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 Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us gently this morning.

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 Father, some of us are missing loved ones.

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 Some of us are missing loved ones on the other side of oceans, in fact.

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 Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon our loved ones, wherever they are today.

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 Pour out your Holy Spirit.

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 Make them, help them to come close to Jesus on this, the season when we remember his birth.

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 And Father, we ask that you would pour out your Holy Spirit upon us

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 as we remember his coming into this world, born in Bethlehem,

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 on his way to Calvary to die on the cross, to make us your children by adoption and grace.

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 Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So one of the things which is a bit different,

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 if you've never been to one of our Christmas Eve or Christmas services,

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 one of the things which is a bit different here is because we don't have child care.

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 I think we have partial child care today, don't we?

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 So it's a bit where you guys get to act as if there's no child care.

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 So one of the things we do is I show some videos to intersperse with the sermon

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 because even though God bless me with nine children, I suck at kids' talks.

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 I don't know why, but I just do.

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 Actually, I can do sort of one, and then I can't do them very regularly.

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 My imagination just doesn't work that way.

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 So I show some videos to break things up.

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 And just to get the sermon sort of started,

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 we're going to watch a video called Jesus versus Santa.

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 As many of you know, this July, you folks partnered with me

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 to be able to go with SIM, a missionary organization,

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 into Angola for several weeks.

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 And one of the privileges I had while I was in Angola was to speak to a semi-nomadic tribe

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 that up until a few years earlier had been one of the unreached people groups on the planet,

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 unreached by the gospel.

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 And, you know, you folks, I'm sure, were praying like crazy.

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 I was praying like crazy all the time that I was there

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 because I had never preached with a translator before.

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 And when I was preaching to this semi-nomadic tribal group on the edge of the Kalahari Desert,

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 I had to have a double translator, one into Portuguese and one into the tribal language.

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 And, you know, one of the things that it really brought home to me

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 is that when you're trying to talk about Jesus

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 and you're trying to share the good news about Jesus,

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 it's hard to break into the cultural categories.

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 You only have the words that they have.

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 And how do you sort of take the words that they have

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 and their categories of thought

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 and try to communicate something which is just different?

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 And we don't tend to think of that as being a problem here in Canada.

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 But I think that's actually, I think it's a pretty brilliant video

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 that in many ways when people in our culture think of God,

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 they think of something really like old St. Nick or Santa,

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 somebody who's distant, somebody who's watching to see whether we've been naughty or nice,

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 somebody who we occasionally want to do business transactions

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 with to get good stuff.

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 And it's so sort of common in our culture

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 that there's all these expectations about what God is like

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 that we can sort of forget that we can think we're talking to people about God,

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 about Jesus, about Christmas, but we're really not.

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 They're interpreting and hearing everything within certain types of categories

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 and in certain types of just ways of understanding.

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 So if we think, it's one of the things, if you think about it,

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 those of you who are Christians who are here,

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 if you go back and you read the Bible, it's really interesting

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 because if you think about it, the Bible was written,

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 the New Testament was written when nobody had a Christian memory.

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 Like most of the New Testament was written to people

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 who their experience of God was idols.

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 And they had other categories as well,

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 but they had their own set of categories.

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 And it's really, really interesting that

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 how is it that the New Testament writers

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 tried to bridge the gap between how people thought all around them

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 and them trying to talk about something like the birth of Jesus

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 and what it means.

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 And so, you know, if you hear, listen with me,

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 read along with me for the first few verses of John chapter 1

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 because John, one of the original apostles,

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 he's going to write an intimate biography of Jesus

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 so that people can know Jesus.

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 That's what he's going to do.

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 And so, you know, he didn't have a computer

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 where he can cross things out and everything like that,

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 you know, just, you know, backspace and delete

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 and move things around, right?

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 He had to work with parchment.

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 And so every word has to count.

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 We don't know if he made a few little rough drafts

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 on scraps or on sand or with chalk or something

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 before he committed it to paper,

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 but he had to really think about this, think about Jesus.

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 And the first 18 verses of John's gospel,

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 it's known as the prologue.

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 John's sort of setting the stage to introduce Jesus.

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 And so it's very interesting that he uses categories

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 like light and darkness and word and enlightenment

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 and prophets or oracles.

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 It's another way of understanding what a prophet is, an oracle.

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 And these are all sort of categories

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 that people are used to in the ancient world,

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 whether you're Jewish or whether you are pagan.

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 You know, many of the people,

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 if you were in Rome or in Greece

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 or in what we now call Turkey,

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 you could go and you could hear a prophet

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 or a prophetess speak.

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 They would be as if they were an oracle,

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 channeling the very words of God.

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 And it was very common that you would go

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 and you would seek enlightenment.

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 In fact, in our age, when we think of it,

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 you know, what is the main rival

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 for the Christian faith in much of the world?

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 It is the religion of the prophet.

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 And in Ottawa, not many people like the prophet,

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 but in Ottawa, people seek enlightenment.

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 They seek enlightenment through yoga.

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 They seek enlightenment through a guru.

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 They seek enlightenment in a more secular way

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 through science, through reason,

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 through poetry, through good music.

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 It's a type of a category

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 by which we try to understand our lives

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 and seek to improve our lives,

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 either by listening to the voice of a prophet

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 or seeking some type of enlightenment.

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 And that's exactly,

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 it's in those categories and terms

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 that John begins to introduce Jesus.

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 But as soon as he does that,

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 he's going to mess with it

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 because he's going to try to get us

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 to realize that the problem is

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 how we think.

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 Like this just in the verse,

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 in verses four through nine of chapter one,

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 it says,

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 in him was life

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 and the life was the light of men.

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 Now you think about that for a second,

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 the light of the human race.

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 That just sounds exactly like enlightenment.

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 What we seek,

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 we seek the light of reason.

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 We seek the light of beautiful music,

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 of aesthetic experience.

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 We seek the interior light

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 for those of us who think

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 that there's some light

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 or some spark of the divine within us.

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 And then it even goes on,

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 it sounds just like a greeting card.

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 It sounds like it's just very optimistic

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 in the way that Justin Trudeau

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 could go with something like this.

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 Donald Trump could go with,

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 I suppose,

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 something like this.

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 The light shines in the darkness

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 and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 It sounds like the fact

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 that reason will prevail over barbarism,

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 that beautiful music will prevail

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 over things which are tacky,

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 that the light of compassion

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 will prevail over hatred.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 when he's using these categories

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 of enlightenment,

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 all of a sudden he switches

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 and it's as if he's talking about prophets,

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 which is sort of the other way

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 which we,

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 throughout all of the religious history

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 that we've gone,

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 trying to understand things.

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 Look, in verse 6,

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 there was a man sent from God

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 whose name was John.

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 He came as a witness,

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 to bear witness about the light

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 that all might believe through him.

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 So this next video,

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 it's a beautiful little video,

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 sort of talks a bit more

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 about how we sort of,

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 things happen in our lives

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 where we,

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 and in this particular case,

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 God is going to speak to us

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 by his word

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 and it's going to sort of

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 mess us up

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 because the problem is

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 how we sort of are interpreting

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 what happens,

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 not actually what God

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 is going to see

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 or God's going to do.

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 This is sort of

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 a little bit of a way into that.

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 If you could play the next video,

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 that would be great.

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 So,

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 if maybe the problem is us

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 and it's,

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 if you're here

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 and you're not a Christian,

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 one of the things

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 that you might find

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 very surprising

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 about Christians

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 is that we aren't aware

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 of the fact,

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 we Christians aren't often

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 aware of the fact

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 that we complain to God

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 that he doesn't act

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 in the way

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 that we want him to.

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 You'd think that we Christians

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 would just learn

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 to listen

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 to what God says

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 about himself

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 and accept it

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 but instead

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 we're sort of

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 always complaining

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 that he's not

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 sort of fitting

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 within our categories.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 just look at the way

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 John is going to

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 introduce Jesus

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 and on one hand

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 he's going to use

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 this prophet of,

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 these categories of prophet

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 and enlightenment

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 but he messes

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 with our head.

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 so just,

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 you know,

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 if you'd follow along

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 listen to,

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 listen to how,

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 what God

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 through his servant

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 John

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 and his word

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 does.

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 Listen to,

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 begin at John

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 chapter 1 verse 1.

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 In the beginning

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 was the word

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 and the word

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 was with God

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 and the word

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 was God.

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 He was in the beginning

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 with God.

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 I talked about this

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 last week.

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 It's a very strong

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 statement that Jesus

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 is God

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 because we're going

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 to see later on

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 that the word

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 becomes flesh.

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 It's the way

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 of introducing Jesus.

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 Two different persons

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 but just one God.

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 It's a very,

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 very powerful statement

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 but I talked about it

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 last Sunday.

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 We'll just keep going.

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 All things were made

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 through him

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 and without him

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 was not anything made

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 that was made.

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 That the word

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 is uncreated.

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 He is the beginning.

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 He is eternal.

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 In him was life

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 and the life

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 was the light of men.

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 The light shines

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 and the darkness

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 and the darkness

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 has not overcome it.

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 In verse 14

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 it's going to show

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 that this is all

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 referring to Jesus

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 but then look at this

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 huge jump.

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 How is Jesus

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 calls John the Baptist

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 the greatest of the prophets

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 and the last of the prophets.

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 Here we have Jesus introduced

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 and all of a sudden

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 we have John.

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 All this wonderful language

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 for Jesus.

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 Listen to how John

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 is introduced.

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 There was a man

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 sent from God

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 whose name was John.

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 If you could put up

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 the first point

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 Andrew

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 Jesus is not a prophet.

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 He is introduced.

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 He is uncreated light

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 made flesh.

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 John is going to try to say

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 we're going to try to think

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 of Jesus like a prophet

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 like a good man

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 like a good teacher.

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 It's a very common way.

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 It's a very common thing

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 for people to say

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 Christians suck big time

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 but Jesus was pretty good.

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 But John is going to say

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 that category is closed.

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 Jesus is not a prophet.

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 He is uncreated light

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 made flesh.

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 Continue reading with me

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 in verse 7.

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 He came as a witness

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 to bear witness

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 about the light

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 that all might believe

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 through him.

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 That is through

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 John the Baptist.

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 John the Baptist

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 he was not the light

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 but came to bear witness

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 about the light.

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 John the Baptist

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 is a witness

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 and the word witness

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 here is from the law court.

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 Somebody who is going

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 to give true testimony

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 in things which matter

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 before the courts.

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 And then verse 9

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 it could sound like

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 something that

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 it sounds like

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 the force.

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 It sounds like

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 Star Wars

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 the force.

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 It sounds like

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 the way people

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 talk about energy

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 being throughout

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 everything

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 and everywhere.

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 There was

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 verse 9

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 the true light

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 which gives light

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 to everyone

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 was coming

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 into the world.

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 And it has this

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 I mean if we just

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 stop there with the Bible

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 it would be like

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 people who love

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 classical music

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 would love this.

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 People who love reason.

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 People who love science.

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 People who love yoga.

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 People who love mysticism.

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 All of them

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 would applaud this.

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 It could be a greeting card

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 which is sent out

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 to everyone.

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 But then he goes

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 and messes everything up.

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 The true light

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 which gives light

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 to everyone

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 was coming into the world.

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 And then listen

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 to verse 10.

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 He

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 the true light

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 is a person.

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 He was in the world

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 and the world

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 was made through him

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 yet the world

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 did not know him.

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 Notice that

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 in verse 10 again.

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 He

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 him

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 him

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 to be able

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 to know

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 a person

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 he came

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 to his own

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 and the word

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 their own

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 means he came

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 to his

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 it's referring

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 to Jesus

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 coming to Israel

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 his own place

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 he comes

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 to his land

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 he comes

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 to his

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 his temple

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 he comes

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 to his priests

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 he comes

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 to his rituals

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 he comes

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 to his own

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 and his own

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 people

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 did not receive him.

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 So here's

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 if you go up

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 the next point

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 Andrew

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 you know

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 earlier

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 it talked about

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 how in verse 4

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 and 5

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 in him was life

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 and the life

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 was the light

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 of men

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 the light shines

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 in the darkness

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 and the darkness

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 has not overcome it

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 this text

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 is going to tell us

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 that some light

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 comes from darkness

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 I'm going to talk

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 about it more

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 in the weeks

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 to come

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 the gospel

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 of John

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 is often used

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 as a prime

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 example

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 by Jewish

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 people

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 as an example

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 of anti-Semitism

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 because of the way

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 that John

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 will use the word

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 the Jews

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 and we'll talk

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 about this more

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 in the weeks

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 to come

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 as we go

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 through John's gospel

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 but the one thing

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 I want you to understand

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 is John was Jewish

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 Jesus was Jewish

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 all the apostles

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 were Jewish

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 and he wasn't

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 anti-Semitic

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 in fact

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 what John

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 is saying here

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 is that the very

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 best religion

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 the world

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 has ever seen

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 rejects Jesus

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 every time

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 you see the word

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 Jews

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 in the gospel

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 of John

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 think of

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 the pinnacle

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 of religion

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 and spirituality

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 he uses it

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 as a type

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 of a symbol

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 and he's saying

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 in a sense

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 even the pinnacle

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 of religion

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 is in the way

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 of darkness

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 and there are

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 many people

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 who claim

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 that they've

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 given themselves

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 to the light

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 but light

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 can emerge

00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.280
 from darkness

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 just as we know

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 that those

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 who can call

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 themselves

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 oracles

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 and prophets

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 emerge not

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 from the true

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 light

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 but from darkness

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 to lead us

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 into deeper

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 darkness

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 or keep us

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 in darkness

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 if you could put up

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 the next point

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 Andrew

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 all true light

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 comes from God

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 but as John

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 is going to reveal

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 as the book

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 progresses

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 but not all

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 light saves

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 only the true

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 light

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 made

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 flesh

00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:42.560
 saves

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 all true

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.079
 light

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 comes from

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 God

00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:48.859
 but not

00:15:48.859 --> 00:15:49.519
 all light

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.119
 saves

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 only the true

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.719
 light

00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:52.399
 made flesh

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:52.799
 saves

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 one of the

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 wonderful

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.859
 mysteries

00:15:54.859 --> 00:15:55.539
 in the

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 scriptures

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.779
 made clear

00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.159
 in the

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 gospels

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 in the

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 new

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 testament

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 is this

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 mystery

00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:00.359
 of common

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 grace

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 there is a

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 light of

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 reason

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 there is a

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 light of

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 aesthetics

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 there is a

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 light of

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 beauty

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 there is a

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 light that

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 we can see

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 just in the

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 created order

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 there is a

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 light that

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 God constantly

00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.039
 shines

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.519
 book of

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 Romans

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 says

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 there is

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 always enough

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 revealed about

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 God

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 through a

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 whole range

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 of means

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 that in

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 the last

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 day no

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 one will be

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 able to

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 stand on

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 their hind

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 legs and

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 complain about

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 God that

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 he did not

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 give them

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.059
 enough information

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 to know about

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 him

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 no human

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 being will be

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 able to

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 make that

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 claim

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 but reason

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 does not

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 save

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 religion

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 does not

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.139
 save

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.759
 spirituality

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 does not

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 save

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 music

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 does not

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 save

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 mysticism

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 does not

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 save

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 yoga

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 does not

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.839
 save

00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.000
 the only

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 thing that

00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:45.080
 saves

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 is the

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 true light

00:16:46.300 --> 00:16:46.540
 made

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 flesh

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 let's

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 pause

00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.740
 and see

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.019
 another

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:49.820
 this is a

00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.379
 beautiful

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.000
 simple

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.200
 video that

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.580
 sort of

00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.280
 just draws

00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:54.000
 connections

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 it sort of

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 looks a little

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 bit like

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:55.879
 light

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.540
 which is one

00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:56.660
 of the

00:16:56.660 --> 00:16:57.080
 reasons I

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 chose it

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 it's called

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 silent night

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 what the

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 bible is

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 saying

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 if you could

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 put up

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 the next

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 point

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 Andrew

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 when it

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 says

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 in the

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 beginning

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 was the

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 word

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 and the

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 word

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 was with

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 God

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 and the

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 word

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 was God

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 he was in

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 the beginning

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 with God

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 all things

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 were made

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 through him

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 and without

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 him was not

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 anything made

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 that was made

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 in him was

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 life

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 and the

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 life

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 was the

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 light

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 of men

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 when it

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 talks about

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 in verse

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 10

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 he was in

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 the world

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 and the

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 world was

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 made

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 through him

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 yet the

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 world did

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 not know

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 him

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 he came

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 to his

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 own people

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 and his

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 own did

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 not receive

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 him

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 but to all

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 who did

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 receive him

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 who believed

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 in his

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 name

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 he gave

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 the right

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 to become

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 children

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 of God

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 who were

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 born not

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 of blood

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 nor of the

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 will of the

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 flesh

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 nor of the

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 will of

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 man

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 but of

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 God

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 and the

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 word

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 became

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 flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among

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 us

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 and we

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 have seen

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 his

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 glory

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 glory

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 as of the

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 only

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 son of

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 the father

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 full

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 of grace

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 and truth

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 the bible

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 is saying

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 is that

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 uncreated

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 light

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 made flesh

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 lay in

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 the manger

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 uncreated

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 light

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 made flesh

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 lay in

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 the manger

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 the next

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 point

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 Andrew

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 please

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 and the

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 bible

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 is saying

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 when it

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 says in

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 verse 9

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 the true

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 light

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 which gives

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 light to

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 everyone

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 was coming

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 into the

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 world

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 uncreated

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 light

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 made

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 flesh

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 died

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 on the

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 cross

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 to save

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 those

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 in

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 darkness

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 uncreated

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 light

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 made

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 flesh

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 died

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 on the

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 cross

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 to save

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 those

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 in

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 darkness

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 and

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 John

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 here

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 isn't

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 you know

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 it's funny

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 there's a lot

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 of debate

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 among scholars

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 about

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 John

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 how smart

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 he was

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 and how

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 well educated

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 he was

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 because

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 from the

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 historical

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 records

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 we know

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 that he

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 was a

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 fisherman

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 there's

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 debates

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 about how

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 literate

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 he is

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 I mean

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 I don't

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 know whether

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 he was

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 literate

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 before he

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 became a

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 follower of

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 Jesus

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 and became

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 a Christian

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 or if

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 just as

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 often happens

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 throughout the

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 history of

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 the world

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 the coming

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 of the

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 gospel

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 being received

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 into a

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 person's

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 life

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 creates a

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 desire for

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 learning

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 and a

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 desire to

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 know

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 and maybe

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 he learned

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 how to

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 read as

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 an adult

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 and learned

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 how to

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 write as

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 an adult

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 before he

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 was able

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 to write

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 this simple

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 but very

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 profound

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 gospel

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 but it's

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 not just

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 an academic

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 exercise

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 for John

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 listen again

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 to verse

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 11

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 the tragedy

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 that Jesus

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 comes to

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 his own

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 and his own

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 people

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 did not

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 receive him

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 but here

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 then verses

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 12 and

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 13

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 this begins

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 to begin

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 a theme

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 that the rest

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:45.860
 of John's

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.420
 gospel is

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:46.620
 going to

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.120
 keep going

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 that it's

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 not just

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 an academic

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 thing

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 it's not

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 just to

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 say how

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 odd of

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 God to

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 have done

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 such remarkable

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 things

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 but to all

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 who did

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 receive him

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 verse 12

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 but to all

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 who did

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 receive him

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 who believed

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 in his name

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 he gave

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 the right

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 to become

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 children of

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 God

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 in other

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 words he

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 gave

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 it's through

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 receiving

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 Jesus

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 and John's

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 going to make

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.480
 that clear

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 throughout the

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 rest of his

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 gospel

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 it's

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 believing

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 in him

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 that he

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 is God

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 with us

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 that he

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 is God

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 who saves

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 that he

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 is the

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 Messiah

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 the

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 anointed

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 one

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 the one

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 promised

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 by God

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 for centuries

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 and centuries

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 that God

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 would send

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 to deliver

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 human beings

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 that somehow

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 or another

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.880
 we have to

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 receive him

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 and by

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 believing in

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 his name

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 it's a matter

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 of trusting

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 in him

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:42.799
 that if

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 we

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.860
 receive him

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.400
 and believe

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.740
 in his

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 name

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 he

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.759
 we become

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 adopted

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 by God

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 and then

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.039
 in verse 13

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 we're born

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 not of

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 blood

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 and in the

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 original language

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 actually it's

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 plural

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 bloods

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 in other

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.120
 words it's

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.539
 not by

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.340
 genealogy

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 I don't

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 become a

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 Christian

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.900
 because my

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.560
 parents were

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:06.080
 Christians

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.939
 I don't

00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.220
 make

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.240
 made right

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.819
 with God

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.419
 because I

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:11.000
 had the

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.579
 right last

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.039
 name

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.119
 the right

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.559
 type of

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.199
 parents

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 nor of

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:15.919
 the will

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.199
 of the

00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:16.599
 flesh

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.899
 in other

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.299
 words it's

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.859
 not that I

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.240
 can just

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.899
 declare by

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 myself

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.939
 that God

00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:21.559
 has to

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 adopt me

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 and I

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 can just

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 declare by

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 my own

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 willpower

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 that by

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 my own

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:27.859
 willpower

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 I am

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 going to

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:30.519
 somehow be

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 born again

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 by my

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 willpower

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.899
 my effort

00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:35.099
 nor of

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.339
 the will

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:35.879
 of man

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.240
 in other

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.580
 words an

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.240
 institution

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.900
 can't do

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.120
 it you

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.660
 can't go

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.340
 and be

00:21:39.340 --> 00:21:40.640
 dumped in

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.260
 some water

00:21:41.260 --> 00:21:42.020
 by some

00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:43.360
 old guy

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.780
 or some

00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.480
 young guy

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.800
 or you

00:21:44.800 --> 00:21:45.240
 can't go

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.760
 through some

00:21:45.760 --> 00:21:46.420
 smudging

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.440
 ceremony

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.820
 or any

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.240
 type of

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.980
 institution

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.220
 nothing

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.080
 of the

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.400
 will of

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.680
 man

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 whether it's

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.700
 an institution

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:52.980
 or an

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.920
 individual

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.580
 neither

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.720
 just by

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.120
 my own

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 personal

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 one

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.340
 nor by

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:57.600
 my

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.160
 heritage

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 none of

00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.760
 these things

00:21:59.760 --> 00:22:00.220
 will make

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.820
 me adopted

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.520
 by God

00:22:01.520 --> 00:22:02.140
 nor will

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.620
 any of

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.220
 these things

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.620
 do what

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.300
 only God

00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:04.760
 can do

00:22:04.760 --> 00:22:05.260
 which is

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.140
 in some

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.379
 way

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.099
 create me

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.559
 anew

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.619
 create me

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.079
 as a new

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.660
 person

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.420
 the inside

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.740
 at a

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.180
 spiritual

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.500
 level

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.279
 only God

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.640
 can do

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:12.839
 that

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.160
 and I

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.640
 cannot do

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:13.920
 it by

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.819
 genealogy

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.700
 nor by

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.619
 my willpower

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.460
 nor through

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.059
 any human

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.619
 institution

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.339
 but of

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:19.599
 God

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.319
 only God

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.740
 can do

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.019
 it

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.220
 only God

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:24.339
 only God

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.959
 God

00:22:24.959 --> 00:22:28.959
 put up

00:22:28.959 --> 00:22:29.240
 the next

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.679
 point

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:31.699
 faith

00:22:31.699 --> 00:22:32.079
 always

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.639
 aims

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:34.439
 in other

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:34.720
 words

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:36.339
 what the

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.579
 Bible

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.019
 calls

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.619
 believing

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.220
 which can

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.639
 also be

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:38.919
 called

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.679
 faithing

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:41.000
 it's

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.000
 not just

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.419
 that somehow

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:43.059
 I have to

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.699
 screw up

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.179
 some type

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.819
 of emotional

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:46.139
 feeling

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.899
 within me

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.619
 or just

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.139
 have some

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.579
 type of

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.039
 burst of

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.699
 optimism

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.359
 or

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.279
 it's

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.519
 nothing

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.199
 like that

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.860
 it's just

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.180
 a very

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.100
 very common

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.680
 everyday

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.400
 thing

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.400
 that we

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:56.960
 are always

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.519
 trusting

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.140
 something

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.620
 trusting

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.059
 in

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.600
 something

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.019
 hoping

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.500
 in

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.080
 something

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.900
 and

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.819
 we just

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.240
 have this

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.720
 category

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.519
 of human

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.980
 beings

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.819
 that this

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.240
 thing of

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.580
 being able

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.460
 to trust

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.200
 or lean

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.720
 on

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.860
 it aims

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.420
 at things

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.500
 might aim

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.080
 at ourselves

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.500
 a lot

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.019
 of times

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.680
 I'm going

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:15.940
 to be able

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.200
 to do

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.400
 this

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.900
 I have

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.180
 faith

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.799
 in myself

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.120
 but it

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.380
 might be

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:18.539
 that we

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.900
 have faith

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.140
 in an

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.640
 institution

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.460
 or we

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.940
 have faith

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.220
 in a

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.019
 method

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.379
 or a

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.759
 process

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.579
 but faith

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.279
 this human

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.639
 faith

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.079
 always

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.680
 aims

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.299
 and

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.720
 what

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.079
 John

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.559
 is saying

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.000
 is this

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.500
 thing

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.160
 which aims

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.519
 that just

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.000
 trust

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.420
 we're made

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.200
 to trust

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.200
 we're made

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.720
 to lean

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.559
 on something

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.180
 we're made

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.160
 to rely

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.019
 on something

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:38.339
 that what

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.639
 we need

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.200
 to lean

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.720
 on

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:41.220
 is

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:43.359
 well

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.019
 let's look

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.299
 at this

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.980
 final video

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.259
 and then

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.599
 I'll share

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.019
 the final

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.420
 point

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:53.160
 if you could

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.420
 put up

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.759
 the final

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.080
 point

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.480
 Andrew

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:56.279
 only God

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.900
 can adopt

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.259
 me and

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.720
 make me a

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.360
 new creation

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.820
 and I can

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.600
 only receive

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:01.080
 this by

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.460
 faith

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.240
 that's what

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.620
 we remember

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.019
 today

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:05.340
 only God

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.940
 can adopt

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.740
 me and

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.200
 make me a

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.840
 new creation

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.000
 and only

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.380
 I and I

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.000
 can only

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.000
 receive this

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.820
 by faith

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.899
 so what

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.079
 do we

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.559
 remember

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:17.000
 you know

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.779
 I used

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.139
 to sort

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.539
 of be a

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.859
 little bit

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.439
 rankled

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.299
 by secular

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.839
 Christmas

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.339
 now I'm

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.019
 quite comfortable

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.679
 with secular

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.279
 Christmas

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:27.039
 those of you

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.319
 who read

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.099
 my blog

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.980
 and I

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.319
 had another

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.779
 thing just

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.240
 put on the

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.019
 Gospel Coalition

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.579
 website

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:33.240
 and you

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.500
 know

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.939
 all around

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:35.419
 us people

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.139
 are celebrating

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.019
 family and

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.559
 hope and

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.220
 optimism

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:40.539
 and love

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.500
 and kindness

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.139
 and you

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.419
 know what

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.200
 that's we

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.680
 should just

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.140
 you know

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.500
 we should

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.940
 go ahead

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.259
 and say

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.620
 way to

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:45.940
 go have

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.259
 a great

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.740
 Christmas

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:48.039
 but the

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.440
 thing about

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.000
 us who

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.539
 are Christians

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.140
 is we

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.779
 remember

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.560
 today

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.680
 this

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.460
 unbelievable

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.480
 great gift

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.980
 this

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.759
 spectacular

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.779
 mystery

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.279
 which is

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.180
 not contrary

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.960
 to reason

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.560
 but when

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.340
 our reason

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.920
 meets it

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.620
 all we can

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.160
 do is

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.800
 receive it

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.519
 and stand

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.140
 in awe

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.800
 and wonder

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:09.880
 that uncreated

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.740
 life took

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.279
 flesh

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:13.099
 an uncreated

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.639
 life

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.779
 was laid

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.599
 took flesh

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.059
 and laid

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.680
 in a manger

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.480
 and died

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.200
 on a cross

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:21.700
 taking upon

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.599
 himself

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:24.039
 our darkness

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.599
 that we

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.279
 by faith

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.879
 in him

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:30.359
 that we

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.019
 by faith

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.559
 in him

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:34.220
 may walk

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.200
 with uncreated

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.019
 light

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.839
 light

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:40.579
 in our

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.319
 daily lives

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.680
 now

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.259
 and into

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.000
 all eternity

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.980
 uncreated

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.220
 light

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.579
 made flesh

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.680
 we remember

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.319
 that today

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.400
 and we

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.019
 remember it

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.599
 with joy

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:56.460
 because

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.960
 I can do

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.599
 my day

00:25:58.599 --> 00:26:00.920
 with uncreated

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.539
 light made

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.019
 flesh

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.940
 who died

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.379
 for me

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.820
 so that I

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:06.000
 can be

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.400
 God's

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.800
 child

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:08.300
 by adoption

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:08.960
 and grace

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.180
 and his

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.800
 powerful

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.880
 power

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.800
 could you

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.460
 please stand

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:24.700
 let's just bow

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.020
 our heads

00:26:25.020 --> 00:26:25.460
 in prayer

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:27.260
 father thank you

00:26:27.260 --> 00:26:27.980
 for Jesus

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:30.519
 thank you

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.920
 father

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.460
 that

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:33.059
 while he

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.759
 spoke true

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.400
 words of

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.680
 you

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.799
 he is not

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.720
 just a prophet

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.500
 he doesn't

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.079
 fit into those

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.620
 categories

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.099
 father

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.759
 but that he

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.339
 is uncreated

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.099
 light

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.900
 made flesh

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.799
 and we

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 thank and

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 praise you

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 father

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 that it

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 can be

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 hard

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 for us

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 to figure

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 out

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 what

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 different

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 types

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 of

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 lights

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 are true

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 and what

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 come

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 from you

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 we give

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 you

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 thanks

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 and praise

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 father

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 that by

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 keeping

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 our eyes

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 on

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 Jesus

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 uncreated

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 light

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 made

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 flesh

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 born

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 in a

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 manger

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 died

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 on a

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 cross

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 risen

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 from

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 the

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 dead

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 that

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 father

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 we

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 can

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 begin

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 to

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 discern

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 which

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 lights

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 are

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 really

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 darkness

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 in which

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 light

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 really

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 comes

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 from

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 you

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 we

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 ask

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 father

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 that

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 you

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 disciples

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 of

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 Jesus

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 who are

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 gripped

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 by this

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 gospel

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 story

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 and as

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 we are

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 gripped

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 by this

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 gospel

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 story

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 that we

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 are

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 learning

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 day

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 by

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 day

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 to

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 walk

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 with

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 Jesus

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 and

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 live

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 for

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 your

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 glory

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 father

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 all

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 these

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 things

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 we

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 ask

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 in the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 your

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 son

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 and

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 our

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 savior

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 amen

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 off

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 out