Vision Series 2017
Series: RADICAL CALL
Speaker: Steve Jeffrey
Date: 4th November 2017
00:00:00 --> 00:00:02 I took this photo back in 2007.
00:00:02 --> 00:00:05 There's a bunch of photos of the only one I took in 2007.
00:00:06 --> 00:00:10 But this one, and there's another one there, it's Galatian National Park.
00:00:10 --> 00:00:12 It's on the edge of the Canadian Rockies.
00:00:13 --> 00:00:18 I, Natalie, who was pregnant at the time, that little thing,
00:00:19 --> 00:00:22 and two other people, that little thing's now called Isabel,
00:00:22 --> 00:00:30 so we're about to go on a hike, and discovering it wasn't going to be an easy stroll.
00:00:30 --> 00:00:31 We looked at where we'd come ahead, and we're like,
00:00:32 --> 00:00:33 it's going to be a little bit hard, I think.
00:00:34 --> 00:00:39 The trail was narrow, the trail was steep, the ground under our feet was standing loose.
00:00:40 --> 00:00:42 Now, I've done a little bit of hiking in my time.
00:00:42 --> 00:00:45 I used to work for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in New South Wales.
00:00:46 --> 00:00:51 Many years ago, one of my jobs was to build, to maintain walking tracks,
00:00:51 --> 00:00:54 which meant that I had to walk among those walking tracks.
00:00:54 --> 00:00:58 One of the principles I had in building a walking track was,
00:00:58 --> 00:01:02 if I'm going to make this thing, and I'm going to have to maintain this thing,
00:01:02 --> 00:01:04 they're going to make it easy to maintain it.
00:01:04 --> 00:01:09 So, which means it's going to be wide, I'm going to be able to ride cod bikes up and down this track,
00:01:10 --> 00:01:13 it's going to be as level as we possibly can,
00:01:13 --> 00:01:17 go the long way around to make it an easy terrain, rather than up the side of the hill.
00:01:17 --> 00:01:20 That kind of principle was a thing I even managed to convince,
00:01:21 --> 00:01:24 my immediate supervisor to buy a little bulldozer for me,
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00:01:29 --> 00:01:30 And, yeah, there you go, there's your trail.
00:01:31 --> 00:01:36 So, this day in Canada, when I looked at this, it wasn't so much the effort,
00:01:36 --> 00:01:40 even though I realised there was a little bit more effort involved in hiking this one,
00:01:40 --> 00:01:45 what worried me was the reading material that I had on the way to the hike.
00:01:45 --> 00:01:50 As we drove to the head of the trail, I was reading up on some park information,
00:01:51 --> 00:01:56 you know, like a collection of National Park newspaper kind of thing that I picked up in the information centre.
00:01:56 --> 00:02:02 And in the middle of this was a whole lift-out section on how to survive
00:02:02 --> 00:02:06 the many animals that are going to try and kill you as you go for a walk in the National Park.
00:02:08 --> 00:02:11 And, you know, in Australia, worst-case scenario is a snake.
00:02:12 --> 00:02:14 You know, and they're trying to get away with an awesome, you know,
00:02:15 --> 00:02:18 rampant, you know, koala who's got some of their endeavor against people.
00:02:18 --> 00:02:19 Now, apart from that,
00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 there's not so many other worries in this country to go for a hike.
00:02:23 --> 00:02:26 But in this section, it's got advice on cougars.
00:02:26 --> 00:02:28 Be careful, cougars, mountain lions.
00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 What they do is they pick out their target,
00:02:31 --> 00:02:33 they stalk you for some time,
00:02:33 --> 00:02:36 and then they jump on you from behind and from above.
00:02:36 --> 00:02:38 They, you know, wait for you to get through some sort of ravine,
00:02:38 --> 00:02:40 then leap on you from behind.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:41 It's like, before you know it,
00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 your face is getting caught off by some cougar.
00:02:45 --> 00:02:46 And it's like, fantastic.
00:02:46 --> 00:02:48 Okay, so leave the cougars aside.
00:02:50 --> 00:02:51 There's the black bears.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:53 And it says, the advice here is,
00:02:53 --> 00:02:56 if it's a black bear you're confronted with,
00:02:56 --> 00:02:59 you've got to make yourself look really big and yell at me.
00:02:59 --> 00:03:00 Yell, yell, yell.
00:03:01 --> 00:03:03 And that will generally freak them out
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00:03:05 --> 00:03:09 But don't mistake the black bear for the grizzly bear.
00:03:09 --> 00:03:11 You do good to the grizzly bear,
00:03:12 --> 00:03:15 and the grizzly bear will assure it's a challenge on its territory
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00:03:17 --> 00:03:22 And so here's the advice being attacked by a grizzly bear.
00:03:22 --> 00:03:26 Now, it's really awful advice.
00:03:27 --> 00:03:28 You're meant to remain calm.
00:03:29 --> 00:03:30 Okay, that's the first tip.
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00:03:32 --> 00:03:35 You're meant to lay down as if you are dead
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00:03:40 --> 00:03:46 Hang on a bit there.
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00:03:48 --> 00:03:49 Right, okay.
00:03:50 --> 00:03:51 If it gets to two minutes,
00:03:52 --> 00:03:54 if the bear's been chewing on your leg for two minutes,
00:03:55 --> 00:03:57 apparently that means it's a serious attack.
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 Okay, it's serious at that moment
00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 and it means that if it's still going for two minutes,
00:04:04 --> 00:04:06 then it's likely to keep going.
00:04:06 --> 00:04:08 And so right now is the time to,
00:04:08 --> 00:04:09 now that it's got your leg,
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00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 Right, I reckon it's a bit late, that advice.
00:04:14 --> 00:04:17 But that's how you handle grizzly bears.
00:04:17 --> 00:04:19 Apparently they just get sick of you
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00:04:20 --> 00:04:21 On most cases,
00:04:21 --> 00:04:23 except a lot of people are being killed by grizzly bears.
00:04:23 --> 00:04:23 But anyway,
00:04:23 --> 00:04:27 now it says there
00:04:27 --> 00:04:29 you have to be particularly careful
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00:04:33 --> 00:04:35 They're especially aggressive
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00:04:38 --> 00:04:40 something to do with sleep deprivation
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00:04:44 --> 00:04:45 on this particular day,
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00:04:46 --> 00:04:46 she knows what it's like.
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00:04:49 --> 00:04:52 On this particular day,
00:04:52 --> 00:04:53 you turn up to this track
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00:05:07 --> 00:05:07 You know,
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00:05:08 --> 00:05:09 Apparently,
00:05:10 --> 00:05:12 getting a bit of information like that
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00:05:14 --> 00:05:15 You must prepare
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00:05:24 --> 00:05:24 Now,
00:05:24 --> 00:05:25 I've got a can
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00:05:26 --> 00:05:27 It's about this big.
00:05:27 --> 00:05:28 I've got a can
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00:05:38 --> 00:05:40 But we didn't have
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00:05:48 --> 00:05:48 And so
00:05:48 --> 00:05:50 we had this hair spray
00:05:50 --> 00:05:51 and so my friend's going,
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00:05:53 --> 00:05:54 So I had a box of matches.
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00:06:06 --> 00:06:06 We're not at high.
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00:33:45 --> 00:33:45 Jesus
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00:33:52 --> 00:33:52 Jesus
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00:33:53 --> 00:33:54 look great
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00:34:19 --> 00:34:20 requiring me
00:34:20 --> 00:34:20 to do
00:34:20 --> 00:34:21 more here
00:34:21 --> 00:34:21 Jesus
00:34:21 --> 00:34:22 so let me
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00:34:27 --> 00:34:28 Jesus
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00:34:49 --> 00:34:50 stepped onto
00:34:50 --> 00:34:50 the road
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00:34:52 --> 00:34:53 looking over
00:34:53 --> 00:34:54 their shoulder
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00:34:58 --> 00:35:01 allegiance to
00:35:01 --> 00:35:01 Jesus is
00:35:01 --> 00:35:03 supreme over
00:35:03 --> 00:35:04 everything
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00:35:06 --> 00:35:06 saying here
00:35:06 --> 00:35:07 as you look
00:35:07 --> 00:35:07 through
00:35:07 --> 00:35:08 he's saying
00:35:08 --> 00:35:09 Christ
00:35:09 --> 00:35:10 I know
00:35:10 --> 00:35:11 you idols
00:35:11 --> 00:35:13 I know
00:35:13 --> 00:35:13 what you
00:35:13 --> 00:35:14 hold deep
00:35:14 --> 00:35:14 in your
00:35:14 --> 00:35:15 heart
00:35:15 --> 00:35:17 that is
00:35:17 --> 00:35:18 competing
00:35:18 --> 00:35:19 for affection
00:35:19 --> 00:35:20 with me
00:35:20 --> 00:35:23 he knows
00:35:23 --> 00:35:23 we love
00:35:23 --> 00:35:24 our possessions
00:35:24 --> 00:35:25 he knows
00:35:25 --> 00:35:25 we love
00:35:25 --> 00:35:25 our cultures
00:35:25 --> 00:35:26 he knows
00:35:26 --> 00:35:26 we love
00:35:26 --> 00:35:27 our families
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 he knows
00:35:28 --> 00:35:28 we love
00:35:28 --> 00:35:29 our careers
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00:35:30 --> 00:35:30 that we
00:35:30 --> 00:35:31 primarily
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00:35:32 --> 00:35:32 ourselves
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00:35:36 --> 00:35:36 anyone
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00:35:40 --> 00:35:41 Jesus responds
00:35:41 --> 00:35:41 the way
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00:35:42 --> 00:35:42 these three
00:35:42 --> 00:35:43 will be
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00:36:00 --> 00:36:02 for 12
00:36:02 --> 00:36:02 weeks
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00:36:05 --> 00:36:05 has done
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00:36:10 --> 00:36:11 reformation
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00:36:12 --> 00:36:12 on the
00:36:12 --> 00:36:13 gospel
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00:36:15 --> 00:36:16 universe
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00:36:19 --> 00:36:20 all things
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00:36:30 --> 00:36:31 his perfect
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00:36:57 --> 00:36:57 the one
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00:37:00 --> 00:37:01 the dead
00:37:01 --> 00:37:02 he's the one
00:37:02 --> 00:37:03 who says
00:37:03 --> 00:37:04 you follow
00:37:04 --> 00:37:04 me
00:37:04 --> 00:37:10 he's
00:37:10 --> 00:37:10 offering
00:37:10 --> 00:37:10 himself
00:37:10 --> 00:37:11 for our
00:37:11 --> 00:37:12 fellowship
00:37:12 --> 00:37:12 and friendship
00:37:12 --> 00:37:13 and partnership
00:37:13 --> 00:37:15 there should
00:37:15 --> 00:37:15 be no
00:37:15 --> 00:37:15 question
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16 as to
00:37:16 --> 00:37:17 that he
00:37:17 --> 00:37:17 is
00:37:17 --> 00:37:17 worthy
00:37:17 --> 00:37:21 but he
00:37:21 --> 00:37:21 is challenging
00:37:21 --> 00:37:22 us here
00:37:22 --> 00:37:24 he's ready
00:37:24 --> 00:37:24 to call
00:37:24 --> 00:37:25 our life
00:37:25 --> 00:37:25 he's testing
00:37:25 --> 00:37:28 testing
00:37:28 --> 00:37:29 is that
00:37:29 --> 00:37:30 enough
00:37:30 --> 00:37:31 is his
00:37:31 --> 00:37:32 call
00:37:32 --> 00:37:32 follow
00:37:32 --> 00:37:33 me
00:37:33 --> 00:37:33 is
00:37:33 --> 00:37:34 he
00:37:34 --> 00:37:35 enough
00:37:35 --> 00:37:36 for us
00:37:36 --> 00:37:36 to follow
00:37:36 --> 00:37:39 he's not
00:37:39 --> 00:37:39 holding anything
00:37:39 --> 00:37:40 else out
00:37:40 --> 00:37:41 except him
00:37:41 --> 00:37:44 is he
00:37:44 --> 00:37:45 enough
00:37:45 --> 00:37:49 is he
00:37:49 --> 00:37:49 our treasure
00:37:49 --> 00:37:50 our joy
00:37:50 --> 00:37:51 our security
00:37:51 --> 00:37:51 our hope
00:37:51 --> 00:37:52 our friend
00:37:52 --> 00:37:53 in times of
00:37:53 --> 00:37:53 loneliness
00:37:53 --> 00:37:54 our home
00:37:54 --> 00:37:55 our father
00:37:55 --> 00:37:55 our mother
00:37:55 --> 00:37:56 our power
00:37:56 --> 00:37:57 to get out
00:37:57 --> 00:37:57 of bed
00:37:57 --> 00:37:58 in the morning
00:37:58 --> 00:37:58 Jesus
00:37:58 --> 00:37:59 looks
00:37:59 --> 00:38:00 every single
00:38:00 --> 00:38:01 one of us
00:38:01 --> 00:38:02 in the face
00:38:02 --> 00:38:02 tonight
00:38:02 --> 00:38:03 and he sees
00:38:03 --> 00:38:04 right near our
00:38:04 --> 00:38:04 hearts
00:38:04 --> 00:38:05 and he's
00:38:05 --> 00:38:06 poking around
00:38:06 --> 00:38:06 in there
00:38:06 --> 00:38:06 by
00:38:06 --> 00:38:07 I pray he's
00:38:07 --> 00:38:08 poking around
00:38:08 --> 00:38:08 in there
00:38:08 --> 00:38:09 by his spirit
00:38:09 --> 00:38:12 to see
00:38:12 --> 00:38:13 who or what
00:38:13 --> 00:38:13 it is
00:38:13 --> 00:38:14 that we are
00:38:14 --> 00:38:15 living for
00:38:15 --> 00:38:16 please
00:38:16 --> 00:38:16 let him
00:38:16 --> 00:38:17 do that
00:38:17 --> 00:38:17 in your
00:38:17 --> 00:38:18 heart
00:38:18 --> 00:38:20 there's not
00:38:20 --> 00:38:20 a single
00:38:20 --> 00:38:21 person
00:38:21 --> 00:38:21 sitting in
00:38:21 --> 00:38:21 this room
00:38:21 --> 00:38:22 tonight
00:38:22 --> 00:38:22 that doesn't
00:38:22 --> 00:38:23 need that
00:38:23 --> 00:38:23 work in
00:38:23 --> 00:38:24 their heart
00:38:24 --> 00:38:25 or standing
00:38:25 --> 00:38:25 in this room
00:38:25 --> 00:38:26 right now
00:38:26 --> 00:38:27 doesn't need
00:38:27 --> 00:38:27 that work
00:38:27 --> 00:38:28 in their heart
00:38:28 --> 00:38:30 please let
00:38:30 --> 00:38:31 him do
00:38:31 --> 00:38:31 it
00:38:31 --> 00:38:33 you don't
00:38:33 --> 00:38:33 lose
00:38:33 --> 00:38:36 with Jesus
00:38:36 --> 00:38:40 William W.
00:38:40 --> 00:38:40 Gordon
00:38:40 --> 00:38:41 he was the
00:38:41 --> 00:38:42 heir of a
00:38:42 --> 00:38:43 wealthy
00:38:43 --> 00:38:45 Chicago family
00:38:45 --> 00:38:47 in 1904
00:38:47 --> 00:38:48 and 1905
00:38:48 --> 00:38:48 he was 16
00:38:48 --> 00:38:49 years of age
00:38:49 --> 00:38:50 and he traveled
00:38:50 --> 00:38:50 the world
00:38:50 --> 00:38:51 in the chaperone
00:38:51 --> 00:38:52 I suppose you
00:38:52 --> 00:38:53 can do that
00:38:53 --> 00:38:53 we've got lots
00:38:53 --> 00:38:53 of money
00:38:53 --> 00:38:55 but unlike
00:38:55 --> 00:38:56 most of us
00:38:56 --> 00:38:56 who travel
00:38:56 --> 00:38:56 the world
00:38:56 --> 00:38:58 at times
00:38:58 --> 00:38:58 of self
00:38:58 --> 00:38:58 intelligence
00:38:58 --> 00:39:00 he
00:39:00 --> 00:39:01 he's
00:39:01 --> 00:39:02 God
00:39:02 --> 00:39:02 used it
00:39:02 --> 00:39:03 in his
00:39:03 --> 00:39:03 life
00:39:03 --> 00:39:04 to give
00:39:04 --> 00:39:05 him a
00:39:05 --> 00:39:05 vision for
00:39:05 --> 00:39:06 mission
00:39:06 --> 00:39:08 God's purposes
00:39:08 --> 00:39:08 in the world
00:39:08 --> 00:39:11 what followed
00:39:11 --> 00:39:11 from that
00:39:11 --> 00:39:12 came back
00:39:12 --> 00:39:13 from that
00:39:13 --> 00:39:13 trip
00:39:13 --> 00:39:15 Britain
00:39:15 --> 00:39:16 education
00:39:16 --> 00:39:17 at Yale
00:39:17 --> 00:39:18 and Princeton
00:39:18 --> 00:39:19 and then also
00:39:19 --> 00:39:19 on to Princeton
00:39:19 --> 00:39:20 Seminary
00:39:20 --> 00:39:21 and it was
00:39:21 --> 00:39:22 when he was
00:39:22 --> 00:39:22 at Princeton
00:39:22 --> 00:39:23 Seminary
00:39:23 --> 00:39:24 he committed
00:39:24 --> 00:39:25 his life
00:39:25 --> 00:39:26 to seek
00:39:26 --> 00:39:27 to win
00:39:27 --> 00:39:28 the Muslim
00:39:28 --> 00:39:28 communities
00:39:28 --> 00:39:29 in China
00:39:29 --> 00:39:30 to Christ
00:39:30 --> 00:39:33 so in
00:39:33 --> 00:39:34 1913
00:39:34 --> 00:39:35 at the age
00:39:35 --> 00:39:36 of 25
00:39:36 --> 00:39:38 he left
00:39:38 --> 00:39:38 for Egypt
00:39:38 --> 00:39:40 and he
00:39:40 --> 00:39:41 never looked
00:39:41 --> 00:39:41 back
00:39:41 --> 00:39:43 he put his
00:39:43 --> 00:39:44 hand in the
00:39:44 --> 00:39:44 plow
00:39:44 --> 00:39:45 and he
00:39:45 --> 00:39:46 didn't look
00:39:46 --> 00:39:46 back
00:39:46 --> 00:39:48 before he
00:39:48 --> 00:39:49 left
00:39:49 --> 00:39:50 Borden
00:39:50 --> 00:39:51 gave away
00:39:51 --> 00:39:51 his
00:39:51 --> 00:39:52 inheritance
00:39:52 --> 00:39:53 $800
00:39:53 --> 00:39:53 that's
00:39:53 --> 00:39:54 equivalent
00:39:54 --> 00:39:54 to $20
00:39:54 --> 00:39:54 million
00:39:54 --> 00:39:55 today
00:39:55 --> 00:39:58 what he
00:39:58 --> 00:39:58 didn't
00:39:58 --> 00:39:58 know
00:39:58 --> 00:40:01 was that
00:40:01 --> 00:40:01 was the
00:40:01 --> 00:40:02 final year
00:40:02 --> 00:40:02 of his
00:40:02 --> 00:40:03 life
00:40:03 --> 00:40:04 in Cairo
00:40:04 --> 00:40:05 which he
00:40:05 --> 00:40:05 went to
00:40:05 --> 00:40:06 to get
00:40:06 --> 00:40:07 more language
00:40:07 --> 00:40:07 studies
00:40:07 --> 00:40:07 before he
00:40:07 --> 00:40:08 went to
00:40:08 --> 00:40:08 China
00:40:08 --> 00:40:08 to reach
00:40:08 --> 00:40:09 the Muslims
00:40:09 --> 00:40:11 he contracted
00:40:11 --> 00:40:12 cerebral
00:40:12 --> 00:40:13 meningitis
00:40:13 --> 00:40:13 and he
00:40:13 --> 00:40:14 died
00:40:14 --> 00:40:16 his mother
00:40:16 --> 00:40:17 was on
00:40:17 --> 00:40:17 the way
00:40:17 --> 00:40:18 from
00:40:18 --> 00:40:19 Chicago
00:40:19 --> 00:40:20 to Cairo
00:40:20 --> 00:40:22 to have
00:40:22 --> 00:40:22 a short
00:40:22 --> 00:40:23 holiday
00:40:23 --> 00:40:23 with him
00:40:23 --> 00:40:24 before he
00:40:24 --> 00:40:25 went to
00:40:25 --> 00:40:25 China
00:40:25 --> 00:40:29 she arrived
00:40:29 --> 00:40:29 just in
00:40:29 --> 00:40:29 time to
00:40:29 --> 00:40:30 bury him
00:40:30 --> 00:40:33 and it
00:40:33 --> 00:40:34 is said
00:40:34 --> 00:40:36 that she
00:40:36 --> 00:40:37 found his
00:40:37 --> 00:40:37 Bible
00:40:37 --> 00:40:39 and other
00:40:39 --> 00:40:40 small possessions
00:40:40 --> 00:40:41 he had
00:40:41 --> 00:40:44 and in
00:40:44 --> 00:40:45 his Bible
00:40:45 --> 00:40:46 were written
00:40:46 --> 00:40:46 the words
00:40:46 --> 00:40:48 no reserve
00:40:48 --> 00:40:51 and the
00:40:51 --> 00:40:52 date
00:40:52 --> 00:40:53 that he
00:40:53 --> 00:40:53 wrote that
00:40:53 --> 00:40:55 suggested
00:40:55 --> 00:40:55 it had
00:40:55 --> 00:40:56 been written
00:40:56 --> 00:40:56 shortly
00:40:56 --> 00:40:57 after
00:40:57 --> 00:40:58 he
00:40:58 --> 00:40:59 renounced
00:40:59 --> 00:41:00 his fortune
00:41:00 --> 00:41:02 and
00:41:02 --> 00:41:03 he
00:41:03 --> 00:41:04 gave
00:41:04 --> 00:41:05 the money
00:41:05 --> 00:41:08 and
00:41:08 --> 00:41:08 when he
00:41:08 --> 00:41:09 did that
00:41:09 --> 00:41:10 no reserve
00:41:10 --> 00:41:10 he wrote
00:41:10 --> 00:41:10 in his
00:41:10 --> 00:41:11 Bible
00:41:11 --> 00:41:13 later
00:41:13 --> 00:41:15 his mother
00:41:15 --> 00:41:16 discovered
00:41:16 --> 00:41:16 he had
00:41:16 --> 00:41:16 written
00:41:16 --> 00:41:18 no retreat
00:41:18 --> 00:41:18 in his
00:41:18 --> 00:41:18 Bible
00:41:18 --> 00:41:20 and the
00:41:20 --> 00:41:20 date
00:41:20 --> 00:41:21 that he
00:41:21 --> 00:41:21 wrote
00:41:21 --> 00:41:22 no retreat
00:41:22 --> 00:41:23 corresponded
00:41:23 --> 00:41:24 to his
00:41:24 --> 00:41:25 father telling
00:41:25 --> 00:41:25 him that he
00:41:25 --> 00:41:26 would never
00:41:26 --> 00:41:27 hold a position
00:41:27 --> 00:41:27 in the
00:41:27 --> 00:41:27 family
00:41:27 --> 00:41:28 business
00:41:28 --> 00:41:29 done
00:41:29 --> 00:41:30 with
00:41:30 --> 00:41:30 his dad
00:41:30 --> 00:41:31 wasn't a
00:41:31 --> 00:41:31 Christian
00:41:31 --> 00:41:31 his mum
00:41:31 --> 00:41:31 was
00:41:31 --> 00:41:33 done
00:41:33 --> 00:41:35 finally
00:41:35 --> 00:41:36 shortly
00:41:36 --> 00:41:37 before
00:41:37 --> 00:41:38 he died
00:41:38 --> 00:41:38 in Egypt
00:41:38 --> 00:41:38 literally
00:41:38 --> 00:41:39 days before
00:41:39 --> 00:41:40 he died
00:41:40 --> 00:41:40 in Egypt
00:41:40 --> 00:41:42 he wrote
00:41:42 --> 00:41:42 in his
00:41:42 --> 00:41:43 Bible
00:41:43 --> 00:41:44 no
00:41:44 --> 00:41:45 regrets
00:41:45 --> 00:41:49 no reserve
00:41:49 --> 00:41:50 no retreat
00:41:50 --> 00:41:52 no regrets
00:41:52 --> 00:41:54 that's the
00:41:54 --> 00:41:56 kind of
00:41:56 --> 00:41:56 radical
00:41:56 --> 00:41:57 attitude
00:41:57 --> 00:41:57 Christ
00:41:57 --> 00:41:58 is calling
00:41:58 --> 00:41:58 for
00:41:58 --> 00:41:59 in Luke
00:41:59 --> 00:41:59 9
00:41:59 --> 00:42:00 tender
00:42:00 --> 00:42:01 mercy
00:42:01 --> 00:42:02 and
00:42:02 --> 00:42:02 stealing
00:42:02 --> 00:42:03 to
00:42:03 --> 00:42:04 the
00:42:04 --> 00:42:04 thing
00:42:04 --> 00:42:08 friends
00:42:08 --> 00:42:08 it's
00:42:08 --> 00:42:10 my call
00:42:10 --> 00:42:10 for us
00:42:10 --> 00:42:10 in the
00:42:10 --> 00:42:11 next six
00:42:11 --> 00:42:11 weeks
00:42:11 --> 00:42:11 is for
00:42:11 --> 00:42:12 us
00:42:12 --> 00:42:12 to
00:42:12 --> 00:42:13 take
00:42:13 --> 00:42:14 whatever
00:42:14 --> 00:42:14 steps
00:42:14 --> 00:42:15 we need
00:42:15 --> 00:42:15 to take
00:42:15 --> 00:42:15 we're
00:42:15 --> 00:42:15 not all
00:42:15 --> 00:42:16 going to
00:42:16 --> 00:42:16 be
00:42:16 --> 00:42:16 written
00:42:16 --> 00:42:16 borders
00:42:16 --> 00:42:17 but
00:42:17 --> 00:42:17 don't
00:42:17 --> 00:42:17 sit
00:42:17 --> 00:42:18 here
00:42:18 --> 00:42:18 and
00:42:18 --> 00:42:18 not
00:42:18 --> 00:42:19 do
00:42:19 --> 00:42:19 anything
00:42:19 --> 00:42:21 call
00:42:21 --> 00:42:21 for us
00:42:21 --> 00:42:22 as a
00:42:22 --> 00:42:22 church
00:42:22 --> 00:42:23 will
00:42:23 --> 00:42:23 be
00:42:23 --> 00:42:23 to
00:42:23 --> 00:42:24 take
00:42:24 --> 00:42:24 greater
00:42:24 --> 00:42:25 risk
00:42:25 --> 00:42:25 for
00:42:25 --> 00:42:25 the
00:42:25 --> 00:42:25 cause
00:42:25 --> 00:42:25 of
00:42:25 --> 00:42:26 Christ
00:42:26 --> 00:42:27 I
00:42:27 --> 00:42:27 have
00:42:27 --> 00:42:28 been
00:42:28 --> 00:42:29 inspired
00:42:29 --> 00:42:31 encouraged
00:42:31 --> 00:42:31 deeply
00:42:31 --> 00:42:31 as much
00:42:31 --> 00:42:32 as it's
00:42:32 --> 00:42:33 an enormous
00:42:33 --> 00:42:33 grief
00:42:33 --> 00:42:34 for me
00:42:34 --> 00:42:34 personally
00:42:34 --> 00:42:34 as it
00:42:34 --> 00:42:35 is for
00:42:35 --> 00:42:35 some
00:42:35 --> 00:42:35 of you
00:42:35 --> 00:42:36 to
00:42:36 --> 00:42:36 lose
00:42:36 --> 00:42:37 Sam
00:42:37 --> 00:42:37 and
00:42:37 --> 00:42:38 Sally
00:42:38 --> 00:42:38 from
00:42:38 --> 00:42:39 us
00:42:39 --> 00:42:40 but
00:42:40 --> 00:42:40 their
00:42:40 --> 00:42:41 decision
00:42:41 --> 00:42:42 at
00:42:42 --> 00:42:42 great
00:42:42 --> 00:42:42 risk
00:42:42 --> 00:42:42 to
00:42:42 --> 00:42:43 themselves
00:42:43 --> 00:42:43 to
00:42:43 --> 00:42:43 go
00:42:43 --> 00:42:44 and
00:42:44 --> 00:42:44 plan
00:42:44 --> 00:42:44 a
00:42:44 --> 00:42:44 church
00:42:44 --> 00:42:44 in
00:42:44 --> 00:42:45 another
00:42:45 --> 00:42:45 state
00:42:45 --> 00:42:46 is
00:42:46 --> 00:42:47 a
00:42:47 --> 00:42:47 risky
00:42:47 --> 00:42:48 gutsy
00:42:48 --> 00:42:48 decision
00:42:48 --> 00:42:49 so
00:42:49 --> 00:42:49 that
00:42:49 --> 00:42:49 people
00:42:49 --> 00:42:50 might
00:42:50 --> 00:42:50 be
00:42:50 --> 00:42:50 one
00:42:50 --> 00:42:50 for
00:42:50 --> 00:42:51 Christ
00:42:51 --> 00:42:51 that's
00:42:51 --> 00:42:52 their
00:42:52 --> 00:42:52 call
00:42:52 --> 00:42:52 what's
00:42:52 --> 00:42:53 yours
00:42:53 --> 00:42:55 what's
00:42:55 --> 00:42:55 ours
00:42:55 --> 00:42:56 what's
00:42:56 --> 00:42:57 God
00:42:57 --> 00:42:57 calling
00:42:57 --> 00:42:57 us
00:42:57 --> 00:42:58 to
00:42:58 --> 00:43:02 the cost
00:43:02 --> 00:43:02 of picking
00:43:02 --> 00:43:02 up our
00:43:02 --> 00:43:03 cross
00:43:03 --> 00:43:03 and following
00:43:03 --> 00:43:04 Jesus
00:43:04 --> 00:43:04 is
00:43:04 --> 00:43:05 steep
00:43:05 --> 00:43:07 it
00:43:07 --> 00:43:07 costs
00:43:07 --> 00:43:08 us
00:43:08 --> 00:43:08 everything
00:43:08 --> 00:43:09 we
00:43:09 --> 00:43:09 have
00:43:09 --> 00:43:13 to gain
00:43:13 --> 00:43:13 something
00:43:13 --> 00:43:13 that we
00:43:13 --> 00:43:14 can never
00:43:14 --> 00:43:14 lose
00:43:14 --> 00:43:17 but
00:43:17 --> 00:43:18 reward
00:43:18 --> 00:43:18 is
00:43:18 --> 00:43:18 so
00:43:18 --> 00:43:19 sweet
00:43:19 --> 00:43:19 that's
00:43:19 --> 00:43:19 what
00:43:19 --> 00:43:19 makes
00:43:19 --> 00:43:19 the
00:43:19 --> 00:43:20 reward
00:43:20 --> 00:43:20 so
00:43:20 --> 00:43:20 sweet
00:43:20 --> 00:43:21 we
00:43:21 --> 00:43:22 gain
00:43:22 --> 00:43:23 more
00:43:23 --> 00:43:23 than
00:43:23 --> 00:43:23 we
00:43:23 --> 00:43:24 ever
00:43:24 --> 00:43:25 had
00:43:25 --> 00:43:26 in
00:43:26 --> 00:43:26 the
00:43:26 --> 00:43:27 words
00:43:27 --> 00:43:27 of
00:43:27 --> 00:43:27 Jesus
00:43:27 --> 00:43:27 in
00:43:27 --> 00:43:28 Mark
00:43:28 --> 00:43:28 10
00:43:28 --> 00:43:28 no
00:43:28 --> 00:43:29 one
00:43:29 --> 00:43:29 who
00:43:29 --> 00:43:29 has
00:43:29 --> 00:43:30 left
00:43:30 --> 00:43:30 home
00:43:30 --> 00:43:31 or
00:43:31 --> 00:43:31 brothers
00:43:31 --> 00:43:32 or
00:43:32 --> 00:43:32 sisters
00:43:32 --> 00:43:33 or
00:43:33 --> 00:43:33 mother
00:43:33 --> 00:43:34 or father
00:43:34 --> 00:43:34 or
00:43:34 --> 00:43:35 children
00:43:35 --> 00:43:35 or
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00:43:36 --> 00:43:36 me
00:43:36 --> 00:43:37 and
00:43:37 --> 00:43:37 the
00:43:37 --> 00:43:37 gospel
00:43:37 --> 00:43:38 will
00:43:38 --> 00:43:38 fail to
00:43:38 --> 00:43:39 receive
00:43:39 --> 00:43:39 a hundred
00:43:39 --> 00:43:40 times as
00:43:40 --> 00:43:40 much
00:43:40 --> 00:43:40 in
00:43:40 --> 00:43:40 his
00:43:40 --> 00:43:41 present
00:43:41 --> 00:43:41 age
00:43:41 --> 00:43:42 and
00:43:42 --> 00:43:42 in
00:43:42 --> 00:43:42 the
00:43:42 --> 00:43:42 age
00:43:42 --> 00:43:42 to
00:43:42 --> 00:43:43 come
00:43:43 --> 00:43:44 eternal
00:43:44 --> 00:43:44 life
00:43:44 --> 00:43:45 Amen