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 All right, well, we're picking up this morning where we left off last Sunday in the story of Jesus.

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 Last Sunday, we heard how Jesus healed a man who had been born blind.

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 He enabled that man to see, and it was a sign that he is the light of the world,

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 the one who enables us to see and to understand what's really going on in life.

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 And we heard last Sunday how the man's neighbors reacted to that miracle.

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 Some of those who had known him when he used to be blind and a beggar.

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 But this morning, we're going to find out what happened when the religious leaders found out about this.

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 We're reading in John 9, verse 13.

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 John 9, verse 13.

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 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

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 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath.

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 Therefore, the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.

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 He put mud on my eyes, the man replied, and I washed, and now I see.

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 Some of the Pharisees said,

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 This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.

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 But others asked,

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 How can a sinner perform such signs?

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 So they were divided.

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 So John lets us know that the day that the man was healed was a Sabbath day.

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 And as I read this, I can't help but be sad.

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 Are these Pharisees happy?

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 That this man who had never seen before had his sight restored?

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 Are they excited that an amazing miracle of God has taken place?

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 No.

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 Instead, because it's the Sabbath day, some of them are asking questions about how Jesus did it.

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 Not because they want to know the source of his power,

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 but because they're looking for something in the way that he did it that they can use against Jesus.

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 And the man tells them how Jesus did it.

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 He made mud.

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 He put it on my eyes.

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 And what's the next thing they say?

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 Verse 16.

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 This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.

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 He did work on the Sabbath.

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 Making mud, that's work.

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 Isn't that sad?

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 These are not just people who don't believe in Jesus.

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 These are people who have their very hearts set against believing in Jesus.

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 They're trying to make a case that he's not from God,

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 because he made mud on the Sabbath day.

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 But, to the credit of some,

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 some of these religious leaders,

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 there were some there who realized that this isn't right.

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 Some of them asked,

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 how can a sinner perform such signs?

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 Only God can open the eyes of a man who has been born blind.

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 Would God grant or allow or work such a wonderful miracle through this man

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 if he was sinning in the very act of doing it?

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 That doesn't make sense.

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 So they were divided.

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 There was disagreement between some of them.

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 And at the very heart of all this is the accusation or the question

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 of whether Jesus is a sinner.

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 Whether he is a sinful man.

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 Let's remember what Jesus said to them back in chapter 8, verse 46.

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 He said,

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 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?

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 Do you remember that?

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 To the whole crowd gathered in the sanctuary.

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 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?

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 And if not, then why don't you believe me?

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 So Jesus has already challenged them to point out

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 anything that he has done that is wrong.

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 Any sin he has committed.

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 And so far, they've been unable to do so.

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 But you can see how now

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 some of these Pharisees are looking for

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 anything that they can

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 to discredit Jesus,

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 to show him to be a sinful man.

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 And it's like they don't even notice,

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 some of them,

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 that he just healed this blind man.

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 He can't be from God.

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 He just broke the Sabbath.

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 Making mud.

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 That's work.

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 At least by their interpretation of things.

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 Verse 17.

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 Then they turned again to the blind man.

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 What have you to say about him?

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 It was your eyes he opened.

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 The man replied,

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 He is a prophet.

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 They still did not believe that he had been blind

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 and had received his sight

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 until they sent for the man's parents.

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 Is this your son?

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 They asked.

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 Is this the one you say was born blind?

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 How is it that now he can see?

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 We know he is our son,

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 the parents answered.

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 And we know he was born blind.

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 But how he can see now

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 or who opened his eyes?

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 We don't know.

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 Ask him.

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 He is of age.

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 He will speak for himself.

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 His parents said this

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 because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders

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 who already had decided

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 that anyone who acknowledged

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 that Jesus was the Messiah

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 would be put out of the synagogue.

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 That was why his parents said,

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 He is of age.

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 Ask him.

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 So they doubted.

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 They were skeptical

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 that this miracle had really happened.

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 And in some sense,

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 I don't blame them for being skeptical.

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 I mean, except by a great miracle of God,

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 this would never happen.

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 A man born blind healed?

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 His sight given to him

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 for the first time in his life?

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 Some of them had some theories.

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 Maybe he wasn't really born blind.

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 Or maybe this is a different guy

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 than the one who was born blind.

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 And there's a bit of a mix up here.

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 But the parents confirm that,

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 yes, he is our son.

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 And yes, he was born blind.

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 And all these years,

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 he hasn't been able to see.

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 But they didn't want to say

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 any more than that.

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 John tells us that

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 the plotting and the scheming

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 of the Pharisees

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 has now come to a new level.

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 They can't seem to turn the tables

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 against Jesus

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 in conversation with him

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 in front of the crowds.

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 And he's continually exposing them

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 in front of the people.

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 And so they implement a new policy.

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 Anybody who acknowledges

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 that he is the Messiah,

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 will be put out of the synagogue,

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 excommunicated,

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 kicked out.

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 In other words,

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 we've made our judgment

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 about this man,

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 and he is not the Messiah.

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 And if anybody crosses us,

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 there will be consequences.

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 Verse 24.

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 A second time,

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 they summoned the man

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 who had been blind.

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 Give glory to God

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 by telling the truth,

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 they said.

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 We know this man is a sinner.

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 He replied,

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 Whether he is a sinner or not,

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 I don't know.

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 One thing I do know,

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 I was blind,

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 but now I see.

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 Then they asked him,

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 What did he do to you?

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 How did he open your eyes?

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 He answered,

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 I've told you already,

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 and you did not listen.

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 Why do you want to hear it again?

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 Do you want to become

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 his disciples too?

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 Then they hurled insults at him

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 and said,

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 You are this fellow's disciple.

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 We are disciples of Moses.

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 We know that God spoke to Moses,

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 but as for this fellow,

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 we don't even know

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 where he comes from.

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 The man answered,

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 Now that is remarkable.

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 You don't know

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 where he comes from,

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 yet he opened my eyes.

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 We know that God

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 does not listen to sinners.

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 He listens to the godly person

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 who does his will.

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 Nobody has ever heard of

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 opening the eyes

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 of a man born blind.

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 If this man were not from God,

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 he could do nothing.

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 To this they replied,

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 You were steeped in sin at birth.

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 How dare you lecture us?

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 And they threw him out.

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 So they go after the man again,

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 and you can almost hear it

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 dripping from their words.

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 An accusation that this blind man,

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 this man who was blind,

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 is a liar.

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 Give glory to God

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 by telling the truth.

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 In other words,

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 stop lying to us.

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 We know that you've been lying to us.

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 We know that this man,

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 Jesus,

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 is a sinner.

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 Again,

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 they've made up their minds

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 about Jesus already.

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 The man who was blind

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 seems to answer

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 quite humbly at first.

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 I know very little

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 about the man

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 who did this for me.

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 I can't tell you

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 about his life.

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 I can't tell you

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 about how he has lived.

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 All I know

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 is that he healed me.

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 But that's not good enough

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 for the Pharisees.

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 They ask him again,

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 well, how did he do it?

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 And you get the sense here

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 that this poor man

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 is sick and tired

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 of telling his story

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 to them again

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 and again and again.

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 He knows that they're

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 just looking for something

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 to discredit the miracle

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 or to discredit Jesus.

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 And it's almost as if

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 something inside of him

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 just snaps.

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 I've already told you,

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 he says.

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 Why are you asking me again?

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 And he throws in

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 this little dig of his own.

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 You guys seem so interested

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 in this.

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 Do you want to become

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 his followers too?

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 You can hear the sarcasm

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 in his words.

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 And they don't like

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 that one bit.

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 It says at this point

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 that they began

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 to insult him.

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 Oh, we already know

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 that you are

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 this man's follower.

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 We aren't going to

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 follow this man.

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 No, we're followers

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 of Moses.

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 We know that God

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 spoke to Moses.

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 But as for this guy,

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 we don't even know

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 where he comes from.

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 And I love how the man

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 who was blind

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 answers him,

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 answers the Pharisees here.

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 He says,

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 now that is remarkable.

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 You don't know

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 where he comes from?

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 And he opened my eyes.

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 What is the man

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 amazed at here?

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 I think he's amazed

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 at their inability

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 to read the clear sign.

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 I mean, isn't it obvious?

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 Look what he did to me.

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 It's a miracle.

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 This kind of thing

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 has never been done before

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 by anyone.

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 If this man was a sinner,

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 God wouldn't have done

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 this through him.

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 Isn't it obvious

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 that he is from God?

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 Like, what more do you need?

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 And this conversation

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 ends

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 with the Pharisees,

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 I think,

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 showing their true colors.

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 What an arrogant statement.

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 You were steeped

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 in sin at birth.

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 How dare you lecture us?

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 It's a pretty loaded statement.

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 They're basically saying,

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 well, who are you

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 to tell us

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 what we should believe

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 about Jesus

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 on the scale

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 of religious authority,

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 on the scale

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 of righteousness?

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 You're at the very bottom.

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 And why do they say

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 that he is utterly sinful

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 from birth?

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 Because he was born blind.

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 This kind of goes back

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 to the conversation

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 that Jesus had

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 with his disciples.

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 We talked about this

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 the other day.

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 His disciples asked him,

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 Jesus,

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 who sinned

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 that this man

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 was born blind?

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 And Jesus said,

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 wrong question.

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 Wrong assumption.

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 It wasn't this man

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 or his parents

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 who sinned.

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 That's not the reason.

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 But now we see

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 that the Pharisees

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 are the prime example

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 of this kind of self-righteous

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 and arrogant religious pride.

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 They're basically saying,

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 yeah, well,

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 we know

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 why you were born blind

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 in the first place.

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 It's because you were

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 utterly sinful

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 from the moment

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 you were born.

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 Right from the start.

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 So don't you dare

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 try to teach us.

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 And they threw him out.

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 Cast out.

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 Excommunicated,

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 I think,

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 is implied here.

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 The true colors

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 of the Pharisees

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 are coming out

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 more and more.

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 And this is why

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 Jesus called them

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 children of the devil.

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 Well, what can we take

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 from all this?

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 There is a good turn

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 to what's happened

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 that we're going to look at

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 next Sunday

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 with this blind man.

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 But this morning

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 we're here to partake

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 of the Lord's table.

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 That's our focus.

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 And one of the things

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 that we see woven

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 through this whole section

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 is this accusation,

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 this question

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 of whether Jesus

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 was a sinner.

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 Whether he is

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 a sinful man.

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 The Pharisees,

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 they're desperate

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 to prove

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 that Jesus is a sinner.

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 They want a reason

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 to put him to death

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 while maintaining

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 their religious face.

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 they've stumbled upon

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 one of the greatest

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 miracles ever done.

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 But they're blinded

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 by their pride

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 and evil desires

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 and they refuse

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 to acknowledge

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 the truth

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 that this wonderful sign

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 Jesus did

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 points to.

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 And ironically,

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 it's the man

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 who was born blind

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 and has lived blind

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 all of his life

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 up until this day

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 who is seeing

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 things clearly.

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 He doesn't know

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 Jesus personally

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 but he's able

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 to read the sign

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 correctly.

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 And he sees

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 that whoever

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 this man is

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 he must be

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 from God.

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 God would not

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 work miracles

00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.220
 through him

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 if he was a sinner,

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 if he was an

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 unrighteous man.

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 And so John

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 by telling this

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 true story

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 invites all of us

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 to consider

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 for ourselves

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 is Jesus

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 a sinner?

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 Is Jesus

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 a man

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 who stands

00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.080
 guilty before God

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 like all the rest

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 of us?

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 Or is he

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 truly innocent,

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.440
 righteous,

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 and pure?

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 Is Jesus

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.540
 being arrogant

00:14:56.540 --> 00:14:57.519
 and self-righteous

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.120
 when he calls

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.840
 out to the crowd?

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 Can any of you

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.540
 prove me guilty

00:15:00.540 --> 00:15:01.019
 of sin?

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 Or is it

00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.779
 possible that he

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 stands apart

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 from the rest

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 of us

00:15:06.699 --> 00:15:09.079
 as the sinless

00:15:09.079 --> 00:15:10.840
 son of God?

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 The one

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 human who is

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.960
 without sin.

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 How would we

00:15:14.819 --> 00:15:15.100
 know?

00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.240
 God has given

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 us clear signs

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 like this one.

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 Restoring the

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:23.740
 sight of this

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.319
 blind man

00:15:24.319 --> 00:15:24.980
 through Jesus.

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 Something only

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 God can do.

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 And the man

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 is right.

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 God would not

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 endorse,

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 he would not

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 work his

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 wonders through

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 someone who

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 claims what

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 Jesus does

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 if his

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 claims were

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.559
 false.

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 If he was

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 deceiving.

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 If Jesus,

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 or is Jesus

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 a sinner like

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 the rest of

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 us?

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 The clear

00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:51.039
 testimony of

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 God is no.

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 He is not a

00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.179
 sinner.

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 He is my

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 son.

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 He is the

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 one I sent

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.659
 into the

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 world.

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 And there

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 are many

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.579
 scriptures that

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.139
 talk about

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:02.539
 this.

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.219
 It's how the

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.940
 story goes.

00:16:05.800 --> 00:16:06.279
 Think about

00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:06.800
 Judas.

00:16:07.800 --> 00:16:08.779
 The one who

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.399
 betrayed

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:09.879
 Jesus.

00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.519
 What did he

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.180
 have to say?

00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:14.120
 After betraying

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.759
 Jesus, he went

00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.060
 back.

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.580
 He said, I

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.399
 have sinned.

00:16:17.160 --> 00:16:17.800
 I have

00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:18.279
 betrayed

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:19.440
 innocent blood.

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:19.980
 He knew

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.600
 Jesus was

00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:20.940
 innocent.

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.300
 Then there's

00:16:23.300 --> 00:16:23.759
 Pilate.

00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:26.240
 Three times,

00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.700
 he comes back

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.279
 to the people.

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.080
 I find no

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.940
 basis for a

00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.560
 charge against

00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:31.080
 this man.

00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:31.740
 He's innocent.

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:31.899
 innocent.

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.700
 And then he

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.240
 washes his

00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.700
 hands.

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.200
 Even Pilate's

00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.500
 wife knew

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.100
 Jesus was

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.519
 innocent.

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:41.399
 She told

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.060
 Pilate, don't

00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:42.620
 have anything

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:44.019
 to do with

00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:45.060
 that innocent

00:16:45.060 --> 00:16:45.620
 man.

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.159
 For I have

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.600
 suffered a

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.759
 great deal in

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.460
 a dream because

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:49.840
 of him.

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.200
 Peter knew he

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.759
 was an innocent

00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.159
 man.

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.220
 He walked

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.860
 three years

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.399
 with Jesus.

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.919
 And he wrote

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.539
 this in his

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:57.799
 letter.

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.500
 He committed

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.440
 no sin.

00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.340
 And no

00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.960
 deceit was

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.379
 found in

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.860
 his mouth.

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.779
 The devil

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.160
 knew he

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.500
 was a

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:04.819
 sinless

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.180
 man.

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.000
 And he

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.319
 made his

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.140
 best effort

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.019
 to change

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.579
 that, if

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.059
 he could,

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.779
 by tempting

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.259
 him in the

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.599
 wilderness.

00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.259
 But of

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.779
 course, Jesus

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.259
 did not

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.680
 give in.

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.400
 In Hebrews

00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.359
 chapter 4,

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.980
 verse 15,

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:22.619
 we read

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.079
 that Jesus

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:23.799
 is our

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.660
 high priest.

00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:24.720
 Christ.

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:27.100
 And he

00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:28.080
 is able to

00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:28.980
 empathize with

00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.600
 our weaknesses

00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:31.200
 because he

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.519
 has been

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.060
 tempted in

00:17:32.060 --> 00:17:32.720
 every way,

00:17:32.840 --> 00:17:33.400
 just as we

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.700
 are.

00:17:34.560 --> 00:17:35.880
 Yet, the

00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.259
 author of

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.820
 Hebrews says,

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:38.040
 yet, though

00:17:38.040 --> 00:17:38.340
 he was

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.100
 tempted, he

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.620
 did not

00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:39.940
 sin.

00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:42.279
 Not once.

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.259
 Paul, in

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.940
 his letter to

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.500
 the Corinthians,

00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.360
 2 Corinthians

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.120
 5.21,

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.540
 God made

00:17:48.540 --> 00:17:49.000
 him who

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.820
 had no

00:17:49.820 --> 00:17:51.380
 sin to

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:51.940
 be sin

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.800
 for us.

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:55.480
 he knew

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.299
 no sin.

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:57.139
 He had

00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.119
 no sin.

00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.039
 Hebrews

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.819
 7.26,

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.879
 referring to

00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.539
 Jesus again

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.879
 as our

00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:03.559
 high priest,

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:04.960
 he says,

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.899
 such a

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.579
 high priest

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.399
 truly meets

00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:07.839
 our need,

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:08.259
 one who

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.899
 is holy,

00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.000
 blameless,

00:18:12.139 --> 00:18:12.579
 pure,

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.019
 set apart

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.639
 from sinners.

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:17.220
 He doesn't

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.500
 have to

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.819
 offer

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.559
 sacrifices

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.039
 for his

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.559
 own sins

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:19.980
 like the

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.460
 rest of

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:20.779
 human

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.279
 priests

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:22.539
 had to.

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.079
 because he

00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.619
 doesn't have

00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.119
 any sins

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.419
 of his

00:18:25.419 --> 00:18:25.680
 own.

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.200
 He is

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.519
 pure.

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.539
 The

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.200
 apostle John

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.659
 himself,

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 in his

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 letter,

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 wrote these

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 words,

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 1 John 3.5,

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 in him,

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 that's in

00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:39.079
 Jesus Christ,

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.779
 is no

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.419
 sin,

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:44.680
 no wrong

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.039
 doing,

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:47.279
 no guilt.

00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:49.839
 In fact,

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.480
 John tells

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:50.759
 us the

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 reason that

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:51.859
 Jesus came

00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.199
 was to

00:18:52.199 --> 00:18:52.799
 take away

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.439
 sins,

00:18:53.979 --> 00:18:55.500
 to take

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.000
 away the

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:57.159
 guilt of

00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:57.579
 others,

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:58.659
 for the

00:18:58.659 --> 00:18:59.079
 sins that

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 they have

00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.379
 committed.

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 So whether

00:19:01.479 --> 00:19:02.240
 Jesus is a

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.619
 sinner or

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:02.979
 not,

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.599
 is very

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 important.

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.659
 It's at the

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.379
 heart of

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.740
 what we

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.419
 celebrate at

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:10.039
 this table.

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 Because if

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.379
 Jesus was a

00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:12.559
 sinner,

00:19:12.679 --> 00:19:13.039
 then his

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.500
 death was

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:13.939
 deserved.

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 And it

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:16.899
 accomplished

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.500
 nothing for

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 us.

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 God

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.200
 was a

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.819
 sacrifice.

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.679
 He came

00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:22.200
 to be a

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:24.019
 sacrifice that

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.519
 would atone

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.480
 for our

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 sins.

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 And for

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 him to be

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 that acceptable

00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:29.919
 sacrifice,

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.019
 that acceptable

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.599
 substitute,

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:33.079
 we know from

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.119
 tracing the

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 theme throughout

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 the whole of

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:35.899
 the scriptures,

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.039
 he had to be

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 spotless.

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 He had to be

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.480
 without

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.559
 blemish,

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 without sin.

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:45.379
 Peter talked

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:45.859
 about this

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.460
 too in his

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.720
 letter.

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 We looked at

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.579
 this in

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.160
 Sunday school.

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 He said,

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 for you know,

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 it was not

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.879
 with perishable

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.740
 things such as

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.759
 silver or gold

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.299
 that you were

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.740
 redeemed from

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 the empty way

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.960
 of life handed

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.579
 down to you

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:57.960
 from your

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.500
 ancestors.

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.680
 No, you

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.420
 were redeemed

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:02.119
 with the

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.940
 precious blood

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.660
 of Christ,

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.440
 a lamb

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.039
 without

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:08.000
 blemish or

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.519
 defect.

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.799
 For us to

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.420
 be redeemed,

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:12.980
 for us to

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.800
 be set free.

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:15.580
 Someone had

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.140
 to take the

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.820
 punishment that

00:20:16.820 --> 00:20:17.500
 we deserved.

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:19.480
 But not just

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.259
 anybody could

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.779
 do that.

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.460
 He had to

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.060
 be a human,

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.840
 a man like

00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:25.860
 us, yet

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.200
 without

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.800
 blemish,

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.500
 without

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.060
 defect,

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.860
 without any

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:31.019
 sin or guilt

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.680
 of his own.

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.500
 This was the

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.000
 only way.

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.620
 This is

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:36.259
 God's salvation

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.740
 plan.

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.800
 Peter said

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 this in

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 1 Peter,

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 3 verse

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.380
 18.

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.480
 Christ

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.160
 suffered

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.700
 once for

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.200
 sins,

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:49.600
 the

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.100
 righteous

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:51.840
 for the

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.460
 unrighteous,

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.900
 to bring

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:55.720
 you to

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.080
 God.

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.220
 sinless

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.939
 for the

00:20:59.939 --> 00:21:00.079
 sinner.

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.679
 The

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.079
 innocent

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.859
 for the

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.139
 sinner.

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.119
 The

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.659
 innocent

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:07.519
 for the

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.859
 guilty.

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.679
 It was

00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.019
 the only

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:11.199
 way that

00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:11.500
 we could

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.079
 be justly

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.460
 forgiven,

00:21:12.919 --> 00:21:13.759
 that we

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.059
 could be

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.579
 saved from

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:14.960
 the wrath

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.359
 of God

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.699
 that we

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.119
 deserve.

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:17.720
 And so

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.179
 it matters

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:18.879
 everything that

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.519
 Jesus is

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:19.980
 not a

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.199
 sinner.

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.240
 The

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.740
 Pharisees

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.240
 were dead

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.799
 wrong that

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.079
 day.

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.639
 And the

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.079
 man who

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.439
 had been

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:26.000
 born blind

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.480
 and was

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.220
 healed,

00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.039
 he was

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.279
 on the

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.899
 right track.

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.519
 And this

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.179
 table means

00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:32.980
 everything to

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.220
 us.

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.919
 Because of

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.319
 this,

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.599
 the blood

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:36.980
 that the

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.259
 cup

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.059
 represents

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:39.939
 is of

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.879
 infinite value

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.439
 to us.

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.419
 The body

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:43.960
 of Jesus

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.980
 that the

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.240
 bread

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.980
 represents

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:48.319
 can truly

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.839
 give us

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.259
 life.

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:52.160
 and it's

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.740
 only because

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.079
 Jesus

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:54.140
 himself had

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.920
 no sin

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.619
 of his

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:55.900
 own,

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.579
 no guilt

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:57.900
 of his

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.180
 own,

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.000
 that he

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.480
 could atone

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.059
 for our

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.500
 sins.

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.920
 And that's

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.160
 what he

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.140
 did when

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.619
 he suffered

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.099
 and died

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.379
 on the

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.740
 cross.

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.279
 And Peter

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.740
 tells us

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.019
 that he

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.579
 did that

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.559
 to bring

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:11.180
 you to

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.579
 God,

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.440
 to bring

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.940
 me to

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.339
 God.

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.640
 Forgiveness,

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:20.060
 relationship

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.780
 restored.

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.620
 And so

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.280
 as we

00:22:24.280 --> 00:22:24.580
 come to

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.000
 the table,

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.360
 we're here

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.860
 to celebrate

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.340
 this.

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.580
 We're here

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.160
 to remember

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.620
 the most

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.360
 valuable and

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.020
 precious things

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.340
 in the

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.840
 universe,

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:32.460
 the body

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.460
 and the

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.160
 blood of

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.680
 our Lord,

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.380
 broken

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.360
 and poured

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.720
 out for

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.040
 us.

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.720
 So if

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.020
 you're here

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:40.560
 this morning

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.200
 and you

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.820
 have repented

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.240
 of your

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.660
 sins,

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.440
 and you

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.080
 believe that

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.800
 he is

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:46.080
 that spotless

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.400
 lamb,

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.900
 who took

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.400
 the punishment

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.920
 that you

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.320
 deserve,

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.680
 then I

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.160
 invite you

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.120
 to partake

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.480
 together

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.060
 with us.

00:22:53.800 --> 00:22:54.360
 I'm going

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.740
 to pray.

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:55.980
 We'll have

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.680
 a moment

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.600
 of reflection

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.880
 and Charles

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.220
 will come

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.780
 and serve

00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.240
 the table,

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.380
 but as you

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.920
 receive the

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.200
 bread and

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.519
 the cup,

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:02.860
 I'll just

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.360
 ask that you

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.980
 hang on to

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.880
 it until

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.440
 everybody has

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.940
 been served

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.180
 and then

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.740
 we'll all

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.140
 partake

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.720
 together.

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.940
 Let's

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.180
 pray.

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:14.740
 Lord

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.080
 Jesus,

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.640
 we stand

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.820
 amazed as

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.220
 we think

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.580
 that you

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.420
 lived a

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.799
 sinless

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.259
 life,

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:21.340
 because we

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.860
 know that

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:23.539
 from our

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.279
 vantage point,

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.100
 that's

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.700
 impossible.

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.220
 That's all

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.640
 we've ever

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:29.460
 known right

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.940
 from the

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.400
 start.

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.279
 We are

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.720
 sinners.

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.600
 We are

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:32.960
 guilty.

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.680
 And so we

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.340
 stand in awe

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.740
 of you for

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.100
 that.

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.700
 But most

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:37.940
 of all,

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.380
 we thank

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.920
 you that out

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.160
 of your

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.700
 mercy and

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:39.980
 grace.

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.340
 You would

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.799
 come and

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.140
 trade your

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.680
 life for

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.019
 ours.

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.740
 We can't

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.539
 even comprehend

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.160
 that kind

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.559
 of love.

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.120
 We say

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.640
 thank you.

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.180
 Bless each

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.660
 one of us

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:53.920
 in our

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.440
 hearts as

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.640
 we do

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.160
 this in

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.519
 remembrance

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.980
 of you.

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.819
 We ask

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.059
 in your

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.319
 name.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.259
 Amen.