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 Well, this morning we're continuing the story of Jesus, told by John.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to John chapter 10.

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 John chapter 10.

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 We left Jesus last time at the temple in Jerusalem.

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 The Jews had gathered around him there, and they were pressing him to make an outright claim to be the Messiah.

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 And after saying a few things to them, Jesus did them one better.

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 He said, I and the Father are one.

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 And the Jews picked up stones in that moment and were ready to throw them at Jesus.

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 Well, Jesus managed to stay their hands for a moment by asking them this question in John chapter 10, verse 32.

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 He said, I have shown you many good works from the Father.

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 For which of these do you stone me?

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 And their response was, we are not stoning you for any good work, they replied, but for blasphemy.

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 Because you, a mere man, claim to be God.

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 And I imagine that again, they're about ready to let the stones fly.

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 But then Jesus manages to keep the conversation going.

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 Verse 34.

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Is it not written in your law, I have said, you are gods?

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 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside,

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 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world?

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 Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy?

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 Because I said I am God's son.

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 Now this is quite the response from Jesus.

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 Basically, Jesus tells them that there is some precedent in the scripture for men being referred to as gods.

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 And then Jesus argues from the lesser to the greater, and puts a bit of a contrast in there,

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 and suggests that since they were called gods,

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 though we'll see in a moment what kind of gods,

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 how much more can we speak of the one true son of God,

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 who has been set apart by the Father as being God,

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 and it's not blasphemy.

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 So let's explore this a little more.

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 But before we do, let me just say this.

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 There are some people out there who will say,

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 Jesus never outright claimed to be God, or to be the Son of God.

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 Well, if Jesus never meant to say that he was God,

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 if he never meant to say that he was divine,

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 now would be a perfect time to make that crystal clear.

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 I mean, they're saying,

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 we're stoning you for blasphemy,

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 because you, being a man, claim to be God.

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 If Jesus had never intended to say that,

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 he could simply have said,

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 I'm not claiming to be God.

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 I'm not claiming to be divine.

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 From our human perspective,

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 that would be the easiest way to ease the tension of this moment,

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 and see the stones drop to the ground.

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 But Jesus doesn't say that,

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 because it's not true.

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 The Jews are right about one thing.

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 What Jesus has said here,

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 it amounts to,

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 it is claiming to be divine,

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 to be God.

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 And Jesus doesn't backtrack,

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 not one bit.

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 He doesn't say,

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 well,

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 I said I and the Father are one,

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 but what I really meant,

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 no.

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 He goes the other way.

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 What he says here amounts to,

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 yes,

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 I am claiming to be the divine Son of God,

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 and it's not blasphemy in my case,

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 because it's true.

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 So let's look at this in a little more detail.

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 The first thing Jesus does,

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 is quote from Psalm 82.

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 He says,

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 is it not written in your law,

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 I have said,

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 you are gods.

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 Let's go back to Psalm 82,

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 and look at that.

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 If you want to turn there in your Bible,

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 you're welcome to.

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 I'll have it on the screen as well.

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 It's a short psalm.

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 We'll read the whole thing.

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 It's only eight verses.

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 A psalm of Asaph.

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 God presides in the great assembly.

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 He renders judgment among the gods.

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 How long will you defend the unjust,

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 and show partiality to the wicked?

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 Defend the weak and the fatherless.

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 Uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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 Rescue the weak and the needy.

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 Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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 The gods know nothing.

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 They understand nothing.

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 They walk about in darkness.

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 All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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 I said,

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 you are gods.

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 You are all sons of the Most High.

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 But you will die like mere mortals.

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 You will fall like every other ruler.

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 Rise up, O God.

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 Judge the earth.

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 For all the nations are your inheritance.

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 So, it's an interesting little psalm from long ago.

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 And what do we notice about the gods that are referred to here?

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 Well, in verse 1 it says that God renders judgment among them.

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 He renders judgment among the gods.

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 And our first wondering is, well, what gods is he talking about?

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 Is he talking about false gods?

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 Or so-called gods?

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 Is he talking about those who people would refer to as gods?

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 Like the ancient pagan gods.

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 Baal.

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 Dagon.

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 Asherah.

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 Ra.

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 And if he is referring to these pagan gods,

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 how does he render judgment among them?

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 Are each of these so-called gods merely idols?

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 Whose existence is just a figment of people's imagination?

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 Or do each of these gods refer to actual beings?

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 Perhaps fallen angels who've been masquerading as gods

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 and trying to steal worship away from the one true God.

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 Now, there are passages that could maybe tip us in either direction.

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 But as we continue to read this psalm,

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 I think we see that Asaph takes us in a third direction.

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 One maybe we wouldn't have considered at first.

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 So what else does this psalm right here tell us about these gods?

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 Verses 2 to 4.

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 How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?

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 Defend the weak and the fatherless.

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 Uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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 Rescue the weak and the needy.

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 Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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 These verses seem to describe the judgment that God renders among them.

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 His verdict against the gods.

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 They're guilty of something.

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 They're guilty of defending the unjust.

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 Of showing partiality to the wicked.

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 And then God, speaking through Asaph, seems to exhort these gods to stop doing that.

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 And instead to start doing what is right.

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 To defend the weak and the fatherless.

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 To uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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 So we see here that these gods are guilty.

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 They've been doing things that are wrong.

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 Which means that they're definitely real beings that he's talking about here.

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 Then on to verse 5.

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 He says,

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 The gods know nothing.

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 They understand nothing.

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 They walk about in darkness.

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 All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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 So not only are these gods guilty.

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 But they're also ignorant.

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 Maybe even foolish or blind.

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 They know nothing.

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 Says Asaph.

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 They lack understanding.

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 They lack true wisdom and true knowledge.

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 And then finally we come to verse 6.

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 The part of the psalm that Jesus quoted.

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 I said,

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 You are gods.

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 You are all sons of the most high.

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 But you will die like mere mortals.

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 You will fall like every other ruler.

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 Now there are several different views of who these gods are.

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 Some people see them as fallen angels.

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 And they have some pretty good observations and supporting passages which seem to fit with that.

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 Others see them as men.

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 Specifically corrupt leaders or officials in Israel.

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 And I think this understanding fits just a little bit better.

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 I won't get into all the reasons.

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 But I think when Asaph refers to them as gods,

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 he does so in a bit of a tongue-in-cheek fashion.

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 He's being a little bit facetious or sarcastic.

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 These are corrupt men who conceive of themselves as being gods,

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 as being sons of the most high,

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 the untouchables,

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 the all-powerfuls in the land.

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 And yet the truth,

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 which comes from the Lord's judgment,

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 is that they know nothing.

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 They walk about in darkness.

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 They can't even see what's coming for them.

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 And even though they think themselves to be gods,

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 to be untouchable,

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 Asaph says they will die

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 just like men do.

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 They will fall

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 just like all the other rulers

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 of earth do

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 eventually.

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 The psalm ends with Asaph

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 calling on God

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 to bring about

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 the judgment that they deserve.

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 Rise up, O God.

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 Judge the earth.

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 For all the nations

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 are your inheritance.

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 There is in here a plea

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 for the Lord to

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 make things right.

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 Put these gods

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 in their place.

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 So now we come back

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 to what Jesus said.

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 And I'll read it again.

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 Back in John chapter 10,

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 verse 34.

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 Is it not written in your law,

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 I have said,

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 you are gods.

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 If he called them gods

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 to whom the word of God came,

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 and scripture cannot be set aside,

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 what about the one

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 whom the Father set apart

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 as his very own

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 and sent into the world?

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 Why then do you accuse me

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 of blasphemy

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 because I said,

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 I am God's son?

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 So Jesus is basically saying

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 there is some precedent

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 in the scriptures

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 for men

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 being referred to

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 as gods.

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 Long ago,

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 God spoke through Asaph

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 and called the corrupt

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 leaders of Israel

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 gods.

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 He even called them

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 sons of the Most High

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 or translation,

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 sons of God.

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 But there's a big difference

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 between those corrupt leaders

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 of Israel

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 of Israel

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 who think that they are

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 untouchable,

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 hint, hint,

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 and the one whom God

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 has specially set apart

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 for himself

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 and sent into the world.

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 Jesus is setting up

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 a brilliant contrast here.

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 He's not saying,

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 well,

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 they were truly divine

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 back then

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 and so am I.

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 No.

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 He's not saying that.

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 Rather,

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 he's inviting them

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 to reflect

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 on those men

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 in Psalm 82,

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 those gods,

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 and see that actually

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 they were not.

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 look at their works.

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 Look at what they did.

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 They were corrupt.

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 They were unjust.

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 They were partial

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 to the wicked.

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 They were blind

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 and their fate

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 was not that of a true God.

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 Their fate,

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 they died just like

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 every other man dies.

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 They fell just like

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 every other ruler falls.

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 And so it's clear

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 in that Psalm

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 where God speaks

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 of them as gods

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 that they are not gods.

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 It's clear that

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 their conception

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 of themselves,

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 those men back

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 in Psalm 82

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 was blasphemous

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 and false.

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 But will you

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 now accuse me,

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 says Jesus,

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 the one whom

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 the Father

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 has specially set apart

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 for himself

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 and sent into the world

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 of blasphemy

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 because I claim

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 to be

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 the Son of God.

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 It really is brilliant

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 what Jesus has done

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 and said here.

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 He's pushing them

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 to acknowledge

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 that there are

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 two different categories.

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 There are those

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 who claim to be God

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 like those in Psalm 82

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 and obviously

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 the title does not fit.

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 And then

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 there is the one

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 whom the Father

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 has specially chosen

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 and set apart

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 and sent into the world.

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 He comes also

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 claiming to be

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 a Son of God,

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 the Son of God.

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 and will you accuse him

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 of blasphemy?

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 In the case of those

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 corrupt rulers

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 of Israel long ago,

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 it was obvious.

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 Look at their works.

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 Look at their behavior.

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 Did the title of

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 gods

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 or sons of God

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 fit

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 for them?

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 Obviously not.

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 but now

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 look at the works

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 that I do

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 says Jesus

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 and does the title

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 fit me?

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 Verse 37

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 Do not believe me

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 says Jesus

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 unless I do

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 the works

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 of my Father.

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 If I'm like them

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 in Psalm 82

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 don't believe me

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 says Jesus.

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 Don't listen

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 to what I'm saying.

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 Don't take me seriously.

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 But if I'm not like them

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 and instead

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 I do the works

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 of my Father,

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 the works of God,

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 believe me.

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 In the case of Jesus

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 it's so obvious.

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 Look at his works.

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 The grace

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 and the goodness

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 the kindness

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 and the compassion

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 the miracles

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 the signs

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 the wonders

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 the sick

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 healed

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 the injured

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 and diseased

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 restored

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 the corruption

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 and the wickedness

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 of people's hearts

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 exposed

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 the people

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 in the wilderness

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 provided for

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 the raging

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 storm

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 calmed

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 the call

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 to repent

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 and turn to God

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 proclaimed

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 the call

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 to live righteously

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 and love God

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 with all your heart

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 declared

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 help

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 for the widows

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 for the outcast

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 and the oppressed

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 given

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 all things

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 that God did

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 time and time again

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 Jesus does the exact

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 same things

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 and therefore

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 the title of God

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 and Son of God

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 fits

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 perfectly

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 it's not

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 blasphemy

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 because Jesus

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 is the one

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 specially

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 set apart

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 by the Father

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 and sent

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 into the world

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 from heaven

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 the divine

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 Son

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 and Jesus

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 continues to plead

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 with them

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 that they might

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 see it

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 that they might

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 have a change

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 of heart

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 and recognize

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 just who he is

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 he says

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 in the next verse

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 but if I do them

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 if I do the works

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 of my Father

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 even though you

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 don't believe me

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 believe the works

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 that you may know

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 and understand

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 that the Father

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 is in me

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 and I

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 in the Father

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 look at the evidence

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 of the works

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 I'm doing

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 says Jesus

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 there's a path

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 here

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 right now

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 they have an aversion

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.500
 to Jesus

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 they don't believe

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 in him

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 they are not

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 his sheep

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 and yet

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 Jesus

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 is aiming

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 to draw

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 their attention

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 yet again

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 to the things

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 that he has been

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 doing

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 to his works

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 he says

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 believe the works

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 there's something

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 about the works

00:16:55.479 --> 00:16:56.319
 of Jesus

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 which if people

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 will really

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 just look

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 at them

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 and consider

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 them

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 may lead

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 to a change

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 of mind

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 about who

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 Jesus is

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 this is why

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 it's so critical

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 that when we

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 preach the good

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 news of Jesus

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 we preach

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 the whole good

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 news of Jesus

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 not just his

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 death

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 and resurrection

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 and ascension

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 but also

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 everything that he

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 did in his life

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 his works

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 these words

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 make me think

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 again of

00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:31.300
 Nicodemus

00:17:31.300 --> 00:17:34.360
 Nicodemus

00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:35.200
 had to come

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 and see Jesus

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 because even

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 though

00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:39.220
 Jesus knew

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 that he didn't

00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:40.800
 believe at first

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.339
 there was

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 just something

00:17:42.919 --> 00:17:43.519
 about these

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.220
 things that

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.919
 Jesus was

00:17:44.919 --> 00:17:45.319
 doing

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.319
 that kept

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:47.019
 nagging at

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.240
 him

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:49.940
 I don't want

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.440
 to put words

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.099
 in Nicodemus

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.559
 mouth

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.119
 but it was

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 almost as if

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.139
 he was saying

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.000
 I hate to

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.519
 admit this

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:54.839
 to you

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.200
 Jesus

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:56.740
 but we know

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.279
 that you are

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.779
 a teacher

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.279
 who has

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.779
 come from

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.200
 God

00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.039
 for no one

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.759
 could perform

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.519
 the signs

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.220
 that you are

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.539
 doing

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.059
 if God

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.539
 were not

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.200
 with him

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:11.579
 sometimes we

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:11.940
 get all

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.879
 focused on

00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:14.059
 Christian

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:15.019
 apologetics

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.700
 or Christian

00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.359
 philosophical

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.059
 arguments

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.899
 or theological

00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.700
 arguments

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:21.879
 but I believe

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.420
 that the greatest

00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.500
 apologetic of all

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.339
 is simply to do

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.579
 what Jesus did

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.339
 right here

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.839
 and say

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:29.700
 to someone

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:31.779
 even though

00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.039
 you

00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.420
 don't believe

00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:33.960
 in Jesus

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.000
 you've made

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.559
 that clear

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.460
 what about

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.880
 the things

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.319
 that Jesus

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.740
 did

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:42.880
 how do you

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.380
 explain

00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.200
 those miracles

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.819
 how did

00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.079
 he do

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.440
 that

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:49.180
 what about

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.220
 the undeniable

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.779
 goodness

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.720
 and kindness

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.920
 of Jesus

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:54.920
 that's woven

00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.460
 through all

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.900
 the things

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.180
 that he

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.539
 did

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:59.100
 will you

00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.420
 look at

00:18:59.420 --> 00:18:59.700
 that

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:01.319
 one more

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.660
 time

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:03.480
 read the

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:03.740
 story

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.259
 of Jesus

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.940
 again

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:07.460
 how could

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.099
 a deceiver

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:08.960
 or a

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.360
 common

00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.500
 man

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.180
 be so

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.880
 selfless

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.019
 how could

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.640
 an insane

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:14.980
 man

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.539
 do these

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.860
 kinds

00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.019
 of

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.460
 things

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:22.339
 do you

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.740
 have loved

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.079
 ones

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.480
 who do

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:24.660
 not

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.079
 believe

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.759
 maybe

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.200
 who

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.839
 have even

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.319
 expressed

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.620
 to you

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:28.940
 that they

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.180
 don't

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.460
 believe

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.640
 in

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:29.960
 Jesus

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.500
 maybe

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:32.779
 who

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:32.920
 have

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.140
 even

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.539
 expressed

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:33.759
 that

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:33.920
 with

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.140
 a bit

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:34.259
 of

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.880
 hostility

00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:36.940
 or even

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.319
 anger

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:39.700
 I want to

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.160
 encourage you

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.700
 this morning

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:42.120
 don't give

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.480
 up on

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:42.740
 them

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:45.200
 don't write

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.779
 them off

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:48.579
 encourage

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.079
 them yet

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.680
 again to

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.259
 read the

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.799
 story of

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.160
 Jesus

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:52.380
 for

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.840
 themselves

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:54.860
 tell them

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.299
 what you

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:55.600
 see

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:57.100
 that's so

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.480
 beautiful

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.140
 and glorious

00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:58.559
 about

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.079
 Jesus

00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:01.799
 maybe

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.160
 they'll

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:02.920
 misrepresent

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.319
 Jesus

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.539
 or

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.360
 mischaracterize

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:04.680
 Jesus

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.319
 take that

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:05.880
 opportunity

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:07.019
 to say

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:08.180
 that's not

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.579
 what I

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:08.839
 see

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.740
 in the

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 Bible

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 there was

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 that one

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.360
 time that

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.940
 Jesus did

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.640
 this and

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.539
 look at

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 the kind

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 of person

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 he is

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 and what

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 he did

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 he's not

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.279
 like that

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:22.559
 there is a

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.140
 path here

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:25.039
 for the

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.640
 unbelieving

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 for people

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 to go

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 from those

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.780
 who do

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 not believe

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 maybe are

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 even ready

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 to throw

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 the stone

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 to knowing

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 and understanding

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 the truth

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 about Jesus

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 and that

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 path begins

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 with a

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 call and

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 a plea

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 for people

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 to look

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.220
 again at

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.880
 the works

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.660
 of Jesus

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 at what

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 he did

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 as he

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 walked and

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 lived among

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 us

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 if I do

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 the works

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.220
 of my

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 father

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 he said

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 even though

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:57.000
 you do

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.659
 not believe

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.039
 me

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 believe

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 the works

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.279
 that you

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 may know

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 and understand

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 that the

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.720
 father is

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 in me

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 and I

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 in the

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 father

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 this is

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 another

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.000
 astounding

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.419
 statement

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.039
 from Jesus

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.000
 which confirms

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.639
 that

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:15.199
 Jesus is

00:21:15.199 --> 00:21:15.859
 not backing

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 down in the

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 least with

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 what he's

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:17.740
 claiming

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 he said

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 earlier

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 I and

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 the father

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 are one

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 and he

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 meant it

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 this is

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 just another

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 way of

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 saying the

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.980
 same thing

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:29.460
 my father

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.620
 is in

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 me

00:21:31.300 --> 00:21:32.140
 God is

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.779
 in me

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.480
 I am

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 in my

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.660
 father

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 it's difficult

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.100
 to say much

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.680
 more about

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.800
 that what

00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:38.540
 Jesus means

00:21:38.540 --> 00:21:38.840
 when he

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.240
 says it

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.620
 but maybe

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:39.940
 we could

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.259
 say it

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.840
 like this

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.220
 in this

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.579
 man

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.099
 Jesus

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.459
 God

00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:45.279
 the

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.779
 Lord

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:47.099
 Yahweh

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:48.519
 is here

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.099
 he walks

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.799
 among us

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:52.220
 he speaks

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.000
 to us

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.579
 he does

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.059
 works

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.879
 among us

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:57.000
 the father

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.759
 is in me

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.559
 and I

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.000
 am in

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.519
 the father

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:03.059
 and the

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.599
 response of

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:03.980
 the people

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.559
 is this

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:06.099
 again

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.699
 they tried

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.299
 to seize

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.579
 him

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.819
 but he

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.259
 escaped

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.980
 their grasp

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.720
 then Jesus

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.279
 went back

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.839
 across the

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.160
 Jordan

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.000
 to the

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.420
 place where

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.920
 John had

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.660
 been baptizing

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.140
 in the early

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.559
 days

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.640
 there he

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.039
 stayed

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.099
 and many

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.700
 people came

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.079
 to him

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:21.539
 they said

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.720
 though John

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.579
 never performed

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.120
 a sign

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.299
 all that John

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.839
 said about

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.500
 this man

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.420
 was true

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:29.099
 and in that

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.539
 place

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.460
 many

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.220
 believed in

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.579
 Jesus

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:33.279
 so yet again

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.960
 we see a

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.819
 mixed response

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.140
 some try to

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.900
 seize Jesus

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.500
 as in

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.259
 grab him

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.940
 arrest him

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.200
 but he

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.820
 slips away

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:42.720
 and it's

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.200
 now time

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.640
 for Jesus

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.039
 to put

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.700
 some distance

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.240
 in between

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.860
 himself

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.820
 and them

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:48.279
 and so

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.840
 John tells

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.120
 us that

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.580
 he heads

00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:50.100
 east

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.580
 out of

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.080
 Jerusalem

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.279
 all the

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.660
 way across

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.080
 the Jordan

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.400
 River

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.320
 to the

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.920
 place where

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.980
 John had

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.700
 been baptizing

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:56.980
 in the

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.759
 earlier days

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.779
 so not

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.180
 only some

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.779
 distance

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.640
 but also

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.019
 some

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:02.059
 geographical

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.660
 barrier

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.120
 with the

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.420
 river

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.440
 between

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.980
 where Jesus

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.700
 is and

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.580
 these Jews

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.059
 who are so

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.799
 hostile to

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.019
 him

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.740
 and while

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.299
 Jesus is

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.539
 out of

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.059
 their reach

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.220
 we get

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.599
 some good

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.180
 news here

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.639
 there were

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.400
 many who

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.099
 had been

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.940
 listening to

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.299
 Jesus

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.460
 hearing what

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.940
 he had been

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.339
 saying

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.980
 and they

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.519
 actually went

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.180
 out looking

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.839
 for him

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.740
 and went

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.639
 to him

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.379
 they came

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:25.639
 to the

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.059
 place where

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.480
 he was

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.779
 on the

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.259
 other side

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.500
 of the

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.819
 Jordan

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:29.039
 and it

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.480
 says that

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.000
 many

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.180
 believed

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.759
 in Jesus

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.119
 in that

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.579
 place

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:35.559
 we don't

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:35.879
 know for

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.199
 sure

00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:37.559
 but perhaps

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.159
 some of

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.480
 them had

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.960
 even been

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.939
 there in

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.379
 the temple

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.819
 courts

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.779
 this day

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:43.519
 maybe

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.839
 even some

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.139
 of them

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:46.000
 had had a

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.740
 stone in

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.359
 their hands

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:49.799
 but heard

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.259
 what Jesus

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.799
 said that

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.139
 day and

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.759
 realized there's

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.319
 something not

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.659
 right

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:55.000
 he's right

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:56.019
 look at the

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.460
 things he's

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.019
 been doing

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:59.079
 healing the

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.500
 blind

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.740
 the sick

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:02.599
 flipping the

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.099
 tables and

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.620
 driving the

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.160
 sellers out

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.359
 of the

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.839
 marketplace

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.859
 sellers out

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.180
 of the

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.620
 temple

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.160
 courts

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.440
 he is a

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.940
 good man

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:13.099
 is it

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.759
 possible that

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.120
 what he's

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.539
 saying is

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.099
 true that

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.519
 he really

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.940
 is divine

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.779
 God here

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.539
 among us

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:21.120
 the true

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.559
 son of

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.900
 God

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:27.559
 what do we

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:27.960
 take from

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.440
 all this

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.799
 I think

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.220
 it's a good

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.860
 reminder that

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.660
 we ourselves

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:35.080
 never really

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:36.320
 know just

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.920
 where people

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.559
 are at in

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.100
 their hearts

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:40.700
 we don't

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.320
 really know

00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:42.180
 why they're

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.920
 resisting or

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.640
 rejecting the

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.240
 truth of who

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.000
 Jesus is

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.840
 why they get

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.960
 angry or upset

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.000
 if we try to

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.440
 share with

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.660
 them

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:51.820
 but if

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.680
 Jesus pleaded

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.200
 with them

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.279
 like this

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.680
 even as the

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.440
 stones are in

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.100
 their hands

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.559
 and reasoned

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:58.980
 with them

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:01.859
 then we

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.379
 should too

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:04.539
 we shouldn't

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.079
 grow weary

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.639
 or be

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.119
 discouraged

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.579
 with trying

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.959
 to share

00:25:06.959 --> 00:25:07.339
 the good

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.679
 news

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:09.279
 with our

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.699
 unbelieving

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:10.279
 friends

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.039
 family

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.399
 neighbors

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.579
 co-workers

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:15.959
 whatever the

00:25:15.959 --> 00:25:16.459
 cost

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:17.939
 will it

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:18.379
 not be

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.799
 worth it

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.319
 if because

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.679
 of what

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.299
 you say

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.699
 to them

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.359
 they say

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.139
 huh

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.980
 and they

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.480
 go back

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.959
 into the

00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:24.279
 scriptures

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.480
 and they

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.980
 read

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.920
 and they

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.460
 look at the

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.960
 works of

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.299
 Jesus

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.879
 and they

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.639
 huh

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:32.859
 and believe

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.619
 and are

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 saved

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 will it

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 not be

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 worth it

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 is it

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 not worth

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 risking

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 the relationship

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 for that

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 so let's not

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 give up on our

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 unbelieving friends

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 and family

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 and co-workers

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 and neighbors

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 no matter how

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 resistant or

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:52.359
 antagonistic

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 they seem

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 let's just

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 keep pointing

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 people

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 gently

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 graciously

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 humbly

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 to the words

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 and the works

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 of Jesus

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 because it's

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 there that

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 they may yet

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 come to see

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 the truth

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 and believe

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 and be saved

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 let's pray

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 father in

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 heaven

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 thank you

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 for

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 these

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 words

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 we

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 tremble

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 at the

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 thought

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.460
 that

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.319
 your

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 son

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 was

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 almost

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 stoned

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 in this

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 moment

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 and that

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 at the

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 same

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 time

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 he was

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 revealing

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 so

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 fully

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 so

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 truly

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 who

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 he

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 is

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 i pray

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.779
 lord

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.019
 that

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 none

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.700
 of us

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:46.960
 would

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.180
 grow

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.960
 weary

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.680
 of

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.140
 trying

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.360
 to

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.720
 share

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.099
 the

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.319
 good

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.539
 news

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.700
 of

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.160
 jesus

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.860
 that

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.099
 people

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.319
 need

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.440
 to

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.660
 hear

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.079
 and

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.279
 maybe

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.579
 if

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:55.819
 we

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.079
 have

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.380
 lord

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.099
 i

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.319
 pray

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.539
 that

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.680
 you

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:57.860
 would

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.599
 renew

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.539
 the

00:26:59.539 --> 00:26:59.980
 desire

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 to

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 to

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 to

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.759
 speak

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.059
 out

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.319
 to

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 have

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.039
 courage

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:05.920
 would

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.019
 you

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.240
 put

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.039
 names

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.240
 of

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.579
 people

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.860
 in

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.019
 our

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.440
 minds

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.779
 this

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.200
 week

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:12.299
 and

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.740
 ready

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.000
 us

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.140
 and

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.420
 prepare

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.680
 us

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:13.840
 for

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.539
 conversations

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:17.340
 would

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.440
 you

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.600
 draw

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:17.759
 our

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.080
 attention

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:18.299
 to

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.580
 those

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.360
 things

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.900
 in

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.120
 the

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.539
 gospel

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.880
 that

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.200
 we

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.580
 most

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:21.799
 need

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.000
 to

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.340
 highlight

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.620
 to

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.000
 people

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.519
 as

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.720
 those

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.240
 conversations

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.620
 come

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.940
 up

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:29.200
 so

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.360
 that

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.640
 people

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:29.860
 might

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.059
 be

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.420
 saved

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.620
 and

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:31.819
 so

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:31.980
 that

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.120
 you

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.299
 might

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.460
 be

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.960
 glorified

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.140
 in

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.420
 us

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.539
 we

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.779
 ask

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:34.940
 this

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.120
 in

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.380
 Christ

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.779
 precious

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.120
 name

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:37.580
 amen