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 Thanks very much, Naomi. Good morning, everyone.

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 Whether you're here in the church or online, I'm delighted to welcome you.

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 As we've been reflecting, this has been a week when we have been weeping with those who weep as a church.

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 Under these circumstances, there are two great resources that we have.

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 One we've used already this morning, it is praying for one another,

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 and particularly praying for those who are mourning,

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 and I'm sure the McLaren family will be very much still in our prayers over the coming weeks.

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 And the second great resource is God's Word, the Bible.

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 And we go to it for comfort and for strength, and sometimes for challenge in times like this.

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 And so this morning, we want to look at what God has to say to us through his Word,

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 and particularly what God has to say to us about Jesus,

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 and how Jesus can be with us even in the most difficult of times.

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 Let me begin with one of my favourite Christian quotations.

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 It is by the Swiss theologian Carol Barth.

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 Carol Barth was widely recognised as one of the foremost Christian thinkers of the 20th century,

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 and you may well be familiar with the quotation.

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 Barth went on a lecture tour in the United States in the early 1960s,

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 and as often happens with these things, he invited questions at the end of his lectures.

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 And one of the students said to him,

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 Professor Barth, are you able to summarise in one sentence the whole of your life's work in theology?

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 So I'm going to challenge that.

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 Summarise in one sentence the whole of his life's work.

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 And Carol Barth said,

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 Isn't that powerful?

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 This great intellect, this man who studied in much more depth than any of us will ever be able to,

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 God's Word.

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 And yet when it came down to it, all boiled down to this,

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 Jesus loves me.

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 I was thinking also of the Apostle Paul,

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 Paul who wrote almost half the books of the New Testament,

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 whose theology particularly of what it means that Christ died for us,

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 is by God's divine inspiration the basis for much of what we as Christians believe.

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 Paul was in Philippi with his companion Silas.

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 They were put in prison, and there was a great earthquake in the night.

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 And the jailer ran in, and he was suicidal.

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 And he said, what must I do to be saved?

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 No time for Paul to explain the doctrine of justification by faith

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 or any of the other things that we read in his letters.

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 Very simply he said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and you will be saved.

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 See, there are many difficult things in our Bibles.

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 Many things we don't understand.

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 But the basis of Christian faith,

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 our trust in the Lord Jesus,

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 is very simple.

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 Jesus loves me.

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 Jesus went to the cross and died for me.

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 And if I believe in him,

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 I can be forgiven for my sins.

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 When we come to John's gospel,

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 which we've been in for quite a while now,

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 again, there's a lot of complexity.

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 You may have come across some of that in your growth groups

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 over the last few weeks.

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 A lot of things that are difficult for us to understand.

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 But very simply,

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 John is just trying to present to us Jesus

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 and to help us to come to belief in him.

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 To believe that Jesus is the Son of God,

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 that Jesus is the Messiah,

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 that Jesus can be our Savior.

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 Summed up, perhaps,

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 very well for many of us in John 3, 16,

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 God so loved the world

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 that he gave his one and only Son

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 that whoever believes in him

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 shall not perish,

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 but have eternal life.

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 And as I've been studying in John 10 this week,

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 I've been very struck

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 by the basic simplicity that there is there,

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 even though there's a lot of complexity.

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 There are some things in this passage,

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 and we won't be able to do more

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 and scratch the surface of them.

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 There are some things in this passage

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 that keep people like Carol Barth

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 occupied all their professional life.

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 But very simply,

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 there are two lessons

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 which I have taken from it this morning.

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 One is that we have to consider

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 who Jesus is.

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 There are two groups of people.

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 There are some who believe in Jesus,

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 and there are some who don't.

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 We'll see that as we go through the passage.

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 And John is saying to us,

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 Jesus is saying to us in this passage,

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 just look at the evidence.

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 Look at who I am

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 and what I've done

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 and believe.

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 And that's one thing

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 we would want all of us

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 to get to this morning,

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 to look at the evidence of Jesus,

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 to see him as he is,

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 and to believe in him.

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 The other is just one verse,

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 one verse which,

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 in the circumstances of this week,

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 it really stood out to me.

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 If you've got your Bibles,

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 verse 28,

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 where Jesus is talking about his sheep,

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 and he says,

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 I give them eternal life,

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 and they shall never perish.

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 No one will snatch them out of my hand.

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 What a wonderful truth that is,

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 that if we trust the Lord Jesus,

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 if our faith is in him,

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 if we are following him,

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 if he is our shepherd,

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 then there is nothing

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 that can separate us from him.

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 We can never be snatched away

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 in good times or bad times,

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 in health,

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 in sickness,

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 in life,

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 in death.

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 Our good shepherd is there for us,

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 giving life that can never be taken away.

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 And those who leave this world through death,

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 if they know the Lord Jesus,

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 they go to somewhere much better,

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 and they have joy

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 unconfined with their sufferings behind them.

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 And that truth must be a great comfort to us this week.

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 So, I want very simply to look through this passage.

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 We'll divide it into three sections,

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 and we'll draw some conclusions at the end

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 about our faith in the Lord Jesus.

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 Let's begin, though, with a bit of background.

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 I think it's always good

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 if we understand a passage

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 in its original context.

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 So, for the last couple of months or so,

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 we've been going through a section of John's Gospel

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 which runs from chapter 5

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 through to chapter 10,

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 and is built around the feasts,

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 the festivals of the Jews.

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 And this section is broadly made up of three things.

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 There are miracles,

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 there are what we might call monologues,

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 Jesus' teaching,

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 and there is dialogue,

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 largely Jesus debating

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 with the religious leaders.

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 And John's purpose,

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 and it has in all of his Gospel,

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 is to demonstrate to us

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 that Jesus is the Messiah,

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 the Son of God.

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 Over the last few weeks,

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 we've been at the Feast of Tabernacles,

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 which takes place around September time.

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 Today, we've moved on,

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 and we're at the Feast of Dedication.

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 So, we're about three months

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 before the death of the Lord Jesus

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 in December.

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 The Feast of Dedication

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 is probably better known

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 to most of us today

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 as Hanukkah,

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 one of the Jewish festivals

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 which is reasonably well known

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 and certainly is taught

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 in many schools in our country.

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 The Feast of Dedication

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 remembered a time of the Jews

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 which we won't find in our Bibles.

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 It happened between the Old

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 and the New Testament.

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 And in that period,

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 the nation was ruled

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 by Greek Hellenic rulers,

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 descendants or successors

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 of Alexander the Great.

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 And one of these

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 was Antiochus Epiphanes.

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 And he was a very cruel

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 and uncaring ruler.

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 One of the things he did

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 was to say

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 the Jewish religion is banned.

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 You can no longer worship

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 as you should.

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 He desecrated the temple.

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 He took away a lot

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 of the religious objects

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 and he forced the people

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 to use pigs

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 in their sacrifice

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 which would be horrific

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 for Jews.

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 Now sadly,

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 most of the priests

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 at that time

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 went along with them.

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 They were more interested

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 in saving their skin

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 than they were

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 in keeping true

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 to God's faith.

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 But there was one priest

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 called Mattathias

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 and his sons

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 who set up

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 a kind of grill operation

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 against the rulers

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 of the time.

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 And the best known

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 of these

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 is Judas Maccabeus.

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 And Judas Maccabeus

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 eventually recaptured Jerusalem.

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 And when he did,

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 he rededicated the temple

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 to God.

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 And that's what

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 is being remembered

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 in this Feast of Dedications

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 or Hanukkah.

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 Now it's relevant

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 to this passage

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 because as you go through it,

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 and we won't spend

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 a lot of time

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 looking at that,

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 but as you go through it,

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 there are reflections,

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 there are things

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 which are specific

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 to this particular feast.

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 For example,

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 in verse 36,

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 the Lord Jesus talks

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 about being set apart

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 by God.

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 The word really

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 is dedicated.

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 It's the same word

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 that was used

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 when the temple

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 was restored.

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 And the Lord Jesus

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 maybe is there

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 giving echoes

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 of in chapter 2

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 when he talks about

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 the temple

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 by which he meant

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 his body being destroyed

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 and built again

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 in three days.

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 Also,

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 during this festival,

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 one of the readings

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 was from Ezekiel chapter 34.

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 Graham referred to that

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 last week.

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 It's a chapter

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 about the leaders of Israel,

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 the shepherds of Israel,

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 and how they have failed God.

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 And so Jesus presents himself here

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 as the good shepherd,

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 as the shepherd

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 who won't fail us.

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 But perhaps most powerful of all,

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 the Feast of Dedications

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 was a time

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 when the Jews looked back

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 to one of their great heroes,

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 to Judas Maccabeus

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 who had freed them

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 from the grip

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 of the Greek army.

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 And the Jews

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 in first century Israel

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 were looking for another hero,

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 someone who would release them

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 from the Romans,

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 the one who would be

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 the Messiah promised

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And perhaps that's why

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 as Jesus is walking

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 through the temple courts,

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 the people said to him,

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 how long will you

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 keep us in suspense

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 if you are the Messiah?

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 Tell us plainly.

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 Now I don't think

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 this was just a kind of

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 positive question

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 they were asking.

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 It was very much

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 a loaded one.

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 The language that's used

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 that Jesus is walking

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 through the temple,

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 they surround him,

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 and they I think

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 are being quite hostile

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 and are looking for a reason

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 to condemn him.

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 So it's not a straightforward

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 question,

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 but it's a very relevant

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 one for them

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 and for us.

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 Is Jesus the Messiah?

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 Is Jesus the Son of God?

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 And so Jesus answers,

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 he answers again

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 slightly obliquely,

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 but in a way that makes

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 it very clear

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 that yes,

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 he is the Son of God,

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 yes,

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 he is the Messiah.

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 And so in the opening

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 verses of the passage,

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 we have the sheep

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 and the shepherd

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 brought before us.

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 Now you remember

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 we hear last week

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 that Graham talked

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 in some detail

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 about the sheep

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 and the shepherd.

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 That's very much

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 the theme

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 of the first part

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 of John 10.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 returns to it here.

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 And he says

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 two things.

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 He says,

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 my sheep

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 listen to my voice

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 and I give them

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 eternal life.

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 My sheep

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 listen to

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 my voice.

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 Those who are

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 Jesus' sheep

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 who recognise

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 his voice

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 and they respond

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 to it.

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 Let's have a little

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 diversion just for a second

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 and I want to talk

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 about empire penguins.

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 Empire penguins,

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 of course,

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 live in the Antarctic

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 and they tend to live

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 in big colonies

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 that stick together

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 by and large.

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 But each empire penguin

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 has a mate,

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 they have one mate

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 and after the female

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 lays the eggs,

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 the male stands

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 and incubates the eggs

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 for the chick

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 to hatch

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 while the female

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 goes out to sea

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 and gathers food

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 for the chick.

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 Now we're not talking

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 about going out

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 and coming back

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 the same day,

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 it could easily be

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 a couple of months

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 or more.

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 And the female penguin

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 arrives back

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 and you've got

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 this big pack of ice

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 and lots of penguins

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 who all look the same.

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 I think even to penguins

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 they all look

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 pretty similar.

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 How is she going

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 to find her mate?

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 How is she going

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 to find her chick?

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 And the amazing thing is

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 that the female empire penguin

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 is able to call out

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 in a way that is unique

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 to her

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 and the male,

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 her mate,

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 can respond to it.

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 He's been listening

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 for her voice

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 as he's hashed the chick

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 and when the female

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 comes back

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 above all the noise

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 round about

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 he hears her voice

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 and he responds to it

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 and the family

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 are reunited.

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 I think that's a great picture

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 of what Jesus

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 is telling us here.

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 There are lots of noises

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 in our world today.

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 Lots of things

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 that would distract us

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 and draw us away

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 from God.

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 But Jesus says

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 those who are my sheep

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 they hear my voice

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 they recognize it

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 they trust in me

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 and they follow me

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 because they know

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 that they can have

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 confidence in me.

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 My sheep

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 listen to my voice

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 I know them

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 and they follow me.

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 Then there's a verse

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 that I highlighted

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 at the beginning

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 the eternal life

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 that Jesus gives us.

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 I give them eternal life

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 and they shall never perish

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 no one

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 will snatch them

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 from my hand.

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 Paul put it slightly differently.

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 Nothing in all creation

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 will be able to separate us

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 from the love of God

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 that is in Christ Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 What a wonderful blessing

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 that is

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 for those who know

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 and love the Lord Jesus

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 that whatever happens

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 whatever goes on

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 in our lives

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 whether there's happiness

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 whether there's sadness

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 whether there's sickness

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 whether there are

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 all sorts of problems

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 even when it comes to death

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 we have the protection

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 of the shepherd

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 and we know

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 that we will go

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 to be with him

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 when we leave

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 this life.

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 But that's the blessing

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 of the sheep

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 there's a little bit more

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 about the shepherd

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 in this bit as well

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 and this is where it gets

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 really quite difficult

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 and I'm going to cover this

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 very briefly.

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 So the Lord Jesus says

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 in verse 29

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 my father

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 has given them to me

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 who has given them to me

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 it's greater than all

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 no one can snatch them

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 out of my father's hands.

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 Now when I'm speaking to you

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 I'm saying to you

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 you have a decision

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 to make about Jesus

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 will you trust in him

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 or not?

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 And yet here Jesus is saying

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 that actually the sheep

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 are given to him

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 by the father.

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 The father is the one

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 who chooses us

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 to belong to Jesus

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 and to follow him.

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 And this apparent contradiction

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 is one that's exercised Christians

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 I think throughout

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 the whole of Christianity.

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 On the one hand

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 we need to choose

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 and we do need to choose

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 to follow Jesus.

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 on the other hand

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 we are only going to make

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 that decision

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 among the hubbub

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 of the voices

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 and the distractions

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 around about us

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 if God works in us

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 and draws us to Jesus

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 and enables us

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 to make that right choice.

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 And the truth is not

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 somewhere in the middle

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 it's at both ends.

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 We need to choose

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 and yet at the same time

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 God chooses us.

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 And I don't understand it fully

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 I'm sure you probably

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 don't either

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 but it's a wonderful truth.

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 In the words of

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 a great modern hymn

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 loved before the dawn of time

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 chosen by my maker

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 hidden in my saviour

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 I am his

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 and he is mine

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 cherished

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 for eternity.

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 So that's the first difficult

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 but wonderful thing

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 in these verses.

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 Then as we go on

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 into verse 31

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 sorry 30 it is

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 Jesus says

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 I and the Father

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 are one.

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 And that brings us

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 to another great

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 and very difficult

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 truth.

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 How can it be

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 there is one God

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 but there are two

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 actually three

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 if we include the Holy Spirit

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 three persons.

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 What does the Lord Jesus

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 mean when he says

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 I and the Father

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 are one?

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 Well if I can be

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 a little bit technical

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 the word that's used

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 for Jesus talking about

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 being one

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 is neuter

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 in the original Greek

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 so that means

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 that it's not saying

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 me and I

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 and the Father

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 are the same person.

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 It is saying

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 we have the same purpose

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 came to fulfil

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 the Father's purpose

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 in his life

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 and we see that clearly

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 as we go through John.

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 But I think it's clear

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 from the passage

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 that it's more than that.

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 If that had been

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 all the Lord Jesus

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 had been saying

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 and the people

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 had understood

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 then they wouldn't

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 have reacted

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 so strongly

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 against him.

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 And the Lord Jesus

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 is saying I believe

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 that he and the Father

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 although distinct

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 persons

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 they are in essence

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 the same

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 they are one in nature

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 that he is

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 truly God.

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 And again

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 the mystery of the Trinity

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 is something that we will

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 never probably fully

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 understand

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 in this slide

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 but isn't it wonderful

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 that God

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 the Son of God

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 truly God himself

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 came into our world

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 and lived

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 among us.

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 We beheld his glory

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 says John

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 the glory of the one

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 and only Son

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 of the Father.

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 Now I've skated over

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 that very quickly

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 if you want to talk

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 about it later

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 please do

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 but two wonderful

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 but difficult truths.

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 Let's move on

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 through the passage

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 though

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 because our time

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 is going

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 and we'll look at

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 verses 31 to 39

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 which I've given

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 the heading

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 the words

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 and the works.

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 So the Jews

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 recognising

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 that rightly

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 that Jesus

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 has claimed to be God

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 in verse 30

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 they react strongly

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 against that

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 and they try

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 to stone him

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 and then again

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 at the end

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 they try

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 to seize him.

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 And then in the middle

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 we have

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 a slightly

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 strange conversation

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 I think

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 it probably

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 doesn't mean

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 as much

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 to us

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 in our culture

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 as it would have

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 then.

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 But very simply

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 what Jesus says

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 quoting from

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 Psalm 82

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 is that in that

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 Psalm

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 God calls

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 the people

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 who actually

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 were corrupt leaders

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 he calls them

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 gods

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 he calls them

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 sons of the most high

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 and Jesus says

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 well if he says that

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 about these people

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 who you could look at

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 and think

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 they were nothing

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 like God

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 why couldn't he

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 say it about me

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 when I'm his son

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 after all

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 that I've done.

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 But he backs

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 that up

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 with evidence

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 and his evidence

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 is the works

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 that he has

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 done.

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 The lame

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 walk

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 that was John 5

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 the hangrier

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 fed

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 that's John 6

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 the storm

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 is still

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 John 6 again

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 the blind

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 see

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 John 9

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 and Jesus says

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 look at all

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 these things

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 that I've done

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 are they not

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 evidence

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 that I am God

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 that I am

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 the son

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 of God

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 the blind man

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 we met

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 in John 9

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 said something

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 similar

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 how could he

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 do these things

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 if he wasn't

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 from God

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 and Jesus

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 says

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 what he has done

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 these signs

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 that he has given

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 they are the evidence

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 if they won't

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 listen to his words

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 and they won't

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 give him a fair

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 hearing

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 these signs

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 that he has done

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 are the evidence

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 that he truly

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 is God

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 and for us today

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 if you are wondering

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 who is Jesus

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 if you are unsure

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 about him

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 then go to the Bible

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 go to the Gospels

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 John's Gospel

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 or Luke

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 or any of the others

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 read them

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 with an open mind

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 looking for truth

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 and the Lord Jesus

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 will jump out at you

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 from the pages

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 and you will see

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 that what he said

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 here is true

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 that he is the one

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 who came from God

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 who spoke the most

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 marvellous words

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 and who did

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 the most amazing things

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 culminating

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 in his own

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 resurrection

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 then the third part

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 of the section

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 Jesus moves away

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 from Jerusalem

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 this will be

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 the last time

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 he's in Jerusalem

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 before he comes

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 on Palm Sunday

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 and moves towards

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 his crucifixion

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 and where he goes

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 to is something

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 very significant

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 he goes to where

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 it all started

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 in John's Gospel

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 he goes to the place

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.940
 where John the Baptist

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 was baptising

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 that most likely

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.059
 was in the vicinity

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.859
 of Jericho

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 in the Jordan

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 not too far

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 from Jericho

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 you remember

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 when Jesus came back

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.660
 to Jerusalem

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 he came back

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:23.539
 through Jericho

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 and the reception

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 here is

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 very different

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 the people here

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 remember

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 what John said

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 they remember

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 how John had

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.599
 pointed to Jesus

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 the one that's coming

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 is greater

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 than I am

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 I'm not even worthy

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 to untie

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 his shoes

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 he said

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 here is the one

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 who is the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world

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 he says

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 he must increase

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 and I must

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 decrease

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 and these people

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.859
 who had heard John

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 and who had believed

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.140
 what John said

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.600
 they can now

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.280
 look at Jesus

00:22:59.280 --> 00:22:59.600
 and say

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:01.060
 yes this was the one

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 who John

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.780
 talked about

00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:05.060
 we see the evidence

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 we see the signs

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.400
 John always calls

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.320
 the miracle signs

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 we see the signs

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 and we know

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 the truth

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 what a contrast

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 from those in Jerusalem

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 the ones in Jerusalem

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 mainly the Jewish

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.580
 religious leaders

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.680
 they had totally

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.600
 closed minds

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.720
 they weren't willing

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.880
 to consider fairly

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.180
 Jesus claims

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 in this place

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 in the desert

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 far away from

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.500
 the metropolis

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.000
 here are the people

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.220
 who really trust in him

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.620
 and who see

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.560
 yes there's authenticity

00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:33.259
 here

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:35.000
 and we believe

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.019
 in him

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:37.860
 but as we look

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.440
 at the signs

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.500
 let's not forget

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.759
 the signpost

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:42.759
 John's teaching

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.920
 is really important

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.600
 in this

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:46.360
 John pointed

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:47.120
 the people

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.240
 towards

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.060
 Jesus

00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:50.400
 so that when

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.160
 they met Jesus

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.140
 when they found out

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.020
 more about him

00:23:53.020 --> 00:23:53.880
 they were able

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:55.060
 to recognise him

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:56.100
 and to come

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.759
 to trust

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.880
 in him

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:59.540
 and can I say

00:23:59.540 --> 00:24:00.380
 that all of us

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.340
 if we are Christians

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.460
 if our trust

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.500
 is in the Lord Jesus

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.900
 we too

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:07.380
 are signposts

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.560
 we should be those

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.280
 who direct

00:24:09.280 --> 00:24:10.200
 people to Jesus

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.980
 not that we're

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.860
 going to save them

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.780
 not that we're even

00:24:12.780 --> 00:24:13.800
 going to convince them

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:15.000
 by ourselves

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.460
 but point them

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.940
 to Jesus

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.360
 help them to understand

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.520
 what they need

00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:21.120
 and help them

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.659
 to see

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.919
 that in Jesus

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:24.379
 these needs

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:26.219
 can be met

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:27.179
 if God

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:28.539
 will open their hearts

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:30.259
 then through our witness

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.359
 they may come

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:31.899
 to know

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:33.379
 the Lord Jesus

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:36.319
 going back to

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.939
 Carol Barth

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:37.739
 to finish

00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:38.500
 Carol Barth

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.279
 had a picture

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.779
 or painting

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.779
 of the crucifixion

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.239
 on his wall

00:24:41.239 --> 00:24:41.899
 by an artist

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.419
 called

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:44.279
 Matthias Grunwald

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.299
 and in this painting

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.059
 it's Jesus

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.759
 on the cross

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.559
 on one side

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.059
 you have

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.539
 John

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.279
 his disciple

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.519
 with Mary

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.259
 the Lord's mother

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.599
 and also Mary Magdalene

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:55.159
 and on the other side

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.599
 you have

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.619
 John the Baptist

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:58.200
 now this isn't

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.859
 intended to be

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.720
 historically accurate

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.019
 because John the Baptist

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.799
 was martyred

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.960
 quite a long time

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.980
 before Jesus

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.420
 was crucified

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.079
 but the significant

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.839
 of John the Baptist

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.579
 well there's a

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.500
 lamb standing

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.079
 at his feet

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.559
 but the really

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.319
 significant thing

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:14.019
 is that his index finger

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.519
 I think it's

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.619
 slightly exaggerated

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.879
 is pointing

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:18.399
 towards Jesus

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:20.819
 his duty

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:22.439
 John knew

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.419
 was to point

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:25.139
 people to Jesus

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.179
 and when people

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:26.739
 came to visit

00:25:26.739 --> 00:25:27.479
 Carol Barth

00:25:27.479 --> 00:25:27.979
 and they maybe

00:25:27.979 --> 00:25:28.500
 commented

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.919
 on the painting

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:31.279
 Carol Barth

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.859
 would say

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.319
 I want to be

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.379
 that finger

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.979
 I want to be

00:25:35.979 --> 00:25:36.479
 someone

00:25:36.479 --> 00:25:37.259
 who points

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.239
 people to Jesus

00:25:38.239 --> 00:25:39.679
 and helps them

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.459
 to see him

00:25:40.459 --> 00:25:41.519
 as the one

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.259
 who died

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.779
 for their sins

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.599
 and that for us

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.319
 if we're Christians

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.099
 that should be

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.059
 our ambition

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.240
 as well

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.160
 and that's been

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.140
 my job today

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.819
 to point you

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.779
 to Jesus

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:56.019
 to talk about

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.960
 what the Bible

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.039
 says about him

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.559
 about the way

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.000
 in which he

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.779
 demonstrated

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.900
 so clearly

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:03.579
 that he was God

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.099
 and that he was

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.740
 the Messiah

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.779
 who had been

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.339
 promised

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:10.480
 that in some

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.259
 ways is simple

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.879
 but each of us

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.640
 has to make

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.519
 our own

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.259
 decision

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:17.279
 we can point

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.940
 but we can't

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.879
 make people

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.879
 decide

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.940
 for Jesus

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.440
 so the question

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.480
 today for all of us

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.480
 is what is

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.440
 our attitude

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.799
 towards Jesus

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.940
 are we like

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.920
 the Jews

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.559
 in Jerusalem

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.759
 the religious leaders

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.579
 who wanted

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.359
 nothing to do

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 with him

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 just wanted

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 to be rid

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 of him

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 or are we

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 like the people

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 in the desert

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 there

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 who looked

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 at the evidence

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 who remembered

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 what had been

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 taught to them

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 and had trusted

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 in Jesus

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 we don't need

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.840
 to understand

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.420
 everything

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 to believe

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 we never will

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 understand everything

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:58.580
 but the basics

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 of our Christian

00:26:59.540 --> 00:27:00.040
 faith

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 are very simple

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 and if today

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.640
 you're grieving

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 find your comfort

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.340
 in Jesus

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:08.339
 if you're troubled

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.019
 in heart

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.319
 find your peace

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.439
 in Jesus

00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:12.439
 if you're apprehensive

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.359
 about the future

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.779
 find your hope

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.959
 in Jesus

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 if you're feeling

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.720
 the weight of your sin

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 find forgiveness

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:21.899
 in Jesus

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:24.059
 whatever your circumstances

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.439
 find in Jesus

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 true love

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 Jesus loves me

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 this I know

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 for the Bible

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 tells me so

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 let's pray together

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 our Father

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 we thank you

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 for the Lord

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.080
 Jesus

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.779
 we thank you

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 for the way

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 in which he

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 came into our world

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 as your son

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 lived among us

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 as God

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 with men

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 a perfect life

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 showed us

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 what God is like

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.259
 did such

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.380
 wonderful things

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 and taught in such

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.319
 wonderful ways

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 and then ultimately

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.980
 went to the cross

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 and died for our sins

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 but arose again

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.380
 triumphantly

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 and today

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.420
 we look to him

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.539
 and we point to him

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.360
 and we say

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:07.480
 he is the one

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.820
 whom all of us

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.420
 need

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.820
 whatever our circumstances

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:12.120
 he is the one

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 who can meet

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.500
 our needs

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.860
 and we pray

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.519
 that all of us

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.700
 will come to that

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.680
 trust in him

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.860
 to be those

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.519
 who hear

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.640
 the shepherd's voice

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 and who respond

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 and who follow

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:25.480
 and again

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 we would lovingly

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.779
 commit to you

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.420
 those who are

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.660
 particularly sad

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.080
 this morning

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:30.060
 we pray for Fraser

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.720
 and Ross

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.420
 and Jack

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:33.039
 for Lynn and Fraser's

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.380
 parents

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.660
 and other family members

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 and we ask that you

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.460
 will be very near to them

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.039
 and that they will know

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.880
 the comfort

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.940
 that can only come

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.940
 through Jesus

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.920
 and the confidence

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.519
 the hope

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.720
 we have in him

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.600
 we thank you

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.519
 for our time together

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.860
 and we commit ourselves

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.360
 to you

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.560
 in Jesus name

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.759
 Amen

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:50.819
 Amen