

915
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:18,040
Verses 27 and 28, he, he goes 
on, he says for the Son of Man 

916
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:22,000
is going to come with his angels
in the glory of his Father, and 

917
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:26,400
then he will repay each person 
according to what he has done. 

918
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:31,080
So what's he referencing here in
verse 27? 

919
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:34,040
He's saying I am coming back and
I am the judge. 

920
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,480
Jesus is the judge of the living
and the dead. 

921
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,080
That means the those who are 
alive at the moment he returns 

922
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:41,440
and those who have already 
passed on. 

923
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,280
That means those alive in Christ
and that means those outside of 

924
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,640
Christ. 
Jesus is the judge of everybody 

925
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,800
and everyone will be judged by 
the Lord. 

926
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:50,440
There's two different judgments 
though. 

927
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,800
So as a Christian, you're going 
to wait, am I going to be 

928
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,840
judged? 
Well, we will be judged 

929
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,920
according to our works, and we 
will be rewarded according to 

930
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,120
our works. 
The unrighteous, they will be 

931
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,400
judged and condemned. 
They will be judged and 

932
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,720
condemned and put away. 
And then he'll bring his Saints 

933
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:08,760
for judgment and say, you will 
be judged for reward. 

934
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,640
And still he will repay each 
person according to what he has 

935
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,840
done. 
Verse 28 Truly I say to you, and

936
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,000
now he's being way more 
specific. 

937
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,200
There's some standing here who 
will not taste death until they 

938
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,160
see the Son of Man coming in his
Kingdom. 

939
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:27,920
I believe this is actually a 
reference to what's about to 

940
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,440
happen in in the beginning there
chapter 17. 

941
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,680
Remember when the scriptures 
were written, when Matthew wrote

942
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:36,040
this account of the gospel, he 
didn't put 17 chapters or 

943
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:37,360
anything. 
He was just just writing the 

944
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:41,000
whole account. 
But what I believe Jesus is 

945
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,720
describing there like, wait, 
some of his disciples were 

946
00:49:43,720 --> 00:49:46,200
supposed to live until his 
second coming. 

947
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,400
I think what he's referencing is
they're going to see me in my 

948
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,640
glory. 
And literally in a few days they

949
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,560
would see him in his glory. 
They go up on the mountain with 

950
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:55,520
him. 
They see him transfigured and 

951
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,320
they say, Oh my goodness, you 
know, Moses is here, Elijah's 

952
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,800
here and a few of his disciples 
witnessed that. 

953
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:06,240
So that's, that's what's 
happening as we finish out this 

954
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:11,160
portion of Scripture. 
We will all see the Son of Man 

955
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:17,320
in his Kingdom very soon. 
I don't know if it's three days.

956
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,160
I don't know if it's 50 years, 
but we're all going to see the 

957
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:26,880
Son of Man very soon. 
And I'm just sure that just 5 

958
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:33,880
minutes into eternity in heaven,
I'm sure that part of his wiping

959
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:38,120
away every tear will have to be 
some regret, even for the secure

960
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,240
Saints. 
I can't. 

961
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,360
I don't think you could convince
me that I could get on the other

962
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:48,320
side and not think. 
Did I give him my all on the on 

963
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,160
the on earth? 
Was I really faithful to you, 

964
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:56,120
Lord? 
Did I give you my did I did I 

965
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:59,040
wring out myself like a 
washcloth and give you every 

966
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:03,360
drop that I had inside me? 
He is going to judge. 

967
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,800
He is going to assess, but this 
is our brief moment that we have

968
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,280
on earth. 
This is our only chance to make 

969
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:19,520
sure he's pleased on that day. 
The invitation, the way you're 

970
00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:22,680
brought to Jesus, I think often 
impacts the way you follow 

971
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:28,000
Jesus. 
There is a a missionary who I 

972
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,480
love and follow. 
He does crusades throughout 

973
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,800
Africa. 
He was a Islamic jihadist as a 

974
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:37,160
young man and I've often heard 
him share his testimony. 

975
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:41,120
Some of you have heard of him. 
His name's Christopher Alam, and

976
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,080
he shares about how somebody 
shared the Gospel with him in 

977
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:46,200
Pakistan when he was a young 
jihadist. 

978
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:51,000
And he said it was so important 
this person was telling me about

979
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,640
Jesus, he said, but they so 
clearly emphasized the 

980
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,920
requirements. 
They didn't just tell me God 

981
00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:59,720
loves you. 
Repeat after me, He said. 

982
00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:02,160
They told me the whole truth 
about no, no, no. 

983
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,480
Following Jesus will require you
to take up your cross and follow

984
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:09,480
him, to deny yourself. 
And I've heard him say the same 

985
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,040
thing, that the way you're 
brought to Christ often impacts 

986
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,640
the way you follow Christ. 
Whereas if you're just told 

987
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:19,880
Jesus loves you, just repeat 
after me, all right, see you in 

988
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,320
heaven. 
Can the Lord save people that 

989
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:24,840
way? 
Well, he most certainly has, 

990
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:31,040
absolutely. 
And if he has saved them, then 

991
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:34,400
they will begin to grow and 
fruit will begin to manifest and

992
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,560
love for the Lord will continue.
But especially in the United 

993
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:41,040
States of America, many people 
have been deceived by a well 

994
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:44,240
meaning Christian who is like 
just repeat after me, thinking 

995
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:47,600
that this is like a magic phrase
that would accomplish something 

996
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:49,200
without a heart being connected 
to it. 

997
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,520
What was so strong about what 
Peter did? 

998
00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:57,080
It was a revelation that led to 
a confession, not just an empty 

999
00:52:57,080 --> 00:53:00,720
confession. 
I can teach a bird to say words.

1000
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:03,320
I can teach anybody to repeat 
after me. 

1001
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:07,960
It is a revelation of who Christ
is that leads to the confession 

1002
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:11,520
of who Christ is. 
That then right away Jesus 

1003
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,960
wastes no time saying, and let 
me explain what it means to be 

1004
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,240
my disciple. 
Take up your cross. 

1005
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:21,520
Whatever it takes, I'm worth it.
Heavenly Father, thank you so 

1006
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:24,040
much for Jesus. 
He is worth everything. 

1007
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,400
Or we know you value him so 
much. 

1008
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:31,320
We know you love him so much. 
The love that we have for one 

1009
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:34,120
another, the love that we have 
for the people that we love most

1010
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,360
doesn't even compare to the love
that you have for your own son. 

1011
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,400
And we know that you will not 
let his name be tarnished. 

1012
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,320
We know that you will not let 
His death go to waste. 

1013
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:47,400
We know that you will not let 
his suffering be for nothing. 

1014
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,920
We know that you will require 
every need to bow and every 

1015
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:52,640
tongue to confess that Jesus is 
Lord. 

1016
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,800
We know that there is no other 
way to you, Father, except 

1017
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,960
through the Lord Jesus. 
Lord, we ask that you would 

1018
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:02,280
bring us into deeper, deeper 
devotion. 

1019
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,960
I pray for the Saints who are 
already in Christ, who already 

1020
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,280
know you, love you, and follow 
You, that we would all be drawn 

1021
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,880
more close and more faithful, 
That you would help us to not 

1022
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:17,120
allow strongholds, to not be 
tolerant of our enemy, Satan and

1023
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:21,640
his schemes and his attacks. 
God, help us to trust in your 

1024
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:25,840
promise. 
God, make us quick to believe in

1025
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:29,840
our hearts that you deliver us 
from evil and that you provide 

1026
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:36,320
victory over temptation. 
Help us to crucify our flesh and

1027
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:39,560
not just in a theoretical way, 
but that we would all literally 

1028
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:43,840
in this room, every St. that we 
would be willing to die, give up

1029
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:48,320
our body to suffer torment and 
torture on this earth, to be 

1030
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,720
faithful to you because you're 
just worth it. 

1031
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:55,840
What is my life? 
What is my life, God, compared 

1032
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:57,920
to yours and compared to the 
life that you will give. 

1033
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:03,720
And Lord, I also pray for those 
who are obviously seeking for 

1034
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,920
the, but for those who would 
say, I don't know that I really 

1035
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:09,000
am in his Kingdom. 
I know I've been close to his 

1036
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,360
Kingdom. 
I know I've been around his 

1037
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:14,440
Kingdom. 
If there would be anyone like 

1038
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,880
that, God, I pray that you would
just draw them in right now by 

1039
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:21,080
your strength and by your power 
that they would receive through 

1040
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:25,360
their repentance and by faith in
Jesus, the forgiveness of sins 

1041
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:29,560
and life everlasting. 
And that with that you would 

1042
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:34,000
bring new desire to follow, to 
trust, to love and to believe, 

1043
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:43,160
to be devoted to to join the 
family of God, to turn from sin 

1044
00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:47,920
and to take the treasure that is
named Jesus. 

1045
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,320
Lord, thank you for this 
miraculous work. 

1046
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:55,440
Thank you for taking over the 
world by taking over the hearts 

1047
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:57,680
of men. 
We love you. 

1048
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:07,040
We thank you in Jesus name and 
now the Lord bless you and keep 

1049
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:10,240
you. 
The Lord make his face shine 

1050
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:13,080
down upon you and be gracious to
you. 

1051
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:17,640
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you great 

1052
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:21,760
peace in Jesus name. 
Amen. 

1053
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:24,840
I believe Don and.