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0:00Lukeapter 9:1. [music]
0:02And he called the 12 together and gave
0:04them power and authority over all the
0:06demons and to heal diseases.
0:10And he sent [music] them out to proclaim
0:12the kingdom of God and to perform
0:14healing.
0:16And he said to them, "Take nothing for
0:17your journey, neither a staff, nor a
0:19bag, nor bread, nor money, and do not
0:22even have two tunics a piece.
0:25Whatever house you enter, stay there
0:27until you [music] leave that city.
0:30And as for those who do not receive you,
0:32as you go [music] out from the city,
0:35shake the dust off your feet as a
0:37testimony against them.
0:39Departing, they [music] began going
0:41throughout the villages preaching the
0:43gospel and healing everywhere. [music]
0:46Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that
0:49was happening, [music] and he was
0:51greatly perplexed
0:53because it was said by some that John
0:56had [music] risen from the dead.
0:59and by some that Elijah had appeared and
1:02by others [music] that one of the
1:04prophets of old had risen again.
1:07Herod said, "I myself had John beheaded,
1:11but who is this man about whom I hear
1:14such things?"
1:16And he kept trying to see him.
1:20When the apostles returned, they gave an
1:22account to him, Jesus, of all that they
1:25had done.
1:27Taking them with him, he withdrew
1:29[music] by himself to a city called
1:32Bethida.
1:34But the crowds were aware of this
1:36[music] and followed him. And welcoming
1:39them, he began speaking to them about
1:41the kingdom of God and [music] curing
1:44those who had need of healing. So, this
1:47describes the authority and power he
1:48gave the disciples and how the twel
1:51apostles started [music] ministering of
1:52the kingdom of God. And then it's got
1:55this little account, this very condensed
1:57story that when the disciples get back
2:00from this intensive season of ministry,
2:02Jesus plans a break. He takes them aside
2:06and he withdrew by himself with them to
2:09a city called Bethida. Hey, let's go
2:12have some rest. It says, "But the crowds
2:15were aware of this and they followed
2:17him." So they came and interrupted the
2:20[music] rest.
2:22Now the day was ending, and the twel
2:25came and said to him, "Send the crowd
2:27away that they may go into the
2:29surrounding villages and countryside and
2:32[music] find lodging and get something
2:34to eat. For here we are in a desolate
2:38place."
2:39But he said to them, "You give them
2:42something to eat." And they said, "We
2:46have no more than five loaves and two
2:48fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food
2:50for all these people."
2:52For there were about 5,000 men. And he
2:56said to the disciples, "Have them sit
2:58down to eat in groups of about 50 each."
3:02They did so and had them all sit down.
3:06Then he took the five loaves and two
3:08fish and looking up to heaven, he
3:10blessed them and broke them and kept
3:13giving them to the disciples to set
3:15before the people.
3:17And they all ate and were satisfied. And
3:20the broken pieces which they had left
3:23over were picked up 12 baskets full.
3:28So, in this story of the 5000,
3:31this is following on the heels of him
3:35commissioning the disciples to start
3:37ministering the message. He's helping
3:40them to become ministers. He's sent them
3:43out. They've started, but he doesn't
3:46believe that they are operating in
3:48enough faith. And so he's intentionally
3:52telling them to do things that are not
3:54possible in the strength of human flesh
3:56alone. He tells them to feed the people.
3:59Jesus isn't dumb. He's not unaware of
4:02the limitations.
4:04He just believes that the disciples can
4:06operate in more power than they are
4:09actually functioning in.
4:11They don't. And so they pick up 12
4:14baskets of leftovers, one for each of
4:17the disciples to remember their
4:19faithlessness and how much God did above
4:21and beyond what was needed. And it
4:25happened that while he was praying
4:26alone, the disciples were with him. And
4:28he questioned them, saying, "Who do the
4:30people say that I am?" They answered,
4:32"John the Baptist." Others say Elijah,
4:34but others one of the prophets of old.
4:37Who has arisen again? So this seems to
4:39be a very strong question that is
4:42occurring over and over. In the previous
4:44chapter, he coned the wind and waves and
4:46the disciples said, "Who is this?" Then
4:49in the beginning of this chapter, Herod
4:51hears what's going on and says, "Who is
4:54this man?" And now down here, he asks
4:58them, "Who do the people say that I am?"
5:01So that's what we're going to learn from
5:03this se this section of Luke's account.
5:06We're going to learn who Jesus is. What
5:09is his unique power, calling, nature?
5:13And he said to them, "But who do you say
5:15that I am?" And Peter answered and said,
5:19"The Messiah of God,
5:21the Christ of God,"
5:24which means the anointed one of God, the
5:27one who has a singular power and
5:30anointing from God.
5:32But he warned them and instructed them
5:35not to tell this to anyone, saying, "The
5:38Son of Man must suffer many things and
5:42be rejected by the elders and chief
5:44priests and scribes and be killed and be
5:47raised up on the third day."
5:50And he was saying to them all, "If
5:52anyone wishes to come after me, he must
5:55deny himself and take up his cross and
5:59daily follow me.
6:02For whoever wishes to save his life will
6:05lose it, but whoever loses his life for
6:08my sake, he is the one who will save it.
6:12For what is a man profited if he gains
6:15the whole world and loses or forfeits
6:17himself? For whoever is ashamed of me
6:21and my words, the son of man will be
6:23ashamed of him when he comes in his
6:25glory and the glory of the father and of
6:28the holy angels. But I say to you
6:30truthfully, there are some of those
6:32standing here who will not taste death
6:35until they see the kingdom of God.
6:38So Jesus tells them as soon as they
6:42confess that he is the Christ, he says,
6:44"I'm going to die. I'm going to be
6:46betrayed. It's going to be terrible, but
6:49I'm going to rise on the third day." So
6:52this is answering the question, who are
6:53you? And he's saying, "Yes, I am the
6:55Messiah, but I'm not the conquering hero
6:58that you're expecting. I'm a suffering
7:01servant who's going to give my life."
7:04And then he he starts trying to adjust
7:06their expectations and he points the the
7:09finger at them and he says, "If anyone
7:12wishes to come after me, he must deny
7:16himself, take up his cross, and follow
7:19me."
7:21What does it mean to deny yourself?
7:25Does that mean that you pretend that you
7:27don't have a fallen
7:30sinful nature? You deny it. I don't have
7:33a sinful nature. Is that denying
7:35yourself? No. What does it mean to deny
7:38yourself? And how is that like carrying
7:41a cross?
7:43You see, in the days when Jesus said
7:45this, crosses were not unusual.
7:49They were just like the gallows about a
7:53hundred years ago.
7:55That's where people died. They were hung
7:58until dead on crosses.
8:01So there were whole stretches of Judea
8:03where there were crosses lining the road
8:06where the Romans would nail people's
8:08bodies to these beams and cross beams
8:12and hoist them up.
8:15They wanted to torture the people in the
8:17worst possible way they could invent.
8:20And they wanted to terrify the living
8:23and say, "This is what it looks like to
8:25rebel against Rome." And in order to get
8:29there, the Romans would traditionally
8:31have the people drag their own cross
8:35under beating and stabbing. Drag their
8:38own cross to the place where it would be
8:40sunken to the ground. And then they
8:43would lay it down and nail the person to
8:45that cross.
8:47And the whole point was to say to the
8:49world, this is what it looks like to
8:51rebel against Rome. But Jesus is saying,
8:55you've got to carry your own cross,
8:59not to rebel against Rome, but to rebel
9:02against your sinful nature. This is what
9:05it looks like to rebel against the
9:08fallen nature inside of all of us.
9:12To deny here the word to deny means to
9:16disown, to disallow, to disavow,
9:20to reject, to suppress.
9:25And he's saying, if you're going to be
9:27an effective follower of me, you're
9:30going to have to live a life that
9:32includes a lot of death. And it's not
9:35going to be the death of my purpose.
9:37It's not going to be the death of your
9:38soul. It's going to be the death of your
9:41will that is in conflict with God's
9:43will. Because the kingdom that I'm
9:45coming to bring, it can coexist with
9:49Rome, but it cannot coexist with your
9:52ego and pride. At least not in your
9:55personal life. It's either going to be
9:57you who's reigning supreme or it's going
10:00to be God. But there's going to have to
10:02be a cross. And the rebel is going to
10:05have to be nailed there. For whoever
10:07wishes to save his life will lose it.
10:11He's saying the very instinct of
10:14self-preservation and the fear of death
10:17that drives the whole world and that is
10:20the mechanism that the enemy uses to
10:23hold people in bondage. Wishing to save
10:26your life, that's how you lose it.
10:30Self-preservation is how you lose your
10:33soul. If you can't overcome
10:36that fear,
10:38that fear of the death of your image,
10:41the death of your ambitions, the death
10:45of your body, if you can't overcome
10:47that, you are controlled by that. So,
10:50whoever whoever wishes to save his life
10:54will lose it. But whoever loses his life
10:59for my sake is the one who will save it.
11:04The only way to secure an enduring life
11:07is to stop trying to secure it yourself
11:12and to put it in God's hands. To let go
11:15and to say, "I am here
11:18to serve, to love, and yes, to hurt, and
11:23to die for something greater." and in
11:26doing that I will enter into a life that
11:28cannot be stolen from me.
11:34Then he tells us one of the ways that
11:37we're going to suffer. He says, "Whoever
11:39is ashamed of me and my words, the son
11:43of man will be ashamed of him."
11:47So this is one of the things we've got
11:48to die to is the embarrassment of
11:51belonging to him.
11:54When you have found
11:56a counterfeit gospel, it will not
11:59embarrass you. But when you have found
12:01Jesus, he is an embarrassment to your
12:04flesh. And if you don't die to that
12:07embarrassment, he's going to be
12:09embarrassed of you. You've got to own
12:12the foolishness of the cross. You got to
12:14accept the death to your pride and
12:17image. You got to stand outside the
12:20crowd. You got to be willing to
12:22figuratively be nailed naked for the
12:24crowd to walk by and mock you.
12:29Some 8 days after these sayings, he took
12:33along Peter and John and James. See how
12:35Luke puts in the detail of 8 days. None
12:37of the other gospels told us that, but
12:39it's interesting, isn't it?
12:42Some 8 days after these sayings, he took
12:44along Peter and John and James and went
12:47up on the mountain to pray.
12:49And while he was praying, the appearance
12:52of his face became different,
12:56and his clothing became white and
13:00gleaming.
13:02And behold, two men were talking with
13:04him. And they were Moses and Elijah,
13:08who appearing in glory were speaking of
13:11his departure, which he was about to
13:14accomplish at Jerusalem.
13:17Now Peter and his companions had been
13:20overcome with sleep. But when they were
13:23fully awake, they saw his glory and the
13:27two men standing with him.
13:30And as they were leaving him, Peter said
13:32to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to
13:36be here. Let us make three tabernacles,
13:38one for you and one for Moses and one
13:41for Elijah." Not realizing what he was
13:45saying.
13:47While he was saying this, a cloud formed
13:49and began to overshadow them, and they
13:51were afraid as they entered the cloud.
13:54Then a voice came out of the cloud,
13:56saying, "This is my son, my chosen one.
14:00Listen to him."
14:03And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was
14:05found alone, and they kept silent and
14:08reported to no one in those days any of
14:11the things which they had seen. The
14:14previous verses have been asking who is
14:16Jesus? We get a decisive answer from
14:19Peter. He is the Messiah.
14:22Okay? And then we get a redefinition of
14:24what Messiah is. It's a suffering
14:27servant who's going to die. And then we
14:29get a warning that his followers are
14:32going to have to walk in the same path
14:34of self-denial and sacrifice.
14:37Okay? And then
14:40we get a visitation from heaven
14:43where
14:44Moses and Elijah
14:47are talking to Jesus about his
14:50departure.
14:52One gospel uses the word his Exodus in
14:56Greek.
14:58So the two guys who were famous for
15:00Exodus come and talk to Jesus about his
15:03Exodus
15:06and
15:07Moses led the children of Israel on an
15:10exodus through the Red Sea and Elijah
15:13was taken up into glory on an exodus
15:17into heaven. So these men who are who
15:20are men of repentance, men of leadership
15:23and types of Jesus in a certain sense,
15:26they come and speak to Jesus on the
15:28mountain. And the disciples see his
15:31glory. He is gleaming. He is radiating
15:35light. And they're amazed. Peter doesn't
15:38know what to say. He offers to build
15:40three boxes because that's what humans
15:42do when they encounter something that
15:44doesn't fit their boxes. They offer to
15:46build bigger ones.
15:48And uh the Lord completely ignores it.
15:50And the gospel says that he said this
15:52because he didn't know what he was
15:53saying. As they're coming down, we get
15:56the definitive answer to the question
15:58that the chapter has been asking. The
16:01question is, who is this man? And here's
16:04the voice. First, it came from Peter.
16:07Then it's a visitation from
16:10men of old. And then it says, "This is
16:13my son." The father is speaking. This is
16:16my son, my chosen one or my Messiah.
16:20It's what that refers to. Listen to him.
16:24But they didn't tell anybody about this.
16:26It was too scary. It was too awesome.
16:30On the next day, when they came down
16:32from the mountain, a large crowd met
16:34him. And a man from the crowd shouted,
16:37saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at
16:40my son, for he is my only boy."
16:44and a spirit seizes him and he suddenly
16:47screams and it throws him into a
16:49convulsion with foaming at the mouth and
16:52only with difficulty does it leave him
16:55mauling him as it leaves. I begged your
16:58disciples to cast it out and they could
17:00not. And Jesus answered and said, "You
17:04unbelieving and perverted generation,
17:07[clears throat]
17:08how long shall I be with you and put up
17:10with you? bring your son here.
17:15He's not happy that the disciples could
17:18not move in the faith and the power that
17:20he had given them.
17:23So, he sent them out with the power to
17:25heal.
17:26And he performed the miracle of the 5000
17:29to help their smallness of faith. But
17:31he's still seeing it everywhere.
17:34They are trying to get out of the
17:36framework of the revolution that they
17:38came for and trying to get into the
17:40framework of moving in the power of the
17:42spirit that he came for.
17:46While he was still approaching, the
17:48demons slammed the boy to the ground and
17:50threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus
17:53rebuked the unclean spirit and healed
17:55the boy and gave him back to his father.
17:58And they were all amazed at the
18:00greatness of God. But while everyone was
18:03marveling at all he was doing, he said
18:05to his disciples, "Let these words sink
18:10into your ears,
18:12for the Son of Man is going to be
18:15delivered into the hands of men."
18:20So, he's working miracles.
18:22He's stopping the sea.
18:25He's feeding the 5000.
18:28He's casting out demons.
18:31He's doing incredible things. He's
18:33raising the dead,
18:36but they aren't listening. That part of
18:39his plan is to allow himself to be
18:42delivered into the hands of men.
18:46He's showing so much power that they're
18:48thinking, well, nobody can touch him.
18:52And he knows that when when he is
18:55delivered into the hands of men, it's
18:56going to cause his disciples to lose
18:58their faith
19:00to say, "I thought he was powerful." But
19:03he is powerful. So he tells them, "Let
19:06these words sink into your ears, for the
19:11Son of Man is going to be delivered into
19:14the hands of men."
19:17But they did not understand this
19:20statement.
19:22and it was concealed from them so that
19:25they would not perceive it and they were
19:28afraid to ask him about this statement.
19:31We have been seeing that Jesus is not
19:34the heroic conquering warrior Messiah
19:37that he is the
19:39servant of the power of God of his
19:42spirit. Okay? And then we've been seeing
19:45him perform miracles. And we've seen
19:48that the man's boy who was
19:52demonpossessed has been delivered. And
19:54what did they say
19:56when the boy was delivered? The crowd
19:59said that they were amazed
20:02at the greatness of God. But the
20:06greatness of God includes a cross. And
20:09the greatness of God includes being
20:12delivered into the hands of men. And the
20:14greatness of God isn't just glory and
20:18power. It's brokenness and humility.
20:21Okay. So now the disciples are going to
20:24give us another glimpse of how they
20:26don't understand this greatness.
20:28An argument started among them as to
20:31which of them might be the greatest.
20:34But Jesus, knowing what they were
20:36thinking in their heart, took a child
20:38and stood him by his side. And he said
20:42to them, "Whoever receives this child in
20:46my name receives me,
20:49and whoever receives me receives him who
20:51sent me, for the one who is least among
20:54all of you, this is the one who is
20:57great."
20:58So he's basically telling them, you want
21:00to be great, you're going to have to
21:03become like this child. Because when
21:05people receive someone who is as humble
21:08as this child, that's when they're going
21:10to be receiving me.
21:13So if you want them to receive me, you
21:15better be like this kid." John answered
21:18and said, "Master, we saw someone
21:20casting out demons in your name, and we
21:22tried to prevent him because he does not
21:24follow along with us." So now they're
21:27saying, "We want to make even the
21:29miracle working an expression of human
21:32pride. Could we could we limit it so
21:34that it's only our thing?
21:38We understand that you're not going to
21:40bring swords and clubs against Rome and
21:43you're not going to be that kind of
21:44Messiah, but since it's a supernatural
21:47miracle kind of Messiah, could we at
21:48least make it only our thing?"
21:53Jesus said to him,"Do not hinder him,
21:56for he who is not against you is for
21:59you.
22:01Don't think like that. Let's network.
22:04Let's work with other people."
22:07When the days were approaching for his
22:09ascension, he was determined to go to
22:11Jerusalem. Now, notice it doesn't say
22:15when the days were approaching for his
22:18death.
22:20The Bible will later tell us that
22:24he endured the cross for the joy set
22:28before him. He wasn't going to Jerusalem
22:31just to die. He was going to Jerusalem
22:34to rise, to ascend into heaven.
22:38So Jerusalem and the cross, that was the
22:42dark tunnel and aisle through which he
22:45had to pass in order to get to his
22:47ascension. But he was going for the
22:49ascension.
22:51When the days were approaching for his
22:52ascension, he was determined to go to
22:55Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on
22:57ahead of him. And they went and entered
22:59a village of the Samaritans to make
23:02arrangements for him.
23:04But they did not receive him because he
23:06was traveling toward Jerusalem.
23:09Why did the Samaritans not receive him?
23:12Because he was traveling toward
23:14Jerusalem.
23:16Why? Why would they not want that? Well,
23:19see,
23:21back in the days
23:23of the kingdom, Israel had been split
23:26into a northern kingdom and a southern
23:28kingdom into Judah and Samaria.
23:33Okay? And in the days of Jeroboam, the
23:38wicked king who caused Israel to sin, he
23:42taught the people that they didn't have
23:43to go to Jerusalem. that that was
23:46inconvenient for them so they didn't
23:48have to go all the way to Jerusalem.
23:49That they could stay in Samaria and
23:52offer their sacrifices in disobedience
23:55to God's command that they go all the
23:57way to Jerusalem. When the Samaritan
24:00woman meets Jesus, she says, "You Jews
24:02worship in Jerusalem, but we Samaritans
24:05worship on this mountain. We've picked
24:07our way of worshiping God. You have your
24:09interpretation. We have ours." Right? So
24:13he's going to Jerusalem and on his way
24:15he needs to stay the night in a
24:17Samaritan village. But when they find
24:18out that he's heading toward Jerusalem,
24:20they say, "No, you're not welcome here
24:22because we don't like Jerusalem and we
24:24don't like that thing in you that thinks
24:26you have to go all the way to
24:27Jerusalem." This is like a
24:29thousand-year-old argument, a
24:32thousand-year-old rebellion. And the
24:34Samaritans don't want to help him
24:37because he's going to Jerusalem.
24:40But they did not receive him because he
24:42was traveling toward Jerusalem. When his
24:44disciples James and John saw this, they
24:46said, "Lord, do you want us to command
24:49fire to come down from heaven and
24:51consume them?
24:55They are mad." So this is the second
24:58time that James and John are
25:00misunderstanding supernatural power.
25:03They're getting the idea that Jesus
25:04isn't coming with an army. They think
25:07he's coming with supernatural power. So,
25:09let's use that supernatural power to
25:12bring the will of the flesh.
25:14So, they're offended. They say, "We
25:17wanted to give get a hotel room in this
25:20village for our king, for our master,
25:22and these awful people knew that we were
25:25going to Jerusalem, and these bigots
25:27said no." They're like, "Can we use this
25:30supernatural power you've been helping
25:32us with to call down fire from heaven
25:34and consume them?"
25:36It's just like the question of who's the
25:38greatest
25:39>> because it's all about how can I use
25:41God's power to exalt and elevate myself,
25:45[snorts] my ego, my plans.
25:48And he turned and rebuked them.
25:53He is not happy.
25:56And he said, "You do not know what kind
25:59of spirit you are of.
26:02For the Son of Man did not come to
26:05destroy men's lives, but to save them."
26:09And they went on to another village.
26:14So he is angry.
26:18You are tapping into the spirit of the
26:20destroyer.
26:22Do you understand? Whoever seeks to save
26:26his life is coming under the power of
26:29him who controls people through the fear
26:32of death.
26:34So you don't know what spirit you're of.
26:36When you start treating people like
26:38that, when people offend you and you've
26:40got to destroy them,
26:43you are coming under the influence of
26:45your enemy. You are already losing the
26:48battle. And he says, "I didn't come to
26:51act like that. I came to save people.
26:55As they were going along the road,
26:57someone said to him, "I will follow you
27:00wherever you go." Seems like a little
27:02bit of a tense moment has just passed.
27:04The disciples have been rebuked. They've
27:06been told they don't know what spirit
27:07they're
27:09>> [clears throat]
27:09>> uh they're going to have to travel to
27:11the next hotel. And um somebody has a
27:15flowery compliment
27:17maybe to distinguish themsel from James
27:19and John. I will follow you wherever you
27:23go.
27:25And Jesus said to him, now notice,
27:29they've just tried to get lodgings and
27:33they couldn't get it.
27:35Okay? And at the inconvenience, the
27:38disciples have become hotheaded and he
27:41he's gotten angry and rebuked them. So
27:44he's kind of addressing that.
27:47He says, "Foxes have holes or hotel
27:50rooms, and the birds of the air have
27:53nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to
27:57lay his head."
27:59He's saying, "You want to follow me, you
28:02need to get comfortable with being
28:03rejected.
28:06You want to follow me, you need to be
28:08okay with being misunderstood,
28:11of having no comfortable place in this
28:13world." Now, it doesn't mean he's not
28:15going to lay down that night. He did.
28:18He's just saying spiritually and in the
28:20big picture, this world doesn't have any
28:22place for me.
28:25And he said to another, "Follow me." And
28:28he said, "Lord, permit me first to go
28:30and bury my father."
28:33But he said to him, "Allow the dead to
28:36bury their own dead, but as for you, go
28:40and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of
28:42God." Another also said, "I will follow
28:46you, Lord, but first permit me to say
28:48goodbye to those at home." But Jesus
28:51said to him, "No one, after putting his
28:54hand to the plow and looking back is fit
28:57for the kingdom of God."
29:00This is radical.
29:02Is it bad to honor your father by giving
29:05him a burial? No. Jesus went to
29:09Lazarus's grave.
29:12Jesus was given an honorable burial.
29:16It's the idea that anything [music]
29:19should ever come before following God.
29:23If you can bury your father as an
29:25expression of following Jesus, then do
29:27it. [music] But if you use those family
29:31ties
29:32to delay the journey of total surrender,
29:36then those family ties [music]
29:38become idols.
29:40and there's no place for you in the
29:42kingdom of God.
29:44And he says, "No one after putting their
29:46hand to the plow and looking back is
29:50fit."
29:52This is a completely different metaphor.
29:54[music] It's a metaphor of of farming.
29:56If you're plowing through a field, you
29:59got a plow in front of you and a horse
30:01pulling it. It takes all your energy to
30:05keep that plow heading straight across
30:08that field.
30:10If you have that hand on the plow and
30:13you look over your shoulder,
30:15start looking to see who's watching,
30:17what's going to happen to your furrow?
30:21You're going to go veering and ruining
30:24the field of God. And that's what it's
30:27like when people come to serve the field
30:30of the Lord, which is his people. Serve
30:34lives, serve families, serve the church.
30:38But they're constantly looking to see
30:40who's watching or looking to see what
30:42[music] they left behind or looking to
30:44see where there's more money. They're
30:47plowing through and hurting people.
30:49Instead [music] of tilling up the weeds,
30:51instead of furrowing the plants, they're
30:56tearing through
30:58and hurting lives. We've all seen that,
31:00haven't we? So he [music] says, if if
31:02you can't keep your focus, if you can't
31:05keep your priorities straight and keep
31:09your furrows straight in line with where
31:12God is leading you, you're not fit to
31:15touch the plow of a ministry, the plow
31:19of a mission, the plow of service in the
31:22field of God.
31:25[music]
31:35>> [music]

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