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Series B – Second Sunday in Lent – Sunday, February 28, 2021 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

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0:28	the holy gospel according to saint mark
0:30	the 8th chapter
0:32	[Music]
0:37	and Jesus went on with his disciples to
0:39	the villages of caesarea philippi
0:41	and on the way he asked his disciples
0:44	who do people say that i
0:45	am and they told him john the baptist
0:48	others say elijah
0:49	and others one of the prophets and he
0:51	asked them but who do you say that i am
0:54	peter answered him you are the Christ
0:56	and he strictly charged them to tell no
0:58	one about him
0:59	and he began to teach them that the son
1:01	of man must suffer many things be
1:03	rejected by the elders and the chief
1:05	priests
1:06	and the scribes and be killed and after
1:08	three days
1:09	rise again and he said this plainly
1:12	and peter took him aside and began to
1:15	rebuke him
1:16	but turning and seeing his disciples he
1:18	rebuked peter and said get behind me
1:19	satan
1:20	for you are not setting your mind on the
1:22	things of god but on the things of man
1:24	and he called to him the crowd with his
1:26	disciples and he said to them
1:28	if anyone would come after me let him
1:30	deny himself and take up his cross and
1:33	follow me
1:34	whoever will save his life will lose it
1:36	whoever loses his life for my sake
1:38	and the gospel sake will save it for
1:41	what does it profit a man to gain the
1:42	whole world and forfeit his life
1:45	and what can a man give in return for
1:47	his life for whoever is ashamed of me
1:50	and of my words in this adulterous and
1:52	sinful generation
1:53	of him will the son of man also be
1:55	ashamed when he comes in the glory of
1:56	his father
1:57	with the holy angels this is the gospel
2:00	of the lord
2:01	in the name of Jesus amen
2:05	are you guys awake today
2:09	got to work on you norwegians get some
2:11	pep in your step
2:12	all right today’s gospel some terrifying
2:16	words
2:16	Jesus gives us today and here are the
2:19	words whoever is ashamed of me and of
2:22	my words in this adulterous and sinful
2:24	generation of him will the son of man
2:26	also be ashamed
2:27	when he comes in the glory of his father
2:29	with the holy angels
2:32	as we consider our lenten tide
2:35	penitence looking and examining our
2:38	lives in light of Christ’s commands
2:41	we recognize here a major temptation
2:43	that each and every one of us has given
2:45	into to one
2:46	degree or another that is being ashamed
2:50	of the words of Christ and so let’s talk
2:53	about the different ways in which this
2:55	happens and note
2:57	that this is by no means an exhaustive
3:00	look
3:00	at the subject you think back in the
3:02	history of the church in the history of
3:04	the church during the 1900s
3:06	uh darwin wrote that book the origin of
3:09	species
3:10	and a whole lot of people started
3:12	believing
3:13	that rather than being the special
3:15	creation of god made in his image
3:17	although we have fallen into sin
3:19	that humanity evolved from apes
3:23	and the church lost its nerve the church
3:26	was ashamed of the words of Christ where
3:29	Christ confirmed that we were created by
3:31	god in six days
3:33	and so the church became ashamed of that
3:36	also then falling out of that same
3:39	flow if you would of theology well
3:42	people began to deny that miracles were
3:45	possible
3:46	and so the church ashamed of the words
3:49	of scripture that tell us that Christ
3:51	was born of the virgin mary that Jesus
3:54	walked on the water that Jesus healed
3:57	people of their diseases
3:59	and that Jesus physically rose
4:02	from the grave on the third day after he
4:04	was crucified
4:06	the church ashamed of these words
4:08	decided that it was best if we find a
4:10	way to allegorize them instead
4:13	and so the resurrection of Jesus rather
4:16	than being his victorious bodily
4:18	resurrection from the grave
4:19	turned into an allegory of how god
4:22	causes
4:23	the flowers to grow again in the spring
4:28	have any of you heard sermons like this
4:32	and then you think in our day in our day
4:35	i grew up
4:36	during the rise of contemporary
4:38	Christian
4:39	music all right i remember
4:43	petra i remember steve camp and steve
4:46	taylor and all this kind of stuff and
4:48	here’s what gave rise to this by the way
4:50	here’s what gave rise to contemporary
4:52	Christian music if you all remember the
4:54	70s the 60s and the 70s they were a
4:56	little bit
4:56	um let’s just say it this way
4:59	debaucherous
5:00	right if you know the legendary stories
5:02	of the parties of led
5:04	zeppelin and bands like that and then in
5:07	my
5:07	time in my generation we saw the rise of
5:09	kind of like the
5:10	theatrical satanic bands like metallica
5:13	and black sabbath and ozzy osbourne
5:16	and what did the church do well we want
5:18	to have
5:19	rock and roll like the world and so what
5:21	we’re going to do is we’re going to
5:22	create an alternative
5:24	entertainment source where they
5:27	basically
5:28	took the chops of the world and then
5:31	came up with what i would consider to be
5:33	a really cheap imitation of it
5:35	and then guilt kids who were attending
5:37	churches and
5:38	youth groups and Christian schools guilt
5:41	them if they
5:42	didn’t listen to Christian music this
5:45	past week something interesting happened
5:48	though you’ll note that the Christian
5:50	music industry was very high
5:52	on entertainment always very thin on
5:56	sound theology and this past week the
5:59	number one
6:01	Christian song on the
6:04	Christian pop charts is sung by somebody
6:07	who is openly lgbtq xyz
6:11	whatever that alphabet soup is
6:16	what is going on here and you’ll note
6:19	that in our day
6:20	people are ashamed of the words of
6:23	Christ where
6:24	Christ says that in the beginning god
6:26	created them male
6:27	and female have you all gotten rid of mr
6:31	potato head because he’s too gender
6:33	specific
6:35	right it’s a
6:38	crazy world we’re living in right now
6:40	but what’s the church doing
6:42	they’re sticking their fingers in
6:43	they’re licking them going and then
6:44	sticking it in the wind and going well
6:46	the winds are blowing this way we better
6:47	blow that way too
6:49	but this is a form of being ashamed of
6:51	the words of Christ
6:52	and i would remind you what the apostle
6:55	john
6:56	says john says this do not
6:59	love the world or the things in the
7:02	world
7:03	now scripture is clear we Christians are
7:05	in the world
7:06	we are not of the world Jesus in the
7:09	gospel of john makes it clear
7:11	that the reason why the world hates
7:14	us is because we are not of the world
7:18	but have you noticed this about us we
7:20	don’t like
7:21	not being liked that’s just
7:25	normal human nature we want
7:28	to be liked by people and so what have
7:31	we
7:31	as a church done we’ve become ashamed of
7:33	the words of Christ
7:34	and we’ve sought the accolades of the
7:37	world and we’re fearing who
7:39	the world we’re afraid of being ashamed
7:43	by the world
7:44	but we’re not afraid of being ashamed by
7:46	Christ
7:48	we’ve got our priorities completely
7:50	backwards upside down and inside out
7:52	and so in our day we’ve seen this happen
7:54	with the rise in the mega churches
7:56	and the diluting of god’s word because
7:59	we’re all ashamed of those words we want
8:01	to be liked by the world
8:03	come to our church we’ve got a great
8:05	disco ball
8:06	we’ve got a great praise band
8:09	and the good news is we’ve got it
8:11	written gotten rid of the cross
8:14	we’ve gotten rid of Jesus you can come
8:16	and just have an experience with god and
8:18	you can
8:19	bake in the glory and our pastor hasn’t
8:22	even been to seminary and he’s proud of
8:24	it
8:25	in fact nowadays in so many churches
8:28	the only qualifications necessary for a
8:30	person to become a pastor
8:32	is they have to be able to fog a mirror
8:34	and they have to fit in skinny jeans
8:41	you laugh because it’s true now
8:44	this would mean i’m not qualified to be
8:45	a pastor
8:47	although i can fog a mirror if you put
8:49	me in skinny jeans
8:51	you would have to call the paramedics
8:53	and pray they get here quick
8:54	otherwise they’re going to have to
8:55	amputate both my legs
8:58	right
9:02	[Laughter]
9:04	poor dwayne
9:08	so here’s the thing scripture says do
9:10	not love the world
9:12	or the things in the world if anyone
9:13	loves the world the love of the father
9:15	is not in him for all that is in the
9:18	world the desires of the flesh
9:20	the desires of the eyes the pride of
9:22	life
9:23	it is not from the father it is from the
9:26	world
9:27	the world is passing away along with its
9:30	desires
9:31	and whoever does the will of god abides
9:33	forever
9:34	so note if you’re having a longing eye
9:36	towards the world
9:38	you’re having a longing eye towards the
9:39	world and you’re loving what’s in the
9:42	world rather than
9:43	the things of god that this is a time
9:46	for us to recognize that within
9:47	ourselves and repent
9:49	whoever does the will of god abides
9:51	forever and what is the will of god
9:53	that we repent that we
9:56	believe that we trust in Christ
9:59	james puts it this way and by the way if
10:02	you’ve ever heard that lutherans don’t
10:03	preach from the epistle of james
10:05	that’s fake news it’s just really fake
10:07	news listen to what james says
10:10	chapter four what causes quarrels and
10:13	what causes
10:14	fights among you talking about
10:17	Christians in the church
10:18	is it not this that your passions are at
10:21	war
10:22	within you talking about our sinful
10:24	passions
10:25	and our desires you desire but you don’t
10:28	have
10:29	so what do you do you murder that makes
10:32	perfect sense
10:33	you covet and you cannot obtain so you
10:35	fight
10:36	and you quarrel and you do not have
10:39	because you don’t ask you don’t even
10:40	pray
10:41	but then when you do pray you ask and
10:43	you don’t receive because you ask
10:45	wrongly in order to spend what god gives
10:48	you on your own passions
10:50	reminds me of that song from a while
10:52	back lord won’t you buy me
10:54	a mercedes-benz right
11:00	but here’s what james says you
11:02	adulterous people do you not know that
11:04	friendship with the world is
11:06	enmity with god
11:10	and we’re going to note hindsight being
11:13	2020
11:15	over the past few months i don’t know if
11:16	you guys have noticed that the great
11:19	Christian entertainment empire known as
11:22	hillsong
11:23	has been racked with scandal after
11:25	scandal after
11:26	scandal some of them
11:29	the details not even good idea to
11:32	mention
11:32	from a pulpit let’s just say that it
11:35	involves sexual relations
11:38	and here’s the thing people are shocked
11:42	gasp we never saw this coming
11:45	how could you not see it coming hillsong
11:48	is the epitome of what it means to be
11:50	ashamed of the words of Christ
11:52	and to seek the accolades of the world
11:58	is it any wonder that sin has been
12:01	rampant among
12:02	their leaders no not at all
12:08	so whoever wishes to be a friend of the
12:10	world
12:12	james says makes himself an enemy of god
12:16	or do you suppose that it is no reason
12:18	that scripture says he yearns jealously
12:19	over the spirit that he’s made to dwell
12:21	in us
12:22	but he gives more grace therefore and
12:24	says god opposes the proud
12:26	and he gives grace to the humble and
12:28	that’s kind of the point
12:29	the one who is embarrassed by the words
12:32	of Christ
12:33	is ultimately arrogant and believe that
12:36	they know better
12:38	than Jesus it’s a form of pride and
12:41	that’s the thing
12:41	you think you know better than Jesus i
12:44	think i know better than Jesus
12:46	and i’m not talking now about people out
12:47	there i’m talking about us
12:49	all the different ways when we are
12:51	ashamed of Jesus we don’t want to suffer
12:54	we don’t want to be ridiculed
12:56	we don’t want to be persecuted we think
12:59	that we can actually make a bigger
13:01	difference
13:02	by finding a way to take the cross that
13:04	Christ has given to us
13:05	and put it to the side and instead
13:08	find a way to make the world happy
13:12	to present them a face of Jesus that
13:14	they’re not ashamed of
13:16	but in order to do that you end up
13:18	having to cut out
13:19	whole portions of what Jesus taught and
13:21	said
13:22	and calls us to do
13:27	kind of scary proposition isn’t it now i
13:30	would note this
13:31	Jesus gives us a great model to follow
13:36	as it relates to speaking the truth that
13:39	must be
13:39	said a friend of mine dr michael horton
13:43	of the white horse inn he calls the
13:46	gospel of john chapter
13:48	6 he calls this Jesus’s great church
13:51	shrinkage sermon
13:54	and it’s something to consider in light
13:56	of what Jesus says here
13:58	you’ll note that Christ always practices
14:01	what he preaches
14:02	he’s not ashamed of the words that god
14:04	the father has given him to preach
14:06	and in the gospel of john chapter 6 we
14:09	can see that Jesus was
14:10	poised for what we would consider by
14:13	worldly terms
14:14	to be absolute greatness Jesus could
14:17	have gone down in the annals of history
14:19	as being one of the greatest conquerors
14:22	of all time
14:23	the person who led israel to overthrow
14:27	the roman empire and get out from under
14:29	their boot
14:30	after the feeding of the five thousand
14:32	notice that’s five thousand
14:34	men that doesn’t even include the women
14:36	and the children
14:37	and the younger folks that were there it
14:39	says in the gospel of john
14:42	that after Jesus had done this that
14:45	the uh the people that were there after
14:48	they gathered up the leftovers
14:50	that when the people saw this what Jesus
14:52	had done they said
14:53	this indeed is the prophet who is to
14:56	come into the world
14:57	and perceiving then that they were about
14:59	to come and take Jesus
15:00	and make him king by force Jesus
15:03	withdrew to the mountain by himself
15:07	i want you to think about this you’ve
15:09	got this crowd here that’s just been fed
15:11	they
15:12	recognize this is the son of david this
15:14	is the messiah
15:15	we’re going to make him king and that
15:18	group would be like the nugget of like
15:21	what would be necessary to
15:23	rally the forces of israel get the
15:25	people the army together and
15:27	put a fight on i mean the guy who can
15:30	feed an entire multitude
15:32	by multiplying loaves and fishes this
15:35	same guy
15:36	could miraculously get rid of the romans
15:39	we’re saved
15:42	and by human standards by worldly
15:44	standards Jesus would have been
15:46	one of the greatest generals slash kings
15:49	of all times but that’s
15:52	not why he came
15:59	so Jesus then sends his disciples
16:04	in the boat that they came in across the
16:06	sea of galilee
16:08	he spends some time in prayer and then
16:10	that night
16:11	Jesus walks on the water to join them
16:14	and the purpose of Jesus doing this was
16:16	to get the people the crowd
16:18	off his trail
16:21	because they are an obstruction to what
16:23	it is that he came to do
16:25	and so the next day it says in john 6
16:28	22 that the crowd remained on the other
16:31	side of the sea that they saw that there
16:33	had only been one boat there
16:34	and that Jesus had not entered the boat
16:36	with his disciples
16:37	but the disciples had gone away alone
16:40	other boats from tiberias came near the
16:42	place
16:42	where they had eaten the bread after the
16:44	lord had given thanks
16:46	so when the crowd saw that Jesus was not
16:48	there nor his disciples they themselves
16:50	got into the boats and went to capernaum
16:52	seeking Jesus and you’ll note
16:56	by worldly standards Jesus’s actions
16:58	make no sense
16:59	none whatsoever come on Jesus we’re
17:02	ready to follow you we’re ready to make
17:04	you king
17:05	so when they found him on the other side
17:07	of the sea they said rabbi when did you
17:08	come here
17:10	and listen to Jesus’s words truly truly
17:12	i say to you
17:13	you’re seeking me not because you saw
17:15	signs but because you ate your fill of
17:17	the loaves
17:19	do not work for food that perishes
17:22	but for the food that endures to eternal
17:25	life
17:26	your priorities are all wrong Jesus
17:29	politely tells them and the son of man
17:32	will give you this food that endures to
17:35	eternal life
17:37	for on him god the father has set his
17:40	seal
17:41	so then they asked Jesus all right what
17:42	must we be doing to do the works of god
17:45	and here’s the work this is the work of
17:48	god that you believe
17:50	you believe in the one whom he has sent
17:55	hmm really
17:58	doesn’t sound like a work to me and
18:01	that’s kind of the point is it
18:02	so they said all right what sign do you
18:04	do so that we may believe
18:06	you or what work do you perform our
18:09	fathers ate the manna in the wilderness
18:11	as it is written he gave them bread from
18:13	heaven to eat
18:14	and Jesus said to them truly i say to
18:16	you it was not moses who gave you the
18:18	bread from heaven but my father gives
18:19	you the true bread from heaven
18:21	for the bread of god is he who comes
18:23	down from heaven
18:24	and gives life to the world and they
18:27	said sir
18:27	okay give us this bread always and Jesus
18:30	said i am the bread of life
18:33	wait what that’s not what we’re looking
18:36	for
18:38	we’re looking for a real meal here here
18:40	Jesus what do you mean you’re the bread
18:42	of life
18:44	Jesus says i am the bread of life
18:46	whoever comes to me shall not hunger
18:48	whoever believes in me shall never
18:49	thirst but i said that you do
18:52	you have seen me and yet you do not
18:53	believe all that the father gives me
18:55	will
18:56	come to me whoever comes to me i will
18:57	never cast out
18:59	for i have come down from heaven to do
19:02	not to do my own will but the will of
19:04	him who sent me
19:05	and this is the will of him who sent me
19:07	that i should lose nothing of all that
19:08	he has given me
19:09	but raise it up on the last day and you
19:12	can see the total disconnect here
19:13	they’re looking for a bread king Jesus
19:15	you can multiple we can get rid of the
19:16	hunger problem in israel
19:18	in like four or five days it ain’t that
19:20	big of a of a country
19:22	what are you talking about this bread
19:23	from heaven stuff Jesus
19:25	we need something more practical
19:32	but he continues this is the will of my
19:34	father
19:36	everyone who looks on the sun and
19:37	believes in him should have eternal life
19:40	i will raise him up on the last day
19:43	well what about today what what about
19:46	today Jesus
19:48	so the jews grumbled they grumbled
19:51	because he said i’m the bread that came
19:53	down from heaven
19:54	and they said is this not Jesus the son
19:56	of joseph whose father and mother we
19:57	know
19:58	how does he now say i have come down
20:00	from heaven and Jesus
20:02	answered don’t grumble among yourselves
20:03	no one can come to me unless the father
20:05	who sent
20:06	me draws him and i will raise him up on
20:08	the last day
20:09	it is written in the prophets and they
20:10	will all be taught by god everyone who
20:12	has heard and learned from the father
20:14	comes to me not that anyone has seen the
20:17	father except he who is from god
20:19	he has seen the father so truly truly i
20:22	say to you whoever believes
20:24	has eternal life and i
20:28	am the bread of life your fathers ate
20:31	the manna in the wilderness and they
20:32	died
20:33	this is the bread that comes down from
20:35	heaven so that one may eat of it and not
20:37	die
20:38	i am the living bread that came down
20:39	from heaven if anyone eats of this bread
20:42	he will live
20:43	forever and the bread that i will give
20:46	for the life of the world is my flesh
20:50	and at this point
20:53	now a dispute arises
20:57	you’ll note that this great multitude
20:59	ready to make Jesus king
21:01	yesterday is now going what is this all
21:04	about so they disputed and said
21:06	how can this man give us his flesh to
21:09	eat
21:13	it’s not very practical is it it’s kind
21:14	of gross if you think about it
21:16	and so note that Jesus doesn’t sit there
21:18	no no no no no guys
21:19	i’m come on i you know i’m just talking
21:21	metaphorically allegorically here
21:23	let’s be practical no he doubles and
21:25	triples down so Jesus says
21:27	truly i say to you unless you eat the
21:29	flesh of the son of man and drink his
21:31	blood you have no
21:32	life in you whoever feeds on my flesh
21:35	and drinks my blood has
21:37	eternal life i will raise him up on the
21:39	last day for my flesh is true food my
21:41	blood is true drink
21:43	whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my
21:45	blood abides in me
21:47	and i in him as the living father sent
21:50	me and i live because of the father so
21:52	whoever feeds on me
21:53	he will also live because of me this
21:56	is the bread that came down from heaven
21:58	not like the bread that the fathers ate
22:00	and they died
22:01	whoever feeds on this bread will live
22:04	forever
22:08	and you’re going to note here that
22:12	having heard these words Jesus is
22:15	pointing
22:16	to his own flesh the sacrifice for our
22:19	sins so that we can be reconciled to god
22:22	so that we can have eternal life and
22:25	that’s the
22:26	issue what we need is to be forgiven
22:29	and that’s why Christ goes to the cross
22:31	because the world that we’re presently
22:33	living in
22:34	is temporal it’s passing away
22:38	and so are you
22:42	and so Jesus is addressing the bigger
22:44	issue that we have and that is is that
22:46	we’re all under a death sentence
22:48	by god because of our sin and so is it
22:52	any wonder then that when
22:53	Jesus asked the disciples who do people
22:55	say that i am
22:57	and finally he asked you know he asked
22:59	them who do you say i am
23:02	the peter answered you are the Christ
23:03	the son of the living god
23:05	and then after who he was was revealed
23:08	and specified and confirmed then Jesus
23:12	plainly begins to tell them boys
23:14	here’s the plan are you ready we’re
23:17	going to jerusalem
23:19	they’re going to arrest me they’re going
23:21	to beat me
23:22	they’re going to flog me they’re going
23:23	to crucify me and i’m going to die
23:27	and then on the third day i’m going to
23:29	rise from the grave
23:32	and you can tell by peter’s rebuke that
23:33	this isn’t exactly what he signed up for
23:36	remember peter left his fishing business
23:38	to follow
23:39	Jesus lord may it never be
23:42	this will never happen to you peter’s
23:45	thinking come on
23:46	we’re already working out who the
23:48	cabinet members are going to be in your
23:50	administration once you’re coordinated
23:52	in jerusalem you know i’m i’m thinking
23:54	i’m going to be chief of staff here
23:56	what do you mean we’re going to
23:58	jerusalem and you’re going to die
24:00	this is nuts this is not what we need
24:04	and what does peter say what does Jesus
24:06	say to peter get behind me satan
24:08	you don’t have the things of god in mind
24:09	you have the things of this world
24:12	in mind
24:19	so after Jesus in john 6 talks about
24:23	how it’s important to eat his flesh and
24:25	drink his blood which were
24:27	broken and shed for our forgiveness
24:32	it says this when many of his disciples
24:35	heard this saying they said this is a
24:37	hard thing
24:38	who can listen to it
24:45	so Jesus hears their grumbling says do
24:48	you take offense at this
24:50	then what if you were to see the son of
24:51	man ascending to where he was before
24:53	it is the spirit who gives life the
24:55	flesh is of no help at all
24:58	the words that i have spoken to you they
24:59	are spirit and life but there are some
25:01	who do not believe
25:05	and verse 66 then says this after this
25:08	many of Jesus’s disciples turned back
25:12	they no longer walked with Jesus so
25:15	Jesus said to the 12 do you want to go
25:17	away as well
25:20	the previous day there were 5 000
25:24	men ready to make Jesus king
25:28	24 hours later we’re back down to 12.
25:32	the rest have all gone away and they’re
25:34	not going to listen to Jesus again
25:36	they’re done the text says they no
25:38	longer walk with him
25:40	that’s it we’re done with rabbi Jesus
25:43	so Jesus asked the disciples do you want
25:45	to go away also
25:47	and here simon peter i think redeems
25:50	himself a little bit
25:52	he says lord to whom shall we go
25:56	you have the words of eternal life
25:59	and we have believed that you’ve come
26:01	and have come to know that you are the
26:02	holy one of god
26:05	so brothers and sisters this lenten
26:07	titus we consider our own repentance
26:10	let us consider all the ways in which
26:12	we’re trying to manipulate
26:14	Jesus we’re ashamed of what he said
26:16	we’re ashamed of what he’s offering
26:18	we’re ashamed of his call to repentance
26:20	we’re ashamed of what he
26:22	labels sin we’re ashamed
26:25	of the fact that he is so unbending and
26:27	unyielding and
26:28	well irrelevant to the world
26:32	and so we find ways to shave off to
26:34	ignore to hide
26:36	to obfuscate to quietly
26:40	not believe him let us repent of that
26:43	and then note then the great gift that
26:46	god has given us in Christ
26:48	because what we all need because of your
26:51	sin and mine
26:53	is we needed a sacrifice we needed god
26:57	to reconcile us to himself because we
26:59	cannot reconcile ourselves
27:01	this same Jesus who said that he was
27:03	going to jerusalem
27:04	and that he was going to die and rise
27:06	again did exactly that and when he was
27:07	nailed to the cross
27:09	all of your sin in fact all the
27:11	different ways in which you were ashamed
27:13	i have been ashamed of Jesus even those
27:16	sins
27:17	have been bled for and died for
27:20	so that on the day of judgment Christ
27:22	will not be ashamed
27:23	of you and if you don’t believe me
27:29	i would point you to peter that same one
27:32	who confessed that
27:32	Jesus is the Christ is also the one
27:36	who was well ashamed of Jesus
27:39	and his affiliation with him when a
27:42	slave girl
27:42	asked about whether or not he was with
27:44	Jesus
27:46	while Christ was on trial he was so
27:49	ashamed of Jesus that he didn’t even
27:51	acknowledge that he knew him at all in
27:52	fact denied that he knew him not once
27:56	not twice but three times
28:01	and do we not also do
28:04	the same we do
28:08	so let us acknowledge this in ourselves
28:11	and
28:11	receive like peter the forgiveness of
28:13	this sin
28:15	and this lenten tide make Christ through
28:17	his
28:18	spirit grant us the strength to carry
28:21	our cross
28:22	to follow Jesus to endure the suffering
28:25	and the persecution
28:26	and the shame of being numbered among
28:28	those who are in
28:30	Christ
28:33	knowing that when he appears rather than
28:36	being ashamed
28:37	because of his mercy and grace we will
28:39	hear from them
28:40	him well done not because of our merit
28:44	but because of his in the name of Jesus
28:48	amen

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