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The Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) | Louis Azuma
00:00 Introduction: Defining a Christian in One Word
01:20 The Great Commission: Jesus' Command to Make Disciples
03:10 Understanding Jesus' Authority
07:59 The Mission Statement of Christianity
15:28 Comprehensive and Committed Discipleship
17:41 The Life-Altering Path of Discipleship
22:46 Identity Transformation Through Christ
25:23 The Comprehensive Nature of Discipleship
29:17 The Role of Teaching in Discipleship
33:01 Jesus' Personal Involvement in Discipleship
41:05 Trusting Jesus in Your Discipleship Journey
42:58 Closing Prayer and Reflections
Transcript
Matthew 28 16.
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:That's where you're gonna be.
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:So in our game, right?
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:In our game, we had to, we had to
describe some things with just one word.
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:And I want you to think
of right now, think.
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:If I was gonna describe a
Christian with one word, how would
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:I describe someone who's saved?
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:How would I describe a
Christian in one word?
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:What would you think?
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:What would you say?
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:What comes to mind when you say, oh, how
would I describe a Christian in one word?
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:Well, I think that in to Knight's passage
we're gonna see what, at least Matthew,
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:and, and probably Jesus would say, if
he was gonna say one word to describe
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:a Christian, that word is disciple.
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:Disciple.
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:That's the word I think
that, that Jesus would use.
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:And that's the word that
Matthew for sure would use.
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:So if you don't know what it means
to be a disciple, or if you have a
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:wrong idea about being a disciple,
then you're probably doing the
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:whole Christian thing wrong.
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:If you don't know what, what it means
to, to be a disciple of Jesus, if you
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:don't know what discipleship is or
looks like, then you might be, you
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:might have a totally wrong idea of
what it's like to be a Christian and
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:what being a Christian is all about.
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:So tonight that's what we're gonna learn.
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:We're gonna learn that discipleship.
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:Is living all in for
King Jesus with his help.
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:The discipleship is living all
in for king Jesus with his help.
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:That's what Matthew and
Jesus are gonna tell us.
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:Tonight.
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:So look with me at your passage, Matthew
chapter 16, or chapter 28, verse 16.
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:So we're picking up right
after the resurrection.
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:Jesus is alive and the angel announces it,
and then the woman go tell the disciples.
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:And then, um, Jesus said, Hey, I'm
gonna meet you guys in Galilee.
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:Meet me in Galilee.
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:So verse 16.
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:Now the 11 disciples went
to Galilee, to the mountain,
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:which Jesus had directed them.
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:So this was the plan.
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:They're like, all right, let's do it.
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:And when they saw him, they worshiped him.
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:But some doubted.
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:So they see Jesus and they worship
him, but some of them aren't sure.
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:Some of them are either not sure if they
should worship him or not sure who he is.
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:We don't know exactly,
but some of them doubted.
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:Then verse 18, Jesus came and said
to them, all authority in heaven
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:and on earth has been given to me.
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:All sovereignty, all authority,
all power, all the rights
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:to rule is belongs to Jesus.
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:It's been given to Jesus
now as the resurrected king.
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:Therefore go therefore, and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the
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:name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
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:or obey all that I have commanded you
and behold, look, I'm with you always.
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:To the end of the age, right?
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:Nice short passage for us.
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:I forgot to put up on the screen
for you, but that's our passage.
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:It all fits on one slide.
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:Isn't that crazy?
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:It all fits on one slide.
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:So Jesus, he meets the disciples,
some of them worship, and then
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:he gives them this announcement.
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:He says, look, all I have all authority
everywhere because of that, I want you to
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:go make disciples of everyone everywhere.
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:I want you to baptize them, and I want
you to teach them what I've commanded you.
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:By the way, I'm always gonna be
with you for the rest of history.
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:Now, the main, the main message that
Jesus is saying right is, is this section
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:here, it starts with all authority,
ends with to the end of the age.
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:He starts in a really interesting place.
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:Right?
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:If you were gonna send out
a group of people, right?
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:If you were gonna say, you know what,
I want you guys to go and tell people
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:about Jesus, what would you start with?
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:If you were gonna say, you know what?
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:We're gonna start with 11 people and
we're gonna go and try to change the world
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:and tell everyone about Jesus, what's
the first thing you would tell them?
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:Well, Jesus says, this is
what I'm gonna start with.
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:All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me.
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:Therefore go and make disciples.
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:So whenever you see it,
therefore in the Bible, you know
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:what you're supposed to ask.
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:What's therefore, what's the,
therefore, therefore, right?
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:Whenever you see it, therefore, in
the Bible, you gotta look backward.
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:So it, what it does is
it relates this to this.
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:So all authority therefore go, right.
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:That's what Jesus is saying.
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:You see that all authority.
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:It has been given to Jesus.
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:Therefore, I want you to do this thing.
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:This is a command that he's giving.
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:So discipleship actually
comes from Jesus' authority.
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:Discipleship comes from the
fact that Jesus is in charge.
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:That's where discipleship starts,
and that's our first point.
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:Tonight, discipleship is a
response to Jesus' authority.
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:Discipleship is based on
the authority of Jesus.
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:It comes from the fact that
Jesus is the king of kings.
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:The first thing I want you to
know about being a disciple of
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:Jesus, someone who follows Jesus.
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:Jesus has all authority, and
maybe you've heard that before.
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:You've heard that growing
up from your parents.
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:You've heard that in kids, men.
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:Maybe you've heard that Jesus has all
authority, but I want you to just think
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:about what that means about Jesus, right?
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:It means that Jesus has all
authority over every country.
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:So if Jesus, all authority of
every country, think about that.
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:Jesus could tell every country what to do.
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:Jesus could tell Russia what to do.
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:Jesus could tell he ran what to do.
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:Jesus could tell the US what to do.
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:Jesus could tell every single
world country, Hey, do that.
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:And he has the right to say that
and enforce that Jesus' authority
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:over every cell on earth, every
molecule, every disease, Jesus
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:can tell, every sickness, stop.
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:Jesus can do that.
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:Jesus has the authority to do that.
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:Jesus has authority over
every animal, right?
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:People talk about training their dogs.
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:Jesus authority over every animal.
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:He can tell every animal,
here's what I want you to do.
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:Go do it.
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:Jesus authority, over, over everything.
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:Right?
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:He's authority over every person.
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:Right?
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:Not just maybe.
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:Oh yeah.
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:And Jesus has authority over every person.
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:Cool.
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:No.
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:Jesus has authority
over, over every person.
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:Oh, Jesus has authority over you, over
what you do, what you think, what you
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:say, how you live, the decisions you
make, where you go to school, who you
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:date Jesus authority over Everything.
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:How you spend your time, what you watch.
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:Who you're friends with Jesus
authority over all of these things.
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:That's what it means when Jesus
says, all authority and discipleship
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:following Jesus is someone who
recognizes that and goes along with it.
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:They say, you know what?
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:That's right.
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:I agree with that and I'm
gonna follow what Jesus says.
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:Now, maybe you're someone who
doesn't think Jesus is all authority.
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:Does that change how
much authority Jesus has?
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:Does you thinking how much Jesus
authority has change anything about Jesus?
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:No.
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:Right.
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:Whether you like it or
not, Jesus is in charge.
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:One day, Jesus is gonna come
and set up his kingdom fully.
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:And at that point, you won't have the
freedom that you have now to say, uh,
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:I don't want anything to do with Jesus.
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:Or, uh, I kind of like Jesus,
but I'm gonna do whatever I want.
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:One day you're gonna run into
Jesus authority and Jesus will show
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:you I'm in charge of everything.
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:Jesus has all authority, but he
has all authority over everything
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:that you interact with, right?
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:Everything you think about all
the people that you see, all
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:the situations you're in, right?
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:Maybe you're, you're scared
of, of something happening.
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:Well, Jesus is in control of that, right?
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:And that's such a comfort
that you are following someone
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:who has all authority, right?
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:You're not just following
a, a nice teacher, right?
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:You're following someone who has authority
over every situation you're ever gonna
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:face, anything you're worried about.
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:You can say, you know what,
Jesus is in control of that.
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:Jesus can can work this
exactly the way he wants to.
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:If you're not sure how, how this
thing with your family is gonna play
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:out, or you're not sure how, how this
situation and your social life with your
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:friends is gonna work out or you don't
know how your health is, is gonna be.
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:Jesus has authority over that and
he's in control and you can trust him.
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:And that's such a freeing
thing for you to know.
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:Jesus has all authority, but also what
I want you to see is that because use is
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:all authority, he's actually giving this.
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:As a command, right?
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:He says, I have all authority.
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:Therefore, because of that,
do this make disciples.
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:The, the main command in this
passage is, is make disciples.
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:Um, that's the way Matthew
wrote it in his language.
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:This is a, a command, and this is a
less strong verb in Matthew's language.
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:If you want, you can learn Greek
with me and talk about that later.
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:But this is the main, this is
the main command of this passage.
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:Make disciples so it, it's a command.
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:It's not just a suggestion, right?
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:It's not just, oh, Jesus, you know,
was like, if, if you have time.
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:Make some disciples for me, or, oh, you
know, well, only the super important
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:Christians, I want you to make disciples.
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:Making disciples is a command
given to, to every, every person
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:who calls themself a Christian.
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:It's actually the reason
the church exists.
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:This is kind of like
Jesus' mission statement.
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:You ever seen like a mission statement
from a company like this company exists
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:to, or like a college you're applying to?
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:This college exists for this purpose.
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:I looked up some online
just that were fun.
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:So like Disney's, I don't even know
if this is true, this is what someone
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:said online, but imagine that is true.
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:Disney's mission statement
is to create happiness for
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:people of all ages everywhere.
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:So they're saying that's
why Disney exists, right?
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:That's what, that's what
Disney wants you to know.
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:This is their main job
is creating happiness.
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:That's what they're all about.
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:So if something doesn't create happiness,
guess what Disney's not gonna do?
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:They're not gonna do that.
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:Right?
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:They're all about creating
happiness, and they want you to
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:know that they're, they're creating
happiness for everyone, everywhere.
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:All types of people, right?
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:That's what Disney wants you to
know about happiness or like apple.
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:This one was fun.
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:Apple to challenge the status
quo to think differently.
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:Notice how like vague these are,
they have nothing to do with
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:like the industry they're in.
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:Disney didn't say anything about
movies or about amusement parks.
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:Apple didn't say anything
about like iPhones or whatever.
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:They didn't say like, to make
the best technology ever, right.
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:They said, we just want to be different.
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:So like that's Apple's mission statement.
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:I like the McDonald's mission statement,
just for fun to be the world's best
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:quick service restaurant experience
without an ice cream machine, I guess.
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:Um, but yeah, that was
McDonald's mission statement.
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:It's interesting, right, to see, like,
it tells you a lot about the company.
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:To know what, what do they think is the
most important thing that we're gonna do?
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:This is what we're all about.
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:Starbucks.
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:Inspire and nurture the human spirit.
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:This doesn't just sound like Starbucks,
to inspire and nurture the human
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:spirit, one person in one cup at a
time, so you can really tell a lot
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:about a company and what they value.
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:Or one more Coca-Cola to refresh the
world and inspire moments of optimism.
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:Is this, is this how you
feel when you drink a Coke?
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:Totally right.
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:But yeah, these are, these are
these company's mission statements.
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:These are these company's mission
statements, and what I want you
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:to see is that this is, this
is Jesus' mission statement.
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:This is the church's mission statement.
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:This, if you call yourself a
Christian or if, if your parents go
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:to church, this, this is the example.
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:Everything that Jesus wants from
his church as a, as a group, and
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:also everything that he wants
individually from you as a disciple,
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:your job is to make disciples.
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:That's your mission.
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:That's why you're here.
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:You're not here to have fun.
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:You're not here to, to do this.
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:You're not here to, to
make a bunch of money.
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:You're not here to, to make friends.
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:You're here to make disciples.
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:That's your, that's your
main mission statement.
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:And so just like these companies,
right, they wanna filter everything
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:through their mission statement, right?
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:If it doesn't do that.
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:We're not about it.
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:If it doesn't accomplish our mission,
we're not, we're not gonna do that.
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:So what Jesus is giving you is he's
giving you a filter to say, okay,
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:well, does this help me make disciples?
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:Well, if it doesn't, that's not my job.
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:That's not part of the mission, right?
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:Everything we do as a, as Christians, as a
disciples is about making more disciples.
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:It's like a filter that filters
out the stuff you don't need
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:and the stuff that you do need.
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:So Jesus is giving you and
the church your a, a mission.
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:So use the individual and
the church as a group, right?
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:That's why that a group of people
moved from California to Texas and
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:just out of the blue, seemingly, right?
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:Just because they, they wanted
to, because they wanted to do what
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:Jesus commissions or, or sends the
church to do to make more disciples.
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:So if you're a Christian, if you
call yourself a Christian in this
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:room, I want you to ask yourself, is
that what my life is really about?
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:Is my life really about making disciples?
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:Do I really think about, okay, why am
I on my sports team to make disciples?
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:Why am I at this school to make disciples?
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:Why am I with these friends?
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:Why am I with these family
members to make disciples?
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:Why am I gonna pick the
college I'm gonna go to?
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:Why am I gonna pick the
the schedule that I want?
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:Well, it's to make disciples.
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:That's what you need to filter
everything through, because it's a
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:command from the authoritative king.
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:This isn't the great suggestion, right?
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:This is the great commission.
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:This is a mission that, that
Jesus himself has given you.
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:If you call yourself a Christian,
that's what it means to follow.
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:Jesus.
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:It's not an optional suggestion.
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:It's not an age dependent
suggestion either.
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:You notice that Jesus didn't say, oh,
when you're older, make disciples.
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:Once you learn this much about the
Bible, make disciples once you graduate
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:from high school, make disciples.
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:Once you feel good about your
relationship with God, make disciples.
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:He didn't say any of that.
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:He just said, if you're, if you're
a Christian, make disciples.
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:What he said.
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:It's not a, it looks different maybe
in different seasons of your life.
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:You know, making disciples as a parent or
as a mom, or as a dad, or as a grandparent
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:or as a student, looks different.
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:But that's always gonna be your
mission, is to make disciples.
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:It's not conditional on anything.
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:Well, I don't feel like making disciples,
oh, I don't love those people very much.
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:Or, oh, whatever.
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:My life isn't going
the way I wanted it to.
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:I'm really stressed out right now.
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:Your job is still in those
moments to make disciples.
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:And yes, it'll look different,
but that's still your mission.
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:That's still why you are here.
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:So because Jesus has all authority,
discipleship making other
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:disciples is a response to Jesus.
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:Following Jesus is what
discipleship is all about.
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:And because Jesus is all authority,
you can trust him, right?
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:You can say, well, you know what?
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:Jesus is in control of everything.
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:So if he sends me to do something.
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:He probably is gonna help me do it.
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:It's probably gonna work out pretty well.
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:If the king of the universe
says, I want you to do this.
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:I'm asking you to do this.
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:I'm commanding you to do this.
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:The, the person with all
authority has sent you to do this.
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:You ever like run an errand
for someone really important?
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:Like at my middle school, there were
these office aides, you know, and they
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:come in with their pass and they can like
walk through and pull people outta class
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:and do this stuff because they're coming
with the authority of the principal.
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:You know what I mean?
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:Like they've got the authority of the,
the most important person on the campus.
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:They can just walk around.
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:They, they can go, you know,
became a supervisor, says, Hey,
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:what are you doing outta class?
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:They can just hold up their badge.
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:You know, like, look at me.
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:I'm an office aid.
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:I'm so cool.
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:I don't have to do anything
and just walk around.
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:Or they can do that, right?
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:Because they, they have the
authority of the person sending them.
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:If you're, if you're a disciple of Jesus,
Jesus is sending you out of his authority.
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:So if someone is telling you
don't make disciples, they're, you
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:can say, talk to my boss, right?
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:This is what he told me to do.
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:Talk to the principal.
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:He set me on this mission.
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:That's what I'm gonna do.
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:So you can also trust Jesus with
that and say, you know what?
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:This is what Jesus asked me to do,
so I'm gonna do it regardless of any
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:opposition that might come my way.
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:But because Jesus is all
authority, following him means
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:he lays claim to your entire.
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:Life.
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:Right?
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:Being a disciple is not just
a, what we talked about.
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:It's not just a, a seasonal job.
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:It's not just an optional suggestion.
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:It's, it's an authoritative
and wholehearted pursuit.
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:Look with me at verses 19 and 20.
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:So main command make disciples.
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:How do we do that?
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:Jesus.
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:Well, here's what it looks like.
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:It looks like going, it looks like
baptizing, and it looks like teaching.
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:That's what Jesus is saying.
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:Make disciples.
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:How do you wanna do that?
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:Well, this is what we're gonna do.
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:Right coach.
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:Jesus says, here's what we're gonna do.
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:We're gonna go, we're gonna
baptize and we're gonna teach.
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:That's how we make disciples.
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:Now, if you notice all of these things,
they, what they do is they, they take
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:hold of every aspect of your life.
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:These, these three activities involved
in disciple making, they creep into
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:every single part of your life.
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:You're not just making disciples.
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:Sometimes you're making disciples
all the time, and these things
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:are gonna reorient your life.
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:If you're really a disciple, if
you're really a follower of Jesus,
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:your life is gonna change thoroughly.
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:It's not just gonna change on Sundays.
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:It's not just gonna change on Wednesdays.
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:It's gonna change all the time.
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:So 0.2,
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:discipleship is a comprehensive
and committed process.
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:Comprehensive that means full, right?
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:All the way, like a
comprehensive final, right?
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:It's on.
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:It's like the two worst words.
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:In school.
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:Comprehensive exam, right?
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:That means it's a test on everything
you've learned that semester or that year.
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:Discipleship is comprehensive
and it's committed, right?
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:It's, it's something that that
takes time and it's something that
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:takes effort and it's something that
takes resolve and it's a process.
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:It's gradual, right?
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:It's not just something like, boom, I've
been discipled as much as I need to.
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:I made it.
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:It's a process.
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:It doesn't happen all in
an instant, but it also.
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:Takes, takes time.
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:And so is make, so making disciples
and being discipled are both a process.
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:They don't just, there's not
just one conversation, boom,
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:I discipled that person.
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:I'm done.
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:Or, oh, I talked to my leader
once and now I'm discipled.
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:That's not how it works.
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:Right.
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:Discipleship is a, is a process,
but it's very thorough and it
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:takes everything you've got.
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:Right.
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:And our main point, discipleship
is living all in for king Jesus.
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:So making disciples, as we saw,
involves going, baptizing and teaching.
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:Those are the three things
that Jesus wants you to know
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:about how to make disciples.
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:So this first one, here's what
we can learn about discipleship.
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:When we talk about going
discipleship interrupts and
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:alters the direction of your life.
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:Jesus saying, to make disciples,
you're gonna have to go, you're
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:gonna have to have a direction.
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:It's gonna look.
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:You're, you're on the move.
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:It's gonna look like you're
moving a certain way.
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:There's a, there's a
path I want you to go on.
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:Discipleship means going, so
it's gonna interrupt your life.
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:Remember when Jesus calls his
disciples, they're fishing in the boat.
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:Uh, Simon and Andrew are fishing in the
boat, or James and John are fishing in the
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:boat and Jesus says, Hey, come follow me.
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:So what do they do?
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:They leave their stuff
and they come follow him.
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:There's a, there's an altered direction.
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:There's something that
changed in their life.
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:They were interrupted by Jesus and
then they started following Jesus.
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:The best way I could describe
this is one of my favorite games.
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:You ever seen this one?
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:You ever seen this one from Game Pigeon?
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:It's the knockout game with the penguins.
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:So right when this, when this penguin
is coming and this penguin is coming,
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:what's gonna happen when they intersect?
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:They're gonna go out
different directions, right?
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:Their trajectory, the way they were
going is gonna look different, right?
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:This penguin is probably gonna end up
over here and this penguin is gonna
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:end over here and this guy's gonna win.
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:Right?
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:That's how it's gonna work.
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:So when this penguin gets bumped,
he's gonna go a different direction.
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:He thought he was gonna go this
way and he's gonna go this way.
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:That's kind of like what happens
when you become a Christian.
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:Your life changes the
direction of your life change.
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:That's why repentance is turning.
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:That's the, that's what the word means.
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:It means to turn.
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:The direction of your life for changes.
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:Second Corinthians five 15 says
that Christians stop living for
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:themselves and start living for God.
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:There's a direction change.
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:There's a trajectory that's changed.
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:You were going this way, and
then Jesus came and bumped
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:into you and changed your life.
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:He took you from death to life.
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:He took you from not his
people to his people.
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:He took you from not saved to saved.
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:And he changed the direction of your life.
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:He gave you new desires.
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:He gave you a new heart,
he gave you new habits.
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:He, he gave you all these things.
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:He gave you the Holy Spirit,
and it changes your life.
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:It sends you off a different way.
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:You, you start maybe, maybe you
do some of the same activities.
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:Maybe you still play the same sport.
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:Maybe you still live in the same place.
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:Maybe you still have the same friends,
but the direction of your life is
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:totally different now if you're
really a disciple, because now you're
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:not doing those things for you,
you're doing those things for God.
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:So the direction of your life Jesus
bumped into you and, and sense
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:you go on a different direction.
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:So discipleship alters the,
the trajectory, it alters
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:the path of your life, right?
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:My life is totally different
than what I thought it was gonna
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:be before I became a Christian.
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:And I'm sure all of your leaders
can say really similar things 'cause
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:their core fundamental desire change.
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:They, they who they are changed
what they wanted changed, their
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:priorities changed, and that sent
them in a different direction than
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:what they thought they were gonna do.
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:And so if you call yourself a
disciple, look for that in your life.
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:If you, if you wanna become a Christian,
expect that to happen when you get saved.
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:If you say you are a Christian
or you're not sure if you're
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:a Christian, look for that.
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:Look for, look for a a time period,
maybe not an exact day, but look for a
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:time period where Jesus bumped into you
and sent you flying in a different way.
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:And maybe it's gradual, it's a process.
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:But look for the different
direction, right?
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:Look for a change in direction.
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:I was living for myself, now I'm living.
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:For God.
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:That's what being a disciple is.
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:And also when you think about go, being
a disciple means you're sent, right?
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:You have a new mission.
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:Your mission before was live for myself.
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:Now your mission is make disciples.
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:So now you're, you're sent out to go
out of your way to do that, right?
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:If you never talk to anyone in your life,
you're never gonna make any disciples.
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:Christians are inherently outgoing people,
maybe not in personality, but in posture.
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:We, we go to where the people are.
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:We need to make people disciples.
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:So your mission has changed.
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:You are sent out by God with a new
purpose to do something for him.
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:That's what being a disciple is.
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:The second part we saw going.
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:The second part is being baptized.
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:Baptizing, baptism symbolizes.
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:You think about what is
baptism symbolize, right?
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:You're going down under the water and
you're coming up out of the water, right?
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:Um, baptism.
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:Yes.
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:This, Jesus is talking about
physically being dunked in the
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:water and coming back up, right?
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:Jesus is saying, you should baptize
your disciples that you make.
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:Right?
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:They should be baptized if you're,
if you call yourself a Christian,
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:you've never been baptized to obey
Jesus, you need to be baptized.
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:That's, that's one thing that Jesus's
saying, but the physical act of baptism
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:is supposed to be a symbol of something.
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:Just like the Lord's Supper
is a symbol of something.
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:Baptism is a symbol of something
and what it symbolizes.
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:You're different now.
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:Your identity has changed.
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:You were dead and now you're alive.
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:You were someone else and now
you're connected to Jesus.
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:And so you're different.
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:You have new life.
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:You're a new person.
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:That's what, um, Paul talks
about in, in Romans chapter
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:six, and he talks about baptism.
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:He's not talking about physical baptism.
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:He's talking about what happens to
you when you become a Christian.
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:You're different now, so
who you are is different.
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:Right.
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:The the closest thing I could think
of to like an identity change is.
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:Specifically, uh, when
ladies get married, right?
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:This kind of thing happens, right?
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:You become a different person, right?
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:You, you go from Thomas Elli to Azuma
in my lovely wife's case, right?
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:You become a, a different person, your
identity changes, and then you have to
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:do all this paperwork, and it's a mess,
and it's terrible, but it's awesome
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:because your identity changed, right?
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:So now, right?
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:We're not just, we're not just two
separate people in according to Jesus.
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:If you get married,
you're one flesh, right?
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:God brought you together.
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:God changed you, so now you're
fundamentally a different
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:person because you got married.
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:That's what happens when you
become a Christian, right?
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:When you become a Christian,
your identity changes.
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:Who you are changes.
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:Not just outwardly, not just your habits,
not just how you spend your time, not
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:just what you maybe do or how you look,
but who you are on the inside changes.
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:Everything that's core to who you are is
different when you become a Christian.
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:That's what baptism symbolizes
is, is an identity change.
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:It also means a new
relationship with God, right?
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:You, you're no longer apart from Christ.
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:You're in Christ baptizing the name of the
Father of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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:Now you have a new relationship
with God before you didn't
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:have access to God, right?
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:You're a, you're a sinner.
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:You're separated from God,
but then when you're baptized,
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:you're baptized into Christ.
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:Which means you're,
you're placed into Christ.
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:You're connected to Christ.
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:And so now when God sees you, he
doesn't say you deserve judgment.
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:He says, Jesus paid for your sin.
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:So now I've adopted you and
I've welcomed you to my family.
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:So you have a new relationship with
God because of you're connected to
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:Jesus, you're baptized in Christ.
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:That's what that means.
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:You now have a new identity, but also
you have a new relationship with God.
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:You, you can call him Father, you
can talk to him like your father.
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:You have access to him through Jesus.
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:You have your sins taken away.
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:You have a new relationship with
God because of being a disciple.
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:So baptism symbolizes your new identity,
and that's part of being a disciple.
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:Being a disciple means
your identity is changed.
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:So if that's not you, then
you're not a disciple, right?
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:But if you are, you should see that.
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:You should see that in your life.
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:I'm not the person I used to be.
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:So making disciples involves
going, it involves baptizing
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:and it also involves teaching.
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:So discipleship means living Jesus way.
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:So baptism talks about identity.
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:So even though baptism or discipleship,
discipleship is more than a way
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:of life, it's more than just
external rule following and doing
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:different things than I used to do.
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:It's, it's discipleship is much
more comprehensive than that.
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:It changes everything about you, not
just your habits or your actions, but
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:it's not less than that either, right?
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:Being a disciple means, remember
what Jesus said, teaching them to
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:obey everything that I've commanded.
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:There's a, there's physical evidence
because you, you, your identity changes.
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:Jesus interrupted your life, your
identity changes, and now you start doing
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:the things that Jesus wants you to do.
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:The word disciple actually means learner.
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:So the, the word just means
a student, like a learner.
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:And so if you're a disciple,
you're who you are.
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:Is is a learner.
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:And, and what that means is your
posture as a disciple is always to grow.
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:It's always, oh, Jesus
is the, the teacher.
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:Jesus is, is the one I'm learning from.
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:That's what being a disciple is.
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:Your, your mission as a disciple.
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:Part of it is to, to do
everything that Jesus said.
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:So you're always gonna be growing,
you're always gonna be learning.
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:That's why we said in our
second point, it's a process.
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:Discipleship is a pro.
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:It's a lifelong process
of living Jesus' way.
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:You're never going to be done,
oh, I'm, I'm done being discipled.
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:So it's a, it's a process and there's
ups and downs that process, right?
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:Sometimes it takes a while
for you to learn things.
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:Just like in school.
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:It takes you for a while.
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:Sometimes there's certain
things you get right away.
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:There's some things that take you a
while to get, you have to practice them.
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:You have to think about them.
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:Your teacher has to explain it in a
cool way, and then you start getting it.
619
:That happens with, with
disciples, with God.
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:You know, so maybe you're a Christian,
you're like, well, I see some changes.
621
:I don't see another big change
that I, I really wanna grow in.
622
:So that might take time.
623
:You know, God works through slow process
sometimes, and so sometimes your, your
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:growth is gonna be slow learning, but you
always should be as a disciple, learning
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:to obey everything that Jesus said, and
that's also part of being a disciple.
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:He said, just teach them to obey
everything that I've commanded you.
627
:Not just your favorite commands, not just
the ones you're good at, not just the
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:ones that the world applauds and says,
oh yeah, that's good, but everything.
629
:So think about, am I someone who just
picks and chooses what Jesus says?
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:Like, well, I'll obey that and I won't do
that, or, I like it when I get to do these
631
:things for Jesus, but I don't like it
when I get to do those things for Jesus.
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:I wanna serve at church this way.
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:I don't wanna serve at church that way.
634
:Well, are you picking and choosing
what Jesus asked you to do?
635
:Are you saying, Jesus, here I am.
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:Send me.
637
:You get to decide how I follow you.
638
:You don't get to decide
how you follow Jesus.
639
:You're following Jesus on
his terms, not your terms.
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:You don't get to say, oh, well,
Jesus, I'll follow you this far,
641
:but if I'm single for the rest of
my life, not gonna do it, I'm out.
642
:You don't get to say, oh, Jesus, uh, I'll
follow you this way, but if all my friends
643
:leave me, I'm out, or if I have to share
the gospel with people, then I'm out.
644
:Or, oh, if, if you really
want me to believe that about
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:homosexuality, then I'm out.
646
:Jesus wants you to obey
everything he's commanding.
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:This isn't Buffet Christianity.
648
:You can't just pick, oh, well, I
like what the Bible says about that.
649
:Don't like what it says about that.
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:It's comprehensive.
651
:Everything that you see in God's word
is for you and it matters, and you can't
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:just pick and choose the parts you like.
653
:Also, it's living Jesus' way, right?
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:Not just learning information about Jesus.
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:Discipleship isn't just gaining
information and facts like,
656
:oh, I, I learned this and I
learned this and I learned this.
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:Right?
658
:It's learning.
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:That translates into living.
660
:It's living.
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:There's, there's action, there's feelings.
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:There's not just information
that you learned about Jesus.
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:And then lastly, throughout teaching,
Jesus is telling the disciples to teach.
664
:Right?
665
:So disciples are learners.
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:Yes, but they're also teachers.
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:Disciples are supposed
to make more disciples.
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:So if you are a Christian, you
should be thinking about how am
669
:I going to disciple other people?
670
:Maybe you are a new Christian, so there's
not much that you've learned that you
671
:can pass on, but at some point you
should be thinking, oh, I need to pass
672
:on my learning, my knowledge, my wisdom,
my love for Jesus to other people.
673
:I had one guy, um.
674
:One of the coolest guys I've ever met.
675
:He was in a men's bible study group
that I was in, and he had a brain tumor.
676
:Um, one of the coolest dude, just the
way he trusted God, the way he followed
677
:Jesus through that was, was really cool.
678
:But he gave me this illustration that
I've, I've never forgot since then.
679
:He talked about the difference
between, um, he used roads, but I'm
680
:using water 'cause it's more fun.
681
:The difference between a cul-de-sac.
682
:A thoroughfare, like right.
683
:A road that just goes all the way through.
684
:Or a road that's like a circle.
685
:So water makes more sense.
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:'cause you guys don't even
know what thoroughfare is.
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:So you ever seen one of these
things, you ever seen one of
688
:these standing water, right?
689
:Where all the mosquitoes come from?
690
:And for some reason they named
a city in Oklahoma after this.
691
:But this is, this is still
water, right Standing.
692
:Water standing.
693
:Water's gross.
694
:There's, there's nothing coming
in to, there's nothing, sorry.
695
:There's nothing going out.
696
:There might be water coming in.
697
:There's rain that comes in.
698
:Maybe they, there's water that comes
in, but it doesn't, it doesn't leave.
699
:And it just sits there and
it gets real gross, right?
700
:It, it, it ends up looking like this.
701
:And then these people probably
have a million mosquito bites
702
:and they can't use their pool.
703
:It can really clean.
704
:It's terrible, right?
705
:But this kind of water, running
water is beautiful, right?
706
:It flows, it's clean, it's great.
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:You can swim in it.
708
:You could drink it.
709
:If you're adventurous, you could do
all sorts of things with flowing water.
710
:See, being a disciple, you want to
be this, you wanna be like this.
711
:So when, when God shows you
things, when you learn things,
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:starting with the gospel, right,
the gospel's the best example.
713
:You don't just keep
the gospel to yourself.
714
:You're like, oh, I, I heard the gospel.
715
:I responded great.
716
:No, God wants you to
take it to other people.
717
:He wants you to, to let it flow
through you to people around you.
718
:He doesn't want you to just be
like, all right, cool, I got it.
719
:Sweet.
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:He doesn't want you to do that.
721
:He wants you to pass it on.
722
:So if you're a Christian, you
at least know the gospel, right?
723
:You've at least been saved.
724
:You've heard the good news about
Jesus, you've responded to him.
725
:You love Jesus.
726
:You can at least pass that on.
727
:Maybe you don't know very
much, and that's okay, right?
728
:We all start somewhere.
729
:Maybe you don't know very
much about the Bible.
730
:Maybe you don't know
very much about Jesus.
731
:Maybe you haven't been a Christian very
long, but there's still things that you
732
:can pass on to other people, and if you're
a disciple, God expects you to do that.
733
:He expects you to, to let what he
teaches you and what you've learned
734
:flow through you to other people, right?
735
:You don't wanna be gross standing water.
736
:You wanna be nice, pretty flowing water.
737
:So discipleship, there's three parts
going baptizing and teaching right now.
738
:It might sound like so far
that Jesus asking a lot.
739
:From his disciples, right?
740
:He's telling, he's like,
I've all authority.
741
:You gotta do these things for me.
742
:You gotta go.
743
:I'm gonna interrupt your life
and you're gonna do what I say.
744
:You're gonna live for me.
745
:I'm gonna change who you are.
746
:You might think, well, Jesus is just, you
know, putting all these, these burdens
747
:on me, asking me to do all this stuff.
748
:Well, that's partly true, right?
749
:Jesus has every right to tell you what
to do, and we don't like that sometimes.
750
:But Jesus has every right to tell you
what you're supposed to do with your life.
751
:Jesus has every right to tell you
what college you go to, what friends
752
:you should have, who you should date.
753
:Jesus has every right to
tell you all of those things.
754
:What you do with your free
time, what videos you watch.
755
:Jesus has every right to
tell you all of those things.
756
:But he also is personally involved
in helping his disciples follow him.
757
:Look with me at the beginning
and the end of our passage.
758
:So verse 17, when the disciples
saw him, they saw Jesus, which
759
:that would've been crazy, right?
760
:Imagine like you, you saw this guy die.
761
:Then now you're like, oh, there he is.
762
:That's crazy, right?
763
:So they saw him and they worshiped him.
764
:Which by the way, I said this last
week, but if someone ever tells
765
:you, Jesus never claimed to be God.
766
:If Jesus wasn't God, you know what
He would've said right after this?
767
:Stop.
768
:Don't worship me.
769
:Right?
770
:But guess what?
771
:He doesn't say anything about that.
772
:So they worship Jesus, but some
of them doubt it, and we don't
773
:know what they're doubting.
774
:We don't know if they're
doubting, is this really Jesus?
775
:Maybe they're far away.
776
:They didn't recognize him.
777
:Maybe they doubted that
he was really alive.
778
:Maybe they really, they, maybe
they doubted that he was, God, we
779
:don't know what they're doubting.
780
:Um, but the word doubt comes
from like the word to be divided.
781
:So like they're, they're not sure.
782
:There, there's some hesitancy,
there's some, um, I don't
783
:know, maybe some unbelief.
784
:They're doubting.
785
:And then Jesus came and said to
them, Jesus didn't say, oh, you're
786
:doubting, you're a loser disciple.
787
:I'm not using you.
788
:Right.
789
:She just didn't do that.
790
:She didn't say, oh, well, you're
not good enough to follow me.
791
:Jesus didn't say, oh,
well, you're doubting.
792
:Well, I'm gonna ask other
people to do my work for me.
793
:Jesus didn't say any of those things.
794
:Jesus comes to them, right?
795
:He came to them and said to
them what He said, right?
796
:All authority has been given to
me, and then I'll be with you
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:always and give them mission.
798
:Right?
799
:So Jesus doesn't say, well,
once you stop doubting, come
800
:follow me and make disciples.
801
:He doesn't say that.
802
:He goes to them and says,
here's what I want you to do.
803
:He enters into their, their real
imperfect Christian life and
804
:says, I have a mission for you.
805
:But he doesn't just give them a mission.
806
:He gives them everything they
need to do the mission, right?
807
:We talk about all authority.
808
:Jesus has all authority.
809
:So if the disciples are ever scared
or not sure if they can say, well,
810
:the, the guy who's in charge of
the world sent me, so if you mess
811
:with me, you're messing with him.
812
:Right?
813
:So he gives them courage and
he also gives them comfort.
814
:So I want you to see that discipleship
is a real relationship with a
815
:real Jesus, who's really with you.
816
:If you're following Jesus,
he's really with you.
817
:He's not just watching you like, oh,
well, when that person starts sitting
818
:less, then I'll, then I'll use them.
819
:Or, oh, when that person gets their act
together or learns their learns more
820
:of their Bible, then I'll be with them,
and then I'll ask them to serve me.
821
:Jesus comes to these disciples
who, who trust him, and he says.
822
:I'm gonna help you.
823
:I'm gonna help you do exactly
what I just asked you to do.
824
:So 0.3,
825
:discipleship is a relationship
with a real person.
826
:Discipleship isn't just
doing things for Jesus.
827
:It's not just hearing things.
828
:Jesus says, it's not just working
really hard to make Jesus happy.
829
:Jesus is a real person and he really
helps his disciples follow him.
830
:And maybe it's hard for you to wrap
your mind around that Jesus is a
831
:real person and I get it right.
832
:Maybe you're like, man, I wish
I could have been one of those
833
:disciples and actually seen Jesus
and talked with him and touched him.
834
:But if Jesus wanted you to have that
experience, if he thought that experience
835
:was good for you, he would still be here.
836
:If, if you're saying, oh, I really
wish I could have seen Jesus.
837
:Why did Jesus leave?
838
:Jesus, the smartest guy who ever lived
thought it was a good idea to give you
839
:the Holy Spirit instead of staying here.
840
:Right?
841
:Imagine that.
842
:Imagine if Jesus was the pastor
of some church in Austin.
843
:That would be really cool, right?
844
:If Jesus was the pastor of a church,
everyone could go to that church.
845
:Like you could meet Jesus.
846
:You could hear Jesus preach.
847
:You could shake his hand after service
and tell him, great sermon, Jesus.
848
:And then he'd be like, we'll see.
849
:No, I'm just kidding.
850
:He wouldn't say that.
851
:Um, no, but Jesus.
852
:What if he was the pastor of a church?
853
:You know, what if he was
like your, I don't know.
854
:What if Jesus was your worship leader?
855
:Right?
856
:What if Jesus was your SM group leader?
857
:What if Jesus was one of your parents?
858
:Right?
859
:Like that would, you'd think
that would be awesome, right?
860
:What if Jesus was alive and he was here?
861
:But Jesus, in all of his wisdom said,
you know, it's actually better than that.
862
:I'm gonna give you the Holy Spirit,
my presence with you, with every
863
:Christian, everywhere for all time.
864
:Jesus said, that's better.
865
:I heard one pastor.
866
:Put it this way.
867
:The Holy Spirit in you is better
than Jesus with you in the sense of
868
:like physically with you next to you.
869
:The Holy Spirit inside you is
better than Jesus beside you.
870
:That's the way he put it.
871
:That sounds a lot better.
872
:The Holy Spirit inside you is better
than Jesus beside you, because if
873
:Jesus wanted you to have him here
sticking around with him, he would.
874
:And if he thought that was
better for you, he would do that.
875
:But instead he says.
876
:I'm gonna be with you
through the Holy Spirit.
877
:So Jesus is a real person,
but he's really with you.
878
:And the reason he is is because
he wants to help you follow him.
879
:He's not just sitting there waiting
for you to get your act together so he,
880
:you can follow him better next week.
881
:He's with you helping you do all the
things that that you want to do for him.
882
:Has anyone here ever been in
like a flipped classroom class?
883
:Those things where what they do is
like the, you do the homework in class
884
:and then the teacher, like you watch
the videos like outside of class.
885
:It's like the opposites.
886
:Normally you do the homework at home,
it's a place called the homework,
887
:and then you do the lectures in
class when you're sitting here.
888
:So, and one of my college
classes was a flipped classroom.
889
:So what we did is we'd watch these
videos like Monday during the
890
:day at home or whatever, and then
Tuesday we would come to class.
891
:We would do the work together.
892
:So we had this, it was Greek, so
we, we'd do these like translations
893
:and all this stuff together.
894
:We'd work through all the
problems and, and ask questions.
895
:And, and our teacher, what he would
do is he, he we, he taught us through
896
:the video and then he taught us
more by working with us on things.
897
:He worked through all the, the
challenges and he was there
898
:so we could ask questions.
899
:'cause what usually happens in these
type of classes, like think about it,
900
:think about this with math, right?
901
:Imagine your math class, okay?
902
:Imagine, I'm sure you've
been in this situation.
903
:You get your math lecture, right?
904
:You, you do the textbook, whatever,
and the teacher does like the super
905
:easy, like obvious problems in class
and you go home and you're doing the
906
:math homework and you're like, this
is nothing like what the teacher said.
907
:This is nothing like what
happened on the board.
908
:What is going on?
909
:Why is this the way it is?
910
:Right?
911
:That that's what usually
happens in math class.
912
:So my brother had one
of these math classes.
913
:It was a flip classroom.
914
:They would watch like the videos
of the lecture and the textbook on
915
:their own and read the textbook on
their own and then come to class.
916
:And then the teacher would do
like the hard problems with them
917
:and they would work together.
918
:So they did the work, but the
teacher would be there to help.
919
:He'd there to ask.
920
:They could ask him questions,
he'd show 'em how to do things.
921
:When they ran into trouble, they could,
they could say, Hey, you know, Mr.
922
:So and So, please help me.
923
:This doesn't make sense to me.
924
:'cause you explain that to me.
925
:Christianity is kinda like a flipped
classroom when you think about it.
926
:Being a disciple is kinda like
a flipped classroom because.
927
:Jesus didn't just be like,
okay, here's the easy stuff.
928
:Figure out the rest.
929
:Right?
930
:Here's, here's the easy example problem
on the board in the Bible, and then you
931
:go figure it out the rest on your own.
932
:Jesus, I'm with you always.
933
:Every day.
934
:That's what that word means.
935
:It means all the days always.
936
:He's there to help you follow him.
937
:He's there to help you work through
all the problems, all the difficulties
938
:that come with being a disciple.
939
:He's not like, oh, well, sorry,
you're on your own, right?
940
:Oh, you're scared to share
the gospel with that person.
941
:Sucks to be you.
942
:Jesus doesn't say that like, oh man,
your situation at home is really hard.
943
:Well come back next week for the
lecture on how to do stuff at home.
944
:Like, no, Jesus is with
you in that situation.
945
:He's with you in your difficulties,
in your trials, in your doubt.
946
:Jesus is there.
947
:He's there to help you follow him.
948
:He's not distant, far off waiting for
you to be better before he helps you.
949
:He's with you to help you.
950
:Jesus is involved in
your discipleship and.
951
:Something you may not have ever thought
about, but Jesus cares more about your
952
:relationship with him than you do.
953
:Have you ever thought about that before?
954
:Jesus cares more about you
than you care about you.
955
:Jesus loves you more than you love you.
956
:Isn't that crazy?
957
:Jesus loves you.
958
:Jesus wants what's best
for you more than you want.
959
:What's best for you?
960
:See, we sin and we do things
that aren't good for us because
961
:we think we want them right?
962
:And then Jesus in his love and in
his wisdom says, you know what?
963
:That's not gonna be good for you.
964
:I don't want you to do that.
965
:So Jesus cares more about
you than you care about you.
966
:And so that frees you to trust him.
967
:Say, you know what?
968
:I don't just trust that
Jesus, you have all authority.
969
:I trust that you love me and you want
my best for me, and you care about me.
970
:So if you're having trouble following
Jesus, you can always say, you know what?
971
:I can trust Jesus.
972
:'cause he loves me.
973
:He's with me.
974
:He promised to be with me.
975
:He promised to help me.
976
:He didn't just gimme a bunch of
things to do and say, all right,
977
:come back when you're done.
978
:He said, no, I'll go with you.
979
:I'll go help you do the things that
I'm calling you to do so you can
980
:always trust him that his way is best.
981
:You can always trust him to equip
you and empower you with whatever
982
:situation you're in, right?
983
:Whatever difficulty you're faced,
whatever trial you're faced, whatever
984
:emotions you're working through, whatever
circumstances that aren't going your way,
985
:you can trust that Jesus is with you.
986
:As you follow him, he gives you
everything you need to follow him
987
:in that situation, because he gives
you himself, he says, I'm with you.
988
:So discipleship is living all
in for king Jesus with his help.
989
:It's a, it's a lot of work.
990
:It's a whole life commitment.
991
:It's a lifelong pursuit of closeness with
Jesus and making more disciples for Jesus.
992
:But he's the king with all authority.
993
:He's in control of everything.
994
:So he has every right to ask you
to do things, but also, you know,
995
:he has all the power to help you,
and he promises to be with you.
996
:He promises to help you follow him.
997
:So let's pray and we'll talk
about that more in small groups.
998
:God, thank you that you don't
want us to be on our own, that
999
:you promise to be with us.
:
00:43:11,390 --> 00:43:16,250
I know it's hard to believe that sometimes
we can't see you, we can't touch you.
:
00:43:16,910 --> 00:43:20,900
I pray that right now you help us to be
comforted by the fact that you are with
:
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:25,100
us, that you never don't do anything.
:
00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:25,400
You say.
:
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:31,279
You always keep your promises, you, you're
reliable, and I pray that you comfort
:
00:43:31,279 --> 00:43:32,450
us by the fact that you're with us.
:
00:43:32,750 --> 00:43:38,690
And I pray for students here who aren't
disciples who haven't followed you, that
:
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:41,570
they would do that even tonight, but
they would say, I'm, I'm done living
:
00:43:41,570 --> 00:43:45,860
for myself and chasing things that are
bad for me, and I want to trust you.
:
00:43:46,299 --> 00:43:47,600
So I pray that you help 'em to do that.
:
00:43:48,019 --> 00:43:51,410
Um, I pray that they would trust you to
take away their sin and trust you, um,
:
00:43:51,499 --> 00:43:58,580
to take them, um, on a, a, a journey
to endless joy with you forever.
:
00:43:59,059 --> 00:44:00,200
Help us to be focused in small groups.
:
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,299
Help us to be respectful
and kind to each other.
:
00:44:02,479 --> 00:44:05,779
Help us to be honest and help us to leave
here loving you more than when we came.
:
00:44:05,899 --> 00:44:06,740
We pray this in Jesus name.
:
00:44:07,189 --> 00:44:07,490
Amen.
