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He<00:12:52.039><c> wanted</c><00:12:52.279><c> to</c><00:12:52.460><c> get</c><00:12:52.700><c> away</c><00:12:53.039><c> from</c><00:12:53.320><c> the</c><00:12:53.639><c> crowds.</c>

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They<00:14:50.919><c> were</c><00:14:51.240><c> horrified</c><00:14:52.019><c> by</c><00:14:52.340><c> that.</c>

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Instead,<00:23:53.019><c> Jesus</c><00:23:53.539><c> was</c><00:23:53.960><c> asking</c><00:23:54.420><c> his</c><00:23:54.779><c> disciples</c><00:23:55.500><c> to</c><00:23:56.519><c> deny</c><00:23:56.960><c> their</c>

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So<00:24:06.039><c> Jesus</c><00:24:06.400><c> says</c><00:24:06.779><c> that</c><00:24:07.119><c> if</c><00:24:07.440><c> we</c><00:24:07.680><c> want</c><00:24:07.839><c> to</c><00:24:07.980><c> be</c><00:24:08.099><c> his</c><00:24:08.299><c> disciple,</c>

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we<00:24:08.940><c> need</c><00:24:09.119><c> to</c><00:24:09.440><c> deny</c><00:24:09.779><c> ourselves</c><00:24:10.519><c> and</c><00:24:10.759><c> pick</c><00:24:11.000><c> up</c><00:24:11.200><c> the</c><00:24:11.460><c> cross.</c>

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What<00:24:13.599><c> does</c><00:24:13.799><c> it</c><00:24:14.039><c> mean</c><00:24:14.579><c> to</c><00:24:15.380><c> deny</c><00:24:15.900><c> ourselves?</c>

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To<00:24:18.599><c> deny</c><00:24:18.940><c> oneself</c><00:24:19.559><c> is</c><00:24:20.200><c> not</c><00:24:20.559><c> to</c><00:24:20.859><c> deny</c><00:24:21.180><c> ourselves</c><00:24:21.799><c> of</c><00:24:22.299><c> some</c><00:24:22.819><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:24:25.000><c> not</c><00:24:25.400><c> like</c><00:24:26.200><c> what</c><00:24:26.440><c> those</c><00:24:26.839><c> Stoic</c><00:24:27.359><c> Puritans</c><00:24:27.920><c> in</c><00:24:28.119><c> New</c><00:24:28.420><c> England</c><00:24:28.759><c> felt,</c>

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that<00:24:29.359><c> they</c><00:24:29.619><c> had</c><00:24:29.900><c> to</c><00:24:30.359><c> deny</c><00:24:30.880><c> themselves</c><00:24:31.480><c> of</c><00:24:31.940><c> pleasure</c><00:24:32.380><c> in</c><00:24:33.140><c> order</c>

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to<00:24:33.660><c> be</c><00:24:33.900><c> a</c><00:24:34.059><c> disciple</c><00:24:34.500><c> of</c><00:24:34.759><c> Jesus.</c>

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That's<00:24:36.259><c> not</c><00:24:36.480><c> what</c><00:24:36.740><c> denying</c><00:24:37.160><c> ourselves</c><00:24:37.819><c> is</c><00:24:38.180><c> about.</c>

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Instead,<00:24:40.039><c> what</c><00:24:40.259><c> it's</c><00:24:40.599><c> about,</c><00:24:44.140><c> Jesus</c><00:24:44.299><c> is</c><00:24:44.579><c> saying,</c>

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if<00:24:46.539><c> you</c><00:24:46.759><c> deny</c><00:24:47.140><c> yourselves,</c><00:24:47.799><c> it</c><00:24:47.799><c> means</c><00:24:48.220><c> that</c><00:24:48.500><c> you</c><00:24:48.740><c> are</c><00:24:50.259><c> making</c>

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the<00:24:51.319><c> central</c><00:24:52.140><c> motivation</c><00:24:53.200><c> of</c><00:24:54.119><c> your</c><00:24:54.480><c> life's</c><00:24:55.119><c> actions</c>

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something<00:24:56.500><c> other</c><00:24:56.940><c> than</c><00:24:57.119><c> yourself.</c>

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You<00:24:58.900><c> are</c><00:24:59.160><c> no</c><00:24:59.420><c> longer</c><00:24:59.960><c> the</c><00:25:00.519><c> center</c><00:25:00.859><c> of</c><00:25:01.079><c> your</c><00:25:01.339><c> universe.</c>

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The<00:25:02.660><c> things</c><00:25:02.859><c> that</c><00:25:03.160><c> you</c><00:25:03.339><c> do,</c><00:25:03.619><c> the</c><00:25:03.759><c> words</c><00:25:04.059><c> that</c><00:25:04.319><c> you</c><00:25:04.579><c> speak</c><00:25:04.819><c> aren't</c><00:25:05.160><c> motivated</c><00:25:05.779><c> based</c><00:25:06.240><c> on</c>

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what's<00:25:06.819><c> good</c><00:25:07.039><c> for</c><00:25:07.380><c> you.</c>

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I<00:25:09.380><c> think</c><00:25:09.539><c> that's</c><00:25:09.819><c> what</c><00:25:10.000><c> Jesus</c><00:25:10.420><c> means</c><00:25:10.819><c> when</c><00:25:11.000><c> he</c><00:25:11.200><c> says</c><00:25:11.539><c> that</c><00:25:11.779><c> we</c>

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are<00:25:12.140><c> to</c><00:25:12.380><c> deny</c><00:25:12.819><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:25:14.880><c> a</c><00:25:15.059><c> fundamental</c><00:25:15.819><c> shift</c><00:25:16.279><c> in</c><00:25:16.700><c> thinking,</c>

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where<00:25:18.579><c> God</c><00:25:19.160><c> now</c><00:25:20.319><c> needs</c><00:25:20.859><c> to</c><00:25:21.079><c> be</c><00:25:21.180><c> at</c><00:25:21.359><c> the</c><00:25:21.500><c> very</c><00:25:21.960><c> center</c><00:25:22.619><c> and</c><00:25:23.579><c> focal</c><00:25:23.900><c> point</c><00:25:24.539><c> of</c>

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our<00:25:25.299><c> lives.</c>

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we<00:25:30.240><c> need</c><00:25:30.460><c> to</c><00:25:30.720><c> deny</c><00:25:31.240><c> ourselves</c><00:25:32.319><c> and</c><00:25:33.220><c> make</c><00:25:33.460><c> God</c><00:25:34.140><c> and</c><00:25:34.680><c> put</c><00:25:35.039><c> God</c><00:25:35.619><c> at</c>

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the<00:25:36.299><c> center.</c>

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So<00:25:38.859><c> what</c><00:25:39.000><c> Jesus</c><00:25:39.319><c> did,</c><00:25:41.720><c> not</c><00:25:41.880><c> my</c><00:25:42.200><c> will,</c><00:25:42.500><c> he</c><00:25:42.740><c> said,</c><00:25:44.339><c> but</c><00:25:44.500><c> thine</c><00:25:44.740><c> be</c><00:25:44.940><c> done.</c>

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Jesus'<00:25:46.779><c> entire</c><00:25:47.140><c> life</c><00:25:47.480><c> was</c><00:25:47.740><c> a</c><00:25:48.039><c> perfect</c><00:25:48.299><c> example</c><00:25:49.119><c> of</c><00:25:49.779><c> what</c><00:25:49.980><c> he</c><00:25:50.220><c> meant.</c>

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He<00:25:52.059><c> never</c><00:25:52.420><c> asks</c><00:25:52.779><c> us</c><00:25:53.099><c> to</c><00:25:53.240><c> do</c><00:25:53.380><c> anything</c><00:25:54.000><c> that</c><00:25:56.599><c> he</c><00:25:56.779><c> was</c><00:25:57.019><c> not</c><00:25:57.240><c> prepared</c><00:25:57.740><c> to</c><00:25:57.940><c> do</c><00:25:58.160><c> himself.</c>

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So<00:26:01.319><c> when</c><00:26:01.500><c> Jesus</c><00:26:01.880><c> tells</c><00:26:02.180><c> us</c><00:26:02.460><c> to</c><00:26:02.599><c> pick</c><00:26:02.819><c> up</c><00:26:02.960><c> the</c><00:26:03.200><c> cross</c><00:26:03.460><c> and</c><00:26:03.660><c> follow</c><00:26:04.099><c> him,</c>

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he's<00:26:06.059><c> not</c><00:26:06.319><c> asking</c><00:26:06.660><c> us</c><00:26:06.900><c> to</c><00:26:07.119><c> literally</c><00:26:07.539><c> go</c><00:26:07.880><c> to</c><00:26:08.079><c> the</c><00:26:08.259><c> cross</c><00:26:08.579><c> with</c><00:26:08.839><c> him.</c>

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Luke's<00:26:11.059><c> word</c><00:26:11.359><c> daily</c><00:26:11.859><c> tells</c><00:26:12.160><c> us</c><00:26:12.460><c> that</c><00:26:12.559><c> this</c><00:26:12.740><c> is</c><00:26:12.940><c> a</c><00:26:13.160><c> figurative</c><00:26:13.759><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:26:15.079><c> the</c><00:26:15.259><c> idea</c><00:26:15.619><c> here,</c><00:26:16.119><c> brothers</c><00:26:16.200><c> and</c><00:26:16.500><c> sisters,</c><00:26:16.839><c> the</c><00:26:17.039><c> idea</c>

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here,<00:26:17.700><c> young</c><00:26:18.019><c> people,</c>

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is<00:26:18.799><c> that</c><00:26:19.140><c> we</c><00:26:19.460><c> need</c><00:26:19.880><c> to</c><00:26:20.420><c> deny</c><00:26:21.140><c> and</c><00:26:22.779><c> crucify</c><00:26:24.039><c> our</c><00:26:24.799><c> own</c><00:26:25.200><c> self</c><00:26:25.500><c>-interests.</c>

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When<00:26:29.279><c> you</c><00:26:29.480><c> were</c><00:26:29.700><c> baptized,</c><00:26:31.059><c> it's</c><00:26:31.400><c> likely</c><00:26:31.740><c> that</c><00:26:32.079><c> you</c><00:26:32.380><c> had</c><00:26:32.700><c> read</c>

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at<00:26:33.460><c> your</c><00:26:33.740><c> baptism</c><00:26:34.339><c> Romans</c><00:26:35.259><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.799><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:26:37.779><c> it's</c><00:26:37.920><c> here</c><00:26:38.099><c> in</c><00:26:38.200><c> Romans</c><00:26:38.480><c> 6</c><00:26:38.900><c> verse</c><00:26:39.200><c> 6</c><00:26:39.559><c> that</c><00:26:39.740><c> Paul</c><00:26:40.039><c> writes,</c>

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Our<00:26:40.720><c> old</c><00:26:41.259><c> self</c><00:26:41.579><c> was</c><00:26:42.000><c> crucified</c><00:26:42.740><c> with</c><00:26:43.000><c> him</c><00:26:43.480><c> so</c><00:26:44.500><c> that</c><00:26:44.700><c> the</c><00:26:44.859><c> body</c>

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of<00:26:45.500><c> sin</c><00:26:45.759><c> might</c><00:26:46.000><c> be</c><00:26:46.240><c> done</c><00:26:46.440><c> away</c><00:26:46.759><c> with,</c>

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that<00:26:48.240><c> we</c><00:26:48.440><c> would</c><00:26:48.660><c> no</c><00:26:49.000><c> longer</c><00:26:49.380><c> be</c><00:26:49.779><c> slaves</c><00:26:50.319><c> to</c><00:26:50.740><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:26:53.640><c> Jesus</c><00:26:53.980><c> never</c><00:26:54.400><c> asks</c><00:26:54.819><c> us</c><00:26:55.140><c> to</c><00:26:55.380><c> do</c><00:26:55.559><c> anything</c><00:26:55.900><c> that</c><00:26:56.160><c> he's</c><00:26:56.480><c> not</c>

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prepared<00:26:57.259><c> to</c><00:26:57.539><c> do.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:58.319><c> recognizes</c><00:26:59.160><c> that</c><00:26:59.640><c> what</c><00:27:00.039><c> he's</c><00:27:00.400><c> asking</c><00:27:00.859><c> us</c><00:27:01.140><c> to</c><00:27:01.339><c> do,</c><00:27:01.640><c> though,</c><00:27:01.799><c> is</c>

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hard<00:27:02.740><c> and</c><00:27:03.000><c> that</c><00:27:03.140><c> it's</c><00:27:03.500><c> difficult.</c>

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But<00:27:05.740><c> there's</c><00:27:06.039><c> a</c><00:27:06.259><c> reason</c><00:27:06.640><c> he's</c><00:27:07.079><c> asking</c><00:27:07.299><c> us.</c>

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He's<00:27:07.680><c> saying,</c><00:27:08.759><c> look,</c><00:27:09.099><c> you</c><00:27:09.359><c> could</c><00:27:09.720><c> be</c><00:27:10.799><c> slaves</c><00:27:11.240><c> to</c><00:27:11.619><c> sin.</c>

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Paul<00:27:12.660><c> reminds</c><00:27:13.099><c> us</c><00:27:13.339><c> of</c><00:27:13.519><c> that.</c>

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He<00:27:13.799><c> says,</c><00:27:14.339><c> when</c><00:27:14.579><c> you</c><00:27:14.779><c> were</c><00:27:15.000><c> slaves</c><00:27:15.359><c> to</c><00:27:15.720><c> sin,</c><00:27:15.880><c> you</c><00:27:16.019><c> were</c><00:27:16.380><c> free</c>

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from<00:27:16.900><c> the</c><00:27:17.299><c> control</c><00:27:17.640><c> of</c><00:27:17.920><c> righteousness.</c>

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How<00:27:20.480><c> easy</c><00:27:20.980><c> is</c><00:27:21.279><c> that?</c>

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But<00:27:23.359><c> then</c><00:27:23.579><c> Paul</c><00:27:23.819><c> says,</c><00:27:25.279><c> but</c><00:27:25.440><c> what</c><00:27:25.880><c> benefit</c><00:27:26.500><c> did</c><00:27:27.019><c> you</c><00:27:27.259><c> reap</c><00:27:27.599><c> from</c><00:27:28.039><c> those</c><00:27:28.440><c> things</c><00:27:29.299><c> of</c>

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which<00:27:30.099><c> you</c><00:27:30.259><c> are</c><00:27:30.460><c> now</c><00:27:30.700><c> ashamed?</c>

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Those<00:27:32.599><c> things,</c><00:27:33.240><c> serving</c><00:27:33.700><c> sin,</c><00:27:34.519><c> those</c><00:27:34.900><c> things</c><00:27:35.319><c> result</c><00:27:35.819><c> in</c><00:27:36.119><c> death.</c>

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The<00:27:38.740><c> reason</c><00:27:39.140><c> Jesus</c><00:27:39.579><c> asks</c><00:27:40.019><c> us</c><00:27:40.299><c> to</c><00:27:40.539><c> deny</c><00:27:40.859><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:41.420><c> the</c><00:27:41.559><c> reason</c><00:27:41.859><c> he</c><00:27:42.079><c> asks</c><00:27:42.420><c> us</c>

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to<00:27:43.339><c> pick</c><00:27:43.599><c> up</c><00:27:43.779><c> the</c><00:27:44.019><c> cross</c><00:27:44.259><c> and</c><00:27:44.460><c> follow</c><00:27:44.799><c> him,</c>

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is<00:27:46.019><c> because</c><00:27:46.660><c> the</c><00:27:47.220><c> reward</c><00:27:47.940><c> is</c><00:27:48.500><c> so</c><00:27:48.980><c> much</c><00:27:49.359><c> greater</c><00:27:50.180><c> than</c><00:27:53.960><c> anything</c><00:27:54.500><c> we</c><00:27:54.680><c> could</c><00:27:54.920><c> experience</c><00:27:55.460><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:55.880><c> life.</c>

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For<00:27:58.380><c> the</c><00:27:58.720><c> free</c><00:27:59.160><c> gift</c><00:27:59.539><c> of</c><00:27:59.819><c> God</c><00:28:00.160><c> is</c><00:28:00.480><c> eternal</c><00:28:01.000><c> life</c><00:28:01.759><c> in</c><00:28:02.720><c> Christ</c>

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pick<00:28:13.099><c> up</c><00:28:13.259><c> their</c><00:28:13.559><c> cross</c><00:28:13.880><c> and</c><00:28:14.140><c> follow</c><00:28:14.500><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:16.000><c> for</c><00:28:16.200><c> our</c><00:28:16.519><c> brothers</c><00:28:16.859><c> and</c><00:28:17.220><c> sisters</c><00:28:17.619><c> in</c><00:28:17.859><c> the</c><00:28:18.099><c> first</c><00:28:18.319><c> century,</c><00:28:20.079><c> life</c><00:28:20.380><c> was</c><00:28:20.720><c> harder</c><00:28:21.059><c> than</c><00:28:21.279><c> I</c>

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think<00:28:21.660><c> we</c><00:28:21.880><c> can</c><00:28:22.119><c> even</c><00:28:22.460><c> imagine.</c>

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They<00:28:24.119><c> were</c><00:28:24.440><c> persecuted</c><00:28:25.160><c> in</c><00:28:25.400><c> a</c><00:28:25.579><c> way</c><00:28:25.920><c> that</c><00:28:26.200><c> we</c><00:28:26.779><c> can't</c><00:28:27.680><c> fathom.</c>

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There<00:28:30.140><c> are</c><00:28:30.319><c> some</c><00:28:31.400><c> letters</c><00:28:31.740><c> that</c><00:28:31.940><c> were</c><00:28:32.180><c> discovered</c><00:28:32.799><c> between</c><00:28:33.920><c> Trajan,</c><00:28:35.359><c> an</c><00:28:35.640><c> emperor,</c><00:28:36.640><c> and</c><00:28:36.980><c> Pliny,</c><00:28:38.099><c> a</c><00:28:38.299><c> governor.</c>

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And<00:28:39.740><c> the</c><00:28:39.900><c> question</c><00:28:40.279><c> that</c><00:28:40.700><c> went</c><00:28:40.920><c> back</c><00:28:41.279><c> and</c><00:28:41.519><c> forth</c><00:28:41.720><c> in</c><00:28:41.880><c> these</c><00:28:42.140><c> letters</c><00:28:42.440><c> is,</c><00:28:43.140><c> how</c><00:28:43.240><c> do</c>

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we<00:28:43.599><c> deal</c><00:28:43.839><c> with</c><00:28:44.039><c> these</c><00:28:44.339><c> people</c><00:28:44.619><c> that</c><00:28:44.819><c> are</c><00:28:45.079><c> calling</c><00:28:45.420><c> themselves</c><00:28:46.039><c> Christians?</c>

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And<00:28:48.220><c> the</c><00:28:48.420><c> advice</c><00:28:48.839><c> was</c><00:28:49.519><c> that</c><00:28:50.319><c> they</c><00:28:50.579><c> should</c><00:28:50.880><c> ask</c><00:28:51.319><c> the</c><00:28:51.619><c> Christian</c>

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to<00:28:53.039><c> deny</c><00:28:53.819><c> Christ</c><00:28:55.339><c> so</c><00:28:57.380><c> that</c><00:28:57.859><c> they</c><00:28:58.200><c> could</c><00:28:58.440><c> live.</c>

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you<00:29:06.759><c> need</c><00:29:06.880><c> to</c><00:29:07.140><c> do</c><00:29:07.500><c> is</c><00:29:08.839><c> deny</c><00:29:09.279><c> Christ.</c>

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Mark<00:29:21.460><c> chapter</c><00:29:21.759><c> 8</c><00:29:21.980><c> verse</c><00:29:22.200><c> 35.</c>

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whoever<00:29:37.299><c> loses</c><00:29:37.880><c> his</c><00:29:38.279><c> life</c><00:29:38.740><c> for</c><00:29:39.259><c> my</c><00:29:39.640><c> sake</c><00:29:40.039><c> will</c><00:29:41.059><c> save</c><00:29:41.440><c> it.</c>

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Jesus,<00:29:47.019><c> our</c><00:29:47.240><c> Lord.</c>

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Dealing<00:29:48.680><c> with</c><00:29:48.920><c> persecution</c><00:29:49.619><c> like</c><00:29:50.200><c> what</c><00:29:50.640><c> our</c><00:29:51.079><c> early</c><00:29:51.519><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:29:52.180><c> sisters</c><00:29:52.480><c> had</c><00:29:52.740><c> to</c><00:29:53.039><c> handle</c><00:29:53.740><c> reminds</c><00:29:55.380><c> us</c><00:29:55.660><c> again</c><00:29:55.920><c> of</c><00:29:56.119><c> the</c>

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words<00:29:56.480><c> from</c><00:29:56.740><c> Joshua.</c>

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is<00:30:06.680><c> with</c><00:30:06.960><c> you</c><00:30:07.680><c> wherever</c><00:30:08.099><c> you</c><00:30:08.420><c> go.</c>

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Brothers<00:30:11.000><c> and</c><00:30:11.160><c> sisters,</c><00:30:11.380><c> we</c><00:30:11.500><c> don't</c><00:30:11.700><c> face</c><00:30:12.000><c> that</c><00:30:12.220><c> sort</c><00:30:12.440><c> of</c><00:30:12.599><c> persecution</c><00:30:13.160><c> in</c>

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our<00:30:13.539><c> country,</c><00:30:14.940><c> but</c><00:30:15.079><c> we</c><00:30:15.279><c> still</c><00:30:15.460><c> need</c><00:30:15.619><c> to</c><00:30:15.859><c> deny</c><00:30:16.079><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:30:17.759><c> still</c><00:30:18.059><c> need</c><00:30:18.279><c> to</c><00:30:18.519><c> pick</c><00:30:18.680><c> up</c><00:30:18.880><c> our</c><00:30:19.180><c> cross</c><00:30:19.460><c> and</c><00:30:19.700><c> follow</c><00:30:20.059><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:30:21.900><c> so</c><00:30:22.119><c> yes,</c><00:30:22.319><c> in</c><00:30:22.500><c> a</c><00:30:22.660><c> few</c><00:30:22.779><c> minutes,</c><00:30:23.059><c> we</c><00:30:23.259><c> are</c><00:30:23.500><c> going</c><00:30:23.680><c> to</c><00:30:23.980><c> break</c><00:30:24.220><c> bread.</c>

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We're<00:30:24.779><c> going</c><00:30:24.980><c> to</c><00:30:25.279><c> remember</c><00:30:25.779><c> Jesus</c><00:30:26.319><c> in</c><00:30:26.660><c> the</c><00:30:26.940><c> appointed</c><00:30:27.299><c> way,</c>

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And<00:30:32.259><c> my</c><00:30:32.559><c> exhortation</c><00:30:33.160><c> to</c><00:30:33.440><c> you,</c><00:30:34.259><c> my</c><00:30:34.579><c> encouragement</c><00:30:35.220><c> to</c><00:30:35.539><c> you,</c>

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is<00:30:36.519><c> that</c><00:30:36.640><c> at</c><00:30:36.819><c> the</c><00:30:37.180><c> conclusion</c><00:30:37.539><c> of</c><00:30:37.779><c> this</c><00:30:38.000><c> service,</c><00:30:38.400><c> we're</c><00:30:38.619><c> going</c><00:30:38.740><c> to</c>

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walk<00:30:39.099><c> out</c><00:30:39.319><c> those</c><00:30:39.579><c> doors.</c>

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to<00:30:52.140><c> carry</c><00:30:52.359><c> the</c><00:30:52.640><c> cross</c><00:30:53.660><c> daily</c><00:30:55.000><c> and</c><00:30:56.420><c> to</c><00:30:56.720><c> follow</c><00:30:56.980><c> him.</c>

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Jesus<00:30:59.200><c> tells</c><00:30:59.460><c> us</c><00:30:59.700><c> that</c><00:30:59.839><c> if</c><00:30:59.960><c> we</c><00:31:00.180><c> want</c><00:31:00.299><c> to</c><00:31:00.440><c> be</c><00:31:00.559><c> his</c><00:31:00.759><c> disciples,</c>

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we're<00:31:01.460><c> to</c><00:31:01.559><c> do</c><00:31:01.720><c> three</c><00:31:02.099><c> things.</c>

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Deny<00:31:03.640><c> ourselves,</c><00:31:04.839><c> pick</c><00:31:05.039><c> up</c><00:31:05.259><c> the</c><00:31:05.500><c> cross,</c><00:31:06.220><c> and</c><00:31:06.680><c> follow</c><00:31:07.019><c> him.</c>

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Today,<00:31:08.859><c> there's</c><00:31:09.460><c> a</c><00:31:09.660><c> great</c><00:31:09.900><c> deal</c><00:31:10.099><c> of</c><00:31:10.339><c> attention</c><00:31:11.180><c> brought</c><00:31:11.880><c> to</c>

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the<00:31:12.339><c> idea</c><00:31:12.980><c> of</c><00:31:13.599><c> being</c><00:31:14.039><c> good</c><00:31:14.779><c> leaders.</c>

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Jesus'<00:31:17.619><c> message</c><00:31:18.079><c> to</c><00:31:18.359><c> us</c><00:31:19.059><c> is</c><00:31:19.500><c> that</c><00:31:19.640><c> we</c><00:31:19.779><c> need</c><00:31:20.000><c> to</c><00:31:20.180><c> be</c><00:31:20.359><c> good</c><00:31:20.700><c> followers.</c>

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In<00:31:24.720><c> your</c><00:31:24.940><c> walk</c><00:31:25.099><c> this</c><00:31:25.400><c> week,</c><00:31:26.460><c> my</c><00:31:26.579><c> friends,</c><00:31:27.880><c> be</c><00:31:28.200><c> strong</c><00:31:28.680><c> and</c><00:31:29.299><c> courageous</c><00:31:29.799><c> because</c><00:31:31.119><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:31:31.779><c> your</c><00:31:31.980><c> God,</c><00:31:32.339><c> is</c><00:31:32.460><c> with</c><00:31:32.680><c> you</c><00:31:33.400><c> wherever</c><00:31:33.779><c> you</c><00:31:34.099><c> go.</c>