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 so we're going to put one John to bed hopefully he's going to be a friend for life and I think

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 John has some really important things to say to us as we conclude today but this week a lot of

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 very significant things happened particularly on Wednesday can anyone tell me one significant

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 thing that happened on Wednesday the queen the queen became the longest serving British monarch

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 although I discovered also that she's actually only the 49th longest reigning monarch of all time

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 pretty exciting there's a guy in Swaziland who ruled for 72 years 279 days so she's got some way to go

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 about 13 as it happens something else big happened on Wednesday

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 yeah no that wasn't what I was thinking I was thinking there was an Apple launch event

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 and we saw the biggest iPad launched the most powerful iPhone launched we saw that television

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 is going to totally be revolutionized and that the Apple watch is a an accessory that all of us

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 will be running our lives from very very soon something else big happened on Wednesday

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 it was the sixth anniversary of me becoming pastor of this church

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 which is a testimony to your patience and God's grace and I dare say sense of humor

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 it also this week was the 13th anniversary of me a boy born in the south of England moving to Scotland

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 it was this week in 2002 that I moved up to Aberdeen so not just Scotland but real real Scotland

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 and I have to say after 13 years I really like it

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 Aberdeen was cool literally Glasgow was fun Airdrie was interesting

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 and Edinburgh is proving quite exciting I like Scotland I even married a Scot that's how much of a fan

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 I am I thought I'd get one for myself but one thing I didn't get and I still don't get is the

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 question that Scottish people normally ask third when you meet them what is your name what do you do

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 and the third question where do you stay I don't understand what you mean by where do you stay

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 people used to ask me in Aberdeen where do you stay and I'd say things like no I live here permanently

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 or no I have a room in the hall of residence I don't stay I live I live here

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 where do you stay and actually as we've gone through 1 John we've seen that staying

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 remaining abiding keeping on has been a major theme in the book he's trying to say that you can have

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 real confidence that you're a real Christian if you stay in three places if you stay in the apostolic

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 gospel if you stay in the truth about Jesus passed down and relayed by the apostles to us if you stay

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 believing the right things about Jesus he says you can have confidence that you're a real Christian if on top

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 of that you stay obeying Jesus's commands and he says you can be really confident that you're really

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 a Christian if you stay loving the brothers and sisters if you stay in those three places

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 believing the right stuff about Jesus obeying what he says and loving his people you can be very confident

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 that you really do know God

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 so even here if you turn to 1 John chapter 5 you'll see in the first three verses they're all put together

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 everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and everyone who loves the father loves his

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 child as well this is how that we know this is how we know that we love the children of God by loving God

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 and carrying out his commands in fact this is love for God to keep his commands and his commands are not

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 burdensome for everyone born of God overcomes the world you see they're all three there

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 believing that Jesus is the Christ obeying Jesus's commands which he says aren't burdensome

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 and particularly the command to love the brothers he says if you have these three markers you can be really

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 confident that you really know God but what he's going to go on to say is that if these are the three

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 things that mark that you're a Christian now is there any way that we can have certainty that that counts

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 for anything in the end can we have certainty about all the parts of Christianity that we can't see and we

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 don't necessarily experience the things that Jesus tells us that we have can we have certainty

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 about things like victory over the world can we have certainty that we really do have eternal life

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 can we have certainty that when we pray we're not just filling silence but God really hears us

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 and he really answers our prayers and so I think what John is doing at the end of his letter

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 he's saying to this group of believers that remain he's giving them confidence and says

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 no you really do know God those people that have left that have caused uncertainty they don't know

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 God you know God you're the real deal and then he's finishing with one great crescendo saying you can

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 actually have certainty that everything Jesus says that you have because of him you really do have

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 you can have real certainty so look with me at um 1 John chapter 5 verses 4b and 5

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 John writes this this is the victory that has overcome the world even our faith who is it that

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 overcomes the world only the one who believes that Jesus is the son of God what he's saying is that

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 faith in Jesus gives victory in the end the language of overcoming is throughout 1 John

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 he's constantly telling us that these people through faith have overcome the world so chapter 2 verse 13

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 I am writing to you fathers because you know him who is from the beginning I am writing to you young men

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 because you have overcome the evil one or chapter 4 verse 4 you dear children are from God

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 and have overcome them because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world

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 he talks about overcoming all the time and here he lays it absolutely explicitly down

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 this is the victory that overcomes the world what is the victory our faith our faith overcomes the world

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 our faith in Jesus gives us victory in the end it is faith in Jesus and only faith in Jesus that means

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 in the end we'll stand long after this world has passed away using John's language how do we know

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 that to be so well what he says in 6 to 10 is that that Jesus has shown us and God has testified

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 to it how do we know that's really true because God has told us and Jesus has shown us

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 so in verses 6 to 10 this is not easy but let me read it

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 this is the one who came through water and blood Jesus Christ

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 he did not come by water only but by water and blood

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 and it is the spirit who testifies because the spirit is the truth

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 for there are three that testify the spirit the water and the blood

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 and the three are in agreement

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 we accept human testimony but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God

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 which he has given about his son whoever believes in the son of God accepts this testimony

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 whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar

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 because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his son

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 interesting there are three that testify and they all agree

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 but John doesn't really tell us what they're testifying about and what they agree about

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 but I think he he really does help us he's trying to say that these three testify that Jesus is really the son of God

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 and that by believing in him we can overcome and are welcomed into his victory

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 so the fact that he came through water speaking about his baptism

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 and what happens at his baptism well there's really good testimony

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 from God himself when he says you are my son

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 whom I love with you I am well pleased

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 how do we know that Jesus is God's son because God told us

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 and he is the one who went through blood

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 he is the one who died on a cross

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 but that wasn't the end he went through it and raised to life

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 giving us evidence

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 giving us verifiable testimony

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 that he truly is all that he said he is

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 that he's truly done all that he said he's done

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 and then the spirit

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 the spirit in John's gospel is always testifying to who Jesus is

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 John 15

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 when the advocate the Holy Spirit comes

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 whom I will send to you from the Father

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 the spirit of truth who goes out from the Father

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 he will testify about me

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 spirit is the one constantly shining light on Jesus

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 and so how can we have confidence that we've overcome the world

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 through our faith in Jesus the son of God

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 how do we know that Jesus is the son of God

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 because at his baptism it was said to be so

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 through his death it was shown to be so

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 and by his spirit it's relayed to us

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 that this is the truth about Jesus

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 and so in verse 9

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 it talks about the judicial system of the day

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 where he needed two or three witnesses who agree

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 and then that was put in to corroborate evidence

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 and here John is saying these aren't human witnesses

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 who agree this is God himself testifying

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 to the truth of who his son is

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 John ramps up the logic that if we believe human testimony

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 how much more should we believe God's testimony

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 about who his son is

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 and the victory we've got because of who he is

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 and so he finishes

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 God is either telling the truth or God is a liar

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 and because God never lies we can have absolute confidence

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 because of his unfailing unchanging word

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 that through faith in his son we have victory

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 whoever believes in Jesus has victory over the world

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 whoever does not believe in Jesus does not have victory over the world

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 and has made God out to be a liar

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 faith in Jesus gives victory

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 but in the end

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 why is John having to say this to these troubled individuals

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 because they don't feel very victorious

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 they feel like a very small boat on a very big sea

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 and they look at the people that have left

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 and the gathering they have

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 and they look far more victorious

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 they look far more impressive

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 they look like winners

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 and actually in our own lives

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 we don't particularly feel like winners

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 nobody looked at all of us streaming into church this morning

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 and went there's a bunch of winners

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 they thought pity them

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 but that's the truth of faith isn't it

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 that it's the believing in things is yet unseen

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 but it's not faith in the dark

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 it's not mindless faith

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 it's not leave your brain at the door and come into church

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 it's actually believing that what Jesus has said about his son is true

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 and what God has shown us through his son is true

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 and therefore our faith will lead to victory in the end

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 the cross didn't look very victorious at all

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 and yet it's God's profound means of saving people

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 that they might be welcomed into his victory

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 so there was a Sunday school teacher

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 who started their lesson like this

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 class

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 what is grey and lives in trees

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 nobody answered

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 so the teacher said

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 it's got a bushy tail and it jumps between branches

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 still no one answered

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 the teacher said again

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 it collects nuts and hibernates in a dray during winter

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 to which point one boy tentatively put his hand up and goes

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 I know the answer is Jesus

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 but it sure sounds like you're talking about a squirrel

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 how do we ultimately know

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 that we have victory in the end because of Jesus

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 that's the answer

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 that God told us who he is

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 he showed us what he's done

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 and therefore we have victory in the end

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 and if we knew this with certainty

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 the certainty that John is trying to give us

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 what a relief

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 what a relief and what an encouragement to live life differently

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 that actually because I will win in the end through Jesus

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 I don't have to spend all my energy winning now

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 I don't need to get to the top

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 I can sink right to the bottom

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 and be a servant of all

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 I don't have to spend my life making myself look like a winner

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 because in Jesus I will win

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 and get that victor's crown

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 that he's won

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 and fought

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 and was victorious in for me

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 how can we be certain of victory in the end because of Jesus

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 point number two

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 faith in Jesus gives life now and forevermore

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 verse 11

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 and this is the testimony

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 God has given us eternal life

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 and this life is in his son

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 whoever has the son has life

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 whoever does not have the son does not have life

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 I write these things to you

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 who believe in the name of the son of God

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 so that you may know that you have eternal life

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 again see it revolves around what Jesus

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 what God has said about his son

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 I have given you eternal life

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 and this life

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 is in my son Jesus

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 he has given it to us

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 because he's given us his son

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 the two are inextricably linked

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 you cannot have eternal life without Jesus

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 Jesus has an absolute monopoly on eternal life

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 there's nowhere else you will find it except Jesus

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 verse 12 is binary isn't it

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 whoever has the son has life

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 whoever does not have the son does not have life

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 you plus faith in Jesus equals eternal life

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 you minus faith in Jesus does not equal eternal life

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 how do you know you have eternal life?

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 by continuing to believe

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 that Jesus is who he says he is

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 has done what he says he's done

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 and we are because of all that he's done for us

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 Jesus is the dividing line of eternal life

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 it separates all of humanity

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 it separates children from parents

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 siblings from each other

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 it separates couples

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 it separates neighbours

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 and it separates eternally

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 whoever has Jesus has life

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 whoever does not have Jesus does not have life

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 it is that stark and that serious

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 I've done a few funerals

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 in the last six months

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 all of them for really marvellous godly women

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 and every time I go to a funeral

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 do a funeral

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 I'm reminded of one thing

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 there is nothing more important than eternal life

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 there is nothing more important than eternal life

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 if what John says is true

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 and John is saying what God says is true

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 then death is the terminus of all life

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 and Jesus is the only antidote to that death

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 those who have the son have life

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 those who do not have the son

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 do not have eternal life

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 but see this is not just pie in the sky

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 when you die

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 it is steak on the plate

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 well you wait

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 because see it's not

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 when you die

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 God will give you eternal life

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 it's not

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 if you have the son

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 you will have

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 eternal life

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 it's a reality for right now

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 whoever has the son

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 has life

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 has life now

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 John 17

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 and this is eternal life

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 that they know you

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 the only true God

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 and Jesus Christ

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 whom you have sent

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 that you experientially know God

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 that eternal life

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 is not just a

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 quantity of life

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 that goes on forever

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 it is a quality of life

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 lived in a relationship with God

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 as his adopted children

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 through the good news of Jesus Christ

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 who makes it all possible

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 living a life

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 in relationship with God

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 knowing his love

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 his forgiveness

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 his closeness

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 his care

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 his protection

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 as an adopted child

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 all by his grace

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 now and forever

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 and again

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 if we had certainty about that

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 how differently we would live

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 we would risk more

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 we would risk more

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 we would be a lot less anxious

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 if God

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 you really have taken care of eternity

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 I think I can trust you with tomorrow

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 I can even trust you

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 with that really difficult meeting

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 we would be far more generous

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 knowing that it's not about

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 what I make of my life

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 and accumulate for myself

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 in this life

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 because in Jesus

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 I've already got everything

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 and it would make us

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 far more bold

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 in our evangelism

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 if it is that stark

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 that those who have

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 the son have life

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 and those that don't have the son

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 do not have life

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 how can we be certain

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 we have eternal life

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 because God has said we do

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 and shown us that we do

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 in his son

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 and then lastly

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 verses 14 to 17

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 again this is not easy

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 but we will get it

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 or at least try

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 this is the confidence

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 we have in approaching God

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 that if we ask anything

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 according to his will

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 he hears us

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 and if we know

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 that he hears us

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 whatever we ask

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 we know that we have

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 what we asked of him

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 if you see any brother

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 or sister commit a sin

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 that does not lead to death

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 you should pray

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 and God will give them life

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 I refer to those

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 whose sin does not lead to death

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 there is a sin

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 that leads to death

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 I am not saying

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 that you should pray

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 about that

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 all wrongdoing is sin

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 and there is a sin

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 that does not lead to death

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 I read so many commentaries

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.000
 this week

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.559
 trying to work out

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.259
 what that was saying

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 but again

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 John is basing his confidence

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 not on how he feels

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 not on what he sees

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 but on what God has said

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 and in the positive

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 he said great things

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 he says that

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 if we ask

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 according to his will

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 he hears and answers

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 what a great encouragement

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.599
 to pray

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 that if we his children

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 ask

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 and our request

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 is in accordance

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.539
 with his will

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 then he hears

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 and he answers

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 I don't know

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 if you're ever like me

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 that you pray

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 and you pray

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 and God answers

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 and what an encouragement

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 it is

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 because you think

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 I just spoke

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 to God

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 I am so small

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 so insignificant

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 I am one of over

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 six billion people

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 in the world

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 and God heard

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 what I said

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 and he answered

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 if we ask

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 and our request

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 is in accordance

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 with his will

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 he answers

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 but the question

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 behind the question

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 how do we know

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 if it's in accordance

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.220
 with God's will

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 that's what we all

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 want to know

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 and the beautiful thing

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.160
 is that God

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.079
 has told us

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.339
 this week

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.799
 I went through

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 quite a lot

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.859
 of my Bible

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:08.439
 looking up

00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:09.359
 all the prayers

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.220
 that God promises

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.960
 to answer

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 and instructs us

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 to pray

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 here's a list

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:15.720
 God wants us

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 to pray

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 that he would be

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.659
 glorified above

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 all things

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 he tells us

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 to pray for wisdom

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 when we don't have any

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.599
 he tells us

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 to pray for our enemies

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 he tells us

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.619
 to pray to the

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 Lord of the harvest

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 for more laborers

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 he tells us

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 to pray for governments

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 and authorities

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 he prays

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 he tells us

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 to pray

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 that people

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 would know

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 him better

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.159
 he tells us

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 to pray

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 for healing

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 when we see

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 sickness and illness

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 he tells us

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 to pray

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 for opportunities

00:21:40.939 --> 00:21:41.659
 to witness

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 to pray

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 for boldness

00:21:43.219 --> 00:21:43.959
 in witness

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 to pray

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 for right

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 motivations

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 in service

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 for strength

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 and persecution

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 that we would

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.699
 not fall

00:21:49.699 --> 00:21:50.459
 into temptation

00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:51.539
 he tells us

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:51.959
 to pray

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 that people

00:21:52.439 --> 00:21:52.779
 would be

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.339
 conformed

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:54.000
 to his image

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.359
 more

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.179
 he tells us

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.639
 to pray

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 with thanksgiving

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.500
 he tells us

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.879
 to pray

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:59.199
 for greater faith

00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.059
 for more

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.639
 fruitfulness

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.780
 and to come

00:22:01.780 --> 00:22:02.080
 to him

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.680
 for grace

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.220
 in times

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.740
 of need

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.400
 and there

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.180
 are countless

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.900
 countless

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.580
 others

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:08.240
 that God

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.960
 has told us

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.600
 what his will

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.040
 is

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.900
 and he says

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.520
 if you pray

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:11.960
 in accordance

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.620
 to what I've

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.020
 revealed

00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:14.080
 I will hear

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 and I will

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.320
 answer

00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:17.440
 what a

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.300
 privilege

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:19.840
 we've got a

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.580
 week of prayer

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.840
 starting a week

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.380
 on Monday

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.820
 and an opportunity

00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:24.960
 for all of us

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.480
 together

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.720
 to pray

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.380
 together

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.059
 in accordance

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.680
 with God's

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:28.980
 will

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.799
 trusting that

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.299
 he can do

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.420
 impossible things

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.599
 in our lives

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.660
 in our church

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.339
 amongst our

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.720
 friends

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.480
 in our city

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.360
 in our world

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:38.480
 that was an

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.900
 encouragement

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.539
 to pray

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.559
 if that wasn't

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.099
 an encouragement

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.579
 to pray

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.380
 I don't know

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.120
 what

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.000
 will

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.039
 now this whole

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.620
 sin that leads

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.019
 to death

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.220
 thing

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.720
 here's my

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.519
 take on it

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.000
 and I think

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.539
 it's right

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.360
 but we can

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:50.779
 chat at the

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.420
 door afterwards

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.900
 and fight

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.480
 if we need

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.700
 to

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:54.660
 he then

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.080
 gives us

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.480
 a worked

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.019
 example

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:57.080
 he says

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.539
 if you see

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.940
 a brother

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.420
 or sister

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.059
 commit a sin

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.480
 you should

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.059
 pray

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.640
 and I will

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.140
 give them

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:03.019
 life

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:04.660
 if you see

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:04.960
 a brother

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.279
 or sister

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.680
 sin

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.400
 you should

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.640
 pray

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.039
 and I will

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.539
 give them

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.480
 life

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:10.799
 a sin

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.319
 that doesn't

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.740
 lead to

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.319
 death

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.400
 a sin

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.819
 that can

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.340
 be forgiven

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.759
 what is

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.100
 the only

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.340
 sin

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.759
 that cannot

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.360
 be forgiven

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.360
 it is

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.319
 apostasy

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:19.059
 it is

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.819
 rejecting

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.039
 the truth

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.720
 about Jesus

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.120
 which is

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.620
 the only

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.139
 means by

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.519
 which we

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.839
 can be

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.199
 forgiven

00:23:24.199 --> 00:23:27.039
 so

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.039
 if we

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.539
 see a

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.779
 brother

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.199
 or sister

00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:29.919
 commit a

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.279
 sin

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.259
 we can

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.859
 pray for

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.079
 them

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.519
 and it is

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.159
 according to

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:33.559
 God's will

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.059
 that he will

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.619
 forgive them

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:34.919
 and give

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.559
 them life

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:38.379
 the only

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.879
 prayer that's

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.500
 not worth

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.059
 praying is

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.519
 for somebody

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.279
 who's rejected

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.919
 Jesus

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.899
 because they've

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.379
 forsaken

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.899
 the only

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.419
 means by

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.799
 which they

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.139
 can be

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.500
 forgiven

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:49.219
 the forgiveness

00:23:49.219 --> 00:23:49.879
 is in

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.259
 Jesus

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.799
 and if

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.039
 they've

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.419
 rejected

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.799
 Jesus

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.099
 there's

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.539
 no hope

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.699
 of

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.059
 forgiveness

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:55.839
 there's

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.159
 lots of

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.319
 other

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.679
 things we

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.019
 can pray

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.500
 for them

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.659
 that God

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.099
 would open

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.519
 their eyes

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.819
 to the

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.139
 gospel

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.459
 that he

00:24:00.459 --> 00:24:00.879
 would bring

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.199
 them to

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:01.659
 faith in

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:01.980
 the Lord

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.379
 Jesus

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:04.279
 that he

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.779
 would surround

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.059
 them with

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.419
 Christians

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:05.740
 that he

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.099
 would bring

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.899
 dissatisfaction

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.240
 to their

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.639
 life so

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:07.919
 like the

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.459
 prodigal son

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:08.779
 they would

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.179
 turn around

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.500
 and come

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.939
 to him

00:24:09.939 --> 00:24:11.619
 but forgiveness

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.159
 is only

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.980
 available in

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.319
 Jesus

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.339
 so if we

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.740
 see a

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.219
 brother or

00:24:15.219 --> 00:24:15.539
 sister

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.419
 sin

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.599
 who knows

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.939
 and loves

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.240
 the Lord

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.500
 Jesus

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.139
 we can pray

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.420
 and they

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.759
 will be

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.180
 forgiven

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.480
 I've never

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.000
 really thought

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.340
 of this

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.700
 before

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.120
 of praying

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.700
 for forgiveness

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.440
 for others

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:26.240
 but I think

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.920
 Jesus gives us

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.400
 an example

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.000
 as he's nailed

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.580
 to a cross

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.320
 father forgive

00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.680
 them

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:31.000
 for they do

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.500
 not know

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.220
 what they do

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.900
 Job at the

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.539
 beginning of

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.480
 the story

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:37.819
 gives sacrifices

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.360
 and praise

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.920
 for forgiveness

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.380
 for his

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.039
 children in

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.400
 case they

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:40.900
 might have

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.620
 sinned

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:44.360
 what a thing

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.819
 it would be

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.240
 as if we

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.940
 saw people

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.640
 stumble and

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.079
 fall and we

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.500
 prayed for

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.980
 them instead

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.440
 of saying

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.200
 oh do you

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.519
 know what I

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.880
 saw them

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.140
 do

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.319
 you'll never

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.680
 guess what

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.059
 they've gone

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.360
 and done

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.039
 now but we

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.940
 prayed

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.380
 and took it

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.019
 to the Lord

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:58.519
 sin that leads

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.180
 to death

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:01.039
 the sin of

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.680
 apostasy

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.200
 but anything

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.900
 else let's

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.680
 pray for each

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.140
 other that

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.340
 God would

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.880
 forgive

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.340
 what John

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.620
 has been

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.160
 telling us

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.700
 in this part

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.240
 of the letter

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.580
 he's giving

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:13.000
 us real

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.920
 certainty about

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.660
 things even

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.100
 though they're

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.560
 unseen

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:17.160
 certain of

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.700
 victory that

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.380
 we have in

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.759
 Jesus

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:20.360
 certain we

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.140
 have eternal

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.980
 life through

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.860
 Jesus

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:24.420
 and certainty

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.140
 we can come

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.820
 before God

00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:27.500
 because of

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.880
 Jesus

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.799
 because God

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.580
 has said it

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.879
 and he

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.480
 always tells

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.139
 the truth

00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:35.199
 I'll tell you

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.819
 a true story

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.279
 of Jimmy

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:38.419
 James

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.119
 what he was

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.839
 born he's

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.539
 remarkably

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.539
 unremarkable

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:43.199
 true story

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.859
 he lived in

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.240
 Kokodi

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.759
 he didn't

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.480
 finish school

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.079
 and he lived

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.819
 at home until

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.500
 he was 40

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.000
 years old

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.379
 he was a

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.899
 very small

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.240
 man

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:53.839
 the only job

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.599
 he ever had

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.299
 was to be a

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.819
 street cleaner

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.519
 in Kokodi

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.980
 which if you've

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.460
 ever been to

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.119
 Kokodi is a

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.899
 really big job

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.940
 he lived at

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.460
 home with his

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.840
 mum but

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.860
 when he was

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.660
 40 his mum

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:06.060
 died and

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.600
 his world

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.320
 fell apart

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:09.900
 and in fact

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.600
 he took to

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.120
 drink and

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.900
 became homeless

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.480
 on the streets

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.980
 of Edinburgh

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:15.980
 his life started

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.660
 falling apart

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.280
 dramatically

00:26:17.280 --> 00:26:19.880
 until one day

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.420
 he was met

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.040
 by a street

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.560
 team from

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.280
 YWAM

00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:23.960
 who gave him

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.380
 time

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.080
 who gave him

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.560
 attention

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.300
 who shared

00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:26.940
 the gospel

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.500
 of the Lord

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.140
 Jesus with

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.800
 him and

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.159
 he was

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.740
 wonderfully

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.339
 converted

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:33.240
 following that

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.720
 he started

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.259
 putting his

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.940
 life back

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.399
 together

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:35.919
 slowly

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.379
 slowly

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.779
 although

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.579
 until the

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.960
 day he

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.220
 died

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.639
 he never

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:38.899
 kicked

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.480
 the drink

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.519
 eventually

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.119
 he was

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.680
 rehoused

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.339
 back in

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.740
 Kokodi

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.740
 and as my

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.279
 friend Neil

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.759
 was doing

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.659
 visitation

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.460
 around the

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.139
 local area

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.740
 of Kokodi

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.619
 Free Church

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.559
 they knocked

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.139
 on Jimmy's

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.619
 house

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.700
 and he said

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.159
 he believed

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.559
 in Jesus

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.980
 but he'd

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.419
 never been

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:54.839
 to church

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.359
 he'd never

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.419
 been discipled

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:58.480
 and so

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.140
 he started

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.620
 attending

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.140
 Kokodi

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:01.519
 and he was

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.180
 pretty rough

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.580
 and pretty

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.100
 small

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.000
 he didn't

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.560
 really speak

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:04.940
 by this

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.140
 point

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.420
 he more

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.039
 just grunted

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.700
 and yet

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.980
 he was

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.360
 loved

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.000
 by them

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.440
 a few

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.820
 years

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.560
 after attending

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:11.980
 Kokodi

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.620
 Free Church

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:12.980
 he was

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.480
 diagnosed

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.880
 with terminal

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.360
 throat

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.860
 and mouth

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.380
 cancer

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:18.519
 and Neil

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.060
 went to see

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.500
 him the day

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.920
 after the

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.500
 diagnosis

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:22.220
 and said

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.480
 Jimmy

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.080
 how do you

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.480
 feel

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.980
 the other

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.320
 side of

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.480
 that

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.039
 diagnosis

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:27.119
 and Jimmy

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.799
 in his

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.519
 own way

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.920
 said

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.019
 I am a

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.740
 conqueror

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.319
 I'm in

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.579
 Jesus'

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.240
 hands

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.819
 he attended

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.420
 church

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.200
 all the time

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.639
 until he

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.240
 finally died

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.720
 of cancer

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.139
 in fact

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.539
 he was at

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.759
 church

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.079
 the day

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.519
 before he

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.940
 died

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.359
 and as the

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.659
 cancer

00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.279
 grew and

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.639
 took hold

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:44.879
 of his

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.139
 life

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.420
 he could

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.819
 no longer

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.119
 speak

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.659
 at all

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:48.079
 and so

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.559
 all people

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.920
 would say

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.240
 to him

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.599
 is Jimmy

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.139
 how are

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.359
 you

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.420
 and he

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.700
 would just

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.240
 do this

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.879
 I'm a

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.519
 conqueror

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.859
 I'm in

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.119
 Jesus'

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.799
 hands

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:58.559
 here's the

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.940
 truth

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.839
 you looked

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.200
 at Jimmy

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.599
 you did

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.039
 not think

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.319
 he was

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.139
 a conqueror

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.700
 you thought

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.039
 he had

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.460
 absolutely

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.940
 nothing

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.420
 to be

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.839
 confident

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.319
 about

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.879
 but the

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.359
 reason that

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.680
 he had

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.139
 certainty

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.500
 that he

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.900
 was a

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.500
 conqueror

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.379
 and that

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.819
 his life

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.139
 was in

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.359
 Jesus'

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.680
 hands

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.119
 because he

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.440
 believed

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.799
 what God

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.279
 had said

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.639
 and what

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:17.960
 God had

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.319
 shown

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.599
 in his

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:19.980
 son

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.099
 Jesus

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.660
 Christ

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:23.980
 1 John

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.440
 is written

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.820
 to give

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.140
 us real

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.560
 confidence

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:27.660
 and it

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:27.980
 gives us

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.660
 real confidence

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.120
 that what

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.680
 God says

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.420
 God means

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:32.040
 what Jesus

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:32.620
 has done

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.180
 is for

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.680
 us

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:35.100
 and we

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.420
 can have

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.759
 absolute

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.360
 certainty

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.920
 about all

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.220
 of these

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.700
 things

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.160
 and live

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.460
 life

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.960
 differently

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.540
 through our

00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:42.000
 faith

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.400
 in Jesus

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:45.340
 there's some

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.040
 interesting bits

00:28:46.040 --> 00:28:46.440
 at the end

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.840
 of that

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:48.000
 chapter

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.040
 we can always

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.500
 speak about

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.900
 them at the

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.140
 door

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:51.100
 if you're

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.500
 interested

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.820
 let's

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.120
 pray

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 father help

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 those who

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 know you

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 to trust

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 you

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 live for

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 you

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 and have

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 certainty

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 about all

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 they have

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 in your

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:06.900
 son

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 that they

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 really do

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 have victory

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 that they

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 do really

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 have life

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 that they

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 have access

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 to you

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 and confidence

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 before you

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 father God

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 help those

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 who don't

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 know you

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 father may

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 they meet

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 you

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 know you

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 trust your

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 son and

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 receive from

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 him everything

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 that you've

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 said you've

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 done and

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 everything that

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 you know you've

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 done because

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 you've said it

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 and you always

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 tell the truth

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 father we pray

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 this in Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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 he

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 i

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 10

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 know you

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 good

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 22

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 VO

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 you

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 you