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 Well, this morning I get the privilege to preach.

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 It's a blessing for me to be back up here and open up the book of John and look to see

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 what God has for us this morning.

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 I would say this passage is fantastic, is great for the church and the message of this

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 passage.

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 But I would say this, if there's any there here who are still investigating the claims

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 of Christ, who don't know Jesus as Lord and Savior, this morning this is going to speak

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 directly to you.

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 So as we open the text, if you would turn with me to John chapter 10, we're going to

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 start at verse 22.

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 And I would ask if you can, in honor of God's word, would you stand with me as we read this

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 section of his holy word?

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 Starting at verse 22.

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 At that time, the feast of dedication took place at Jerusalem.

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 It was winter.

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 It was winter.

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 And Jesus was walking in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.

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 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, how long will you keep us in suspense?

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 If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

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 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe.

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 The works that I do in my father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because

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 you're not among my sheep.

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 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me.

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 I give them eternal life and they will never perish and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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 My father who has given them to me is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of the father's hand.

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 I and the father are one.

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 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

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 Jesus answered them, I've shown you many good works from the father.

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 For which of them are you going to stone me?

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 The Jews answered him, it's not for a good work that we're going to stone you, but for blasphemy.

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 Because you being a man, make yourself God.

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 Jesus answered them, is it not written in your law?

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 I said you are gods.

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 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came and scripture cannot be broken,

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 do you say of him whom the father consecrated and sent into this world,

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 you are blaspheming because I said, I am the son of God.

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 If I'm not doing the works of my father, then do not believe me.

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 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works.

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 That you may know and understand that the father is in me and I am in the father.

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 Again, they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

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 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first.

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 And there he remained.

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 And many came to him and they said, John did no sign.

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 But everything that John said about this man was true.

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 And many believed in him there.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, as we open your word, I pray that you would open our minds that we might understand it.

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 Father, you give us eyes to see and ears to hear.

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 And Father, you would stir deeply in our heart that our affections would be for you, Father.

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 That we would love your word and we would long for your truth, God.

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 That we might be transformed and be made like Christ.

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 I pray that you would do this work in our life.

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 And this morning, I pray that you would lead this time.

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 And I pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 And you can have a seat.

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 I want to start with just a short story about when I was very young.

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 My family, I have one sister, Tanika, and myself along with my parents were in Hilton Head for vacation.

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 And we were at a campground that at that time back in 1970 or 71, whatever year it was, in Hilton Head, there was a marina that was at this area where the campground was located.

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 If you go on the island and you drive on, it's very early on the left-hand side where that was.

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 And I remember this is that my sister was a lot different than me.

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 I tended to be quiet and not as talkative.

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 She had never met a stranger.

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 Easy for her to talk to people.

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 And sure enough, she found a friend somewhere close to her age, a girl who was wandering around the same area.

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 And she ended up with them on their boat.

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 They had driven, driven.

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 They had boated to Hilton Head and they had parked at the dock.

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 It turns out that the boat they were in was quite a big boat.

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 And she was invited to come on and eat.

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 And she came back and she tells us a story.

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 And she said, yeah, they were very friendly.

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 This guy, Mr. Turner, invited us in.

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 And we sat down and ate.

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 And it was just really great.

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 I enjoyed.

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 Tanika said, I really enjoyed our time.

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 Hopefully, I can go there tomorrow.

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 Well, it turns out she didn't know who this guy was.

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 To her, it was just another guy.

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 She was friends with this little girl and they were playing.

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 And she happened to be sitting on the boat that was owned by Ted Turner and was sitting at the table with Ted Turner's daughter at the time.

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 You know, she didn't know who he was.

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 All she knew was that he was nice and she enjoyed playing with his daughter.

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 I tell that story just to illustrate this.

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 Ted Turner's the founder of CNN.

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 He's the founder of TBS.

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 And he's the owner of the Atlanta Braves.

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 At least he used to be.

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 I don't know if he is now anymore.

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 But he was influential in his own way.

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 Now, I'm not touting him.

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 I'm not giving him praise.

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 I'm just sharing this story as an illustration that Tanika was with him but didn't really know who he was.

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 You know us exactly where we find ourselves in this story this morning?

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 If you will look at verse 24, you'll see that the Jews gathered around Jesus.

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 They saw him walk into the temple area and they gathered around him.

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 And I would say this is that they recognized him but they did not know him.

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 They recognized him as Jesus but they had no idea who he really was.

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 He, in truth, was the Messiah but they didn't understand that.

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 They didn't see it that way.

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 They didn't believe that he was the Messiah but he was.

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 They thought that they knew him but they didn't know him.

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 You know why it is that they didn't recognize him?

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 Because they had a misconception of who the Christ truly was.

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 Of who the Christ was going to be.

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 Of what the Christ would do when he arrived.

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 So we see their question.

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 And their question is this.

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 If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

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 Why do you speak in riddles and why do you use parables?

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 Why do you deflect when we ask questions?

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 Why don't you just straight out tell us?

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 Are you the Christ?

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 You know what he said?

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 He said, I've already told you.

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 I've told you many times that I'm the Christ.

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 But you don't believe.

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 It helps us to understand the reason they would directly ask this question.

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 By understanding what this feast is all about.

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 This feast of dedication was a feast that recognized an event in the history of the Israeli nation.

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 The Israelites.

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 At the time frame around 165 BC.

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 It was a time when the Greeks were in charge, if you will.

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 They were the great power in that day.

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 And the Greeks had abused the Jews.

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 They had caused them to stop sacrificing at the temple.

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 They had taken a pig into the temple.

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 They had slaughtered the pig on the altar.

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 And desecrated the altar.

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 Desecrated the temple by doing this.

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 And they were doing it for spite.

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 Just to show that they were in charge.

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 And what happened within the nation.

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 There was an uprising of anger.

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 They had been under the thumb of the Greeks for some time.

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 And Judas Maccabee.

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 You probably have heard his name.

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 I don't know if you've ever read anything.

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 He rose up in righteous anger.

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 He gathered people around him.

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 And the Jews resisted the Greeks.

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 And conquered them in that area.

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 And they had relief from the thumb of the Greeks.

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 And they were able to start the sacrifices again.

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 They were able to rededicate the temple.

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 It was through the leadership of brave men to fight against the Greeks.

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 And it is celebrated here this time.

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 This feast of dedication is a remembrance of this leader who rallied the Jews.

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 And they defeated the Greeks.

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 And they rededicated the temple.

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 And that's what's being celebrated.

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 And so they asked Jesus this question.

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 Tell us, are you the deliverer?

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 Are you the one that's going to deliver us from the Romans?

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 From this oppressive rule of these Romans?

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 Do you know they had the story all wrong?

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 They expected that Jesus was God.

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 Excuse me.

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 That the Christ was going to be this ruler.

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 This physical king on earth.

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 They misunderstood all of the prophecies that pointed to this coming king.

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 This great king that was going to redeem Israel.

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 In their mind, that meant that they were going to be their own nation.

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 And they were going to be free from the oppression of these other ruling nations.

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 They thought he was going to have a physical kingdom.

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 You know the scripture never said that?

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 It was talking about the kingdom of heaven.

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 It was talking about a spiritual kingdom.

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 And so they asked this question with glazed eyes.

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 They're blind.

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 They don't even understand who the Christ is or who the Christ is going to be.

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 So when Christ says, I am he, they can't believe it.

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 They have this expectation of what he should be doing if he's going to be the Christ.

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 Will you deliver us like the feast that we're celebrating?

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 Like this time when we were delivered from the Greeks.

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 Are you going to do that now?

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 Are you the Christ?

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 Seeker.

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 I know there's some here that perhaps you're not a Christian yet.

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 It's a great question to consider.

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 Is he the Christ?

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 Jesus, tell us plainly, are you the Christ?

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 Are you the Messiah?

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 Are you the one that has been foretold in the ancient scriptures?

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 Are you the one that's coming to deliver us from our sins?

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 Are you the one that's coming to redeem?

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 Are you the one that God is sending for his people?

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 And that's a question that we should ask.

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 Each of us should ask.

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 This morning we're going to look at three witnesses that give evidence that Jesus is the Christ.

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 And we're going to look at four truths about salvation that we find in our text this morning.

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 Three witnesses that reveal, that give evidence that Jesus is the Messiah.

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 And four truths about salvation.

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 First, the witnesses.

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 What does Jesus say when he answers them?

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 Listen, he says, I told you and you don't believe.

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 I've already told you.

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 And it begs the question, Jesus, when did you tell them?

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 Well, let me remind you of stuff we've already read in the book of John.

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 Things that would have happened earlier before this event.

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 He says, Jesus says, I am the bread of life.

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 And the statement, I am, is a statement that I'm sent by God and I'm equal to God.

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 He says it in the text earlier, I mean later.

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 He says, I am the Father and one.

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 But he said it before.

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 He says, I am the bread of life.

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 I am the one that God used to feed the people.

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 I'm the true bread that's come down from heaven.

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 I'm the true manna from heaven that if you eat, you live.

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 He said, I am the light of the world.

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 I am the one that comes to shed forth light, to reveal what is true, to point everyone to the Father.

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 He says, I am the door of the sheep.

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 None come in except through me.

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 He is claiming openly that he is the Messiah.

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 And he says again, I'm the good shepherd.

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 I'm the one that gives my life for the sheep.

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 He said it over and over and over again.

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 And listen, if you're trying to investigate the claims of Christ here, understand what he's saying.

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 He says, I and the Father am one or are one.

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 He says, I am the Messiah.

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 He says, I am the one that he sent from heaven to redeem.

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 You can't get around this statement by Christ.

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 He's telling these Jews that he is the Messiah.

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 And they're not listening.

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 We'll get to that later.

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 I'm going to skip to the second item here.

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 The second witness that he really is the Christ.

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 And it's down in verse 32.

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 It says this, I've shown you many good works from the Father.

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 The works witness.

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 The works bear witness in verse 25.

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 The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me.

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 How do they bear witness, Christ?

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 What do you mean they bear witness?

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 Well, let me ask this question.

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 Have you all ever watched Harry Houdini?

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 Have you ever seen him do his stuff?

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 Isn't it amazing?

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 I can sit and stare at it.

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 I know there's some trick somewhere.

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 There's got to be a trick somewhere.

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 But I can stare at it and I can't for the life of me figure out how that guy got free.

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 Or how he was able to get out of the predicament he was in.

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 It's hard for me to understand.

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 But I do know something amazing just happened.

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 When I was younger, there was a guy in my neighborhood whose name was Carlos.

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 Turns out, by the way, he's Bert's brother.

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 I used to live in the same neighborhood as Carlos.

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 And I remember when I was a 10-year-old kid, or maybe I was 11, somewhere in that age,

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 I would go around to Carlos' house.

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 He was always very friendly to me, so I felt comfortable spending time with him.

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 I remember sitting in his house at his kitchen's table,

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 and he was wowing me with his ability to shuffle the deck of cards.

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 And I could not figure out how he did it.

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 He would shuffle the cards, and he would deal blackjack.

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 So he'd deal himself, and he'd deal me.

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 Every single time, he had blackjack.

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 Every time.

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 And then I said, no, no, you're doing it.

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 These cards are, there's something funny about the cards.

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 He flips the cards over, spreads them all out.

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 They're just like any other deck of cards.

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 There's nothing unusual about them.

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 I said, you can't do it again.

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 He did it again.

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 He did it again.

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 He did it.

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 I said, you need to let me cut it so you can't stack the deck.

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 I don't know how you're stacking it, but let me cut it.

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 And he would let me cut it two, three, five times.

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 He'd let me do all this stuff, and I'd do it around.

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 He would shuffle, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle.

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 And he'd go poop, poop, poop, poop, poop.

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 And guess what?

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 He had blackjack again.

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 I could not figure it out.

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 How he did it to this day, I don't know.

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 I haven't gone and researched online and tried to learn the trick.

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 But I just want to say it was amazing that he was able to do that.

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 Let me tell you something that's even more amazing here.

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 Do you know what Christ has done?

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 He's done things that are far and above amazing.

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 I would say that Carlos was a card shark.

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 He actually dealt in Vegas, by the way, is what I was told.

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 Now, I don't know if that's true.

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 Ask him when you see him, but he said he did.

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 And the way he was able to do that, maybe he did.

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 I don't know.

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 But Christ, look what he did.

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 Do you all remember some of the things that Christ did?

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 That he turned water into wine?

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 Do you know what any other person has done that?

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 Do you know he had a nobleman come and said,

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 Hurry, hurry, my son is sick.

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 And he said, Please come, please come.

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 Heal my son.

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 And he said the word, and the son was healed.

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 He didn't even have to go there.

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 And then, when 5,000 followed him, they were in the wilderness,

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 and they ended up with five loaves and two little fish.

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 He fed 5,000 plus wives and children in the wilderness.

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 Anybody else you know have done that with that little bit?

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 And then, the blind man who'd been blind from birth,

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 he healed the blind man that he might see.

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 All of these spiritually teach us something about the Messiah.

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 But I want us to recognize that all of these are signs.

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 What is a sign?

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 In order to hear it from the mouth of Moses,

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 we can turn back to Numbers chapter 16,

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 and I'll look at Exodus 4.

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 I want you to hear what the Scripture says about signs.

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 Because Christ has given them the second witness.

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 He said, I've shown you these good works.

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 Don't you see that I'm the Messiah?

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 Don't you recognize these signs that I'm performing?

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 They illustrate who I am.

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 I'm the one that's been sent from God.

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 Do you not see it?

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 And Moses says this,

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 in reference to a...

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 What's the word?

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 An uprising of people within the camp of Israel

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 when they were in the wilderness.

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 This one named Korah and his family and a couple of others

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 rebelled against the leadership of Moses.

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 And Moses said, as he's confronting these,

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 he said,

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 Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me.

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 The Lord is getting ready to do something

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 that he's never done before.

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 And if it doesn't happen,

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 then you recognize I'm not from God.

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 But if it does happen,

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 then you know that there's no other way

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 that this could possibly happen unless God is in it.

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 And what happened?

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 The ground opened up.

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 Korah and his whole family descended,

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 and the ground shut back up.

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 It was a sign and evidence

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 that Moses was sent from God.

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 In Exodus chapter 4,

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 you remember that time in the life of Moses,

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 how he had run,

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 he had fled from Egypt,

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 he had lived 40 years in Midian,

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 he had his sheep,

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 and he was in the desert country,

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 and this bush flamed,

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 and out of the bush he heard a voice,

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 Moses, take off your sandals,

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 the place where you're standing is holy ground.

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 And that whole encounter with God,

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 God said to Moses,

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 I want you to go to Egypt,

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 and I want you to deliver my people.

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 And what do you say?

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 Oh, you got the wrong guy.

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 I can't do that.

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 I'm not able to.

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 Do you know who I am?

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 They won't trust me.

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 They won't believe me.

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 Nothing.

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 And it said in chapter 4,

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 it says this,

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 and Moses answered,

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 after he had said,

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 no, no, no, no, no,

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 he answered,

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 Moses answered,

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 but behold,

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 they will not believe me

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 or listen to my voice,

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 for they will say,

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 the Lord didn't appear to you.

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 And the Lord said to him,

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 what's that in your hand?

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 A staff?

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 He said,

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 throw it on the ground.

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 He threw it on the ground.

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 What happened?

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 Turn to a serpent.

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 He runs.

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 And then the Lord says,

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 go and touch it

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 and pick it up

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 and he touches the tail

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 and what does it do?

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 It turns into a staff again.

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 What else did he tell him to do?

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 Put his hand in his shirt.

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 Take it out.

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 What was his hand?

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 It's leprous.

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 He said,

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 I'll take your hand

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 and put it back in

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 and pull it out

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 and it's not leprous anymore.

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 And then what did he tell him to do?

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 He said,

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 the water that you take from the Nile

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 when you throw it down

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 will become blood.

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 He said to Moses,

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 he said,

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 you do these three signs

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 and they'll believe

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 that you're from God.

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 No man can do these signs

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 unless God be with him,

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 unless God has sent him.

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 The sign authenticates the messenger.

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 You know what Christ is saying?

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 Do you see the signs?

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 Do you recognize

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 that these signs are from God?

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 Don't you see

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 that no man can do these signs

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 unless God is in it,

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 unless he's the Messiah?

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 He's the one.

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 Don't you see?

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 Why don't you believe?

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 We'll speak about

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 why they don't believe here

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 in just a minute.

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 But these signs...

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 in John 6,

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 it talks about a large crowd

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 that followed him.

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 They saw the signs

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 he was doing to the sick.

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 And also in verse 14,

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 it talks about

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 the feeding of the 5,000.

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 And it says this,

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 when the people saw the sign

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 that he had done,

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 they said,

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 this is indeed the prophet

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 who is to come into the world.

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 The common people saw it

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 for what it really was.

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 That he was,

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 he had to be the Messiah.

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 No man can do this

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 unless they're the Messiah.

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 You remember what Nicodemus said?

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 You remember who Nicodemus is?

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 Nicodemus is the Pharisee,

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 one of the rulers,

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 the teachers of the people,

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 a part of the Sanhedrin,

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 of the council.

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 And he heard about

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 and saw these miraculous things

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 that Jesus was doing.

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 And he went to him by night

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 because it was already understood

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 that if you believed

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 this guy was the Messiah,

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 you'd be kicked out

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 of the Sanhedrin.

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 You would lose everything

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 that's associated

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 with that prominent position.

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 And so he went by night

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 under the cover of darkness

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 because he couldn't get over

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 the evidence.

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 the evidence that

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 he really was the Messiah.

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 And so he goes to him

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 and listen to what Nicodemus says

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 in chapter 3 of John.

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 He says this,

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 no one can do these signs

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 that you do

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 unless God is with them.

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 They have the fingerprint of God.

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 They're impossible.

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.740
 They're miraculous.

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 I don't understand them.

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 They catch my eye.

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 I can't help but see

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.680
 there's something supernatural

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.200
 going on.

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 And I'm wanting to know

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 what it is.

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 How are you doing this?

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.820
 Why is it that

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:13.460
 the Jews can't see this?

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.259
 Why are they blind?

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.200
 Isn't it obvious

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.140
 to you and me, Christian?

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 As we read this,

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 we see the words of Christ.

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 Never man spoke like this before.

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 Never man did this thing before.

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.560
 Never is a man

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.500
 turned water to wine.

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.400
 Never is a man

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.500
 healed a blind man

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 who was born blind.

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 Never is a man

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 fed 5,000 people

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 from five loaves

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 and two fishes.

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.539
 It's impossible.

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:43.060
 This has to be the Messiah.

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.660
 And he gives another sign,

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.799
 another witness

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.799
 is referred to

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.480
 at the end

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 of this section

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 in verse 41.

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 It says,

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.779
 many came to him

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:56.279
 when he left

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 and he went

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 to the place

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.839
 where John baptized

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 and those who were there,

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.740
 they came to him

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.160
 and they said,

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:05.099
 John did no sign

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.079
 but everything

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.920
 that John said

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.720
 about this guy

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.720
 has come true.

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.720
 What did John say?

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:13.139
 What did John say

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:14.379
 about this guy?

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.559
 Jesus.

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.079
 You remember

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.559
 what he said?

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.039
 Early?

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.819
 chapter 1

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.759
 of John?

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.279
 Here's what he said.

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.599
 And you'll remember this.

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.420
 Behold

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 the Lamb of God.

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.779
 You can see John

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:39.240
 beside the Jordan

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.639
 and he sees Jesus

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.539
 and he points to Jesus

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.139
 and behold

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:43.059
 the Lamb of God.

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.839
 What else did he say?

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:49.399
 And John bore witness.

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 I saw the Spirit

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.959
 descend from heaven

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 like a dove

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 and it remained on him.

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.119
 I saw it.

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.899
 And when he's talking

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.679
 to his disciples

00:25:59.679 --> 00:25:59.980
 he said,

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.199
 did you see it?

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.559
 Did you see it?

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.279
 It's like a dove.

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.799
 It descended

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:05.419
 and it rested on him.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.500
 Never has that

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.720
 ever happened before.

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.259
 It's the validation.

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.839
 The Spirit told me

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.799
 that this was going to happen

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.899
 and whenever I saw it

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.699
 that's evidence

00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.639
 that this is the one.

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 That this is the Messiah.

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:20.079
 I myself did not know him

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.779
 but he who sent me

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:23.699
 that is the Father

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:25.379
 to baptize with water

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.139
 said to me

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.639
 he on whom you see

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 the Spirit descend

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.119
 and remain

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.500
 this is the one

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.359
 who baptizes

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.139
 with the Holy Spirit.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.059
 Who baptizes

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.720
 with the Holy Spirit?

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.159
 There's only one.

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.259
 There's only one.

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:39.319
 The Lord Jesus Christ

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.959
 the Messiah.

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:42.339
 The one who was foretold.

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.559
 He goes on to say

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.819
 I've seen it

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.240
 I've borne witness

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.480
 that this is

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.799
 the Son of God.

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.279
 Behold

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.359
 the Lamb

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.299
 of God.

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.019
 And now

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.819
 I want to look at

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.980
 the four

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.139
 truths

00:26:59.139 --> 00:27:00.819
 about salvation

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.039
 that are so evident

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.460
 and clear

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.179
 in this passage.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.079
 Turn with me

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.819
 or look with me

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.319
 if you will

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:07.000
 at verse 26.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:10.000
 It says

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.859
 the works that I do

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.779
 in my Father's name

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.359
 bear witness

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.920
 about me

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.380
 but you do not believe

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.799
 why?

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.380
 See Jonathan

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.559
 stole this last week

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:18.039
 and

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:20.259
 I'm going to share it again

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.579
 because

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.319
 the way that he worded it

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.140
 is so powerful

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.819
 to consider.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.759
 Notice

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.779
 the order

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.740
 which is extremely

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.380
 important here.

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.819
 Notice the reason

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:32.400
 why they didn't believe.

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.880
 We want a glimpse

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.319
 at

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.440
 the sovereignty

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.120
 of God here.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.180
 I want you to see

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.920
 what the scripture

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.519
 says here.

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.559
 Notice it says

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.940
 you do not believe

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.279
 why?

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.380
 Because you're not

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.460
 among my sheep.

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.259
 That's why you don't believe.

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.660
 You're not

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.779
 one of my sheep.

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.759
 Remember earlier

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.680
 last week

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.720
 when Jonathan preached

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.980
 he preached about

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.100
 this parable

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.620
 he talked about

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.640
 that it was common

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.920
 for multiple shepherds

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.980
 to enclose their sheep

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.440
 together in one fold

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.759
 one door

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.920
 and the shepherd

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.660
 would walk in

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.559
 and would talk to him

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.100
 or whistle

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:06.919
 and all the sheep

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.859
 that were his

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.399
 knew his voice

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.759
 and they only

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.500
 followed him

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.419
 and so when he spoke

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.559
 he said

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.099
 come on let's go.

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.919
 What did the sheep do?

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.599
 Did all the sheep

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.099
 follow him?

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.459
 No.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.819
 Just his sheep.

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.959
 And we see it here again

00:28:22.959 --> 00:28:24.439
 you do not believe

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:25.759
 because you're not

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.339
 among

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.719
 my sheep.

00:28:30.719 --> 00:28:31.939
 Isn't it interesting

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:33.140
 that word my

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.820
 connotates relationship

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.360
 doesn't it?

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.840
 And so it begs

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.340
 the question

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:40.740
 who are your sheep?

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.820
 I want you to hear

00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.580
 what the word of God

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.600
 says about this.

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.160
 It says it

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.220
 in multiple ways

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.420
 in multiple places.

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.740
 I'm just going to look

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.840
 at three very quickly.

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.279
 Revelation twice

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.799
 and Ephesians once.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.299
 Notice what it says

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.420
 in Revelation.

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.580
 Revelation.

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.620
 Revelation.

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.700
 Revelation.

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:57.740
 Revelation.

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.759
 Revelation.

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.240
 Revelation.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.620
 Revelation.

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:01.920
 Revelation.

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:03.920
 Revelation.

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.019
 It's talking about

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:07.120
 the bottomless pit

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.779
 and destruction

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.779
 and it says

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.900
 the dwellers on earth

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.519
 whose names

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.620
 have not been written

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.640
 in the book of life

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.580
 from the foundation

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.380
 of the world

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.860
 will be cast there.

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:18.279
 Listen again.

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:20.080
 The dwellers on earth

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.720
 whose names

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.779
 have not been written

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.800
 in the book of life.

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.740
 What book of life?

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.440
 What are you talking about?

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.160
 Book of life.

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:27.660
 You mean

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.759
 there's a book

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.620
 with names in it?

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:31.619
 And that's going

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.219
 to dictate?

00:29:36.219 --> 00:29:37.899
 Chapter 21

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.599
 of Revelation

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.639
 says this.

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.419
 It talks about

00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:42.979
 this new

00:29:42.979 --> 00:29:44.699
 city.

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.819
 This glorified city

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.639
 and it says this.

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:49.059
 But nothing unclean

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:50.099
 will ever enter it

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.779
 nor anyone

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.359
 who does

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.179
 what is detestable

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.619
 or false

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.759
 but only those

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.339
 who are written

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.319
 in the Lamb's book

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.779
 of life.

00:29:56.479 --> 00:29:57.519
 Only those

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.299
 whose names

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.220
 are in the Lamb's

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.839
 book of life.

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.019
 Ephesians 1

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.220
 says it this way.

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.639
 Paul

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.919
 when he's talking

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.460
 about

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:10.399
 those that are

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.039
 in Christ

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.039
 those that receive

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.579
 salvation

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.500
 notice what he says.

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.659
 Blessed be the God

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.779
 verse 3 of chapter 1

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.180
 Ephesians

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.180
 blessed be the God

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.680
 and Father

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.619
 of our Lord

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.240
 Jesus Christ

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.240
 who has blessed us

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.960
 in Christ

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:25.379
 with every spiritual

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.299
 blessing in the heavenly

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.779
 places.

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.379
 even as he chose

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.539
 us in him

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.480
 before the foundation

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.059
 of the world

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.799
 that we should be

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.259
 holy and blameless

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.160
 before him.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.180
 In love he predestined

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.420
 us for adoption

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.119
 to himself

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:40.299
 as sons

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.440
 through Jesus Christ

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.559
 according to the

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.079
 purpose of his will.

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:47.519
 Paul is saying

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.480
 that before the

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.539
 foundation of the world

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:51.039
 God chose

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.619
 the believers.

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.859
 God chose

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.940
 his sheep.

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.799
 God had a plan

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.220
 and the plan

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.120
 was to give

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.720
 sheep to the son

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.440
 and the son

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.940
 would come

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.660
 for the purpose

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.759
 of gathering

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.519
 his sheep.

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.559
 John says

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:08.960
 this

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.720
 in chapter 17

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.240
 of John

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.960
 the high priestly

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.299
 prayer

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.860
 here's what he

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.720
 says

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.980
 this is Christ

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.340
 speaking

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.620
 sorry

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:16.500
 John writing

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.299
 Christ speaking

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:19.200
 I have manifested

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.839
 your name

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.619
 to the people

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.539
 whom you gave

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.879
 me

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:23.440
 out of the world

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:25.079
 I have manifested

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.819
 your name

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:27.059
 to a subset

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.740
 of people

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.940
 to my sheep

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:31.980
 only to my sheep

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.400
 this is hard

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.839
 to swallow

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.519
 isn't it

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.940
 it's hard

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.559
 to understand

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.319
 I openly

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.920
 confess

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.460
 that I don't

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.000
 understand

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.880
 the purpose

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.579
 and the reason

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.200
 behind it

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.200
 but what I see

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.900
 is it's clear

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.480
 in scripture

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.420
 that there's

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.180
 certain sheep

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.779
 that are called

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.599
 by his name

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.779
 that this took

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.799
 place before

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.640
 the foundation

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.240
 of the earth

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.079
 the names

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.480
 were written

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.180
 in the Lamb's

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.799
 book of life

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.579
 these sheep

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.180
 were given

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.960
 by the Father

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.680
 to the Son

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.360
 the Son

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.279
 came to redeem

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.920
 those sheep

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.779
 and to call

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.400
 them into

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.980
 his kingdom

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:02.799
 and we see

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.319
 it here

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.680
 it said

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.339
 I have given

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.220
 them the words

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.960
 that you gave

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.120
 me

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.680
 I've given

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.559
 them the truth

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.079
 and what was

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:11.339
 the result

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:12.980
 of these sheep

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.660
 hearing the truth

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.000
 listen

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.339
 it says

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.960
 I've given

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.599
 them the words

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.160
 that you gave

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.360
 me

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:17.079
 and they have

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.779
 received them

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.339
 and have come

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.059
 to know in truth

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.480
 that I have

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.680
 come from you

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.599
 and they have

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.299
 believed

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:27.519
 let me paraphrase

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:31.779
 he's praying

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.339
 to the Father

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.740
 he said

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.139
 Father

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:34.559
 the ones

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.920
 whom you

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.460
 gave me

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.579
 the ones

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.900
 who are

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.519
 called by

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.200
 your name

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.700
 the ones

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:38.980
 who are

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.559
 my sheep

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.359
 I spoke

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.839
 the words

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.160
 to them

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.660
 the truth

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.000
 to them

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.879
 the truth

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.779
 to them

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.900
 and they

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.619
 all believed

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.680
 they all

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.139
 responded

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.700
 every one

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:47.920
 of them

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.400
 responded

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:50.359
 they heard

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.539
 it

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:50.920
 and they

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.500
 believed

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.200
 they understood

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.740
 and they

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.400
 believed

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.140
 and he

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.519
 goes on

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.700
 to say

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.140
 I'm praying

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.860
 for them

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.960
 the sheep

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:01.720
 I'm not

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:01.980
 praying

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.580
 for the world

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.900
 that is

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.240
 I'm not

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.460
 praying

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.920
 for every

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.280
 person

00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:04.440
 that's

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.800
 ever been

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.019
 born

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.440
 in every

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.800
 city

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.400
 in every

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.660
 town

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.000
 in every

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.340
 country

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.840
 I'm

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.080
 praying

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.560
 for my

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.000
 sheep

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.780
 so we

00:33:10.780 --> 00:33:11.320
 turn back

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:11.620
 to our

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.019
 passage

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.500
 this morning

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.780
 and I

00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.080
 want you

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.620
 to see

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.540
 again

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:15.480
 you do

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.259
 not believe

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.820
 because you're

00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.380
 not among

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.980
 my sheep

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.519
 and the way

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.040
 Jonathan

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.420
 put it

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.000
 last week

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.160
 is belonging

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.320
 precedes

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.980
 believing

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.700
 the order

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.299
 is important

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.620
 here

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:27.920
 the reason

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.380
 that they

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.980
 believed

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.339
 is because

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.960
 they already

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.700
 belonged

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.599
 the reason

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.339
 they believed

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.720
 is because

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.259
 their names

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.660
 were written

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.240
 in the Lamb's

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.759
 book of life

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.559
 the reason

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.019
 that they

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.440
 believed

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.079
 John 6

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.559
 would say

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.420
 no man

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.839
 comes to

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.319
 the Father

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.200
 except the

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.420
 Father draws

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.759
 him

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.759
 you know

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.079
 when that

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.700
 drawing took

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.140
 place

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.380
 in the mind

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.720
 of God

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.039
 it took

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.480
 place in

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.839
 eternity

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.360
 past

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.259
 but it

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.700
 happened

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.259
 in real

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.660
 time

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.079
 here

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:54.779
 is that

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.259
 though I'm

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.599
 not a

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:55.960
 believer

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.399
 until

00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:57.000
 personally

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.279
 until

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.460
 I'm

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.980
 22

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.559
 my name

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.740
 was

00:33:59.740 --> 00:33:59.960
 written

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.199
 in the

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.500
 Lamb's

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.639
 book

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:00.939
 of life

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.139
 because

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.539
 God's

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.659
 done

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:01.980
 a work

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.240
 in my

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.460
 life

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.639
 to

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.019
 open

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.259
 up

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.480
 my

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.819
 ears

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.139
 and my

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.399
 eyes

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.779
 spiritually

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.259
 speaking

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.579
 that I

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.799
 might

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.439
 understand

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.179
 the reality

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.579
 of my

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:08.799
 sin

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:09.079
 that I

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.259
 might

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.980
 understand

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.440
 the

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.159
 separation

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.719
 that is

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.480
 between

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.880
 me and

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.079
 God

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.420
 because

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.759
 of my

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:13.940
 sin

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.380
 that I

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.539
 might

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.179
 understand

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.719
 the need

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:15.940
 for

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.519
 forgiveness

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.940
 from a

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.119
 holy

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.440
 God

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.920
 that I

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.079
 might

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.559
 understand

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.960
 that God

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.179
 sin

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.539
 is one

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.819
 and only

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.559
 as the

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.079
 perfect

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.559
 lamb

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.019
 that

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.279
 that

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.659
 lamb

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:23.819
 would

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.019
 be

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.819
 sacrificed

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.559
 and the

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.840
 blood

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.139
 of the

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.340
 lamb

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.539
 would

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.980
 cover

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.279
 my

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.559
 sins

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.940
 would

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.559
 purify

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.819
 and

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.079
 cleanse

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.239
 me

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.400
 from

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.599
 all

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.880
 sin

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.380
 and I

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.519
 would

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.699
 be

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.380
 saved

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:34.179
 I'm

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.699
 saved

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.099
 by the

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.440
 blood

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.860
 of the

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.219
 lamb

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.900
 and the

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.239
 only

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.579
 reason

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.739
 I

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.059
 ever

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.480
 knew

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.840
 that I

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.219
 needed

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.519
 to be

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.960
 saved

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.279
 is

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.440
 because

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.799
 God

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.079
 did a

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.299
 work

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.420
 in

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.559
 my

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.819
 life

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:41.980
 he

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.460
 opened

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.719
 up

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:42.960
 my

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.319
 mind

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.619
 and my

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:43.880
 ears

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.139
 and my

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.420
 eyes

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.279
 spiritually

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.139
 to understand

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.380
 my

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.880
 separation

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.199
 from him

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.940
 he gave

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.380
 me a

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.760
 longing

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.420
 for him

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.420
 he drew

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.900
 me to

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.380
 himself

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.880
 and he

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.099
 said

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.440
 you're

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.659
 my

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:52.920
 sheep

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.179
 do you

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.420
 hear me

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.700
 calling

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:55.139
 do you

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.380
 hear me

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.619
 calling

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:57.519
 listen

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.780
 I'm

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.159
 asking

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.500
 if

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.079
 anybody

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.700
 is

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.679
 investigating

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:00.980
 the

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.400
 truths

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.599
 of

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.920
 scripture

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.159
 to

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.599
 determine

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.079
 whether

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.480
 this

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.740
 be

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.179
 true

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.720
 let me

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:04.940
 just

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.179
 say

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.340
 to you

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.519
 this

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.720
 morning

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.460
 the

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.980
 Lord

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.700
 calls

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.019
 do you

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.240
 hear

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:10.039
 do you

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.480
 believe

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.820
 that he

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.200
 truly

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.679
 is

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.099
 the

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.480
 Messiah

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.980
 do you

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.340
 believe

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.760
 that he's

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.320
 the only

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.780
 way

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:14.980
 the

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.300
 truth

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.420
 and

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.539
 the

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.820
 life

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.179
 the

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.539
 only

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.980
 means

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.440
 by which

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.539
 you

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:20.380
 can be

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.740
 forgiven

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.119
 the

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.559
 pure

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.820
 and

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.420
 spotless

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.720
 lamb

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.059
 who

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.539
 laid

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.960
 willingly

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.300
 lay

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.539
 down

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.740
 his

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.039
 life

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.380
 and

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.639
 God

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.840
 said

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.059
 I

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.639
 accept

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.079
 that

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:30.300
 that

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.159
 offering

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.179
 and if

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.500
 you

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.840
 and I

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.380
 believe

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.900
 that he

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.300
 really

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.720
 is

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:35.820
 who

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.019
 the

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.320
 scriptures

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.679
 say

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:36.840
 he

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.000
 is

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.579
 when

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.000
 we

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.559
 also

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.039
 believe

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.340
 guess

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.599
 what

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:41.559
 we're

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.780
 given

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.119
 eternal

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.440
 life

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.780
 so we

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.179
 read a

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.300
 little

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.619
 further

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:43.860
 and I'm

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.039
 about

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.380
 done

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.460
 four

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.880
 truths

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.139
 about

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.700
 salvation

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.039
 God

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.320
 had a

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.679
 plan

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.299
 before

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.500
 the

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.980
 foundation

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.199
 of the

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.379
 world

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:49.960
 God

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.679
 chose

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.219
 many

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.059
 to be

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.299
 the

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:52.699
 sheep

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.339
 that

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.699
 Jesus

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.919
 would

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:55.139
 come

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.279
 to

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.719
 redeem

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.739
 verse 28

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.159
 Jesus

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.460
 says

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.779
 I

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.179
 give

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.440
 them

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.879
 eternal

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.239
 life

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.579
 the

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.099
 source

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.259
 of

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.699
 eternal

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.079
 life

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.259
 is

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.480
 through

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.059
 the

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.440
 shed

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.699
 blood

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:02.899
 of

00:36:02.899 --> 00:36:03.179
 Jesus

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.599
 Christ

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.079
 Jesus

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.480
 came

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.759
 as a

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.159
 Passover

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.460
 lamb

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.219
 to die

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.539
 that we

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.799
 might

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.039
 have

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.379
 life

00:36:07.379 --> 00:36:07.879
 and we

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.219
 go on

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.359
 it

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.539
 says

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.980
 and they

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.219
 will

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.699
 never

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.059
 perish

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.359
 you know

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:10.739
 that is

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.079
 true

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.819
 for every

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.199
 believer

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:13.940
 let me

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.219
 let me

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.460
 say it

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.719
 this way

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.199
 what can

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:16.159
 separate you

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.819
 Christian

00:36:16.819 --> 00:36:17.259
 from the

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.599
 love of

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:17.819
 God

00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:19.519
 what if

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.799
 you go

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:19.980
 out

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.299
 tomorrow

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.559
 and you

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:20.759
 say

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.019
 something

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.159
 you

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.419
 shouldn't

00:36:21.419 --> 00:36:21.639
 say

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:21.799
 you

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.039
 do

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.319
 something

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.500
 you

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.759
 shouldn't

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:22.939
 do

00:36:22.939 --> 00:36:23.379
 are you

00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:23.639
 going to be

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.059
 separated

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.480
 from God

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:26.059
 are you

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.519
 no longer

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.919
 going to be a

00:36:26.919 --> 00:36:27.199
 Christian

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.859
 do you

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.519
 realize why

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.919
 you're in the

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.139
 kingdom

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.519
 Christian

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.779
 do you

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.279
 realize how

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.679
 you got

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:31.980
 into the

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.159
 kingdom

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.000
 because God

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.299
 did a

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.639
 work in

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.059
 your life

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.460
 because God

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.199
 gave you a

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.679
 longing for

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:36.819
 him

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.619
 because God

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.239
 brought you

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.539
 into the

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.779
 kingdom

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.359
 and he

00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:39.919
 knew you

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.279
 were coming

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:40.599
 into the

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:40.839
 kingdom

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.639
 from eternity

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.339
 past because

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:42.680
 you're one

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:43.160
 of his

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:45.440
 one of the

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.320
 ones that he

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.960
 gave to

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.440
 Christ and

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.180
 Christ's work

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:49.039
 is effective

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.320
 and effectual

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:53.820
 those whose

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.579
 names are in

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.120
 the book of

00:36:55.120 --> 00:36:55.960
 life will

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.800
 come to him

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.539
 why because

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.260
 he puts a

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.059
 longing in our

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.780
 heart for him

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.500
 he draws us

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.820
 to him

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.559
 it's his

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.180
 work not

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:03.800
 ours

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.940
 you know

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.300
 that you

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:06.160
 can't destroy

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:06.700
 his work

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:08.780
 if he's

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.240
 brought you

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.519
 into the

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.960
 kingdom you

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.400
 can't do

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.880
 anything to

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.360
 take yourself

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.780
 out of the

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:11.980
 kingdom

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.500
 if you're

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.940
 truly in

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.099
 if you're

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.679
 truly born

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.420
 again he

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.099
 gives us a

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.519
 new heart

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.840
 when you

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.199
 desire

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.480
 do you

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.800
 know it

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.440
 Christian

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.840
 have you

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.159
 experienced

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.440
 that

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.019
 do you

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.360
 think

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.860
 differently

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.380
 do you

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.219
 long for

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.940
 things different

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.539
 from the

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.219
 time before

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.539
 you were

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.900
 Christian

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:29.480
 he changes

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.280
 us he

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.940
 gives us

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.440
 this new

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.219
 heart and

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.559
 he tells

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.179
 us to walk

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.740
 in newness

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.260
 of life

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.340
 like children

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.960
 of light

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.360
 whom we

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.740
 are

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:40.800
 we're

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.240
 his

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:44.099
 he goes

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.399
 on to

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:44.659
 say

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.679
 no one

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.299
 is able

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:47.019
 to snatch

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.419
 them out

00:37:47.419 --> 00:37:47.659
 of my

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:47.899
 hand

00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:48.139
 do you

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.639
 understand

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.759
 the security

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.239
 that we

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.739
 have

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:52.119
 do you

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.519
 understand

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.879
 that you

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.419
 just can't

00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:53.779
 make a

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:54.219
 mistake

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:55.419
 and mess

00:37:55.419 --> 00:37:55.759
 it all

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.079
 up

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:58.059
 you know

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.639
 I was in

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.839
 Regina and I

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:00.199
 were riding

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.779
 bikes in

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.379
 Europe and

00:38:01.379 --> 00:38:02.339
 we rode into

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.899
 Innsbruck

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.339
 Austria

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:05.259
 and by

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.839
 God's grace

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.299
 we had a

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:07.239
 chance to

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.659
 stay with

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.379
 different people

00:38:08.379 --> 00:38:08.819
 in their

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.500
 houses or

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.699
 in their

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.399
 backyard or

00:38:10.399 --> 00:38:10.719
 wherever

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.519
 I mean we've

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.940
 got a lot of

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.339
 stories we

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:12.659
 could tell

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.000
 but this

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.779
 particular time

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:14.379
 we ran up

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:15.359
 on this guy

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:15.779
 who happened

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.299
 to be a

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.719
 priest in

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.059
 training

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.879
 and he

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.779
 was at

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:21.059
 his education

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.719
 was happening

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.299
 in Innsbruck

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.779
 and we got

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.199
 in a long

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.000
 conversation

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:25.000
 I ended up

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.619
 staying in a

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.259
 place near

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.639
 where he

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:26.980
 was

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.480
 I think it

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.940
 was in the

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.739
 Regina help

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:29.960
 me out

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.379
 maybe this

00:38:30.379 --> 00:38:30.980
 I don't think

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.299
 it was called

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.639
 seminary

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.059
 whatever it's

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.259
 called

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.940
 where he was

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.199
 getting his

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.420
 training

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.159
 and we had

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.920
 conversations

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.400
 and here's

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.139
 what I heard

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.740
 him say

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.599
 because I

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.159
 point blank

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.519
 asked him

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.700
 I said

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.300
 what happens

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.619
 if you're

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.039
 doing all

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.400
 the right

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.900
 things

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.820
 and you've

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.420
 confessed

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.480
 to whoever

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.900
 you need

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.280
 to confess

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.579
 to

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.800
 and you

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.400
 feel like

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.900
 you're clean

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.480
 because you've

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.820
 confessed

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.599
 and on the

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.159
 way home

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.619
 you say

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.059
 something you

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.460
 shouldn't have

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.639
 said

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.400
 you say a

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.740
 word that

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.519
 dishonors God

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.059
 is that sin

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.360
 yeah

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.659
 are you going

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.000
 to hell

00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.460
 and he's

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:02.079
 he's like

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.380
 well

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:04.740
 yeah

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.839
 I'm like

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.759
 because you

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.379
 said a word

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:07.879
 you shouldn't

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:08.259
 say you're

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.559
 going to

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:08.759
 hell

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:10.159
 yeah

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:12.000
 so if you

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.519
 totally confess

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.919
 it all to

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.419
 your priest

00:39:14.419 --> 00:39:15.399
 and then you

00:39:15.399 --> 00:39:15.859
 on the way

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.299
 home do

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.799
 something that's

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.019
 sinful

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.500
 that one

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.859
 sin

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:19.199
 that means

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.479
 you're not

00:39:19.479 --> 00:39:19.819
 going to

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.000
 heaven

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.259
 right

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.599
 yeah

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.479
 man

00:39:21.479 --> 00:39:22.199
 what a

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.859
 brutal way

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:23.299
 to live

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:25.119
 you know

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.379
 what the

00:39:25.379 --> 00:39:25.639
 word of

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:25.819
 God

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:26.179
 says

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.199
 nothing

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.619
 can

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.299
 separate

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:28.639
 you

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.119
 Christian

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.559
 from the

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.939
 love of

00:39:29.939 --> 00:39:30.159
 God

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.859
 because you

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:31.219
 didn't

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.639
 earn it

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.859
 he's the

00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.179
 one that

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.659
 did it

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.359
 he did

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.760
 it for

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:34.980
 you

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.440
 because he

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.039
 loved you

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.559
 and he

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.320
 called you

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:37.940
 from eternity

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.420
 past

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.920
 and he

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.340
 put a

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.900
 longing in

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.240
 your heart

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.680
 for him

00:39:40.680 --> 00:39:41.240
 he drew

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:41.660
 you to

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.079
 himself

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.880
 and he

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.599
 did this

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.099
 work in

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.559
 your life

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.900
 that you

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.660
 might long

00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:45.940
 for

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.559
 desire

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.539
 to know

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.860
 him

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.420
 and to

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.579
 bow your

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:49.920
 knee

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:51.320
 to surrender

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:51.840
 to him

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.539
 to understand

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.039
 the need

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.300
 and the

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.700
 place of

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:53.940
 Christ

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.240
 in your

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.539
 life

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:55.480
 he did

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.120
 it all

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:57.900
 it's

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.340
 beautiful

00:39:58.340 --> 00:40:00.099
 he planned

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.320
 it

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:02.019
 he gave

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.480
 some to

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.820
 Christ

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.539
 he accomplished

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.200
 salvation

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:05.299
 he secures

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.759
 it for

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.019
 every

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.379
 believer

00:40:06.379 --> 00:40:06.719
 amen

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.019
 amen

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:10.139
 let's

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.339
 pray

00:40:10.339 --> 00:40:16.980
 lord for

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.319
 us who

00:40:17.319 --> 00:40:17.819
 are in

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.000
 your

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.279
 kingdom

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.759
 for us

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.119
 who are

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.819
 Christians

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.339
 for us

00:40:20.339 --> 00:40:20.619
 who are

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.219
 born again

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.719
 for us

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.699
 who have

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.159
 come to

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.679
 recognize

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.219
 our sin

00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:24.500
 and our

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.079
 separation

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.619
 because of

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.099
 our sin

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:27.079
 that in a

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 sense lord

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 we could

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.759
 not be in

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.379
 your presence

00:40:29.379 --> 00:40:30.000
 because of

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.980
 our filth

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.239
 and our

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:31.559
 dirtiness

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.799
 and our

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.099
 sin

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.179
 but you

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.619
 made a

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.900
 way

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.179
 through

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.400
 your

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.659
 son

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.059
 Jesus

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.460
 Christ

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.719
 that you

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:35.880
 would

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.500
 send him

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.819
 that he

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.400
 might die

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.819
 for his

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.360
 sheep

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:41.400
 that he

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:42.279
 might purchase

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.940
 life for

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.719
 his sheep

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.019
 lord I'm so

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:46.000
 thankful that

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.519
 you've helped

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.319
 us to see

00:40:47.319 --> 00:40:47.920
 that it's

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.599
 through Christ

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:49.000
 we have

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.380
 life

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:50.400
 and you've

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.960
 drawn us

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.319
 into your

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:51.579
 kingdom

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.199
 god you've

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:52.559
 given us

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.099
 this great

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.779
 salvation

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.699
 greater than

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.019
 we could

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.579
 possibly

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.199
 understand

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.960
 father we

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.739
 see glimpses

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.139
 of it

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:59.119
 especially in

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.659
 revelation

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.019
 than you

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.299
 have in

00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:00.539
 the new

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.799
 earth

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.399
 the beauty

00:41:01.399 --> 00:41:02.099
 of being

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.359
 in your

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.960
 presence

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.519
 unhindered

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.839
 we will

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.219
 see you

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.739
 face to

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.000
 face

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.460
 god we

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.319
 celebrate

00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:08.299
 the gift

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:08.639
 that you've

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.039
 given us

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.539
 as far

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.659
 beyond any

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.299
 value of

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:12.059
 anything this

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.679
 earth has to

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.000
 offer

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:14.179
 god we give

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.639
 you thanks

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.319
 father I'm

00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:15.879
 thinking about

00:41:15.879 --> 00:41:16.619
 the one here

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:17.099
 that's sitting

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.779
 here today

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:19.960
 who knows

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.559
 that they don't

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.000
 know you

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.319
 yet

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:23.019
 who knows

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.559
 truly in

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.899
 their heart

00:41:23.899 --> 00:41:24.259
 of hearts

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:24.719
 that they

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.679
 have not yet

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.480
 totally understood

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.920
 this whole

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.299
 thing

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:29.700
 father I

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.019
 pray that

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.640
 this morning

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.720
 that you

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:32.300
 would open

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:33.240
 up their

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:34.180
 mind to

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:34.860
 understand

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.320
 they would

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:36.880
 father desire

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.460
 to know

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.820
 you I

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.240
 pray that

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.620
 you would

00:41:38.620 --> 00:41:39.280
 give them

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.940
 eyes to

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.440
 see this

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.920
 truth and

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.260
 I pray

00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:42.740
 god that

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:43.019
 you would

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.560
 draw them

00:41:43.560 --> 00:41:43.900
 into your

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.400
 kingdom as

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.039
 a gift to

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:47.480
 them father

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.200
 help them to

00:41:48.200 --> 00:41:49.800
 see this

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:51.039
 morning god

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.519
 we give you

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.200
 thanks this

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.840
 day for your

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.600
 great gift and

00:41:53.600 --> 00:41:54.080
 we praise you

00:41:54.080 --> 00:41:54.760
 in christ's name

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:55.160
 amen