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[4573.80 --> 4574.96] And be my disciple
[4574.96 --> 4576.56] What does it say next?
[4577.52 --> 4579.04] Must deny themselves
[4579.04 --> 4581.58] Take up their cross
[4581.58 --> 4583.14] And follow me
[4583.14 --> 4586.08] And it's not easy
[4586.08 --> 4587.60] To deny ourselves
[4587.60 --> 4589.56] And it's certainly not easy
[4589.56 --> 4590.70] To take up our cross
[4590.70 --> 4592.14] But Jesus says
[4592.14 --> 4593.02] That's the invitation
[4593.02 --> 4594.42] And there are times
[4594.42 --> 4595.70] When witness is easy
[4595.70 --> 4596.32] In the sense of
[4596.32 --> 4597.22] You feel like you're being
[4597.22 --> 4598.62] Propelled by the spirit
[4598.62 --> 4599.72] And there's a reception
[4599.72 --> 4600.80] From the person with you
[4600.80 --> 4601.36] Or your community
[4601.36 --> 4602.16] That you're sharing with
[4602.16 --> 4603.08] And there are times
[4603.08 --> 4603.60] Where it's met with
[4603.60 --> 4605.40] Resistance and hostility
[4605.40 --> 4606.80] And we must be faithful
[4606.80 --> 4607.96] In whatever circumstance
[4607.96 --> 4609.12] God places us in
[4609.12 --> 4610.74] To witness to Jesus
[4610.74 --> 4611.54] In our words
[4611.54 --> 4612.84] Our deeds
[4612.84 --> 4614.24] And our shared life
[4614.24 --> 4615.78] To do it publicly
[4615.78 --> 4617.10] And to be willing
[4617.10 --> 4617.70] To suffer
[4617.70 --> 4619.38] If that is required
[4619.38 --> 4621.52] And it's at this point
[4621.52 --> 4622.36] I'm looking at the people
[4622.36 --> 4623.38] Who were just on the stage
[4623.38 --> 4624.68] Joining as members
[4624.68 --> 4625.38] And you're thinking to yourself
[4625.38 --> 4626.74] Is there an exit clause
[4626.74 --> 4627.82] To this membership thing?
[4628.10 --> 4628.42] Like I don't know
[4628.42 --> 4629.06] If I signed up
[4629.06 --> 4629.76] For all these things
[4629.76 --> 4630.54] That Pastor David's
[4630.54 --> 4631.22] Talking about
[4631.22 --> 4632.60] And that makes me
[4632.60 --> 4633.06] Want to loop
[4633.06 --> 4633.70] To what I think
[4633.70 --> 4634.48] Is the good news
[4634.48 --> 4635.32] Of this passage
[4635.32 --> 4638.06] Before Jesus says
[4638.06 --> 4639.64] What our identity
[4639.64 --> 4640.36] Is as witnesses
[4640.36 --> 4641.04] What does he say
[4641.04 --> 4641.60] Before that?
[4641.80 --> 4642.54] Let me read it for us
[4642.54 --> 4643.04] Verse 8
[4643.04 --> 4647.76] You will receive power
[4647.76 --> 4649.50] When the Holy Spirit
[4649.50 --> 4650.30] Comes on you
[4650.30 --> 4651.40] And you will be
[4651.40 --> 4652.04] My witnesses
[4652.04 --> 4654.90] Do you believe that church?
[4654.90 --> 4657.76] That Jesus Christ
[4657.76 --> 4659.04] Gives us
[4659.04 --> 4661.18] Everything we need
[4661.18 --> 4662.62] In every culture
[4662.62 --> 4663.74] In every time
[4663.74 --> 4665.12] To make Jesus known
[4665.12 --> 4667.28] Jesus knows
[4667.28 --> 4668.14] Just how weak
[4668.14 --> 4669.32] And frail we are
[4669.32 --> 4670.30] How timid
[4670.30 --> 4672.06] And scared we are
[4672.06 --> 4672.62] To speak
[4672.62 --> 4673.16] And live
[4673.16 --> 4674.02] And share the faith
[4674.02 --> 4675.10] He knows that
[4675.10 --> 4676.16] He sees it
[4676.16 --> 4676.86] In his own disciples
[4676.86 --> 4677.58] So what does he do?
[4677.64 --> 4677.98] He says
[4677.98 --> 4679.66] You are sent as witnesses
[4679.66 --> 4680.44] And guess what?
[4680.50 --> 4681.28] I'm going to give you
[4681.28 --> 4682.44] All the power
[4682.44 --> 4683.94] And the strength you need
[4683.94 --> 4684.90] Through the coming
[4684.90 --> 4685.68] Of the Holy Spirit
[4685.68 --> 4687.58] And let's just pause
[4687.58 --> 4688.20] And give thanks
[4688.20 --> 4689.44] That the same spirit
[4689.44 --> 4690.54] That filled the disciples
[4690.54 --> 4691.58] Who we read about
[4691.58 --> 4692.28] In the book of Acts
[4692.28 --> 4693.26] Is the spirit
[4693.26 --> 4694.10] Who lives
[4694.10 --> 4695.06] And moves
[4695.06 --> 4696.38] Here at Hope Community Church