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 1 John 2, verses 3-17.

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 The love of God is perfected.

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 By this we may know that we are in Him.

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 Whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.

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 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning.

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 The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

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 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in Him and in you,

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 because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

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 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

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 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness and does not know where he is going,

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 because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for His namesake.

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 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning.

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 I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

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 I am writing to you, children, because you know the Father.

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 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning.

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 I am writing to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,

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 and you have overcome the evil one.

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 Do not love the world or the things in the world.

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 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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 For all that is in the world, the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life

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 is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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 And the world is passing away along with its desires.

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 But whoever does the will of God abides forever.

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 I was reading an article published in the Nature Medicine Journal yesterday

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 entitled The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2.

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 I understood about 10% of it.

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 But the article suggests that mutations in the receptor-binding domain

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 in the protein spikes of the virus is what made this virus a deadly pathogen to humans.

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 And that just boggled my mind, just thinking about how a microscopic mutation

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 in a tiny virus is responsible for this global health emergency.

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 I think that should make us feel so very small.

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 It reveals how little control we have over our lives and over this universe.

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 But as the late theologian R.C. Sproul used to say,

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 if there is one single molecule in this universe running around loose,

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 totally free of God's sovereignty,

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 then we have no guarantee that a single promise of God will ever be fulfilled.

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 He's saying if there is even a single molecule in the world

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 that is free, outside of God's sovereignty,

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 then God cannot be sovereign.

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 And there isn't a single molecule in the universe that's running around loose

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 because God is the creator of it all.

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 And that's an awe-inspiring to think about in light of these realities,

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 that God created it all, right?

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 And what if I told you that I could introduce you to this God?

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 What if I told you that you can have fellowship with God,

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 a relationship with this God?

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 And what if I told you that you can become a part of this God's family?

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 And that's the kind of thing that should get us off our seats.

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 And that's the grand reality that this passage is speaking of.

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 And this passage exposes kind of the false claims of having fellowship with God.

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 And then it tells us what is the true test of whether or not we have genuine fellowship with God.

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 So it tells us three things.

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 In verses 3 to 6, it says whoever keeps God's word has genuine fellowship with God.

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 Verses 7 to 14, it tells us that whoever loves his brother has genuine fellowship with God.

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 And in verses 15 to 17, it says that whoever does God's will has genuine fellowship with God.

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 So those are the three main points of this passage.

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 Whoever keeps God's word, whoever loves his brother, whoever does God's will.

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 And the overarching message of this passage is that those who have received the Father's love through the gospel

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 love their brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 So the first sign of our love for God, of our fellowship with God, is that people keep God's word.

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 It says in verse 3,

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 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

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 So even though Jesus was mentioned in the immediately preceding verse,

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 he was mentioned as the advocate who enables us to have fellowship with God the Father.

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 But the main theme of chapter 1 has been fellowship with God.

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 And Jesus was mentioned as the one who enables us to have fellowship with God.

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 So the person that we're getting to know here is probably the referring is God the Father.

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 By this we know that we have come to know God, if we keep his commandments.

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 So then our ongoing assurance of salvation, our ongoing assurance that we have knowledge of God,

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 rests on our ongoing obedience.

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 Because obedience is the evidence of faith.

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 And this tells us what kind of knowledge is in view here too.

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 And we think about that.

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 It's not a mere abstract or impersonal cognitive knowledge,

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 but it's a concrete and personal knowledge of God.

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 It's experiential knowledge.

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 When I was studying in seminary, I learned that there are plenty of people out there

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 who write Bible commentaries worth thousands of pages

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 who don't have a shred of knowledge of God, like this passage is talking about.

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 They don't actually know God.

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 They just know about him.

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 They just study and dissect his word.

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 Yet don't know God in the personal sense of having relationship with him

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 as this passage is speaking of, as John is speaking of.

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 And so do we actually keep God's commandments?

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 That's the question to ask ourselves.

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 If we really believe that there is a creator of this whole universe,

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 a ruler of this universe, a judge of this universe,

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 would we not do what he commands if we really believe that?

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 But what does God command?

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 What does it mean to keep his commands?

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 Verses 4 to 5 elaborate on that.

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 It says,

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 Whoever says, I know him, but does not keep his commandments, is a liar.

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 And the truth is not in him.

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 But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected.

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 So keeping his commandments is parallel in this verse to keeping his word.

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 And that leads us to ask, what is his word?

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 And verse 7 tells us what it is.

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 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment,

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 but an old commandment that you had from the beginning.

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 The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

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 So the commandment is the word.

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 And this word is the word that we have heard.

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 In other words, it's the word that was mentioned earlier in chapter 1, verse 1.

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 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,

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 which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.

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 So the word that we are to keep is the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 It's the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 To keep his commandments or to keep his word,

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 that means to believe in Jesus and live as he did.

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 To love as he did.

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 That's what it means to keep God's word, to keep his command.

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 This is confirmed by verse 6 in our chapter.

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 Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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 That last pronoun he is literally that one in the Greek,

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 and it's distinguished from the pronoun him.

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 So it means whoever says he abides in God ought to walk in the same way in which that one or Jesus walked.

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 So to keep God's word is to believe Jesus and obey Jesus.

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 This is also confirmed by chapter 3, verse 23.

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 It says,

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 And this is his commandment,

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 that we believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ and love one another,

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 just as he has commanded us.

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 So to keep God's word is to believe in Jesus and obey his commands.

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 And some of obedience to his commands is loving,

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 loving one another as Jesus did.

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 And that's why the word commandment in 1 John,

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 this letter of 1 John is always tied to Jesus' command to love the followers,

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 the other fellow followers of Jesus Christ.

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 Go ahead.

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 I think there's some people still waiting here.

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 There's any way to add them.

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 Okay, thanks.

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 Thanks, John.

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 And it says,

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 Only when we believe in Jesus and love one another that we have God's truth in us.

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 And the love of God is truly perfected in us, it says.

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 The phrase,

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 The love of God is also a little bit ambiguous here.

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 Does it mean the love that we have for God?

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 Or does it mean the love that God has for us?

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 It's hard to be certain because the phrase is used,

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 love of God is used also in chapter 5, verse 3.

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 And there it refers to our love for God.

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 But the word perfected,

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 which can also mean completed,

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 is used three other times in 1 John.

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 And every time it is used,

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 it's referring to God's love being perfected in us,

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 God's love being completed in us.

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 And so that's,

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 that's I think what is more likely to mean here,

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 is that God's love is perfected in those who keep His word.

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 It's leading us to faith in and obedience to Jesus Christ,

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 is the natural course of the love of God.

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 I think that's what this means.

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 God's love completes its course in our faith and obedience.

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 And that's such a beautiful idea.

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 And it's that all of our faith,

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 all of our obedience,

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 everything that we do in life for God,

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 is just an outworking of the love that God has already shown us.

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 It's captured differently in chapter 4, verse 19 of the same book.

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 We love because He first loved us.

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 It is because of God's love that we believe in Jesus,

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 because God loved us first.

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 It's because of God's love that we become like Jesus.

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 It's because of God's love that we obey Jesus.

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 It's God's love that starts it all.

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 And so then,

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 if our love for God is cold,

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 that means we have not fully appreciated God's love for us.

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 If our obedience to God is lackluster,

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 that means we have not fully appropriated God's love for us.

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 So then,

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 I want to urge you,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 to labor.

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 Labor every day

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 to think about God's love for you

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 and fill your heart with God's love every day.

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 That should be what dominates our minds

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 all the days of our lives.

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 The love of God,

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 best captured in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That God so loved us

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 that He sent His only Son to die for our sins

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 that we might believe in Him

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 and have eternal life.

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 That has the power to change us

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 and that should dominate our minds.

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 That should fill our days,

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 fill our hearts.

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 And that's,

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 when we do that,

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 it becomes a forceful current in our lives

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 that leads us to more faith,

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 more obedience,

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 to a faithful Christian life.

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 Now,

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 this doesn't mean that true Christians

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 who know God never sin.

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 In chapter 1,

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 made it very clear

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 that Christians do sin.

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 But Christians always repent of their sins

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 and believe in Jesus Christ

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 for the forgiveness of their sins.

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 So in doing that,

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 true Christians,

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 every true Christian

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 always keeps the gospel,

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 always keeps the word,

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 always keeps the commandment

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 that's in view here.

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 And that's the first criterion,

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 the first test of our true fellowship with God.

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 Whoever keeps God's word,

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 do we keep God's word?

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 And having spoken of God's love for us,

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 John appropriately addresses God's people

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 as beloved in verse 7.

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 This is John's favorite way

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 of referring to the church.

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 He loves the church

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 because he knows that the church

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 is loved by God.

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 And he writes to them,

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 beloved,

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 those loved by God,

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 those loved by me,

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 I am writing you no new commandment,

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 but an old commandment

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 that you had from the beginning.

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 The old commandment

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 is the word that you have heard.

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 At the same time,

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 it is a new commandment

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 that I am writing to you,

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 which is true in him and in you,

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 because the darkness is passing away

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 and the true light is already shining.

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 But how can a command

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 be both old and new?

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 It means that this ancient command

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 to love one another

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 is new in the sense

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 that it is continually reappropriated

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 and applied in our lives

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 as followers of Jesus.

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 Throughout his life,

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 death, and resurrection,

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 through his life and death,

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 and the resurrection,

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 Jesus ushered in a new age

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 and he was the light of the world

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 so that those who believe in him

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 also become light of the world.

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 And just as when you use a torch

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 to light another torch at,

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 do they do that at the Olympic

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 or do they just pass the torch?

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 I think they just pass the torch.

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 If you use one torch

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 to light another torch,

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 it doesn't become new light.

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 Right?

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 It's the same light,

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 yet it doesn't lose any of it.

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 It just multiplies.

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 It's reappropriated.

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 It's reapplied.

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 In the same way,

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 the light of Christ

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 lights the light of God

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 in our lives

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 and that shines continually

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 and it is new.

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 It is a new commandment

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 that we are to obey.

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 The true light is already shining,

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 speaking of the light of Christ,

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 and therefore the darkness

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 is passing away.

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 And the darkness

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 that is passing away

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 is parallel to the world

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 that is passing away

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 along with desires

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 in verse 17.

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 So the darkness here

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 refers to the sinful world

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 that is passing away.

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 And this comment by John

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 paves the way

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 for the second test

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 of authentic faith,

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 of genuine fellowship with God,

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 and that is

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 whoever loves his brother

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 has true fellowship with God.

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 By this I mean

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 loving our Christian

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 brothers and sisters.

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 Because we have God

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 as our Heavenly Father,

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 we have each other

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 as brothers and sisters.

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 And it says in verses 9 to 11,

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 Whoever says he is in the light

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 and hates his brother

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 is still in darkness.

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 Whoever loves his brother

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 abides in the light,

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 and in him there is no cause

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 for stumbling.

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 But whoever hates his brother

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 is in the darkness

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 and walks in the darkness

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 and does not know

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 where he is going

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 because the darkness

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 has blinded his eyes.

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 Remember the context

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 in which 1 John was written

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 that I mentioned

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 to you guys last week?

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 There were some people

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 who claimed to have

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 this newfound knowledge of God,

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 but they actually denied Christ

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 and then they separated themselves

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 from the church.

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 They separated,

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 left the church

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 that John is addressing here.

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 And so whenever John says,

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 Whoever says such and such

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 and says something bad,

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 that means he's referring

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 to the kinds of things

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 that these separatists

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 were saying,

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 people who denied Christ

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 and separated from the church.

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 And as he said

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 in the last chapter,

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 fellowship with God

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 is always,

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 without exception,

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 expressed in fellowship

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 with God's people.

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 No one can claim

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 to love God

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 while hating the people

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 who are dearest to God.

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 No one can claim

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 to be united with God

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 while separating themselves

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 from the people of God.

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 And John just said

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 in verse 8

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 that the darkness

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 is passing away

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 and the true light

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 is already shining.

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 The separatists undoubtedly

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 were claiming

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 that they have the true light,

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 but John disputes

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 their claim on the grounds

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 that they are failing

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 to love their Christian

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 brothers and sisters.

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 Whoever says

00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.740
 he is in the light

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.620
 and hates his brother

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 is still in darkness.

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 Whoever loves his brother

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 abides in the light

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 and in him

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 there is no cause

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 for stumbling.

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 But whoever hates his brother

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 is in the darkness

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 and walks in the darkness

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 and does not know

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 where he is going

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 because the darkness

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 has blinded his eyes.

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 For those who remain

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 in the light of God

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 by remaining in community

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 with one another,

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 it says there is no cause

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 for stumbling.

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 Cause for stumbling

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 is something that trips

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 people up into sin,

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 trips believers into sin,

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 something that causes

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 them to sin.

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 And of course,

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 as I said before,

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 this doesn't mean that

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 believers who love

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 one another never sin.

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 John said in no uncertain terms

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 in verses 8 to 9

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 of chapter 1,

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 if we say we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves

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 and the truth is not in us.

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 If we confess our sins,

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 he is faithful and just

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 to forgive us our sins

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 and to cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 I think that's what

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 he is referring to here,

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 that there is no stumbling

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 and no darkness

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 for those who walk in love

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 with one another.

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 Because faithful members

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 of a gospel-preaching

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 local church

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 that love one another

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 are not going to remain

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 in darkness

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 and continue

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 in unrepentant sin.

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 Groping about in the dark

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 because they've been blinded

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 by their own sins.

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 You can think of it this way,

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 like an isolated walk

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 that you find on a trail

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 is going to be jagged,

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 it's going to have

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 sharp, rough edges.

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 But rocks that you find

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 on the riverbed,

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 the pebbles you find

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 on the beach,

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 on Shingles Beach,

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 they're smooth, right?

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 And they're rounded.

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 And what's the reason for that?

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 It's because of abrasion, right?

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 That the rocks that are in rivers

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 and in the ocean

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 experience abrasion.

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 The currents and the waves,

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 they move the rocks,

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 they collide with each other,

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 causing the chips to break off

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 and making them smooth, right?

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 They also face resistance

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 from the sand.

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 In the same way,

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 we use sandpaper

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 to smooth out rough surfaces.

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 The sand in the riverbed

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 and in the ocean

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 serves to smooth out

00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.479
 these rocks

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 to make them

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 these well-rounded pebbles.

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 And in much the same way,

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 it's by staying

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 in community

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 precisely when things

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 get difficult.

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 It's by rubbing up

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.399
 against each other,

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 sharpening each other

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 as iron sharpens iron.

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 That's when we become

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:25.099
 more aware of our sins.

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 And in that context,

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 when we admonish

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.259
 one another in love,

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 speak the truth

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 in love to one another,

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 when we confess

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 our sins to one another,

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 that's when we become

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.139
 smoother pebbles.

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 That's when we walk

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 in the light.

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 We don't walk

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 in the darkness.

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 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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 puts it this way

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 in his book,

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 Life Together.

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 Sin wants to be

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:48.500
 alone with people.

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 It takes them away

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.639
 from the community.

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 The more lonely

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.200
 people become,

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.399
 the more destructive

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.399
 the power of sin

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 over them.

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 Sin wants to remain

00:20:59.379 --> 00:20:59.859
 unknown.

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.259
 It shuns the light.

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 In the darkness

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.099
 of what is left unsaid,

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.019
 sin poisons

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.899
 the whole being

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.480
 of a person.

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 In confession,

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.859
 the light of the gospel

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 breaks into the darkness

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.639
 and closed isolation

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.240
 of the heart.

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.540
 Sin must be brought

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.500
 into the light.

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.680
 Since the confession

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.540
 of sin is made

00:21:20.540 --> 00:21:21.060
 in the presence

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.960
 of another Christian,

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.960
 the last stronghold

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:25.300
 of self-justification

00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:26.040
 is abandoned.

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 The sinner surrenders,

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.220
 giving up all evil,

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.220
 giving the sinner's

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.920
 heart to God

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.000
 and finding the forgiveness

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.200
 of all one's sin

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.780
 in the community

00:21:34.780 --> 00:21:35.640
 of Jesus Christ

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.360
 and other Christians.

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 Sin that has been

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.420
 spoken and confessed

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.500
 has lost

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.520
 all of its power.

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 It has been revealed

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.119
 and judged

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 as sin.

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 Confession in the presence

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.680
 of another believer

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.740
 is the most profound

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:51.160
 kind of humiliation.

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 It hurts,

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.400
 makes one feel small.

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.420
 It deals a terrible blow

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.279
 to one's pride.

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 It is none other

00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:00.259
 than Jesus Christ

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.480
 who openly suffered

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.460
 the shameful death

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.000
 of a sinner

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.720
 in our place,

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.160
 who was not ashamed

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.480
 to be crucified for us

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.440
 as an evildoer.

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.039
 And it is nothing else

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.819
 but our community

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:11.259
 with Jesus Christ

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.519
 that leads us

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:14.220
 to the disgraceful dying

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.799
 that comes in confession

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.659
 so that we may truly

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.819
 share in this cross.

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:21.639
 The cross of Jesus Christ

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:23.480
 shatters all pride.

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:27.099
 This is why

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:28.120
 those who do not

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:29.259
 have fellowship

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.519
 with brothers and sisters

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.319
 in Christ

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 are blinded

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.519
 and they grope about

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.900
 in darkness of sin.

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.200
 This is why

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.259
 those who abide

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.000
 in the light

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.160
 of the Christian community

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.259
 have no cause

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.740
 for stumbling.

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.120
 We get to walk

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.660
 in the light,

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.620
 in the transparency,

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.420
 the brightness

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.720
 of the light.

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.039
 And having spoken

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.759
 of this irreplaceability

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.740
 of Christian community,

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.559
 John addresses

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.319
 his audience

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.839
 personally

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.839
 and directly

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.879
 in verses 12 to 14.

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.440
 And he does this

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.339
 to remind them

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.099
 of the privileges

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.619
 of being in the family

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.919
 of God,

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.679
 being part of the family

00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:02.099
 of God.

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.559
 And he addresses

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.799
 first the little children

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.179
 and then fathers

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:07.559
 and then young men

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.879
 in verses 12 to 13.

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.759
 And then he repeats

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.379
 his address

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.980
 to all three

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.940
 of those groups

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:14.159
 with slight variations

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:15.179
 in that same order.

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.599
 And so it's tempting

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.419
 to interpret

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.679
 these categories

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.100
 of people

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.779
 as referring

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.060
 to Christians

00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:24.140
 of varying maturity.

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 For example,

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.840
 children being

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:27.019
 baby Christians,

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.460
 young men being,

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 I guess,

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.360
 adolescent Christians,

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:34.539
 and fathers being

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 mature Christians.

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 But I don't think

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 that's what John

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 is referring to here

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 for several reasons.

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 First,

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.220
 the diminutive form

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.140
 of the word child

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 translated little children

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 in verse 12

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 is one of John's

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:50.500
 favorite affectionate ways

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.480
 of addressing the church.

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 And whenever he uses it,

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.099
 he uses it to refer

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.139
 to all believers,

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.480
 not a small subset

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.980
 of believers.

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 He does this

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.980
 in the Gospel of John

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.319
 as well.

00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:03.139
 John 13,

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.700
 33,

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.779
 1 John 2,

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.279
 verse 1,

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.659
 12,

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.200
 28,

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.980
 chapter 3,

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.460
 verse 7,

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.119
 verse 18,

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 and so on.

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 And then secondly,

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 the content

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 of the address

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 does not suggest

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.299
 that there are

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.000
 varying degrees

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.919
 of spiritual maturity

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 in view.

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 And then third,

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.960
 if John was trying

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.359
 to convey

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.159
 differing degrees

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.659
 of maturity,

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 it would have made

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.919
 sense for him

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 to use either

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.099
 an ascending

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.980
 or descending order

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 going from child

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 to young man

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 to fathers

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:29.740
 or vice versa,

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 the opposite direction.

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 But he mixes it up,

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.720
 he goes children

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 and then fathers

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 and then young men.

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 And then lastly,

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 I think this is

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.559
 the most compelling evidence

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 is that,

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.460
 well,

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 actually the first reason

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 I gave the most compelling evidence,

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 I think it's the second

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 most compelling evidence,

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 is that when referring

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:45.039
 to varying levels

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.500
 of maturity

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 in the church,

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.700
 scripture usually

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:49.299
 only has two categories,

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.920
 the mature

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.700
 and the immature,

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 the children

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 and the adults.

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 So for example,

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 Hebrews chapter 5,

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.940
 verses 12 to 14,

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 it says,

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 for though by this time

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 you ought to be teachers,

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 you need someone

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.460
 to teach you again

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.440
 the basic principles

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.640
 of the oracles of God.

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 You need milk,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.860
 not solid food,

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 for everyone who lives

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.960
 on milk is unskilled

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.880
 in the word of righteousness

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 since he is a child.

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 But solid food

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.079
 is for the mature,

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.840
 for those who have

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:16.019
 their powers of discernment

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 trained by constant practice

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.960
 to distinguish good

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.840
 from evil.

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.660
 So for all of these reasons,

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.559
 I don't think John's

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.700
 using these categories

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.600
 at different levels

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.180
 of maturity.

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 I think when John

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.460
 addresses children,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.400
 he is addressing

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.220
 all believers

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 and then I think

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.420
 he is addressing

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.279
 two demographic subsets

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.240
 under that.

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 first,

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.960
 older members

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.539
 of the congregation

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.380
 and then secondly,

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.299
 the younger members

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.960
 of the congregation.

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.779
 And men are being used

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.900
 here representatively,

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.440
 so it refers

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.299
 to the whole church.

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 And this is consistent

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.000
 with how different

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.140
 demographic subsets

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.000
 in the church

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.839
 are usually addressed

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.460
 in other parts

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.920
 of scripture.

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.880
 Titus 2 addresses

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.680
 older men

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.740
 and then older women,

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.519
 younger women

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.420
 and then younger men.

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:58.359
 1 Timothy chapter 5,

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.620
 verses 1 to 2 says,

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.479
 Do not rebuke

00:26:00.479 --> 00:26:01.259
 an older man

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.139
 but encourage him

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.199
 as you would a father,

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:05.119
 younger men as brothers,

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.879
 older women as mothers,

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.859
 and younger women

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:09.419
 as sisters in all purity.

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:12.179
 So then the exhortation

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.739
 to children

00:26:12.739 --> 00:26:13.859
 is a general exhortation

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.579
 to all people,

00:26:14.979 --> 00:26:15.879
 all of God's people.

00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:17.079
 And then the exhortation

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.159
 to fathers and young men

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.679
 are addressing

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:21.119
 kind of narrower subgroups,

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.519
 the older people

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.299
 and the younger people.

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.059
 And then that's why

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.399
 John says

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.859
 in verses 12 to 13,

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.579
 I am writing to you

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.319
 little children

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:32.740
 because your sins

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.359
 are forgiven

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.319
 for His namesake.

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.519
 I am writing to you fathers

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.539
 because you know Him

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.519
 who is from the beginning.

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:40.059
 I am writing to you

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.619
 young men

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.259
 because you have

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.939
 overcome the evil one.

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.439
 So John's here

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:45.299
 reminding them

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.199
 about the privileges

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:47.119
 that they share

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.099
 by virtue of being

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.759
 members of the family of God.

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.319
 And he's reminding them

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.539
 that we have all of us

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.799
 as children of God

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.759
 have been forgiven

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.599
 of our sins

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:58.019
 for His namesake.

00:26:58.919 --> 00:27:00.199
 John speaks elsewhere

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:00.899
 in this letter

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.879
 about the need

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.339
 to believe

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.740
 in the name of Jesus

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.599
 and that's likely

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.439
 what he means here

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:07.519
 that God the Father

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.879
 forgives us our sins

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:11.740
 because of Jesus' namesake

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:13.599
 on account of what

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.859
 Jesus has accomplished

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.839
 in His life,

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.159
 death,

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:16.719
 and resurrection

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:18.139
 for us.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.399
 That's the basis

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:21.579
 by which God

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.399
 forgives us

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.379
 our sins.

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:25.640
 It's what John

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.240
 talked about

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.860
 at the beginning

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.480
 of this chapter

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.780
 that we have

00:27:28.780 --> 00:27:29.280
 an advocate

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:29.840
 with the Father

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.640
 Jesus Christ

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.100
 the righteous

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:32.400
 who is the propitiation

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.140
 for our sins.

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.280
 So that means

00:27:34.280 --> 00:27:35.480
 God doesn't forgive us

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.000
 because we have earned it

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.380
 by outbalancing

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.420
 our sins

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.300
 with good deeds.

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.720
 God doesn't forgive us

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.460
 because we deserve it

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.900
 on account of us

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.360
 for the sake

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.160
 of our name

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.880
 but rather

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.060
 He forgives us

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:51.460
 for Christ's namesake

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.720
 because of what

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.759
 Jesus has done

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.079
 in dying on the cross

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.660
 as the atoning sacrifice

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.299
 for our sin.

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.980
 And this is something

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.039
 that we have

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.819
 as God's people

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.640
 once for all.

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:04.340
 A more literal translation

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.759
 would be

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.559
 your sins

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.940
 have been forgiven

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:09.920
 for Jesus' sake,

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.600
 for His namesake.

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.680
 And then

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.120
 after addressing us

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.559
 generally

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.579
 He tells the older

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.460
 members of the church

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.420
 I am writing

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.220
 to you fathers

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.440
 because you know Him

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.700
 who is from the beginning.

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.759
 Older members

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.460
 of the church

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.480
 are prone

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.420
 to take pride

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.019
 in the fact

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.880
 in that

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:30.120
 they have knowledge

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:31.620
 in that they have

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.360
 experience

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:34.200
 in their age.

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.259
 Well tell me

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.900
 let me tell you

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.100
 what you young people

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.759
 should know.

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.680
 Let me tell you

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:44.259
 what the days were like

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.400
 back in the day

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.620
 or let me tell you

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.560
 what things were like

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.519
 when I was your age.

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.440
 You should listen to me

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.540
 because I've lived

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:51.220
 longer than you

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.000
 and know more than you

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.580
 and have experienced

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.120
 more than you.

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.080
 That's the kind of things

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.980
 that older members

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.780
 are prone to take pride in

00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:58.580
 but John reminds them here

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.920
 that their greatest

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.060
 spiritual asset

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:02.080
 and privilege

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:04.340
 is not their age

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:06.000
 but that they know

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:07.280
 the ageless one.

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:09.519
 You know Him

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.080
 who is from the beginning.

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.620
 The Word of God

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.660
 who was in the beginning

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.320
 with God

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.000
 and was God

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.940
 the Word of Life

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.180
 which was from the beginning

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.680
 you know fathers

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:21.019
 you know mothers.

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.620
 And then John

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.540
 addresses the younger

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.380
 members of the church.

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.279
 I am writing to you

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.800
 young men

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.820
 because you have

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:28.240
 overcome the evil one.

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.140
 Younger people

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.880
 I think

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.779
 in their

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:33.480
 youthful exuberance

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.759
 are likely to take pride

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.580
 in their strength

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:37.240
 their vigor

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.420
 their optimism

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.259
 they are excited

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.200
 about the prospect

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.360
 of overcoming

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:42.360
 the problems

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:43.019
 and barriers

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.639
 that remain

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:45.379
 in this day and age.

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.379
 They want to change

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.839
 the world.

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.799
 They want to resist

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.099
 and overcome

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:50.160
 the status quo.

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.279
 But John

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.879
 reminds them

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.819
 that their greatest

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.940
 spiritual asset

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.579
 and their greatest

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.059
 privilege

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.639
 is not their

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:59.019
 triumphant strength

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.839
 or outlook

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:01.019
 but the fact

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.759
 that they have

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.400
 already

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.299
 overcome

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.460
 the evil one

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.299
 in Jesus Christ.

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.779
 God defeated

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.680
 the evil one

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.579
 Satan

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.539
 through the life

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.819
 death

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.299
 resurrection

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.819
 ascension

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.299
 of Jesus

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.139
 and we get

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.819
 to partake

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.720
 in that victory

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.919
 and no matter

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.859
 how successful

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.839
 or accomplished

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.680
 we get

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:20.720
 we can never

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.200
 one up

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.899
 that accomplishment.

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.279
 He's wanting

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.899
 to establish

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.579
 in a sure

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.680
 greater reality

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.379
 than what we

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.079
 might be prone

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.819
 to aspire to.

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.180
 And then

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.859
 very interestingly

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:31.119
 John repeats

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:33.159
 his threefold

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:33.819
 exhortation

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.740
 in very similar

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.559
 terms in verses

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.539
 13 to 14.

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.399
 I write to you

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:38.779
 children

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.500
 because you know

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.000
 the Father.

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.240
 I write to you

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.599
 fathers

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.079
 because you

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.519
 know him

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.900
 who is from

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.319
 the beginning.

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.599
 I write to you

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.180
 young men

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.680
 because you

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.359
 are strong

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:47.259
 and the word

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.680
 of God

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.480
 abides in you

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.160
 and you have

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.599
 overcome

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.619
 the evil one.

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.359
 So why does

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.539
 John repeat

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.359
 it like this?

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.000
 There are

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.940
 slight variations

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.319
 so we know

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.059
 it's not a

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.640
 copy editing

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.160
 mistake

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:02.539
 but they are

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.559
 nearly identical

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.920
 and it's

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.579
 curious why

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.160
 he repeats

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.819
 them like this

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.660
 and if you

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.059
 look more

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.440
 carefully

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.980
 you'll also

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.440
 notice a

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.779
 pattern

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.319
 in the first

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.420
 three exhortations

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.559
 John said

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.359
 I am

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.279
 writing to

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.579
 you

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.619
 three times

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:18.399
 in the

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.139
 present tense

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:20.759
 in the

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.440
 second three

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.059
 exhortations

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.680
 John says

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.059
 I write

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.599
 to you

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.480
 three times

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.660
 that's a

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.240
 translation

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.579
 of the

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.500
 aorist tense

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.980
 in Greek

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.319
 which communicates

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.160
 a completed

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.680
 aspect

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.240
 something that

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.779
 has already

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.720
 been completed

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:36.400
 so that

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.720
 in the

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.420
 first set

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.539
 John's

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.059
 emphasizing

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.319
 the

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.940
 ongoing

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.500
 aspect

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.720
 of

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 his

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.180
 writing

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.839
 and

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:41.960
 then

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.200
 in the

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.500
 second

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.799
 set

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.039
 he's

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.579
 emphasizing

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.839
 the

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.299
 already

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.860
 done

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.480
 aspect

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.860
 of

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.079
 his

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.460
 writing

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.480
 so to

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.339
 exaggerate

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.559
 this

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.140
 contrast

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.500
 the

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.680
 new

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.000
 American

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.420
 standard

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.779
 Bible

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.100
 another

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.660
 translation

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.779
 translates

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.259
 the first

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.480
 three

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.799
 clauses

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.299
 as I

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.579
 am

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.900
 writing

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.100
 to

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.339
 you

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.539
 and

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.660
 then

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:55.839
 the

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.059
 second

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.299
 three

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.600
 clauses

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:56.819
 as

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.079
 I

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.579
 have

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.940
 written

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.279
 to

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.579
 you

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.899
 I

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.079
 think

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.299
 it's

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.599
 similar

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.779
 to

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:00.899
 the

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.119
 way

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.500
 Paul

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.939
 repeats

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.359
 himself

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.720
 in

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.159
 Philippians

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.419
 chapter

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.819
 4

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.039
 verse

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.399
 4

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.019
 when

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.119
 he

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.339
 says

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.859
 rejoice

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.240
 in

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.399
 the

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.699
 Lord

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.480
 always

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.199
 again

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.799
 I

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:08.960
 will

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.399
 say

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:10.399
 rejoice

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.759
 right

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.099
 John

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.619
 wants

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:12.919
 our

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.559
 identity

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.939
 as

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.339
 members

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.559
 of

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:14.679
 the

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.019
 household

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.220
 of

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.500
 God

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.379
 our

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.019
 privileges

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.399
 as

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.740
 members

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:17.919
 of

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.019
 the

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.279
 family

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.399
 of

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.500
 God

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.599
 to

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:18.720
 be

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.099
 so

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.779
 deeply

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.259
 etched

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.539
 onto

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.759
 our

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.359
 souls

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.059
 that

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.339
 he's

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.699
 taking

00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:23.000
 such

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.559
 pains

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:23.759
 to

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.099
 repeat

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.419
 himself

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.699
 he's

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.079
 wrapping

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.899
 in

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.339
 one

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.939
 potent

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:27.480
 package

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.839
 both

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.039
 his

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.559
 instruction

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.279
 and

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.460
 the

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.900
 repetition

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.220
 of

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.339
 that

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.799
 instruction

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.640
 and

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.900
 he's

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.140
 saying

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.360
 I

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.500
 am

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.900
 writing

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.099
 to

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.220
 you

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.380
 little

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.680
 children

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.839
 that

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:33.960
 your

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.299
 sins

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.500
 are

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.860
 forgiven

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.180
 for

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.519
 his

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.099
 namesake

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.539
 I

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.680
 am

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.000
 writing

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.180
 to

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.319
 you

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.720
 fathers

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:37.940
 that

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.079
 you

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.360
 know

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.680
 him

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:38.839
 who

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:38.940
 is

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.180
 from

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.339
 the

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.660
 beginning

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.279
 I

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.420
 am

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.740
 writing

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.920
 to

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.039
 you

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.259
 young

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.460
 men

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.680
 because

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:41.880
 you

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.019
 have

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.500
 overcome

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.920
 the

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.240
 evil

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.620
 one

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.539
 you

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.819
 see

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.059
 I

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.180
 have

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.380
 already

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.640
 written

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:45.880
 this

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.039
 to

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.339
 you

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.259
 children

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.460
 that

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.599
 you

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:47.940
 know

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.180
 the

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.599
 father

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.339
 that

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.500
 your

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.940
 greatest

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.559
 privilege

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.740
 is not

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.059
 your

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.559
 worldly

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.119
 status

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.399
 but

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:53.659
 your

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.179
 heavenly

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.619
 status

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:54.899
 as

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.240
 children

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.460
 of

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.720
 God

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:55.899
 the

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.220
 father

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.819
 I've

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.059
 already

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.359
 written

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.619
 this

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:57.779
 to

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.059
 you

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.779
 I've

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.000
 already

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.359
 written

00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.559
 to

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.779
 you

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.159
 fathers

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.440
 and

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.720
 mothers

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:00.940
 that

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.200
 your

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.059
 greatest

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.519
 privilege

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.159
 is not

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.579
 your

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.059
 worldly

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.519
 knowledge

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.679
 or

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.359
 experience

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.179
 but

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.339
 that

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.519
 you

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.919
 know

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.440
 Jesus

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.779
 who

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:07.899
 is

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.220
 from

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.419
 the

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:08.740
 beginning

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.940
 I've

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.259
 written

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.519
 this

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:10.859
 already

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.119
 to

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.440
 you

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.859
 young

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.179
 men

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.379
 and

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.619
 women

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.299
 that

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.500
 you

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.700
 are

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.379
 strong

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.139
 not

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.659
 because

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:15.839
 of

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:15.980
 your

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.480
 health

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.679
 or

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.299
 youthfulness

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.000
 but

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.359
 because

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.599
 the

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:18.919
 word

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.119
 of

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.399
 God

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.800
 dwells

00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:19.920
 in

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.180
 you

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.980
 and

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.460
 this

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.780
 and

00:33:21.780 --> 00:33:21.980
 not

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.320
 any

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.560
 other

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:22.940
 worldly

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.600
 accomplishments

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.500
 is

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.720
 your

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.440
 greatest

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.120
 triumph

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:27.060
 that

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.220
 you

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.380
 have

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.940
 overcome

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.480
 the

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.920
 evil

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.340
 one

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:30.040
 in

00:33:30.040 --> 00:33:30.840
 Jesus

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.500
 Christ

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.080
 that's

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:32.300
 what

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.580
 he's

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:32.800
 trying

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:32.920
 to

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.200
 convey

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.460
 to

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.840
 us

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:36.240
 brothers

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.420
 and

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.640
 sisters

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.240
 that's

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.580
 the

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:37.960
 greatest

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.560
 triumph

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.580
 of

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:39.740
 our

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.300
 generation

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:41.480
 is

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.759
 not

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.019
 going

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.180
 to

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.340
 be

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:42.960
 overcoming

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.580
 COVID

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.019
 19

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:47.120
 our

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.660
 greatest

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.200
 triumph

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.480
 as

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.860
 God's

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.200
 people

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.840
 is

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.000
 that

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.200
 we

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.440
 have

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.039
 already

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.840
 overcome

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.340
 the

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.740
 evil

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.180
 one

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.799
 in

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.120
 Jesus

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.680
 Christ

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:58.580
 we

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.740
 should

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:58.900
 be

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.160
 even

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.480
 more

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.940
 glad

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.480
 that

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.759
 we

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.039
 have

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.240
 been

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.720
 spared

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.100
 from

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.380
 the

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.680
 fatal

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.240
 pathogen

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.400
 of

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.680
 sin

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.680
 than

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:04.819
 that

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:04.980
 we

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.180
 have

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.380
 been

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.759
 spared

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.039
 so

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.299
 far

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.559
 from

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.840
 COVID

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.279
 19

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:10.079
 our

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.539
 greatest

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.019
 privilege

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.220
 in

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.519
 life

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.800
 is

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.039
 not

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.360
 our

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.860
 worldly

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.559
 status

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.940
 our

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.619
 educational

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.400
 attainment

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:18.460
 our

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.920
 corporate

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.659
 promotion

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:22.519
 our

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.079
 greatest

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.599
 privilege

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.220
 is that

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.539
 we

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.920
 are

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.480
 children

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.039
 of

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.579
 God

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.840
 our

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.199
 father

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.420
 that's

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.880
 the

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.280
 reality

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.500
 the

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.980
 strong

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.619
 powerful

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.000
 truth

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.420
 that can

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.019
 that can

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.500
 keep us

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.800
 rooted

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.440
 and grounded

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.079
 amidst all

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.360
 of this

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.740
 chaos

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.420
 and are

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.059
 you living

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.780
 with this

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.340
 reality

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.880
 etched

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.559
 onto your

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.900
 minds

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.320
 and onto

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.559
 your

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.980
 hearts

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.900
 right now

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.780
 that you

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:43.920
 are

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.340
 children

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.539
 of

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.840
 God

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:47.940
 and if

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.380
 we live

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.700
 with an

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.119
 awareness

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.559
 of what

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.720
 a

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.099
 staggering

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.559
 privilege

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.079
 it is

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.360
 to be

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.680
 a part

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:51.860
 of the

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.099
 family

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.280
 of

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.579
 God

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.280
 then we

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.680
 will

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.079
 love

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.340
 our

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.619
 brothers

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:54.860
 and

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.160
 sisters

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:55.760
 we

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.119
 will

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.539
 love

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.740
 one

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.039
 another

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.820
 that's

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:57.980
 the

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.220
 second

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.639
 test

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.360
 of our

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.780
 authentic

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.160
 faith

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.420
 of

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.840
 genuine

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.220
 fellowship

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.440
 with

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.700
 God

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:03.400
 and the

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.660
 third

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:03.960
 test

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.340
 is given

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.500
 in

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.700
 verses

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.200
 15

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.340
 to

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.660
 17

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.660
 and

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:06.840
 it's

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.000
 the

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.480
 converse

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.840
 of what

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.099
 John

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.260
 has

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.440
 just

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.599
 been

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.900
 talking

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.220
 about

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.000
 it's

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.160
 the

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.440
 flip

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.820
 side

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.180
 and

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.519
 that's

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.720
 to

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.099
 not

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.519
 love

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.700
 the

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.019
 world

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.740
 he

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:15.900
 says

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.039
 in

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.200
 verse

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.579
 15

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.820
 do

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.240
 not

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.599
 love

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.760
 the

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.039
 world

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.260
 or

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.440
 the

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.800
 things

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.180
 in

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.380
 the

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.700
 world

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.200
 if

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.700
 anyone

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.300
 loves

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.500
 the

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.760
 world

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.000
 the

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.240
 love

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.340
 of

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.480
 the

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.800
 father

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.039
 is

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.280
 not

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.539
 in

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.900
 him

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:25.820
 John

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.400
 said

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.700
 earlier

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:26.940
 in

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.099
 verse

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.320
 2

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.500
 that

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.760
 Jesus

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.260
 died

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.460
 for

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.639
 the

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:28.860
 sins

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:28.980
 of

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.059
 the

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.200
 whole

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.559
 world

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.320
 meaning

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.559
 that

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.019
 salvation

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.280
 through

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.619
 Jesus

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.960
 Christ

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.160
 is

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.639
 available

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.019
 to

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.380
 all

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.539
 the

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.880
 world

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.639
 not

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.840
 just

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:34.960
 to

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.059
 a

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.320
 select

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.660
 few

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.720
 and

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:36.880
 of

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.059
 course

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.240
 the

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.599
 famous

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.940
 verse

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.140
 that

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.280
 we

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.480
 are

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.860
 all

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.200
 familiar

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.539
 with

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.940
 likely

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.220
 is

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.539
 John

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.740
 3

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.099
 16

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.340
 says

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.519
 for

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.960
 God

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.340
 so

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.840
 loved

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.019
 the

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.340
 world

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.920
 that

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.039
 he

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.340
 gave

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.480
 his

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.780
 only

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.160
 son

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.360
 that

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.660
 whoever

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.200
 believes

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.440
 in him

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.579
 should

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:46.760
 not

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.079
 perish

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.280
 but

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.420
 have

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.680
 eternal

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.099
 life

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.840
 so

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.220
 obviously

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.800
 John's

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.119
 using

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.360
 the

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.680
 word

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.200
 world

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.519
 in

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.680
 a

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.019
 different

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.619
 sense

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.880
 than

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.099
 is

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.800
 used

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:53.980
 in

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.180
 those

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.760
 contexts

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.539
 by

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.720
 the

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.039
 world

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.420
 John

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.840
 doesn't

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.140
 mean

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.539
 the

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.660
 unbelievers

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.340
 are

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.000
 unbelieving

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.400
 neighbors

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.740
 to whom

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.059
 we should

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.559
 love

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.140
 and share

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.299
 the

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.599
 gospel

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:02.759
 of

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:02.940
 Jesus

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.299
 Christ

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.579
 with

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.259
 he's

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.619
 referring

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.960
 rather

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.199
 to

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.400
 the

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.879
 sinful

00:36:05.879 --> 00:36:06.440
 world

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.259
 to

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:08.039
 worldliness

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.719
 things

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:09.960
 that

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.099
 are

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.759
 contrary

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.059
 to

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.199
 the

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.339
 will

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.460
 of

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.719
 God

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.299
 that

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.639
 things

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.759
 that

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:13.839
 we

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:13.960
 ought

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.099
 to

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.319
 flee

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:14.619
 from

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.339
 and

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:15.500
 if

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.679
 we

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.299
 have

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.579
 the

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.940
 love

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.119
 that

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.279
 which

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.420
 is

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.579
 from

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.759
 the

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.099
 father

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.400
 within

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.859
 us

00:36:18.859 --> 00:36:19.460
 and

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.599
 we

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.059
 love

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.259
 the

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.579
 father

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.759
 in

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.199
 return

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.900
 then

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.019
 it

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.179
 says

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.339
 we

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:22.559
 will

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.940
 not

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.359
 love

00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:23.539
 the

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.839
 world

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.219
 because

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.440
 the

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.779
 things

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:24.960
 of

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.119
 this

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.420
 world

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.759
 are

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.199
 not

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.679
 from

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:26.900
 the

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.219
 father

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:39.980
 so

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.259
 John

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.879
 defines

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:42.399
 worldliness

00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:42.659
 with

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:42.859
 three

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.279
 phrases

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.199
 first

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.379
 the

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:44.899
 desires

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.079
 of

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.199
 the

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.500
 flesh

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.959
 second

00:36:45.959 --> 00:36:46.199
 the

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.639
 desires

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.799
 of

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:46.919
 the

00:36:46.919 --> 00:36:47.239
 eyes

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.519
 and

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.759
 third

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.279
 pride

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.559
 of

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:48.980
 life

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:50.219
 the

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.639
 desires

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:50.779
 of

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:50.919
 the

00:36:50.919 --> 00:36:51.259
 flesh

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.679
 is

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.079
 quite

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.779
 general

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.559
 it

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.959
 refers

00:36:53.959 --> 00:36:54.339
 to

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:54.779
 the

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.539
 inordinate

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:57.039
 unruly

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.739
 cravings

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:57.960
 of

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.259
 our

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.519
 sinful

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.920
 flesh

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.719
 in

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.199
 Galatians

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.480
 chapter

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.900
 5

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.119
 verses

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.619
 19

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.779
 to

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.119
 21

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.500
 Paul

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.960
 lists

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.199
 some

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.320
 of

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.500
 these

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.639
 and

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.940
 calls

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.159
 this

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.360
 the

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.820
 works

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.139
 of

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.279
 the

00:37:05.279 --> 00:37:05.639
 flesh

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.440
 he

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.699
 says

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.300
 sexual

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.900
 immorality

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.599
 impurity

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.599
 sensuality

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.460
 idolatry

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.420
 sorcery

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.880
 enmity

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.500
 strife

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.019
 jealousy

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.380
 fits

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.539
 of

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.940
 anger

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.000
 rivalries

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.679
 dissensions

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.300
 divisions

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.900
 envy

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.759
 drunkenness

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.360
 orgies

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.880
 and things

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.239
 like

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.659
 these

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.440
 and he

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.579
 says

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.699
 I

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.000
 warn

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.119
 you

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.380
 as I

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.579
 warned

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:21.679
 you

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:21.960
 before

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.119
 that

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.279
 those

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:22.380
 who

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.519
 do

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.779
 such

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.019
 things

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.159
 will

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.320
 not

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.679
 inherit

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:28.400
 sex

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.940
 as God

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.340
 designed

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.559
 it

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.239
 in the

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.739
 context

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.079
 of a

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.380
 lawful

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.800
 marriage

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.139
 is

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.559
 good

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.599
 but

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:33.920
 sexual

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.699
 immorality

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:36.300
 fornication

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.400
 bestiality

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.719
 homosexuality

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.440
 adultery

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.199
 they are

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.719
 sinful

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.480
 and worldly

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:43.219
 enjoying

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.719
 food

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.259
 as God

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.699
 designed

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:44.900
 it

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.460
 in proper

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.980
 proportion

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:47.380
 is good

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.420
 but

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.099
 gluttony

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:50.159
 is sinful

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:51.000
 and worldly

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.980
 enjoying

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.380
 adult

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.840
 beverages

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.659
 in moderation

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.440
 can be

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.840
 good

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.820
 but

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.579
 drunkenness

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.220
 is sinful

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:59.500
 and worldly

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:01.100
 friendly

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.740
 competition

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.320
 can be

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.860
 a healthy

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.360
 way

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.840
 to spur

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.300
 one another

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.620
 up

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.880
 spur

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.280
 on one

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.480
 another

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.760
 but

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.680
 rivalries

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.760
 dissensions

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:10.020
 divisions

00:38:10.020 --> 00:38:10.860
 and envy

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.900
 are sinful

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.960
 and worldly

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.220
 the desires

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.760
 of the flesh

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.240
 are always

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:15.760
 seeking to

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.440
 transgress

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.220
 its God

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:17.500
 given

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.080
 boundaries

00:38:18.080 --> 00:38:19.120
 and to

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:19.580
 indulge

00:38:19.580 --> 00:38:19.800
 them

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.300
 is worldly

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.720
 that's what

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.240
 John is

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.520
 writing

00:38:21.520 --> 00:38:22.680
 the desires

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.380
 of the eyes

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.780
 is a bit

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.520
 more specific

00:38:24.520 --> 00:38:25.680
 refers to

00:38:25.680 --> 00:38:26.080
 sins

00:38:26.080 --> 00:38:26.540
 that are

00:38:26.540 --> 00:38:27.120
 activated

00:38:27.120 --> 00:38:27.700
 by the

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.180
 covetous

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.520
 eye

00:38:28.520 --> 00:38:29.760
 looking at

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.360
 other people

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.160
 with envy

00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:32.260
 desiring

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.480
 the esteem

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.040
 and affection

00:38:34.040 --> 00:38:34.720
 that rightly

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.260
 belong to

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.460
 them

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.280
 for yourself

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.920
 desiring

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.600
 the possessions

00:38:38.600 --> 00:38:39.060
 of other

00:38:39.060 --> 00:38:39.400
 people

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.260
 their clothes

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:41.460
 their appearance

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.180
 their cars

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.880
 their houses

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.760
 their wealth

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:46.640
 looking around

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:47.240
 with greed

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:47.960
 seeing with our

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.200
 eyes

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.740
 with greed

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.540
 wanting more

00:38:49.540 --> 00:38:51.240
 for yourself

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:51.900
 than others

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:53.560
 looking

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:54.700
 desiring

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:56.000
 with lustful

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.460
 eyes

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:58.220
 these are all

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:59.019
 worldly desires

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.519
 that produce

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.320
 sin and death

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.660
 and then finally

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.300
 John mentions

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.980
 the pride

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.480
 of life

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.679
 if you're

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.500
 using the

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.300
 English standard

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:06.679
 version

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.260
 the ESV

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.260
 there's a

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.659
 footnote

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.159
 next to

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.679
 that phrase

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.380
 if you

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.159
 check the

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.480
 footnote

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.719
 in your

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.099
 bibles

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.539
 it says

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.960
 pride

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.740
 in possessions

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:17.199
 I think

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.019
 that specific

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.539
 nuance

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:20.039
 is in view

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.400
 here

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.820
 also

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:22.199
 the word

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.619
 life

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.320
 is used

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.860
 in numerous

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.219
 places

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.500
 throughout

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.800
 the New

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.139
 Testament

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.780
 to refer

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.340
 to one's

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.260
 life savings

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.960
 or to one's

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.440
 inheritance

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:29.980
 and there's

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.360
 a close

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.139
 parallel later

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.940
 in 1 John

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.539
 chapter 3

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.300
 verse 17

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.240
 which says

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:35.420
 but if anyone

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.200
 has the

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.920
 world's

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.420
 goods

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.940
 and sees

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.380
 his brother

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.840
 in need

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.500
 yet closes

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:40.880
 his heart

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.380
 against him

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:41.780
 how does

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.300
 God's love

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.920
 abide in him

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.260
 so there

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.840
 the phrase

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.539
 world's

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.900
 goods

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:47.240
 is literally

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.800
 in Greek

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.560
 the life

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.140
 of the

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.519
 world

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.820
 so whoever

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.840
 has things

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.640
 in life

00:39:52.640 --> 00:39:54.200
 the haves

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:55.160
 should share

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.539
 with the

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.400
 have nots

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.039
 in the church

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.440
 family

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.300
 similarly then

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.039
 the pride

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.760
 of life

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.900
 refers to

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.620
 our pride

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:02.980
 in the

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.599
 things we

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.019
 have

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.679
 in life

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.179
 certainly

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.980
 includes

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.599
 our wealth

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.279
 and property

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.859
 but I think

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.219
 it can be

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.739
 applied more

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.440
 broadly to

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.159
 any worldly

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.779
 thing that

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.219
 we take

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:13.059
 pride in

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.079
 our status

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.440
 our education

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:17.859
 things that

00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:18.359
 we have

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:19.400
 the parallels

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.819
 this really

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.900
 parallels in a

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.940
 way the

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.719
 first sin of

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.279
 humanity in

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:24.880
 Genesis chapter

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.859
 3 verse 6

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:27.840
 not sure

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.840
 John intends

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.260
 this

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:31.720
 but it

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.519
 suggests the

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.760
 parallel

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.260
 because it

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.740
 says there

00:40:33.740 --> 00:40:34.440
 that when

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.860
 the woman

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.980
 saw that

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.420
 the tree

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.120
 was good

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:37.920
 for food

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.059
 desire of

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.440
 the flesh

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.260
 and that

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:41.180
 it was a

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:41.900
 delight to

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.620
 the eyes

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:43.420
 desires of

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.960
 the eyes

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:45.039
 and that

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.420
 the tree

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.860
 was to be

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.620
 desired to

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:47.280
 make one

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.960
 wise

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:49.019
 in other

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.700
 words to

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.059
 be like

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.519
 God

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.220
 the pride

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:51.700
 of life

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.859
 she took

00:40:52.859 --> 00:40:53.179
 of its

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.599
 fruit and

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:53.919
 ate

00:40:53.919 --> 00:40:55.159
 and also

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.719
 gave some

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.000
 to her

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.299
 husband

00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.579
 who was

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:56.980
 with her

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.739
 and he

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.039
 ate

00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:02.019
 but the

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.579
 members of

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.960
 the family

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.399
 of God

00:41:03.399 --> 00:41:03.859
 John is

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:04.079
 saying

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.599
 should not

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.339
 be entangled

00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:05.879
 in such

00:41:05.879 --> 00:41:06.339
 worldly

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.939
 pursuits

00:41:06.939 --> 00:41:07.919
 because

00:41:07.919 --> 00:41:08.639
 as verse

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.460
 17 says

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.219
 the world

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.079
 is passing

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.879
 away along

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.279
 with its

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:12.739
 desires

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.819
 but whoever

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.419
 does the

00:41:14.419 --> 00:41:14.759
 will of

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.019
 God

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.619
 abides

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.259
 forever

00:41:16.259 --> 00:41:17.439
 and this

00:41:17.439 --> 00:41:17.699
 is the

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.119
 third and

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.879
 final test

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.399
 whoever

00:41:19.399 --> 00:41:20.259
 does the

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:20.879
 will of

00:41:20.879 --> 00:41:21.219
 God

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:23.599
 worldliness

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.339
 is often

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.959
 attractive

00:41:24.959 --> 00:41:26.299
 the desires

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:26.679
 of this

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.219
 world are

00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:27.719
 often

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.480
 pleasurable

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.579
 but it's

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.239
 extremely

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:31.319
 short-sighted

00:41:31.319 --> 00:41:31.699
 according to

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.139
 this passage

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.699
 to pursue

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.339
 these things

00:41:33.339 --> 00:41:34.219
 because the

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.839
 world is

00:41:34.839 --> 00:41:35.739
 even now

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.839
 passing away

00:41:36.839 --> 00:41:37.339
 along with

00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:37.799
 desires

00:41:37.799 --> 00:41:38.779
 it's the

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.079
 same

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:40.059
 expression

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.439
 that John

00:41:40.439 --> 00:41:40.939
 used early

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:41.279
 in verse

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.419
 8

00:41:41.419 --> 00:41:42.059
 the darkness

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.819
 is passing

00:41:42.819 --> 00:41:43.259
 away

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.919
 and the

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:44.299
 true light

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:44.759
 is already

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:45.279
 shining

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.679
 and because

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.239
 the word

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.819
 of life

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:48.539
 Jesus took

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.019
 on human

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.480
 flesh

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.899
 and was

00:41:49.899 --> 00:41:50.359
 born into

00:41:50.359 --> 00:41:50.899
 this world

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.300
 in the

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.519
 person

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:51.880
 of Jesus

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.360
 Christ

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:53.800
 by dying

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.119
 on the

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.480
 cross

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.340
 for the

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.720
 sins

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.160
 of those

00:41:56.160 --> 00:41:56.420
 who would

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.920
 trust in

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.139
 him

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:57.780
 and by

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.019
 being

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.460
 raised

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.119
 victoriously

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.680
 from the

00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:00.079
 dead

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.119
 Jesus has

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.700
 turned the

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.320
 world on

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:02.760
 its head

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:03.160
 he's

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:04.079
 turned the

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.700
 hourglass

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:05.340
 over

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.680
 so to

00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:05.980
 speak

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.740
 so that

00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:08.200
 the world

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.539
 and its

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.119
 sinful ways

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.680
 now have

00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:10.440
 a definite

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.800
 expiration date

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:13.400
 already

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.039
 the kingdom

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.420
 of God

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.019
 has broken

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.460
 into our

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.820
 world

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.800
 already

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:17.420
 it's

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.780
 just a

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.080
 matter

00:42:18.080 --> 00:42:18.660
 of time

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:19.519
 before

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:19.760
 the

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:20.300
 dominion

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:21.000
 of God

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.580
 is fully

00:42:21.580 --> 00:42:22.000
 established

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.300
 in the

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.560
 world

00:42:22.560 --> 00:42:23.300
 because the

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.840
 world has

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.780
 already been

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.240
 overcome

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:26.000
 the dominion

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.720
 of evil

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.460
 the evil

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.940
 one has

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.760
 already been

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:29.460
 overthrown

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.660
 so then why

00:42:30.660 --> 00:42:31.240
 should we

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.980
 cling to a

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.340
 world that's

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:33.060
 passing away

00:42:33.060 --> 00:42:34.440
 like Lot's

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:34.960
 wife did

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.240
 in looking back

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.660
 at Sodom

00:42:36.660 --> 00:42:37.120
 and Gomorrah

00:42:37.120 --> 00:42:38.840
 there is no

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.560
 future in

00:42:39.560 --> 00:42:40.080
 worldliness

00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:41.120
 is what John

00:42:41.120 --> 00:42:41.780
 is telling us

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:43.240
 I was thinking

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:43.960
 about this

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:46.040
 why are

00:42:46.040 --> 00:42:46.580
 people

00:42:46.580 --> 00:42:47.400
 emptying

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:48.320
 the grocery

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:48.820
 shelves

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:50.420
 of non-perishable

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.820
 goods

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:54.380
 rice

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:54.900
 flour

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.820
 canned beans

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.580
 canned tuna

00:42:56.580 --> 00:42:59.240
 it's because

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.680
 they're trying

00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:00.140
 to limit

00:43:00.140 --> 00:43:00.540
 the number

00:43:00.540 --> 00:43:00.780
 of their

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.140
 trips to

00:43:01.140 --> 00:43:01.760
 grocery stores

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.100
 yes

00:43:02.100 --> 00:43:03.180
 and they're

00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:03.660
 preparing

00:43:03.660 --> 00:43:04.920
 for the

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.580
 unlikely event

00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:05.880
 that we

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.260
 enter a

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.000
 total lockdown

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.480
 where people

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.900
 are not even

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.300
 allowed to go

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.720
 to a grocery

00:43:08.720 --> 00:43:09.080
 store

00:43:09.080 --> 00:43:10.780
 but why

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:11.120
 don't we

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.940
 see anyone

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:14.699
 buying cases

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.299
 of milk

00:43:15.299 --> 00:43:19.980
 because milk

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.339
 has an

00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:21.199
 expiration date

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:25.219
 it's foolish

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:26.019
 to stock up

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.440
 on milk

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:27.039
 because it's

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.420
 going to

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:27.839
 spoil

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:29.159
 after just

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:29.519
 a short

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:29.900
 time

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.880
 there's no

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:31.699
 point in

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.420
 getting more

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:33.019
 than you

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:33.359
 need

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:36.400
 and likewise

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:36.920
 John's telling

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.199
 it's foolish

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:39.420
 to be so

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.179
 invested

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.879
 in the

00:43:40.879 --> 00:43:41.339
 things

00:43:41.339 --> 00:43:41.819
 of this

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.199
 world

00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:44.279
 it's foolish

00:43:44.279 --> 00:43:45.339
 to indulge

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:46.000
 the desires

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.319
 of the

00:43:46.319 --> 00:43:46.659
 flesh

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.579
 the desires

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.319
 of the

00:43:48.319 --> 00:43:48.739
 eyes

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:49.239
 and the

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.759
 pride of

00:43:49.759 --> 00:43:50.159
 life

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:51.279
 because we

00:43:51.279 --> 00:43:52.039
 have a far

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:53.159
 more enduring

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.859
 inheritance

00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:54.579
 in Jesus

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:56.500
 in contrast

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.019
 to the world

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.299
 that is

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:58.079
 passing away

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:59.119
 it says

00:43:59.119 --> 00:43:59.799
 whoever does

00:43:59.799 --> 00:44:00.039
 the will

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.379
 of God

00:44:00.379 --> 00:44:01.139
 abides

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.879
 forever

00:44:01.879 --> 00:44:03.440
 John's

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:03.940
 referring to

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.359
 the eternal

00:44:04.359 --> 00:44:04.859
 life he

00:44:04.859 --> 00:44:05.519
 spoke of in

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.019
 chapter 1

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.559
 verse 2

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:08.059
 why should

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.880
 people of

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:09.460
 eternity

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:11.119
 be infatuated

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.679
 with such

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.380
 transient

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.940
 things

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:15.119
 why should

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:15.619
 people who

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:16.360
 possess the

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:17.440
 precious jewel

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:18.380
 of the gospel

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.840
 of Jesus

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.380
 Christ

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:20.639
 be fascinated

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.639
 with the

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.099
 cheap

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.699
 rusting

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.420
 trinkets of

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.880
 this world

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:25.719
 why should

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.239
 people who

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:26.940
 belong to

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.619
 the family

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.500
 of God

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.400
 the triune

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:30.299
 God himself

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:31.440
 who have a

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.880
 heavenly

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.559
 eternal

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:33.259
 inheritance

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:34.300
 why should

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:34.760
 we try

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.540
 so hard

00:44:35.540 --> 00:44:36.840
 to belong

00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:37.200
 in this

00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:37.560
 world

00:44:37.560 --> 00:44:39.700
 to boast

00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.020
 in the

00:44:40.020 --> 00:44:40.360
 pride of

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.680
 life

00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:43.240
 we

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:43.840
 shouldn't

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:45.260
 we have

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.760
 no reason

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:46.020
 to

00:44:46.020 --> 00:44:48.120
 we should

00:44:48.120 --> 00:44:48.740
 remember

00:44:48.740 --> 00:44:49.500
 who we

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.960
 are

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.540
 that's what

00:44:50.540 --> 00:44:50.900
 John is

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.740
 telling us

00:44:51.740 --> 00:44:53.720
 that those

00:44:53.720 --> 00:44:54.060
 who have

00:44:54.060 --> 00:44:54.700
 received

00:44:54.700 --> 00:44:55.380
 the father's

00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:55.700
 love

00:44:55.700 --> 00:44:56.580
 through the

00:44:56.580 --> 00:44:57.200
 gospel of

00:44:57.200 --> 00:44:57.380
 Jesus

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.840
 Christ

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:59.680
 should love

00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:00.220
 their brothers

00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:00.920
 and sisters

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.540
 in Christ

00:45:01.540 --> 00:45:02.100
 that should

00:45:02.100 --> 00:45:02.440
 be our

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:02.800
 primary

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.300
 occupation