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[3197.98 --> 3198.86] were happening to you.
[3199.66 --> 3200.48] Peter's point there
[3200.48 --> 3201.68] is this is normal.
[3202.40 --> 3203.72] Don't be surprised.
[3204.60 --> 3205.46] Over and over again,
[3205.52 --> 3205.88] the Bible says,
[3205.88 --> 3206.74] anyone who wants
[3206.74 --> 3208.18] to follow after God
[3208.18 --> 3209.74] is going to face opposition.
[3209.96 --> 3210.50] Anyone who wants
[3210.50 --> 3211.18] to be holy
[3211.18 --> 3212.70] is going to face persecution.
[3213.60 --> 3214.28] This is the truth
[3214.28 --> 3214.90] of what it means
[3214.90 --> 3216.48] to be a disciple of Jesus.
[3216.66 --> 3217.90] Jesus himself said
[3217.90 --> 3218.58] in Luke 9,
[3218.70 --> 3219.34] whoever wants
[3219.34 --> 3220.26] to be my disciple
[3220.26 --> 3221.82] must deny themselves,
[3222.04 --> 3223.68] take up their cross daily
[3223.68 --> 3225.32] and follow me.
[3225.44 --> 3225.88] Whoever wants
[3225.88 --> 3226.92] to save their life
[3226.92 --> 3227.46] will lose it,
[3227.54 --> 3228.32] but whoever loses
[3228.32 --> 3230.14] his life for my sake
[3230.14 --> 3231.86] will save it.
[3231.86 --> 3236.20] the end of the journey
[3236.20 --> 3237.20] for the Christian
[3237.20 --> 3239.66] is reigning in glory
[3239.66 --> 3240.80] with Jesus.
[3242.48 --> 3243.74] But the way there
[3243.74 --> 3245.86] is to daily take up
[3245.86 --> 3246.44] your cross
[3246.44 --> 3248.26] and follow him.
[3250.20 --> 3251.68] And so don't be surprised
[3251.68 --> 3253.48] when this world
[3253.48 --> 3254.74] challenges you
[3254.74 --> 3256.20] or don't be surprised
[3256.20 --> 3257.64] when this world
[3257.64 --> 3258.74] offers you
[3258.74 --> 3259.76] a way to shortcut
[3259.76 --> 3261.76] that hardship.
[3263.06 --> 3264.28] But it won't do.
[3265.44 --> 3266.38] It can't do.
[3267.30 --> 3268.66] The way to the crown
[3268.66 --> 3269.26] of glory
[3269.26 --> 3270.04] is only
[3270.04 --> 3271.98] through the cruciform
[3271.98 --> 3272.92] life.
[3273.82 --> 3274.86] It's only through
[3274.86 --> 3275.62] the dying
[3275.62 --> 3276.70] to self
[3276.70 --> 3278.02] and the daily
[3278.02 --> 3278.68] rising
[3278.68 --> 3281.02] with Jesus Christ.
[3281.02 --> 3283.20] we live in a world
[3283.20 --> 3284.14] and we live in a place
[3284.14 --> 3285.38] where the two
[3285.38 --> 3286.82] seemingly greatest
[3286.82 --> 3287.74] temptations
[3287.74 --> 3289.24] are comfort
[3289.24 --> 3291.82] and power.
[3293.32 --> 3294.08] Now those might
[3294.08 --> 3294.60] look differently
[3294.60 --> 3295.04] for you.
[3295.14 --> 3295.54] You might have
[3295.54 --> 3296.26] a different definition
[3296.26 --> 3296.82] of comfort
[3296.82 --> 3297.88] than is over here
[3297.88 --> 3298.42] and you might have
[3298.42 --> 3299.44] a definition of power
[3299.44 --> 3300.14] or accomplishment
[3300.14 --> 3300.76] or status
[3300.76 --> 3301.94] than what's over here
[3301.94 --> 3302.82] but ultimately
[3302.82 --> 3304.16] comfort and power
[3304.16 --> 3305.02] are on offer
[3305.02 --> 3306.46] and Jesus says
[3306.46 --> 3308.84] I will make you
[3308.84 --> 3309.52] uncomfortable
[3309.52 --> 3313.40] and Jesus says
[3313.40 --> 3314.16] power isn't
[3314.16 --> 3314.74] what you think
[3314.74 --> 3315.20] it is.
[3315.92 --> 3316.74] It doesn't look
[3316.74 --> 3317.68] like what you
[3317.68 --> 3318.74] think it looks like.
[3321.10 --> 3322.10] My power
[3322.10 --> 3322.88] is made perfect
[3322.88 --> 3323.72] in weakness
[3323.72 --> 3325.30] says God.
[3326.30 --> 3327.22] The greatest
[3327.22 --> 3328.10] of these
[3328.10 --> 3329.10] must become
[3329.10 --> 3329.72] the least
[3329.72 --> 3331.16] says Jesus.
[3333.56 --> 3334.60] My prayer
[3334.60 --> 3335.68] for us all