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 You may be seated. Children, you are excused to your King's Kids class.

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 And if you would please open up your Bibles to John chapter 1. It's on page 1053 of your Pew Bible.

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 Last week, this past week, I picked up my daughter Mary at her school out west on 50.

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 It's dark, traveling back eastbound on 50, getting to the bridges before Menards.

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 You know where I'm at?

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 And I look up into my rearview mirror and behold, flashing red and blue lights.

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 This was not my first experience with that.

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 And of course, the first thing I did was look at my speedometer.

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 And then lo and behold, the lights have come up onto my left.

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 What? What's going on?

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 It was an SUV.

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 And the whole thing was wrapped in Christmas lights.

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 And it was like, you know, there's this rhythm going on with them as they're cruising along.

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 Has anybody wondered where Christmas lights come from?

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 What's the origin story of Christmas lights?

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 And so, I, this week, did some vast research on the World Wide Web.

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 And my theory was confirmed.

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 Christmas lights that shine in the darkness in Christmastime,

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 they speak a word of the true light which came and is shining in the darkness,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 The Word become flesh.

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 God incarnate.

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 He is shining in the darkness.

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 Now, if you ask most people in the city of Kenosha,

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 why do we have Christmas lights?

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 I'm guessing you'd get one of three answers.

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 Tradition.

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 The other one would be something like,

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 man, I remember putting Christmas tree lights up with my dad or my mom,

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 so there's a sentimentality about it.

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 Or more, it's kind of like, you know what?

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 It just helps us get into the Christmas mood.

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 Well,

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 the origin of Christmas lights has largely been forgotten,

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 disconnected by our culture from its origin story.

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 The true Christmas light is the light of Jesus Christ.

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 And he is shining into the darkness.

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 The true light is shining life into the darkness of the world.

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 And so, this morning what I'm going to do is,

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 I want you to follow with me in verses chapter 1 of John, 9 through 13,

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 and I'm going to make three points.

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 The light radiating,

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 the light rejected,

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 and the light received.

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 The light is radiating life this morning.

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 So, the light radiating.

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 Verse 9, we read,

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 the true light,

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 which gives light to everyone,

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 was coming into the world.

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 Now, if you haven't been with us for the last couple weeks,

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 you might be thinking,

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 light?

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 What is this light all about?

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 Well, let's trace it back from verse 9.

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 In verses 6 and 8,

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 there's this guy named John,

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 JTB,

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 John the Baptist.

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 And in verse 8,

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 he's not the light,

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 but he came to bear witness to the light.

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 So,

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 John the Baptist is not the light,

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 but he's bearing witness to the light.

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 Who's the light?

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 Verse 5,

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 there's this light that is shining in the darkness.

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 Verse 4,

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 this light that is shining in the darkness to men

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 is the light of life.

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 You see,

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 this light is the radiance of life.

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 Eternal life.

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 And in verse 4,

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 at the very beginning,

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 you see,

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 in him was life.

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 And the life was the light of men.

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 Who's the he?

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 We go into verse 3.

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 The he is the creator of all things.

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 In him,

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 all things were made.

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 Without him,

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 nothing that was made was made.

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 So,

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 this light is this life,

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 who is a he,

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 not John the Baptist,

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 and the creator of all,

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 in verses 1 and 2,

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 in the beginning was the Word.

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 And the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God.

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 The light is the life,

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 the creator of all,

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 who is the Word.

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 The greatest expression of God ever has walked the earth.

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 He's distinct from God,

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 but he is fully God.

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 The Word.

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 And we learn in verse 14,

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 the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

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 Verse 17,

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 we are told the name of this person,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So,

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 all the way back to verse 9,

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 the true light

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 And he came into the world.

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 He took on flesh.

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 The eternal second person of the Trinity

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 became a man.

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 That's who the light is.

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 And he's radiating life into the darkness.

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 I want you to actually see one word in verse 9.

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 Let's drill down a little bit more.

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 It's the word true.

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 The true light.

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 Now,

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 I'm guessing you hear the word true,

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 and the opposite of the word true is false.

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 false.

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 But in the Gospel of John,

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 in fact,

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 in John's writings in the New Testament,

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 John will use that word true

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 in a little bit different sense.

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 In fact,

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 we see it

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 in John chapter 6

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 and John chapter 15

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 of the Gospel of John.

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 It actually means ultimate.

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 Full,

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 ultimate

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 reality

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 of something.

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 So,

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 in John chapter 6,

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 I'm not sure if you remember,

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 this,

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 Jesus has just fed the 5,000.

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 He comes across the lake.

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 There's a bunch of Jews

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 who are asking,

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 hey,

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 show us a sign.

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 Just like Moses

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 showed us the sign of manna,

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 show us a sign,

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 Jesus.

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 And in chapter 6,

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 let me just read you

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 how Jesus responds.

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 Verses 32 and 33,

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 Jesus then said to them,

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 truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 it was not Moses

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 who gave you the bread from heaven,

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 but my Father gives you

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 the true bread

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 bread from heaven.

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 For the bread of God

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 is he who comes down

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 from heaven

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 and gives life

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 to the world.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me

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 shall not hunger

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 and whoever believes in me

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 shall never thirst.

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 You get

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 Jesus' bread

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 bread

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 and you're satisfied.

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 And so what Jesus

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 is saying there

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 is that,

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 hey,

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 God gave the manna

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 to Israel

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 back in the day

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 and he fed them

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 every day,

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 blah, blah, blah.

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 I am the ultimate

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 bread manna.

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 You partake of me,

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 you'll never be hungry again.

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 There's another use of true.

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 It's in chapter 15,

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 verse 1.

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 Jesus says,

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 I'm the true vine.

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 And in Isaiah chapter 5

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 and chapter 27

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 in Isaiah,

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 God is describing

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 his people Israel

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 as a vine

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 that doesn't bear

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 any fruit.

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 And so what Jesus

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 is saying

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 in chapter 15

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 is he's saying,

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 I am the true vine.

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 I am God's Israel

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 and you abide in me

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 and you will bear

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 much fruit.

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 For apart from me

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 you can do nothing.

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 Both are talking

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 about life-giving things.

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 Bread,

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 the vine.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 I am the ultimate,

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 the true bread,

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 the true vine.

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 And so when we read here

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 in verse 9,

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 the true life,

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 not only is he saying

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 something in contrast

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 to John the Baptist,

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 he wasn't the light,

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 the true light

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 Jesus is the ultimate light.

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 And what we learn

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 from verses 1 through 5

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 is he's the light of life

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 shining in the darkness.

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 He is the radiance

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 of eternal life

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 shining into the darkness

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 of sin and death

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 that we all live in

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 day in and day out.

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 The true light

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 is Jesus' ability

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 to impart eternal life

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 to those who are dead.

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 Those who receive

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 the true light,

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 they are miraculously

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 recreated.

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 He is the recreator.

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 So the light

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 shining eternal life

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 into the sin darkness

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 of the world

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 is none other

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 than Jesus.

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 He's radiating

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 his light of life

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 today.

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 Hey,

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 let me ask you a question.

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 Just between you

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 and me.

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 Where are you

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 looking for life?

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 Where are you

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 looking for that

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 soul-satisfying

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 life?

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 Maybe you think

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 it's the approval

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 of other people.

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 You're like,

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 oh,

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 I just want that person

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 to acknowledge me

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 and say,

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 good job.

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 And you think

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 that there's some

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 kind of life in that.

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 There's no life in that.

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 Not ultimate life.

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 Not Jesus' life.

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 Or maybe you've got

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 your heart set

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 on the next thing

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 that you're going

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 to purchase.

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 And you're thinking,

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 oh man,

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 if I only get that,

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 then,

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 man,

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 I'm going to be set.

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 It's going to be,

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 satisfy me.

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 I'll be happy.

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 You know what it is

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 for me right now?

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 I'll just be very candid.

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 I'll just be totally

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 honest with you.

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 I'm a mountain bike guy

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 and I happen to

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 fall into the

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 wrong way of thinking

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 once in a while.

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 I think

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 somehow

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 carbon fiber

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 handlebars

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 are going to

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 bring life

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 to me.

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 I shared with you

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 honestly,

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 I thought pants

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 a couple weeks ago

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 were going to do that.

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 And now I'm thinking

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 it's carbon fiber

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 handlebars.

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 And you know what?

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 That'd be great.

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 But you know what?

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 There's no life in them.

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 What's your carbon

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 fiber handlebars?

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 What's your next

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 purchase that you want

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 that you think

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 is going to give you life?

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 There's no life there.

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 Not Jesus' life.

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 Not ultimate life.

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 Not soul-satisfying life.

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 Or maybe this.

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 Maybe you'd like

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 to control things.

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 Because you think

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 if you can remove

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 all risks,

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 if everything's just right,

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 there's life.

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 There's no life there.

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 Your controlling things

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 will not bring about life.

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 The light of life,

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 Jesus,

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 that's where your

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 soul satisfaction is.

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 He's the true light

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 of life.

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 And when He shines

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 on you,

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 you're given life.

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 The light radiating.

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 Let's look at the

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 light rejected.

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 In verses 10 and 11,

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 we are reading something

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 that we already know.

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 we already know that

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 Jesus is not

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 welcomed by all.

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 We know that.

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 Verses 10 and 11

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 make that clear.

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 In verses 9 and 10,

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 there's a repeated word.

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 It's the word world.

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 And it's a very important

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 word to define right.

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 Whenever you're

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 reading your Bible

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 and you read

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 a repeated word

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 in a short amount

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 of biblical real estate,

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 it's usually emphasized.

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 something.

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 So what does

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 the world mean?

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 Let me just read it to you.

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 The true light

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 which gives light

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 to everyone

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 was coming into the world.

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 He was in the world

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 and the world

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 was made through Him.

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 Yet the world

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 did not know Him.

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 What in the world

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 is world?

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 So maybe you're thinking,

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 you know,

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 in your brain right now,

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 you have this iconic

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 photograph,

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 Earth rise,

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 1968,

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 the Apollo 8 crew

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 from the lunar surface

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 took a picture

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 of the Earth

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 swirling white clouds,

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 bright ocean waters,

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 the tans and browns

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 of land masses,

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 not even the world.

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 That's not how

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 John's using the world.

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 When John talks

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 about the world

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 in most of his writings,

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 whether that's John

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 or that first,

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 second,

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 or third John

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 or the book

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 of Revelation,

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 what John is talking

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 about is something

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 not nearly

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 as positive,

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 not nearly even

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 as neutral.

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 When John talks

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 about the world,

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 he's talking about

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 sinful humanity

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 in organized rebellion

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 against God.

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 In 1 John

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 chapter 2,

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 this will sound familiar

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 to many of you,

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 do not love the world

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 or the things

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 in the world.

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 If anyone loves the world,

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 the love of the Father

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 is not in him.

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 For all that is in the world,

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 the desires of the flesh

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 and the desires of the eyes

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 and the pride of life.

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 I don't know

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 of any mountains

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 that have the desires

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 of the flesh

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 and the desires of the eyes

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 and the pride of life.

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 Those are human qualities.

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 That's darkness.

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 Sin darkness.

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 It's not from the Father,

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 but it's from the world.

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 The world is passing away

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 along with its desires,

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 but whoever does the will

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 of God abides forever.

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 The world walks in darkness.

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 The world is ruled

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 by its desire for sin.

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 In verses 9 and 10,

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 we read something

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 with that definition in mind.

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 John changes before your eyes.

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 In verse 10,

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 you see something

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 of incredible irony.

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 He was in the world,

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 the true light,

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 the creator.

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 And the world was made

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 through him.

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 Yet the world did not know him.

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 Anybody see Undercover Boss?

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 You have a CEO

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 of Fortune 500 company

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 who comes and dresses up

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 as kind of one of the grunts

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 of the company for a week

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 and he works with the grunts

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 for a week

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 or she works with the grunts

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 for the week

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 and at the end of the week,

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 there's this kind of reckoning.

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 People get fired.

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 People get bonuses

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 and things like that.

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 But what we're seeing

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 in verse 10

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 is not Undercover Boss.

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 It's incarnate God

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 with irony.

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 The very ones that

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 the Word created,

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 He comes to them

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 and they don't recognize Him.

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 Remember,

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 we just worked our way

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 through the Gospel of Mark

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 and in Mark 15,

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 the Gentile,

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 Pontius Pilate,

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 he looks at Jesus

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 first time

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 and he says,

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 are you the

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 King of the Jews?

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 Didn't recognize Him.

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 His Creator

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 didn't recognize Him.

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 It's very ironic.

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 And then verse 11

00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:49.500
 goes even more specific.

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 Out of all those

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 in the world

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 walking in darkness,

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 His own people,

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 the Jewish people,

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 who should have welcomed Him

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 as the Messiah King

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 because they had

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.580
 the Old Testament

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 bearing witness to them

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 again and again and again.

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 There's one coming,

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 God in the flesh,

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.200
 who'd rule on David's throne.

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 And they did not receive Him.

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 in Jerusalem,

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.140
 they yelled,

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.980
 crucify Him.

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 So,

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:32.160
 most of the world,

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:34.259
 including His very own people,

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.160
 rejected Him,

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.019
 the true light.

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.759
 And the same is true today.

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:42.279
 Most people living in darkness

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.019
 who are blinded by their sin,

00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:45.400
 blinded by the evil one,

00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:47.100
 will reject the light.

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.819
 They won't receive Him.

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 Like people who are seeing

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:52.579
 millions of twinkling

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:54.000
 Christmas lights

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.779
 throughout the Christmas season,

00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:57.199
 they don't put it together

00:17:57.199 --> 00:17:58.679
 that they're pointing to Jesus.

00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:01.919
 Why would anybody

00:18:01.919 --> 00:18:04.719
 reject the light of life?

00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:07.619
 Why would anybody do that?

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 You want to know

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.699
 a hard truth?

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 Turn in your Bible

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:16.000
 to John chapter 3.

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 We all know 316,

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.219
 but now with our working definition

00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:23.519
 of what the world is,

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:25.219
 316 should pop

00:18:25.219 --> 00:18:25.839
 a little different.

00:18:27.199 --> 00:18:28.639
 For God so loved

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:30.599
 sinful humanity

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.699
 and organized rebellion

00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.419
 against Him

00:18:32.419 --> 00:18:35.019
 that He gave His only Son

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.959
 that whoever believes in Him

00:18:35.959 --> 00:18:36.559
 should not perish

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.439
 but have eternal life.

00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:39.079
 Look down at verse 19.

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 Why wouldn't anybody

00:18:41.439 --> 00:18:42.119
 receive Him?

00:18:44.459 --> 00:18:45.279
 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.619
 into the world

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.639
 and people loved

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.679
 the darkness

00:18:48.679 --> 00:18:50.519
 rather than the light

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:52.119
 because their works were evil.

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.639
 For everyone who does

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.500
 wicked things

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.279
 hates the light

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.419
 and does not come

00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:57.199
 to the light

00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:59.019
 lest his works

00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:00.199
 should be exposed.

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.359
 People reject

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.239
 the true light

00:19:05.239 --> 00:19:06.139
 because they treasure

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:07.179
 the darkness more.

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:10.720
 it reveals

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.740
 the deadness

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:13.980
 of their condition.

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.840
 They're spiritually dead.

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.500
 They have

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.320
 no inclination.

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.200
 Our problem,

00:19:24.320 --> 00:19:25.100
 our sin problem

00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:27.560
 as a humanity

00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:28.799
 is so deep

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.580
 and extensive

00:19:29.580 --> 00:19:31.140
 we are rendered

00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:32.200
 incapable

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.779
 of spiritually

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.259
 reviving ourselves.

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:37.339
 we can't give ourselves

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.879
 life

00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:39.180
 because we're dead.

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.339
 Do you know

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.379
 what an EKG machine is?

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.200
 Echocardiogram?

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 You get hooked up

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:45.759
 to it

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:45.960
 and it goes

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.140
 beep, beep, beep, beep.

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.599
 Let you know

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.039
 there's a heartbeat.

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 If you hook up

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:54.180
 a spiritual EKG

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.539
 to someone who

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:57.339
 is dead in their sin

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:59.019
 you strap it to them

00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.559
 it's a flat line.

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.579
 Beep.

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.839
 beep, beep,

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.539
 no heart

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.359
 for God

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.179
 at all.

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.419
 Spiritually dead.

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.960
 And then think about this.

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.759
 When you have a bunch

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:17.539
 of spiritually dead people

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:19.619
 gathered together

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:22.259
 to accomplish things

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.720
 organizing

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:28.819
 it's not necessarily

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.380
 going to be pretty

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.860
 all the time

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.160
 is it?

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.740
 The world

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.539
 is

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:40.420
 sinful humanity

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.360
 and organized rebellion

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.980
 against God

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:43.000
 and it

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.259
 creates

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.259
 currents.

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:50.019
 So what this means

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.339
 is

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.759
 our spiritual

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.539
 depravity

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.599
 is worse

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:55.659
 than we think.

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.859
 There's a warning here

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.240
 if

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:06.879
 in 336

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:09.740
 Jesus says

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.519
 whoever believes

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.980
 in the Son

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.899
 has eternal life

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.859
 whoever does not

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.680
 obey the Son

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:16.339
 shall not see life

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.039
 but the wrath

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.519
 of God

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.559
 remains on him

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:20.259
 on her.

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:22.400
 if you haven't

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.960
 received

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.839
 the true light

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.279
 if you haven't

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.140
 believed in the

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.680
 true light

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.640
 not only are you

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.140
 in darkness

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.839
 not only are you

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.579
 dead in your sin

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.980
 God's just

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.500
 wrath

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.079
 remains

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.859
 over you

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 the stakes

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.519
 are high

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.000
 and into

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.000
 this world

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.599
 the true

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:39.900
 light

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.539
 shines.

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.900
 The light

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.460
 rejected

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.440
 our spiritual

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.019
 depravity

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.500
 is worse

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.119
 than we can

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.660
 think

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.680
 we can imagine

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:51.820
 but

00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:54.300
 God's love

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:55.920
 is greater

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:57.200
 than we can

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.660
 fathom

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:59.340
 for God

00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:00.480
 so loved

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:02.160
 the world

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:04.420
 that the true

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.500
 light shines

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.519
 into the darkness.

00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.540
 The light

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 received

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 verses 12

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.300
 and 13

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:14.880
 so

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:16.500
 all of humanity

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.380
 is in darkness

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:19.560
 all of humanity

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.400
 apart from Christ

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.780
 are dead

00:22:20.780 --> 00:22:21.340
 in their sin

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:21.700
 but

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.800
 for some

00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:25.160
 miraculously

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.840
 some

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:29.220
 receive

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.640
 the true

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.040
 light

00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:31.740
 and are

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.480
 recreated

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:34.320
 they're given

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:35.080
 new life

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:37.440
 the light

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.480
 of

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.380
 recreation

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.460
 shines

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 life

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 in verse 12

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.560
 we read

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:44.980
 this

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.700
 but to all

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.080
 who did

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.740
 receive him

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.060
 in contrast

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.640
 to those

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.360
 who did

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:51.140
 not receive

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 him

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.380
 verse 11

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:54.279
 but to all

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.759
 who did

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.600
 receive him

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:57.539
 you know

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.880
 that word

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 receive

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.759
 in the original

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 language

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.620
 it actually

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.100
 is the

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.900
 common use

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.800
 for welcoming

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.180
 people

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.740
 you receive

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.279
 people into

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.600
 your home

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.060
 you welcome

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.539
 them in

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.400
 you're like

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.980
 hey

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.320
 hey

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.900
 good to see

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.019
 you

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.500
 come on

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.680
 in

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.039
 welcome

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.220
 and when

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.799
 you receive

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.139
 someone

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.440
 when you

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.779
 welcome

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.079
 someone

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.559
 like that

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:12.819
 you're

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 welcoming

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 them

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.960
 that person

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.299
 for who

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.220
 they are

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 and you're

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.019
 opening your

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.379
 life to them

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.119
 come on in

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 take a seat

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.579
 let's start

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.200
 a relationship

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:28.859
 when

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:30.059
 you

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.799
 receive

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.519
 Jesus

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.599
 the true

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:32.879
 light

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:35.240
 you don't

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.799
 receive

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.899
 your version

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.639
 of Jesus

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:40.500
 you receive

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.660
 Jesus

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:44.259
 who is

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.900
 eternal

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:46.140
 creator

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.240
 savior

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.540
 revealer

00:23:48.540 --> 00:23:49.460
 king of kings

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.580
 lord of lords

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:52.960
 the true

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.320
 light

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.660
 the true

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.120
 bread

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.220
 the true

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.740
 vine

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.020
 that's who

00:23:58.020 --> 00:23:58.560
 you receive

00:23:58.560 --> 00:24:01.720
 now could you

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.060
 imagine

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:04.080
 Jesus comes up

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.440
 to the front

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.780
 door of your

00:24:04.780 --> 00:24:05.140
 house

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.960
 knock

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.220
 knock

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:08.880
 you open

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.299
 the door a

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.559
 little bit

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.960
 you peek

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.220
 out

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.019
 who is

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.240
 it

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.740
 the true

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.039
 light

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.180
 what do you

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.480
 want

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.600
 to give

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.059
 you life

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:18.680
 forget about

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.220
 it

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:21.019
 close the

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.240
 door

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:23.519
 that's

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.140
 not

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.140
 receiving

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.220
 Jesus

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:28.740
 here's what

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.180
 it looks like

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.620
 to receive

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.100
 Jesus

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:31.880
 who is

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.120
 it

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:34.079
 the light

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.480
 of life

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.960
 come on

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.400
 in

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:38.660
 come on

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:38.740
 in

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.240
 all of

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.539
 who you

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.799
 are

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.319
 you are

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.980
 all welcome

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.519
 to all

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.840
 that I

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.259
 am

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.360
 mi casa

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.900
 esu

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.180
 casa

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.519
 come on

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.720
 in

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:48.059
 you can

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.920
 you have

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.400
 right

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.579
 because of

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.940
 who you

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.400
 are

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.420
 to every

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.340
 square inch

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.900
 of who

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.579
 I am

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.579
 and that I

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.759
 have

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.299
 responsibility

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.779
 for

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.180
 it's

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.640
 it's all

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.180
 yours

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.980
 welcome

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.779
 that's what

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.000
 it means

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.360
 to receive

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.720
 Christ

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:05.759
 and in

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.440
 this verse

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.839
 John

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:10.019
 clarifies it

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.539
 even more

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:13.660
 he says

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.279
 but to all

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.819
 who received

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.000
 him

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.519
 who believe

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.779
 in his

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.039
 name

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:18.440
 who are

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.960
 believing

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.519
 in his

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.860
 name

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:21.720
 last week

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.140
 I used an

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.559
 illustration

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.000
 to help

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.860
 us understand

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.420
 biblical

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.940
 belief

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.900
 do you

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.319
 remember it

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.160
 so hey

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.500
 come on

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.799
 let's go

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.339
 hang out

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.500
 mid-February

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.059
 by Lincoln

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.819
 Park Lagoon

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.420
 and we're

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.900
 walking around

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.400
 the lagoon

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.079
 and I ask

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.400
 you hey

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.099
 do you think

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.440
 the ice

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.779
 will hold

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.059
 your weight

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.619
 and you're

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:36.980
 like yeah

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.559
 sure I

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:37.960
 believe it

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.259
 will hold

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.619
 my weight

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.160
 but what

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.279
 you're

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.579
 actually

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.079
 saying is

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.980
 I accept

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.240
 the possibility

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.160
 that that

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.839
 will hold

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.299
 my weight

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.119
 but when I

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.619
 say hey

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.799
 come let's

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.279
 go out on

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.579
 the ice

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.900
 together

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:50.079
 that's when

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.400
 you start

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.000
 to trust

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.079
 the ice

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:54.559
 that's

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:54.819
 biblical

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.259
 belief

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:57.900
 that's how

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.200
 it's being

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.420
 used

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.700
 here

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.759
 to trust

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.259
 in his

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.660
 name

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:06.060
 one commentator

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.640
 talked about

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.360
 his name

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.000
 as not

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.640
 simply like

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.100
 the name

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.480
 Jesus

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:11.060
 but the

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.640
 totality

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.160
 of who

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.759
 he is

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.880
 so here's

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.460
 what happens

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.440
 when a

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.700
 new

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.259
 Christian

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.640
 steps out

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.280
 onto the

00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:20.720
 ice

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:22.259
 of Jesus

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.400
 they're kind

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.920
 of timid

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.600
 at first

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.640
 is this

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:25.900
 going to

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.360
 hold my

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.740
 weight

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:28.940
 and he

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.440
 holds your

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.759
 weight

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.380
 but then as

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.859
 you mature

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.500
 in Christ

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.660
 you put

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.240
 the skates

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.660
 on

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.740
 and he

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.039
 starts

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.519
 skating

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:39.339
 and then

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.740
 you start

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.000
 doing

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.559
 moves

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:46.099
 because

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.440
 your

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.039
 belief

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.819
 in him

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.759
 is

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.819
 delighting

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.839
 in him

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:58.579
 who

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.859
 believe

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.119
 in his

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.399
 name

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:02.039
 it's

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.439
 joy

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:06.220
 when

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.459
 someone

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:06.879
 receives

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.339
 Jesus

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.679
 they

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:10.159
 something

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.740
 miraculous

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.259
 happens

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:13.579
 something

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.480
 out of

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.179
 this world

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.939
 happens

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:18.939
 we see

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:19.379
 it in

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:19.799
 at the end

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.000
 of verse

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.339
 12

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.639
 just

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.520
 the beginnings

00:27:21.520 --> 00:27:22.240
 of it

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:24.360
 but to all

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:24.720
 who did

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.200
 receive him

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.620
 who believe

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.880
 in his

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.140
 name

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.980
 he

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.920
 the true

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.259
 light

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.080
 the word

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:31.060
 he

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:33.200
 gave the

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.540
 right to

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:33.759
 become

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.240
 children of

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.500
 God

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.000
 that's

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.640
 legal

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.420
 terminology

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.780
 for

00:27:37.780 --> 00:27:38.259
 adoption

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.960
 the

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.580
 moment

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:40.940
 a sinner

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.380
 believes

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.920
 in Jesus

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.140
 they're

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.759
 justified

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.920
 anybody

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.620
 remember that

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.080
 from August

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.740
 yes

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.200
 and they're

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.759
 also

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.460
 adopted

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.940
 which is

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.420
 another

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.220
 legal

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.900
 category

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.920
 you have

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.759
 you've been

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.220
 given all

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.579
 the rights

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.259
 and privileges

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.240
 of now

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.920
 being in

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.500
 the family

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.160
 of God

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.940
 all the

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.240
 rights and

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.579
 privileges

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.620
 which means

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.779
 you have

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.319
 24-7

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.240
 access to

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.740
 the father

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:08.599
 it's quite

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.700
 a privilege

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:13.440
 but there's

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.160
 something else

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.519
 in verse

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.980
 13

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:20.079
 in verse

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.559
 13 we

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:20.860
 read

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:22.339
 those who

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.599
 are given

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.099
 this right

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.579
 who were

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.279
 born

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:27.220
 that's

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.680
 life

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.180
 language

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.860
 that's

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.559
 new life

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.079
 language

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:33.059
 that's

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.920
 the light

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.759
 shining into

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.259
 the darkness

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.519
 and when

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.440
 it shines

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.559
 on those

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.539
 who receive

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.599
 who believe

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.720
 something

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.839
 happens

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:45.079
 they're

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.399
 born of

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.699
 God

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:49.439
 but did

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:49.759
 you notice

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.279
 the negatives

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.959
 he says

00:28:50.959 --> 00:28:52.480
 who were

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.699
 born

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.179
 not of

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:54.019
 blood

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.480
 nor of

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.679
 the will

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.139
 of flesh

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.439
 nor of

00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:55.619
 the will

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:55.959
 of man

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:57.859
 being born

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.279
 of God

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.159
 doesn't come

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.399
 as a result

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.939
 of your

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.799
 royal blood

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.179
 line

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.839
 being born

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.359
 of God

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.299
 doesn't happen

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.079
 as a result

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.119
 of the will

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.559
 of the flesh

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.299
 something

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.879
 of your

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.519
 ethnicity

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.980
 which side

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.480
 of the tracks

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.019
 you were born

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.339
 on

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:14.199
 it's not

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.759
 like white

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.519
 people have

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.439
 unusual

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:17.199
 access

00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:17.740
 to be

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.099
 born

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.639
 of God

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.639
 over black

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.039
 people

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.539
 or brown

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.980
 people

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.459
 or yellow

00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:21.919
 people

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.299
 or red

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.659
 people

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:24.519
 no

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:26.559
 did you

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.859
 read the

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.220
 beginning

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.459
 of verse

00:29:28.459 --> 00:29:28.879
 12

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:30.279
 but to

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.959
 all

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.579
 who did

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.199
 receive him

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:33.359
 anyone

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.599
 any sinner

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.539
 who recognize

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.599
 that Jesus

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.419
 is the true

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.500
 light of life

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.439
 and receives

00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:39.740
 him

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:47.400
 you take

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.700
 all those

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.000
 negatives

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.380
 together

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.640
 and you

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:48.779
 know what

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.140
 it means

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.720
 there's

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.359
 absolutely

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.220
 no

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.920
 human

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:54.019
 contribution

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.779
 to the

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.299
 miraculous

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.059
 work

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.900
 of

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.500
 regeneration

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.940
 of a

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.259
 sinner

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.539
 into a

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.720
 new

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.299
 creation

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.859
 absolutely

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.500
 none

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.140
 it's

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.579
 completely

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.420
 by God

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.279
 by his

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.720
 power

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.620
 by his

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.120
 grace

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:13.500
 only he

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.680
 is able

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.360
 to change

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.480
 someone dead

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.799
 in their

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.180
 sin

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.360
 and give

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.720
 them new

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.160
 life

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.000
 in Christ

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:23.779
 we are

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.500
 so dead

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:26.039
 in our

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.500
 sins

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:29.579
 that only

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.120
 God

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:32.480
 only a

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.000
 miraculous

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.880
 work of

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.680
 the regenerating

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.200
 grace of

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.519
 God

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:37.039
 can give

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.200
 us

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.339
 new

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.639
 life

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.000
 that's

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.200
 what it

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.319
 means

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.539
 to be

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.720
 born

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.059
 of God

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.559
 and then

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:40.779
 that's

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.160
 what Jesus

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.619
 talked to

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.059
 Nicodemus

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.420
 about in

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.879
 John 3

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.220
 when he

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.400
 says

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:45.039
 Nicodemus

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.819
 you must

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.240
 be born

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.579
 again

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.960
 brother

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:51.279
 a working

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.599
 of the

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.980
 spirit

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:55.099
 that is

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.519
 beyond

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.039
 us

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:59.619
 merry

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.000
 Christmas

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:02.379
 this is

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.660
 why the

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.059
 true light

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.420
 came into

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.879
 the world

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:05.700
 because we

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.280
 were dead

00:31:06.280 --> 00:31:07.580
 in the

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.940
 darkness

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:10.460
 this is

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.060
 why if

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:11.360
 you were

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.960
 a Christian

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:14.240
 you

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.480
 are

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.460
 a

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.640
 walking

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.500
 miracle

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.540
 of God

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:21.400
 born of

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.720
 God

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:23.220
 nothing you

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.620
 have done

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:26.520
 you are

00:31:26.520 --> 00:31:27.480
 a miracle

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.280
 of God's

00:31:28.280 --> 00:31:28.880
 regenerating

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.340
 grace

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:31.119
 with all

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.759
 the rights

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.599
 and privileges

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.500
 of being

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.000
 a child

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.480
 of God

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:36.419
 called out

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.599
 of the

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.000
 darkness

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.879
 called into

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.419
 the family

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:39.859
 of light

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:42.240
 and that's

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.559
 why we

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.119
 read passages

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.619
 like John

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.179
 8 12

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:45.439
 John 12

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:45.819
 46

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:47.599
 that say

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.939
 you no

00:31:49.939 --> 00:31:50.579
 longer walk

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.799
 in the

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.139
 darkness

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:53.019
 if you've

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.299
 received

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.720
 the light

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:55.179
 and

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.539
 there's

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.799
 nothing

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.220
 that we've

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.919
 contributed

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:02.419
 to this

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.619
 new

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:02.939
 birth

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:05.359
 so we've

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.699
 seen

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:06.959
 the light

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:07.519
 radiating

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.959
 we've seen

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.220
 the light

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.659
 rejected

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.179
 we've seen

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.459
 the light

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.819
 received

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.439
 so what does

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.740
 this mean

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.279
 for us

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.139
 it means

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.639
 the true

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.159
 light

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.759
 of Jesus

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.259
 Christ

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.919
 is shining

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:15.699
 into the

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:16.039
 darkness

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.439
 and how we

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:17.939
 respond

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.699
 is by doing

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:19.000
 this

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.279
 we

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:21.039
 step into

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.459
 the word

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:22.059
 shine

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:23.679
 and live

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:27.139
 step into

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.679
 the light

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.319
 of life

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:30.579
 and live

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.480
 receive

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.139
 him

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:33.139
 believe

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.779
 him

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.439
 and live

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:36.039
 if you're

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.279
 not a

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.659
 Christian

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:38.119
 and right

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.759
 now you're

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.299
 in this

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.619
 room

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:39.960
 and you

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.419
 have this

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:41.000
 profound

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.599
 sense

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.179
 that before

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.759
 God

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.299
 your sins

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.179
 justly

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.519
 condemn

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.879
 you

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:47.179
 that God's

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:47.539
 wrath

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.099
 that remains

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.839
 over you

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.480
 is not a

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.899
 mistake

00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:51.679
 it's just

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:54.339
 if you

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.819
 have that

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.179
 sense

00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.799
 guess what

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.519
 God is

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.359
 actually showing

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.079
 kindness to

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.240
 you

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.519
 that you

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.859
 would see

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.120
 those

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.559
 things

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:02.700
 your

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.220
 step

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.660
 is to

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.940
 step

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.599
 into the

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:05.900
 light

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.480
 of Jesus

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.019
 Christ

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.480
 is to

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.000
 receive

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.220
 him

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.599
 is to

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.339
 welcome

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.680
 him

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.900
 with

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.299
 arms

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.720
 open

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.259
 wide

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.400
 not

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.279
 as the

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.599
 baby

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:13.900
 in the

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.299
 manger

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:16.359
 but as

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.620
 the king

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.980
 of kings

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.339
 and lord

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.799
 of lords

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.380
 who is

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.880
 crucified

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.279
 risen

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.839
 and reigning

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.160
 and one

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.599
 day closer

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.019
 to his

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.460
 return

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.039
 you believe

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.279
 in his

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.500
 name

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.380
 you believe

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.700
 in all

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.980
 that he

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.259
 is

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:30.360
 it's

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:30.779
 it's

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.099
 this

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.960
 word

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.559
 incarnate

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.940
 that

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.039
 suffered

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.480
 all of

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.120
 God's

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.380
 wrath

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.960
 for all

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.240
 of your

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.559
 sin

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.140
 so that

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.539
 you

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.480
 could be

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.680
 born

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.000
 again

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:43.660
 if you're

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:43.960
 not a

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.220
 Christian

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.480
 here

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.660
 you're

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.779
 like

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.319
 I would

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.539
 like

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.839
 that

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.700
 how

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.319
 do I

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.539
 get

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.880
 that

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:51.660
 you

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.820
 invite

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.220
 Jesus

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.580
 in

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.980
 you

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.440
 welcome

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.720
 him

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.020
 you

00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:56.900
 tell

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.180
 him

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.480
 you

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.340
 confess

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:58.880
 him

00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.580
 you

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:00.760
 say

00:34:00.760 --> 00:34:01.020
 something

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:01.360
 like

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:03.080
 Jesus

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.320
 I

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.640
 welcome

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:03.820
 you

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:04.080
 all

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.260
 that

00:34:04.260 --> 00:34:04.440
 you

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.660
 are

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:04.860
 the

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.140
 true

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.540
 light

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:05.820
 of

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.260
 life

00:34:06.260 --> 00:34:07.440
 into

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.980
 all

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.240
 that

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.579
 I

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.079
 am

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.940
 welcome

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:15.140
 thank you

00:34:15.140 --> 00:34:15.460
 for giving

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.880
 me life

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.260
 thank you

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.680
 for forgiving

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.359
 my sins

00:34:17.359 --> 00:34:19.679
 help me

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.319
 to walk

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:20.619
 with you

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.819
 in the

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.039
 light

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.440
 it's a

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.759
 prayer

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.440
 it's a

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.619
 prayer

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.039
 of faith

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.839
 you're

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.159
 walking

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.539
 out

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.000
 on the

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.579
 ice

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:29.419
 now

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:29.659
 if you're

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.960
 not a

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.199
 Christian

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.559
 but a

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.919
 Christian

00:34:30.919 --> 00:34:34.219
 let me

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.619
 call you

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.159
 to three

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.619
 ways to

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.079
 respond

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:39.599
 stop

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.339
 trying to

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:41.159
 find life

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.779
 in lesser

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.399
 things than

00:34:42.399 --> 00:34:42.699
 Jesus

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:45.599
 stop

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.400
 stop

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.819
 looking

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.319
 for

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.179
 soul

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.980
 satisfying

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.579
 life

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.119
 in

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.619
 created

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.059
 things

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.360
 instead

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.659
 of the

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.059
 creator

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.420
 of all

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.819
 things

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:59.199
 if you

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.500
 struggle

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.860
 with the

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.199
 approval

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.860
 of man

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:05.360
 there's

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.659
 no life

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:05.880
 there

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.679
 but let me

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:06.900
 tell you

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.119
 this

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.420
 if you

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.980
 are like

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.360
 Jesus

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.819
 you're my

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.239
 everything

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.799
 you are

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.559
 my life

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.420
 guess what

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.059
 happens to

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.599
 your desire

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.920
 to be

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.259
 approved

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:14.759
 by man

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:16.020
 you just

00:35:16.020 --> 00:35:16.440
 don't care

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.940
 as much

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:19.500
 because in

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.840
 Christ

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.360
 God has

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.680
 approved

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.020
 you

00:35:21.020 --> 00:35:24.660
 or if

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:24.800
 you're

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.080
 trying to

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.800
 find life

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.500
 in carbon

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.940
 fiber

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.740
 handlebars

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.880
 or really

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.620
 cool pants

00:35:29.620 --> 00:35:30.120
 or whatever

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:31.040
 your thing

00:35:31.040 --> 00:35:31.560
 is

00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:33.780
 when

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.660
 Jesus is

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.260
 becoming

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.840
 your life

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.900
 you're like

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.380
 okay you

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.740
 know what

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:39.000
 carbon fiber

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.640
 handlebars

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.000
 aren't that

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.460
 big a deal

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:43.559
 you

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.380
 you

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.699
 experience

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.360
 contentment

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:48.519
 or

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.820
 or if

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.119
 you

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.960
 struggle

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.179
 with

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.880
 control

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:54.380
 when

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.679
 Jesus

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.059
 is your

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.699
 life

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:57.639
 you

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.159
 realize

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.579
 he's

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.699
 in

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.039
 control

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:03.840
 he reigns

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.320
 over all

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:06.000
 and

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.840
 in

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.200
 you

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:08.120
 trusting

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.360
 in

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.800
 him

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.620
 can

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.340
 live

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.920
 with

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.600
 things

00:36:11.600 --> 00:36:12.100
 not

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.660
 being

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.000
 nailed

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.400
 down

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:17.620
 step

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:17.940
 into the

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.420
 word shine

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.900
 and live

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:21.660
 that's the

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.280
 first call

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.960
 second is

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.280
 this

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.019
 be

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.680
 sobered

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:26.160
 by the

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:26.720
 depravity

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.260
 of sin

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.440
 and don't

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.320
 be surprised

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.519
 by how

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.480
 dark

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.280
 the darkness

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.940
 is

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:35.340
 don't be

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.820
 surprised by

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.100
 the number

00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:36.460
 of people

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.860
 who love

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.320
 the darkness

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.220
 more than

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.680
 the light

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:40.420
 I met

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.680
 with a

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.120
 brother this

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.740
 past week

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.340
 who was

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.860
 very angry

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.640
 over the

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.040
 direction

00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:46.060
 of our

00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:46.480
 country

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.760
 very angry

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:50.560
 I don't

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:50.860
 like it

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.140
 either

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:53.880
 but

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:55.440
 and I'm

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.840
 guessing many

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.200
 of you

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.860
 don't like

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.500
 the direction

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.780
 of our

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.100
 country

00:36:58.100 --> 00:37:01.900
 what do

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.400
 you expect

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.619
 it

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:05.720
 when people

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.200
 love the

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.519
 darkness

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.059
 more than

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.519
 the light

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:09.820
 they're going

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.079
 to move

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.500
 towards the

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.980
 darkness

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:13.460
 do you know

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.680
 what our

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.139
 country needs

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.559
 most

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:18.360
 they need

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.980
 word shine

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.680
 brothers and

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:20.000
 sisters

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:21.760
 that

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:23.720
 they need

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.119
 the true

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.500
 light

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:26.320
 it doesn't

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.680
 mean we

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.260
 back out

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.760
 of political

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.260
 engagement

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.680
 but it

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.060
 means we

00:37:30.060 --> 00:37:30.720
 prioritize

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.460
 the light

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:35.700
 so be

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.120
 sobered

00:37:36.120 --> 00:37:36.900
 by depravity

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.520
 don't be

00:37:37.520 --> 00:37:38.140
 surprised by

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.400
 the number

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.780
 of people

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.100
 who love

00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:39.500
 the darkness

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.980
 more

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:41.240
 let's

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.940
 major on

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.440
 the light

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:44.240
 Jesus

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:46.820
 third

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:51.180
 be amazed

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:53.139
 that

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.960
 you are

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.579
 a walking

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.319
 miracle

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.699
 of

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.639
 regeneration

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:58.679
 be amazed

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.719
 that

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.619
 the light

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.219
 shining of

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.699
 the darkness

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.799
 shone on

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.339
 you

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:04.239
 and you

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:05.219
 responded by

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.799
 faith

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:06.299
 and you

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.699
 were made

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.379
 alive

00:38:07.379 --> 00:38:09.199
 thank you

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.799
 Jesus

00:38:09.799 --> 00:38:10.940
 for that

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:12.759
 it's the

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.139
 gift that

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.559
 keeps on

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.879
 giving

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:15.139
 it's eternal

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.579
 life

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.079
 and that

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.460
 starts

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.199
 now

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:20.480
 rejoice

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.639
 give thanks

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.920
 be amazed

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.320
 at what

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.880
 he's done

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:25.460
 and walk

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.920
 in the light

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:28.099
 walk in the

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.360
 light

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.940
 brothers and

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.260
 sisters

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.880
 our time

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.440
 of walking

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.980
 in darkness

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.579
 we put

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.059
 enough time

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.420
 into that

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.179
 let's walk

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:35.099
 in the light

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.559
 as he is

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.000
 in the light

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.820
 and let's

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.059
 do that

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.360
 together

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.699
 and let's

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.219
 create our

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:40.360
 own currents

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:46.059
 and it was

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.500
 all out of

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 love

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:49.980
 he

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 he pursued

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.559
 you in

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 your darkness

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 not because

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 you were so

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.820
 lovable

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 but because

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.360
 he is so

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 loving

00:38:56.719 --> 00:39:00.460
 rejoice

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:03.920
 I started

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.780
 talking about

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:06.199
 a sermon

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:07.119
 about Christmas

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.619
 lights

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:11.860
 every night

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 in Kenosha

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 there are

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.639
 millions of

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.699
 twinkling Christmas

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.199
 lights

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 but people

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.480
 don't know

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.919
 that the

00:39:20.919 --> 00:39:21.239
 Christmas

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.779
 lights

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 are speaking

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 a word

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 of the

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.859
 true light

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 that is

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 shining in

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 the darkness

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:28.899
 that has

00:39:28.899 --> 00:39:29.279
 come

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 that's

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 shining

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 his life

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.539
 into the

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.859
 darkness

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 of our

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.659
 world

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.219
 today

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:37.179
 don't

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.659
 reject

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.039
 him

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 step

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.339
 into his

00:39:41.339 --> 00:39:41.619
 word

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:41.980
 shine

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 and receive

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.319
 him

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 and live

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 happy

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 incarnation

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:50.519
 let's

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.780
 pray

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:52.539
 God in

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.680
 heaven

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:52.960
 we do

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.280
 thank you

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.660
 so much

00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:54.220
 for sending

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:54.880
 in love

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 for us

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.240
 sending

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:58.180
 the eternal

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:58.800
 creator

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.800
 savior

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:01.019
 ultimate

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.740
 revealer

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.120
 king of

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 kings

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.580
 lord of

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:03.019
 lords

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.680
 Jesus

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:06.440
 to die

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.660
 in our

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:06.980
 place

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.320
 to give

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.600
 us new

00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:07.940
 life

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.320
 so that

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.780
 we can

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.200
 claim the

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.580
 right

00:40:09.580 --> 00:40:11.580
 of being

00:40:11.580 --> 00:40:11.740
 your

00:40:11.740 --> 00:40:12.100
 children

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:13.880
 thank you

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.239
 for making

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.980
 us alive

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:17.139
 God would

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.480
 you help

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.039
 us to walk

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.480
 in the light

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.219
 as you are

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:19.619
 in the light

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.739
 in your name

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.159
 we pray

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.259
 amen