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 And ask all of these things in the matchless name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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 God and godliness. God and godliness.

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 Those are the two things that John wants us to know about in these 14 verses.

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 But this evening, I'm going to divide those two points into three points.

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 So the first two points have to do with God, and the last point has to do with godliness.

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 The first two has to do with God, and the last has to do with godliness.

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 So our first point this evening is this.

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 Where does God's love come from?

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 Where does God's love come from?

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 Or, put properly, the first point is the genesis of God's love.

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 The genesis of God's love. Where does God's love come from?

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 And the answer to that is that it comes from God.

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 God's love originates in God. It comes from God.

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 And the second point this evening is the gift of God's love.

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 What does God give us to show that he loves us?

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 What does he give us to show that he loves us?

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 And the answer to that question is that he gives us himself.

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 God gives us himself.

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 So the first point, the genesis of God's love is God.

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 The gift of God's love, the second point, is God.

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 And thirdly, the goal of God's love.

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 Why does God love us?

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 He loves us so that we may be lovely.

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 God loves us so that we may be godly.

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 The goal of God's love is godliness.

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 So firstly, the genesis of God's love.

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 Where does God's love come from?

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 In verse 7, he calls us, he invites us, he calls us beloved.

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 In verse 7, he says, beloved, let us love one another.

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 For love is from God.

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 Love is from God, he says.

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 If you were to walk down the street in Edinburgh

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 and ask someone on the street what love is

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 and where it comes from,

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 they may give you various answers.

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 They may give you, they may say that love is a feeling.

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 They may say that love is a commitment.

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 They may say that love is an intimate relationship.

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 They may say that love is an orientation.

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 They may say that it is hard to define.

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 But that you will know it when you see it.

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 But John doesn't start off like that.

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 He says love is from God.

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 And in verse 8, he says anyone who does not love does not know God.

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 And here is the programmatic statement.

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 He says God is love.

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 God is love.

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 John doesn't say love is love or love is God.

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 He says God is love.

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 Have you thought about that?

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 Love is not just a part of who God is.

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 It is all of him.

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 God's love, in fact, permeates all of his attributes.

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 So God's holiness is a loving holiness.

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 And his love is a holy love.

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 In other words, everything that God does in this world

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 is out of his love.

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 Because that's who he is.

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 And because God is an infinite God,

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 God's love is also as infinite as he is.

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 A fish could soon drink the ocean dry

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 before we can exhaust the love of God.

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 Because God is love.

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 And he is infinite.

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 And so is his love.

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 His love is infinite.

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 So you go in.

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 You go in to God and he is love.

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 You go in to God and he is love.

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 Because he's infinite.

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 You go in and you go in.

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 He is love.

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 You go in and in and in.

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 He is love.

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 Because our God is love.

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 He is love.

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 He is infinitely love.

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 And he is not just love.

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 He's a Trinitarian God, we know.

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 We confessed this evening.

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 God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.

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 Because he is a Trinitarian God.

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 Love existed before the world was made.

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 And one theologian said that God the Father is the lover.

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 And God the Son is the beloved.

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 And God the Spirit is the love between God the Father and the Son.

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 And God the Son.

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 Maybe it is hard to put our minds together to grasp that truth.

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 But it is plain that the love that we experience began before time began.

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 It began in the Trinity.

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 There was perfect communion between God the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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 And there was perfect unity.

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 There still is perfect love and perfect unity.

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 And out of that love he created this world.

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 That love bursts out.

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 And we see it in our own loves, in our families, in our friendships.

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 We see it in the church especially.

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 Which John reminds us in verse 10.

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 This is love.

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 Not that we have loved God.

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 But that he loved us.

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 And sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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 We did not love God.

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 God loved us.

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 God didn't look through the tunnel of time and say that I love this man or this woman.

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 Because he is righteous.

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 God loved us.

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 God always precedes all love for him.

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 Before we were even made, God set his love, his affection on us, the Bible says.

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 Before the creation of the world, the triune God who created the cosmos, he loved you.

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 He loved you before the stars were made.

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 so the scriptures speak about God's love as his abundant goodness his loving kindness

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 his husbandly love for his bride his chesed love God's love is is not a fickle passion like

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 all loves are often it's a steadfast love it's an unchanging love as God himself is

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 do you know God's love if you are a believer this evening you have been loved by God and you know

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 that love but if you are not a believer you can come to know this love by looking at the gift of

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 God's love his son you can ponder the love of God and the great heights of it as John invites us to

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 this evening but you may ask like all of us do from time to time if we have been loved by such a great

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 love what what is the tangible proof of that love because if we have been Christians for for for

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 just five minutes we know that our experiences often contradict what we read in the Bible we we face

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 suffering we we put our sins to death we fight our sins and sometimes we wonder if God truly loves us

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 because our experience says otherwise but John wants us to know that yes this love of God that begins in

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 God is actually also poured out and given to us and that's our second point what is the gift of God's

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 love what does God give us to show that he loves us he does give us all kinds of benefits but ultimately

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 though those benefits may come and go depending on the seasons of life we are in don't they

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 God's gifts are the earthly gifts that we enjoy they come and go beautiful marriages

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 come to an end because the spouse died our sin gets in the way but ultimately though God gives us himself

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 he gives us himself to know so that we may know rather that we are indeed loved by God and because God is a

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 Trinitarian God he gives us his Trinitarian self he gives us his triune being he gives us his son

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 verse 9 in this is the love of God was made manifest among us that God sent his only son into the world

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 so that we might live through him we all died in Adam like Adam rebelled we all rebelled in Adam

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 we left our maker but God sent his son into the world into this this broken world have you read the news

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 the brokenness the brokenness we see shootings here shootings there assaults here and assaults there

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 brokenness everywhere even within the church but God sends his son into the world this world that we inhabit

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 God sent his son so that we might live through him and verse 10 verse 14

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 and we have seen and testify that the father has sent his son to be the savior of the world he is the savior of the world and verse 10 towards the end of verse 10 he said but that in this is love not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his son to be the the propitiation for our sins what is propitiation propitiation is a is a fancy word that captures a

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 a fundamental reality about who we are we are as humans because of our fall because of our rebellion we stand condemned and we are under the right judgment of God because of our sins

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 and Jesus Christ not only did he live for us but he also died in our place did not only did he keep the commandments of God perfectly on our behalf but he also took the punishment for our law breaking

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 he absorbed the wrath of God on the cross that is propitiation he was sent to be the propitiation for our sins

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 verse 14 again the father sent his son to be the savior of the world so Jesus Christ comes into the world to redeem people from all tribes tongue and nation now and he

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 he had been doing that from Adam to the last person who will ever be saved and he came for you

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 Jesus Christ came for you he came for you yes

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 he came to redeem you from your sin he came to give himself up for you so the gift of God's love in the person of his son and

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 and in verse 13 in the person of his spirit

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 verse 13 says by this we know that we abide in him and he in us

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 because he has

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 given us

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 of his spirit

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 he has given us of his spirit

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 by this we know

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 that we remain in him

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 the assurance that we have

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 as believers of our standing before God

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 the confidence that we have before our standing before God

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 that is from the Holy Spirit but even before that the reason we

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 we confess Jesus Christ as Lord and the reason we can understand a

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 hard passage like this it is because

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 the Holy Spirit God the Holy Spirit

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 has opened up our eyes to see and our ears to hear

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 and our hearts to love he

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 has been doing a work among us and

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 the Holy Spirit living in us is God's guarantee

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 that he has given himself to us

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 so the gift of his son

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 the gift of his spirit in turning our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh

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 and thirdly the gift of the father

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 in verses 15 and 16

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 whoever confesses that Jesus is the son of God

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 God abides in him

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 and he in God

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 God sends the Holy Spirit to open up our eyes

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 so that we may behold

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 the savior and savor him

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 and he does that

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 and then

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 he brings us to himself

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 so that we may

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 abide

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 in him

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 and he in God

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 and we in God

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 what a wonderful truth that is

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 God abides in us

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 God

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 remains in us

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 God

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 resides in us

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 God lives in us

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 the one

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 who believes in God's love

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 remains

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 in that love

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 and God remains in him

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 we participate

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 in

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 God

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 we live in God

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 like a

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 sparrow

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 that lives

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 in her nest

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 we live in God

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 do you know yourself

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 to be

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 given

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 that gift

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 the gift of God himself

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 the father

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 the son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 and we share

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 in

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 in God

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 even as we

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 live our earthly lives

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 even as we fall

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 and falter

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 and

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 even as we get up

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 and

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 straighten up

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 and

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 and follow

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 as strangers

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 and aliens

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 even in our own

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 homelands

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 we participate

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 in

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 in God

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 the three

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 in one

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 the same love

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 that

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 existed before

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 time

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 was made

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 before the world

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 was made

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 reached out

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 into creation

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 reached out

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 into the

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 the messiness

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 of our lives

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 to the

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 to the

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 murkiness

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 of sin

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 itself

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 reaches down

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 and brings us

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 back

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 to himself

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 love reaches

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 down

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 love lifts

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 us up

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 back to love

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 back to God

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 love of God

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 the father

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 love of God

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 the son

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 love of God

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 the spirit

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 given to

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 us

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 so

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 secondly

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 the gift

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 of God's

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 love

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 is

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 God

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 it is

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 God

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 so the

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 genesis

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 of God's

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 love

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 where does

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 God's

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 love

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 come from

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 it comes

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 from God

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 himself

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 the gift

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 of God's

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 love

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 what does

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 God give

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 to show

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 us

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 that he

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 loves us

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 he gives

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 us

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 the greatest

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 gift

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 imaginable

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 he gives

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 us

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 himself

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 his

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 triune

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 self

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 and thirdly

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 and lastly

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 the goal

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 of God's

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 love

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 the goal

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 of God's

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 love

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 it is

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 godliness

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 it is godliness

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 I could have easily

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.759
 said that

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 the goal of God's

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 love is God

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 because God

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 created us

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 and we fell

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 and he redeemed

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 us and he's

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 slowly

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 sanctifying us

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 slowly

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 and he's

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 bringing

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 us to

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 himself

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 so in

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 one sense

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 the goal

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 of God's

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 love is

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 God

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 he gets

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 the glory

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 and we

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 return to

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 him

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 but in

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 this life

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 he calls

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 us to be

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 godly

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 godlike

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 he wants

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 us to hear

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 he wants

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 us to

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 believe

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 and he

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 wants us

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 to do

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 and in

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 verse 17

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 we are told

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 of these

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 things

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 verse 17

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 through 21

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 we are reminded

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 that we are

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 called

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 to be

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 godly

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 verse 17

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 by this

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 is love

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 perfected

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 with us

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 so that we

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 may have

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 confidence

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 for the

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 day of

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 judgment

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 because as

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 he is

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 so also

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 are we

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 in this

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 world

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.940
 god is

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 reminded

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 us of

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 his great

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 love

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 he has

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 reminded

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 us of

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 his great

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 person

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 and the

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 love by

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 which he

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 has loved

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 us

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 and as

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 we love

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 god with

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 our mind

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 in that

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 way

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 thinking about

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 who he

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 is in

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 himself

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 and how

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 he has

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 loved

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 us

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 god's

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 love is

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 perfected

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 in us

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 and that

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 ongoing

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 perfection

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 actually gives

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 us confidence

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 to stand

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 before god's

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 throne

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 after all

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 this book

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 is written

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 to give us

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 christian

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.539
 confidence

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:41.879
 right

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 christian

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 assurance

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:46.259
 and out

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.000
 of that

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.920
 assurance

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:50.319
 we ought

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 to love

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 one another

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 in verse 18

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 there is no

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 fear in

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 love but

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.720
 perfect love

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 casts out

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 fear for

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 fear has to

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 do with

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.559
 punishment

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.579
 and whoever

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 fears has

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:04.359
 not been

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.059
 perfected

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.679
 in love

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 what does

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 that mean

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 it means

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 that because

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 god has

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 loved you

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 in this

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 way

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 in giving

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 himself

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 he has

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 actually

00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:15.000
 removed

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:16.019
 all fear

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 that you

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 may have

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 of him

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 as a

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 judge

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 you don't

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 look at

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 god as

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 a judge

00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:21.339
 anymore

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:24.220
 because he

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 has loved

00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:24.940
 you

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 he's your

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 father

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 he's your

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 friend

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 he's your

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 comforter

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.059
 fear

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:33.059
 so fear

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.779
 is out

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.319
 the window

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:35.779
 and the

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.179
 fear that

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 keeps you

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 chained

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:40.679
 to yourself

00:18:40.679 --> 00:18:42.339
 it's gone

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 now

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:45.839
 those chains

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.559
 are broken

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.899
 now and

00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:48.539
 now you can

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.259
 actually love

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 people

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:51.039
 without

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:52.480
 thinking what

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:52.960
 you can get

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.579
 from them

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:56.399
 it drives

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.220
 out fear

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.099
 verse 18

00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:59.519
 and because

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.639
 jesus took

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.199
 our punishment

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:01.740
 we don't

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.299
 have to

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:03.240
 fear

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.599
 anymore

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.799
 when that

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.279
 fear is

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.720
 gone

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.379
 it makes

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.000
 us fearless

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.839
 to love

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.779
 others

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:13.440
 and john

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.059
 tells us

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.480
 in verse

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.160
 20

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.359
 that

00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.359
 that

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.059
 that we

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.359
 can be

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.839
 hypocrites

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.379
 sometimes

00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:19.879
 if anyone

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.619
 says i love

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.240
 god and hates

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.619
 his brother

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.319
 he's a liar

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.700
 for he who

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.200
 does not

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.779
 love his

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.339
 brother whom

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.720
 he has

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.720
 seen

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.099
 god

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.759
 whom he

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.240
 has seen

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.559
 cannot

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.339
 love god

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:29.700
 whom he

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.240
 has not

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.920
 seen

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:32.559
 you can

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.460
 talk about

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.940
 trinitarian

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.599
 theology

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.680
 all day

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.079
 long

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.019
 talk about

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.399
 the love

00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:38.960
 of god

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.119
 that existed

00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:41.059
 before time

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.519
 began

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.699
 and still

00:19:42.699 --> 00:19:43.439
 not love

00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:44.819
 your brother

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.779
 he says

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.559
 we have to

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.759
 be called

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.459
 out of our

00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:49.219
 hypocrisy

00:19:49.219 --> 00:19:51.719
 we ought to

00:19:51.719 --> 00:19:52.799
 love our

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.839
 brothers and

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.279
 sisters

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.079
 verse 21

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.739
 this is the

00:19:55.739 --> 00:19:56.479
 commandment

00:19:56.479 --> 00:19:57.819
 that we have

00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.799
 from him

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.719
 whoever loves

00:19:59.719 --> 00:20:00.079
 god

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.659
 must also

00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.659
 love

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.479
 his brother

00:20:03.479 --> 00:20:04.039
 if we have

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.479
 been loved

00:20:04.479 --> 00:20:05.019
 by god

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.419
 and if

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:05.959
 if that

00:20:05.959 --> 00:20:06.619
 love actually

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.119
 does come

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:09.699
 from god

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.180
 the father

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.700
 god the

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:10.880
 son

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.279
 and god

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.640
 the holy

00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:11.980
 spirit

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:14.000
 and that

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.360
 love has

00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:14.900
 actually given

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.019
 you god

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.440
 the father

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:16.980
 god the

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.380
 son and

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:17.720
 god the

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.279
 holy spirit

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:20.180
 then you

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.519
 are to

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.580
 love the

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.000
 people that

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.480
 you see

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.140
 the people

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.460
 that you

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.160
 can touch

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:27.160
 tangibly

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:29.740
 they say

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.400
 that edinburgh

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.240
 is one of

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.600
 the best

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.080
 cities

00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:33.300
 to live

00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:33.540
 in the

00:20:33.540 --> 00:20:33.880
 world

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:35.380
 and i

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.440
 i agree

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.160
 with that

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.300
 i've only

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:39.720
 lived here

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.800
 for eight

00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:41.220
 months

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.759
 and it

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.180
 is such a

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.440
 beautiful

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.700
 city and

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.380
 today was

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.720
 a great

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.240
 reminder

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.320
 that it

00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:47.779
 is actually

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.300
 a wonderful

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:49.400
 city to

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.800
 live in

00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:50.120
 but

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:51.560
 i was looking

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.320
 up a survey

00:20:52.320 --> 00:20:52.779
 and it

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.980
 said about

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.019
 one-fifth

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.259
 of the

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.759
 adults

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:58.279
 in edinburgh

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.279
 feel lonely

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.559
 one-fifth

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.680
 that's about

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:03.339
 one in five

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.779
 person

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:05.559
 one in five

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.920
 people

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.279
 edinburgh

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.019
 all the

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.299
 people

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.440
 and this

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.859
 loneliness

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.779
 also

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:12.059
 affects the

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.359
 youngest

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.079
 populations

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.859
 of the

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.119
 city

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:15.619
 so the

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.220
 oldest and

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.779
 the youngest

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.720
 they're

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.599
 affected by

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:19.279
 loneliness

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:22.879
 how can

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.420
 you love

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.639
 your lonely

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.580
 brother and

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.460
 sister in

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.920
 their old

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.980
 age and

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.259
 in their

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.360
 young age

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.620
 how can

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.040
 you love

00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:32.960
 your neighbor

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.420
 your closest

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.900
 neighbor

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:36.220
 for those of

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.480
 us who are

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.940
 married our

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.540
 closest neighbors

00:21:37.540 --> 00:21:38.820
 are our

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.200
 husbands

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.700
 our wives

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.800
 our children

00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:43.720
 how do we

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.700
 love them

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.420
 how do we

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.780
 love them

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:46.520
 and i think

00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:47.200
 god's word

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.720
 actually gives

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.580
 us a framework

00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:50.000
 for how we

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.360
 can love

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:50.900
 them you

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.280
 remember

00:21:51.280 --> 00:21:52.140
 god's

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.600
 commandments

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.120
 the ten

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.540
 commandments

00:21:53.540 --> 00:21:54.160
 are actually

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.180
 about loving

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.880
 god and

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.200
 loving

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.220
 our neighbor

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.120
 the first

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.540
 four

00:21:58.540 --> 00:21:59.220
 commandments

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.779
 are about

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.100
 how we

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.460
 can love

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.820
 god

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.960
 and the

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.700
 last six

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.140
 commandments

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.600
 are about

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:03.840
 how we

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.120
 can love

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.519
 our neighbor

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.440
 so god

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.779
 actually

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.000
 doesn't leave

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.420
 us without

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.900
 help

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.840
 his commandments

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.400
 the last

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.440
 six commandments

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.540
 of the ten

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:11.900
 commandments

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:13.360
 give us a

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.320
 rubric for

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:14.720
 how we can

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.240
 love people

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.000
 in a tangible

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.320
 way

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:17.740
 so i'm

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.040
 going to go

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.600
 to exodus

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.100
 20

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:21.620
 and just

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.100
 read the

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.620
 last six

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.080
 commandments

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:25.099
 this is

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:27.419
 the fifth

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.159
 commandment

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.980
 exodus 20

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.720
 verse 12

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.419
 honor your

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:32.299
 father and

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.599
 mother

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.980
 honor your

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.439
 father and

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:34.699
 mother

00:22:34.699 --> 00:22:35.639
 that's a way

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:35.939
 to love

00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:36.279
 people

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.439
 do you

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.799
 honor your

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.259
 parents

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.759
 do you

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.359
 honor the

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:41.079
 leaders in

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.579
 your church

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.500
 do you

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.399
 honor authority

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:45.919
 do you

00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.539
 honor all

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.939
 the people

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:47.500
 in your

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.879
 church

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:49.740
 that's one

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.159
 way to love

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.619
 people

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:52.399
 verse 13

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:52.739
 you shall

00:22:52.739 --> 00:22:53.039
 not

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.479
 murder

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:54.899
 that's a

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.159
 negative

00:22:55.159 --> 00:22:55.639
 commandment

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:55.919
 what is

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.379
 the positive

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.839
 of it

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.799
 instead of

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.259
 murdering

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.559
 you can

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.199
 love people

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:00.719
 by giving

00:23:00.719 --> 00:23:01.119
 life

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.099
 you can

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.539
 adopt

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:04.379
 you can

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.619
 give for

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.199
 the life

00:23:06.199 --> 00:23:06.859
 sustaining

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.719
 needs of

00:23:07.719 --> 00:23:08.219
 other people

00:23:08.219 --> 00:23:08.959
 around you

00:23:08.959 --> 00:23:10.239
 you can

00:23:10.239 --> 00:23:10.679
 care for

00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:11.359
 life from

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.739
 from the

00:23:12.739 --> 00:23:13.399
 womb to

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.299
 the tomb

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.000
 as they say

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.179
 you can

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:17.059
 promote life

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.659
 and build it

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.639
 up and

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.259
 give to

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.220
 organizations

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.240
 that support

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.580
 work against

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.240
 for example

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.740
 abortion

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:26.460
 that's the

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.000
 sixth commandment

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.380
 the seventh

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.620
 one

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.200
 you shall

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.780
 not commit

00:23:28.780 --> 00:23:29.300
 adultery

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:30.480
 how can

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.860
 you use

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.660
 that as

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.160
 a positive

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.080
 way to

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.420
 love your

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.680
 neighbor

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.540
 you can

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:35.060
 be faithful

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.860
 in your

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.360
 singleness

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.440
 you can

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.960
 be faithful

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.360
 in your

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.720
 marriages

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.940
 you can

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.500
 be faithful

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.540
 in loving

00:23:41.540 --> 00:23:42.120
 your neighbors

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.080
 your children

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.320
 your brother

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.940
 your sister

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:49.039
 verse 15

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.100
 the

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:51.100
 eighth

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.620
 commandment

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:51.900
 you shall

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.460
 not steal

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.180
 so instead

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.620
 of stealing

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.080
 you can

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:55.120
 work hard

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.600
 for six

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:55.900
 days

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.240
 you shall

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.660
 work

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.279
 the Lord

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.660
 says

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.779
 work hard

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.320
 earn your

00:23:59.320 --> 00:23:59.600
 money

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.740
 be industrious

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:03.480
 and then

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.100
 out of

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.740
 that money

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.160
 instead of

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.539
 stealing

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.759
 give people

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.299
 your riches

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:10.740
 the ninth

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.180
 commandment

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.480
 you shall

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.100
 not bear

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:13.059
 false witness

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.640
 against your

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:13.880
 neighbor

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.400
 how can you

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.920
 use that

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.759
 as a

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.120
 positive

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:17.120
 commandment

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.620
 instead of

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.620
 using your

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.039
 tongue to

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.279
 cut people

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.660
 down

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.060
 you can

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.420
 actually

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.560
 use it

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.039
 to build

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.600
 them up

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.380
 speak words

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.840
 of grace

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.460
 words of

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.220
 love

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.720
 words of

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.200
 the gospel

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.880
 to remind

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.300
 them of

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:28.900
 their standing

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.519
 before God

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.940
 even as

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.380
 they suffer

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:33.440
 from their

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.500
 own sins

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.160
 remind them

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.840
 of the gospel

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.640
 the riches

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.360
 that they have

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:39.560
 what about

00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:39.940
 the tenth

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.759
 commandment

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.940
 you shall

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.600
 not covet

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.500
 your neighbor's

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.900
 house

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.800
 your neighbor's

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.519
 wife

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.240
 his male

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.580
 servant

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:47.920
 female

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.360
 servant

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.800
 etc

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:50.519
 instead of

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.580
 wanting what

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.420
 others have

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:54.100
 you work

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.640
 hard for

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.480
 what you

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.100
 need

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:58.840
 and instead

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.320
 of trying

00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:01.160
 to desire

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.500
 to want

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.180
 what others

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.420
 have

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.259
 you would

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.660
 try to

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.280
 add to

00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:06.600
 other people's

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.340
 prosperity

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.819
 would add

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:11.319
 to people's

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.939
 belongings

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.779
 that's the

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.199
 way to

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:14.139
 love your

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.439
 neighbor

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:16.839
 and

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.679
 the struggle

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.179
 is though

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.519
 a lot of

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.919
 things get

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.359
 in the way

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.799
 of our

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.899
 loving

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:24.099
 our neighbors

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.539
 sometimes

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.639
 it's laziness

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.139
 sometimes

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.639
 it is

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:29.199
 self-centeredness

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:29.779
 we only think

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.500
 about ourselves

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.679
 sometimes

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.720
 it's

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.220
 fatigue

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.579
 sometimes

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.240
 we're just

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.759
 busy

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.919
 sometimes

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.259
 it's

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.699
 anger

00:25:38.699 --> 00:25:39.559
 bitterness

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.059
 or

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.939
 unforgiveness

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:43.399
 but when

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.720
 you know

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.059
 that you

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.379
 have been

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.720
 loved

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.659
 by God

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:47.699
 and that

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.299
 love actually

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.059
 comes from

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.000
 God

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.879
 and that

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.339
 love actually

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.259
 gives you

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.539
 God

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:55.559
 you can

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.939
 actually

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:58.460
 love people

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.919
 in a

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.919
 risk-taking

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.480
 way

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.420
 if these

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.819
 verses

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.019
 are written

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.779
 to give us

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.200
 Christian

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.720
 assurance

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.299
 and they

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.539
 are

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:08.039
 they are

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.299
 written

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.920
 to show

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.279
 that we

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.579
 actually

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.180
 belong to

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.420
 God

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.839
 if we

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.059
 have

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.480
 confessed

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.819
 Jesus

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.259
 Christ

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.700
 then out

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.339
 of that

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.180
 confidence

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.599
 we can

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:16.960
 actually

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.400
 be risk-taking

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.940
 lovers

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.480
 of people

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.220
 we can

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:23.700
 be risk-takers

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.400
 we can

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.460
 love people

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.120
 with a love

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.700
 that does

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.039
 not

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.680
 look for

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.620
 reciprocity

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:33.460
 may

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.680
 these

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.140
 verses

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.080
 actually

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.920
 remind you

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.820
 of God's

00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.120
 love

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:40.039
 the genesis

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.779
 of God's

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.039
 love

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.779
 may they

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 remind you

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 of God's

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 of that

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 love

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 self

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 and may

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 add his

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 blessing to

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 the preaching

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 of his

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 word

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 let us

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 pray

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 may

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