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 And we'll read again from the beginning.

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 I'm going to look at verses 1 to 3.

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 They're very familiar words to us, I'm sure.

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 John 14, the first three verses.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 Believe in God, believe also in me.

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 In my Father's house are many rooms.

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 If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you.

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 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself.

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 But where I am, you may be also.

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 So often when you visit folk in hospital, which is always a privilege to do,

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 many times they'll say to you, I really wish I was home.

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 I'm longing to get home.

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 Even if they appreciate as they do, many of them the care that's given.

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 But they will also find them often saying, I'd love to be home.

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 I don't know when I'll get back home, but I know I need to be in this place just now.

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 I'm thankful for the care I'm getting.

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 And I know that it's all towards my good and my improvement.

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 Something along those lines.

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 So you've got the longing to get home and the appreciation of the present circumstances,

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 which really are part of what's going on in life at the moment.

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 And that's so it is for the Christian as well.

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 There is a God-planted longing in the heart, a desire, a looking forward to home in heaven.

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 And yet at the same time, a realization through the teaching of God's word that this is a necessity for us now to go through this life as we are,

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 to have the providence of God as he has arranged it,

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 so that we'll come ultimately as Christians, as believers in Christ,

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 all we believe to come to be in heaven at last.

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 Jesus here, as you know, is addressing troubled disciples.

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 That's evident from the first few words of verse one.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 He's not saying to them there, don't begin to be troubled.

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 He's really saying, I know you're troubled, but don't let them be troubled.

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 Put your troubles aside.

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 Here is my antidote to your troubles.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 And what's troubling them is what he has told them previously,

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 that he is actually going to go back to the Father.

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 That he's no longer going to be physically with them.

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 That they're not going to have him here as they've had him over these years,

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 since he took them and made them his disciples.

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 And now he's been telling them that he is going away.

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 And what he says, in the previous chapter especially,

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 Jesus is saying there, where I'm going, you cannot follow me now,

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 but you will follow me afterwards.

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 So he's been teaching them about the necessity of his going.

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 And in fact, he's been saying to them,

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 it's actually for your good that I'm going.

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 Knowing himself, of course, what was going to follow

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 this time that he spent with them in the upper room, as it's called.

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 And that he would actually then go back to the Father,

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 having gone to the cross and risen from the dead.

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 And as we'll see, all of that is in his immediate future there,

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 as he's speaking to the disciples.

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 So he's addressing the troubled disciples

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 who are thinking of a future without Jesus.

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 And sadly, so many people in the world

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 don't even have a thought of life without Jesus.

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 They don't actually look into the future

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 and say to themselves,

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 how am I going to manage this without God?

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 We're living in a world where unbelief

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 is such a constant feature of our experience

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 as we meet with people.

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 And they don't actually have this perspective,

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 this outlook, this forward-looking,

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 whereby they know that they're going to be at last with Christ.

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 And they face the future without Jesus.

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 And it's always a remarkable thing

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 when we see people, either we visit them

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 or we see them in hospital or whatever,

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 and they face sometimes really critical issues

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 in their lives.

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 Perhaps even it's a bereavement as well

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 as a physical illness or whatever.

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 And it's always amazing when you actually see,

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 how are they able to cope?

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 You ask yourself, how can they manage life without God?

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 And of course, the answer to that is,

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 well, we once did as well.

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 Or at least we thought we did.

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 It's just part of our fallen condition.

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 But here are these disciples,

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 and they're troubled because they're thinking

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 of a future without Jesus.

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 So he's redirecting their thoughts.

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 He's redirecting their minds to these things

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 that he says here in this chapter,

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 in this beginning of this chapter to them here

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 as we're looking at it immediately.

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 So what he's saying really is,

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 not only are they not going to be without him,

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 though that will be the case physically,

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 but in fact, they are actually,

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 eventually and ultimately,

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 going to be taken by him to be with them.

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 Here they are thinking,

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 how can we possibly manage without him?

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 What are we going to do?

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 How can we go about the business of daily life

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 as people who believe in God,

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 as people are called by Christ to witness for him,

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 but he's not there.

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 And he's saying to them,

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 don't let your hearts be troubled.

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 I'm actually going to prepare a place for you,

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 and that's a place to which I will come back,

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 to which I will take you when I come back for you.

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 And it's interesting if you compare the first verse there,

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 and we always refer to these chapters

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 as the upper room addresses or discourses of the Lord,

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 which of course includes his own prayer in chapter 17.

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 But if you compare just now verse one of chapter 14,

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 and then let's go forward to the last verse of chapter 16.

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 Here we are at the beginning of chapter 14,

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 let not your hearts be troubled.

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 And here he is finishing chapter 16.

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 He's saying,

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 I have said these things to you,

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 so that in me you may have peace.

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 In the world you will have tribulation,

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 but take heart, I have overcome the world.

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 In other words, what you're finding is that

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 prior to his prayer,

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 as Jesus taught the disciples and addressed them

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 in what we find in these three chapters,

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 what you really find is he begins it

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 and he ends it with the same note

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 of redirecting them towards things

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 which will comfort them,

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 which will assure them,

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 which will give them the perspective

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 that he wants them to have

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 on a future that he has prepared for them.

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 And you might say that

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 everything in these three chapters

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 is directed really in the purpose of Christ,

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 and the purpose of God to you

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 and to me tonight as you read them,

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 that all actually,

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 all of these details

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 in these three chapters,

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 14, 15, 16,

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 are directed towards our assurance

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 and our comfort as Christians.

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 And isn't that a remarkable thing itself,

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 that all of the details

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 throughout these three chapters

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 are all channeled towards

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 what he says in 14 verse 1

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 and the end of chapter 16.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 And if you're troubled tonight,

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 as you often are,

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 and as I often am,

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 if there are things in the world

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 that cause you concern,

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 in your own life that cause you concern,

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 in your family that cause you concern,

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 in your friends over which you're concerned,

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 here is Jesus always redirecting our minds

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 to these things that he speaks of

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 to the disciples,

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 which really puts the present world

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 in perspective, doesn't it?

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 And which reminds us that

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 actually, ultimately,

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 that's what our mind should be focused on.

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 Not the immediate presence,

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 but what lies ahead,

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 the future that God has prepared

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 in this house

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 that he calls my father's house.

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 So here's their address to them,

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 his address to them.

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 What is he saying?

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 How is he actually,

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 how is he directing their minds

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 for their assurance and comfort?

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 Well, he's saying three things.

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 He's saying, first of all,

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 there is a place awaiting you.

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 There is a place awaiting you.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 In my father's house are many rooms.

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 If it were not so,

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 would I have told you

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 that I go to prepare a place for you.

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 Possible to translate these

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 in the older translations as well.

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 If it were not so,

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 would I not have told you?

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 Anyway, let's just stick with what it is.

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 If it were not so,

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 would I have told you

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 that I go to prepare a place for you?

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 Taking it in one sentence as question.

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 Here's the first thing he's saying to them.

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 Don't let your hearts be troubled.

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 There is a place awaiting you.

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 And the second thing he says,

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 connected with that,

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 is the place that awaits you

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 has been prepared

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 or will be prepared by me.

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 I go to prepare a place for you.

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 This place, my father's house,

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 that has many rooms,

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 I'm going to prepare that

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 as a place, as a residence,

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 as a dwelling place for you.

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 And thirdly,

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 he's saying,

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 not only is there a place for you,

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 and not only is it a place

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 prepared by me for you,

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 but I will come back for you.

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 I will come again,

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 and I will take you to myself

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 so that where I am,

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 you also will be.

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 And these are the three

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 great prongs

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 of his address here

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 in these opening verses,

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 where he brings this

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 great assurance

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 to our hearts tonight

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 as to how we face

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 the uncertainties of life,

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 the troubles of life.

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 How do we look beyond them,

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 and what do we see beyond them?

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 Well, we see,

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 as Jesus says here,

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 the Father's house.

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 So here's the first thing.

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 There is a place awaiting them,

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 and we can say as believers

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 there's a place awaiting us here.

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 But of course,

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 Jesus means heaven by this.

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 Nothing else.

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 It's pretty obvious

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 that's what he means.

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 In my Father's house

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 are many rooms.

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 He's talking about

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 life beyond this world.

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 He's talking about

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 where God is present

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 in a way that is different,

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 although it's connected with

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 the way that he's present

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 among his people.

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 Verse 23, for example,

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 you'll find as we read

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 through that,

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 Jesus saying,

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 if anyone loves me,

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 he will keep my word,

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 and my Father will love him,

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 and we will come to him

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 and make our home with him.

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 Wonderful words in themselves,

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 because he's talking there

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 about how he,

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 especially through

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and the Father,

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 will actually come

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 in the future

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 as he speaks to them

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 to make his home with them.

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 He's going to live in them.

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 He's going to come

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 by his Holy Spirit

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 to reside in their hearts.

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 He's going to make

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 a dwelling place

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 for himself

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 in their souls.

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 And now he's developing

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 that further,

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 and he's saying,

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 not only is that through,

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 but I'm going to prepare

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 a place for you

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 in my Father's house

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 where there are many rooms.

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 In other words,

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 we could say that,

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 of course,

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 God,

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 in a sense,

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 is present,

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 in a real sense,

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 is present everywhere.

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 There is nowhere

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 in the created universe

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 in which God is absent.

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 And he's present,

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 as we see,

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 with his people

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 in a special way.

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 You could say that,

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 verse 23,

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 we might call that

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 his gracious presence.

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 He's present graciously

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 in your heart,

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 graciously in the hearts

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 of his people.

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 But now he's talking

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 about God's glorious presence.

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 His glorious presence

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 as he is

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 in the Father's house.

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 That's how he directs them

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 against their troubles.

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 But he also says,

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 in my Father's house,

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 there are many rooms.

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 In those days,

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 as indeed today,

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 would be important

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 for somebody like a king

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 or a prince or ruler

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 to make sure

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 that those that were invited

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 as guests

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 to important functions,

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 if they were staying over,

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 obviously it would be

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 embarrassing for him

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 if he didn't have

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 enough rooms for them.

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 So they always made sure

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 that the places

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 they had and lived in

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 were either in the place

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 themselves or round about

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 and plenty of places

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 and rooms

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 in which guests

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 could actually live.

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 And what God is saying

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 is,

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 in my Father's house,

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 there are many rooms.

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 It is a residence,

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 it is a palace,

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 if you like,

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 where the king himself lives.

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 But in it,

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 he's made sure

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 that there is enough room

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 for the many,

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 many people

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 who will come to be saved

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 and come to actually

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 live there forevermore

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 with them.

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 In my Father's house,

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 there are many rooms.

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 And the reference to many

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 is really important

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 because all the way

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 through the Bible,

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 you find a reference

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 to the multitude

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 of God's people

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 that will be saved.

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 Go to Revelation chapter 7

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 and verse 9

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 and you'll find there

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 that the vision

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 that John saw

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 as he saw

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 a great multitude

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 gathered before the throne

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 which no one could number,

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 which no man could number.

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 It's humanly impossible

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 to number

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 those actually

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 who will occupy

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 the Father's house.

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 He knows them,

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 but what he says

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 is there are many rooms

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 because there will be

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 many residents.

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 Heaven is not

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 going to be

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 sparsely populated.

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 You're not going to have

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 a look,

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 to look around

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 and complain

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 that there's

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 all too few people

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 there with you.

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 There are many rooms,

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 he says,

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 and if it were not so,

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 if it were not so,

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 would I have told you

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 that I go to prepare

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 a place for you?

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 In other words,

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 he's saying,

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 I have told you,

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 I've told you

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 that this is the case.

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 Would I have told you

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 if this were not true?

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 You know,

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 in other words,

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 the assurance

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 of the disciples

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 is led towards

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 the truthfulness

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 of Jesus himself.

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 He's saying,

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 I would never have said

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 such a thing

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 if this were not

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 actually the case.

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 But seeing it is the case,

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 I have told you,

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 I've told you

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 so that your hearts

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 will not be troubled.

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 And I've told you

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 that in my Father's house,

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 there are many,

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 many rooms.

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 And you notice

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 he's also saying here,

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 believe in God,

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 believe also in me.

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 And personally,

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 I prefer the translation

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 that says,

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 you are believing on God

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 or you believe in God,

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 believe also in me.

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 What he's saying,

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 I think,

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 is you already believe

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 in God,

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 you already believe

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 in God

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 and his word

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 has been given to you.

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 That's Old Testament,

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 of course,

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 the time,

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 what he's saying now

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 is you believe in God,

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 believe also in me.

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 And in fact,

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 the words don't come out

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 in the translation

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 quite as forcefully,

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 but these words

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 in me also

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 are thrown into emphasis

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 so that you can really say

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 this is how it reads literally.

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 You believe in God,

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 in me also believe.

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 Because he's pointing out

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 the fact that

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 their belief

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 in God,

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 the Father,

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 well,

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 their belief in him

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 has to be on the same level.

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 And of course,

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 that itself

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 is part of the witness

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 of the Bible

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 to the deity,

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 the divinity,

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 the Godhood

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 of Christ himself.

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 He could never have said

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 such a thing

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 about the Father

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 and himself

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 being,

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 if you like,

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 part of the same foundation

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 on which

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 our faith rests

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 if he wasn't

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 on that same level

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 with him himself.

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 You believe in God,

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 believe also

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 in me.

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 And of course,

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 he's preparing them

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 in that

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 for all that they're

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 going to

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 be witnesses to

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 as they leave

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 this upper room,

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 as they go towards

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 his trial

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 and eventually

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 his crucifixion

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 and everything

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 that's involved in that.

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 He is saying to them here,

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 don't actually

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 take your eye

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 off this.

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 You believe in God,

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 believe also in me.

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 Let your faith

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 rest as surely

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.480
 in me

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 as it rests

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 in God,

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 the Father.

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 There is a place

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 awaiting them

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 and it's a place

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 of which Jesus

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 speaks truthfully.

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 He could never do

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 anything else anyway.

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 But the fact

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 that he is himself

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 truth

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 is

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 a foundation

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 for them

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 to accept

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 every single

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 word that he's

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 saying to them.

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 So,

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 whatever

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 troubles your

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 heart tonight,

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 whatever

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 comes into

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 my mind

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 or your mind

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 from time to time,

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 from day to day,

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 whatever fears

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 may come your way

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 of whatever things

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 you might be

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 troubled about,

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 here is where

00:17:37.879 --> 00:17:39.199
 Jesus will always

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 take us.

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 Here is where

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 we need to be led

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 to,

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 to the

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 certainties

00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.920
 of heaven

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 above the

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 uncertainties

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:51.060
 of earth.

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 Let not your

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 hearts

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 be troubled.

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 I go to

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 prepare

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 a place

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 for you.

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 There is a place

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 awaiting them,

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 he says,

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 in my

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 Father's house.

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 We could develop

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 that a bit further

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 but I want to move

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 on to what he says,

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 I go to prepare

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 a place for you.

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 The place,

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 the Father's house

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 that he's speaking

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 of,

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 is a place

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 that he is going

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 to prepare for them.

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 That's why he's

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 saying he's

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 leaving this world

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 and leaving this

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 world is the

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 means by which

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 this place

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 is going to be

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 prepared for them.

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 And what does he

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 mean by that?

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 First of all,

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 what's involved

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 in this question,

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 what's in these

00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:31.040
 words,

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 I go.

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 I go

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 to prepare

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 a place

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 for you.

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 Now you can see

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 these two words

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 in literally

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 half a second.

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 I go

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 or I'm going.

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 But what did

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.279
 he mean?

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 What is involved

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 in his going

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 as he now

00:18:50.360 --> 00:18:51.540
 draws the disciples'

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 mind to the

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 necessity of his

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 going and how

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 that's all part

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.759
 of what he's

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 saying about

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 the Father's

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 house?

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 Well,

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.660
 you can see it

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 in a couple

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.519
 of seconds

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 but within

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 these words

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 I go

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 stands

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 his crucifixion,

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 his resurrection,

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.000
 his ascension

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.540
 to heaven

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 and his coming

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 to be seated

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 at God's

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 right hand.

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 I am going

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 involves all

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 that.

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 You can see it

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.580
 in a half

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 second but

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 look at all

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 that's contained

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 in it for

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 the Lord

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 himself.

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 In Luke

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 chapter 9

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 and verse 31,

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 it's interesting

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 there on the

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 Mount of

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 Transfiguration

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 where Jesus

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 appeared in

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 glory with

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 Moses and

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 Elijah and

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 they were

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 speaking with

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 him about

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 something in

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 particular and

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 it's Luke

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 that actually

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 records this

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 for us,

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 not the other

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 disciples.

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 We have the

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 Transfiguration

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 but not these

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 words.

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 They spoke of

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 his departure,

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 you have it in

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 the ESV,

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 or decease

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 in the AV.

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 What did he

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 mean?

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 How could this

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 be the subject

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 of their

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 discussion,

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 of their

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 conversation,

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 in that glory

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 on the Mount

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 of Transfiguration?

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 How could that

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 particular thing

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 be at the

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 center of

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 their conversation?

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 Well, because

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 it meant the

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 going out of

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 Jesus.

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 That's why Luke

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 used the word

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 departure.

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 It's actually

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 in the Greek

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 text, it's

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 exodus, which

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 means a going

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 out.

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 That's what they

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 were actually

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 dealing with on

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 the Mount of

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 Transfiguration.

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 He was Jesus

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 transfigured so

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 that his glory

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 was made known.

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 His glory shone

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 through his

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 clothes.

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 He was

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 obviously for

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 those moments

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 dazzlingly

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 glorious.

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 And this

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 is what they

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 were speaking

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 about.

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 In the

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 middle of

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 that glory

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 was his

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 exodus.

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 In the

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 middle of

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 that glory

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 was his

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 passage out

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 of this

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 world through

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 death and

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 resurrection and

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 ascension.

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 All of that

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 is packed

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 into the

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 word

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 exodus.

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 And here

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 in the upper

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 room he's

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 saying, I

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 am going

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 to prepare a

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 place for

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 you.

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 I'm going

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 out.

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 I have

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 an exodus

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 through which

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 I'm going

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 to prepare

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 this place

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 for you.

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 Well, what

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 a going, what

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 an exodus,

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 what a

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 departure, what

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 a going

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 out.

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 And John,

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 especially in

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 his gospel,

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 is concerned

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 to show how

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 all of these

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 individual

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 aspects of

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 the Lord's

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 work and

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 the Lord's

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 experience are

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 essentially tied

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 together in

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 one great

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 event, his

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 going out,

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 his crucifixion.

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 his resurrection,

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 his ascension.

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 All of

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 these are

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 part of this

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 great exodus

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 that's going

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 out.

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 What is he

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 doing?

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 What's the

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 purpose of

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 it?

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 I am going

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 to prepare

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 a place

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 for you.

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 This must

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 be a really

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 special place

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 when it took

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 all of that

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 to prepare

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 it.

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 What is

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 heaven?

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 How can

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 you describe

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 heaven?

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 We can't

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 of course

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 adequately

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 by any

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 means,

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 but heaven

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 is the

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.119
 place that

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 the departure,

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 the exodus,

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 the cross,

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 the resurrection,

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 the ascension

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.879
 of Jesus

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.720
 has prepared

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 for us.

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 And because

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 that's what's

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:17.799
 prepared it,

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 it's bound

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 to be special

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 beyond any

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.759
 words we can

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.720
 actually use

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 in this

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 life.

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 It must

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 be simply

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 so exquisite

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 and so

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 beautiful and

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 so good

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 because this

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 is what

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.640
 prepared it.

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 I am

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 going to

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.360
 prepare a

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.200
 place for

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.500
 you.

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 And you

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:40.880
 know that

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.360
 place is

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.940
 actually now

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.299
 ready.

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 Nothing else

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.000
 needs to be

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.660
 done to the

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.360
 place to make

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.799
 it ready.

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 It was made

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.539
 ready by his

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.539
 going out,

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.339
 by his going.

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.539
 It was made

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.600
 ready by all

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.339
 of these steps

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.900
 that are joined

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.600
 together until

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.220
 he took his

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 place at the

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.799
 right hand of

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.220
 the Father

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.819
 on high.

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.319
 Nothing more

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.779
 needs to be

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.099
 done.

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.259
 Heaven is

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.619
 ready.

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:05.460
 It's all

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.960
 prepared.

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.759
 It's entire.

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.899
 It's perfect.

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.819
 It's complete.

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.119
 All that's

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.960
 required is

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.240
 that God's

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.740
 people will

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.119
 come to

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.539
 take their

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.319
 place there.

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.940
 But he has

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.299
 already prepared

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.559
 it.

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 It's all

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.440
 there in

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.099
 its pristine

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.680
 condition

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.139
 already.

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 And one

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.880
 other thing

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.400
 that's

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.420
 important when

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.040
 we think of

00:23:30.040 --> 00:23:30.900
 his going to

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.440
 prepare a

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.980
 place for

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.520
 his people

00:23:32.520 --> 00:23:34.140
 and it is

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.940
 this, that

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.540
 the Bible

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:36.360
 speaks about

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.140
 Christ being

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.720
 our forerunner.

00:23:39.020 --> 00:23:39.840
 In Hebrews

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.420
 especially,

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.700
 Hebrews chapter

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.840
 6 and

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.800
 verse 20,

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 wherein he

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.020
 says, the

00:23:46.020 --> 00:23:47.300
 forerunner has

00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:48.360
 entered for us,

00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.160
 this Jesus.

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.540
 And what does

00:23:50.540 --> 00:23:51.180
 that passage

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.380
 mean by

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.280
 forerunner and

00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:53.740
 how is that

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.940
 connected with

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.480
 this passage

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.860
 here in

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.620
 John 14,

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.600
 where the

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.080
 forerunner,

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.420
 the word

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.180
 actually means

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.380
 someone who

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.400
 goes ahead

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.680
 in order to

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.440
 take possession

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.000
 of it.

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.299
 Someone who

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.019
 goes ahead to

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.960
 secure it for

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.180
 you.

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.980
 Somebody who

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.700
 goes ahead to

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.840
 live there

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:11.180
 as one who

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.500
 now possesses

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.080
 it for his

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:14.840
 people so

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.380
 that they will

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.200
 come to join

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.200
 him when the

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.039
 time comes.

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:22.019
 He is the

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.680
 forerunner.

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.519
 And the fact

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.859
 that he's

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.539
 already there

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.920
 as the

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.599
 forerunner,

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.400
 as the

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.779
 one who

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.259
 has gone

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.019
 to secure

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.500
 and to

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.019
 make this

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.759
 place secure

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.519
 specially for

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.119
 his people,

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.639
 to make it

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.599
 his possession

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.059
 if you like

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.019
 first, so

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.359
 that they

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.819
 then can

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.220
 come to

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.639
 join him

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:39.859
 in the

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.240
 possession

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.779
 of it.

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.660
 He has

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.339
 gone as

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.019
 the forerunner

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.779
 to do

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.180
 that.

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.059
 And the

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.579
 fact that

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.299
 he has

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.920
 already done

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.680
 it and

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.000
 that it's

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.279
 already

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.819
 secured

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.339
 means for

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:53.240
 sure that

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.399
 that's really

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.819
 what it's

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.220
 about.

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.359
 That it

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:58.019
 secures your

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.079
 place in

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.399
 heaven.

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.659
 Because this

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.119
 has already

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.539
 happened and

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.919
 it's now

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 ready and

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.899
 prepared.

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 There will

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 be no

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.480
 squatters in

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.779
 heaven.

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:16.259
 evictions

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.759
 either.

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 Every

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.599
 single

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.139
 individual

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.619
 and all

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:20.899
 of them

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.339
 together

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.700
 for whom

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.359
 he died

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.079
 and rose

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.240
 again and

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.960
 ascended to

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.759
 heaven and

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.379
 sat at the

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.920
 right hand of

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 the father.

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 Every single

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.180
 individual and

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 all of them

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.839
 together for

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 which for

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.980
 whom he

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.019
 prepared this

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.899
 place will

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 absolutely

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:38.139
 and certainly

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:39.440
 come to

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 occupy their

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.000
 place there.

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 Don't be in

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 any doubts

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.420
 about that.

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 And it's

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.700
 not by your

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.319
 own achievement.

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.420
 It's not by

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.299
 how great your

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.019
 faith is.

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.460
 It's not by

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.039
 how diligent

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.779
 you've been in

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.420
 this life or

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.799
 you want to

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.059
 be as

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.639
 diligent as

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.160
 possible.

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 It's not in

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.019
 fact by

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.579
 anything you

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.460
 do at all.

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 It's by all

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.599
 that he has

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:02.139
 done that

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.639
 makes it

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.059
 secure.

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.799
 There is a

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.500
 place awaiting

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.339
 God's people.

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.059
 The place

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.420
 has been

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.920
 prepared by

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.359
 Jesus

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.059
 himself.

00:26:13.219 --> 00:26:14.099
 And we

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.719
 remember that

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:15.179
 of course as

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.839
 we come in

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:17.419
 steadily towards

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.399
 our communion

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.000
 in just over

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.339
 a week's

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:21.339
 time when

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.379
 those issues

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.819
 will be

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.479
 before us

00:26:23.479 --> 00:26:24.119
 as we

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.639
 think about

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.240
 Christ and

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.759
 his death

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.559
 and the

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.319
 remembrance of

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.859
 Jesus and

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.439
 his death as

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.259
 we do in

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.740
 the Lord's

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:29.979
 Supper.

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.839
 Well all of

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.259
 that really

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:33.000
 remembers this

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.439
 amazing fact

00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:35.159
 that he

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.899
 went to the

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.699
 cross and

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.039
 he went

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.259
 through

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.119
 resurrection and

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.439
 he went

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:38.919
 back to

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.620
 heaven to

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.340
 prepare a

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.860
 place for

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.100
 us.

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.740
 He took

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.500
 our place

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.180
 on the

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.080
 cross but

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.600
 he prepared

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.400
 a place for

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.880
 us in

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.400
 heaven when

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.000
 he reached.

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.560
 In my

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.200
 father's house

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.000
 there are

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.600
 many rooms

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.160
 and I'm

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.640
 going to

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.720
 prepare a

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.320
 place for

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.620
 you.

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.560
 But then

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:55.840
 he says

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:57.400
 thirdly if I

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.720
 go and

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.220
 prepare a

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.640
 place for

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.880
 you I

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.300
 will come

00:26:59.300 --> 00:26:59.820
 again and

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.279
 take you

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.100
 will take

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.360
 you to

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:02.880
 myself but

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.560
 where I am

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.680
 there you

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.360
 may also

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.840
 be.

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.619
 So there

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.099
 is a place

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.899
 awaiting us

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.939
 there is

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.619
 that place

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:10.959
 has been

00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.899
 prepared by

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:13.019
 Jesus and

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.099
 thirdly Jesus

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.839
 himself will

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:16.019
 come to

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.459
 take us

00:27:16.459 --> 00:27:16.839
 home.

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.759
 Of course

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.480
 we've already

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.159
 mentioned verse

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:21.439
 23 that he

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:21.939
 has already

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.579
 come and

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.139
 taken up his

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.799
 place in our

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.759
 hearts by

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.240
 his Holy

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.699
 Spirit.

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.799
 He has come

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.959
 in that sense

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:28.480
 and in fact

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.919
 in these

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.459
 verses in

00:27:30.459 --> 00:27:31.199
 chapter 14

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.339
 the father is

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.059
 mentioned as

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.339
 well.

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.259
 We will

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.159
 come and

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.779
 make out a

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.259
 board with

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.519
 him as

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.879
 you look

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.639
 into your

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.200
 soul as

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.519
 far as

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.279
 possible through

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.759
 the teaching

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.299
 of God's

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.519
 word as

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.980
 you apply

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.920
 this teaching

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.460
 to your own

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.059
 person to

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.339
 your own

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.980
 life tonight

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.639
 here is

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.319
 something that

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.160
 constantly should

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.139
 amaze you and

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:48.460
 amaze me that

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.220
 you have in

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.200
 your heart not

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.879
 just God but

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.379
 the three

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.200
 persons of

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.660
 the God

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.339
 head that

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.799
 form the

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.680
 one God

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.819
 actually saying

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.399
 about your

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:58.259
 heart this is

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.720
 where I've

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.180
 made a home

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.839
 for myself.

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.779
 Your father

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.440
 lives in you

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.779
 through the

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.099
 spirit.

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.160
 Your saviour

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.899
 Jesus lives

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.359
 in you through

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.779
 the spirit.

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.440
 The spirit

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.019
 has come to

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.339
 take up

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.279
 residence and

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.599
 they have

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.119
 come and

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.559
 made their

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.639
 home in

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.480
 that in

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.139
 your heart.

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:15.600
 but this is

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:17.540
 something in

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.160
 addition to

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.660
 that when

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.000
 he's saying

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.740
 I will come

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.220
 again and

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.680
 I will take

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.160
 you to be

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.060
 with myself

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.759
 or to

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.860
 myself but

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.380
 where I am

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.820
 there you may

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.320
 be also.

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.520
 That's really

00:28:29.520 --> 00:28:30.040
 taking us

00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:30.440
 into if you

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.140
 like the

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.360
 final step

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.300
 of our

00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:34.880
 salvation where

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.500
 Jesus will

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.340
 come and

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.240
 take all his

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.360
 people together

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.639
 together to

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.219
 be with

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:40.939
 him in

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.259
 heaven.

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.679
 And it's

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.279
 interesting and

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.679
 significant that

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:45.039
 he's not

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.539
 sending a

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.479
 representative to

00:28:46.479 --> 00:28:47.139
 gather all his

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.879
 people together.

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.399
 It's not an

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.019
 angel that's going

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.619
 to come on the

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.939
 last day and

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.799
 appear to

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.079
 God's people and

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.719
 invite them to

00:28:54.719 --> 00:28:55.419
 come and join

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.039
 Jesus in

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.219
 heaven.

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.000
 He will

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.439
 come.

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.779
 If I go to

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.539
 prepare a place

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.699
 for you I

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.419
 will come

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:03.819
 again.

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.979
 That's why

00:29:04.979 --> 00:29:05.979
 your heart gets

00:29:05.979 --> 00:29:06.879
 excited at the

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.680
 thought of

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.120
 what's going

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.160
 to happen at

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.660
 the end of

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.260
 your course

00:29:10.260 --> 00:29:10.600
 of the

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.720
 world.

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.740
 That's why

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.240
 your heart

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.160
 really takes

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.800
 on an

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:15.180
 additional

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.900
 beat if you

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.360
 like because

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.820
 you know

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.900
 what Jesus

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.940
 means is I

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.560
 will come

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:19.940
 again.

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.880
 I'll come

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.500
 and take you

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.920
 to be with

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.280
 myself.

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.400
 Not just in

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.020
 the sense of

00:29:24.020 --> 00:29:25.160
 when you die

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.840
 and leave this

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.420
 world that he's

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.700
 going to

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.280
 welcome you

00:29:27.280 --> 00:29:28.580
 into heaven

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.040
 while your

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.820
 body remains

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.540
 in this

00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:31.040
 world and

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.660
 goes back to

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.200
 the dust.

00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:32.980
 That of course

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.120
 is true but

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.580
 it's beyond

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.320
 that as well.

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.860
 I will come

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.079
 and I will

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.719
 take you to

00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:39.079
 be with

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.659
 myself.

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:41.039
 You and

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.619
 your entire

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:43.859
 redeemed

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.159
 saved person

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.819
 body and

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.559
 soul together.

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.139
 So that

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.139
 where I am

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:53.419
 there you

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.879
 may be

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.319
 also.

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.559
 And it's

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.279
 interesting that

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.579
 he's saying

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.139
 here that

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:02.219
 I will take

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:03.219
 you to

00:30:03.219 --> 00:30:03.839
 myself.

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:05.599
 and again

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.199
 these words

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:08.019
 literally

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:10.019
 are full

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.639
 of beauty

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.079
 and full

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.619
 of power

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.819
 because what

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.279
 they say

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.779
 what they

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.399
 mean literally

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.059
 or what it

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.759
 is literally

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.899
 translated

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.720
 different ways

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.639
 but again

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.379
 in the Greek

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.199
 text that we

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:21.359
 have in the

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.019
 New Testament

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.639
 what really

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.899
 Jesus literally

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:26.339
 says is I

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.139
 will take you

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.959
 to be beside

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.279
 me.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.480
 I will take

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.000
 you to be

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.139
 beside me.

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:35.880
 so it's

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.259
 going to be

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.820
 close to

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.200
 Jesus.

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.580
 You find

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.120
 people saying

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.740
 well I

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.140
 don't think

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.800
 I'll be as

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.300
 close to

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.980
 Jesus at

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.520
 all as

00:30:41.520 --> 00:30:42.080
 other people

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.380
 that were

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.840
 far better

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.500
 Christians in

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.940
 this life

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.460
 than I am.

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.360
 Whatever that

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.780
 may be what

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.600
 Jesus is saying

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.759
 is nobody is

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.160
 going to be

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.920
 distant from

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.600
 me because

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.180
 heaven is a

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.540
 place of

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:54.320
 closeness,

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:56.460
 a place of

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.660
 intimate

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.560
 fellowship with

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:59.280
 the Lord and

00:30:59.280 --> 00:30:59.600
 with his

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.340
 people together.

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:02.199
 I will

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.779
 come and I

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.259
 will take

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.359
 you to be

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.740
 with myself,

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.720
 to be beside

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.539
 me so that

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.199
 where I am

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:10.379
 you will

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.399
 also be.

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.720
 And you

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:14.980
 know we

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.539
 take such a

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.099
 great comfort

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.619
 don't we

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:18.859
 on the fact

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:20.240
 that Jesus

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.019
 is true to

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.539
 his promise

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.119
 that he will

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.980
 be with us

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.839
 throughout life,

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.559
 that he will

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.740
 actually be our

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.779
 companion through

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.579
 life, that his

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.439
 presence will be

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.600
 there, that

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.180
 he has promised

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.380
 to be with

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.240
 his people all

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.740
 their journey

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.360
 through life

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.059
 until we leave

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.620
 this world.

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.299
 And that's a

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.720
 wonderfully comforting

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.920
 truth in itself.

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.620
 But our

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.900
 ultimate comfort

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:44.160
 will come from

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.160
 being beside

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.900
 him in heaven,

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.759
 will come from

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.539
 being with him

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.259
 in his company

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.740
 in heaven,

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.740
 will come from

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.620
 this what he's

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.000
 saying here,

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.940
 I will come and

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.580
 I will take you

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.299
 to be beside

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:55.000
 myself, that

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.759
 where I am

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.299
 there you may

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.940
 be also.

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.819
 Yes, he's

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.759
 with us on

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.259
 the journey,

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.579
 but ultimately

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:04.119
 we're going to

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.940
 be with him

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.940
 in the place

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:08.259
 of many rooms

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.740
 in the

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.539
 Father's house.

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.879
 And that's

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.359
 where our

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.059
 comfort

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.279
 ultimately

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.960
 lies.

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.759
 That Jesus

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:21.019
 himself not

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.379
 only has

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.980
 prepared a

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.619
 place and

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:23.980
 that that

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.599
 place is now

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:26.359
 secure, but

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.879
 will come

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:28.439
 again and

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:29.159
 take us

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:30.759
 to be with

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.000
 himself, to

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.740
 be beside him,

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.459
 to be alongside

00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:34.019
 of him.

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.019
 And that

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.399
 will never

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.399
 again change.

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.399
 You will

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.240
 never not be

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.919
 beside him

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:42.779
 once you get

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.259
 to heaven.

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.379
 There is no

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.159
 alternative to

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:48.719
 being with

00:32:48.719 --> 00:32:49.479
 Christ if you're

00:32:49.479 --> 00:32:49.879
 in heaven.

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.899
 You don't want

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.399
 of course there

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.959
 to be one,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.740
 but that's

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.000
 really what he's

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.699
 directing their

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.160
 minds and

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.680
 our minds

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.180
 to tonight

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.100
 for our

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.680
 comfort in

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.220
 this life,

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.799
 but for

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.640
 ultimate comfort

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.039
 of course,

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.779
 as it will

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.360
 be the case

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.360
 in heaven

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.980
 itself.

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.299
 And of

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.500
 course you

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.539
 remember in

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.620
 chapter 17

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.240
 as he finished

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.920
 off his time

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.740
 with the

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.480
 disciples in

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.980
 the prayer

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.920
 that he uttered

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.299
 there in the

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.880
 upper room,

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.620
 look what he

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:13.960
 said in

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.740
 verse 24,

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.460
 father, I

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.299
 desire that

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.839
 they also

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.339
 whom you

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.759
 have given

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.859
 me may

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.460
 be with

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.140
 me where

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.640
 I am to

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.559
 see my

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.799
 glory that

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.099
 you have

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.660
 given me

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.680
 because you

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.160
 loved me

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.680
 before the

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.359
 foundation of

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.740
 the world.

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.160
 And again,

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.700
 the translation

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.680
 there is not

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.200
 as good as it

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.579
 was in the

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.420
 older translation

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.640
 where desire

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.819
 is fine,

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.339
 but it's not

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.900
 quite strong

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.380
 enough because

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:39.220
 what Jesus

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.579
 was saying

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.039
 is father,

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.680
 I will.

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.220
 Father, I

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.700
 will.

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.759
 He's really

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.440
 speaking there

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.500
 with his own

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.440
 authority as

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.159
 the mediator,

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.920
 as the saviour

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.440
 of his people

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.759
 and he's

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.960
 saying,

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:52.119
 father, this

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.960
 is my will

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.480
 for them.

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.879
 This is what

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.639
 my authority

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.960
 requires for

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.220
 them.

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.460
 Of course, the

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.980
 father isn't

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.779
 against that,

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.119
 but what he's

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:02.420
 saying is now

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.960
 that this has

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.619
 been done for

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:03.980
 them, now

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.500
 that I have

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.799
 in chapter 17

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:07.500
 is really a

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.420
 remarkable chapter

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.420
 because it's

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.740
 set as if

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.159
 the cross

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.539
 has now

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.220
 passed.

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.800
 I have

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.260
 finished the

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.680
 work which

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:15.059
 you gave

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.619
 me to do.

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.099
 Now,

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:17.000
 father, glorify

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.599
 me with

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.579
 yourself, with

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.139
 the glory I

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.700
 had with you

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.639
 before the

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.559
 world was.

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.340
 This is how

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:25.159
 he finishes it.

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.800
 Father, those

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.360
 whom you have

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.280
 given me, I

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.320
 will that they

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.440
 be with me

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.740
 where I am.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.619
 We will be

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.079
 in heaven

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:37.180
 by the grace

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.720
 of God.

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.200
 by the work

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.940
 of preparation

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.559
 that Jesus

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:43.320
 has executed

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.240
 and completed

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.900
 for us.

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:47.000
 But we will

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.599
 not be there

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.079
 without his

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.720
 own authority.

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.840
 We will be

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.320
 there because

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.680
 he has

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.159
 willed it.

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:54.000
 We will be

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.500
 there because

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.019
 the father

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.960
 will answer

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.599
 his prayer.

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.639
 I will

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.099
 that those

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.420
 you have

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.920
 given me

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.720
 be with me

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.800
 where I

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.139
 am.

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.539
 And so

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.960
 tonight,

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.659
 this world,

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.599
 as he says

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.980
 in chapter

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.559
 16,

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:09.059
 will be

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.380
 full of

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.039
 tribulation,

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.179
 sorrow,

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.860
 challenges,

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.519
 difficulties,

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.460
 disappointments,

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:15.539
 pain, all

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.000
 sorts of

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.420
 things like

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.779
 that.

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.839
 But he

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.099
 said,

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.960
 take heart.

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.659
 Don't let

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.039
 your heart

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.539
 be troubled.

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.019
 You believe

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.559
 in God,

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.019
 believe also

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.519
 in me.

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.259
 Believe me

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.799
 when I say

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.199
 to you,

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.319
 there's a

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:31.059
 place prepared

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.559
 for you.

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:33.019
 I have

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.639
 prepared it

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.099
 for you.

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.420
 And I

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.880
 will come

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.400
 again to

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.779
 take you

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.460
 to be beside

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:40.059
 myself in

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.579
 the place

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.920
 that's ready

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.039
 and waiting

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.659
 for you.

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.159
 Let's pray.

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.039
 Our

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.579
 father in

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:48.799
 heaven,

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.480
 we give

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.179
 thanks that

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.739
 you sent

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.219
 your son

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.699
 into this

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.179
 world with

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.739
 a specific

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.460
 mission and

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.820
 purpose to

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.380
 prepare a

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.920
 place for

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.440
 his people

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.719
 ultimately in

00:35:59.719 --> 00:35:59.980
 heaven.

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.079
 heaven.

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.579
 And we

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.980
 thank you,

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.280
 oh Lord,

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.780
 for all that

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.579
 went towards

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.500
 that preparation,

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.320
 a preparation

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.940
 that we

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.240
 cannot

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.940
 ourselves

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:10.119
 describe for

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.719
 all that we

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.519
 read in your

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.820
 word of the

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.440
 events in the

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.119
 life of our

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.440
 savior,

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.840
 his death,

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.920
 his resurrection

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.740
 from the dead,

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.139
 his ascension

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.800
 to glory,

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.300
 his session at

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.900
 the right hand

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.440
 of God,

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.699
 his continuing

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.619
 intercession for

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.119
 his people.

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.639
 We thank you,

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:26.920
 Lord,

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:28.199
 that all these

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.619
 things are

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:28.940
 true.

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.440
 That they are

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.159
 verities for

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.699
 your people.

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.079
 And we pray

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.639
 that when this

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.420
 world assaults

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.740
 us, when our

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.880
 own hearts,

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.179
 Lord, produce

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.480
 doubts in us,

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.860
 when we find

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.840
 ourselves instead

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:43.079
 of taking you

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.740
 at your word,

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.159
 sometimes measuring

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:46.340
 ourselves against

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.019
 other people.

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.820
 Lord, forgive us,

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.579
 we pray, for

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:51.159
 diverting our mind

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.099
 from those things

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.400
 that do give us

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.139
 assurance and

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:55.880
 certainty in what

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.599
 you have gone to

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.559
 prepare for us.

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.079
 Help us especially,

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.500
 Lord, to focus

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.219
 upon your own

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:03.159
 person, upon the

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:04.019
 wonder and the

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.679
 glory of your

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.139
 person and on

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.659
 the work that

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.199
 you have done.

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.460
 Bless us, we

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.079
 pray, as we

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:11.159
 anticipate shortly,

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.219
 God willing, to

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.299
 remember the

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:14.119
 Lord's death once

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.159
 again in the

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.719
 Lord's Supper.

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.940
 We ask, Lord,

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.619
 that you'll prepare

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.400
 us for that.

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.840
 And we pray that

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.579
 we may give

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:22.019
 serious mind to

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.519
 what we do as

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.279
 we remember the

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:25.840
 Lord's death in

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:27.200
 coming to

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.880
 partake of the

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.620
 elements of the

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.320
 supper of bread

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:31.019
 and wine, which

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.920
 represent the

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:33.140
 Lord in his

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:34.000
 death to us.

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.280
 Bless those,

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.420
 Lord, who have

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.380
 not yet come to

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.100
 sit at your

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:38.460
 table.

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.700
 We thank you

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.280
 that there are

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:41.400
 among us those

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.200
 whose desire it

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.920
 is to be there.

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.620
 We pray that you

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:45.280
 would help them to

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:46.340
 focus on yourself

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.820
 and to focus on

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.519
 the fact that you

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.780
 have made all the

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.820
 preparation necessary

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:52.480
 for them, not

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.140
 only for heaven,

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:54.500
 but to come to

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.260
 have a foretaste

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.460
 of heaven to

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.159
 sit at the

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.219
 Lord's Supper.

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.699
 And so bless

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.480
 them, we pray.

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.280
 Bless those

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.119
 tonight who have

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:03.619
 illness to contend

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.260
 with, those who

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.900
 have bereavement

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.420
 and sorrow.

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.559
 Remember them,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.239
 Lord, we pray,

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.239
 in all the

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:09.059
 troubles that

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:10.420
 accompany such

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.059
 events in your

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.559
 providence.

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.880
 We pray for all

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.679
 in the congregation

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:15.340
 laid aside at

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.860
 this time,

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.420
 whether it be

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.739
 mental illness,

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.900
 mental health

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.079
 issues, or

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.800
 physically, we

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.340
 ask that you

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.199
 would continue

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.940
 to bless them

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.559
 and help us to

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.000
 continue

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:25.400
 pray for them.

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.800
 Receive our

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:28.059
 thanks, cleanse

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.619
 us from all

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.699
 our sin, for

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.500
 Jesus' sake.

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.000
 Amen.

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.579
 Let's now

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.280
 conclude our

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.880
 service singing

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.119
 in Psalm 23.

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.460
 Psalm 23,

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.219
 the Lord's my

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.880
 shepherd, that's

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.340
 in the Scottish

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.900
 Psalter, the

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.340
 Lord's my

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.840
 shepherd, page

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.599
 229.

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.099
 Lord's my

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.679
 shepherd, I'll

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.239
 not want.

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.320
 He makes me

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.159
 down to lie

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.099
 in pastures

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.420
 green.

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.039
 He leadeth me

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.699
 the quiet

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:54.039
 waters by.

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.380
 And we

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.840
 all know

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.519
 how the

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.219
 psalm finishes.

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.699
 Goodness and

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.420
 mercy all my

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.420
 life shall

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.059
 surely follow

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.659
 me and in

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.380
 God's house

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.539
 forevermore.

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:02.759
 The

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.480
 Father's house,

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.639
 my dwelling

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.880
 place, shall

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.079
 be.

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.699
 Let's conclude

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.039
 with these

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.359
 verses.

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:16.000
 The Lord's my

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.319
 shepherd,

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.319
 water,

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.099
 love,

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:21.039
 and watch

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:22.259
 one.

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.319
 He

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:26.079
 makes me

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:27.960
 down to

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:29.960
 high.

00:39:30.819 --> 00:39:31.819
 In

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:34.319
 pastures

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.640
 gr только

00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:36.860
 dead, iw.

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:51.380
 He

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.440
 chained to

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.880
 beat by

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:55.180
 he

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:55.500
 stone

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.720
 last

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:57.280
ativ Madame

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.680
 and

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.780
 My

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.660
 soul

00:39:59.660 --> 00:40:01.640
 he

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:02.660
 then

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:15.599
 Some light樹, Jonin, pralent twerk of the Torhai concerning stone.

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:27.599
 Whyst have you come from this temporal ti-founder?

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:44.599
 Though I walk in death, star-filled, and frail, my dear brother,

00:40:44.599 --> 00:41:03.599
 for thou art with me at thy home, and staph me comforted.

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:23.900
 My table thou hast furnished, in merceness of thy clothes,

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:52.000
 and breaded, lord, and Hebrew breeds with salt, with coveríth mure.

00:41:52.000 --> 00:42:19.000
 I shall surely follow me, and in the times forevermore, my gladness shall be.

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:29.880
 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore. Amen.