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 Good morning. Let me pray.

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 We thank you, Heavenly Father, for your word to us,

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 that it is powerful, powerful to change lives.

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 And so we ask that you would give us hearts to receive it,

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 our ears to hear it, minds to comprehend it this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 So I think this week for mission,

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 I've probably spent more time on the North Shore

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 than at any other time in the entirety of my life.

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 I, at the moment, live in Newtown,

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 and to be frank, I've just never had any reason

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 to really cross the ditch over to the picturesque, leafy North Shore.

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 And so it's been great as part of this mission,

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 coming to Chatswood and keeping my eyes open,

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 keeping my eyes peeled to the things that make this part of the world what it is.

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 There's a few things that I was expecting to find here.

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 One of the things we've been doing that I mentioned before

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 is that we had a stall set up down in Chatswood,

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 near the entrance to Lemon Grove and Westfield.

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 And there's no surprise that over the two days that we were there,

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 manning the stall,

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 that we met a lot of people from Chinese or Korean backgrounds.

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 I was expecting that.

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 Now, I've since been told as well

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 that Chatswood is like the Bondi Junction of the North Shore.

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 Or perhaps you'd rather,

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 Bondi Junction is the Chatswood of the eastern suburbs.

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 And so there's not just been Chinese folk that we've seen,

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 or Anglos,

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 but there's actually been a whole range of people that we've seen

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 down in the shops in Chatswood

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 who have come here because it's a commercial hub or a transport hub,

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 so they're either here for work or shopping or just passing through.

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 Some of us were also introduced to a man named Charles Knox,

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 who's a caseworker with Streetwork,

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 Streetwork, so an organisation working with at-risk youth and young people,

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 particularly in and around Chatswood.

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 Now, I never would have conceived before I came here

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 that there could possibly be a need for such an organisation

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 in Chatswood of all places.

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 Having spent a week here,

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 I feel like I'm starting to get a feel for the place,

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 especially reflecting on the food that's available.

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 I've been forced to say a few times this week,

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 why have I not spent more time in Chatswood before?

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 I guess you could say the place is growing on me.

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 But I wonder,

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 if God were to turn and look upon Chatswood right now,

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 what would he have to say about the place?

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 I actually think he would say that I love Chatswood.

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 But why?

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 God doesn't need to eat,

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 so the restaurants are hardly likely to impress him.

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 And if God glanced over at the Westfield,

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 he'd probably be more disgusted than impressed

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 by the way that people worshipped spending money like idols.

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 And so,

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 what is it that would ever give me this confidence to say

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 that if God were to look at Chatsfield,

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 he would actually say,

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 this is a place,

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 these are people that I love.

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 Rather than speculating further,

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 or presuming to put words into God's mouth,

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 let's turn to Scripture

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 and see what God has already said.

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 So if you could have that passage from 1 John chapter 4

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 open in front of you,

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 that would be fantastic.

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 So we're looking at from verse 7.

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 And verse 7 begins with a very ordinary encouragement, actually,

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 but standing behind it is an extraordinary truth.

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 Come and read it with me.

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 Dear friends,

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 let us love one another,

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 for love comes from God.

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 Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

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 Whoever does not love does not know God,

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 because God is love.

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 The very ordinary encouragement that we read

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 is this instruction to love one another.

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 There's nothing particularly complicated or controversial about that.

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 But the extraordinary truth that lay behind this command

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 is that God is love.

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 This phrase,

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 God is love,

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 frequently is misunderstood.

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 There's one mistake that I've heard

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 where people think that words in Scripture

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 can simply be interchangeable.

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 So you'll be familiar with another part of the Bible, perhaps,

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 that reads this way.

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 Love is patient,

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 love is kind,

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 it does not envy,

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 it does not boast,

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 it is not proud.

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 And so I had a friend once,

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 when I was working on the south coast

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 with a church down there,

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 who led a Bible study

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 by taking us through that other passage

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 and comparing it with this one

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 and saying,

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 if God is love

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 and love is patient,

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 God must be patient.

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 Yeah?

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 Now that's actually true.

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 God is patient.

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 But this isn't actually a very good way to read the Bible.

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 It's not how language works.

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 It's not how words work.

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 I'll give you an example.

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 I happen to think that clothes shopping is very boring.

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 It's not something I like spending time on.

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 Get me in there,

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 get me out of there,

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 I'll be happy.

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 So clothes shopping is boring.

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 Now I might also think that doing the dishes is boring.

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 Now I don't.

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 Invite me around to your house for dinner.

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 I will do the dishes afterwards.

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 I quite enjoy washing dishes.

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 This is a very strange thing.

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 But just because clothes shopping might be boring

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 and doing the dishes is boring

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 doesn't mean that I'm doing the dishes

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 when I'm buying you socks.

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 You see, words don't work that way.

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 So we can't move from saying that God is love

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 and love being patient

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 to say that God is patient.

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 Okay?

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 That's one mistake that I've seen made.

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 Another common mistake

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 is to think in the wrong direction.

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 To think,

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 what is loving?

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 What do I think is loving?

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 And then to apply that to God.

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 And so I had a friend

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 that I studied with at university.

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 His name was Scott.

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 He went to church every week.

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 He was part of the music team.

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 But his personal opinion

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 is that he didn't think

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 it would be a loving thing

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 for God to punish sin.

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 So he took what he thought was loving,

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 not punishing sin,

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 and then applied that to God

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 because this passage says

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 God is love.

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 But you see,

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 what he's actually done there

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 is he's not moved from God

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 to see what love is.

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 He's conjured God up in his own image.

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 He's made a God

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 that suits his own tastes and desires.

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 Rather,

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 the right direction to think

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 is actually found in verse 7.

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 Dear friends,

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 let us love one another

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 for love comes from God.

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 And so it doesn't matter

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 whether someone is a Christian or not,

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 the very essence of love

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 as we know it in this world

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 comes from God.

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 And love isn't just something

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 that God created.

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 He made the heavens

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 and he made the earth

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 and he didn't kind of make love next

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 because God actually existed

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 before he spoke the universe

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 into existence.

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 One God in three persons.

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 And these three persons

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 loved one another.

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 So love is not something made.

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 It actually exists

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 as part of who God is.

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 I want you to picture

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 in your mind for me

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 three of the young children

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 that we had down here before

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 for the kids talk

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 out on the deck

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 playing with a ball.

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 And they have absolutely no idea

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 that there is anything else

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 happening around them.

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 They're just playing

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 with one another

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 in absolute delight

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 and love

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 and joy

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 with one another.

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 Now it's not a perfect analogy

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 by any means

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 but I actually think

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 this is a reflection

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 of the kind of love

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 that existed within God

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 before he even made

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 the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 The Father loved the Son

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 and the Spirit

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 and the Son

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 loved the Father

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 and the Spirit

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 and the Spirit

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 loved the Father

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 and the Son.

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 And their concern

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 was not so much

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 for themselves

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 but for one another.

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 This is the nature of love.

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 This is what it means

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 in this passage

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 when it says

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 God is love.

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 He's the source

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 and the origin of love.

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 He's the very image

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 of what true love

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 and real love is.

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 And because God is love

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 he couldn't actually

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 keep it to himself

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 as if he could bundle it up

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 and so we see

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 that God has shown

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 his love.

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 Come and have a look

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 with me at the next two verses.

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 Verses 9 and 10.

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 This is how God

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 showed his love among us.

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 He sent his one

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 and only Son

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 into the world

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 that we might live

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 through him.

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 This is love.

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 Not that we love God

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 but that he sent his Son

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 as an atoning sacrifice

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 for our sins.

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 At the heart

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 of God's

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 magnificent demonstration

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 of his love

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 is what we talk about

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 when Christians

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 use the word gospel.

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 And in these verses

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 like a multifaceted diamond

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 there are several dimensions

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 to the gospel

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 to the way that God

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 has shown his love.

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 And so I want us

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 to shine some light

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 on this diamond

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 from a couple

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 of different angles

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 so that we might see

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 some of the breadth

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 of what God

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 has shown to us.

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 God has shown

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 his love

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 by sending

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 his one and only Son

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 Jesus

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 into the world.

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 And when verse 9

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 of our passage

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 says one and only

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 it's not just a number.

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 The passage

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 is not trying

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 to give an account

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 for how many sons

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 God has

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 so much.

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 It's actually saying

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 that Jesus is unique.

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 He's special.

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 He's the one

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 that God delights in.

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 He's the one

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 that God loves

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 like no other.

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 In Mark's gospel

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 one of the biographies

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 of Jesus' life

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 there's a scene

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 where Jesus

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 is baptised

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 and he goes down

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 into the water

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 and as he comes up

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 from the water

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 there's a voice

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 that comes from the heavens

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 and the voice

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 says this

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 you

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 you are my son

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 in whom I take

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 the utmost delight.

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 this is the son

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 that God

00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:49.060
 sent into the world.

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 God has shown

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 his love

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 by sending

00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:54.920
 his one and only

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 Son Jesus

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 that we might

00:10:57.040 --> 00:10:58.480
 live through him.

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 What John

00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:01.700
 is concerned about

00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:02.480
 when he says

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 that we might

00:11:03.060 --> 00:11:04.360
 live through him

00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:05.639
 is that we might

00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.300
 live

00:11:06.300 --> 00:11:07.720
 and not be conquered

00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.060
 not be ruled over

00:11:09.059 --> 00:11:10.399
 by death.

00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:16.359
 In June

00:11:16.359 --> 00:11:17.759
 last year

00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:19.419
 I received

00:11:19.419 --> 00:11:19.979
 an email

00:11:19.979 --> 00:11:22.179
 from one

00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:22.879
 of my aunts

00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:23.959
 suggesting that

00:11:23.959 --> 00:11:24.459
 my uncle

00:11:24.459 --> 00:11:25.719
 was quite sick

00:11:25.719 --> 00:11:26.679
 he'd been

00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.239
 diagnosed with cancer

00:11:28.239 --> 00:11:29.439
 back in January

00:11:29.439 --> 00:11:31.179
 and so

00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:33.879
 the basic gist

00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:34.439
 of this email

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 is that things

00:11:34.959 --> 00:11:36.319
 weren't looking good

00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:38.420
 and then

00:11:38.420 --> 00:11:38.879
 one night

00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:39.440
 at college

00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:40.180
 just after

00:11:40.180 --> 00:11:40.940
 dinner had finished

00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:42.120
 I got that

00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:42.680
 text message

00:11:42.680 --> 00:11:43.160
 that no one

00:11:43.160 --> 00:11:43.580
 ever really

00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:44.200
 wants to get

00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:45.580
 saying that

00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:46.440
 his condition

00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:47.500
 was quite serious

00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.020
 and so

00:11:49.020 --> 00:11:49.879
 I jumped in the car

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 and I drove down

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 and I sat with him

00:11:51.660 --> 00:11:52.700
 and my aunts

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 because my aunt

00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:53.600
 and uncle

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 had never

00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:54.920
 had any kids

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 and I held his hand

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 and I sat there

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 and I watched

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 the heart rate monitor

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 for about

00:12:01.760 --> 00:12:02.620
 three hours

00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:04.340
 50

00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:06.040
 49

00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:07.659
 48

00:12:07.659 --> 00:12:09.539
 49

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 47

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 and it kept

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 dropping

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 until there was

00:12:15.959 --> 00:12:16.839
 no more life

00:12:16.839 --> 00:12:17.959
 left in him

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 and he

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 passed away

00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:21.539
 you see

00:12:21.539 --> 00:12:21.939
 death

00:12:21.939 --> 00:12:23.259
 is not a light

00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:23.620
 thing

00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:25.019
 frequently

00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:25.699
 we spend

00:12:25.699 --> 00:12:26.360
 our lives

00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:27.199
 trying to set it

00:12:27.199 --> 00:12:27.980
 to one side

00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:29.519
 giving it

00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.599
 little concern

00:12:30.599 --> 00:12:31.319
 little thought

00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:34.299
 we are

00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:34.819
 we

00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:36.200
 as a society

00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:36.800
 are obsessed

00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:37.180
 with

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 youthfulness

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 because it

00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:39.760
 drives us

00:12:39.760 --> 00:12:40.300
 in the opposite

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 direction

00:12:40.900 --> 00:12:41.940
 to aging

00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:42.760
 and then

00:12:42.760 --> 00:12:43.260
 dying

00:12:43.260 --> 00:12:44.740
 and even

00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.260
 just now

00:12:45.260 --> 00:12:45.879
 as I describe

00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.540
 the situation

00:12:46.540 --> 00:12:47.100
 that my uncle

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 was in

00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.020
 did you notice

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 that I use

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 the phrase

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 he passed

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 away

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 we even

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 use our

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 words

00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.660
 to soften

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 the impact

00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.720
 of death

00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.140
 because we

00:12:54.140 --> 00:12:54.560
 don't really

00:12:54.560 --> 00:12:54.879
 want to

00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:55.360
 think about

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 it

00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.360
 he's

00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:56.680
 passed

00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.040
 away

00:12:57.040 --> 00:12:57.280
 he's

00:12:57.280 --> 00:12:57.460
 kicked

00:12:57.460 --> 00:12:57.920
 the bucket

00:12:57.920 --> 00:12:58.520
 he's

00:12:58.520 --> 00:12:58.880
 given up

00:12:58.880 --> 00:12:59.420
 the ghost

00:12:59.419 --> 00:13:01.259
 but in

00:13:01.259 --> 00:13:01.839
 that moment

00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:02.539
 like a

00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:02.959
 slamming

00:13:02.959 --> 00:13:03.240
 door

00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:03.779
 when something

00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.219
 like this

00:13:04.219 --> 00:13:04.579
 happens

00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:04.899
 in your

00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:05.259
 life

00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:05.799
 you cannot

00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:06.419
 escape

00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:06.979
 death

00:13:06.979 --> 00:13:08.860
 it punches

00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:09.399
 through the

00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:09.839
 facade

00:13:09.839 --> 00:13:10.319
 and it

00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:10.740
 robs you

00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.199
 of loved

00:13:11.199 --> 00:13:11.620
 ones

00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.339
 it robs

00:13:12.339 --> 00:13:12.620
 you of

00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:12.979
 friends

00:13:12.979 --> 00:13:13.620
 of family

00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:14.299
 and eventually

00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:14.740
 it will

00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.419
 take your

00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:16.139
 very own

00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:16.639
 life

00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.919
 and yet

00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.579
 God has

00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:21.159
 shown his

00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:21.799
 love in

00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:22.360
 this way

00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:24.120
 that through

00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:24.879
 his son

00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:25.939
 we might

00:13:25.939 --> 00:13:26.480
 live

00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:27.420
 and not

00:13:27.420 --> 00:13:28.060
 be conquered

00:13:28.060 --> 00:13:28.700
 or ruled

00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:29.320
 over by

00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:29.820
 death

00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:34.440
 God has

00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:34.980
 shown his

00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.420
 love

00:13:35.420 --> 00:13:36.560
 by sending

00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:37.159
 his son

00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:37.800
 as an

00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:38.240
 atoning

00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:38.920
 sacrifice

00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:40.159
 for our

00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.460
 sins

00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:41.379
 the reason

00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:42.019
 that death

00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:42.500
 has this

00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:42.860
 kind of

00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.340
 absolute

00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:43.940
 power

00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:44.779
 over our

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.180
 lives

00:13:45.180 --> 00:13:45.639
 is because

00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.580
 of sin

00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:48.560
 I don't

00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:48.879
 know what

00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.200
 you think

00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:49.460
 of when

00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:49.720
 you hear

00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:50.060
 the word

00:13:50.060 --> 00:13:50.519
 sin

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.399
 but I

00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:51.639
 want to

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:51.960
 tell you

00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:52.519
 that sin

00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:53.240
 simply

00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:53.659
 is a

00:13:53.659 --> 00:13:54.000
 way of

00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.399
 describing

00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:54.920
 a life

00:13:54.920 --> 00:13:55.259
 lived

00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:55.580
 without

00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.039
 God

00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:57.419
 and the

00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.699
 Bible

00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:58.240
 says that

00:13:58.240 --> 00:13:58.699
 people

00:13:58.699 --> 00:14:00.159
 with sin

00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.679
 are like

00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.139
 pigs

00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:01.799
 in mud

00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:03.899
 we can't

00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.199
 resist

00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:05.019
 living lives

00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:06.000
 that leave

00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.559
 God out

00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:06.899
 we just

00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:07.240
 kind of

00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.620
 wallow

00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:08.199
 around

00:14:08.199 --> 00:14:10.679
 I remember

00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:11.480
 some years

00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:11.899
 ago seeing

00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:12.459
 an experiment

00:14:12.459 --> 00:14:13.039
 that was shown

00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.599
 on YouTube

00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.919
 the way that

00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.219
 it worked

00:14:15.219 --> 00:14:15.699
 was this

00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:16.799
 there was a

00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.019
 kind of

00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:19.439
 within the

00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:20.319
 camera frame

00:14:20.319 --> 00:14:20.839
 there was a

00:14:20.839 --> 00:14:21.240
 shot where

00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:21.459
 you could

00:14:21.459 --> 00:14:21.779
 just see

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.279
 the inside

00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:22.799
 of a room

00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.259
 the interior

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:23.799
 of a room

00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:24.399
 and there

00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:24.959
 was a door

00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:25.480
 into the

00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:25.740
 room

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.539
 and there

00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:26.799
 was one

00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.100
 of those

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.360
 kind of

00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:28.019
 one way

00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.759
 windows

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.180
 so that

00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:29.539
 people could

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:29.940
 see in

00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.200
 but you

00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:30.419
 couldn't

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:30.860
 see out

00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.799
 leave the

00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.080
 biscuit

00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.899
 I'm going

00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:33.159
 to go

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.600
 away for

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:33.840
 a little

00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.100
 bit

00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:34.879
 and if

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.360
 you haven't

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.620
 touched

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.060
 the biscuit

00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:36.399
 when I

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.019
 come back

00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.899
 not only

00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.180
 will you

00:14:38.180 --> 00:14:38.560
 get that

00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:38.860
 biscuit

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.259
 but I'll

00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:39.539
 give you

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:39.860
 another

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.220
 one

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:41.340
 how do

00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:41.480
 you think

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.919
 that went

00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:44.480
 now the

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.039
 scene played

00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:45.460
 over and

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.779
 over and

00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.299
 over again

00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:47.200
 and so the

00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.060
 first child

00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.580
 comes in

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:48.899
 and picks

00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.159
 up the

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.399
 biscuit

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:49.799
 and looks

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.120
 at it

00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.039
 puts it

00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:51.399
 down

00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.480
 picks it

00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:52.600
 up

00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:52.960
 looks at

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.299
 it again

00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:54.240
 no

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.799
 puts it

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.059
 down

00:14:55.059 --> 00:14:55.439
 picks it

00:14:55.439 --> 00:14:55.599
 up

00:14:55.599 --> 00:14:56.000
 takes a

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.159
 little

00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:56.519
 nibble

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:56.859
 but then

00:14:56.859 --> 00:14:57.339
 tries to

00:14:57.339 --> 00:14:57.819
 hide it

00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:58.659
 now some

00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:58.859
 of the

00:14:58.859 --> 00:14:59.259
 other kids

00:14:59.259 --> 00:14:59.620
 that came

00:14:59.620 --> 00:14:59.759
 in

00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:00.039
 one of

00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:00.419
 them just

00:15:00.419 --> 00:15:01.079
 as soon as

00:15:01.079 --> 00:15:01.379
 the adults

00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:01.759
 out of the

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.019
 room

00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.779
 door closes

00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.379
 bam

00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:05.759
 it's gone

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.679
 and then

00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.000
 some of

00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.419
 the children

00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:09.740
 who were

00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.279
 more thoughtful

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.679
 about the

00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:11.039
 future

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.220
 left the

00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:12.759
 biscuit there

00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:13.080
 and ended

00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:13.419
 up getting

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:13.819
 the second

00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.240
 one as

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.500
 well

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:16.120
 and my

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.519
 point is

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.539
 this

00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:23.860
 though God

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.360
 has given

00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.319
 us instructions

00:15:25.319 --> 00:15:26.039
 directions

00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.360
 a shape

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:28.980
 to how to

00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.639
 live life

00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.460
 and if we

00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:32.259
 follow this

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.039
 kind of shape

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.700
 this direction

00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.200
 that is given

00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.700
 to us it

00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.299
 will lead to

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:35.879
 good things

00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.120
 in the

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.479
 future

00:15:36.479 --> 00:15:37.620
 a second

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:37.939
 biscuit

00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.240
 if you

00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:38.479
 will

00:15:38.479 --> 00:15:40.359
 we still

00:15:40.359 --> 00:15:41.039
 insist on

00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:41.699
 leaving him

00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.419
 out of the

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.779
 picture

00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:44.059
 and deciding

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:44.879
 for ourselves

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.620
 how we'll

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:45.959
 live

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 sometimes we

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 get a little

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 bit creative

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 in it

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 we'll try and

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 hide the

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 things that

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 we do

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 that leave

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 God out

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 but you see

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 with God

00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:55.419
 we're not

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 talking about

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 mere biscuits

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 we're talking

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 about the

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 difference

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 between life

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 and death

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 you see

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 there's as

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 much

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.240
 in verse

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 8 it

00:16:05.800 --> 00:16:06.240
 says that

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 God is

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 love

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.540
 elsewhere

00:16:07.540 --> 00:16:07.899
 in the

00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.160
 Bible

00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:08.660
 we find

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 that God

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 is light

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 when I

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 was little

00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:12.560
 my family

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 had a

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 Subaru

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 wagon

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 with these

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 massive

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 driving lights

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 on the

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 front

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 and they

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 could just

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 cut through

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 the darkness

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 for up to

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 about a

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 kilometre

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 down the

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 road

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 where the

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 light was

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 darkness

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 couldn't

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 be

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 and where

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 sin is

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 God

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 sorry

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.160
 where God

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 is

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 sin

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 cannot

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 be

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 God

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 will not

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 let us

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 wallow

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 around

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 in our

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 sin

00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:36.540
 in the

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 mud

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 forever

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.860
 and this

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 is where

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 death

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.120
 comes in

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.920
 death

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.560
 is God's

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 way

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.659
 of dealing

00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.379
 with sin

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:46.740
 and so

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.460
 where people

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.759
 insist on

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.399
 living without

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 God

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:51.320
 something

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 someone

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.500
 has to

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:53.879
 die

00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.019
 God

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 sent

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.279
 his

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 one

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 and only

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.379
 son

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.259
 his

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 unique

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.220
 son

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 that he

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 loved

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 like no

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 other

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 to die

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 that

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.160
 death

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.200
 for us

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.480
 and the

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 amazing

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.339
 part is

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:09.759
 that God

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.279
 has shown

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.940
 his love

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.799
 to those

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.339
 who didn't

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.039
 love him

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 you might

00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:15.000
 have missed

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 it as we

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 read over

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 verse 10

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 it's easy

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.359
 to skate

00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:17.660
 over

00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.119
 come back

00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:18.460
 there with

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:18.920
 me now

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.839
 this is

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.339
 love

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.599
 not

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:26.519
 that we

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 love

00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:27.359
 God

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.159
 I'm not

00:17:30.159 --> 00:17:30.399
 sure if

00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:30.559
 you've

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:30.859
 noticed

00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:31.319
 this in

00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.159
 situations

00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.959
 around you

00:17:32.959 --> 00:17:33.379
 but more

00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:33.799
 often than

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.139
 not

00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:35.220
 love

00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:36.199
 comes to

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 depend on

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 something that

00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:38.039
 the other

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.980
 person does

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.519
 for me

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 we would

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.079
 never say

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.480
 this of

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:41.839
 course

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.619
 but you

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.019
 only have

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.339
 to pay

00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:43.720
 attention

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.259
 when you

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.679
 speak with

00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.039
 people

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.279
 have you

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.659
 ever heard

00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.359
 the phrase

00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.619
 I just

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.179
 don't love

00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.720
 them anymore

00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.839
 this is

00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.259
 often

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.039
 not always

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.619
 but often

00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:55.779
 code word

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.179
 for

00:17:56.179 --> 00:17:57.279
 whatever

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.959
 that person

00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.439
 used to

00:17:58.439 --> 00:17:58.619
 do

00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.079
 that made

00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.279
 me

00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.699
 happy

00:17:59.699 --> 00:18:00.980
 they don't

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.559
 do anymore

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.439
 or it

00:18:02.439 --> 00:18:02.899
 doesn't make

00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.399
 me happy

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:04.099
 anymore

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:06.240
 you see

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.799
 their love

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.039
 for the

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.579
 other person

00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.299
 depended on

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.879
 what that

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.500
 person could

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.199
 offer them

00:18:10.199 --> 00:18:13.419
 as long as

00:18:13.419 --> 00:18:14.159
 you're fun

00:18:14.159 --> 00:18:14.839
 to be around

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.240
 then I'll

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.720
 still love

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:15.919
 you

00:18:15.919 --> 00:18:17.740
 as long as

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.220
 you're beautiful

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.819
 then I'll

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.639
 still love

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:19.839
 you

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:21.879
 as long

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.119
 as you're

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.599
 in perfect

00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:22.939
 health

00:18:22.939 --> 00:18:23.299
 then I'll

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.879
 love you

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:25.199
 you understand

00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:25.740
 what I mean

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.779
 now don't get

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.119
 me wrong

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.699
 it's okay to

00:18:27.699 --> 00:18:28.159
 find something

00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.919
 attractive or

00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:29.579
 endearing about

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.299
 another person

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.699
 but mere

00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.359
 attraction

00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.899
 is not the

00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.579
 essence of

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.019
 love

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:37.980
 you see

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.659
 because God

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.199
 loved us

00:18:39.199 --> 00:18:39.779
 when we were

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.359
 strangers

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.879
 in fact

00:18:40.879 --> 00:18:41.359
 worse than

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.480
 that

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:41.799
 when we

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.119
 were his

00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.480
 enemies

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:45.619
 and so

00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:45.939
 it means

00:18:45.939 --> 00:18:46.259
 that when

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.720
 we're no

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.359
 fun to be

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.759
 around

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.400
 God

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.000
 still

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.779
 loves

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.099
 us

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:52.940
 when we're

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.779
 unattractive

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.799
 or ugly

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.960
 you've put

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.339
 on a few

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:56.720
 kilos

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:59.059
 God will

00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.579
 still love

00:18:59.579 --> 00:18:59.839
 you

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:02.299
 when we're

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:03.000
 crippled and

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.579
 sickly

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.480
 God will

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.019
 still love

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.379
 us

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:07.019
 God's love

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.519
 means that

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.160
 even when we

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.819
 ignored or

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.460
 hated him

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.720
 he sent his

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.779
 one and only

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:13.180
 son that we

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.900
 might live

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.920
 through him

00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:18.800
 and so we

00:19:18.800 --> 00:19:19.240
 come full

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.900
 circle back

00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.360
 around to

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:21.660
 verses 11

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.080
 and 12

00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:22.440
 but it

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.960
 kind of

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.360
 comes back

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.700
 around to

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:23.960
 where we

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.360
 started

00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.380
 dear friends

00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:25.900
 since God

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.400
 so loved

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.200
 us we

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.960
 also also

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.600
 love one

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:28.960
 another

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.779
 no one has

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.300
 ever seen

00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:31.920
 God but if

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.380
 we love

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.920
 one another

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:34.480
 God lives

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.200
 in us and

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.039
 his love is

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.960
 made complete

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.600
 in us

00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:38.980
 in just

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.759
 three short

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.460
 verses we've

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.480
 been plunged

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.180
 into the depths

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.000
 of God's love

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.539
 for us

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.440
 in Jesus

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.700
 to emerge

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.119
 on the other

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.759
 side with the

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.500
 same instructions

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.259
 that he began

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.099
 with dear

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:50.460
 friends let us

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.099
 love one

00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.480
 another

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:53.200
 this reminds

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.839
 me of words

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.319
 that Jesus

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.359
 himself spoke

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.839
 as I have

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.759
 loved you so

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.700
 you must love

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.299
 one another

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:01.139
 by this all

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.700
 men will know

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.180
 that you are

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.879
 my disciples

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:04.339
 if you love

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.879
 one another

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:06.879
 a great

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:07.680
 Christian author

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.240
 has put it

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.740
 this way

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:10.319
 no one who

00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:10.879
 has been to

00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.500
 the cross

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:13.000
 and seeing

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.599
 God's

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.319
 immeasurable

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.799
 and unmerited

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.759
 love displayed

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.119
 there

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.480
 can go back

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.119
 to a life

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.099
 of selfishness

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:21.599
 and so this

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.339
 is why churches

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.039
 all around

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.500
 Sydney

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.640
 are concerned

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.140
 with showing

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.799
 love and

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.420
 kindness to

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.960
 the communities

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.619
 around them

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.819
 God has

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.359
 shown his

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.299
 love to us

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:32.039
 he's actually

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:33.000
 shown in an

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.640
 indirect way

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.299
 how much he

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.319
 loves Chatswood

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:37.339
 and knowing

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.119
 that God

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:39.519
 loves Chatswood

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.799
 and the

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.200
 surrounding

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.819
 suburbs

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.920
 it would be

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.619
 no surprise

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:42.940
 to me

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.359
 if this

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:43.859
 church

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:45.000
 invests

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 itself

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 in the

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 same way

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 endeavouring

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 to love

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 your friends

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 your neighbours

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 your colleagues

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 but I'm

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 led to ask

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 as we've

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 handled this

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 marvellous

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 multifaceted

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 diamond

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 of God's

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 love

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 shown in

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 the gospel

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 as we've

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 contemplated

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 the mountain

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 peaks of

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 who God

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 is

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 his very

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 character

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 as we've

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 been

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 plunged

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 into the

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 depths

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 of God's

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 love for

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 us in

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 Jesus

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 are you

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 convinced

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 of God's

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 immeasurable

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 and unmerited

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 love

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 for you

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 if God

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 came to

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 Chatswood

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 he wouldn't

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 just say

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 I love

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 Chatswood

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 he'd

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 actually

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 also

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 turn to

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 you

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 face to

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 face

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 and say

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 I

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 love

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 you

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 this

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 is how

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 I showed

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 my love

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 towards

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 you

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 I sent

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 my one

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 and only

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 son

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 into the

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 world

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 that you

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 might live

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 through him

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 this is

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 great news

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 great news

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 for every

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 one of us

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 here

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 but there

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 might be

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 some here

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 this morning

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 for whom

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 this is

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 especially

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 welcome

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 news

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 the idea

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 that God

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 loves you

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 and you

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 personally

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 might be

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 actually

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 entirely

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 new

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 you might

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 have heard

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 about Jesus

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 when you

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 were younger

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 at an earlier

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 stage in your

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 life

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 but never

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 really taken

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 his claims

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 seriously

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 taken his

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 death and

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 resurrection

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 seriously

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 maybe you've

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 been to

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 church a

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 while ago

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 but this

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.559
 point that

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 God loves

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 you

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 has never

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 really sunk

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 in

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 regardless

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 God has

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 shown his

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 love for

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 each one

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 of us

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 if you want

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 to accept

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.460
 God's love

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 for you

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 shown in

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.700
 sending

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.279
 Jesus

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.140
 if you want

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 to begin

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 to live a

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 life where

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 God comes

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 into the

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 picture

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 I'm going

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 to pray

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 a prayer

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 now

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.640
 that you

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:02.980
 might want

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 to pray

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 along with

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 me

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 now I

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.339
 want to

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 say that

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.039
 praying a

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.579
 prayer doesn't

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 make you a

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 Christian

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:09.319
 following Jesus

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 understanding that

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 he loves you

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 that God has

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 demonstrated his

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.140
 love in sending

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 him as a

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 sacrifice for

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 your sins

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 that is what

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 makes you a

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 Christian

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 but praying a

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 prayer can be a

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 fantastic way to

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 start

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 so I'm going

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 to pray now

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 and then

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.960
 Chris is going

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 to come up

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 and give some

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.639
 further instructions

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.579
 about what you

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.980
 might want to

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 do if this is

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.759
 something that's

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.639
 been particularly

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.439
 pertinent for you

00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:33.960
 this morning

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:36.359
 will you pray

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.099
 with me

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 heavenly father

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:42.099
 I'm sorry that

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.839
 I've lived a

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.099
 life that has

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.019
 so often left

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.679
 you out of the

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:47.559
 picture I want

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.279
 to thank you that

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.879
 you have shown

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:50.439
 your love by

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.059
 sending your

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:52.179
 son that

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:53.080
 I might live

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:55.500
 I pray that

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.960
 you would help

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.799
 me to love

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 you and to

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.380
 love others the

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.960
 way that you

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.799
 do in Jesus

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.539
 name amen

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.860
 friends if