{"id":1225,"date":"2024-12-02T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/324-jason-robinson-the-cost-of-following\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:50:14","slug":"324-jason-robinson-the-cost-of-following","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/324-jason-robinson-the-cost-of-following\/","title":{"rendered":"324: Jason Robinson – The Cost of Following"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening Class 2 from the series \u201cToward Jerusalem\u201d by Bro. Jason Robinson entitled \u201cThe Cost of Following\u201d that was given at the Mid-Atlantic Christadelphian Bible School in United States in 2024. Here is the link to the YouTube playlist that Mike mentioned: Jason Robinson – Toward Jerusalem<\/a><\/p>\n

To hear the rest of the 7 class series, check out the GCT Extended Podcast<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jason and I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast.
\nWe select one talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us get the Bible in our
\nDaily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nEach week we post a talk that we
\npreviewed from suggestions sent <\/p>\n

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\nin by listeners from around the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nThen we record a short intro
\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHello, my name is Mike
\nLivermore. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m a disciple of Christ from
\nMichigan, here to share with you<\/p>\n

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\na class I really enjoyed hearing
\nthis past summer. <\/p>\n

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\nThe teacher is Jason Robinson,
\nwho’s from California, and this <\/p>\n

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\nclass was given at Shippensburg
\nor the Mid-Atlantic Bible School<\/p>\n

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\nback in July of 2024.
\nJason’s series was called Toward<\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, and the class I’m
\nsharing with all of you is Class<\/p>\n

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\n2 called The Cost of following.
\nThis entire series was amazing. <\/p>\n

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\nI found it so relatable.
\nIt just spoke to real life, our <\/p>\n

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\npriorities, our commitments, our
\nchoices as followers of Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, if you’ve ever been in a
\nJason Robinson class before, you<\/p>\n

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\nknow that his slideshows are
\namazing. <\/p>\n

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\nI just love sitting in class,
\njust tucking down in my chair <\/p>\n

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\nand just just watching the
\nspectacle. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I imagine most of you are
\nlistening to this, just the <\/p>\n

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\naudio, which is fine.
\nBut if you have the ability, <\/p>\n

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\nplease watch the video.
\nShippensburg, AKA the <\/p>\n

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\nMid-Atlantic Bible School has a
\nYouTube channel. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can look it up.
\nAnd I recommend watching this <\/p>\n

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\nactually on YouTube.
\nWatch the whole series. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s really the slides are adds
\nso much. <\/p>\n

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\nThat said, it’s still very
\nhelpful just to listen to this <\/p>\n

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\nclass.
\nJust the audio, but I highly <\/p>\n

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\nrecommend watching the videos of
\nthe whole series on YouTube. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, a few notes about this
\nclass. <\/p>\n

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\nJason refers a couple of times
\nto handouts. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t need the handout.
\nThe handouts don’t contain any <\/p>\n

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\ninformation.
\nThe handouts were really for the<\/p>\n

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\naudience just to either take
\nnotes or answer questions that <\/p>\n

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\nwere in the handouts like take
\nhome, take away lessons or <\/p>\n

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\nthoughts from the class.
\nSo as a listener, just an audio <\/p>\n

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\nlistener, feel free to just
\nanswer the questions in your <\/p>\n

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\nmind and your head.
\nPretend like you have one of the<\/p>\n

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\nhandouts to answer as if you
\nwere there. <\/p>\n

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\nA few more things that the 1st
\n20 minutes of this class. <\/p>\n

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\nJason sort of catching us up in
\nthe the expositional grounding <\/p>\n

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\nof his series on, like on the
\njourney with Christ towards <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nThis is what Jason did with this<\/p>\n

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\nwhole series.
\nIt was this whole group of <\/p>\n

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\nclasses about how we are invited
\nto journey with Jesus through <\/p>\n

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\nthe book of Luke towards his
\nmission in Jerusalem, the <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion, and we are invited.
\nDo we participate? <\/p>\n

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\nHow do we do it?
\nHow do we choose it? <\/p>\n

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\nIt was an amazing series.
\nAnd so Jason spends the 1st 20 <\/p>\n

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\nminutes of this class building
\nup that that expositional layer <\/p>\n

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\nfor us.
\nAnd then after that, he then he <\/p>\n

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\njumps into the central lesson of
\nthe class on analyzing the three<\/p>\n

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\ntypes of disciples who were
\ninvited on the road to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, but maybe had
\nexcuses. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s just what Jason
\ndiscusses. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the class just launches when
\nhe, Jason then refers to Matthew<\/p>\n

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\nChapter 11 when he compares or
\nshows the connection between the<\/p>\n

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\nthree types of disciples at the
\nend of Luke 9 with Matthew 11. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t, I won’t give away any
\nmore than that. <\/p>\n

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\nThat to me, that is why I chose
\nthis class. <\/p>\n

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\nAll six classes were very good,
\nbut this class just blew up my <\/p>\n

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\nmind.
\nWhen he had the comparison of <\/p>\n

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\nLuke 9 to Matthew 11.
\nIt was amazing. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s it.
\nI hope you enjoy this class by <\/p>\n

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\nJason Robinson called The Cost
\nof Following. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, I’m very excited to
\nofficially be starting the <\/p>\n

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\njourney of Christ to Jerusalem
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

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\nHe in today’s class, he will
\nactually take his first step to <\/p>\n

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\nget there and is an exciting
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have a few things to go over
\nbefore he makes that step, but <\/p>\n

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\nI’m excited to start this
\njourney with you today. <\/p>\n

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\nYesterday we saw that following
\nJesus to Jerusalem was a journey<\/p>\n

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\nwe all can join him on.
\nAnd we are chasing after our <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ to become a
\ncity of people, a new Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd we aren’t following him to
\nthe Old City, but to a city that<\/p>\n

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\nhe’s actually literally
\nconstructing right now. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s building it at his Father’s
\nside, a heavenly Jerusalem, one <\/p>\n

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\nmade out of people.
\nBut on the road to the natural <\/p>\n

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\ncity, he left all the principles
\nthat we’re going to need to find<\/p>\n

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\nplaces in the new holy city.
\nAnd that’s what I’m very excited<\/p>\n

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\nto join you guys with in the
\nstudy of following Christ to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nNow, one thing everyone must <\/p>\n

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\nlearn before they begin their
\njourney to Jerusalem is it’s not<\/p>\n

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\na fun road trip to Jerusalem.
\nThis is not a vacation trip to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem for the disciples, the
\n12 who Christ chose and for us. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not a big journey about
\nfiguring out who you are. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a journey where you have
\nto learn to give up everything <\/p>\n

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\nand you have to discover the
\nworth of other people. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what Christ did on
\nhis journey towards Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was never for himself.
\nIt was a journey meant for <\/p>\n

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\nothers.
\nAnd he invited his 12 and he <\/p>\n

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\ninvites us on that journey as
\nwell. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope we all have our
\nhandouts from yesterday. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you don’t, I have bad news.
\nI don’t have them. <\/p>\n

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\nThe extras with me.
\nUncle Bob saved me in the team <\/p>\n

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\nclass and he went and grabbed a
\nfew. <\/p>\n

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\nBut if you don’t, I will bring
\nextras with me tomorrow. <\/p>\n

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\nI promise.
\nIt’ll just mean you have a <\/p>\n

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\ncouple pieces of homework to do,
\nwhich will be fine. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, so let’s begin our
\nlook at our class this morning. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat I want to start off with
\njust is a quick little fun study<\/p>\n

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\nhere and there seems to be 7
\nunique entries of our Lord Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nChrist into Jerusalem recorded
\nfor us in Scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we know that he would have
\ngone there more times. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was many feasts in
\nJerusalem that he would have had<\/p>\n

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\nto go there every year.
\nBut there seems to be 7 recorded<\/p>\n

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\nentries in Jerusalem, three of
\nwhich we’ll find in Luke. <\/p>\n

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\nThe presentation of the temple
\nin Luke 2, the 12 year old Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nwho visits the temple in Luke
\n12, His temptation we’re on the <\/p>\n

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\ntemple in Luke trip before we
\njump to John for the cleansing <\/p>\n

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\nof the temple in John 2.
\nThe feast of the Jews in John 5 <\/p>\n

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\nand the expectation we had
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Feast of Tabernacles in John
\n7 and then the 7th entry in all <\/p>\n

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\nfour gospels.
\nThis what’s labeled as the <\/p>\n

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\ntriumphant entry.
\nSo it’s quite beautiful seeing <\/p>\n

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\nthat there are seems to be 7
\nunique entries of Christ into <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, 7 being that covenant
\nnumber and he would enter on the<\/p>\n

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\n7th time to build a new covenant
\nand you would enter an eighth <\/p>\n

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\nand we’ll see his eighth entry
\nlater on in this week to as a <\/p>\n

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\nnew resurrected Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, so there seems to be two
\nunique ones to Luke, Luke 2 and <\/p>\n

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\nLuke, the presentation of the
\ntemple and the 12 year olds who <\/p>\n

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\nvisits the temple.
\nThose are unique to Luke’s <\/p>\n

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\ngospels we saw yesterday.
\nAnd then finally, the other one <\/p>\n

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\nlocated for us in Luke is his
\ntriumphant entry. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what we’re going to do is we
\nare going to just quickly look <\/p>\n

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\nat the context of his entry into
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nBut before we do that, the
\nclassic question you guys are <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to be sick of by the end
\nof the week. <\/p>\n

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\nWhere does the journey begin?
\nExcellent. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’ll be a very loud chorus,
\nhopefully in a few days here. <\/p>\n

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\nLuke 951 is where the journey
\nbegins. <\/p>\n

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\nDoes anybody have markdown where
\nthe journey ends? <\/p>\n

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\nLuke 1945 Very good.
\nSo what we’re doing is we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to use those as our
\nbookends and what we’re going to<\/p>\n

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\nsee is where we fall in setting
\na chapter. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll know now.
\nAre we at the beginning of the <\/p>\n

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\njourney?
\nAre we at the middle of journey?<\/p>\n

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\nAre we near the end?
\nAre we after? <\/p>\n

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\nOK, so hopefully that’ll help us
\nout and then the journeys <\/p>\n

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\npurpose probably is left blank.
\nWe’re going to go over that <\/p>\n

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\ntoday.
\nIt’s going to be a, an awesome <\/p>\n

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\nverse to go over.
\nOK, So what we’re going to do is<\/p>\n

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\ntake a look then at Luke chapter
\n18. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd since we have kind of this
\nfor these verses in our minds, <\/p>\n

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\nwe know that we’re getting close
\nto the end of the journey, <\/p>\n

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\naren’t we?
\nIf we know he enters the city <\/p>\n

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\ninto the temple in Luke chapter
\n19, we know Luke 18’s getting <\/p>\n

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\nclose to the end somewhat.
\nSo Luke 18 and verse 31, we <\/p>\n

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\nactually have the purpose of the
\njourney. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you want to fill in that
\nlast line there from session <\/p>\n

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\none, the journey’s purpose,
\ntaking the 12, Jesus says to <\/p>\n

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\nthem, Luke 1831 See, we’re going
\nup to Jerusalem, he says, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:24,040 –> 00:09:28,640
\neverything that’s written about
\nthe Son of Man by the prophets <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:28,960 –> 00:09:32,800
\nwill be accomplished.
\nThat’s His purpose. <\/p>\n

161
\n00:09:32,920 –> 00:09:35,680
\nEverything that’s been written
\nby the prophets, everything <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:35,680 –> 00:09:37,920
\nthat’s been written in the law,
\neverything that’s been written <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:37,920 –> 00:09:41,960
\nin the Psalms about the Son of
\nMan is about to be accomplished.<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:42,120 –> 00:09:45,760
\nSo we’re going to Jerusalem.
\nHe says that’s his purpose. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:46,200 –> 00:09:52,160
\nLuke 1831 Four.
\nHere’s what happens to Christ in<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:52,160 –> 00:09:57,560
\nJerusalem.
\nHe is going to be delivered to <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:57,560 –> 00:10:01,720
\nthe Gentiles, mocked, treated
\nshamefully, spit upon, flogged, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:01,720 –> 00:10:05,640
\nkilled, and on the third day
\nhe’ll rise again. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:08,520 –> 00:10:12,400
\nSo interestingly, it seems like
\non his 7th entry, 7 things are <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:12,400 –> 00:10:15,000
\ngoing to happen.
\nDelivered to the Gentiles, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:15,000 –> 00:10:19,160
\nmocked, treated shamefully, spit
\nupon, flogged, killed and rise <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:19,160 –> 00:10:23,840
\nagain on the third day.
\nSo with this list of things that<\/p>\n

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\nare happening to Christ, he
\ntells his disciples only a <\/p>\n

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\nchapter away from entering the
\ncity. <\/p>\n

175
\n00:10:31,800 –> 00:10:33,520
\nWhat’s the response of the
\ndisciples? <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:34,920 –> 00:10:39,000
\nLook at the next verse, verse
\n34. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:39,680 –> 00:10:41,640
\nThey understood none of these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:43,000 –> 00:10:48,400
\nThe saying was hidden from them.
\nThey didn’t grasp what he said. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:48,520 –> 00:10:50,120
\nThree different ways, we’re
\ntold. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:50,120 –> 00:10:53,160
\nThe disciples had no idea what
\nwas happening. <\/p>\n

181
\n00:10:54,680 –> 00:10:57,440
\nThey were clueless.
\nThis is the end of the journey. <\/p>\n

182
\n00:10:58,480 –> 00:11:00,200
\nHow could they still not know
\nwhat’s happening? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:02,440 –> 00:11:04,800
\nAren’t we?
\nAren’t we only moments away from<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:04,800 –> 00:11:08,600
\nentering the city, but the
\ndisciples find themselves <\/p>\n

185
\n00:11:09,560 –> 00:11:10,920
\noblivious as to what’s
\nhappening? <\/p>\n

186
\n00:11:11,880 –> 00:11:13,760
\nWell, this isn’t the first time
\nthat this has happened. <\/p>\n

187
\n00:11:14,080 –> 00:11:17,640
\nCome with me back to Luke
\nChapter 9, Luke Chapter 9. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:17,720 –> 00:11:20,720
\nWe know from Luke Chapter 9 that
\nwe are at the beginning of the <\/p>\n

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\njourney, right?
\nYou’re starting to get the hang <\/p>\n

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\nof this.
\nHopefully that we kind of know <\/p>\n

191
\n00:11:23,920 –> 00:11:25,600
\nwhere we’re at in the chapter in
\nLuke. <\/p>\n

192
\n00:11:25,840 –> 00:11:29,800
\nWe could put ourselves really at
\nthe the timeline of our journey.<\/p>\n

193
\n00:11:30,120 –> 00:11:36,040
\nSo Luke 9 verse 22 saying the
\nSon of Man must suffer many <\/p>\n

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\nthings and be rejected of the
\nelders, the chief priests and <\/p>\n

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\nscribes, and be killed, and on
\nthe third day be raised. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:45,240 –> 00:11:48,320
\nSo we have bookends now right
\nbefore the journey starts and <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:48,320 –> 00:11:51,360
\nright before the journey ends,
\nChrist explains to his <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples, these are the
\nterrible things that await me in<\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nBut now look at verse in Luton <\/p>\n

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\n944.
\nWe’re verses away from beginning<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:03,760 –> 00:12:05,720
\nthe journey, aren’t we?
\nWe are right there. <\/p>\n

202
\n00:12:05,840 –> 00:12:08,760
\nVerse 44, Let these words sink
\ninto yours. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:08,760 –> 00:12:10,880
\nThe Son of Man is about to be
\ndelivered into the hands men. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:10,960 –> 00:12:13,400
\nHe restates what he’s just
\nstated in verse 22. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:15,040 –> 00:12:19,040
\nBut the disciples, verse 45,
\nwhat does it say? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:19,040 –> 00:12:22,360
\nThe disciples thought the
\ndisciples did not understand the<\/p>\n

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\nsaying.
\nIt was concealed from them so <\/p>\n

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\nthat they might not perceive it,
\nand they were afraid to ask Him <\/p>\n

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\nabout the saying.
\nSo what else do we have as <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:34,880 –> 00:12:39,040
\nbookends in this journey?
\nWell, Christ reveals to the <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples everything that
\nterrible that awaits him in <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nAnd the disciples confused, not <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding what he’s talking
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:50,320 –> 00:12:52,040
\nYou see, they saw Christ’s
\nmission as something totally <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent, didn’t they?
\nThey saw Christ’s mission as <\/p>\n

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\nwell.
\nFinally, we’re going to be free <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,120 –> 00:12:57,000
\nof the Roman occupiers.
\nHe’s going to go in. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:57,520 –> 00:13:01,680
\nA triumphant entry indeed.
\nAnd deliver us from the hands of<\/p>\n

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\nthese terrible Romans.
\nAnd when he says things like I’m<\/p>\n

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\ngoing to die, I’m going to be
\nmocked, people are going to spit<\/p>\n

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\non me and be resurrected.
\nThis didn’t fit into their idea.<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:15,880 –> 00:13:20,080
\nThis doesn’t fit into the plan.
\nAnd I’m confused. <\/p>\n

223
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\nSo come back with me to Luke
\n922. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:24,480 –> 00:13:30,680
\nThis is His introduction then to
\nwhat awaits them on this rode to<\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nThe Son of Man must suffer many <\/p>\n

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\nthings to be rejected by the
\nelders, the chief priests and <\/p>\n

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\nthe scribe has to be killed, and
\non the third day be raised. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:38,520 –> 00:13:47,440
\nVerse 23, immediately after, and
\nhe said to all, He says to <\/p>\n

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\neveryone, if anyone would come
\nafter me, let him deny himself, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:53,360 –> 00:13:57,200
\ntake up His cross daily and
\nfollow me. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he says in Jerusalem, here’s
\nwhat awaits me, shame, mocking, <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll be spit on, I’ll be beaten,
\nI’ll be killed, but I’ll be <\/p>\n

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\nresurrected.
\nIf you want to join me on this <\/p>\n

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\nroad trip to Jerusalem, deny
\nyourself, take your cross every <\/p>\n

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\nsingle day and follow me.
\nIt’s an invitation, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,200 –> 00:14:25,280
\nAnd no one in the right mind
\nwould say, this sounds like a <\/p>\n

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\nfantastic trip.
\nLet’s go. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:28,680 –> 00:14:31,040
\nBut he opens the invitation to
\neveryone. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:32,680 –> 00:14:35,280
\nThat sounds like a great trip to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:35,280 –> 00:14:39,440
\nLet’s go.
\nNo, nobody would say this. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,520 –> 00:14:41,680
\nSo why does he do this?
\nWhy does he open up the call <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:41,680 –> 00:14:46,320
\nlike this?
\nWell, let us look at the context<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:46,320 –> 00:14:48,200
\nof what happens in Luke Chapter
\n9. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:48,360 –> 00:14:49,880
\nRight?
\nJust to get ourselves a little <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:49,880 –> 00:14:52,040
\nbit grounded as to where we’re
\nat. <\/p>\n

246
\n00:14:52,240 –> 00:14:54,240
\nWe know what verse 51’s all
\nabout, don’t we? <\/p>\n

247
\n00:14:54,560 –> 00:14:57,640
\nLuke 951, he leaves for
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

248
\n00:14:57,800 –> 00:14:59,920
\nThat’s our target verse.
\nThat’s our key. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:59,920 –> 00:15:02,400
\nThat’s our beginning.
\nWell, what happens before this? <\/p>\n

250
\n00:15:02,600 –> 00:15:05,440
\nWell, he sends out the 12 to
\nproclaim the Kingdom of God at <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:05,440 –> 00:15:07,920
\nthe beginning of the chapter.
\nHe then feeds the 5000. <\/p>\n

252
\n00:15:08,000 –> 00:15:12,400
\nLuke 9’s packed by the way, Luke
\n9’s packed full of big stories. <\/p>\n

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\nHe sends up the 12.
\nHe then feeds the 5000. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:16,080 –> 00:15:18,920
\nHe then as we already read in
\nverses 21 and 22 tells about his<\/p>\n

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\ndeath.
\nHe says this is what awaits us <\/p>\n

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\nin Jerusalem.
\nHe then invites us to take up <\/p>\n

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\nour cross every single day, deny
\nourselves and follow him. 28 to <\/p>\n

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\n36, The transfiguration amazing
\nevent. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:33,120 –> 00:15:35,320
\nYou can spend the whole Bible
\nschool talking about those sets <\/p>\n

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\nof verses.
\nThe transfiguration happens, the<\/p>\n

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\nboys healed by Jesus.
\nJesus tells of his death a <\/p>\n

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\nsecond time.
\nThis is the second time this has<\/p>\n

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\nhappened.
\nAnd this is when the disciples <\/p>\n

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\nare confused.
\nThen the disciples instantly <\/p>\n

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\nargue who’s the best disciple
\nand they leave for Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s our context.
\nThat’s our foundation for <\/p>\n

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\ndeparting for Jerusalem.
\nBy the way, who is the greatest?<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the class on Wednesday.
\nWe’re going to look really dive <\/p>\n

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\ninto the, the dynamics of the
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, so this is where the where
\nwe’re at. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is what we find ourselves
\nin contextually for verse 51 <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he leaves.
\nBefore we jump too much further <\/p>\n

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\ninto it, what I thought we would
\ndo is spend a few minutes <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,960 –> 00:16:20,160
\nfilling out the back of our
\nhandout. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:20,160 –> 00:16:23,000
\nThis little map, totally
\noptional if you guys would like.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat we’ll do is we’ll just kind
\nof lay out a few things here and<\/p>\n

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\nyou guys can geographically
\nfollow along throughout the <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nUp to you. <\/p>\n

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\nSo up in the north, in the
\nnorthern section of our map here<\/p>\n

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\nwe have the Sea of Galilee.
\nThis was the region that came to<\/p>\n

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\nbe known as shockingly, Galilee.
\nAll right, so the region of <\/p>\n

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\nGalilee is where Christ found
\nhis home base at the beginning <\/p>\n

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\nof his ministry.
\nThe first couple years of his <\/p>\n

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\nministry, this is really where
\nhe centered around. <\/p>\n

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\nHe would of course, pop all
\nover, but he would end up back <\/p>\n

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\nup in Capernaum and Nazareth.
\nAll right, so this is our main <\/p>\n

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\nsection up here in the northern
\nparts of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nRight South of that is the
\nregion called Samaria. <\/p>\n

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\nNow Christ has a lot of
\nparables, a lot of dealings with<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,319 –> 00:17:11,599
\nSamaritans.
\nSo we’re going to spend a couple<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:11,599 –> 00:17:14,359
\nminutes talking really about the
\nSamaritans here for a second. <\/p>\n

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\nBut before we do that, let’s
\nlook at Judea, the set land in <\/p>\n

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\nthe South.
\nThat’s our third region here on <\/p>\n

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\nthe western part of the Jordan.
\nSo galley up in the north, <\/p>\n

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\nSamaria in between, and Judea at
\nthe South. <\/p>\n

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\nJudea is home to Jerusalem.
\nWe know that that’s our target. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we start up here in Capernaum
\narea in Nazareth, and we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to get down into
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the goal.
\nAny map will tell you the best <\/p>\n

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\npath is straight line.
\nSamaria is the way to go. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Christ thinks the same
\nthing. <\/p>\n

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\nLuke 9 verse 52, one verse after
\nwe’ve left and he sent <\/p>\n

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\nmessengers ahead of him who went
\nand entered a village of the <\/p>\n

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\nSamaritans to make preparations
\nfor him. <\/p>\n

305
\n00:17:55,560 –> 00:17:57,800
\nChrist says I have to get to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nSamaria is the way.
\nSo He sends disciples ahead <\/p>\n

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\nsaying prepare me a place.
\nWe’re going to go through <\/p>\n

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\nSamaria.
\nOK, so let’s then kind of figure<\/p>\n

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\nout, if we can, what all the
\nfriction is between the <\/p>\n

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\nSamaritans and the Hebrews.
\nBecause we know that when the <\/p>\n

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\nparable of the Good Samaritan is
\npresented, the question, who is <\/p>\n

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\nmy neighbour?
\nThe Samaritan couldn’t possibly <\/p>\n

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\nbe the answer.
\nThe Samaritans, they’re <\/p>\n

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\nlowlifes.
\nWe don’t we don’t deal with <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nSo who are the Samaritans? <\/p>\n

316
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\nWell, the Samaritans in Second
\nKings 17, verse 24. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t have to turn it up.
\nI’ll go ahead and read this <\/p>\n

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\nverse for you.
\nSecond Kings 17 and a verse 24. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is kind of the beginning
\nreally of the, I guess, <\/p>\n

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\nfoundation of the Samaritan
\nculture and empire. <\/p>\n

321
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\nSecond, Kings 17 and verse 24,
\nAssyria is wreaking havoc in the<\/p>\n

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\narea and what it says is and the
\nking of Syria brought people <\/p>\n

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\nfrom Babylon, Kutha, Ava, Hamath
\nSephravaeum and placed them in <\/p>\n

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\nthe cities of Samaria instead of
\nthe people of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they took possession of
\nSamaria and lived in its cities.<\/p>\n

326
\n00:19:14,400 –> 00:19:18,200
\nSo what the king of Assyria does
\nis very strategic, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

327
\n00:19:18,240 –> 00:19:20,520
\nWhat he does is he says, OK, I’m
\ngoing to take people from <\/p>\n

328
\n00:19:20,880 –> 00:19:24,200
\nBabylon.
\nThis is my Babylon people. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:19:25,440 –> 00:19:27,120
\nYou guys are no longer living in
\nBabylon. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:19:27,120 –> 00:19:28,560
\nI’m going to put you here in
\nSamaria. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:19:28,800 –> 00:19:31,320
\nYou are Cuthavites.
\nI’m going to take you. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:19:31,320 –> 00:19:33,960
\nYou’re going to live in Samaria.
\nYou guys are people from <\/p>\n

333
\n00:19:33,960 –> 00:19:37,280
\nSephoraeum, my Sephoraeumites
\nliving in Samaria. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:19:37,960 –> 00:19:39,960
\nEverybody in Samaria, you’re
\ngoing to live in their homes, <\/p>\n

335
\n00:19:39,960 –> 00:19:42,640
\ntheir homes, and their homes.
\nSo what does that do to a <\/p>\n

336
\n00:19:42,640 –> 00:19:45,480
\nculture?
\nWhat does that do if you’re <\/p>\n

337
\n00:19:45,480 –> 00:19:48,720
\ngoing to try to revolt against
\nthe terrible Assyrian overlords?<\/p>\n

338
\n00:19:48,920 –> 00:19:51,280
\nIf you guys and you guys and you
\nguys are all trying to get <\/p>\n

339
\n00:19:51,280 –> 00:19:53,280
\ntogether and you say, well, this
\nis a good plan, They say that’s <\/p>\n

340
\n00:19:53,280 –> 00:19:54,840
\na terrible plan.
\nWhat about this one? <\/p>\n

341
\n00:19:54,920 –> 00:19:56,960
\nAnd they say, you guys are all
\ncrazy, we’re going to go with <\/p>\n

342
\n00:19:58,400 –> 00:19:59,360
\nthis.
\nIt just doesn’t work. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:20:00,240 –> 00:20:04,400
\nIt’s a fantastic strategy as an
\noccupier because now everybody’s<\/p>\n

344
\n00:20:04,400 –> 00:20:05,680
\nmixed together.
\nNobody can talk to each other, <\/p>\n

345
\n00:20:05,680 –> 00:20:07,520
\nnobody can deal with each other.
\nAnd they just go, fine, we’ll <\/p>\n

346
\n00:20:07,520 –> 00:20:09,800
\npay whatever you want.
\nJust please don’t mix this up <\/p>\n

347
\n00:20:09,800 –> 00:20:12,680
\nanymore.
\nAnd so now over the course of <\/p>\n

348
\n00:20:12,680 –> 00:20:16,800
\ntime, what happens is this
\nbubble of Samaria becomes very <\/p>\n

349
\n00:20:16,960 –> 00:20:20,160
\nanti everyone else because not
\nonly that, but further on in the<\/p>\n

350
\n00:20:20,160 –> 00:20:24,400
\nchapter we’re told that their
\nreligion’s mixed lions started <\/p>\n

351
\n00:20:24,400 –> 00:20:26,200
\neating people.
\nIt’s a great story, Go read it. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:20:26,760 –> 00:20:29,720
\nLions start eating people and
\nthey go, why are lions eating <\/p>\n

353
\n00:20:29,720 –> 00:20:32,600
\nus?
\nThey say, we’ll ask the priest. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:20:32,920 –> 00:20:34,200
\nSo they get a priest.
\nAnd he said, well, this is how <\/p>\n

355
\n00:20:34,200 –> 00:20:37,840
\nyou’re supposed to worship God.
\nAnd they go, oh, and they mix it<\/p>\n

356
\n00:20:38,160 –> 00:20:41,480
\nis that how is that how God
\nwants us to do it, to say, well,<\/p>\n

357
\n00:20:41,480 –> 00:20:43,120
\nyou know what?
\nThis is the way you worship God.<\/p>\n

358
\n00:20:43,840 –> 00:20:46,040
\nBut feel free to sprinkle in
\nyour own ideas too. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:20:46,520 –> 00:20:51,600
\nNo, this doesn’t work.
\nAnd so over time, this area of <\/p>\n

360
\n00:20:51,600 –> 00:20:55,720
\nSumeria became polar opposites
\nto the Jews and Hebrews were <\/p>\n

361
\n00:20:55,720 –> 00:20:59,080
\nsupposed to live.
\nSo we get to the time of <\/p>\n

362
\n00:20:59,080 –> 00:21:01,080
\nNehemiah when they come back and
\nthey try to build the wall. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:21:02,600 –> 00:21:05,480
\nThey’re feeble Jews is what
\nthey’re known. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:21:06,600 –> 00:21:12,080
\nThey’re feeble Jews.
\nAnd so there’s this friction now<\/p>\n

365
\n00:21:12,080 –> 00:21:15,000
\nbetween these two nations,
\nbetween these two cultures, <\/p>\n

366
\n00:21:15,120 –> 00:21:19,800
\nbetween various religions.
\nSo when Christ can say here’s a <\/p>\n

367
\n00:21:19,800 –> 00:21:23,240
\nstory about a man who’s a
\nSamaritan who saves an injured <\/p>\n

368
\n00:21:23,400 –> 00:21:26,120
\nJew, you’d get under your skin a
\nlittle bit. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:21:28,720 –> 00:21:30,560
\nBut that’s the point.
\nThat was what he was going for. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:21:30,800 –> 00:21:35,200
\nEveryone is your neighbour.
\nOK, so that’s the Samaria. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:21:37,080 –> 00:21:41,880
\nSo Christ needs to go through
\nSamaria to get to this area of <\/p>\n

372
\n00:21:41,880 –> 00:21:44,400
\nJerusalem.
\nSo what he does is he sets foot <\/p>\n

373
\n00:21:44,400 –> 00:21:48,440
\nand he says to his disciples, go
\ninto Samaria, prepare the way. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:21:49,640 –> 00:21:50,760
\nSo they go and they prepare the
\nway. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:21:51,680 –> 00:21:54,280
\nWhat happens?
\nLet’s read our next verse. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:21:54,880 –> 00:21:56,240
\nI’m sorry, we’re not moving very
\nquickly. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:21:56,640 –> 00:21:58,520
\nLet’s try to move fast.
\nVerse 53. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:21:58,760 –> 00:22:01,320
\nBut the people did not receive
\nhim. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:22:03,920 –> 00:22:06,880
\nWhy?
\nWhy didn’t the people receive <\/p>\n

380
\n00:22:06,880 –> 00:22:08,200
\nhim?
\nWhat does it say in your Bibles?<\/p>\n

381
\n00:22:09,400 –> 00:22:11,400
\nWhat’s the reason that they said
\nno, you can’t come through <\/p>\n

382
\n00:22:11,400 –> 00:22:14,960
\nSamaria?
\nI heard it over here. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:22:14,960 –> 00:22:19,840
\nWhat?
\nBecause his face was as though <\/p>\n

384
\n00:22:19,840 –> 00:22:25,120
\nhe were going to Jerusalem.
\nThat’s a weird thing to say. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:22:25,120 –> 00:22:28,240
\nNo, you can’t come through my
\nland, for you’re going to <\/p>\n

386
\n00:22:28,240 –> 00:22:29,840
\nJerusalem.
\nOh, Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:22:29,840 –> 00:22:30,760
\nNope.
\nAnother way. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:22:32,640 –> 00:22:35,320
\nWhy has Jesus been to Samaria
\nbefore? <\/p>\n

389
\n00:22:36,800 –> 00:22:38,160
\nYes, he has.
\nJohn chapter 4. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:22:38,160 –> 00:22:40,000
\nYou don’t need to turn up.
\nI’ll read some verses for you. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:22:40,200 –> 00:22:45,080
\nJohn chapter 4, he visits a
\nwoman at a well and in John <\/p>\n

392
\n00:22:45,080 –> 00:22:48,720
\nchapter 4 he purposely goes out
\nof his way to visit Samaria. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:22:50,120 –> 00:22:54,120
\nIt says in John chapter 4 verse
\nfour, and he had to pass through<\/p>\n

394
\n00:22:54,120 –> 00:22:56,560
\nSamaria.
\nSo he came to a town of Samaria <\/p>\n

395
\n00:22:56,560 –> 00:22:59,080
\ncalled Sycar near the field that
\nJacob had given to his son <\/p>\n

396
\n00:22:59,080 –> 00:23:01,960
\nJoseph.
\nJacob’s well was there, so <\/p>\n

397
\n00:23:02,080 –> 00:23:05,200
\nJesus, wearied as he was from
\nhis journey, was sitting beside <\/p>\n

398
\n00:23:05,200 –> 00:23:06,840
\nthe well.
\nIt was about the 6th hour and a <\/p>\n

399
\n00:23:06,840 –> 00:23:09,960
\nwoman from Samaria came to draw
\nwater. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:23:10,560 –> 00:23:14,080
\nLook at the friction between
\nthese people. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:23:15,560 –> 00:23:21,680
\nA wearied Lord sits down.
\nHow often do you read Jesus <\/p>\n

402
\n00:23:21,680 –> 00:23:23,680
\nsitting?
\nFirst of all, he sits down, <\/p>\n

403
\n00:23:23,680 –> 00:23:27,080
\nwearied from his journey.
\nAnd he said to her, give me a <\/p>\n

404
\n00:23:27,080 –> 00:23:35,320
\ndrink.
\nThe woman, a Samaritan, said to <\/p>\n

405
\n00:23:35,320 –> 00:23:49,720
\nhim, How is it that you, a Jew,
\nask for a drink from me, a woman<\/p>\n

406
\n00:23:49,720 –> 00:23:54,680
\nof Samaria, in parentheses?
\nFor the Jews have no dealings <\/p>\n

407
\n00:23:54,880 –> 00:23:57,760
\nwith Samaritans.
\nDo you see the friction here? <\/p>\n

408
\n00:23:58,920 –> 00:24:00,600
\nIs Christ in Samaria at this
\ntime? <\/p>\n

409
\n00:24:00,680 –> 00:24:03,160
\nYes, he is.
\nWhy is He allowed to go into <\/p>\n

410
\n00:24:03,160 –> 00:24:06,480
\nSamaria in one area and they say
\nno, no, no, you can’t go through<\/p>\n

411
\n00:24:06,680 –> 00:24:08,800
\nat this time because you’re
\ngoing to Jerusalem? <\/p>\n

412
\n00:24:09,600 –> 00:24:11,680
\nWell, I think in John 4 we’re
\ngiven another little clue. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:24:11,680 –> 00:24:16,680
\nI’m going to read for you coming
\ndown to verse 19. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:24:16,960 –> 00:24:22,440
\nRight after this, the woman and
\nJesus have a conversation about <\/p>\n

415
\n00:24:22,440 –> 00:24:26,480
\nhow many husbands she has.
\nHe reveals way more about her <\/p>\n

416
\n00:24:26,560 –> 00:24:31,680
\nthan she thinks he should know.
\nAnd she says to him, verse 19, <\/p>\n

417
\n00:24:31,840 –> 00:24:36,200
\nSir, I perceive you’re a
\nprophet. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:24:37,640 –> 00:24:41,240
\nYeah, good guess he just told
\nyou about all of your husbands. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:24:42,520 –> 00:24:46,760
\nAnd he says, she says, our
\nfathers worshipped on this <\/p>\n

420
\n00:24:46,760 –> 00:24:53,840
\nmountain, But you say that in
\nJerusalem is the place where <\/p>\n

421
\n00:24:53,840 –> 00:24:57,600
\npeople ought to worship.
\nSo what’s the difference <\/p>\n

422
\n00:24:57,760 –> 00:25:02,520
\nreligiously between Samaritans
\nand Jews? <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:03,960 –> 00:25:05,960
\nWell, it was where their holy
\nplaces were. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:06,280 –> 00:25:09,120
\nMount Garrison, probably from
\nDeuteronomy 11, is where the <\/p>\n

425
\n00:25:09,120 –> 00:25:12,960
\nSamaritans found their holy
\nplace, this mountain, she says, <\/p>\n

426
\n00:25:14,080 –> 00:25:18,480
\nBut you say it’s Jerusalem.
\nSo coming back to Luke Chapter <\/p>\n

427
\n00:25:18,480 –> 00:25:22,320
\n9, they say, oh, you’re going to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:25:24,000 –> 00:25:27,800
\nNope, not today.
\nFind a different route. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:25:28,800 –> 00:25:31,120
\nAnd so Christ is forced to take
\na detour. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:25:31,600 –> 00:25:35,080
\nAnd we know he takes a detour
\nbecause we have two more places <\/p>\n

431
\n00:25:35,080 –> 00:25:36,920
\nto just kind of familiarize
\nourselves with. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:25:36,920 –> 00:25:40,240
\nOn our map, we have the region
\nof the north called Decapolis, <\/p>\n

433
\n00:25:40,680 –> 00:25:43,320
\nand right to the east of the
\nJordan River, we have Perea. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:25:43,760 –> 00:25:47,560
\nWe’ve probably heard of four of
\nthese places before. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:25:47,840 –> 00:25:53,440
\nPray a little harder to find
\ncontextual stories for, but to <\/p>\n

436
\n00:25:53,440 –> 00:25:55,840
\ncapitalists, we’ve heard of
\ncertainly Galilee, Samaria, and <\/p>\n

437
\n00:25:55,840 –> 00:25:59,080
\nJudea we’ve heard of.
\nSo what he does, he says I’m <\/p>\n

438
\n00:25:59,080 –> 00:26:02,160
\ngoing to travel through Samaria.
\nAnother reason we know he wants <\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:02,160 –> 00:26:05,880
\nto travel through Samaria is in
\nJohn 7, the Jews have made it <\/p>\n

440
\n00:26:05,880 –> 00:26:11,080
\ntheir mission to kill Jesus.
\nAnd if he’s trying to travel <\/p>\n

441
\n00:26:11,080 –> 00:26:14,680
\ndown there without being killed,
\nSamaria is a good route. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:26:15,560 –> 00:26:16,960
\nSo he says I’m going to go
\nthrough Samaria. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:26:17,280 –> 00:26:19,360
\nThe Samaritans say, no, you’re
\nnot. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:26:20,720 –> 00:26:27,800
\nAnd so we know from Mark chapter
\n10, Mark chapter 10 tells us <\/p>\n

445
\n00:26:27,800 –> 00:26:31,320
\nthat he crossed over the Jordan
\nback into Judea. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:26:32,520 –> 00:26:37,160
\nAnd if he’s going to crossover
\nthe Jordan back into Judea, it <\/p>\n

447
\n00:26:37,160 –> 00:26:39,320
\nmeans he had to cross it
\nsomewhere in the north to get <\/p>\n

448
\n00:26:39,320 –> 00:26:42,760
\nover there in the first place.
\nSo with that, with those clues, <\/p>\n

449
\n00:26:42,880 –> 00:26:45,240
\nwe can pretty much figure out
\nthe route that he would have <\/p>\n

450
\n00:26:45,240 –> 00:26:50,040
\ntaken to go from Capernaum area,
\nhis home base, down into <\/p>\n

451
\n00:26:50,040 –> 00:26:53,200
\nJerusalem.
\nAgain, this is Luke’s version. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:26:54,280 –> 00:26:56,800
\nThe other gospels placed him in
\nJerusalem a couple different <\/p>\n

453
\n00:26:56,800 –> 00:27:00,840
\ntimes in the stories.
\nBut Luke says, let’s make it 1 <\/p>\n

454
\n00:27:00,880 –> 00:27:03,080
\nstory, let’s make it a journey
\nnarrative. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:27:04,080 –> 00:27:08,080
\nLet’s take you through 11
\nglorious chapters of Christ’s <\/p>\n

456
\n00:27:08,080 –> 00:27:11,560
\njourney to Jerusalem.
\nAll right, so with that being <\/p>\n

457
\n00:27:11,560 –> 00:27:17,760
\nsaid, you guys ready to start?
\nLet’s go. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:27:18,080 –> 00:27:20,200
\nLet’s start this journey to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:27:20,520 –> 00:27:28,120
\nVerse 57 as they went in the
\nway, the way fantastic 2 words, <\/p>\n

460
\n00:27:28,320 –> 00:27:31,040
\nanytime you find them in
\nScriptures, look at the type, <\/p>\n

461
\n00:27:31,520 –> 00:27:35,400
\nthe way of God.
\nSo as they went in the way, <\/p>\n

462
\n00:27:37,080 –> 00:27:40,560
\nsomeone said to him, I’m going
\nto follow you wherever you go. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:27:40,720 –> 00:27:44,360
\nAnd Jesus said to him, foxes
\nhave holes, birds of the air <\/p>\n

464
\n00:27:44,360 –> 00:27:45,800
\nhave nests.
\nThe Son of Man has nowhere to <\/p>\n

465
\n00:27:45,800 –> 00:27:48,440
\nlay his head to another.
\nHe said follow me. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:27:48,440 –> 00:27:52,240
\nBut he said, Lord, let me first
\ngo and bury my father. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:27:52,560 –> 00:27:55,200
\nAnd Jesus said to him, leave the
\ndead to bury their own dead. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:27:55,200 –> 00:27:57,520
\nBut As for you, go and proclaim
\nthe Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:27:57,800 –> 00:28:01,040
\nYet another said, I will follow
\nyou, Lord, but let me first say <\/p>\n

470
\n00:28:01,040 –> 00:28:04,640
\nfarewell to those at my home.
\nJesus said to him, no one who <\/p>\n

471
\n00:28:04,640 –> 00:28:07,040
\nputs his hand to the plow and
\nlooks back is fit for the <\/p>\n

472
\n00:28:07,040 –> 00:28:12,160
\nKingdom of God.
\nSo instantly we’ve taken one <\/p>\n

473
\n00:28:12,160 –> 00:28:18,000
\nstep to Jerusalem and we’re
\ngiven three stories of potential<\/p>\n

474
\n00:28:18,000 –> 00:28:23,080
\ndisciples.
\nThree would be followers, three <\/p>\n

475
\n00:28:23,080 –> 00:28:27,560
\npeople who say, I can, I can do
\nthat. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:28:27,560 –> 00:28:29,640
\nI can, I can carry a cross to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:28:31,800 –> 00:28:35,920
\nYeah, sign me up.
\nSo let’s take a look then at <\/p>\n

478
\n00:28:35,920 –> 00:28:41,840
\nthese three potential disciples,
\nbecause what Luke does is we can<\/p>\n

479
\n00:28:41,840 –> 00:28:45,240
\ntell from Matthew’s gospel where
\nthese come in a different order,<\/p>\n

480
\n00:28:46,200 –> 00:28:50,560
\nthat Luke probably takes three
\nstories of individuals from the <\/p>\n

481
\n00:28:50,560 –> 00:28:54,480
\nway and he puts them all at the
\nbeginning, right at the <\/p>\n

482
\n00:28:54,480 –> 00:28:57,840
\nbeginning.
\nAnd he says, do you want to <\/p>\n

483
\n00:28:57,840 –> 00:29:02,400
\nfollow Christ to Jerusalem?
\nThere’s a cost to that. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:29:04,720 –> 00:29:08,200
\nIt’s not simply signing a name
\nand saying, where’s the bus? <\/p>\n

485
\n00:29:10,960 –> 00:29:13,040
\nYou carry a cross all the way
\nthere. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:29:14,760 –> 00:29:18,080
\nSo let’s take a look at the 1st
\nas they were going on the road, <\/p>\n

487
\n00:29:18,600 –> 00:29:21,080
\nsomeone said to him, I’ll follow
\nyou wherever you go. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:29:22,920 –> 00:29:25,160
\nJesus said to him, fox of holes,
\nbirds, the air of nest. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:29:25,160 –> 00:29:26,560
\nSon of man has nowhere to lay
\nhis head. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:29:26,560 –> 00:29:30,600
\nThe 1st man Volunteer Voluntold.
\nWhat do you guys think? <\/p>\n

491
\n00:29:32,080 –> 00:29:36,640
\nVolunteer, voluntold, volunteer.
\nHe says, I’m going to follow you<\/p>\n

492
\n00:29:36,640 –> 00:29:38,080
\nwherever you go.
\nFantastic. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:29:38,080 –> 00:29:41,240
\nHe volunteers to be a disciple.
\nA nice little just quick little <\/p>\n

494
\n00:29:41,240 –> 00:29:45,120
\nnote to jot down.
\nMatthew 819 tells us about the <\/p>\n

495
\n00:29:45,120 –> 00:29:47,680
\nstory.
\nIt informs us that it’s a <\/p>\n

496
\n00:29:47,680 –> 00:29:53,280
\nscribe.
\nThis is a scribe who says, who <\/p>\n

497
\n00:29:53,280 –> 00:29:55,360
\nvolunteers, who puts himself out
\nthere and says, I’m going to <\/p>\n

498
\n00:29:55,360 –> 00:30:04,400
\nfollow you, Jesus.
\nHad it been Jason Robinson and a<\/p>\n

499
\n00:30:04,400 –> 00:30:07,800
\nscribe comes to me and says,
\nI’ll follow you wherever you go,<\/p>\n

500
\n00:30:08,440 –> 00:30:11,680
\ninstantly I would say you’re
\ngoing to follow me. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:30:12,000 –> 00:30:14,320
\nA scribe.
\nPerfect. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:30:14,720 –> 00:30:16,120
\nI don’t have a great
\nrelationship with the scribes. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:30:16,120 –> 00:30:18,640
\nThis is a great way in.
\nTell them about our journey. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:30:21,480 –> 00:30:25,040
\nThis isn’t Jason at all.
\nThis is the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:30:26,000 –> 00:30:31,440
\nAnd he says foxes of holes,
\nbirds, the air of nest, but the <\/p>\n

506
\n00:30:31,440 –> 00:30:32,600
\nSon of Man has nowhere to lay
\nhis head. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:30:33,120 –> 00:30:35,000
\nSo the invitation is I’m going
\nto follow you wherever you go, <\/p>\n

508
\n00:30:35,080 –> 00:30:37,120
\nWherever it is you go, I’ll
\nfollow you. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:30:37,640 –> 00:30:40,640
\nI would have said that’s
\nfantastic. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:30:40,720 –> 00:30:45,760
\nLet’s go to Jerusalem.
\nChrist says, do you know the <\/p>\n

511
\n00:30:45,760 –> 00:30:50,040
\ncost?
\nI have nowhere to lay my head. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:30:50,560 –> 00:30:52,400
\nI’m not even like a fox or a
\nbird. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:30:55,320 –> 00:30:59,120
\nThat’s his response.
\nWhat Christ is doing with this <\/p>\n

514
\n00:30:59,120 –> 00:31:03,480
\nfirst is he’s challenging anyone
\nwho would limit their <\/p>\n

515
\n00:31:03,480 –> 00:31:10,440
\ncommitment, who would say I’ll
\ngo with you, but it hopefully <\/p>\n

516
\n00:31:10,760 –> 00:31:13,320
\ncomes with four-star hotels or
\nbetter. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:31:14,520 –> 00:31:16,880
\nThere better be comfort, there
\nbetter be peace. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:31:17,280 –> 00:31:20,400
\nIt better be an easy walk to
\nJerusalem, then sign me up. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:31:22,600 –> 00:31:25,600
\nBut Christ is saying you have to
\ngive in. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:31:25,600 –> 00:31:31,600
\nYou have to just gum an
\nunlimited commitment. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:31:33,640 –> 00:31:36,280
\nAnybody who limits their
\ncommitment doesn’t belong on the<\/p>\n

522
\n00:31:36,280 –> 00:31:39,520
\nroad to Jerusalem.
\nNow the fascinating thing is, <\/p>\n

523
\n00:31:39,680 –> 00:31:43,920
\ndoes Scripture tell us that this
\nman didn’t follow Christ? <\/p>\n

524
\n00:31:45,800 –> 00:31:49,480
\nWe don’t know the answer.
\nHe could have said, great point,<\/p>\n

525
\n00:31:50,280 –> 00:31:53,520
\nI’m coming anyway.
\nBut all three of these are <\/p>\n

526
\n00:31:53,520 –> 00:31:56,840
\nopen-ended.
\nAll three of these are given a <\/p>\n

527
\n00:31:56,840 –> 00:32:04,720
\nchallenge that they might they
\njust might have said OK, I’m <\/p>\n

528
\n00:32:04,720 –> 00:32:10,080
\nwilling to pay that cost.
\nWe’re not told Luke purposefully<\/p>\n

529
\n00:32:10,240 –> 00:32:14,880
\nslams 3 stories together
\nopen-ended right after the <\/p>\n

530
\n00:32:14,880 –> 00:32:17,160
\ninvitation to fall into
\nJerusalem because brother and <\/p>\n

531
\n00:32:17,160 –> 00:32:20,080
\nsisters, we might find ourselves
\njust like one of these. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:32:20,360 –> 00:32:24,840
\nLet’s look at the second verse
\n59 to another. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:32:24,840 –> 00:32:29,120
\nHe said follow me, but he said
\nLord, let me first go in to bury<\/p>\n

534
\n00:32:29,120 –> 00:32:31,920
\nmy father and Jesus said to him,
\nleave the dead to bury their own<\/p>\n

535
\n00:32:31,920 –> 00:32:33,400
\ndead.
\nBut As for you, go and proclaim <\/p>\n

536
\n00:32:33,400 –> 00:32:39,520
\nthe Kingdom of God, volunteer,
\nvoluntold, voluntold. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:32:39,920 –> 00:32:44,520
\nThis man is called by Christ.
\nWe have both in our midst, but <\/p>\n

538
\n00:32:44,520 –> 00:32:46,000
\nthe scissors in this room, we
\nhave both. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:32:47,480 –> 00:32:50,080
\nWe have some who just who felt
\nlike they needed to follow <\/p>\n

540
\n00:32:50,080 –> 00:32:55,720
\nChrist.
\nAnd this man was called Christ, <\/p>\n

541
\n00:32:55,720 –> 00:32:58,480
\ncalled out to him, called to be
\na disciple. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:32:58,880 –> 00:33:01,800
\nMatthew 821 goes over this.
\nHe was already a follower. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:33:03,000 –> 00:33:05,600
\nThis man was already somebody
\nwho followed Christ. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:33:07,600 –> 00:33:09,440
\nHe knew everything that was
\ninvolved. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:33:09,440 –> 00:33:11,080
\nHe heard the speech about the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:33:11,160 –> 00:33:14,160
\nHe heard the speech about what
\nawaited in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:33:15,480 –> 00:33:18,400
\nHe was already a follower.
\nSo Christ says, hey, hey, you, <\/p>\n

548
\n00:33:19,600 –> 00:33:21,320
\nlet’s, let’s go to Jerusalem
\nwith me. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:33:23,560 –> 00:33:27,120
\nAnd he says that’s, that sounds,
\nthat sounds good. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:33:27,680 –> 00:33:30,840
\nBut I I will, after I bury my
\nfather. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:33:34,040 –> 00:33:39,120
\nPut Jason in the shoes again.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:33:39,160 –> 00:33:42,560
\nYou gotta bury your dad.
\nPlease go bury your dad. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:33:42,920 –> 00:33:45,120
\nMeet us down the road.
\nThat’s that Sounds great. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:33:46,040 –> 00:33:48,400
\nIs that Christ’s answer?
\nNot at all. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:33:50,440 –> 00:33:52,120
\nChrist’s answer is let the dead
\nbury the dead. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:33:52,120 –> 00:33:57,400
\nIt’s softly harsh, isn’t it?
\nWhat was the problem with his <\/p>\n

557
\n00:33:57,400 –> 00:34:00,160
\nanswer?
\nWhat was the one word in his <\/p>\n

558
\n00:34:00,160 –> 00:34:03,240
\nanswer?
\nBurst. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:34:05,000 –> 00:34:11,880
\nLet me first go bury my father.
\nThe challenge of the second is <\/p>\n

560
\n00:34:11,880 –> 00:34:13,960
\nto anybody who would
\nprocrastinate in their <\/p>\n

561
\n00:34:13,960 –> 00:34:19,880
\ncommitment to say, I’ll get
\naround to it, but not right now.<\/p>\n

562
\n00:34:21,239 –> 00:34:23,920
\nThat sounds that sounds like a
\nsteep cost. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:34:24,320 –> 00:34:27,800
\nI know I have it in me, but not
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:34:28,800 –> 00:34:31,760
\nAgain, do we know the result?
\nWe don’t. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:34:32,120 –> 00:34:33,520
\nLuke leaves it open-ended for
\nus. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:34:33,639 –> 00:34:36,040
\nHe might have followed, we’re
\nnot told. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:34:37,080 –> 00:34:41,800
\nThe third, yet another, said I
\nwill follow you, Lord, but let <\/p>\n

568
\n00:34:41,800 –> 00:34:43,760
\nme first say farewell to those
\nin my house. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:34:43,760 –> 00:34:45,239
\nIt’s a combination of the two,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

570
\n00:34:45,480 –> 00:34:47,719
\nIt’s a volunteer, but he has a
\ncondition. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:34:47,719 –> 00:34:52,679
\nHe says I have to also first say
\ngoodbye to those at my home. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:34:54,719 –> 00:34:58,120
\nChrist’s response sums up his
\njourney, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

573
\n00:35:00,240 –> 00:35:02,160
\nJesus said to him, no one who
\nputs his hand to the plow and <\/p>\n

574
\n00:35:02,160 –> 00:35:03,640
\nlooks back as fit to the King of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:35:03,760 –> 00:35:05,680
\nThere’s a city in the horizon,
\nhe says. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:35:06,840 –> 00:35:10,840
\nThere’s a city on the horizon.
\nThat’s where you look. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:35:12,560 –> 00:35:15,240
\nYou don’t look to the right, you
\ndon’t look to left, and you <\/p>\n

578
\n00:35:15,240 –> 00:35:18,960
\ncertainly don’t look behind you.
\nYou look at that city and you go<\/p>\n

579
\n00:35:18,960 –> 00:35:22,480
\nstraight toward it.
\nIt says stay in the straight <\/p>\n

580
\n00:35:22,480 –> 00:35:25,400
\npath if you look to the right,
\nand if you look to the left now <\/p>\n

581
\n00:35:25,400 –> 00:35:28,120
\nand then you might not make it
\nto the city. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:35:28,160 –> 00:35:31,080
\nAnd his challenge to the third
\nis those who are distracted in <\/p>\n

583
\n00:35:31,080 –> 00:35:34,440
\ntheir commitment.
\nAnd So what he’s doing is he’s <\/p>\n

584
\n00:35:34,440 –> 00:35:39,080
\nsaying Luke is purposely putting
\n3 amazing disciples in here <\/p>\n

585
\n00:35:39,320 –> 00:35:42,600
\nright at the beginning.
\nWe’ve barely set a foot on this <\/p>\n

586
\n00:35:42,600 –> 00:35:45,480
\nroad to Jerusalem.
\nAnd he says these are the three <\/p>\n

587
\n00:35:45,480 –> 00:35:50,160
\nkinds of people.
\nThere’s the limiter, there’s the<\/p>\n

588
\n00:35:50,160 –> 00:35:54,120
\nprocrastinator, and there’s the
\ndistracted. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:35:54,800 –> 00:35:57,440
\nYou’ll see in your handout.
\nBrothers and sisters, you don’t <\/p>\n

590
\n00:35:57,440 –> 00:36:01,440
\nhave to circle one.
\nMaybe these don’t apply to you, <\/p>\n

591
\n00:36:01,680 –> 00:36:05,800
\nbut maybe they do.
\nWhich potential disciple do you <\/p>\n

592
\n00:36:05,800 –> 00:36:08,880
\nrelate to the most?
\nIf you were going to say, that’s<\/p>\n

593
\n00:36:08,880 –> 00:36:11,600
\nmy problem, maybe it’s one of
\nthese three. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:36:11,960 –> 00:36:16,600
\nAnd it’s nice to kind of just,
\nI’m not alone in this. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:36:19,080 –> 00:36:22,000
\nChrist will have you anyway.
\nHe’ll invite you on that road <\/p>\n

596
\n00:36:22,000 –> 00:36:24,440
\nanyway.
\nBut he’s got a challenge to see <\/p>\n

597
\n00:36:24,440 –> 00:36:26,560
\nthe limiter.
\nThe journey appeared easy <\/p>\n

598
\n00:36:26,680 –> 00:36:28,680
\nbecause he doesn’t.
\nHe doesn’t even know what the <\/p>\n

599
\n00:36:28,680 –> 00:36:32,120
\ncross is.
\nHe’s not a follower yet. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:36:32,560 –> 00:36:35,120
\nThe second we’re told was a
\ndisciple, wasn’t he? <\/p>\n

601
\n00:36:35,360 –> 00:36:37,680
\nMatthew 8 tells us he was
\nalready a disciple. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:36:37,800 –> 00:36:40,200
\nHe knew that.
\nThat cross right there, that’s <\/p>\n

603
\n00:36:40,320 –> 00:36:43,640
\nheavy.
\nBut I’ll get around to it <\/p>\n

604
\n00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:47,240
\neventually.
\nTrust me, I’ll start Monday. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:36:49,240 –> 00:36:52,360
\nAnd the distracted also
\nunderstands the weight of the <\/p>\n

606
\n00:36:52,360 –> 00:36:55,320
\ncross.
\nBut you know what? <\/p>\n

607
\n00:36:56,160 –> 00:37:00,440
\nThere’s other things that come
\nup just at this time. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:37:00,440 –> 00:37:02,680
\nIt’s, it’s just, it just doesn’t
\nwork right now. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:37:03,000 –> 00:37:06,840
\nI’ll get to it.
\nBut this, oh, this and and this <\/p>\n

610
\n00:37:06,840 –> 00:37:09,280
\nlooks great too.
\nSo those are our three <\/p>\n

611
\n00:37:09,280 –> 00:37:11,000
\nintroductions, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:37:11,520 –> 00:37:14,120
\nThose are the three.
\nWe’ve just started the journey <\/p>\n

613
\n00:37:14,120 –> 00:37:16,000
\nand already we’re running into
\nthree. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:37:16,000 –> 00:37:21,280
\nFantastic disciples who, man,
\nthey’re just like us, aren’t <\/p>\n

615
\n00:37:21,280 –> 00:37:24,200
\nthey?
\nAnd I think Luke purposely pulls<\/p>\n

616
\n00:37:24,200 –> 00:37:26,320
\nthree of these stories and says
\nthese belong in the beginning <\/p>\n

617
\n00:37:26,480 –> 00:37:27,880
\nbecause if you’re going to
\nfollow him on that road, if <\/p>\n

618
\n00:37:27,880 –> 00:37:32,960
\nyou’re going to follow him in
\nthe way, no, there’s a cost with<\/p>\n

619
\n00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:35,960
\nfollowing.
\nAll three of these were taught a<\/p>\n

620
\n00:37:35,960 –> 00:37:40,200
\ncost, and we don’t know what the
\nresult was. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:37:40,640 –> 00:37:45,840
\nDid they follow him or not?
\nWe have to make the same answer <\/p>\n

622
\n00:37:45,840 –> 00:37:48,760
\nin our lives, don’t we?
\nSo the next question I wanted to<\/p>\n

623
\n00:37:48,760 –> 00:37:52,040
\nask you guys here is how heavy
\nis your cross? <\/p>\n

624
\n00:37:52,160 –> 00:37:54,520
\nHopefully you’ve had a chance to
\nlook at the first question. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:37:54,800 –> 00:37:58,000
\nWhat is the heavy cross that you
\nbear in your spiritual walk to <\/p>\n

626
\n00:37:58,000 –> 00:37:59,240
\nJerusalem?
\nYou don’t need to put an answer <\/p>\n

627
\n00:37:59,240 –> 00:38:02,280
\ndown, but but think about it, if
\nyou could, what’s something that<\/p>\n

628
\n00:38:02,280 –> 00:38:07,800
\nin your life feels like it’s
\nweighing you down spiritually <\/p>\n

629
\n00:38:10,440 –> 00:38:14,080
\nand how heavy is your cross?
\nIt’s important to ask yourself <\/p>\n

630
\n00:38:14,080 –> 00:38:18,080
\nthis.
\nDo you even notice how heavy <\/p>\n

631
\n00:38:18,080 –> 00:38:22,800
\nyour cross is?
\nIs it not noticeable? <\/p>\n

632
\n00:38:24,400 –> 00:38:26,240
\nIs it light?
\nDo you say? <\/p>\n

633
\n00:38:26,240 –> 00:38:28,240
\nOh, yeah, that’s right.
\nI I know. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:38:28,240 –> 00:38:29,520
\nI do have cross.
\nThat’s right. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:38:29,520 –> 00:38:32,480
\nYeah, I do.
\nIt’s that little toothpick right<\/p>\n

636
\n00:38:32,480 –> 00:38:35,160
\nhere.
\nIs it noticeable? <\/p>\n

637
\n00:38:35,680 –> 00:38:40,000
\nYeah, it’s there.
\nIs it heavy or brothers and <\/p>\n

638
\n00:38:40,000 –> 00:38:41,720
\nsisters?
\nIs it impossible? <\/p>\n

639
\n00:38:43,640 –> 00:38:51,920
\nBecause if you look at the story
\nof those 3 disciples, brothers <\/p>\n

640
\n00:38:51,920 –> 00:38:53,920
\nand sisters, it seems
\nimpossible. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:38:55,480 –> 00:39:00,520
\nI can’t bury my dad.
\nI can’t say goodbye to my mom. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:39:00,520 –> 00:39:07,560
\nWhat kind of cost is this?
\nSo brothers and sisters, that <\/p>\n

643
\n00:39:07,560 –> 00:39:10,600
\nthat’s the point.
\nIt takes everything. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:39:11,280 –> 00:39:13,440
\nDoes Christ really not us want
\nus to care about our family? <\/p>\n

645
\n00:39:13,440 –> 00:39:14,880
\nOf course not.
\nThat’s not the point. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:39:16,760 –> 00:39:19,920
\nThe point is the priority is
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

647
\n00:39:21,840 –> 00:39:24,400
\nYou plow straight, you get
\nthere. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:33,240
\nIf anything holds you back, if
\nanything holds you back, don’t <\/p>\n

649
\n00:39:33,240 –> 00:39:37,040
\nlet it.
\nYour family should be dragging <\/p>\n

650
\n00:39:37,040 –> 00:39:39,160
\nyou with dragging you along with
\nhim. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:39:39,720 –> 00:39:44,360
\nThat’s where we’re all going.
\nIf they’re not, it’s tough. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:39:46,200 –> 00:39:51,400
\nYou keep in touch, you drag them
\nas far as you can, but you got <\/p>\n

653
\n00:39:51,400 –> 00:39:58,360
\nto get your cross to Jerusalem,
\nhe tells us in Luke 9. <\/p>\n

654
\n00:39:59,760 –> 00:40:06,800
\nIf anyone would come after me,
\nlet him deny himself, take up <\/p>\n

655
\n00:40:06,800 –> 00:40:15,520
\nhis cross every single day.
\nAnd follow me, you know he says <\/p>\n

656
\n00:40:15,520 –> 00:40:17,240
\nthis again.
\nLuke 14. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:40:17,800 –> 00:40:21,560
\nWhere are we in Luke 14?
\nMid journey, wouldn’t we? <\/p>\n

658
\n00:40:21,560 –> 00:40:24,960
\nProbably mid journey in Luke’s
\njourney narrative. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:40:25,560 –> 00:40:27,920
\nIf anyone comes to me and does
\nnot hate his own father and <\/p>\n

660
\n00:40:27,920 –> 00:40:30,240
\nmother and wife and children and
\nbrothers and sisters, yes, and <\/p>\n

661
\n00:40:30,240 –> 00:40:32,520
\neven his own life, he can’t be
\nmy disciple. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:40:32,720 –> 00:40:38,800
\nThat sounds terrible.
\nWhoever does not bear his own <\/p>\n

663
\n00:40:38,800 –> 00:40:43,120
\ncross and come after me cannot
\nbe my disciple. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:40:43,200 –> 00:40:46,480
\nWhat does it mean to to if we
\nhate our father and our mother <\/p>\n

665
\n00:40:46,560 –> 00:40:49,160
\nand our and our wife and
\nchildren and brothers and <\/p>\n

666
\n00:40:49,160 –> 00:40:49,880
\nsisters?
\nIs Christ? <\/p>\n

667
\n00:40:49,880 –> 00:40:51,760
\nNo, no, no, no.
\nHe’s first. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:40:51,760 –> 00:40:53,520
\nJohn.
\nWhoever hates his brother’s a <\/p>\n

669
\n00:40:53,520 –> 00:40:57,320
\nmurderer.
\nIf a man say I love God and <\/p>\n

670
\n00:40:57,320 –> 00:40:59,360
\nhates his brother, what is he?
\nHe’s a liar. <\/p>\n

671
\n00:41:00,440 –> 00:41:05,320
\nYou have to love them, but the
\npriority has to be a love for <\/p>\n

672
\n00:41:05,320 –> 00:41:08,280
\nGod.
\nIt has to be your love for God. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:41:08,640 –> 00:41:10,560
\nThat’s the thing that gets you
\nto Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:41:10,880 –> 00:41:13,520
\nYou pick up that cross every
\nsingle day. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:41:14,800 –> 00:41:25,480
\nYou follow Christ there.
\nYou pick it up every single day.<\/p>\n

676
\n00:41:26,480 –> 00:41:29,640
\nDo you notice that cross every
\nsingle day? <\/p>\n

677
\n00:41:30,480 –> 00:41:34,360
\nDo you wake up and go, the
\nkingdom’s not here yet. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:41:34,360 –> 00:41:37,840
\nIt’s like a lug through another
\nday carrying this thing around. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:41:40,040 –> 00:41:43,400
\nIt’s daily, brothers and
\nsisters, but it’s not supposed <\/p>\n

680
\n00:41:43,400 –> 00:41:49,880
\nto be terrible.
\nPsalm 68 conveniently tells us, <\/p>\n

681
\n00:41:50,240 –> 00:41:56,200
\nblessed be the Lord who daily
\nbears us up. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:41:56,920 –> 00:42:00,600
\nHe lifts us up.
\nYou carry that cross every day <\/p>\n

683
\n00:42:00,600 –> 00:42:04,920
\nand you and you stumble and you
\nfall down because it’s so heavy <\/p>\n

684
\n00:42:04,920 –> 00:42:10,520
\nand it’s there and it’s obvious.
\nBut blessed be the God who says <\/p>\n

685
\n00:42:11,560 –> 00:42:14,800
\nyou’ve got this.
\nI’ll pick you up every day. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:42:16,440 –> 00:42:21,200
\nSo you wake up and you say I got
\nto do this again and God picks <\/p>\n

687
\n00:42:21,200 –> 00:42:22,760
\nyou up.
\nHow does God do this? <\/p>\n

688
\n00:42:23,960 –> 00:42:26,800
\nHow does God do this?
\nWell, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

689
\n00:42:27,160 –> 00:42:31,760
\nlet’s find the answer.
\nSee, God gives us a way to <\/p>\n

690
\n00:42:31,760 –> 00:42:34,480
\nendure temptations.
\nHe tells us that in First <\/p>\n

691
\n00:42:34,480 –> 00:42:38,240
\nCorinthians 10, not a way to
\navoid temptations. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:42:38,960 –> 00:42:41,560
\nHe’s not going to give you a
\nlife where the road to Jerusalem<\/p>\n

693
\n00:42:41,560 –> 00:42:43,920
\nis simple and you won’t have
\nany. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:42:45,440 –> 00:42:46,840
\nHe gives you a way to get
\nthrough them. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:42:48,720 –> 00:42:50,200
\nBecause, you see, here’s our
\nprogression. <\/p>\n

696
\n00:42:51,280 –> 00:42:55,400
\nWe find ourselves, especially
\nafter reading Luke 957 through <\/p>\n

697
\n00:42:55,400 –> 00:43:02,520
\n62, with a major struggle and we
\nsay, how are we expected to do <\/p>\n

698
\n00:43:02,520 –> 00:43:06,560
\nthis?
\nAnd then the next progression is<\/p>\n

699
\n00:43:06,680 –> 00:43:10,760
\nwe go, I can’t do this.
\nYou know what this is? <\/p>\n

700
\n00:43:10,760 –> 00:43:19,320
\nThis is terrible.
\nAnd God says, that’s right, you <\/p>\n

701
\n00:43:19,320 –> 00:43:24,000
\nnow have a choice.
\nYou now have a choice. <\/p>\n

702
\n00:43:24,200 –> 00:43:30,520
\nNow that you’ve realized that
\nyou can’t do this, I can work <\/p>\n

703
\n00:43:30,520 –> 00:43:33,920
\nwith you.
\nBut we have a choice, don’t we? <\/p>\n

704
\n00:43:34,360 –> 00:43:40,240
\nWe can say I can’t do this
\ncross, you’re staying here <\/p>\n

705
\n00:43:40,240 –> 00:43:45,480
\ntoday.
\nOr we can say I can’t do this. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:43:46,680 –> 00:43:49,320
\nGod daily.
\nBear me up. <\/p>\n

707
\n00:43:51,560 –> 00:43:56,360
\nWe have to find the third phase.
\nBut what is the third phase, <\/p>\n

708
\n00:43:56,360 –> 00:43:59,640
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nIt needs to be some sort of <\/p>\n

709
\n00:43:59,640 –> 00:44:01,800
\ntotal dependence on God.
\nThat has to be the answer. <\/p>\n

710
\n00:44:01,800 –> 00:44:05,920
\nWe know that.
\nBut how do we find phase three? <\/p>\n

711
\n00:44:05,920 –> 00:44:10,280
\nNow?
\nMany of us have probably already<\/p>\n

712
\n00:44:10,920 –> 00:44:15,080
\nthought of the answer.
\nIt’s Matthew 11, reading from <\/p>\n

713
\n00:44:15,080 –> 00:44:16,960
\nthe New Revised Standard
\nVersion. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:44:18,520 –> 00:44:25,480
\nCome to me, all you who are
\nweary and carrying heavy <\/p>\n

715
\n00:44:25,480 –> 00:44:31,880
\nburdens, I will give you rest.
\nYou won’t find it on your own. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:44:33,080 –> 00:44:37,360
\nTake my yoke upon you.
\nLearn from me, for I’m gentle <\/p>\n

717
\n00:44:37,360 –> 00:44:41,480
\nand I’m humble in heart, and
\nyou’ll find rest if you can do <\/p>\n

718
\n00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:44,800
\nthose things.
\nMy yoke’s easy, My burden’s <\/p>\n

719
\n00:44:44,800 –> 00:44:47,520
\nlight.
\nWe know those verses. <\/p>\n

720
\n00:44:47,520 –> 00:44:54,640
\nIt’s a wonderful hymn.
\nIt was a beautiful connection <\/p>\n

721
\n00:44:56,120 –> 00:45:02,320
\nbetween Matthew 11 and Luke.
\nChapter 9 Matthew 11, the Son of<\/p>\n

722
\n00:45:02,320 –> 00:45:05,440
\nMan has nowhere to lay his head.
\nHe tells the first he’s got <\/p>\n

723
\n00:45:05,440 –> 00:45:10,280
\nnowhere to rest.
\nMatthew 11 says take my yoke and<\/p>\n

724
\n00:45:10,280 –> 00:45:14,040
\nyou’ll find rest.
\nThe second says let me first and<\/p>\n

725
\n00:45:14,040 –> 00:45:17,160
\ngo bury my father.
\nMatthew 11 says no one knows the<\/p>\n

726
\n00:45:17,160 –> 00:45:19,920
\nFather except the Son, so, so
\nfollow me and you’ll know the <\/p>\n

727
\n00:45:19,920 –> 00:45:26,200
\nFather.
\nThe third third says, Christ <\/p>\n

728
\n00:45:26,200 –> 00:45:29,480
\nsays, tells him you can’t put
\nyour hand to the plow and look <\/p>\n

729
\n00:45:29,480 –> 00:45:31,880
\nback and find your way to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:45:33,240 –> 00:45:36,200
\nChrist says my yoke’s easy, my
\nburden’s light. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:45:36,200 –> 00:45:41,560
\nYou want another solution for
\nthose 3 disciples? <\/p>\n

732
\n00:45:42,840 –> 00:45:45,560
\nHe was rely on that man who
\ninvited them to walk. <\/p>\n

733
\n00:45:48,120 –> 00:45:50,320
\nIt was to say I’ll leave
\neverything. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:45:51,760 –> 00:45:57,640
\nThere were 12 disciples who did,
\nwho left their gains and <\/p>\n

735
\n00:45:57,640 –> 00:46:00,600
\nfollowed Christ.
\nAnd guess how far those 12 made <\/p>\n

736
\n00:46:00,600 –> 00:46:07,360
\nit all the way to the Jerusalem.
\nTake my yoke upon you. <\/p>\n

737
\n00:46:07,600 –> 00:46:10,560
\nLearn from me.
\nWhere’s our application here, <\/p>\n

738
\n00:46:10,560 –> 00:46:16,440
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nThe point isn’t some imaginary <\/p>\n

739
\n00:46:16,440 –> 00:46:19,000
\nthing where we say there’s Jesus
\nyoke. <\/p>\n

740
\n00:46:19,560 –> 00:46:23,520
\nThat’s the light one.
\nIt’s about learning. <\/p>\n

741
\n00:46:24,160 –> 00:46:31,280
\nIt’s about taking this book and
\nsaying this applies to this guy.<\/p>\n

742
\n00:46:33,000 –> 00:46:37,760
\nWhat do you learn from Jesus?
\nHe tells us gentle and humble in<\/p>\n

743
\n00:46:37,760 –> 00:46:42,160
\nheart, Learn from me.
\nWhat do you learn from me? <\/p>\n

744
\n00:46:42,160 –> 00:46:44,760
\nWhat can you learn from me?
\nI’m humble and gentle. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:46:45,600 –> 00:46:48,680
\nWhat can you learn from me?
\nBe gentle, be humble. <\/p>\n

746
\n00:46:50,080 –> 00:46:53,840
\nIf you do those things, you’ll
\nfind rest for your souls. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:46:55,760 –> 00:46:59,200
\nIt’s it’s simple, isn’t it?
\nMatthew 11 lays it out clearly. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:47:01,040 –> 00:47:05,520
\nTake my yoke upon you, he says.
\nTake my yoke upon you. <\/p>\n

749
\n00:47:06,000 –> 00:47:11,800
\nFor what is my yoke?
\nIt’s easy and my burden. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:47:12,200 –> 00:47:18,160
\nIt’s light, he tells Matthew 11.
\nSo this is his solution. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:47:19,760 –> 00:47:21,440
\nBut I still don’t know how it
\napplies to me. <\/p>\n

752
\n00:47:22,360 –> 00:47:25,320
\nThis is these are great verses.
\nI know them. <\/p>\n

753
\n00:47:26,520 –> 00:47:28,760
\nMy yoke is easy, and my burden
\nis light. <\/p>\n

754
\n00:47:29,360 –> 00:47:34,280
\nBrothers and sisters, we’ve
\nlooked at what Christ needed to <\/p>\n

755
\n00:47:34,280 –> 00:47:41,400
\nget through to get to Jerusalem.
\nOn what planet was that an easy <\/p>\n

756
\n00:47:41,400 –> 00:47:44,800
\nyoke?
\nIn what world was that burden <\/p>\n

757
\n00:47:44,800 –> 00:47:49,920
\nlight?
\nDeath awaited Jesus in that <\/p>\n

758
\n00:47:49,920 –> 00:47:56,760
\ncity, but because death awaited
\nhim there, life awaits everyone <\/p>\n

759
\n00:47:56,760 –> 00:48:00,360
\nelse.
\nHow light is that burden, <\/p>\n

760
\n00:48:01,040 –> 00:48:05,560
\nknowing that because that man
\ngot there, you can live forever <\/p>\n

761
\n00:48:06,640 –> 00:48:11,800
\nin service to the Father.
\nLife awaits all those who follow<\/p>\n

762
\n00:48:11,800 –> 00:48:14,240
\nHim.
\nThe invitation is open in Luke <\/p>\n

763
\n00:48:14,240 –> 00:48:16,120
\n923.
\nIf anyone would come after me, <\/p>\n

764
\n00:48:16,120 –> 00:48:19,720
\ndeny yourself, take of your
\ncause every single day, follow <\/p>\n

765
\n00:48:19,920 –> 00:48:23,560
\nme.
\nWe don’t have time to go into <\/p>\n

766
\n00:48:23,560 –> 00:48:27,600
\nit, but a couple of notes may be
\nworth jotting down. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:48:28,240 –> 00:48:32,080
\nLuke 9 pre journey.
\nLuke 10 mid journey. <\/p>\n

768
\n00:48:32,440 –> 00:48:36,080
\nHe sends two groups of disciples
\nout to proclaim the Kingdom of <\/p>\n

769
\n00:48:36,080 –> 00:48:38,920
\nGod.
\nDoes anybody remember the <\/p>\n

770
\n00:48:38,920 –> 00:48:43,800
\ninstructions he gives to the 12
\nand to the 70 slash 72? <\/p>\n

771
\n00:48:45,120 –> 00:48:48,840
\nHe says take what with you?
\nNothing with you. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:48:49,360 –> 00:48:52,920
\nHe tells them don’t take money,
\ndon’t take a purse, don’t take <\/p>\n

773
\n00:48:52,920 –> 00:48:56,360
\nshoes.
\nWhat would you take with you? <\/p>\n

774
\n00:48:57,200 –> 00:49:01,360
\nWhat’s the one thing he told
\neveryone to take with them? <\/p>\n

775
\n00:49:03,840 –> 00:49:09,120
\nMr. Cross, nothing else can
\nweigh you down. <\/p>\n

776
\n00:49:10,080 –> 00:49:15,240
\nMoney, it’ll weigh you down.
\nAll those things don’t help <\/p>\n

777
\n00:49:15,360 –> 00:49:20,600
\nproclaim the Kingdom of God.
\nThe brothers and sisters, why <\/p>\n

778
\n00:49:20,600 –> 00:49:25,640
\ncarry a cross?
\nWhy not? <\/p>\n

779
\n00:49:26,400 –> 00:49:31,880
\nWhy didn’t Jesus open the
\ninvitation and say, carry your <\/p>\n

780
\n00:49:31,880 –> 00:49:36,800
\nburdens, pick up your yoke and
\nfollow me? <\/p>\n

781
\n00:49:37,960 –> 00:49:43,600
\nWhy carry a cross?
\nColossians and the ESV says <\/p>\n

782
\n00:49:44,920 –> 00:49:50,760
\nhaving been buried with him in
\nbaptism, in which you were also <\/p>\n

783
\n00:49:50,760 –> 00:49:54,360
\nraised with him through faith in
\nthe powerful working of God who <\/p>\n

784
\n00:49:54,360 –> 00:49:58,720
\nraised him from the dead, and
\nyou who were dead in your <\/p>\n

785
\n00:49:58,720 –> 00:50:01,560
\ntrespasses and the
\nuncircumcision of your flesh. <\/p>\n

786
\n00:50:02,480 –> 00:50:05,960
\nGod made alive together with
\nhim, having forgiven us all our <\/p>\n

787
\n00:50:05,960 –> 00:50:14,320
\ntrespasses by cancelling the
\nrecord of debt that stood <\/p>\n

788
\n00:50:14,320 –> 00:50:16,880
\nagainst us with its legal
\ndemands. <\/p>\n

789
\n00:50:18,920 –> 00:50:25,640
\nThese things he set aside,
\nnailing them to the cross. <\/p>\n

790
\n00:50:26,160 –> 00:50:31,600
\nWhy do you carry a cross?
\nWell, we go from having this <\/p>\n

791
\n00:50:31,600 –> 00:50:37,080
\nmajor struggle, we’re carrying a
\ncross and you better believe it.<\/p>\n

792
\n00:50:37,920 –> 00:50:45,080
\nWe can feel it.
\nWe then go to this, no struggle <\/p>\n

793
\n00:50:46,000 –> 00:50:53,200
\nand go, can’t do this anymore.
\nWe put it down, we take a seat, <\/p>\n

794
\n00:50:54,120 –> 00:50:57,920
\nwe say, what are we going to do?
\nAnd God says, you have two <\/p>\n

795
\n00:50:57,920 –> 00:51:00,960
\nchoices.
\nYou pick it up and you follow me<\/p>\n

796
\n00:51:00,960 –> 00:51:03,200
\nto Jerusalem.
\nYou take my bird and you take my<\/p>\n

797
\n00:51:03,200 –> 00:51:05,720
\nyoke.
\nThey’re light and they’re easy. <\/p>\n

798
\n00:51:06,000 –> 00:51:09,080
\nYou learn of me or you give it
\nup entirely. <\/p>\n

799
\n00:51:10,400 –> 00:51:14,080
\nBecause what he wants, brothers
\nand sisters, is for us to <\/p>\n

800
\n00:51:14,080 –> 00:51:18,160
\nrealize there doesn’t have to be
\nany struggle at all. <\/p>\n

801
\n00:51:19,600 –> 00:51:24,040
\nThat’s where he wants us to get.
\nSo why do you carry a cross? <\/p>\n

802
\n00:51:24,720 –> 00:51:28,360
\nCan anybody here tell me what is
\na cross used for? <\/p>\n

803
\n00:51:31,440 –> 00:51:36,440
\nIt’s not a trick question.
\nExecution, murder, killing, <\/p>\n

804
\n00:51:36,800 –> 00:51:40,640
\nputting to death.
\nWhy do you carry a cross? <\/p>\n

805
\n00:51:42,600 –> 00:51:44,240
\nWhat did Paul tell the
\nColossians? <\/p>\n

806
\n00:51:46,120 –> 00:51:48,080
\nHe nailed all those things to
\nthe cross. <\/p>\n

807
\n00:51:48,200 –> 00:51:51,280
\nWhat do you do with your sins?
\nYou wake up and you go. <\/p>\n

808
\n00:51:51,800 –> 00:51:55,160
\nI just can’t take it anymore.
\nI’m struggling with this. <\/p>\n

809
\n00:51:55,240 –> 00:51:57,800
\nThis is too hard.
\nGuess what you’re always <\/p>\n

810
\n00:51:57,800 –> 00:52:00,720
\ncarrying with you.
\nYou take that cross, you put it <\/p>\n

811
\n00:52:00,720 –> 00:52:02,200
\nthere.
\nYou take your problem and you <\/p>\n

812
\n00:52:02,200 –> 00:52:04,360
\nslam it into the cross.
\nIt’s dead. <\/p>\n

813
\n00:52:04,440 –> 00:52:06,800
\nIt’s gone.
\nChrist took it away from you. <\/p>\n

814
\n00:52:08,040 –> 00:52:10,800
\nYou put that cross on, you go to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

815
\n00:52:13,160 –> 00:52:15,240
\nThere’s no struggle at all,
\nbrothers and sisters, if you can<\/p>\n

816
\n00:52:15,440 –> 00:52:19,160
\nput to death the flesh.
\nHe’s told us to carry the tool <\/p>\n

817
\n00:52:19,160 –> 00:52:23,320
\nwith us everywhere we go, all
\nthe way to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

818
\n00:52:25,640 –> 00:52:32,400
\nCome unto me, all you who are
\nheavy laden, I’ll give you rest.<\/p>\n

819
\n00:52:32,400 –> 00:52:36,080
\nHe says.
\nTake my yoke upon you. <\/p>\n

820
\n00:52:36,200 –> 00:52:40,480
\nLearn of me.
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

821
\n00:52:40,480 –> 00:52:45,440
\nwhen we look at the cost
\nassociated with following Jesus,<\/p>\n

822
\n00:52:46,760 –> 00:52:53,600
\nwe see it’s tremendous.
\nThe reward we know is great, but<\/p>\n

823
\n00:52:53,600 –> 00:52:56,280
\ngetting there, it could be
\ntricky. <\/p>\n

824
\n00:52:56,280 –> 00:53:02,320
\nBut brothers and sisters, Christ
\nhas given US1 tool because he <\/p>\n

825
\n00:53:02,320 –> 00:53:05,960
\nmade it to the city.
\nHe’s given US1 tool. <\/p>\n

826
\n00:53:06,160 –> 00:53:07,560
\nWe carry around everywhere we
\ngo. <\/p>\n

827
\n00:53:08,440 –> 00:53:10,760
\nWe can take our sins, We can
\ntake our problems. <\/p>\n

828
\n00:53:10,960 –> 00:53:13,320
\nWe could say, you know what?
\nI have something I could put <\/p>\n

829
\n00:53:13,320 –> 00:53:16,080
\nthis to death with.
\nWe nail it to the cross. <\/p>\n

830
\n00:53:16,080 –> 00:53:23,280
\nSo what I’d like to end with as
\nwe wrap up here, Sorry, I’m a <\/p>\n

831
\n00:53:23,280 –> 00:53:26,080
\nteacher.
\nThere might be homework if you <\/p>\n

832
\n00:53:26,080 –> 00:53:28,640
\ncan.
\nVery last question on our <\/p>\n

833
\n00:53:28,640 –> 00:53:31,320
\nhandout.
\nFind a verse for strength in <\/p>\n

834
\n00:53:31,320 –> 00:53:35,560
\nyour own time when you’re
\nfeeling overwhelmed with your <\/p>\n

835
\n00:53:35,560 –> 00:53:37,360
\nburdens.
\nMaybe it was a verse from today.<\/p>\n

836
\n00:53:38,480 –> 00:53:41,880
\nWhatever you feel like, that
\nburden is that you bear, <\/p>\n

837
\n00:53:41,960 –> 00:53:45,040
\nwhatever you feel like that that
\ncross that’s just too heavy to <\/p>\n

838
\n00:53:45,040 –> 00:53:48,800
\ncarry around is, I promise you
\nthere’s a verse for it. <\/p>\n

839
\n00:53:49,920 –> 00:53:54,360
\nSo if you guys can see if you
\nguys can find it, see if you <\/p>\n

840
\n00:53:54,360 –> 00:53:57,320
\nguys can just jot it down.
\nTomorrow we’re going to be <\/p>\n

841
\n00:53:57,320 –> 00:53:58,960
\ntaking a look at saving the
\nlost. <\/p>\n

842
\n00:53:59,200 –> 00:54:02,040
\nWe’re looking at another purpose
\nof Christ on his journey. <\/p>\n

843
\n00:54:15,760 –> 00:54:17,840
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845
\n00:54:20,440 –> 00:54:21,960
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850
\n00:54:34,280 –> 00:54:37,040
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861
\n00:55:07,680 –> 00:55:10,560
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324: Jason Robinson – The Cost of Following<\/a><\/blockquote>