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 This morning as we come to God's Word, we're continuing on in the story of Jesus according to John.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to John chapter 12, verse 44.

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 John chapter 12, verse 44.

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 Let's just start by reading the first few verses here.

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 Then Jesus cried out,

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 Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.

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 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.

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 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

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 The first thing that we want to consider this morning is when and where Jesus said this.

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 Notice that just before this, John has been the one doing the talking.

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 He's been explaining a little bit of what's going on.

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 And here in verse 44, John just kind of jumps right back into the story of Jesus with,

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 Then or now, Jesus cried out.

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 There doesn't seem to be a specific occasion to these words of Jesus.

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 But we know from earlier in the chapter that this takes place sometime between the triumphal entry.

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 And looking ahead, we can see that it happens just before the Last Supper in chapter 13.

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 And it seems from the way Jesus speaks and what he says that this is a public address.

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 Notice the language.

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 Jesus cried out.

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 That kind of fits with speaking to the crowds.

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 And then finally, we notice the kinds of things that Jesus is saying.

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 All of them are quite focused around believing in him and accepting his words.

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 So it's likely that Jesus is somewhere in Jerusalem, perhaps at the temple courts.

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 And it's quite possible that these are sort of Jesus' last words to the crowds, to the public,

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 before his betrayal and arrest.

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 So what does Jesus have to say to the people here in Jerusalem just a day or two before his hour comes?

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 What might be some of his last words to them?

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 Well, this is it right here in verse 44 down to 50.

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 And what may surprise us a little is that almost nothing that Jesus says here is really new.

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 If you've been following closely with John through this gospel,

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 you'll notice that he's pretty much said all this stuff already,

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 maybe a little bit different words.

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 But given that this is Jesus' maybe last opportunity to speak to the public,

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 to speak to the crowds like this,

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 we would do well to listen one more time.

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 It's often what's most important that rises to the surface when time is short.

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 So what will Jesus leave the crowds with in these last moments before his suffering comes?

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 Jesus starts by making one of his greatest claims,

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 a claim he's made before, but with different words.

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 Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only,

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 but in the one who sent me.

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 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.

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 We've heard Jesus talk a lot about the one who sent him,

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 and by now it's no secret who Jesus means.

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 I think we all know, but just to refresh our memories,

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 we can look back to chapter 10, verse 36.

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 Jesus said there,

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 What about the one who the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world?

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 Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy?

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 Because I said I am God's Son.

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 So we know exactly who Jesus is talking about when he refers to the one who sent him.

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 He's talking about God, the Father, his Father.

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 But now look at what Jesus is claiming about himself and God, the one who sent him.

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 Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.

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 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.

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 All the Jewish people of Jesus' day know that they are to have faith in God.

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 They know that they are to put their trust in God,

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 that they are to believe him, just like Abraham did all those years ago.

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 But now here is a man standing in front of them saying,

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 The one who believes in me believes in God.

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 The one who puts their faith in me puts their faith in God.

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 The one who trusts me trusts God.

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 This is a huge claim.

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 And Jesus is not just claiming to be an ambassador here.

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 I mean, look at what he follows this up with.

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 He says,

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 The one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

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 In other words,

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 The one who sees me, says Jesus,

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 sees God.

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 The one who looks at me, says Jesus,

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 is looking at God, the one who sent me.

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 Jesus is claiming to be much more than an ambassador,

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 much more than just a third-party representative.

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 And there's really only one way to make sense of his claim here,

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 and it's to recall what he said earlier about his relationship with the Father.

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 Think back to John 10, verse 30,

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 where he said,

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 I and the Father are one.

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 And then moments later,

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 at that same time,

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 in verse 37 of chapter 10,

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 he said,

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 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.

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 But if I do them,

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 even though you do not believe me,

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 believe the works that you may know and understand

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 that the Father is in me,

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 and I am in the Father.

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 Father,

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 what has Jesus been claiming?

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 Oneness with God.

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 He's been claiming that God is in him,

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 and that he is in God.

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 So much so that they are one.

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 So much so that Jesus,

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 the man,

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 can say back in John chapter 8, verse 58,

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 Before Abraham was born,

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 I am.

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 Taking up the very name of God

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 as his own.

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 A claim that only God can make,

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 and it wasn't blasphemy.

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 This is what Jesus is getting at here

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 in John chapter 12, verse 44.

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 It's as though he's saying,

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 I am so one with God, my Father,

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 that if you look at me,

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 you are looking at God,

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 the one who sent me.

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 If you are seeing me,

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 you are seeing him.

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 It's an amazing reality

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 that this man who walked among us,

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 when they saw him,

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 they saw God

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 walking among them.

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 And all of this is not really a surprise to us.

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 I mean,

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 John has told us this

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 right from the beginning of his gospel.

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 He explained where Jesus came from.

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 You'll remember those words.

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 John 1, 1,

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 In the beginning was the Word,

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 and the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 And verse 14,

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 The Word became flesh,

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 and dwelt among us,

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 and we have seen his glory.

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 John told us right from the beginning

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 what Jesus is saying here now.

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 This is certainly no ordinary man

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 walking here,

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 speaking here,

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 among us.

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 He's not even just a special chosen man

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 like Noah,

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 or Abraham,

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 or Moses.

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 This is God here

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 among us,

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 with us,

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 in this man Jesus.

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 The divine Son of God.

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 Mysteriously,

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 he shares

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 the essence

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 of Yahweh,

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 the Lord.

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 somehow,

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 beyond our understanding,

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 he is a distinct person

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 from the Father,

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 and a full-blooded human being,

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 and at the same time,

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 is truly

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 the Lord.

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 Yahweh,

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 the one and only God.

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 the Apostle Paul said it this way

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 in his letter to

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 the church at Colossae.

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 In Colossians 2.9,

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 he said,

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 For in Christ,

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 all the fullness

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 of the deity

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 lives

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 in bodily form.

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 He said in

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 15

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 of that same letter,

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 the Son is the image

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 of the invisible God.

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 Hebrews 1,

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 verse 3,

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 the Son is the radiance

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 of God's glory

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 and the exact

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 representation

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 of his being.

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 This is what Jesus

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 is getting at

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 when he says,

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 The one who sees

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 me

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 sees

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 the one

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 who sent me.

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 He is in me.

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 I am in him.

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 We are one.

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 Let's come back

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 for a second

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 to Jesus'

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 first statement here.

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 The one who believes

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 in me

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 does not believe

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 in me only,

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 but in the one

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 who sent me.

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 It's not as though

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 God

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 and this man,

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 Jesus,

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 are somehow

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 at odds

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 with each other.

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 It's not as though

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 you can only put your faith

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 in one of them

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 at a time.

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 Some people

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 might be thinking,

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 well,

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 we either listen

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 to you,

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 Jesus,

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 or we listen

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 to God.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 that distinction

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 does not apply

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 in my case.

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 The one who listens

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 to me

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 listens to the one

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 who sent me.

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 The one who believes

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 in me

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 believes in God,

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 my Father,

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 who sent me.

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 By putting your faith

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 in me,

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 says Jesus,

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 you are putting

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 your faith

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 in the one

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 who sent me,

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 in God,

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 Yahweh,

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 the Creator.

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 this is the first

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 and greatest claim

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 of Jesus

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 in this moment

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 and it's something

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 he wants people

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 to know

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 before he goes

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 to his hour

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 of suffering.

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 Jesus doesn't

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 stop there,

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 however.

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 He has more

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 to say.

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 Verse 46,

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 I have come

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 into the world

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 as a light

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 that no one

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 who believes

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 in me

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 should stay

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 in darkness.

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 darkness.

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 Again,

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 this is something

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 Jesus has said

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 before.

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 He's already

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 claimed twice

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 publicly,

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 John introduced

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 Jesus back

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 at the beginning

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 of the gospel

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 as the light

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 of all mankind.

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 The true light,

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 the light that was

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 coming into the world

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 and we've talked

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 about how

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 Jesus does

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 what light does.

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 He dispels

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 the darkness.

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 He pushes

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 back the

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 ignorance.

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 He reveals

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 the truth

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 of how things

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 really are.

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 He exposes

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 the corruption

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 and the evil

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 in the lives

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 and hearts

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 of people.

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 And we've heard

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 quite a few times

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 about the condition

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 of people

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 in our world

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 generally,

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 how they hate

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 the light,

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 how they love

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 the darkness

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 and only a few

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 it seems

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 come into the light.

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 Well here Jesus

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 comes back

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 to this familiar

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 metaphor yet again.

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 I have come

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 into the world

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 as a light

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 so that no one

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 who believes in me

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 should remain

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 in darkness.

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 Let's think

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 about these words.

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 What is the condition

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 of you and me

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 before Jesus,

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 the light,

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 comes into the world?

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 I mean Jesus,

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 he tells us right here

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 why he came

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 as light

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 into the world

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 so that we

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 should not

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 or would not

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 remain in darkness.

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 There's an implication

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 here.

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 Without Jesus,

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 who is the light

00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:21.000
 that came into the world,

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 what would be

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 our situation?

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 We'd be stuck

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 in darkness.

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 And darkness here

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 mainly refers

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 to ignorance,

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 to not knowing

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 the truth

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 that we need

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 to know.

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 Imagine

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 for a moment

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 that you are

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 working in the mines

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 and you've gone

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 down this mine

00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:46.200
 shaft

00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:47.360
 deep into the earth.

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 Let's just say

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 it's to inspect

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 a piece of

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 failed equipment

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 that you're

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 an expert in

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 and you're down

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 there at the end

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 of an elaborate

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 network of tunnels

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 all by yourself

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 working on this thing

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 when all of a sudden

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 the ground

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 begins to shake

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 and the lights

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 go out.

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 Whatever was

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 generating electricity

00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:09.379
 for your lights

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 fails

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 as part of this

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 large network

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 collapses.

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 You find yourself

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 trapped

00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.740
 in a rather

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 small end

00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.700
 of this tunnel.

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 And by the time

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.060
 you manage

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 to dig your way

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 through the debris

00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:25.560
 to the next

00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:26.539
 open section

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 of tunnel,

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 your headlamp

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 is dead.

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 your phone

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 is dead.

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 And there's

00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.320
 nothing you can do

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 but grope around

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 in the dark.

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 And you feel

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 and you hunt

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 and you crawl

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 around on all

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 fours for hours

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 but no matter

00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.360
 how hard you try

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.320
 you can't find

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 a way out.

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 You have no idea

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.639
 which way is north,

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 south,

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 east,

00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.360
 west.

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 You hear nothing.

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 You see nothing.

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 You can't even see

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 your hand right in

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 front of your face.

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 It's pitch black

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 because there is

00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.019
 no light.

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 Could it be

00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:03.120
 that all the exits

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 are blocked

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.620
 by the rubble

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.460
 from the cave-in

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 and that you'll

00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.220
 never find a way

00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:07.779
 of escape?

00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:09.639
 Or could it be

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.360
 that after days

00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:10.840
 of searching

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.659
 you still haven't

00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.360
 found the one

00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:13.559
 open passageway

00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:14.360
 that leads back

00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:14.960
 to the surface?

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 This is a picture.

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.299
 This is a parable

00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.539
 of our situation

00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.519
 in this world.

00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.759
 We are stuck

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.879
 in darkness,

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.600
 lost,

00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:29.019
 because of our

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.500
 sins,

00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:31.279
 because of our

00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.139
 rebellion against

00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.540
 God.

00:15:33.940 --> 00:15:34.700
 And without the

00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.560
 light of Christ

00:15:35.560 --> 00:15:36.580
 to show us

00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:37.379
 the way out,

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:39.019
 we will remain

00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.320
 there.

00:15:40.680 --> 00:15:41.700
 We will never

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.860
 find the way out.

00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:43.500
 We will never

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:43.879
 escape.

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.759
 We will remain

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.360
 there in the

00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.120
 darkness until

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.840
 the day that we

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.259
 perish.

00:15:49.540 --> 00:15:50.460
 Christ Jesus

00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:51.360
 has come

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:52.600
 to give us

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.320
 the light,

00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:54.180
 to give us

00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:54.960
 the truth

00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:56.259
 that we need

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.460
 to be saved

00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:59.180
 so that we

00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.879
 can escape.

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 Do you want

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.080
 to escape

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.840
 the darkness?

00:16:06.400 --> 00:16:06.820
 Do you want

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.460
 to know what

00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.300
 life is like

00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:09.220
 on the surface?

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 What everything

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.720
 was meant to be

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.320
 like back when

00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:13.879
 the world was

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.300
 young,

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.480
 before any

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.120
 taint of

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.540
 corruption

00:16:16.540 --> 00:16:17.200
 had entered

00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:17.900
 this world?

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:20.759
 Jesus is the

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.340
 light that has

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.759
 come into

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.360
 the world,

00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.579
 sent from the

00:16:24.579 --> 00:16:25.120
 Father up

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.419
 above,

00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:26.139
 and he does

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:27.120
 not want

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.779
 anyone to

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.459
 be stuck,

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.240
 to remain,

00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:31.120
 to be lost

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.519
 in the

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:31.860
 darkness.

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.319
 He says,

00:16:34.459 --> 00:16:35.399
 I came so

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:35.980
 that all who

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.679
 believe in

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:38.919
 me should

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.559
 not remain

00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.559
 in darkness.

00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:43.879
 But notice

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.340
 who it is

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.899
 that escapes

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.579
 the darkness.

00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.779
 According to

00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:47.240
 Jesus,

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.779
 it's all

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.659
 who believe

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.240
 in me.

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.399
 Do you

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.240
 believe in

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.559
 Jesus?

00:16:59.059 --> 00:17:00.000
 From here,

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.720
 Jesus tells

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.199
 us what will

00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:02.539
 happen if we

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:03.079
 do not.

00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:05.819
 Verse 47,

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.399
 if anyone

00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:09.079
 hears my

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.599
 words but

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.039
 does not

00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.599
 keep them,

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.480
 I do not

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:12.960
 judge that

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.399
 person.

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.099
 For I did

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.799
 not come to

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.319
 judge the

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:16.619
 world,

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.960
 but to

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.420
 save the

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:18.720
 world.

00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:21.160
 There is

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.660
 a judge

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.160
 for the

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.500
 one who

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.039
 rejects

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:24.139
 me and

00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:24.519
 does not

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.039
 accept my

00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.480
 words.

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.339
 The very

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.099
 words I

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.700
 have spoken

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.779
 will condemn

00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.920
 them at

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.319
 the last

00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:31.639
 day.

00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.160
 These are

00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:34.639
 sobering

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:34.980
 words.

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.980
 We may

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.579
 choose not

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.160
 to keep the

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:38.579
 words of

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:38.920
 Jesus.

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.299
 We may

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.859
 choose not

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.359
 to obey

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.639
 him.

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.000
 We may

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.440
 choose not

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.000
 to accept

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.440
 the things

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.799
 that he's

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.359
 been saying.

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.399
 we may

00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:45.799
 choose to

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.159
 reject

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.459
 him.

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.759
 But if

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.099
 that's

00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.339
 you,

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.699
 this is

00:17:50.699 --> 00:17:51.119
 what Jesus

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.639
 wants you

00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:52.039
 to know.

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.639
 He says,

00:17:54.719 --> 00:17:54.919
 I did

00:17:54.919 --> 00:17:55.519
 not come,

00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.079
 at least

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.519
 not in

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.000
 this first

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.479
 time that

00:17:57.479 --> 00:17:57.879
 he came.

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.199
 I did

00:17:58.199 --> 00:17:58.839
 not come

00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.819
 to judge

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.139
 you,

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.719
 but to

00:18:01.719 --> 00:18:02.279
 save you.

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:04.639
 but on

00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.059
 the last

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.420
 day,

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:07.799
 my words

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:09.299
 which you

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.899
 rejected

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:11.899
 and tossed

00:18:11.899 --> 00:18:12.339
 away,

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.500
 the things

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.799
 that I

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.359
 said and

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:15.879
 you heard,

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.379
 they will

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:16.980
 become the

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:18.619
 thing which

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.359
 judges you,

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.799
 the thing

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.359
 which leads

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.740
 to your

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.480
 condemnation.

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.379
 And here's

00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:26.700
 why,

00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.099
 says Jesus,

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:30.599
 because my

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.079
 words,

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.819
 everything that

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.119
 I've been

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.679
 saying to

00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:33.899
 you,

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.679
 it doesn't

00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:35.099
 just come

00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:35.559
 from me.

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.279
 They are

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.839
 in fact the

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.459
 very words

00:18:38.459 --> 00:18:39.079
 that God

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.219
 has commanded

00:18:40.219 --> 00:18:41.219
 me to

00:18:41.219 --> 00:18:41.899
 say to

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.159
 you.

00:18:43.959 --> 00:18:44.779
 There is a

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.179
 judge for

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:45.599
 the one who

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.219
 rejects me

00:18:46.219 --> 00:18:46.500
 and does

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.000
 not accept

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.659
 my words.

00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:49.139
 The very

00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:49.699
 words I

00:18:49.699 --> 00:18:50.279
 have spoken

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.919
 will condemn

00:18:50.919 --> 00:18:51.399
 them at

00:18:51.399 --> 00:18:51.799
 the last

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.179
 day.

00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:54.079
 For I

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.619
 did not

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.459
 speak on

00:18:55.459 --> 00:18:55.939
 my own,

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.519
 but the

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.000
 Father who

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.559
 sent me

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.400
 commanded me

00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.079
 to say all

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.359
 that I

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.920
 have spoken.

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:02.779
 I know

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.119
 that his

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.879
 command leads

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.400
 to eternal

00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:04.819
 life.

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 So whatever

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 I say is

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 just what the

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.339
 Father has

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 told me to

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 say.

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 In other

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 words,

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.900
 if you

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 choose to

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.539
 disregard

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.139
 Jesus,

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 to reject

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 him,

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 it's not

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 just the

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.500
 words of a

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 man named

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 Jesus that

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 you are

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 disregarding

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 and rejecting.

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 It's the

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 words of

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 God that

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 you are

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 disregarding

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 and rejecting.

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 And it

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.839
 will come

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 back to

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 you on

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 the last

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 day at

00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.519
 your trial

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 when you

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 stand before

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.240
 the judge,

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.680
 says Jesus.

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:39.039
 I hope you

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.660
 hear these

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.639
 sobering words

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 of Jesus.

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:43.180
 This life is

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.759
 not a game.

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 It's not

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 just about

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.339
 fun and

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 games.

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 I mean,

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 we're on a

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 collision course,

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 all of us,

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 a sinking

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.960
 ship.

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 We're not

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 free to do

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 as we

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 please.

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 God has

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 spoken

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 through

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 Jesus.

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 He has

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 showed us

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 the way

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 to escape

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 and to

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 be saved.

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 And there

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:03.819
 are grave

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.519
 consequences

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.299
 for ignoring

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 and rejecting

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 Jesus and

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 what God

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:08.960
 has said

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 through him.

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 You will

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 go down

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.179
 with the

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.419
 ship.

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.480
 You will

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.019
 arrive at

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.619
 your trial

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.220
 only to

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 find out

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 that you've

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.839
 already sealed

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.379
 your fate

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 if you

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 rejected and

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 tossed away

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 the words

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 of Christ

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 that you

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 heard.

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 finally,

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 at the

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 end here,

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 we come

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 full circle

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 back to

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 where we

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 started.

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 We heard

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 Jesus claim

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 at the

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.480
 beginning

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 to have

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 oneness

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 with the

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 Father.

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 The one

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 who believes

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:41.839
 in me

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 believes in

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.579
 the one

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:43.960
 who sent

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 me,

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 he said.

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 The one

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 who sees

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.619
 me

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.319
 sees the

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 one who

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 sent me.

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 And now

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 here,

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.199
 Jesus tells

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 us pretty

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 clearly a

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 little different

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 wording.

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 The one

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 who hears

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.579
 my words

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:56.019
 hears the

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.799
 words of

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 the Father

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 who sent

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 me.

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 You may

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 have heard

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.159
 this already

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.699
 but I love

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 this.

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 I find it

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 so deeply

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 fascinating.

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 Do you

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 realize

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.220
 that the

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 words of

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.139
 Jesus,

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.839
 the message

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.419
 of Jesus

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:11.519
 is not

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.960
 his own?

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 Do you

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.819
 know where

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.619
 Jesus gets

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.759
 this teaching

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.579
 from that's

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.139
 been amazing

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.659
 people for

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 the past

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.779
 three years

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.099
 in this

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 story?

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 does it

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.059
 surprise you

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.559
 to hear

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.579
 that everything

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.680
 Jesus says

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 is what

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.000
 God has

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.680
 commanded him

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 to say?

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 I mean,

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 isn't that

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 something?

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 I only

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 say what

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.740
 my Father

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.539
 has commanded

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.319
 me to say.

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 I love

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.360
 this.

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:41.880
 It's

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.299
 fascinating

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.819
 to me.

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.680
 Jesus does

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.299
 not have

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.099
 an independent

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.660
 ministry.

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 Jesus is

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:48.920
 accountable

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.720
 for every

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.920
 word that

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.560
 he speaks

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.320
 and teaches.

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 At the

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.000
 very least,

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.860
 he functions

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.560
 in his

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:59.019
 teaching just

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.420
 like the

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.000
 prophets of

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.480
 old did.

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.200
 Let me

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.500
 show you

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.200
 this quickly

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.680
 in a couple

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.200
 of places

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.860
 because this

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.240
 might sound

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.460
 a little

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.700
 strange to

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:06.940
 us.

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.140
 I mean,

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.340
 what do

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.740
 you mean

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.740
 Jesus when

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.080
 you say

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.960
 that everything

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.779
 you say,

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.320
 the Father

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.940
 has commanded

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.779
 you to

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.200
 say all

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.740
 these things?

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:14.900
 Think back

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.519
 to the story

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.060
 of Jonah.

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 A familiar

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.160
 story we

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.720
 all know.

00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:21.000
 First verses

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.779
 of the book

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.240
 of Jonah.

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.759
 The word

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.240
 of the Lord

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.759
 came to

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.259
 Jonah son

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.840
 of Amittai.

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 Go to

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.160
 the great

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.600
 city of

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.019
 Nineveh

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.620
 and preach

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.200
 against it

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.759
 because its

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.300
 wickedness

00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:30.820
 has come

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:32.019
 up before

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.340
 me.

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.200
 God

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.660
 commanded

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.240
 the prophets

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.980
 like Jonah

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.000
 to speak

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.380
 on his

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:38.100
 behalf and

00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.640
 it would

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.180
 appear at

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.600
 least for

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.080
 the prophets

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.680
 of old that

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:40.960
 it was

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.680
 possible for

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.019
 them to

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.500
 disobey.

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.860
 Jonah

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.180
 did.

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.759
 He got

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.000
 on a

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.360
 ship and

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.620
 started

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.160
 sailing the

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.460
 opposite

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.019
 direction

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:52.380
 but God

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.620
 wouldn't

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.180
 take no

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.680
 for an

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.279
 answer from

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.580
 Jonah

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:56.400
 and he

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:56.740
 brought him

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.300
 right back

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:58.100
 and he

00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:58.580
 commanded him

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:58.920
 a second

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.360
 time in

00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.940
 chapter 3

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.519
 verses 1

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.840
 and 2

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.440
 then the

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.779
 word of

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.080
 the Lord

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.680
 came to

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.160
 Jonah a

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.759
 second time

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.660
 go to

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.120
 the great

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.540
 city of

00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:05.900
 Nineveh

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.560
 and proclaim

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.300
 to it

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:08.300
 the message

00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:09.080
 I give

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.300
 you.

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.580
 So Jonah

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.140
 was commanded

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.759
 not only to

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.019
 go but

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.640
 also to

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.100
 proclaim

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.899
 specifically

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.699
 the message

00:23:15.699 --> 00:23:16.159
 that God

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.699
 gave him

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:18.079
 and of

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.419
 course as

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:18.759
 the story

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.299
 goes this

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.859
 time Jonah

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:21.240
 went and

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.699
 he said

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.099
 what God

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.500
 told him

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.919
 to say

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:25.079
 and this

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.480
 is how it

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:25.839
 works with

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.399
 the prophets

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.559
 they didn't

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.279
 just make up

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.719
 the stuff

00:23:28.719 --> 00:23:29.059
 that they

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.179
 said God

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:30.759
 commanded

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.259
 them to

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.279
 say specific

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.699
 things to

00:23:33.699 --> 00:23:34.240
 the people

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:36.039
 consider Isaiah

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.480
 familiar passage

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.539
 Isaiah chapter 6

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.159
 verse 9

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.440
 God said

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.040
 to Isaiah

00:23:41.040 --> 00:23:42.240
 go and

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.920
 tell this

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.420
 people

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.940
 be ever

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.480
 hearing

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.320
 but never

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:47.080
 understanding

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:48.720
 be ever

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.259
 seeing

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.420
 but never

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.040
 perceiving

00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:52.700
 notice here

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.180
 again that

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.540
 God

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:55.340
 commanded

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.080
 Isaiah to

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.980
 go and

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.460
 speak on

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.180
 his behalf

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.080
 but he also

00:23:59.080 --> 00:24:00.000
 commanded Isaiah

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.100
 precisely what

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.900
 to say to

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.440
 the people

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.259
 like the

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.200
 exact words

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.540
 say this

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:08.619
 or we

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:08.879
 could look

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.480
 at Jeremiah

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 the Lord

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 said to

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 Jeremiah

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.500
 Jeremiah

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.339
 chapter 11

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 verse 3

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 tell them

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 the people

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 of Judah

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 that this

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 is what

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 the Lord

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 the God

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.720
 of Israel

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 says

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 cursed

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 is the

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 one who

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 does not

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 obey the

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 terms of

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 this

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 covenant

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.920
 the terms

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 I commanded

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 your ancestors

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 when I brought

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 them out of

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 Egypt

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 out of the

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 iron smelting

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 furnace

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 again

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 God

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.940
 command

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 commanded

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 Jeremiah

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 exactly

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 what words

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 to speak

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 on his

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 behalf

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 to the

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 people

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 in the

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 same

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 chapter

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 just a

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 little

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 further

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 down

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 the

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 page

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 at

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 verse 6

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 the Lord

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 said to

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 Jeremiah

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.720
 proclaim

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 all these

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 words

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 in the

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 towns

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 of Judah

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 and in

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 the

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 streets

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 of

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 Jerusalem

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 and then

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 he gives

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 the words

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 listen to

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 the terms

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 of this

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 covenant

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 and he

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 goes

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 on

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 Ezekiel

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.980
 chapter

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 34

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 verse 1

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 and 2

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 same

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 thing

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 the word

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 of the

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 Lord

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 came to

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 me

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 says

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 Ezekiel

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 son

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 of

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 man

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 prophesy

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 against

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 the

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 shepherds

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 of

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 Israel

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.740
 prophesy

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.240
 and say

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.660
 to them

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:12.000
 this is

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 what the

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 sovereign

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:12.980
 Lord

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.519
 says

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.700
 woe

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 to you

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 shepherds

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 of Israel

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 who only

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.160
 take care

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 of yourselves

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 again

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:19.940
 God

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.400
 commanded

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.000
 Ezekiel

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.700
 exactly

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.160
 what

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.540
 words

00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:23.200
 to say

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 on

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 his

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 behalf

00:25:26.280 --> 00:25:26.700
 to the

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 people

00:25:27.040 --> 00:25:28.300
 this is

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 how it

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 worked

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 with

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 Moses

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 at least

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 16

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 times

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 by a

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 rough

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 count

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 this

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 week

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.700
 that I

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:32.920
 did

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.520
 God

00:25:33.520 --> 00:25:33.780
 said

00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:33.960
 to

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.260
 Moses

00:25:34.260 --> 00:25:34.920
 say

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.120
 to

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.300
 the

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:35.860
 Israelites

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.200
 or

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.620
 say

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:36.900
 to

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.340
 Pharaoh

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.260
 and

00:25:38.260 --> 00:25:38.360
 then

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.500
 he

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.760
 gave

00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:39.100
 Moses

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.320
 the

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.720
 exact

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.080
 words

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.280
 to

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:40.560
 say

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:42.140
 there's

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.340
 another

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.680
 20

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.120
 times

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.340
 through

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:43.920
 Leviticus

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.380
 and there's

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.640
 a few

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:44.880
 more

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.020
 in

00:25:45.020 --> 00:25:45.380
 numbers

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.800
 say

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.020
 to

00:25:46.020 --> 00:25:46.200
 the

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.740
 Israelites

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.660
 and God

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:47.880
 gave

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.000
 them

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.120
 the

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.559
 exact

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.960
 words

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.160
 to

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.500
 say

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.319
 this

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.539
 was

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.740
 the

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.039
 mark

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.180
 of

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.319
 a

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.559
 true

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.039
 prophet

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.339
 of

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.480
 the

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.759
 Lord

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.339
 they

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.839
 literally

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.319
 heard

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.519
 the

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.799
 voice

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:54.980
 of

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.319
 God

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.180
 speaking

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.440
 to

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.660
 them

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:56.920
 in

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.079
 their

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.579
 heads

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.680
 all

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:58.839
 the

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.200
 time

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.720
 throughout

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:00.980
 their

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.480
 ministries

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.720
 as

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.180
 often

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.519
 as

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.660
 the

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:02.859
 Lord

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.160
 wanted

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.359
 to

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.599
 say

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.019
 something

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.279
 to

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.420
 the

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.759
 people

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:06.539
 you

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.660
 may

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:06.960
 remember

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.220
 this

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.500
 with

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.240
 Samuel

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.200
 the

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.400
 boy

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.579
 who

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:09.779
 came

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:09.940
 to

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.120
 live

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.240
 at

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.359
 the

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.960
 tabernacle

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.180
 in

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.620
 Shiloh

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.900
 back

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.019
 in

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.140
 the

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.400
 days

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.660
 just

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.440
 he

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.640
 was

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.960
 there

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.420
 and

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.539
 you

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:18.700
 might

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.039
 remember

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.240
 the

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.519
 story

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.640
 of

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:19.799
 how

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.120
 God

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.559
 called

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.779
 out

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:20.960
 to

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.140
 him

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.359
 in

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.480
 the

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.799
 night

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.720
 he

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:22.920
 didn't

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.160
 know

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.359
 who

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.480
 it

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.700
 was

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:23.859
 at

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.259
 first

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:27.180
 the

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.380
 Lord

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.720
 spoke

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:27.940
 to

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.359
 Samuel

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:30.019
 and

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.140
 we

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.359
 read

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.559
 in

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.099
 1

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.519
 Samuel

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.880
 chapter

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.240
 3

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.480
 verse

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.920
 19

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.220
 that

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.359
 the

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.579
 Lord

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.819
 was

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.120
 with

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.519
 Samuel

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.740
 as

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:34.859
 he

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.059
 grew

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.319
 up

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.480
 and

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.900
 he

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.099
 let

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.420
 none

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.599
 of

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.120
 Samuel's

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.519
 words

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.120
 fall

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.299
 to

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.440
 the

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.819
 ground

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.839
 why

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.140
 was

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.259
 it

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.500
 that

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.099
 none

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.259
 of

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.740
 Samuel's

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.019
 words

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.380
 fell

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.539
 to

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.359
 everything

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.960
 Samuel

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.599
 predicted

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.200
 and said

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.880
 came true

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.980
 because

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.299
 God

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.539
 knows

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.700
 the

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.039
 future

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:54.339
 and

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.559
 God

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.720
 was

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:54.859
 the

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.039
 one

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.460
 telling

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.960
 Samuel

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.620
 exactly

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.319
 what

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.559
 to

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.880
 say

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.680
 to

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:58.839
 the

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.160
 people

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:02.579
 so

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.740
 what

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:02.880
 we

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.099
 hear

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.299
 from

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.599
 Jesus

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.839
 is

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.019
 not

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.160
 a

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.299
 new

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.779
 thing

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.839
 that's

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.240
 happening

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.259
 he

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.640
 said

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.279
 for

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.420
 I

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.579
 did

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.880
 not

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.240
 speak

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.420
 on

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.599
 my

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.799
 own

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:10.980
 but

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.180
 the

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.500
 father

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.700
 who

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:11.980
 sent

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.140
 me

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.660
 commanded

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:12.900
 me

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.120
 to

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.380
 say

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.740
 all

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.920
 that

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.039
 I

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.220
 have

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.660
 spoken

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:16.220
 so

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.519
 whatever

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.819
 I

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.180
 say

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.819
 is

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.079
 just

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.279
 what

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.440
 the

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.779
 father

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.059
 has

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.380
 told

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 me

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.400
 to

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.720
 say

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.039
 Jesus

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.519
 served

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.940
 God

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.500
 as

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.640
 a

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.000
 prophet

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:26.000
 which

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.299
 doesn't

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 just

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.620
 mean

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:26.759
 that

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:26.880
 he

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.079
 made

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.579
 predictions

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.860
 it

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.079
 means

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.640
 primarily

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.000
 that

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.180
 he

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.680
 spoke

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.960
 on

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.400
 God's

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.920
 behalf

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.579
 to

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.720
 the

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.059
 people

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.100
 telling

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.319
 them

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.799
 exactly

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.079
 what

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.360
 God

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.779
 commanded

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.079
 him

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.700
 to

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:36.900
 say

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.039
 to

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.180
 them

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.299
 it

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.600
 means

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.920
 that

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.180
 just

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.380
 like

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.539
 the

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.920
 prophets

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.120
 of

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.500
 old

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.779
 Jesus

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.240
 too

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.839
 heard

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.019
 the

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.420
 voice

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.539
 of

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.700
 his

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.059
 father

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.339
 in

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.519
 his

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.819
 head

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.099
 all

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.279
 the

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.619
 time

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:48.839
 I

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:48.980
 would

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.220
 argue

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.559
 even

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.819
 more

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.079
 so

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.399
 because

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.679
 he's

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:50.799
 the

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.039
 very

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.339
 son

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.500
 of

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.859
 God

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.039
 and

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.700
 unlike

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:53.939
 the

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.299
 prophets

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.500
 of

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.679
 old

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.059
 has

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.359
 this

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.819
 deep

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.720
 unity

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.079
 and

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.619
 oneness

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:57.919
 with

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.079
 the

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.439
 father

00:27:58.439 --> 00:28:01.480
 Jesus

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.740
 is

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:01.919
 the

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.359
 ultimate

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.899
 prophet

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:05.439
 it's

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:05.579
 not

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.759
 just

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:05.919
 a

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.079
 cool

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.339
 thing

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.500
 that

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.619
 we

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:06.879
 hear

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.039
 in

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.279
 Bible

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.740
 college

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:07.960
 and

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.419
 systematic

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:08.939
 theology

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.579
 textbooks

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.779
 that's

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:10.879
 what

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.119
 Jesus

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.339
 is

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.599
 telling

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.799
 us

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.039
 right

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.299
 here

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.879
 my

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.539
 words

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.799
 to

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.139
 you

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.759
 all

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:14.960
 of

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.200
 them

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.840
 are

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.460
 God's

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.820
 words

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.360
 to

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:17.680
 you

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:22.220
 well

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.400
 what do

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.660
 we do

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.020
 with all

00:28:23.020 --> 00:28:23.420
 this

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:29.160
 many

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.560
 Christians

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.160
 today are

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.900
 excited about

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.860
 Bible

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.440
 prophecy

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:34.460
 mainly

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.580
 because they

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.020
 believe that

00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.720
 all kinds of

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.680
 Bible prophecies

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.020
 that were

00:28:38.020 --> 00:28:38.520
 unfulfilled

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.799
 in the

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.259
 past

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.700
 are

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.079
 being

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.460
 fulfilled

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.200
 today

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.559
 in our

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:42.779
 day

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.200
 and current

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.599
 events

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:43.859
 and what

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.180
 we read

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.400
 in the

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.740
 news

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:46.799
 and at

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.139
 the root

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.859
 of some

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.220
 of this

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.720
 excitement

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:50.680
 I think

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.019
 is the

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.779
 sincere love

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.460
 of discovery

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.799
 the sincere

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.619
 desire to

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.660
 figure out

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.039
 just what

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.940
 those prophecies

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.500
 in the Bible

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.220
 point to

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.900
 for others

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.339
 it's just

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.879
 a sincere

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.460
 desire

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.059
 to

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.839
 see what

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.200
 we long

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.420
 for

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.819
 the Lord

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.240
 to come

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.559
 back

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.180
 to return

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.599
 the end

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:06.900
 to be

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.279
 here

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.599
 that is

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.039
 our hope

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.720
 after all

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.079
 but we

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.339
 need to

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.799
 be careful

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.139
 here

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:15.039
 because the

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.440
 excitement

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.019
 for some

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.859
 is mainly

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.480
 in the

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.299
 unfulfilled

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.379
 prophecies

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.819
 in the

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.339
 future

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.200
 prophecies

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.019
 in the

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.460
 words of

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.899
 prophecy

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.299
 that

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.279
 predict

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:27.460
 as if

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.779
 the other

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.160
 words of

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.539
 prophecy

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.099
 that don't

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.480
 predict

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.879
 are just

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.279
 kind of

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.460
 old

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.899
 and boring

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:35.559
 what do

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.879
 we learn

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.379
 from Jesus

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.779
 here

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:39.339
 we learn

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.299
 that every

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.940
 word that

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.839
 Jesus spoke

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.639
 is prophecy

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:45.839
 all of

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.539
 his words

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.680
 are the

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.519
 words of

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.899
 God

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:50.599
 that's the

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:50.960
 biblical

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.599
 definition

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:51.980
 of a

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.319
 prophet

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:56.000
 what if

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.359
 we were

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.139
 as excited

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.799
 today

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.839
 about

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.680
 everything

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.759
 that Jesus

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.700
 said

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.899
 as we are

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.259
 about the

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.639
 things that

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.379
 pertain to

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.899
 the future

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:07.700
 what if we

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.100
 gave the

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.420
 same

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.160
 attention to

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.360
 the

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:09.960
 commands

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.200
 of

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.720
 Christ

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.140
 today

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:14.380
 as we

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.660
 give to

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.060
 the words

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.680
 Christ spoke

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.100
 about the

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.800
 end times

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:20.120
 if every

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.800
 word that

00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.519
 Jesus spoke

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.280
 is prophecy

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:23.259
 is from

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.759
 God

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.740
 shouldn't we

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.820
 deeply love

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.600
 and treasure

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.580
 all his

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.019
 words

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.819
 and not

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.180
 just the

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.539
 ones that

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.980
 tickle our

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.379
 fancy

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:34.099
 this is one

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.539
 thing that we

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.099
 can take from

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.920
 Jesus words

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:39.379
 but more

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.920
 importantly

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:41.160
 I hope

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.740
 we hear the

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.400
 fullness of

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.180
 what Jesus is

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.559
 claiming

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.920
 in this last

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:48.099
 perhaps public

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.619
 address

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:50.139
 before his

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.579
 hour of

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.900
 suffering

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.579
 imagine that

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.059
 you're there

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.740
 in the crowd

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.460
 listening to

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.259
 Jesus cry

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.579
 out

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:56.259
 what does

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.039
 Jesus want

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.379
 you to

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.819
 know

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.960
 what does

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.220
 he want

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.519
 you to

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.099
 believe

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.679
 before he

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:01.179
 goes to

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.819
 the cross

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.579
 he wants

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.839
 you to

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.259
 know that

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.740
 he is

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.240
 one

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.439
 with his

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:06.859
 father

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.559
 and that

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.419
 in him

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.460
 you are

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.079
 seeing

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.919
 God

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:13.059
 the one

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.559
 who sent

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.779
 him

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:15.339
 he wants

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.579
 you to

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.019
 know that

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.659
 he is

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.399
 the light

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:18.759
 in this

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.519
 dark world

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.279
 that we

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.699
 live in

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.399
 he is the

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.980
 reliable

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.919
 source of

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.419
 truth

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.160
 that has

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.660
 come from

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.440
 outside of

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.000
 our world

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.039
 to light

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.380
 the way

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.980
 for us

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:30.820
 Jesus wants

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.100
 you to

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.560
 know that

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:32.080
 if you do

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.840
 not receive

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.800
 and believe

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.300
 his words

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.759
 today

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.240
 your rejection

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.980
 of his

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.560
 words will

00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:39.160
 seal your

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.539
 fate

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.680
 on the

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.259
 last day

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:43.500
 and finally

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.140
 Jesus wants

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.519
 you to know

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.920
 that God

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.580
 has much

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.060
 to say

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.500
 to you

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.300
 and that

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:48.019
 every word

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.580
 that he has

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.140
 been speaking

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.600
 for these

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.440
 past three

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.920
 years

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.220
 has been

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.700
 the very

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.120
 words

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.539
 God

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.080
 commanded

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.340
 him

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.740
 to say

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.299
 to us

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:58.240
 do you

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.720
 believe

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.940
 what Jesus

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.600
 is saying

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.200
 to you

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:03.519
 do you

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.779
 believe

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.259
 that Jesus

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.940
 is

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.200
 God

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.299
 in human

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.819
 flesh

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:09.299
 walking

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.799
 here

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.319
 speaking

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.880
 here

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.819
 among

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.259
 us

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.860
 this is

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.140
 why we

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.340
 don't

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.680
 hesitate

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.299
 to worship

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.960
 this man

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.740
 Jesus

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:19.440
 because he

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.420
 is God

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:22.279
 he is

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.840
 the light

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:24.360
 he is

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.779
 the way

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.300
 he is

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:25.779
 the truth

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.259
 he is

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.860
 the life

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.660
 and so

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.220
 much more

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:31.960
 let's pray

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:39.340
 father in

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.580
 heaven

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.500
 we bow

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.160
 before you

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:43.160
 we're in

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.779
 awe of

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.100
 what you

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.600
 have done

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.060
 in sending

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:45.580
 your son

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.919
 to save

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:47.259
 us

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:51.019
 we barely

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.740
 even fully

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.399
 understand

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.980
 how

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.879
 trapped

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.559
 and lost

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.220
 we

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.379
 were

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:58.220
 but we

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.619
 thank you

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.079
 that Jesus

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.579
 has come

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.960
 to set

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.399
 us free

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:01.339
 and to

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.679
 give us

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:02.220
 life and

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.559
 hope

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.519
 for all

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.059
 eternity

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.480
 what an

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.980
 awesome

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.399
 gift

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:09.159
 we don't

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.919
 deserve it

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:11.820
 but we

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.360
 say thank

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.680
 you and

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.240
 we praise

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.120
 you for

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.640
 your love

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.640
 for your

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.060
 grace

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:17.300
 I pray

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:17.660
 Lord

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.460
 we pray

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:20.740
 that you

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.259
 would give

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.019
 ears to

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.460
 the people

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.779
 in this

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.220
 community

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.940
 to hear

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.800
 these words

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.360
 of Christ

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:27.460
 this plea

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.000
 of Christ

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.480
 on our

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.779
 lips

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:31.539
 we ask

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.860
 this in

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.340
 his name

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:34.259
 amen

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:37.019
 okay

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.119
 yeah