324: Jason Robinson – The Cost of Following

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Welcome to good Chris Selfian
talks.

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I’m Levi.
I’m Chris.

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I’m Jason and I’m Brian.
Thank you for joining us this

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week on this podcast.
We select one talk a week to

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Then we record a short intro
beforehand as a personalized

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recommendation to you on why we
are sharing the talk.

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And now let’s talk more about
this week’s talk.

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Hello, my name is Mike
Livermore.

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I’m a disciple of Christ from
Michigan, here to share with you

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a class I really enjoyed hearing
this past summer.

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The teacher is Jason Robinson,
who’s from California, and this

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class was given at Shippensburg
or the Mid-Atlantic Bible School

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back in July of 2024.
Jason’s series was called Toward

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Jerusalem, and the class I’m
sharing with all of you is Class

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2 called The Cost of following.
This entire series was amazing.

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I found it so relatable.
It just spoke to real life, our

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priorities, our commitments, our
choices as followers of Jesus.

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Now, if you’ve ever been in a
Jason Robinson class before, you

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know that his slideshows are
amazing.

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I just love sitting in class,
just tucking down in my chair

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and just just watching the
spectacle.

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So I imagine most of you are
listening to this, just the

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audio, which is fine.
But if you have the ability,

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please watch the video.
Shippensburg, AKA the

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Mid-Atlantic Bible School has a
YouTube channel.

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You can look it up.
And I recommend watching this

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actually on YouTube.
Watch the whole series.

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It’s really the slides are adds
so much.

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That said, it’s still very
helpful just to listen to this

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class.
Just the audio, but I highly

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recommend watching the videos of
the whole series on YouTube.

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OK, a few notes about this
class.

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Jason refers a couple of times
to handouts.

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You don’t need the handout.
The handouts don’t contain any

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information.
The handouts were really for the

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audience just to either take
notes or answer questions that

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were in the handouts like take
home, take away lessons or

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thoughts from the class.
So as a listener, just an audio

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listener, feel free to just
answer the questions in your

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mind and your head.
Pretend like you have one of the

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handouts to answer as if you
were there.

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A few more things that the 1st
20 minutes of this class.

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Jason sort of catching us up in
the the expositional grounding

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of his series on, like on the
journey with Christ towards

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Jerusalem.
This is what Jason did with this

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whole series.
It was this whole group of

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classes about how we are invited
to journey with Jesus through

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the book of Luke towards his
mission in Jerusalem, the

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crucifixion, and we are invited.
Do we participate?

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How do we do it?
How do we choose it?

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It was an amazing series.
And so Jason spends the 1st 20

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minutes of this class building
up that that expositional layer

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for us.
And then after that, he then he

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jumps into the central lesson of
the class on analyzing the three

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types of disciples who were
invited on the road to

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Jerusalem, but maybe had
excuses.

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And that’s just what Jason
discusses.

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And the class just launches when
he, Jason then refers to Matthew

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Chapter 11 when he compares or
shows the connection between the

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three types of disciples at the
end of Luke 9 with Matthew 11.

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I don’t, I won’t give away any
more than that.

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That to me, that is why I chose
this class.

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All six classes were very good,
but this class just blew up my

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mind.
When he had the comparison of

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Luke 9 to Matthew 11.
It was amazing.

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So that’s it.
I hope you enjoy this class by

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Jason Robinson called The Cost
of Following.

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All right, I’m very excited to
officially be starting the

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journey of Christ to Jerusalem
today.

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He in today’s class, he will
actually take his first step to

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get there and is an exciting
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We have a few things to go over
before he makes that step, but

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I’m excited to start this
journey with you today.

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Yesterday we saw that following
Jesus to Jerusalem was a journey

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we all can join him on.
And we are chasing after our

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Lord Jesus Christ to become a
city of people, a new Jerusalem.

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And we aren’t following him to
the Old City, but to a city that

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he’s actually literally
constructing right now.

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He’s building it at his Father’s
side, a heavenly Jerusalem, one

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made out of people.
But on the road to the natural

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city, he left all the principles
that we’re going to need to find

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places in the new holy city.
And that’s what I’m very excited

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to join you guys with in the
study of following Christ to

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Jerusalem.
Now, one thing everyone must

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learn before they begin their
journey to Jerusalem is it’s not

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a fun road trip to Jerusalem.
This is not a vacation trip to

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Jerusalem for the disciples, the
12 who Christ chose and for us.

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It’s not a big journey about
figuring out who you are.

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This is a journey where you have
to learn to give up everything

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and you have to discover the
worth of other people.

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And that’s what Christ did on
his journey towards Jerusalem.

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It was never for himself.
It was a journey meant for

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others.
And he invited his 12 and he

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invites us on that journey as
well.

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So I hope we all have our
handouts from yesterday.

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If you don’t, I have bad news.
I don’t have them.

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The extras with me.
Uncle Bob saved me in the team

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class and he went and grabbed a
few.

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But if you don’t, I will bring
extras with me tomorrow.

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I promise.
It’ll just mean you have a

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couple pieces of homework to do,
which will be fine.

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All right, so let’s begin our
look at our class this morning.

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What I want to start off with
just is a quick little fun study

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here and there seems to be 7
unique entries of our Lord Jesus

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Christ into Jerusalem recorded
for us in Scripture.

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Now we know that he would have
gone there more times.

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There was many feasts in
Jerusalem that he would have had

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to go there every year.
But there seems to be 7 recorded

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entries in Jerusalem, three of
which we’ll find in Luke.

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The presentation of the temple
in Luke 2, the 12 year old Jesus

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who visits the temple in Luke
12, His temptation we’re on the

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temple in Luke trip before we
jump to John for the cleansing

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of the temple in John 2.
The feast of the Jews in John 5

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and the expectation we had
yesterday.

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The Feast of Tabernacles in John
7 and then the 7th entry in all

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four gospels.
This what’s labeled as the

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triumphant entry.
So it’s quite beautiful seeing

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that there are seems to be 7
unique entries of Christ into

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Jerusalem, 7 being that covenant
number and he would enter on the

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7th time to build a new covenant
and you would enter an eighth

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and we’ll see his eighth entry
later on in this week to as a

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new resurrected Lord Jesus
Christ.

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OK, so there seems to be two
unique ones to Luke, Luke 2 and

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Luke, the presentation of the
temple and the 12 year olds who

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visits the temple.
Those are unique to Luke’s

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gospels we saw yesterday.
And then finally, the other one

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located for us in Luke is his
triumphant entry.

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So what we’re going to do is we
are going to just quickly look

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at the context of his entry into
Jerusalem.

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But before we do that, the
classic question you guys are

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going to be sick of by the end
of the week.

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Where does the journey begin?
Excellent.

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That’ll be a very loud chorus,
hopefully in a few days here.

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Luke 951 is where the journey
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Does anybody have markdown where
the journey ends?

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Luke 1945 Very good.
So what we’re doing is we’re

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going to use those as our
bookends and what we’re going to

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see is where we fall in setting
a chapter.

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We’ll know now.
Are we at the beginning of the

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journey?
Are we at the middle of journey?

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Are we near the end?
Are we after?

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OK, so hopefully that’ll help us
out and then the journeys

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purpose probably is left blank.
We’re going to go over that

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today.
It’s going to be a, an awesome

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verse to go over.
OK, So what we’re going to do is

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take a look then at Luke chapter
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And since we have kind of this
for these verses in our minds,

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we know that we’re getting close
to the end of the journey,

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aren’t we?
If we know he enters the city

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into the temple in Luke chapter
19, we know Luke 18’s getting

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close to the end somewhat.
So Luke 18 and verse 31, we

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actually have the purpose of the
journey.

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So if you want to fill in that
last line there from session

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one, the journey’s purpose,
taking the 12, Jesus says to

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them, Luke 1831 See, we’re going
up to Jerusalem, he says, and

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everything that’s written about
the Son of Man by the prophets

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will be accomplished.
That’s His purpose.

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Everything that’s been written
by the prophets, everything

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that’s been written in the law,
everything that’s been written

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in the Psalms about the Son of
Man is about to be accomplished.

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So we’re going to Jerusalem.
He says that’s his purpose.

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Luke 1831 Four.
Here’s what happens to Christ in

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Jerusalem.
He is going to be delivered to

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the Gentiles, mocked, treated
shamefully, spit upon, flogged,

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killed, and on the third day
he’ll rise again.

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So interestingly, it seems like
on his 7th entry, 7 things are

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going to happen.
Delivered to the Gentiles,

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mocked, treated shamefully, spit
upon, flogged, killed and rise

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again on the third day.
So with this list of things that

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are happening to Christ, he
tells his disciples only a

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chapter away from entering the
city.

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What’s the response of the
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Look at the next verse, verse
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They understood none of these
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The saying was hidden from them.
They didn’t grasp what he said.

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Three different ways, we’re
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The disciples had no idea what
was happening.

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They were clueless.
This is the end of the journey.

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How could they still not know
what’s happening?

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Aren’t we?
Aren’t we only moments away from

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entering the city, but the
disciples find themselves

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oblivious as to what’s
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Well, this isn’t the first time
that this has happened.

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Come with me back to Luke
Chapter 9, Luke Chapter 9.

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We know from Luke Chapter 9 that
we are at the beginning of the

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journey, right?
You’re starting to get the hang

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of this.
Hopefully that we kind of know

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where we’re at in the chapter in
Luke.

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We could put ourselves really at
the the timeline of our journey.

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So Luke 9 verse 22 saying the
Son of Man must suffer many

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things and be rejected of the
elders, the chief priests and

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scribes, and be killed, and on
the third day be raised.

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So we have bookends now right
before the journey starts and

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right before the journey ends,
Christ explains to his

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disciples, these are the
terrible things that await me in

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Jerusalem.
But now look at verse in Luton

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944.
We’re verses away from beginning

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the journey, aren’t we?
We are right there.

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Verse 44, Let these words sink
into yours.

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The Son of Man is about to be
delivered into the hands men.

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He restates what he’s just
stated in verse 22.

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But the disciples, verse 45,
what does it say?

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The disciples thought the
disciples did not understand the

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saying.
It was concealed from them so

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that they might not perceive it,
and they were afraid to ask Him

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about the saying.
So what else do we have as

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bookends in this journey?
Well, Christ reveals to the

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disciples everything that
terrible that awaits him in

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Jerusalem.
And the disciples confused, not

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understanding what he’s talking
about.

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You see, they saw Christ’s
mission as something totally

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different, didn’t they?
They saw Christ’s mission as

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well.
Finally, we’re going to be free

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of the Roman occupiers.
He’s going to go in.

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A triumphant entry indeed.
And deliver us from the hands of

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these terrible Romans.
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going to die, I’m going to be
mocked, people are going to spit

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on me and be resurrected.
This didn’t fit into their idea.

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This doesn’t fit into the plan.
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So come back with me to Luke
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This is His introduction then to
what awaits them on this rode to

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Jerusalem.
The Son of Man must suffer many

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things to be rejected by the
elders, the chief priests and

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the scribe has to be killed, and
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Verse 23, immediately after, and
he said to all, He says to

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everyone, if anyone would come
after me, let him deny himself,

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take up His cross daily and
follow me.

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So he says in Jerusalem, here’s
what awaits me, shame, mocking,

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I’ll be spit on, I’ll be beaten,
I’ll be killed, but I’ll be

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resurrected.
If you want to join me on this

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road trip to Jerusalem, deny
yourself, take your cross every

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single day and follow me.
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And no one in the right mind
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fantastic trip.
Let’s go.

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But he opens the invitation to
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That sounds like a great trip to
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Let’s go.
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So why does he do this?
Why does he open up the call

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like this?
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of what happens in Luke Chapter
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Right?
Just to get ourselves a little

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bit grounded as to where we’re
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We know what verse 51’s all
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Luke 951, he leaves for
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That’s our target verse.
That’s our key.

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That’s our beginning.
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Well, he sends out the 12 to
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the beginning of the chapter.
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Luke 9’s packed by the way, Luke
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He sends up the 12.
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He then as we already read in
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death.
He says this is what awaits us

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in Jerusalem.
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our cross every single day, deny
ourselves and follow him. 28 to

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36, The transfiguration amazing
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You can spend the whole Bible
school talking about those sets

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of verses.
The transfiguration happens, the

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boys healed by Jesus.
Jesus tells of his death a

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second time.
This is the second time this has

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happened.
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are confused.
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argue who’s the best disciple
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That’s our context.
That’s our foundation for

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departing for Jerusalem.
By the way, who is the greatest?

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That’s the class on Wednesday.
We’re going to look really dive

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into the, the dynamics of the
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OK, so this is where the where
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This is what we find ourselves
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when he leaves.
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into it, what I thought we would
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filling out the back of our
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This little map, totally
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What we’ll do is we’ll just kind
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you guys can geographically
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week.
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So up in the north, in the
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we have the Sea of Galilee.
This was the region that came to

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be known as shockingly, Galilee.
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Galilee is where Christ found
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of his ministry.
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ministry, this is really where
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He would of course, pop all
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up in Capernaum and Nazareth.
All right, so this is our main

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Right South of that is the
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Now Christ has a lot of
parables, a lot of dealings with

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Samaritans.
So we’re going to spend a couple

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minutes talking really about the
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But before we do that, let’s
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the South.
That’s our third region here on

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the western part of the Jordan.
So galley up in the north,

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Samaria in between, and Judea at
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Judea is home to Jerusalem.
We know that that’s our target.

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So we start up here in Capernaum
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going to get down into
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That’s the goal.
Any map will tell you the best

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path is straight line.
Samaria is the way to go.

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And Christ thinks the same
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Luke 9 verse 52, one verse after
we’ve left and he sent

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messengers ahead of him who went
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Samaritans to make preparations
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Christ says I have to get to
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Samaria is the way.
So He sends disciples ahead

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saying prepare me a place.
We’re going to go through

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Samaria.
OK, so let’s then kind of figure

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out, if we can, what all the
friction is between the

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Samaritans and the Hebrews.
Because we know that when the

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parable of the Good Samaritan is
presented, the question, who is

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my neighbour?
The Samaritan couldn’t possibly

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be the answer.
The Samaritans, they’re

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lowlifes.
We don’t we don’t deal with

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them.
So who are the Samaritans?

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Well, the Samaritans in Second
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You don’t have to turn it up.
I’ll go ahead and read this

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verse for you.
Second Kings 17 and a verse 24.

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This is kind of the beginning
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foundation of the Samaritan
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Second, Kings 17 and verse 24,
Assyria is wreaking havoc in the

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area and what it says is and the
king of Syria brought people

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from Babylon, Kutha, Ava, Hamath
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the cities of Samaria instead of
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So what the king of Assyria does
is very strategic, isn’t it?

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What he does is he says, OK, I’m
going to take people from

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Babylon.
This is my Babylon people.

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You guys are no longer living in
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I’m going to put you here in
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You are Cuthavites.
I’m going to take you.

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You’re going to live in Samaria.
You guys are people from

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Sephoraeum, my Sephoraeumites
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Everybody in Samaria, you’re
going to live in their homes,

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their homes, and their homes.
So what does that do to a

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culture?
What does that do if you’re

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going to try to revolt against
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If you guys and you guys and you
guys are all trying to get

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together and you say, well, this
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a terrible plan.
What about this one?

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And they say, you guys are all
crazy, we’re going to go with

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this.
It just doesn’t work.

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It’s a fantastic strategy as an
occupier because now everybody’s

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mixed together.
Nobody can talk to each other,

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nobody can deal with each other.
And they just go, fine, we’ll

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pay whatever you want.
Just please don’t mix this up

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anymore.
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time, what happens is this
bubble of Samaria becomes very

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anti everyone else because not
only that, but further on in the

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chapter we’re told that their
religion’s mixed lions started

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eating people.
It’s a great story, Go read it.

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Lions start eating people and
they go, why are lions eating

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us?
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So they get a priest.
And he said, well, this is how

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you’re supposed to worship God.
And they go, oh, and they mix it

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is that how is that how God
wants us to do it, to say, well,

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you know what?
This is the way you worship God.

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But feel free to sprinkle in
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No, this doesn’t work.
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Sumeria became polar opposites
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supposed to live.
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Nehemiah when they come back and
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They’re feeble Jews is what
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They’re feeble Jews.
And so there’s this friction now

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between these two nations,
between these two cultures,

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between various religions.
So when Christ can say here’s a

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story about a man who’s a
Samaritan who saves an injured

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Jew, you’d get under your skin a
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But that’s the point.
That was what he was going for.

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Everyone is your neighbour.
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So Christ needs to go through
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Jerusalem.
So what he does is he sets foot

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and he says to his disciples, go
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So they go and they prepare the
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What happens?
Let’s read our next verse.

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I’m sorry, we’re not moving very
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Let’s try to move fast.
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But the people did not receive
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Why?
Why didn’t the people receive

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him?
What does it say in your Bibles?

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What’s the reason that they said
no, you can’t come through

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Samaria?
I heard it over here.

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What?
Because his face was as though

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he were going to Jerusalem.
That’s a weird thing to say.

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No, you can’t come through my
land, for you’re going to

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Jerusalem.
Oh, Jerusalem.

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Nope.
Another way.

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Why has Jesus been to Samaria
before?

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Yes, he has.
John chapter 4.

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You don’t need to turn up.
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John chapter 4, he visits a
woman at a well and in John

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chapter 4 he purposely goes out
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It says in John chapter 4 verse
four, and he had to pass through

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Samaria.
So he came to a town of Samaria

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called Sycar near the field that
Jacob had given to his son

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Joseph.
Jacob’s well was there, so

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Jesus, wearied as he was from
his journey, was sitting beside

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the well.
It was about the 6th hour and a

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woman from Samaria came to draw
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Look at the friction between
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A wearied Lord sits down.
How often do you read Jesus

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sitting?
First of all, he sits down,

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wearied from his journey.
And he said to her, give me a

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drink.
The woman, a Samaritan, said to

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him, How is it that you, a Jew,
ask for a drink from me, a woman

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of Samaria, in parentheses?
For the Jews have no dealings

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with Samaritans.
Do you see the friction here?

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Is Christ in Samaria at this
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Yes, he is.
Why is He allowed to go into

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Samaria in one area and they say
no, no, no, you can’t go through

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at this time because you’re
going to Jerusalem?

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Well, I think in John 4 we’re
given another little clue.

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I’m going to read for you coming
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Right after this, the woman and
Jesus have a conversation about

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how many husbands she has.
He reveals way more about her

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than she thinks he should know.
And she says to him, verse 19,

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Sir, I perceive you’re a
prophet.

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Yeah, good guess he just told
you about all of your husbands.

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And he says, she says, our
fathers worshipped on this

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mountain, But you say that in
Jerusalem is the place where

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people ought to worship.
So what’s the difference

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religiously between Samaritans
and Jews?

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Well, it was where their holy
places were.

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Mount Garrison, probably from
Deuteronomy 11, is where the

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Samaritans found their holy
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But you say it’s Jerusalem.
So coming back to Luke Chapter

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9, they say, oh, you’re going to
Jerusalem.

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Nope, not today.
Find a different route.

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And so Christ is forced to take
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And we know he takes a detour
because we have two more places

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to just kind of familiarize
ourselves with.

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On our map, we have the region
of the north called Decapolis,

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and right to the east of the
Jordan River, we have Perea.

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We’ve probably heard of four of
these places before.

435
00:25:47,840 –> 00:25:53,440
Pray a little harder to find
contextual stories for, but to

436
00:25:53,440 –> 00:25:55,840
capitalists, we’ve heard of
certainly Galilee, Samaria, and

437
00:25:55,840 –> 00:25:59,080
Judea we’ve heard of.
So what he does, he says I’m

438
00:25:59,080 –> 00:26:02,160
going to travel through Samaria.
Another reason we know he wants

439
00:26:02,160 –> 00:26:05,880
to travel through Samaria is in
John 7, the Jews have made it

440
00:26:05,880 –> 00:26:11,080
their mission to kill Jesus.
And if he’s trying to travel

441
00:26:11,080 –> 00:26:14,680
down there without being killed,
Samaria is a good route.

442
00:26:15,560 –> 00:26:16,960
So he says I’m going to go
through Samaria.

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00:26:17,280 –> 00:26:19,360
The Samaritans say, no, you’re
not.

444
00:26:20,720 –> 00:26:27,800
And so we know from Mark chapter
10, Mark chapter 10 tells us

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00:26:27,800 –> 00:26:31,320
that he crossed over the Jordan
back into Judea.

446
00:26:32,520 –> 00:26:37,160
And if he’s going to crossover
the Jordan back into Judea, it

447
00:26:37,160 –> 00:26:39,320
means he had to cross it
somewhere in the north to get

448
00:26:39,320 –> 00:26:42,760
over there in the first place.
So with that, with those clues,

449
00:26:42,880 –> 00:26:45,240
we can pretty much figure out
the route that he would have

450
00:26:45,240 –> 00:26:50,040
taken to go from Capernaum area,
his home base, down into

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00:26:50,040 –> 00:26:53,200
Jerusalem.
Again, this is Luke’s version.

452
00:26:54,280 –> 00:26:56,800
The other gospels placed him in
Jerusalem a couple different

453
00:26:56,800 –> 00:27:00,840
times in the stories.
But Luke says, let’s make it 1

454
00:27:00,880 –> 00:27:03,080
story, let’s make it a journey
narrative.

455
00:27:04,080 –> 00:27:08,080
Let’s take you through 11
glorious chapters of Christ’s

456
00:27:08,080 –> 00:27:11,560
journey to Jerusalem.
All right, so with that being

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00:27:11,560 –> 00:27:17,760
said, you guys ready to start?
Let’s go.

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00:27:18,080 –> 00:27:20,200
Let’s start this journey to
Jerusalem.

459
00:27:20,520 –> 00:27:28,120
Verse 57 as they went in the
way, the way fantastic 2 words,

460
00:27:28,320 –> 00:27:31,040
anytime you find them in
Scriptures, look at the type,

461
00:27:31,520 –> 00:27:35,400
the way of God.
So as they went in the way,

462
00:27:37,080 –> 00:27:40,560
someone said to him, I’m going
to follow you wherever you go.

463
00:27:40,720 –> 00:27:44,360
And Jesus said to him, foxes
have holes, birds of the air

464
00:27:44,360 –> 00:27:45,800
have nests.
The Son of Man has nowhere to

465
00:27:45,800 –> 00:27:48,440
lay his head to another.
He said follow me.

466
00:27:48,440 –> 00:27:52,240
But he said, Lord, let me first
go and bury my father.

467
00:27:52,560 –> 00:27:55,200
And Jesus said to him, leave the
dead to bury their own dead.

468
00:27:55,200 –> 00:27:57,520
But As for you, go and proclaim
the Kingdom of God.

469
00:27:57,800 –> 00:28:01,040
Yet another said, I will follow
you, Lord, but let me first say

470
00:28:01,040 –> 00:28:04,640
farewell to those at my home.
Jesus said to him, no one who

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00:28:04,640 –> 00:28:07,040
puts his hand to the plow and
looks back is fit for the

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00:28:07,040 –> 00:28:12,160
Kingdom of God.
So instantly we’ve taken one

473
00:28:12,160 –> 00:28:18,000
step to Jerusalem and we’re
given three stories of potential

474
00:28:18,000 –> 00:28:23,080
disciples.
Three would be followers, three

475
00:28:23,080 –> 00:28:27,560
people who say, I can, I can do
that.

476
00:28:27,560 –> 00:28:29,640
I can, I can carry a cross to
Jerusalem.

477
00:28:31,800 –> 00:28:35,920
Yeah, sign me up.
So let’s take a look then at

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00:28:35,920 –> 00:28:41,840
these three potential disciples,
because what Luke does is we can

479
00:28:41,840 –> 00:28:45,240
tell from Matthew’s gospel where
these come in a different order,

480
00:28:46,200 –> 00:28:50,560
that Luke probably takes three
stories of individuals from the

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00:28:50,560 –> 00:28:54,480
way and he puts them all at the
beginning, right at the

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00:28:54,480 –> 00:28:57,840
beginning.
And he says, do you want to

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00:28:57,840 –> 00:29:02,400
follow Christ to Jerusalem?
There’s a cost to that.

484
00:29:04,720 –> 00:29:08,200
It’s not simply signing a name
and saying, where’s the bus?

485
00:29:10,960 –> 00:29:13,040
You carry a cross all the way
there.

486
00:29:14,760 –> 00:29:18,080
So let’s take a look at the 1st
as they were going on the road,

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00:29:18,600 –> 00:29:21,080
someone said to him, I’ll follow
you wherever you go.

488
00:29:22,920 –> 00:29:25,160
Jesus said to him, fox of holes,
birds, the air of nest.

489
00:29:25,160 –> 00:29:26,560
Son of man has nowhere to lay
his head.

490
00:29:26,560 –> 00:29:30,600
The 1st man Volunteer Voluntold.
What do you guys think?

491
00:29:32,080 –> 00:29:36,640
Volunteer, voluntold, volunteer.
He says, I’m going to follow you

492
00:29:36,640 –> 00:29:38,080
wherever you go.
Fantastic.

493
00:29:38,080 –> 00:29:41,240
He volunteers to be a disciple.
A nice little just quick little

494
00:29:41,240 –> 00:29:45,120
note to jot down.
Matthew 819 tells us about the

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00:29:45,120 –> 00:29:47,680
story.
It informs us that it’s a

496
00:29:47,680 –> 00:29:53,280
scribe.
This is a scribe who says, who

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00:29:53,280 –> 00:29:55,360
volunteers, who puts himself out
there and says, I’m going to

498
00:29:55,360 –> 00:30:04,400
follow you, Jesus.
Had it been Jason Robinson and a

499
00:30:04,400 –> 00:30:07,800
scribe comes to me and says,
I’ll follow you wherever you go,

500
00:30:08,440 –> 00:30:11,680
instantly I would say you’re
going to follow me.

501
00:30:12,000 –> 00:30:14,320
A scribe.
Perfect.

502
00:30:14,720 –> 00:30:16,120
I don’t have a great
relationship with the scribes.

503
00:30:16,120 –> 00:30:18,640
This is a great way in.
Tell them about our journey.

504
00:30:21,480 –> 00:30:25,040
This isn’t Jason at all.
This is the Lord Jesus Christ.

505
00:30:26,000 –> 00:30:31,440
And he says foxes of holes,
birds, the air of nest, but the

506
00:30:31,440 –> 00:30:32,600
Son of Man has nowhere to lay
his head.

507
00:30:33,120 –> 00:30:35,000
So the invitation is I’m going
to follow you wherever you go,

508
00:30:35,080 –> 00:30:37,120
Wherever it is you go, I’ll
follow you.

509
00:30:37,640 –> 00:30:40,640
I would have said that’s
fantastic.

510
00:30:40,720 –> 00:30:45,760
Let’s go to Jerusalem.
Christ says, do you know the

511
00:30:45,760 –> 00:30:50,040
cost?
I have nowhere to lay my head.

512
00:30:50,560 –> 00:30:52,400
I’m not even like a fox or a
bird.

513
00:30:55,320 –> 00:30:59,120
That’s his response.
What Christ is doing with this

514
00:30:59,120 –> 00:31:03,480
first is he’s challenging anyone
who would limit their

515
00:31:03,480 –> 00:31:10,440
commitment, who would say I’ll
go with you, but it hopefully

516
00:31:10,760 –> 00:31:13,320
comes with four-star hotels or
better.

517
00:31:14,520 –> 00:31:16,880
There better be comfort, there
better be peace.

518
00:31:17,280 –> 00:31:20,400
It better be an easy walk to
Jerusalem, then sign me up.

519
00:31:22,600 –> 00:31:25,600
But Christ is saying you have to
give in.

520
00:31:25,600 –> 00:31:31,600
You have to just gum an
unlimited commitment.

521
00:31:33,640 –> 00:31:36,280
Anybody who limits their
commitment doesn’t belong on the

522
00:31:36,280 –> 00:31:39,520
road to Jerusalem.
Now the fascinating thing is,

523
00:31:39,680 –> 00:31:43,920
does Scripture tell us that this
man didn’t follow Christ?

524
00:31:45,800 –> 00:31:49,480
We don’t know the answer.
He could have said, great point,

525
00:31:50,280 –> 00:31:53,520
I’m coming anyway.
But all three of these are

526
00:31:53,520 –> 00:31:56,840
open-ended.
All three of these are given a

527
00:31:56,840 –> 00:32:04,720
challenge that they might they
just might have said OK, I’m

528
00:32:04,720 –> 00:32:10,080
willing to pay that cost.
We’re not told Luke purposefully

529
00:32:10,240 –> 00:32:14,880
slams 3 stories together
open-ended right after the

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00:32:14,880 –> 00:32:17,160
invitation to fall into
Jerusalem because brother and

531
00:32:17,160 –> 00:32:20,080
sisters, we might find ourselves
just like one of these.

532
00:32:20,360 –> 00:32:24,840
Let’s look at the second verse
59 to another.

533
00:32:24,840 –> 00:32:29,120
He said follow me, but he said
Lord, let me first go in to bury

534
00:32:29,120 –> 00:32:31,920
my father and Jesus said to him,
leave the dead to bury their own

535
00:32:31,920 –> 00:32:33,400
dead.
But As for you, go and proclaim

536
00:32:33,400 –> 00:32:39,520
the Kingdom of God, volunteer,
voluntold, voluntold.

537
00:32:39,920 –> 00:32:44,520
This man is called by Christ.
We have both in our midst, but

538
00:32:44,520 –> 00:32:46,000
the scissors in this room, we
have both.

539
00:32:47,480 –> 00:32:50,080
We have some who just who felt
like they needed to follow

540
00:32:50,080 –> 00:32:55,720
Christ.
And this man was called Christ,

541
00:32:55,720 –> 00:32:58,480
called out to him, called to be
a disciple.

542
00:32:58,880 –> 00:33:01,800
Matthew 821 goes over this.
He was already a follower.

543
00:33:03,000 –> 00:33:05,600
This man was already somebody
who followed Christ.

544
00:33:07,600 –> 00:33:09,440
He knew everything that was
involved.

545
00:33:09,440 –> 00:33:11,080
He heard the speech about the
cross.

546
00:33:11,160 –> 00:33:14,160
He heard the speech about what
awaited in Jerusalem.

547
00:33:15,480 –> 00:33:18,400
He was already a follower.
So Christ says, hey, hey, you,

548
00:33:19,600 –> 00:33:21,320
let’s, let’s go to Jerusalem
with me.

549
00:33:23,560 –> 00:33:27,120
And he says that’s, that sounds,
that sounds good.

550
00:33:27,680 –> 00:33:30,840
But I I will, after I bury my
father.

551
00:33:34,040 –> 00:33:39,120
Put Jason in the shoes again.
Yeah.

552
00:33:39,160 –> 00:33:42,560
You gotta bury your dad.
Please go bury your dad.

553
00:33:42,920 –> 00:33:45,120
Meet us down the road.
That’s that Sounds great.

554
00:33:46,040 –> 00:33:48,400
Is that Christ’s answer?
Not at all.

555
00:33:50,440 –> 00:33:52,120
Christ’s answer is let the dead
bury the dead.

556
00:33:52,120 –> 00:33:57,400
It’s softly harsh, isn’t it?
What was the problem with his

557
00:33:57,400 –> 00:34:00,160
answer?
What was the one word in his

558
00:34:00,160 –> 00:34:03,240
answer?
Burst.

559
00:34:05,000 –> 00:34:11,880
Let me first go bury my father.
The challenge of the second is

560
00:34:11,880 –> 00:34:13,960
to anybody who would
procrastinate in their

561
00:34:13,960 –> 00:34:19,880
commitment to say, I’ll get
around to it, but not right now.

562
00:34:21,239 –> 00:34:23,920
That sounds that sounds like a
steep cost.

563
00:34:24,320 –> 00:34:27,800
I know I have it in me, but not
today.

564
00:34:28,800 –> 00:34:31,760
Again, do we know the result?
We don’t.

565
00:34:32,120 –> 00:34:33,520
Luke leaves it open-ended for
us.

566
00:34:33,639 –> 00:34:36,040
He might have followed, we’re
not told.

567
00:34:37,080 –> 00:34:41,800
The third, yet another, said I
will follow you, Lord, but let

568
00:34:41,800 –> 00:34:43,760
me first say farewell to those
in my house.

569
00:34:43,760 –> 00:34:45,239
It’s a combination of the two,
isn’t it?

570
00:34:45,480 –> 00:34:47,719
It’s a volunteer, but he has a
condition.

571
00:34:47,719 –> 00:34:52,679
He says I have to also first say
goodbye to those at my home.

572
00:34:54,719 –> 00:34:58,120
Christ’s response sums up his
journey, doesn’t it?

573
00:35:00,240 –> 00:35:02,160
Jesus said to him, no one who
puts his hand to the plow and

574
00:35:02,160 –> 00:35:03,640
looks back as fit to the King of
God.

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00:35:03,760 –> 00:35:05,680
There’s a city in the horizon,
he says.

576
00:35:06,840 –> 00:35:10,840
There’s a city on the horizon.
That’s where you look.

577
00:35:12,560 –> 00:35:15,240
You don’t look to the right, you
don’t look to left, and you

578
00:35:15,240 –> 00:35:18,960
certainly don’t look behind you.
You look at that city and you go

579
00:35:18,960 –> 00:35:22,480
straight toward it.
It says stay in the straight

580
00:35:22,480 –> 00:35:25,400
path if you look to the right,
and if you look to the left now

581
00:35:25,400 –> 00:35:28,120
and then you might not make it
to the city.

582
00:35:28,160 –> 00:35:31,080
And his challenge to the third
is those who are distracted in

583
00:35:31,080 –> 00:35:34,440
their commitment.
And So what he’s doing is he’s

584
00:35:34,440 –> 00:35:39,080
saying Luke is purposely putting
3 amazing disciples in here

585
00:35:39,320 –> 00:35:42,600
right at the beginning.
We’ve barely set a foot on this

586
00:35:42,600 –> 00:35:45,480
road to Jerusalem.
And he says these are the three

587
00:35:45,480 –> 00:35:50,160
kinds of people.
There’s the limiter, there’s the

588
00:35:50,160 –> 00:35:54,120
procrastinator, and there’s the
distracted.

589
00:35:54,800 –> 00:35:57,440
You’ll see in your handout.
Brothers and sisters, you don’t

590
00:35:57,440 –> 00:36:01,440
have to circle one.
Maybe these don’t apply to you,

591
00:36:01,680 –> 00:36:05,800
but maybe they do.
Which potential disciple do you

592
00:36:05,800 –> 00:36:08,880
relate to the most?
If you were going to say, that’s

593
00:36:08,880 –> 00:36:11,600
my problem, maybe it’s one of
these three.

594
00:36:11,960 –> 00:36:16,600
And it’s nice to kind of just,
I’m not alone in this.

595
00:36:19,080 –> 00:36:22,000
Christ will have you anyway.
He’ll invite you on that road

596
00:36:22,000 –> 00:36:24,440
anyway.
But he’s got a challenge to see

597
00:36:24,440 –> 00:36:26,560
the limiter.
The journey appeared easy

598
00:36:26,680 –> 00:36:28,680
because he doesn’t.
He doesn’t even know what the

599
00:36:28,680 –> 00:36:32,120
cross is.
He’s not a follower yet.

600
00:36:32,560 –> 00:36:35,120
The second we’re told was a
disciple, wasn’t he?

601
00:36:35,360 –> 00:36:37,680
Matthew 8 tells us he was
already a disciple.

602
00:36:37,800 –> 00:36:40,200
He knew that.
That cross right there, that’s

603
00:36:40,320 –> 00:36:43,640
heavy.
But I’ll get around to it

604
00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:47,240
eventually.
Trust me, I’ll start Monday.

605
00:36:49,240 –> 00:36:52,360
And the distracted also
understands the weight of the

606
00:36:52,360 –> 00:36:55,320
cross.
But you know what?

607
00:36:56,160 –> 00:37:00,440
There’s other things that come
up just at this time.

608
00:37:00,440 –> 00:37:02,680
It’s, it’s just, it just doesn’t
work right now.

609
00:37:03,000 –> 00:37:06,840
I’ll get to it.
But this, oh, this and and this

610
00:37:06,840 –> 00:37:09,280
looks great too.
So those are our three

611
00:37:09,280 –> 00:37:11,000
introductions, brothers and
sisters.

612
00:37:11,520 –> 00:37:14,120
Those are the three.
We’ve just started the journey

613
00:37:14,120 –> 00:37:16,000
and already we’re running into
three.

614
00:37:16,000 –> 00:37:21,280
Fantastic disciples who, man,
they’re just like us, aren’t

615
00:37:21,280 –> 00:37:24,200
they?
And I think Luke purposely pulls

616
00:37:24,200 –> 00:37:26,320
three of these stories and says
these belong in the beginning

617
00:37:26,480 –> 00:37:27,880
because if you’re going to
follow him on that road, if

618
00:37:27,880 –> 00:37:32,960
you’re going to follow him in
the way, no, there’s a cost with

619
00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:35,960
following.
All three of these were taught a

620
00:37:35,960 –> 00:37:40,200
cost, and we don’t know what the
result was.

621
00:37:40,640 –> 00:37:45,840
Did they follow him or not?
We have to make the same answer

622
00:37:45,840 –> 00:37:48,760
in our lives, don’t we?
So the next question I wanted to

623
00:37:48,760 –> 00:37:52,040
ask you guys here is how heavy
is your cross?

624
00:37:52,160 –> 00:37:54,520
Hopefully you’ve had a chance to
look at the first question.

625
00:37:54,800 –> 00:37:58,000
What is the heavy cross that you
bear in your spiritual walk to

626
00:37:58,000 –> 00:37:59,240
Jerusalem?
You don’t need to put an answer

627
00:37:59,240 –> 00:38:02,280
down, but but think about it, if
you could, what’s something that

628
00:38:02,280 –> 00:38:07,800
in your life feels like it’s
weighing you down spiritually

629
00:38:10,440 –> 00:38:14,080
and how heavy is your cross?
It’s important to ask yourself

630
00:38:14,080 –> 00:38:18,080
this.
Do you even notice how heavy

631
00:38:18,080 –> 00:38:22,800
your cross is?
Is it not noticeable?

632
00:38:24,400 –> 00:38:26,240
Is it light?
Do you say?

633
00:38:26,240 –> 00:38:28,240
Oh, yeah, that’s right.
I I know.

634
00:38:28,240 –> 00:38:29,520
I do have cross.
That’s right.

635
00:38:29,520 –> 00:38:32,480
Yeah, I do.
It’s that little toothpick right

636
00:38:32,480 –> 00:38:35,160
here.
Is it noticeable?

637
00:38:35,680 –> 00:38:40,000
Yeah, it’s there.
Is it heavy or brothers and

638
00:38:40,000 –> 00:38:41,720
sisters?
Is it impossible?

639
00:38:43,640 –> 00:38:51,920
Because if you look at the story
of those 3 disciples, brothers

640
00:38:51,920 –> 00:38:53,920
and sisters, it seems
impossible.

641
00:38:55,480 –> 00:39:00,520
I can’t bury my dad.
I can’t say goodbye to my mom.

642
00:39:00,520 –> 00:39:07,560
What kind of cost is this?
So brothers and sisters, that

643
00:39:07,560 –> 00:39:10,600
that’s the point.
It takes everything.

644
00:39:11,280 –> 00:39:13,440
Does Christ really not us want
us to care about our family?

645
00:39:13,440 –> 00:39:14,880
Of course not.
That’s not the point.

646
00:39:16,760 –> 00:39:19,920
The point is the priority is
Jerusalem.

647
00:39:21,840 –> 00:39:24,400
You plow straight, you get
there.

648
00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:33,240
If anything holds you back, if
anything holds you back, don’t

649
00:39:33,240 –> 00:39:37,040
let it.
Your family should be dragging

650
00:39:37,040 –> 00:39:39,160
you with dragging you along with
him.

651
00:39:39,720 –> 00:39:44,360
That’s where we’re all going.
If they’re not, it’s tough.

652
00:39:46,200 –> 00:39:51,400
You keep in touch, you drag them
as far as you can, but you got

653
00:39:51,400 –> 00:39:58,360
to get your cross to Jerusalem,
he tells us in Luke 9.

654
00:39:59,760 –> 00:40:06,800
If anyone would come after me,
let him deny himself, take up

655
00:40:06,800 –> 00:40:15,520
his cross every single day.
And follow me, you know he says

656
00:40:15,520 –> 00:40:17,240
this again.
Luke 14.

657
00:40:17,800 –> 00:40:21,560
Where are we in Luke 14?
Mid journey, wouldn’t we?

658
00:40:21,560 –> 00:40:24,960
Probably mid journey in Luke’s
journey narrative.

659
00:40:25,560 –> 00:40:27,920
If anyone comes to me and does
not hate his own father and

660
00:40:27,920 –> 00:40:30,240
mother and wife and children and
brothers and sisters, yes, and

661
00:40:30,240 –> 00:40:32,520
even his own life, he can’t be
my disciple.

662
00:40:32,720 –> 00:40:38,800
That sounds terrible.
Whoever does not bear his own

663
00:40:38,800 –> 00:40:43,120
cross and come after me cannot
be my disciple.

664
00:40:43,200 –> 00:40:46,480
What does it mean to to if we
hate our father and our mother

665
00:40:46,560 –> 00:40:49,160
and our and our wife and
children and brothers and

666
00:40:49,160 –> 00:40:49,880
sisters?
Is Christ?

667
00:40:49,880 –> 00:40:51,760
No, no, no, no.
He’s first.

668
00:40:51,760 –> 00:40:53,520
John.
Whoever hates his brother’s a

669
00:40:53,520 –> 00:40:57,320
murderer.
If a man say I love God and

670
00:40:57,320 –> 00:40:59,360
hates his brother, what is he?
He’s a liar.

671
00:41:00,440 –> 00:41:05,320
You have to love them, but the
priority has to be a love for

672
00:41:05,320 –> 00:41:08,280
God.
It has to be your love for God.

673
00:41:08,640 –> 00:41:10,560
That’s the thing that gets you
to Jerusalem.

674
00:41:10,880 –> 00:41:13,520
You pick up that cross every
single day.

675
00:41:14,800 –> 00:41:25,480
You follow Christ there.
You pick it up every single day.

676
00:41:26,480 –> 00:41:29,640
Do you notice that cross every
single day?

677
00:41:30,480 –> 00:41:34,360
Do you wake up and go, the
kingdom’s not here yet.

678
00:41:34,360 –> 00:41:37,840
It’s like a lug through another
day carrying this thing around.

679
00:41:40,040 –> 00:41:43,400
It’s daily, brothers and
sisters, but it’s not supposed

680
00:41:43,400 –> 00:41:49,880
to be terrible.
Psalm 68 conveniently tells us,

681
00:41:50,240 –> 00:41:56,200
blessed be the Lord who daily
bears us up.

682
00:41:56,920 –> 00:42:00,600
He lifts us up.
You carry that cross every day

683
00:42:00,600 –> 00:42:04,920
and you and you stumble and you
fall down because it’s so heavy

684
00:42:04,920 –> 00:42:10,520
and it’s there and it’s obvious.
But blessed be the God who says

685
00:42:11,560 –> 00:42:14,800
you’ve got this.
I’ll pick you up every day.

686
00:42:16,440 –> 00:42:21,200
So you wake up and you say I got
to do this again and God picks

687
00:42:21,200 –> 00:42:22,760
you up.
How does God do this?

688
00:42:23,960 –> 00:42:26,800
How does God do this?
Well, brothers and sisters,

689
00:42:27,160 –> 00:42:31,760
let’s find the answer.
See, God gives us a way to

690
00:42:31,760 –> 00:42:34,480
endure temptations.
He tells us that in First

691
00:42:34,480 –> 00:42:38,240
Corinthians 10, not a way to
avoid temptations.

692
00:42:38,960 –> 00:42:41,560
He’s not going to give you a
life where the road to Jerusalem

693
00:42:41,560 –> 00:42:43,920
is simple and you won’t have
any.

694
00:42:45,440 –> 00:42:46,840
He gives you a way to get
through them.

695
00:42:48,720 –> 00:42:50,200
Because, you see, here’s our
progression.

696
00:42:51,280 –> 00:42:55,400
We find ourselves, especially
after reading Luke 957 through

697
00:42:55,400 –> 00:43:02,520
62, with a major struggle and we
say, how are we expected to do

698
00:43:02,520 –> 00:43:06,560
this?
And then the next progression is

699
00:43:06,680 –> 00:43:10,760
we go, I can’t do this.
You know what this is?

700
00:43:10,760 –> 00:43:19,320
This is terrible.
And God says, that’s right, you

701
00:43:19,320 –> 00:43:24,000
now have a choice.
You now have a choice.

702
00:43:24,200 –> 00:43:30,520
Now that you’ve realized that
you can’t do this, I can work

703
00:43:30,520 –> 00:43:33,920
with you.
But we have a choice, don’t we?

704
00:43:34,360 –> 00:43:40,240
We can say I can’t do this
cross, you’re staying here

705
00:43:40,240 –> 00:43:45,480
today.
Or we can say I can’t do this.

706
00:43:46,680 –> 00:43:49,320
God daily.
Bear me up.

707
00:43:51,560 –> 00:43:56,360
We have to find the third phase.
But what is the third phase,

708
00:43:56,360 –> 00:43:59,640
brothers and sisters?
It needs to be some sort of

709
00:43:59,640 –> 00:44:01,800
total dependence on God.
That has to be the answer.

710
00:44:01,800 –> 00:44:05,920
We know that.
But how do we find phase three?

711
00:44:05,920 –> 00:44:10,280
Now?
Many of us have probably already

712
00:44:10,920 –> 00:44:15,080
thought of the answer.
It’s Matthew 11, reading from

713
00:44:15,080 –> 00:44:16,960
the New Revised Standard
Version.

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00:44:18,520 –> 00:44:25,480
Come to me, all you who are
weary and carrying heavy

715
00:44:25,480 –> 00:44:31,880
burdens, I will give you rest.
You won’t find it on your own.

716
00:44:33,080 –> 00:44:37,360
Take my yoke upon you.
Learn from me, for I’m gentle

717
00:44:37,360 –> 00:44:41,480
and I’m humble in heart, and
you’ll find rest if you can do

718
00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:44,800
those things.
My yoke’s easy, My burden’s

719
00:44:44,800 –> 00:44:47,520
light.
We know those verses.

720
00:44:47,520 –> 00:44:54,640
It’s a wonderful hymn.
It was a beautiful connection

721
00:44:56,120 –> 00:45:02,320
between Matthew 11 and Luke.
Chapter 9 Matthew 11, the Son of

722
00:45:02,320 –> 00:45:05,440
Man has nowhere to lay his head.
He tells the first he’s got

723
00:45:05,440 –> 00:45:10,280
nowhere to rest.
Matthew 11 says take my yoke and

724
00:45:10,280 –> 00:45:14,040
you’ll find rest.
The second says let me first and

725
00:45:14,040 –> 00:45:17,160
go bury my father.
Matthew 11 says no one knows the

726
00:45:17,160 –> 00:45:19,920
Father except the Son, so, so
follow me and you’ll know the

727
00:45:19,920 –> 00:45:26,200
Father.
The third third says, Christ

728
00:45:26,200 –> 00:45:29,480
says, tells him you can’t put
your hand to the plow and look

729
00:45:29,480 –> 00:45:31,880
back and find your way to
Jerusalem.

730
00:45:33,240 –> 00:45:36,200
Christ says my yoke’s easy, my
burden’s light.

731
00:45:36,200 –> 00:45:41,560
You want another solution for
those 3 disciples?

732
00:45:42,840 –> 00:45:45,560
He was rely on that man who
invited them to walk.

733
00:45:48,120 –> 00:45:50,320
It was to say I’ll leave
everything.

734
00:45:51,760 –> 00:45:57,640
There were 12 disciples who did,
who left their gains and

735
00:45:57,640 –> 00:46:00,600
followed Christ.
And guess how far those 12 made

736
00:46:00,600 –> 00:46:07,360
it all the way to the Jerusalem.
Take my yoke upon you.

737
00:46:07,600 –> 00:46:10,560
Learn from me.
Where’s our application here,

738
00:46:10,560 –> 00:46:16,440
brothers and sisters?
The point isn’t some imaginary

739
00:46:16,440 –> 00:46:19,000
thing where we say there’s Jesus
yoke.

740
00:46:19,560 –> 00:46:23,520
That’s the light one.
It’s about learning.

741
00:46:24,160 –> 00:46:31,280
It’s about taking this book and
saying this applies to this guy.

742
00:46:33,000 –> 00:46:37,760
What do you learn from Jesus?
He tells us gentle and humble in

743
00:46:37,760 –> 00:46:42,160
heart, Learn from me.
What do you learn from me?

744
00:46:42,160 –> 00:46:44,760
What can you learn from me?
I’m humble and gentle.

745
00:46:45,600 –> 00:46:48,680
What can you learn from me?
Be gentle, be humble.

746
00:46:50,080 –> 00:46:53,840
If you do those things, you’ll
find rest for your souls.

747
00:46:55,760 –> 00:46:59,200
It’s it’s simple, isn’t it?
Matthew 11 lays it out clearly.

748
00:47:01,040 –> 00:47:05,520
Take my yoke upon you, he says.
Take my yoke upon you.

749
00:47:06,000 –> 00:47:11,800
For what is my yoke?
It’s easy and my burden.

750
00:47:12,200 –> 00:47:18,160
It’s light, he tells Matthew 11.
So this is his solution.

751
00:47:19,760 –> 00:47:21,440
But I still don’t know how it
applies to me.

752
00:47:22,360 –> 00:47:25,320
This is these are great verses.
I know them.

753
00:47:26,520 –> 00:47:28,760
My yoke is easy, and my burden
is light.

754
00:47:29,360 –> 00:47:34,280
Brothers and sisters, we’ve
looked at what Christ needed to

755
00:47:34,280 –> 00:47:41,400
get through to get to Jerusalem.
On what planet was that an easy

756
00:47:41,400 –> 00:47:44,800
yoke?
In what world was that burden

757
00:47:44,800 –> 00:47:49,920
light?
Death awaited Jesus in that

758
00:47:49,920 –> 00:47:56,760
city, but because death awaited
him there, life awaits everyone

759
00:47:56,760 –> 00:48:00,360
else.
How light is that burden,

760
00:48:01,040 –> 00:48:05,560
knowing that because that man
got there, you can live forever

761
00:48:06,640 –> 00:48:11,800
in service to the Father.
Life awaits all those who follow

762
00:48:11,800 –> 00:48:14,240
Him.
The invitation is open in Luke

763
00:48:14,240 –> 00:48:16,120
923.
If anyone would come after me,

764
00:48:16,120 –> 00:48:19,720
deny yourself, take of your
cause every single day, follow

765
00:48:19,920 –> 00:48:23,560
me.
We don’t have time to go into

766
00:48:23,560 –> 00:48:27,600
it, but a couple of notes may be
worth jotting down.

767
00:48:28,240 –> 00:48:32,080
Luke 9 pre journey.
Luke 10 mid journey.

768
00:48:32,440 –> 00:48:36,080
He sends two groups of disciples
out to proclaim the Kingdom of

769
00:48:36,080 –> 00:48:38,920
God.
Does anybody remember the

770
00:48:38,920 –> 00:48:43,800
instructions he gives to the 12
and to the 70 slash 72?

771
00:48:45,120 –> 00:48:48,840
He says take what with you?
Nothing with you.

772
00:48:49,360 –> 00:48:52,920
He tells them don’t take money,
don’t take a purse, don’t take

773
00:48:52,920 –> 00:48:56,360
shoes.
What would you take with you?

774
00:48:57,200 –> 00:49:01,360
What’s the one thing he told
everyone to take with them?

775
00:49:03,840 –> 00:49:09,120
Mr. Cross, nothing else can
weigh you down.

776
00:49:10,080 –> 00:49:15,240
Money, it’ll weigh you down.
All those things don’t help

777
00:49:15,360 –> 00:49:20,600
proclaim the Kingdom of God.
The brothers and sisters, why

778
00:49:20,600 –> 00:49:25,640
carry a cross?
Why not?

779
00:49:26,400 –> 00:49:31,880
Why didn’t Jesus open the
invitation and say, carry your

780
00:49:31,880 –> 00:49:36,800
burdens, pick up your yoke and
follow me?

781
00:49:37,960 –> 00:49:43,600
Why carry a cross?
Colossians and the ESV says

782
00:49:44,920 –> 00:49:50,760
having been buried with him in
baptism, in which you were also

783
00:49:50,760 –> 00:49:54,360
raised with him through faith in
the powerful working of God who

784
00:49:54,360 –> 00:49:58,720
raised him from the dead, and
you who were dead in your

785
00:49:58,720 –> 00:50:01,560
trespasses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh.

786
00:50:02,480 –> 00:50:05,960
God made alive together with
him, having forgiven us all our

787
00:50:05,960 –> 00:50:14,320
trespasses by cancelling the
record of debt that stood

788
00:50:14,320 –> 00:50:16,880
against us with its legal
demands.

789
00:50:18,920 –> 00:50:25,640
These things he set aside,
nailing them to the cross.

790
00:50:26,160 –> 00:50:31,600
Why do you carry a cross?
Well, we go from having this

791
00:50:31,600 –> 00:50:37,080
major struggle, we’re carrying a
cross and you better believe it.

792
00:50:37,920 –> 00:50:45,080
We can feel it.
We then go to this, no struggle

793
00:50:46,000 –> 00:50:53,200
and go, can’t do this anymore.
We put it down, we take a seat,

794
00:50:54,120 –> 00:50:57,920
we say, what are we going to do?
And God says, you have two

795
00:50:57,920 –> 00:51:00,960
choices.
You pick it up and you follow me

796
00:51:00,960 –> 00:51:03,200
to Jerusalem.
You take my bird and you take my

797
00:51:03,200 –> 00:51:05,720
yoke.
They’re light and they’re easy.

798
00:51:06,000 –> 00:51:09,080
You learn of me or you give it
up entirely.

799
00:51:10,400 –> 00:51:14,080
Because what he wants, brothers
and sisters, is for us to

800
00:51:14,080 –> 00:51:18,160
realize there doesn’t have to be
any struggle at all.

801
00:51:19,600 –> 00:51:24,040
That’s where he wants us to get.
So why do you carry a cross?

802
00:51:24,720 –> 00:51:28,360
Can anybody here tell me what is
a cross used for?

803
00:51:31,440 –> 00:51:36,440
It’s not a trick question.
Execution, murder, killing,

804
00:51:36,800 –> 00:51:40,640
putting to death.
Why do you carry a cross?

805
00:51:42,600 –> 00:51:44,240
What did Paul tell the
Colossians?

806
00:51:46,120 –> 00:51:48,080
He nailed all those things to
the cross.

807
00:51:48,200 –> 00:51:51,280
What do you do with your sins?
You wake up and you go.

808
00:51:51,800 –> 00:51:55,160
I just can’t take it anymore.
I’m struggling with this.

809
00:51:55,240 –> 00:51:57,800
This is too hard.
Guess what you’re always

810
00:51:57,800 –> 00:52:00,720
carrying with you.
You take that cross, you put it

811
00:52:00,720 –> 00:52:02,200
there.
You take your problem and you

812
00:52:02,200 –> 00:52:04,360
slam it into the cross.
It’s dead.

813
00:52:04,440 –> 00:52:06,800
It’s gone.
Christ took it away from you.

814
00:52:08,040 –> 00:52:10,800
You put that cross on, you go to
Jerusalem.

815
00:52:13,160 –> 00:52:15,240
There’s no struggle at all,
brothers and sisters, if you can

816
00:52:15,440 –> 00:52:19,160
put to death the flesh.
He’s told us to carry the tool

817
00:52:19,160 –> 00:52:23,320
with us everywhere we go, all
the way to Jerusalem.

818
00:52:25,640 –> 00:52:32,400
Come unto me, all you who are
heavy laden, I’ll give you rest.

819
00:52:32,400 –> 00:52:36,080
He says.
Take my yoke upon you.

820
00:52:36,200 –> 00:52:40,480
Learn of me.
And so, brothers and sisters,

821
00:52:40,480 –> 00:52:45,440
when we look at the cost
associated with following Jesus,

822
00:52:46,760 –> 00:52:53,600
we see it’s tremendous.
The reward we know is great, but

823
00:52:53,600 –> 00:52:56,280
getting there, it could be
tricky.

824
00:52:56,280 –> 00:53:02,320
But brothers and sisters, Christ
has given US1 tool because he

825
00:53:02,320 –> 00:53:05,960
made it to the city.
He’s given US1 tool.

826
00:53:06,160 –> 00:53:07,560
We carry around everywhere we
go.

827
00:53:08,440 –> 00:53:10,760
We can take our sins, We can
take our problems.

828
00:53:10,960 –> 00:53:13,320
We could say, you know what?
I have something I could put

829
00:53:13,320 –> 00:53:16,080
this to death with.
We nail it to the cross.

830
00:53:16,080 –> 00:53:23,280
So what I’d like to end with as
we wrap up here, Sorry, I’m a

831
00:53:23,280 –> 00:53:26,080
teacher.
There might be homework if you

832
00:53:26,080 –> 00:53:28,640
can.
Very last question on our

833
00:53:28,640 –> 00:53:31,320
handout.
Find a verse for strength in

834
00:53:31,320 –> 00:53:35,560
your own time when you’re
feeling overwhelmed with your

835
00:53:35,560 –> 00:53:37,360
burdens.
Maybe it was a verse from today.

836
00:53:38,480 –> 00:53:41,880
Whatever you feel like, that
burden is that you bear,

837
00:53:41,960 –> 00:53:45,040
whatever you feel like that that
cross that’s just too heavy to

838
00:53:45,040 –> 00:53:48,800
carry around is, I promise you
there’s a verse for it.

839
00:53:49,920 –> 00:53:54,360
So if you guys can see if you
guys can find it, see if you

840
00:53:54,360 –> 00:53:57,320
guys can just jot it down.
Tomorrow we’re going to be

841
00:53:57,320 –> 00:53:58,960
taking a look at saving the
lost.

842
00:53:59,200 –> 00:54:02,040
We’re looking at another purpose
of Christ on his journey.

843
00:54:15,760 –> 00:54:17,840
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844
00:54:17,840 –> 00:54:20,440
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00:54:20,440 –> 00:54:21,960
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