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 Alright, so we're reading from 1 John chapter 2 starting at verse 28 through to 310.

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 And now little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence

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 and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

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 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness

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 has been born of him.

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 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God

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 and so we are.

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 The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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 Beloved, we are God's children now and what we will be has not yet appeared, but what

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 we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

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 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

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 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness.

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 Sin is lawlessness.

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 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins and in him there is no sin.

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 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning.

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 No one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

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 Little children, let no one deceive you.

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 Whoever practices righteousness is righteous as he is righteous.

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 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil.

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 For the devil has been sinning from the beginning.

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 The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

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 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning.

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 But God's seed abides in him and he cannot keep on sinning.

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 Because he has been born of God.

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 By this it is evident who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil.

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 Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God.

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 Nor is the one who does not love his brother.

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 Well good morning everyone.

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 Why don't we pray and ask God to help us as we meditate on his word this morning.

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 Heavenly Father please prepare our hearts to receive your word this morning.

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 Remove every distraction from our minds.

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 And please give us true thoughts.

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 Thoughts that will encourage and strengthen us in our faith.

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 In Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 Well in the last couple of years my wife Jen has gone into gardening in a big way.

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 Some of you know this because she probably talks to you about her garden constantly.

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 And in fact the owner of an online business last year told Jen that she, this is a business selling seeds and tubers and the like.

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 Last year told Jen that she is her best customer.

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 I mean I don't know, I probably should feel a bit worried about that.

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 But our backyard is slowly being transformed.

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 So garden beds have gone in and lawn is disappearing.

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 The clothesline is under siege.

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 Like it is being besieged by garden beds and there are threats that it needs to be moved to a shadier part of the yard.

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 Because apparently flowers need sun more than laundry does.

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 I don't really get it.

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 For now there's sort of a line of demarcation at the 17th parallel.

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 Where you know the gardens, sort of a truce has been established, a temporary truce.

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 Garden beds are to the north and lawn to the south.

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 But I think the garden beds will start making incursions across that boundary soon.

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 It's, I mean, you look at our backyard and actually over summer there's been sort of splashes of colour everywhere from flowers.

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 But probably more green than other colours.

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 I think it's been a bad season apparently.

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 So she tells me.

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 But anyway, in any case, you look at our backyard and it tells a story, right?

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 The transformation of our backyard tells a story.

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 A gardener lives here.

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 Likewise, the transformation that takes place in the life of a Christian tells a story.

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 God lives here.

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 For any who are here this morning who are undecided about whether or not you want to be a Christian,

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 I hope you see in this passage some reasons why it's good.

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 And for those here today, many of us who are Christians already, who are believers,

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 well, you probably already know in theory that God's spirit is transforming you.

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 But sometimes we forget that, don't we?

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 Sometimes the change is so slow.

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 Sometimes it's punctuated by so many reversals that we begin to despair.

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 Is God really transforming me?

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 Well, this passage is given to encourage us.

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 In God's word today, we see three realities that utterly transform those who trust in Jesus.

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 Three realities that utterly transform those who trust in Jesus.

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 The reality of who you are, the reality of what you will be, and the reality of what Christ has done.

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 And we find those three realities in chapter 3, verses 1 to 6.

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 And that's where we're going to start.

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 And then afterwards, we're going to look just before and after those verses, the frame,

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 which kind of tells us why John was teaching us these things.

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 But first, we're going to occupy our minds with chapter 3, verses 1 to 6,

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 and those three life-transforming realities.

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 Now, I just want to say to the young people who are here today,

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 so if you're at school, young people here today,

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 if you can work out what these three things are and remember them,

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 come and tell me afterwards and I'll give you...

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 Well, actually, I won't give you a lolly because that's Don's...

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 I don't want to sort of tread on Don's territory.

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 I'll give you a high five, right?

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 So these are the three things to look out for.

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 Who are you?

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 What will you one day be?

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 And what has Christ done?

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 They're the three things I'm trying to remember, okay?

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 All right, first, the reality of who you are.

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 Look at chapter 2, verse 29.

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 Chapter 2, verse 29.

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 If you know that he is righteous,

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 you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness

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 has been born of him.

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 See what kind of love the Father has given to us

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 that we should be called children of God

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 and so we are.

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 The reason why the world does not know us

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 is that it did not know him.

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 Here, the word of God invites us to marvel

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 at the highest privilege of the Christian.

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 You know, think of what we might have been called.

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 We might have been called God's enemies.

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 Indeed, Romans chapter 5, verse 10 says

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 that we were God's enemies.

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 But no longer.

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 It's not God's pleasure or will

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 that we should be called his enemies.

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 We might be called God's creatures

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 and we are his creatures.

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 He's the maker.

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 We're his handiwork.

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 He's the potter.

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 We're the clay.

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 But it's not God's desire

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 that we should only be called his creatures.

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 We might be called God's servants

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 and we are.

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 He is the Lord.

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 It's his to command.

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 It's ours to obey.

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 It's his to lead.

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 It's ours to follow.

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 But it wasn't God's delight

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 that we should only be called his servants.

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 We might be called God's people

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 and we are.

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 Indeed, the Old Testament rarely reaches higher than that.

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 It's the goal of the promise to the patriarchs,

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 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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 It's the goal of the covenant established with Abraham

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 and established at Sinai, the Old Covenant,

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 that he should be our God and we should be his people.

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 But even that wasn't sufficient for the joy of God.

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 God's will and pleasure and delight and joy is that we should be called his children

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 and that we might call him our father.

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 And when God calls us his children,

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 it's no mere label awkwardly placed where it doesn't really belong.

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 So verse 1 says,

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 see what kind of love the father has given us

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 that we should be called children of God

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 and so we are.

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 The so we are there doesn't mean

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 so we are called his children.

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 It means so we are his children.

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 God calls us his children because we are his children.

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 Now this most profound and wondrous truth about you

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 is something the world can't perceive and can't comprehend.

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 See, the world does not know us, verse 1 says.

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 It can only be perceived by those who know God.

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 Because the world doesn't know God,

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 it doesn't recognise us.

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 It can't recognise us as God's children

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 because it doesn't recognise who God is.

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 But we know it because God promises it to us in the word.

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 For us, this honour,

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 for us, this place of security and privilege

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 privilege and intimate access,

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 we are God's children.

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 There's a famous series of photographs

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 of John F. Kennedy

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 when he's American president

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 and he's in the Oval Office

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 working at the desk,

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 the resolute desk.

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 Apparently that's what the president's desk is called.

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 That's a good name for a desk.

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 But he's in the Oval Office

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 at the president's desk

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 and there,

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 playing at his feet,

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 hiding under the desk,

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 is his son,

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 John Jr.

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 You know,

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 such is God the Father.

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 Such we are, rather,

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 to God the Father.

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 We are scions of the great king.

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 We are the cherished toddlers

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 of the emperor of heaven and earth.

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 What love is this?

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 What grace beyond measure?

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 May we never tire of hearing it.

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 Bilquis Sheath

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 was a prominent Pakistani Muslim woman

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 who became a Christian

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 on Christmas Eve 1966

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 and she went on to be an evangelist.

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 And she wrote a book

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 sharing her testimony

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 of how she became a Christian,

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 an autobiography,

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 and she called that book,

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 the title she gave it is,

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 I Dared to Call Him Father.

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 It's a privilege

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 she had never previously known.

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 Now, in some other parts

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 of the New Testament,

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 for example,

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 Paul's epistles,

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 we are God's children

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 by adoption.

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 He adopts us as his children.

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 Here, however,

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 in 1 John,

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 we are God's children

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 by birth,

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 by new birth.

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 We are,

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 verse 28,

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 born of him.

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 Sorry,

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 verse 29,

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 we are born of him.

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 And this new birth

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 is for all

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 who belong to Jesus.

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 As it says in John chapter 1,

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 John's Gospel,

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 that is,

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 chapter 1,

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 verses 12 and 13,

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 but to all who did receive him,

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 who believed in his name,

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 he gave the right

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 to become children of God,

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 who were born,

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 not of blood,

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 nor of the will of the flesh,

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 nor of the will of man,

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 but born of God.

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 For all who believe in Jesus,

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 this is the reality

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 of who you are.

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 You are a child of God.

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 And the further point

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 God's word makes here

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 is that this is a reality

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 which transforms you.

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 Look at verse 29 again.

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 If you know that he is righteous,

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 you may be sure

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 that everyone who practices righteousness

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 has been born of him.

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 See, there's a family likeness

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 which cannot but pass down

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 from the father to his children.

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 By nature and by nurture,

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 by genetics and by unconscious imitation,

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 children come to resemble their parents.

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 You know,

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 we see that in our earthly children.

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 I see it in my children.

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 Sometimes I wish I didn't.

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 But there's nothing to be regretted

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 in the family likeness

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 that passes from God the father

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 to the children who are born of him.

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 For that family likeness

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 is his righteousness.

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 If we know he is righteous,

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 you may be sure that

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 everyone who practices righteousness

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 has been born of him.

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 Once we're born again

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 as God's children,

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 it is inevitable

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 that we will come

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 to resemble our father.

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 If he's righteous,

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 then we shall learn

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 to do what's right.

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 You see that same idea

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 in chapter 3 verse 9.

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 Chapter 3 verse 9.

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 No one born of God

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 makes a practice of sinning

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 for God's seed abides in him

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 and he cannot keep on sinning

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 because he has been born of God.

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 Now on an initial reading,

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 I find that unsettling.

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 If I take just chapter 3 verse 9

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 out of context,

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 it doesn't comfort me,

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 it alarms me,

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 it terrifies me.

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 For I still do sin.

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 So does that mean

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 I'm not a child of God?

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 Does even a single sin

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 post-conversion

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 disqualify me

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 as one of God's children?

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 If that's the case,

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 then I would live

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 in a state of constant anxiety

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 and insecurity

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 and despair.

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 But in the context

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 of John's epistle here,

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 that can't be what it means

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 because back in chapter 1

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 verses 8 and 10,

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 and you can look at those

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 with me if you like,

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 chapter 1 verse 8 and 10,

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 John writes,

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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's 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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 If we say we have not sinned,

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 we make him a liar

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 and his word is not in us.

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 So those verses in chapter 1

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 say both that all of us

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 have both a principle of sin

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 dwelling in us still,

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 as well as specific sins.

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 sins of which we're guilty.

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 So none of us are sinless

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 and perfect yet.

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 So if here in chapter 3

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 John isn't claiming

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 that the Christian

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 is already sinless,

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 then what is he saying?

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 He's talking about

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 what is the defining reality

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 of your life,

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 the defining quality

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 of your life,

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 your central

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 and controlling disposition.

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 And if you're a child of God,

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 and you are,

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 if you believe in Jesus,

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 if you're a child of God,

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 then sin will not define you.

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 Those God makes his children

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 in name,

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 he must also make his children

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 in nature.

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 He cannot

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 and will not

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 leave you as you are.

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 He takes us

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 from the house of sin

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 and we are born again

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 into the house

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 of his righteousness

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 with the stamp

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 of our Father's nature

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 upon us.

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 This then

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 is the first reality

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 that

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 utterly transforms

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 us.

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 us.

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 The reality

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 of who we are.

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 We are children

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 of a righteous Father.

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 The second

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 reality

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 that transforms

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 all who trust

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 in Jesus

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 is the reality

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 of what you will be.

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 The reality

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 of what you will be.

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 Look at chapter 3

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 verses 2 and 3.

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 Beloved,

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 we are God's children

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 now

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 and what we will be

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 has not yet

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 appeared.

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 But we know

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 that when he appears

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 we will be like him

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 because we shall see him

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 as he is.

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 And everyone

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 who thus hopes

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 in him

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 purifies himself

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 as he is pure.

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 In verse 2

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 you'll see

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 there's a shift.

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 There's a shift

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 from talking about

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 what we already are

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 now we are

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 God's children

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 what we already are

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 to talking about

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 what we will

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 one day

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 be.

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 What we will be

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 has not yet

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 appeared

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 it says.

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 That is

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 what we will be

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 has not yet

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 been made manifest.

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 It's not yet

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 been revealed.

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 It's not yet

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 been made known.

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 Now certainly

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 it's not yet

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 been made known

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 to the world.

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 Now as you

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 walk down the street

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 or go to

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 Stockland,

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 Glendale

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 or

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 Westfield,

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 Qatar

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 or whatever it is

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 you shop

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 and walk through

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 the shopping centre

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 through Woolies,

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 you know

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 people aren't

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 they don't

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 stop and marvel

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 at you

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 as you walk

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 by and go

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 wow

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 this person

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 is an everlasting

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 splendour

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 to borrow a phrase

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 from C.S. Lewis.

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 I mean people

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 it's not yet revealed

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 what you will be

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 right

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 to the world

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 but

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 it's not even yet

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 fully revealed

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 to us.

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 It's not even

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 yet fully made

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 known to us

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 what we will be.

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 Do you know

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 you who are

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 mortal

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 what it will be

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 like when you're

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 clothed in

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 immortality?

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 Do you know

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 you with your

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 perishable body

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 what it will be

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 like when you

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 are raised

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 imperishable?

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 Do you

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 sown in

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 dishonour?

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 No

00:18:57.939 --> 00:18:58.699
 what it will

00:18:58.699 --> 00:18:59.419
 be when you

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 are raised

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.720
 in glory?

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 There's a song

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.199
 by Mercy Me

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:06.599
 I Can Only

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.000
 Imagine.

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:07.460
 Do you know

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.899
 the song?

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.099
 It starts

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.679
 like this

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:13.259
 I can only

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.839
 imagine

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 what it will

00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:15.939
 be like

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 and so it

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 is.

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.199
 Now we can

00:19:20.199 --> 00:19:20.919
 imagine it

00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.419
 but we don't

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.379
 fully see it

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:22.720
 yet.

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 but one

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.779
 thing we do

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.220
 know

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:27.519
 we know

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.100
 that when

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.640
 Christ

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.380
 appears

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:31.339
 we shall

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.900
 be like

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.220
 him

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:34.660
 because we

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.160
 shall see

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.700
 him as he

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.079
 is.

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 Is he

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.680
 full of

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.200
 compassion?

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 Then so

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.980
 too will we

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.279
 be.

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 Is he

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.740
 gentle?

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.720
 Then all

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.579
 harshness will

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.160
 flee from

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.500
 us.

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 Is he

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.579
 kind?

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:52.240
 Then we

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.079
 will outshine

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.859
 Mother Teresa.

00:19:55.179 --> 00:19:56.099
 When we

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.939
 see Jesus

00:19:56.939 --> 00:19:57.659
 as he

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.679
 truly is

00:19:58.679 --> 00:20:00.679
 that vision

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.379
 of his

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.019
 infinite

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.059
 glory and

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.759
 goodness

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.699
 will change

00:20:05.699 --> 00:20:06.139
 us in an

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 instant.

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.879
 Because we

00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.679
 humans we're

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.139
 worshipping

00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:12.579
 creatures.

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.899
 We can't

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.819
 help but find

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.319
 things to

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.659
 worship.

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.419
 We're driven

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.319
 by delight.

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.779
 We lock

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.119
 on to

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.619
 things we

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.279
 perceive as

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.919
 good and

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.419
 we pursue

00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:24.779
 them.

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.859
 In the

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:29.799
 garden Satan

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:32.679
 deceived Eve

00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:33.859
 to sin

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:36.339
 or rather

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:36.779
 Satan

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:38.379
 enticed

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:39.500
 Eve to

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.339
 sin by

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.279
 deceiving

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.679
 her.

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:44.460
 By deceiving

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.000
 her such

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.299
 that she

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.699
 came to

00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:46.000
 see the

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.379
 world in

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:46.740
 a different

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.259
 place.

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.619
 she came

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.759
 to desire

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.900
 the fruit

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.519
 that God

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.079
 had forbidden

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.640
 to perceive

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.480
 as good

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.440
 what in

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.180
 reality was

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.660
 evil.

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.220
 That's the

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.619
 same with

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.079
 us.

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.000
 When we

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.579
 sin it's

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.180
 because we've

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.079
 been seduced

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.879
 by some

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:05.019
 counterfeit

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.740
 vision of

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.079
 what is

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.440
 good.

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:08.839
 So you

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.460
 tell a

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.740
 lie.

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.160
 Why do

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.420
 you tell

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.720
 a lie?

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.240
 Because you

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.299
 desire to

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.940
 preserve your

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.420
 reputation.

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:13.799
 You want to

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.720
 avoid embarrassment.

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:15.720
 So you

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.200
 lie about

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.599
 something.

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.779
 In that

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.559
 moment you

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.440
 can't see

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.039
 that a

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.720
 good name

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.400
 is not

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.759
 a good

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.579
 name if

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.799
 it's

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.240
 false.

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.319
 And your

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.039
 disordered

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.799
 desire leads

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.039
 you to

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.259
 sin.

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.680
 Or you're

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.079
 greedy.

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.420
 You know

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.700
 at a

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.319
 shared meal

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.059
 you take

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.539
 too much

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.059
 for yourself

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:35.259
 disregarding

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.680
 those who

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.299
 are to

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.680
 follow.

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.799
 In that

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.259
 moment you

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.819
 can't see

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.519
 that serving

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.359
 others is

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.859
 better than

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.220
 serving

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.720
 yourself.

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.619
 That a

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.220
 full heart

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.619
 is better

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.920
 than a

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.519
 full belly.

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.819
 Your

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.259
 disordered

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.920
 desire leads

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.180
 you to

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.440
 sin.

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.420
 But when

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.060
 we see

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.820
 Jesus as

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.380
 he is,

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.480
 when we

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.120
 behold

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:57.640
 Christ in

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.240
 all his

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.820
 perfection,

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.580
 when our

00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.440
 senses are

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.519
 filled with

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.220
 his supreme

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.800
 goodness,

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.519
 all those

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.800
 little

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:06.680
 deceptions to

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.100
 which we're

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.700
 prone in

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.220
 the present,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.920
 they'll all

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.740
 be exposed.

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.980
 His light

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.660
 will drive

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.420
 out every

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.860
 shadow.

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:16.459
 when we

00:22:16.459 --> 00:22:16.939
 drink from

00:22:16.939 --> 00:22:17.539
 the fountain,

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.319
 we'll

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.359
 never return

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.719
 to the

00:22:19.719 --> 00:22:20.179
 stagnant

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.519
 pools.

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.740
 When we

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.339
 behold his

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.719
 beauty,

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.219
 we'll never

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:24.439
 again desire

00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:24.859
 what is

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.319
 hideous.

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.039
 When we

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.759
 delight in

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.419
 the sun,

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.159
 we will

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.679
 never again

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:30.319
 find pleasure

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.599
 in an

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.839
 idol.

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.699
 There'll

00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:34.000
 come a

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.319
 time when

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.659
 you will

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.439
 never have

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:37.019
 to hold

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.779
 your tongue

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:39.819
 because

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.639
 there'll

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.079
 never be

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.379
 anything

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.960
 that provokes

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.200
 you to

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.099
 anger or

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.460
 to speak

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.980
 harshly.

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.859
 There'll

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.180
 come a

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.639
 time when

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:46.879
 you'll

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.500
 never again

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.879
 have to

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.619
 look away

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:50.000
 because

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.279
 there'll

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.740
 never be

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.220
 anything to

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.599
 tempt you

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.299
 to impurity.

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.359
 Everything

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.299
 you see

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.740
 will be

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.240
 infused

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.960
 with Christ.

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.379
 And even

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:01.039
 just knowing

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.579
 that we

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.720
 shall be

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.420
 like him,

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.619
 that has

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.160
 an effect

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.579
 on us

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.000
 now.

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:09.099
 That future

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.099
 reaches back

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.500
 into the

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.059
 present and

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.920
 awakens better

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.720
 desires within

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.099
 us.

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.899
 See verse

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.480
 three again?

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.599
 And everyone

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:17.079
 who thus

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.220
 hopes in

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.700
 him

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.720
 purifies

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.559
 himself as

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.920
 he is

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.200
 pure.

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.299
 We don't

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.819
 yet have

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.420
 that full

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.420
 unhindered

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.599
 sight of

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.500
 Christ and

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.980
 what we

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.539
 will be.

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.119
 How will

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.539
 we like

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.759
 him?

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.279
 But we

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.680
 do have

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.279
 his promise.

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.859
 We do

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.339
 have this

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.819
 hope.

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.720
 We

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.180
 might not

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.660
 see his

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.259
 form but

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.680
 we hear

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.399
 his voice.

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.139
 We might

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.399
 not have

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:42.799
 the vision

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.440
 before our

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.980
 eyes but

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.579
 we at

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.200
 least have

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.680
 one for

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.559
 our minds,

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:49.079
 our imagination

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.740
 and we're

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.539
 drawn towards

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.639
 it.

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.160
 We're drawn

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.519
 onwards.

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.420
 We long

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.119
 to be now

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.500
 what we

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.980
 will be

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.379
 then.

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.759
 And so

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.359
 even now

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.299
 that future

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.220
 reaches back

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.920
 and transforms

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.440
 the present.

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.099
 Everyone who

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.599
 hopes thus

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:03.279
 purifies himself

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.960
 as he is

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.240
 pure.

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.720
 the more

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:04.920
 we

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.620
 contemplate

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.079
 Christ

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:07.039
 and the

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.559
 reality of

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.859
 what we

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.440
 will be

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.019
 the more

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.620
 we become

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.200
 like him

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.180
 even now.

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.920
 This then

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.220
 is the

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.859
 second reality

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.640
 that transforms

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.019
 us.

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.819
 The reality

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.480
 of what

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.059
 we will

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.380
 be.

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.140
 We shall

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.720
 be like

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.779
 him or

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.079
 we shall

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.500
 see him

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.779
 as he

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.059
 is.

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.599
 The third

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.319
 reality that

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.160
 transforms us

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.519
 is the

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.200
 reality of

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.220
 what Christ

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.059
 has done.

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.039
 What Christ

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.319
 has done.

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.539
 Look at

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.940
 three verses

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.839
 four to six.

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.779
 everyone who

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.160
 makes a

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.779
 practice of

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.380
 sinning

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:39.539
 also

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.240
 practices

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.059
 lawlessness.

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.559
 Sin is

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.200
 lawlessness.

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.500
 You know

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.079
 that he

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.099
 appeared to

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.779
 take away

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:51.000
 sins and

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.339
 in him

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.740
 there is

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.259
 no sin.

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.059
 No one

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.620
 who abides

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:54.980
 in him

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.660
 keeps on

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.079
 sinning.

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.839
 No one

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.240
 who keeps

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.720
 on sinning

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.079
 has either

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.720
 seen him

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.720
 or known

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.519
 him.

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.779
 Verse

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.180
 four gives

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.440
 us a

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.799
 definition

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.220
 of sin

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.680
 as John

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.099
 is using

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.519
 the word

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.059
 in this

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.519
 passage.

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.559
 Sin is

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.319
 lawlessness

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.359
 John says.

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.960
 Now John

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.079
 is not just

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.559
 talking about

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.200
 particular

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.019
 sins,

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.559
 individual

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.279
 sins,

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.420
 he's talking

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.899
 about the

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.559
 root of

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.920
 sin.

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.379
 Sin is

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.420
 lawlessness.

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.059
 It's living

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.420
 as an

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.920
 outlaw.

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.220
 It's

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.279
 disregarding the

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.740
 rule of

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.399
 God's kingdom.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:28.920
 It's

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.759
 disregarding the

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.500
 commands of

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.139
 our Lord.

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.180
 heart.

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.100
 It's the

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.540
 heart that

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:32.960
 says I'll

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.259
 do it

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.820
 my way.

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.340
 I don't

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:34.920
 care what

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.420
 God says.

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.860
 I don't

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.240
 care what

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.820
 anyone says.

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.400
 I'll pay no

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.980
 attention to

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.160
 him.

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.660
 Sin is

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.200
 lawlessness.

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:41.480
 It's

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.900
 living as

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.280
 a rebel.

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:44.500
 Verse

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.160
 five tells

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.580
 us that

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:46.080
 Christ

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.940
 appeared in

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.360
 order to

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.100
 take away

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.060
 our sins.

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.120
 Christ's

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.480
 coming,

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.220
 Christ's

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.020
 perfect life,

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.640
 in him there

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.080
 was no

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.380
 sin,

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.740
 Christ's

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.500
 atoning death,

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.020
 Christ's

00:25:58.020 --> 00:25:58.660
 resurrection to

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.180
 new life,

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.799
 all of

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.320
 that is

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.660
 with the

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.259
 goal and

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.980
 the outcome

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.560
 that he

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.100
 might take

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.560
 away our

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:03.940
 sins.

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.039
 Now that

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.779
 Christ takes

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.320
 away our

00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:10.039
 sins means

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.980
 in the first

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.539
 instance that

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.060
 it means that

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:13.259
 he takes

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.720
 away the

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.440
 penalty of

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.100
 our sins.

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.019
 We are

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.860
 truly and

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.340
 completely

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.840
 forgiven.

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.080
 But it

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.880
 also means

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.259
 that he

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.920
 takes away

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.720
 our sins

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.740
 themselves.

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:28.240
 so long

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.620
 as any

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.460
 sin remains

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.079
 in us,

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:32.059
 as it

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.400
 does in

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.519
 the

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.680
 present,

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.220
 but so

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.500
 long as

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.240
 any sin

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.799
 remains in

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:34.960
 us,

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.440
 there is

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.059
 an aspect

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.620
 of the

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.220
 achievement

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.660
 of the

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.500
 cross that

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.059
 has not

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.640
 yet been

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.000
 fully

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.660
 realised.

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.299
 Verse

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.539
 six,

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.000
 no one

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.620
 who abides

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.019
 in him

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.660
 keeps on

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.039
 sinning.

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.480
 It's

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.200
 impossible

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.359
 to live

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.799
 in,

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.559
 to abide

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:49.920
 in,

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.620
 the one

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.279
 who appeared

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.720
 to take

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.599
 away sins

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:54.259
 and not

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.759
 have your

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.399
 sins taken

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:55.819
 away.

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.159
 If he

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.559
 came to

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.939
 take away

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.480
 sins and

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.899
 were in

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.079
 him,

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.359
 then he

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.759
 will take

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.259
 away our

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.719
 sins.

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:03.939
 Verse

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.439
 eight says,

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.219
 the reason

00:27:05.219 --> 00:27:05.919
 the son of

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.719
 God appeared

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.179
 was to

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.899
 destroy the

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.359
 works of

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.779
 the devil.

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.259
 It's

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.939
 impossible to

00:27:10.939 --> 00:27:11.959
 be united

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:12.599
 with the

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.299
 one who

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.079
 destroys the

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.519
 works of

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.000
 the devil

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.559
 and not

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.959
 have the

00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.359
 devil's

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.619
 works

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.319
 destroyed in

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.579
 our

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.159
 lives.

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:22.080
 What

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.720
 Christ has

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.200
 already

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.740
 done when

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.300
 he first

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.800
 appeared

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:26.120
 must have

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.519
 its full

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.160
 outworking.

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.740
 It must

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.180
 have its

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.820
 full effect.

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.340
 The

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.800
 achievement

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.200
 of the

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.540
 cross

00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:33.300
 cannot be

00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:33.900
 reversed.

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.580
 What

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.220
 Christ has

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.540
 done

00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:36.320
 cannot be

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.920
 undone.

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.680
 Like a

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.400
 domino chain,

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.720
 if the

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.320
 first domino

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.920
 has fallen,

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.600
 then the

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.460
 rest must

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.920
 follow.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.820
 If Christ

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:44.700
 has taken

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.259
 away your

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.580
 sin,

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.200
 then he

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.040
 will take

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.560
 away your

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:47.880
 sin.

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.759
 Anything

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.240
 else is

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.860
 unthinkable.

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.160
 Jesus

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.880
 didn't suffer

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.340
 so that

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.840
 sin might

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.500
 be ignored.

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.440
 He suffered

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.940
 so that

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.400
 sin might

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.200
 be destroyed.

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.380
 He didn't

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.759
 die and

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.279
 rise again

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.680
 so that

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.140
 sin might

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.940
 be tolerated.

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.620
 He died

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.140
 and rose

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.400
 so that

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.920
 sin might

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.800
 be uprooted.

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.080
 And if

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.480
 that's what

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.180
 Christ has

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.560
 done,

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.340
 then the

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:12.040
 power of

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:13.040
 sin must

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.880
 be shattered

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:15.019
 in the

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.400
 life of

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.860
 the believer.

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:15.959
 power.

00:28:18.219 --> 00:28:18.819
 Here

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.139
 then are

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.979
 three realities

00:28:19.979 --> 00:28:20.619
 that utterly

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.779
 transform all

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.339
 who believe

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.000
 in Jesus.

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.659
 The reality

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.559
 of who

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.740
 we are.

00:28:26.979 --> 00:28:27.219
 We are

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:27.740
 children of

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.059
 God.

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.359
 The reality

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.019
 of what

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.039
 you will

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.279
 be,

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.719
 we will

00:28:31.719 --> 00:28:31.939
 be,

00:28:31.979 --> 00:28:32.399
 we will

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.959
 be like

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.240
 him.

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.740
 And the

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.279
 reality of

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.859
 what Christ

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.439
 has done.

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.479
 He appeared

00:28:37.479 --> 00:28:37.959
 to take

00:28:37.959 --> 00:28:38.579
 away sin,

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:40.039
 to destroy

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.579
 the devil's

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.879
 work.

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:43.060
 And the

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.640
 reason John

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.400
 reminds his

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.880
 readers of

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.360
 these three

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.000
 realities is

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.380
 given in

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.920
 the surrounding

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.420
 frame.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.900
 So 2

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.480
 verse 28,

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.320
 3 verses 7

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.680
 to 10.

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.240
 We're going

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.540
 to look at

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.480
 that briefly.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.820
 Look at

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.200
 chapter 2

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.720
 verse 28.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.880
 And now

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.580
 little children,

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.880
 abide in

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.340
 him,

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.940
 remain in

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.260
 him,

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.140
 continue in

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.320
 him,

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.840
 and now

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.460
 little children,

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.520
 abide in

00:29:07.520 --> 00:29:08.600
 him so that

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.080
 when he

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.780
 appears,

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.899
 we may

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.180
 have

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.000
 confidence

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.379
 and not

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.079
 shrink back

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.519
 from him

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.259
 in shame

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.200
 at his

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.599
 coming.

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.859
 You could

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.399
 summarise

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.980
 verse 28

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.399
 in this

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.759
 way.

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.160
 Be

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.039
 Christ

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.899
 now

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:27.259
 that you

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.960
 might be

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.619
 Christ

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.180
 then.

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.619
 Be

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.119
 Christ

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.559
 now

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.039
 that you

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.559
 might be

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.019
 Christ

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.019
 then.

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.579
 See,

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:35.899
 this is

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.500
 nothing less

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.899
 than the

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.879
 chief goal

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.279
 of the

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.619
 Christian.

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.000
 If

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.359
 Christ

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.659
 is the

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:39.959
 highest

00:29:39.959 --> 00:29:40.379
 treasure,

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.079
 and he

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.500
 is,

00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:42.379
 then the

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.859
 goal of

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.019
 the

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.779
 non-Christian

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.359
 is to

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.719
 find

00:29:44.719 --> 00:29:45.199
 Christ,

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.719
 and the

00:29:45.719 --> 00:29:46.099
 goal of

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.240
 the

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.659
 Christian

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.139
 is to

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.419
 keep

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.019
 Christ.

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.819
 If you

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.079
 have

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.500
 Christ,

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.819
 then you

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.219
 have all

00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:52.759
 that belongs

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.299
 to Christ,

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.819
 and since

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.759
 all belongs

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.279
 to Christ,

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.659
 if you

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.199
 have Christ,

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.559
 you have

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.899
 all.

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.279
 Whatever

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.959
 else happens

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.599
 in life is

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.379
 trivial compared

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.879
 to this,

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.599
 that you

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.559
 are found

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.559
 in Christ

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.039
 when he

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.599
 comes.

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.480
 And the

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.759
 way to

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.359
 be found

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.139
 in Christ

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.579
 when he

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.399
 comes is

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.959
 to remain

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.899
 in Christ

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.480
 while you

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.859
 wait.

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.219
 For a

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:17.759
 short time,

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:20.539
 for a

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.959
 short time

00:30:20.959 --> 00:30:21.439
 many years

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:21.839
 ago, I

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.379
 was attending

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:24.659
 a congregation

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.740
 of the

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.379
 Chinese Christian

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.839
 Church in

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.399
 Milsons Point

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.319
 in Sydney.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.859
 It was kind

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.259
 of between

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.679
 pastors,

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:31.879
 and they're

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.199
 sort of working

00:30:32.199 --> 00:30:32.539
 out what to

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.899
 do as an

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.740
 English-speaking

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.119
 congregation,

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.379
 and at

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.719
 the time

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.319
 they had

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.279
 David Cook

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.959
 coming and

00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:38.439
 sort of looking

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.399
 after the

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.519
 congregation and

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.799
 preaching,

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.259
 and David

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.419
 Cook was the

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.099
 principal of

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.579
 Sydney Missionary

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.119
 Bible College

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.559
 at the time.

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.279
 So I was

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.719
 going along,

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.399
 David Cook

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:46.819
 was there,

00:30:47.239 --> 00:30:47.919
 and I

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.299
 remember a

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.679
 conversation

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:48.979
 that took

00:30:48.979 --> 00:30:49.479
 place after

00:30:49.479 --> 00:30:49.819
 the church

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.159
 service,

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.059
 and David

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.419
 Cook was

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.779
 chatting with

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:51.979
 a few

00:30:51.979 --> 00:30:52.319
 people,

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.299
 and he

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.619
 was talking

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.959
 about how

00:30:53.959 --> 00:30:54.319
 he'd been

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.819
 trying to

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.219
 come up

00:30:55.219 --> 00:30:55.539
 with a

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.359
 catchphrase,

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.559
 like a

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:59.119
 summary for

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.439
 the New

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.739
 Testament,

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.059
 or really

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.339
 for the

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.639
 Bible.

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.420
 I think

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.620
 for the

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:04.980
 New Testament

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.220
 I think

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.440
 it was,

00:31:05.540 --> 00:31:06.300
 a catchphrase

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:06.480
 for the

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.780
 New Testament,

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.280
 so like a

00:31:07.280 --> 00:31:07.700
 slogan,

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.880
 just a few

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.200
 words,

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.880
 a meme or

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.200
 something if

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.580
 you like we

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:10.900
 might say

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.720
 that captures

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.460
 the message

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.900
 of the

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.440
 New Testament

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.860
 in as few

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.320
 words as

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:15.700
 possible.

00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.660
 And so we

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:18.840
 said,

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.020
 look,

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.900
 what have you

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.300
 come up

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:20.560
 with?

00:31:22.020 --> 00:31:22.660
 And he

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.000
 said this

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.280
 was his

00:31:23.280 --> 00:31:23.600
 proposal,

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.120
 this is like

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.740
 the New

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.200
 Testament's

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.759
 version of

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.580
 just do it

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.020
 for Nike

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:27.380
 or something

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.660
 like that,

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.800
 right?

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.380
 What is it

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.580
 for the

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.960
 New Testament?

00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:29.240
 This is

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.800
 David Cook's

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:29.940
 thought.

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.860
 Come,

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:35.740
 stay.

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.100
 That's the

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.440
 message of

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.640
 the New

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.000
 Testament.

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.920
 Come,

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.640
 stay.

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.120
 Abide in

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:50.000
 him.

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.980
 Continue

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.200
 in

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.000
 him.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.680
 If you

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:56.980
 want to

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.259
 get to

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.540
 Italy,

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.920
 you must

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.240
 get on

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.660
 an airplane

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.700
 and you

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.500
 must remain

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.300
 in the

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:02.820
 airplane

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:04.420
 until it

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.220
 lands in

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.600
 Rome.

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.920
 There's no

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.680
 point exiting

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.200
 the plane

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.820
 mid-flight.

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.220
 That will

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.779
 do you no

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.140
 good.

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.240
 Likewise,

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.779
 Christian,

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.340
 to arrive

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:13.640
 at your

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.320
 destination,

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.860
 abide in

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.120
 him.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.480
 Remain in

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.720
 him.

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.580
 The reason

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.160
 this message

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.880
 was so

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.620
 urgent for

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.180
 the believers

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.720
 to whom

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.540
 John wrote

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:27.139
 is that

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.500
 there were

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:29.059
 many who

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.740
 had not

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.619
 continued in

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:30.920
 him.

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.599
 Many who

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.599
 had not

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.139
 remained.

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.659
 Look at

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.319
 chapter 2

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.359
 verse 19.

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.899
 Chapter 2

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.460
 verse 19

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.460
 where John

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.139
 talks about

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.779
 some of

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.139
 these.

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.819
 2 verse 19,

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.819
 they went

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.480
 out from

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.879
 us,

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:47.159
 but they

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:47.619
 were not

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.359
 of us.

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:49.639
 For if they

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.200
 had been

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.599
 of us,

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.119
 they would

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.980
 have continued

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.720
 with us,

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.339
 but they

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.079
 went out,

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.039
 that it

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.619
 might become

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.799
 plain that

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.119
 they all

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.799
 are not

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.659
 of us.

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.319
 See,

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:02.599
 there were

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.039
 those who

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.399
 hadn't

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.939
 continued,

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.960
 who hadn't

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.379
 remained,

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.899
 and what's

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.059
 more,

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.720
 those who

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.500
 had departed

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.839
 in John's

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.000
 time,

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.480
 those who

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.980
 had departed

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.919
 were influencing

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.519
 those who

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.039
 remained.

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.800
 Those who

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:16.580
 remained

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:18.279
 were having

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.700
 doubts.

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.960
 Maybe they're

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.340
 right.

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.779
 Maybe I

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.320
 should leave

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.740
 too.

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.440
 The same

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.759
 is true

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.160
 today.

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.500
 I've been

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.840
 a Christian

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.320
 for almost

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:30.200
 35 years.

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:35.039
 But in

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.519
 the last

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.539
 few years,

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.440
 more than

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.300
 any time I

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.920
 can remember,

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.120
 there has

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.580
 been a

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.340
 chorus of

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.779
 those who

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:41.960
 have

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.559
 departed

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.579
 attempting

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.319
 to influence

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.819
 those who

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.180
 remain.

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.460
 Last year,

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.660
 I was

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.000
 listening to

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.619
 a podcast.

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.180
 I won't

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.519
 tell you the

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.139
 exact name

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.259
 of the

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.399
 podcast,

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.879
 but let's

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.200
 call the

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.639
 podcast

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.200
 Leaving

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.819
 Church.

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.279
 That's

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.619
 close to

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:57.980
 its name,

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.359
 Leaving

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.819
 Church.

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.440
 And it

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.379
 consists of

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.220
 interviews with

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.539
 people who

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.160
 have walked

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.680
 away from

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.399
 church and

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.960
 walked away

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.539
 from Jesus.

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.300
 And many

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.539
 of the

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.039
 stories are

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.519
 tragic.

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.500
 In some

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.960
 cases,

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.280
 it's

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.719
 actually the

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.280
 sin and

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.000
 failings of

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.699
 Christians in

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.159
 the church

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.719
 that is

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.880
 largely to

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.019
 blame for

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.460
 people being

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.239
 disillusioned and

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.519
 leaving.

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.219
 It's easy to

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:23.059
 sympathise with

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.539
 those who've

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.519
 departed, to

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.179
 see things from

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.739
 their point of

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.000
 view.

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.880
 And they

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.639
 want others to

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.420
 depart too.

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.400
 Each of the

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.340
 episodes of that

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.500
 podcast, the

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.500
 host signs off

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.400
 in this way,

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.300
 keep leaving.

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.400
 But God's

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.780
 word for

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.440
 first century

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.219
 believers and

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.900
 God's word for

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.719
 21st century

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.840
 believers is

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:51.159
 abide in

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.559
 him.

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.619
 Continue

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.639
 in

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.260
 him.

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.179
 And

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:59.639
 God said to

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.280
 them and he

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.639
 said to us,

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.239
 he says to

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.820
 us, verse

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.280
 seven, chapter

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.699
 three, verse

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.420
 seven, little

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.500
 children, let

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.400
 no one deceive

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.720
 you.

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.200
 Let no one

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:08.860
 deceive you.

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.840
 And so God

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.260
 here in this

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:12.059
 passage invites

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.019
 us to compare

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.220
 and to consider

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.760
 these two

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:16.440
 groups, those

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.720
 who had

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.740
 departed and

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.220
 those who

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.659
 remained.

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.599
 And consider

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.760
 where do you

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.840
 see the power

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.599
 that produces

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.820
 godliness at

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.200
 work?

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.320
 Chapter

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.820
 three, verse

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.300
 seven, little

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.900
 children, let

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.700
 no one deceive

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.000
 you.

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.659
 Whoever

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.320
 practices

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.240
 righteousness is

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.300
 righteous as

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.680
 he is

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.180
 righteous.

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.900
 Whoever

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.400
 makes a

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.980
 practice of

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.519
 sinning is

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.800
 of the

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.099
 devil.

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.159
 Three, verse

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.860
 ten, by

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.539
 this it is

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.460
 evident who

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.840
 are the

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.300
 children of

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.559
 God and

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.059
 who are the

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.480
 children of

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.900
 the devil.

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.019
 Whoever

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.519
 does not

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.900
 practice

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.340
 righteousness

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.800
 is not

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.260
 of God,

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.680
 nor is

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:47.980
 the one

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.240
 who does

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.659
 not love

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:48.800
 his

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.119
 brother.

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.700
 If you're

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.260
 tempted to

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.920
 follow those

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.400
 who abandon

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:54.480
 Jesus, well

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.220
 just consider

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:57.400
 where do you

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.880
 see the

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.400
 power that

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.800
 produces

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.539
 godliness at

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.840
 work?

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.320
 Is it in

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.780
 those who've

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.159
 departed?

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:04.219
 Or is

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.440
 it in

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.819
 those who

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.219
 remain?

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.399
 Is it in

00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:07.739
 those who

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.219
 turn their

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.659
 back on

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.059
 Christ?

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.719
 Or is

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.279
 it among

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.819
 those who

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.719
 cling to

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.539
 Jesus still?

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.940
 You'll find

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.639
 perfection in

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.319
 neither place,

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.000
 that there are

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.619
 no perfect

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.639
 people this

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.019
 side of

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.239
 Jesus'

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.359
 return, but

00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:22.879
 you will

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:24.359
 discern a

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:25.319
 different power,

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.940
 I believe,

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.600
 at work in

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:26.900
 each?

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.120
 Where do

00:36:30.120 --> 00:36:30.519
 you see

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:32.660
 malice and

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:34.580
 spite and

00:36:34.580 --> 00:36:35.240
 vitriol?

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:38.019
 And where

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.539
 do you see

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.260
 those who,

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:39.960
 where do you

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.500
 find those who

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.360
 prize patience

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.940
 and gentleness?

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:44.360
 Where do you

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.940
 see reckless

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.539
 living and

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.380
 coarse language?

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:48.420
 And where

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.420
 soberness and

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.260
 wholesome speech?

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.220
 Think,

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.420
 where is the

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.980
 power that

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.420
 produces

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.180
 godliness at

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.500
 work?

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.880
 You know, I

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.500
 look around the

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.019
 community of

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.360
 those who

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.760
 cling to

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.960
 Christ and

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.440
 I see the

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.900
 power that

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.280
 produces

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.000
 godliness at

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.300
 work.

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.840
 I can think

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.460
 back over the

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.039
 course of my

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.280
 35 years as a

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.480
 Christian and

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.920
 one of the

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.539
 things that has

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.559
 drawn me on

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:14.360
 is in each

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.119
 church I've

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.599
 been, in each

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.200
 place I've

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:17.099
 been, to see

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.860
 those who are

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.720
 further along the

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:21.559
 path and to

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.099
 see how their

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.780
 lives have been

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.400
 transformed.

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:26.139
 I think of

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.900
 when I was in

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.340
 high school,

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.099
 Ruth Howard,

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.780
 now Ruth

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.880
 Flanagan, who

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.840
 was a high

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.440
 school teacher.

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.619
 I was lost.

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.599
 She was full of

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.460
 kindness and the

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.960
 joy of the

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.400
 spirit, a life

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.019
 transformed.

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.900
 I think when I

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.480
 was at

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.960
 Willoughby,

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.340
 Anglican Church,

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.880
 of Paul

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.599
 Bayliss, the

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:47.159
 minister, a

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:48.820
 humble man, a

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.700
 man of faith, a

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:51.119
 man who lived

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:52.079
 on his knees

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:54.179
 in prayer, and

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.559
 of Sheila

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.199
 Spencer, an

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:57.279
 evangelist who

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:58.059
 loved God's

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:59.880
 word with a

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.440
 heart for the

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:02.819
 lost, lives

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.519
 transformed.

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.759
 At

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.259
 Erinner, I

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.659
 think of

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.940
 Margaret Dodd,

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:10.480
 a retired

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.139
 woman who

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:12.799
 we were meeting

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.259
 in a high

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.900
 school and

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.480
 she'd come in

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.359
 each morning and

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.359
 clean the high

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.239
 school toilets

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:21.559
 for the sake

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.199
 of the church.

00:38:24.379 --> 00:38:24.500
 And

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.479
 Royce Warner,

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.939
 in his final

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.439
 years, who

00:38:27.439 --> 00:38:28.639
 could hardly see

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.479
 anything before

00:38:29.479 --> 00:38:30.559
 his eyes and

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.159
 yet he could

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.799
 see heaven.

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.279
 Lives

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.919
 transformed.

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.719
 At

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.339
 Narenburn, I

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:39.899
 think of Reg

00:38:39.899 --> 00:38:40.759
 Becker, faithful

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.739
 until the end,

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.619
 now with the

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:42.919
 Lord.

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:46.899
 When I've

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.299
 preached this

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.899
 message in other

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:50.760
 churches, the

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.480
 example I gave

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.000
 at this point

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.740
 was not from

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:54.780
 churches I've

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.240
 been at in the

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:56.680
 past, but

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:57.139
 from here.

00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:58.340
 You know,

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.940
 someone here, I

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.519
 won't name them

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.360
 because I

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.000
 think that would

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:02.180
 probably embarrass

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:03.420
 them, but you

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.800
 know, you can

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:05.420
 go and look it

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.980
 up online if you

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.139
 like.

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.639
 But just think,

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:09.320
 here among us,

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.139
 right, even here

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.160
 among us, consider

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.940
 those who have

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.079
 remained in Christ

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:14.460
 50, 60

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:17.780
 years, or even

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:19.280
 more, the

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.420
 senior brothers and

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.040
 sisters among

00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:23.980
 us, who have

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.840
 something better to

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.700
 live for than the

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:27.420
 fleeting pleasures of

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:29.480
 this life, who have

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.960
 endured hardship and

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:33.720
 loss, who are sound in

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:35.080
 speech and upright in

00:39:35.080 --> 00:39:37.180
 conduct, who serve with

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:38.440
 what strength God gives

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.320
 them as long as they

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:41.860
 can, and who wait in

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:43.280
 hope for Christ's return.

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.960
 And just consider men

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:46.240
 and women, brothers and

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:48.120
 sisters, lives transformed

00:39:48.120 --> 00:39:50.940
 by the reality of who

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:53.300
 they are, the reality of

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:54.640
 what they will be, and

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:55.460
 the reality of what

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.320
 Christ has done.

00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:00.860
 And all that is just the

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.540
 first fruits.

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.080
 All that is just the

00:40:04.080 --> 00:40:06.360
 beginning of the

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:08.560
 splendour which Christ is

00:40:08.560 --> 00:40:09.420
 working in us.

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:13.860
 So if you're disheartened

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:15.059
 about your progress in

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:16.340
 godliness, if you're

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.220
 discouraged at the

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.980
 slowness of your

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:21.700
 sanctification, continue

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:23.280
 in him.

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.820
 For you will bear your

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:29.400
 father's likeness, and you

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:32.539
 will be like your Lord, and

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:34.680
 what Christ has done will

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:35.940
 have its full effect in

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.200
 you.

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:42.759
 come, stay.

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.779
 Will you pray with me?

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:56.219
 Heavenly Father, what a

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.399
 tremendous privilege, even

00:40:57.399 --> 00:40:58.619
 that, that we can call you

00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:01.119
 our father, and that we are

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:03.199
 your children, born of you.

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:08.719
 Lord, please do produce in

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:10.960
 us the likeness of your

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.460
 righteousness.

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:16.659
 We thank you for sending

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:18.759
 your son, Jesus Christ, for

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:20.299
 the testimony we have of

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.539
 him.

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:23.159
 And thank you that we don't

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:25.139
 only have testimony, but one

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:27.839
 day we will see him face to

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:28.179
 face.

00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:29.960
 We will see him as he is, and

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:31.899
 in that moment, we will be

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.820
 transformed.

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:38.019
 And so purify us, even

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:40.619
 now, make us more like our

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:40.840
 Lord.

00:41:42.680 --> 00:41:43.960
 And we thank you for what

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.500
 Christ has done through his

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.639
 death and resurrection, that

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:48.280
 he came to take away sins.

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:50.760
 Well, Father, please take away

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:52.880
 sin from our lives.

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.980
 As we are completely

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:58.160
 forgiven, so sanctify and

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.119
 transform us.

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:02.819
 Help us to cling to Jesus

00:42:02.819 --> 00:42:06.059
 throughout whatever ups and

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:07.619
 downs and hardships life may

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.579
 bring, and whatever

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:13.099
 temptations, whatever

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:15.799
 opposition, however often

00:42:15.799 --> 00:42:17.199
 those who have departed will

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:18.759
 beckon to those who to remain,

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.779
 follow us.

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:24.519
 Help us to cling to Christ, to

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:26.399
 abide in him, to remain in him,

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:28.019
 until he comes.

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.820
 We ask all of this in Jesus'

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.180
 name.

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.059
 Amen.

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.180
 Amen.

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:32.220
 Amen.

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.240
 Amen.

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.260
 Amen.

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:32.280
 Amen.

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:32.300
 Amen.

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.340
 Amen.

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:34.300
 Amen.

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.340
 Amen.

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.360
 Amen.

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.380
 Amen.

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:34.420
 Amen.

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.440
 Amen.

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:34.460
 Amen.

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.480
 Amen.

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.500
 Amen.