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 Well, this past week, I was listening to a 55-0 old recording between Apollo 13 astronaut

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 Jack Swigert and NASA mission control, Houston.

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 Swigert, okay, Houston, we've had a problem here.

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 Houston, this is Houston.

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 Say again, please.

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 Swigert, Houston, we've had a problem here.

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 We've had a main B bus undervolt.

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 And with that, the Apollo 13 mission shifted from landing on the moon to getting these three astronauts home without dying.

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 The Apostle John, in 1 John, by the way, John is the disciple whom Jesus loved.

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 This is the writer of the book of Revelation.

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 He would have been in his 80s when he wrote this epistle, 1 John.

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 So if you're not there yet, please turn to 1 John.

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 Well, he's writing to a group of churches in what's present-day Western Turkey.

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 These would have been a lot of the same churches in Revelation 2 and 3.

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 Ephesus, Sardis, Philadelphia, Phrygia, Laodicea.

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 And he's writing to these Christians in the late first century.

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 And he's saying, okay, churches, we've got a problem.

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 The essence of the problem was false teaching.

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 Now, if you're in 1 John, let me show you.

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 In 1 John 2, verse 26, look what he says.

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 And now, little children, oops, I write these things to you about those.

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 This is verse 26.

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 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

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 And look at chapter 4, verse 1.

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 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.

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 For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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 So there was this influence on these churches in Western Turkey at the end of the first century of these false teachers.

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 In the false teaching was running along three different lines.

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 We see it in chapter 3, verse 7.

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 Little children, let no one deceive you.

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 Whoever practices righteousness is righteous as he is righteous.

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 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil.

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 From the devil has been sinning from the beginning.

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 So here's the lie that was going on.

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 The lie was going, hey, you can be a follower of Jesus and do whatever you want in your lifestyle.

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 It doesn't matter.

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 That was the lie.

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 That was the deception.

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 You can do whatever you want, whenever you want, with whoever you want.

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 It doesn't matter.

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 The second line of deception we see in chapter 2, verse 9.

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 Whoever says he's in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

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 If you claim to be a follower of Jesus, walking in the light of God, and yet hate your brother,

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 whether that's some kind of flat-out denial or some kind of downplaying,

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 it's a lie.

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 What we'll see as we move through 1 John is we must be loving one another, those born of God.

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 So that's the second lie.

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 But the primary root falsehood we see in chapter 4, verses 2 and 3.

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 We read,

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 By this you know the Spirit of God.

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 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

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 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus has come in the flesh is not from God.

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 The root issue, the falsehood that was the kind of the headwaters of all these other lies,

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 was a denial that Jesus had come in the flesh.

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 A denial of the incarnation.

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 Okay, churches, we've got a problem.

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 Today, there is a downplaying or denying even of the need to live moral, holy lives in obedience to Jesus.

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 Today, there is a downplaying and even a denying of the need to love all who've been born of God.

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 And certainly today, there is a denial of who Jesus truly is,

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 whether that's that He's fully God or fully man or both fully God and fully man.

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 Then there are denials.

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 I mean, that's why we have cults.

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 Jehovah's Witnesses deny the deity of Jesus.

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 In the first century, the Apostle John writes into this problem.

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 That's why we have this epistle, this letter.

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 He's writing to all these churches.

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 It's a circular letter.

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 He's seeking to pastor them through this problem.

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 But it's more complicated than what I've told you,

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 because look at chapter 2, verse 19.

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 They went out from us, but they were not of us.

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 For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us.

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 But they went out.

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 The church had been splintering.

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 People were leaving over these issues.

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 I don't know about you, but if I was living in the first century and seeing this happen in my own church,

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 with people I love, I'd be discouraged, shocked,

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 questioning whether this whole Christianity thing is true,

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 and questioning whether I was truly born of God.

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 John writes to assure these Christians in these churches in the first century and us

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 of who Jesus truly is and what it means to belong to him,

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 which now brings us to verses 1 through 4.

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 In 1 John 1, 1 through 4,

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 John starts this letter seeking to convince these churches of this one truth.

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 Jesus is our life.

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 Five points.

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 You can see it in your bulletin.

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 Five points to help you see the case John is making,

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 that this Jesus is our life.

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 You got life?

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 You got Jesus?

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 First point.

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 This Jesus is fully God.

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 Notice where John begins his letter.

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 1 John 1,

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 that which was from the beginning.

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 And we got to ask,

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 well, which beginning is this beginning?

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 And it is the beginning.

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 As in Genesis 1, 1,

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 in the beginning.

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 John begins this letter by starting off at creation.

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 Why start there?

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 Look at the end of 1, 1.

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 Concerning the word of life.

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 That which was at the beginning concerning the word of life.

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 Remember John 1, 1?

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 The gospel of John?

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 In the beginning was the word,

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 and the word was with God,

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 and the word was God.

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 That word, word,

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 is the Greek word logos.

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 Ultimate expression.

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 The full and final communication of reality.

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 It's a reference to Jesus.

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 He is the full and final expression of God.

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 And notice,

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 at the end of verse 1,

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 it is,

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 he is the word of life.

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 That word life is repeated a few times

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 in these first two verses.

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 And what's being said here

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 is that Jesus is the full and final expression of God,

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 the eternally existent,

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 second person of the Trinity,

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 and the source of eternal life.

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 And not just length of days.

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 Quality of life.

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 I have come,

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 I came,

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 that they might have life,

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 and might have it abundantly,

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 John 10, 10.

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 What's interesting about Jesus

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 in that little phrase,

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 eternal life,

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 is how he defines it.

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 If you flip back in your Bibles

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 to the gospel of John,

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 to John chapter 17,

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 in verse 3,

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 Jesus is praying a prayer

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 to his heavenly Father.

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 It's the high priestly prayer.

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 And he defines eternal life for us.

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 And this is eternal life.

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 That they know you,

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 the only true God,

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 and Jesus Christ,

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 whom you have sent.

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 That they know you.

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 What is striking about this definition

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 of eternal life

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 is that he defines eternal life

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 as in terms of being

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 in relationship with God.

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 To know God.

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 And Jesus.

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 Through Jesus.

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 So in chapter 1, verse 2,

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 we have the word of life,

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 which is the eternal life.

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 Did you see that?

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 Let testify to it

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 and proclaim to you

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 the eternal life.

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 And this eternal life

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 was with the Father.

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 Distinct from God the Father,

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 yet fully God.

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 We're in the deep end of the pool.

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 Verse 3,

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 we learn that the word of life

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 is not only distinct

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 from the Father,

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 but he goes

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 by a name.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 John starts his letter

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 in the beginning

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 showing us that Jesus

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 is fully God.

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 Apparently,

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 the late, great coach

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 Vince Lombardi

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 started every

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 Green Bay Packers season

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 with a team meeting

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 at which he would

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 hold up a football

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 and say something

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 to the extent of,

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 this is a football.

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 And what he would be saying

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 is it all starts with this.

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 This ball is the object

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 of winning

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 or losing the game.

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 The Apostle John

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 is pointing to the

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 eternally existent

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 second person

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 of the Trinity,

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 the Son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 and he's saying

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 it all starts

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 with Him.

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 Do you know

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 what it would mean

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 for your salvation

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 if Jesus was not

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 fully God?

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 Your sins would not

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 be forgiven.

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 Because we sin

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 against a holy,

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 eternal God,

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 we must pay

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 a just

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 and eternal penalty.

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 And the only payment

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 to satisfy

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 God's eternal wrath

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 is an eternally

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 just

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 and satisfying payment.

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 What John

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 will later say,

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 you'll use the word

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 propitiation

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 for that.

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 But because Jesus

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 is fully God,

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 His payment

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 on the cross

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 for your sins

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 and mine

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 have completely

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 satisfied

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 God's eternal wrath.

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 there is therefore

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 now no condemnation

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 for those who

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 are in Christ Jesus.

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 Because God's wrath

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 has been paid

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 in full.

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 This Jesus,

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 He is fully God

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 and this Jesus

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 is our life.

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 Point two,

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 this Jesus

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 is fully man.

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 Not only is Jesus

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 fully God,

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 He is fully man.

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 If you're part

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 of King's place,

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 totally God,

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 totally man.

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 Remember,

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 this was the

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 issue at hand

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 in this region

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 in the first century.

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 There was heresy

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 saying that Jesus

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 who had not come

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 and was part,

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 became flesh.

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 So look what John

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 explicitly does

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 in chapter one,

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 verse two.

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 The life,

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 the word of life,

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 was made

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 manifest.

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 And we have

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 seen it

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 and testified to it

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 and proclaimed to you

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 the eternal life

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 which was with the

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 Father

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 and was made

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 manifest

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 to us.

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 That little phrase,

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 that verb,

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 made manifest,

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 is saying something

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 really important.

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 this eternal life

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 which was

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 with the Father

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 has now been

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 made manifest

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 to us.

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 The us,

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 of course,

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 if you're wondering,

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 is the apostle

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 John speaking

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 on behalf

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 of all the other

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 apostles sent out

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 by Jesus

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 who had seen Him,

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 touched Him,

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 sent out by Him.

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 But what is this

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 made manifest

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 business?

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 John is taking

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 his apostolic

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 bazooka,

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 loading it up

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 on his shoulder,

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 setting his sights

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 on it,

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 and he's taking

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 a Christological

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 doctrine missile,

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 dropping it

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 into his bazooka,

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 and this thing

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 is a powerful

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 cluster bomb

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 of truth

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 that he's going

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 to aim at

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 this false

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 teaching

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 of there not

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 being an incarnation

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 and he's going

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 to eradicate it

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 from these churches.

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 Look how he does it.

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 There are seven

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 statements

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 in this passage

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 in which he

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 makes a case

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 that there is

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 in our incarnation.

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 Look how he does it.

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 He starts by saying

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 that which was

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 from the beginning

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 which we have

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 heard

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 with our own ears,

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 which we have seen

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 with our own eyes,

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 which we

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 have touched

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 with our own

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 hands.

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 That word touched,

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 the way to think

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 about it is

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 imagine a blind

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 person going up

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 to someone

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 to feel their

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 face,

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 to delicately touch

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 in order to know

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 and to identify.

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 It's that kind

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 of intimate

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 touching.

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 You're familiar,

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 you know

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 to touch

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 concerning the

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 word of life.

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 The life was

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 made manifest.

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 We have seen it.

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 Verse 3,

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 we have seen

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 and heard.

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 That gets at

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 what this

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 made manifest

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 means.

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 It's the second

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 person of the

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 trinity,

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 the eternal

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 word of life

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 breaking into

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 time and space

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 and taking on

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 flesh that can

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 be seen,

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 heard,

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 and touched.

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 What John is

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 talking about

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 is the incarnation.

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 John is

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 claiming,

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 this is part

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 of his case,

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 that he

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 himself had

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 personally

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 sensory

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 experience

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 with the

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 eternal

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 word of life

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 made manifest

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 in the flesh.

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 John didn't

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 hear about

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 Jesus through

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 a big game

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 of telephone.

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 He had

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 first-hand

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 experience.

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 He had

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 heard and

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 touched and

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 saw the

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 incarnate

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 eternal

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 word of life,

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 Jesus.

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 And the

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 emphasis here

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 is on sight

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 over and

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 over again.

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 Seen,

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 looked,

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 saw.

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 It's an

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 eyewitness.

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 Now, if you

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 wanted to get

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 credible testimony

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 in a court of

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 law to make

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 your case,

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 you're going to

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 find a reliable

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 eyewitness.

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 And John

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 is that.

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 So what

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 exactly had

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 John heard,

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 touched,

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 seen?

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 Let me

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 remind you

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 of some

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 things.

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 John had

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 heard all

00:16:33.780 --> 00:16:34.200
 of Jesus'

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 teaching.

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 John was

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 with Jesus

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:37.960
 at the

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 beginning of

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 his three-year

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 itinerant

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 ministry.

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 He heard

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 everything that

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 Jesus taught

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 and he saw

00:16:43.400 --> 00:16:44.320
 people marvel

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 at his

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 teaching.

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 Do you

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 remember at

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.480
 the cross

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 what Jesus

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 said to

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:48.759
 John?

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 first he

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 says to

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 Mary,

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 behold,

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 this is

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 your son

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 and to

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 John,

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 behold,

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 your mother.

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 That's the

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 John writing

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 this.

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 He heard

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 that.

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 Just think

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 about what

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.539
 John had

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 touched.

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 According to

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 John 13,

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 it was John

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 who had

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.539
 leaned against

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 Jesus at

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.319
 the last

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 supper.

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 Tender.

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 It was

00:17:25.619 --> 00:17:26.779
 John who

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 Jesus spoke

00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.720
 to after

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.579
 his resurrection

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 and said,

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 see my

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 hands,

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 my feet,

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 that it is

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 I myself,

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 touch and

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.039
 see.

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 This John

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:40.460
 had touched

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:42.059
 the resurrected

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:43.140
 body of

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 Jesus Christ.

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.599
 Just imagine

00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.299
 what John

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.919
 had seen.

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.319
 Miracles,

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:51.059
 Jesus' death,

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.940
 burial,

00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:52.659
 Jesus'

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.519
 resurrection,

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.399
 Jesus'

00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.659
 ascension.

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 And

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:59.659
 could you

00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:00.339
 imagine what

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.859
 he had seen?

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 He's writing

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 50 years

00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.740
 afterwards

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.879
 and what's in

00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.559
 his mind

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.639
 is as clear

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.519
 as day.

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:13.139
 he had heard

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 and touched

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 and seen.

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 Remember that

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.619
 Vince Lombardi

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.299
 quote?

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 This is a

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.460
 football.

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.639
 John is

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:24.180
 pointing to

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.779
 Jesus and

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.099
 saying,

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.900
 this Jesus

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.599
 is fully

00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.279
 God and

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.039
 fully man.

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 It all

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.740
 starts with

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.019
 him.

00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.079
 If Jesus

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.660
 were not fully

00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:33.059
 man, do you

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.440
 know what that

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:33.819
 would mean

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.279
 for your

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.700
 salvation?

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:34.840
 salvation,

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 it would

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:38.920
 mean that

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.220
 he would

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 not have

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:39.980
 been able

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.500
 to fully

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.420
 represent you

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:41.920
 as a

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.340
 perfect,

00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:42.960
 sinless

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.700
 representative

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.319
 on the

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.720
 cross.

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 It means

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.120
 he would

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.580
 not be able

00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.240
 to identify

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.700
 with you

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 in every

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.620
 single way.

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 It means

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.380
 that his

00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.259
 perfect life

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.400
 of righteousness

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:56.279
 would have

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.600
 been a

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:56.960
 sham.

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 You can't

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.940
 impute that

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.440
 to someone

00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.819
 now.

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.900
 He lived

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.500
 a sinless

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.259
 perfect life

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:04.000
 because he

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.460
 was human.

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 He could

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.180
 give it

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.740
 to us.

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.839
 The fact

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.460
 that Jesus

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.700
 is fully

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.460
 God and

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.200
 fully man

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.940
 makes him

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.079
 the perfect

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.859
 mediator

00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.799
 between God

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.279
 and man.

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 He is

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.960
 alone the

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.640
 perfect

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.640
 savior

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:24.940
 of sinful

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.359
 men and

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.619
 women.

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.220
 There is

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.700
 therefore

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:30.460
 salvation

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.279
 in no one

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.640
 else.

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.799
 Because this

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.559
 Jesus is

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.200
 fully God

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.799
 and fully

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.079
 man.

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.659
 The eternal

00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.359
 word of

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.279
 life was

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.019
 made manifest

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.480
 in the

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.319
 flesh to

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.680
 be our

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.839
 one and

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:44.419
 only savior.

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.539
 This Jesus

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.039
 is fully

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.419
 man.

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.539
 This Jesus

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:49.480
 is our

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.299
 life.

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.919
 Which brings

00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:54.419
 me to point

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:54.980
 three.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.379
 This Jesus

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:58.519
 is who we

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:58.940
 proclaim.

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.960
 He is

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.500
 our message.

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.340
 What do you

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.019
 tell people?

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.559
 What are you

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.279
 telling people?

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.640
 Where are you

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.079
 telling them to

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.860
 find life?

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.980
 Do you notice

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:14.259
 in chapter 1

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.860
 verse 2

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:16.840
 life was made

00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.840
 manifest and we

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.559
 have seen it

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:20.420
 and testify to it

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.819
 and proclaim

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:23.380
 to you the

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.140
 eternal life.

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.200
 John Stott

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 helped me see

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 this this week.

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 That word testify

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 means to have

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 a personal

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 experience and

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 you tell somebody

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 about it.

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 So maybe you're

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 thinking right

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 now well man

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 I haven't seen

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 Jesus in person.

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 I haven't heard

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 his audible

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 voice.

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 I haven't touched

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 him.

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 I don't have

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 personal first

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 hand experience

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 like that.

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 Well maybe you

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 don't but if

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 you have bowed

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 your knee to

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 Jesus you have

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 had a personal

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 experience with

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 Jesus.

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 you are not

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 the same of

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 what you were

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 before coming

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 to Jesus.

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 You've been

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 radically changed.

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 You have a

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 personal experience.

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 You've got

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 something to say

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 because he's

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 changed you.

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 That word

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 proclaim carries

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 a sense of

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 commission of

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 being sent out.

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 You may be

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 saying well I'm

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 not an apostle

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 like John but

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 you have been

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 sent out by the

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 risen Jesus by

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 virtue of the

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 great commission.

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 Go make

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 disciples.

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 We're all sent

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 out.

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 You have

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 experienced him

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 and you've been

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 sent out by him.

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 That's why we

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 don't proclaim

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 ourselves but

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 him.

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 Fully God

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 fully man who

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 was sent to die

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 in the place of

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 sinners.

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 That's the

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 message of the

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 apostle John and

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 all of the

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 apostles.

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 That's the

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 message entrusted

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 to us that we

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 proclaim to

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 others and call

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 everyone everywhere

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 in light of

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 that Jesus.

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 That Jesus

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 repent and

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 believe.

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 The main verb

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 of these four

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 verses shows up

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 in verse 3.

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 That which we

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 have seen and

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.719
 heard we

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 proclaim also to

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 you.

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 Proclaim.

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 Announce.

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 We proclaim

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 Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Why him?

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 He's the

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 life.

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 The eternal

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 life.

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 The word of

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 life.

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 And he is the

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 hope of all

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 nations because

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 he alone offers

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 eternal life both

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 in terms of length

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 and quality.

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 Salvation is in

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 no one else.

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 Remember John

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 17 3.

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 Salvation is

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 talked about in

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 terms of

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 relationship to

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 God.

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 We announce

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 Jesus to

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.019
 people to

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 repent and

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 to believe so

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 they enter into

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 a right

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 relationship, a

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.860
 saving relationship

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 with the living

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 God through the

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 Son.

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.600
 Eternal life is

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.579
 a personal

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:05.519
 relationship with

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.140
 God through

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.500
 Jesus.

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 So let me ask

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 you a question.

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 What are you

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 telling people?

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 Who are you

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 talking about?

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 Who are you

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 telling people to

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.179
 go find life

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 in?

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:22.019
 Flip back in

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.859
 your Bibles to

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 1 John 5.

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 Maybe this will

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 make it all the

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.299
 more clear.

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 1 John 5

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 11 through

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 13.

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 And this is the

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.959
 testimony that

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 God gave us

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.759
 eternal life.

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:37.159
 And this life is

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:38.219
 in his Son.

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 Whoever has

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:41.339
 the Son has

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.819
 life.

00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:42.659
 Whoever does

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.240
 not have the

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.700
 Son of God

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 does not have

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 life.

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 I write these

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.740
 things to you

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.480
 who believe in

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.440
 the name of

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.840
 the Son of

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.960
 God that you

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.840
 may know that

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:53.740
 you have eternal

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.259
 life.

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 This Jesus is

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.019
 who we proclaim.

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 He is our

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.840
 message because

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.420
 he is the

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.740
 life.

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.860
 This Jesus is

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.580
 our life.

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.300
 Point four.

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:09.880
 This Jesus is

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.600
 who we share.

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:12.399
 in verse three

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.159
 we have the

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.179
 first of two

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.419
 what's called

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.119
 purpose statements.

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 We see them in

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.179
 the words so

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.419
 that.

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.959
 Look with me.

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.480
 Verse three.

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.519
 That which we

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.179
 have seen and

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:21.939
 heard we proclaim

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:24.019
 also to you so

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.199
 that for the

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:27.379
 purpose of you

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.079
 too may have

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.980
 fellowship with us

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 and indeed our

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.359
 fellowship is with

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.019
 the Father and

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.599
 with his Son

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.519
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:33.959 --> 00:24:35.179
 The purpose of

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:36.259
 our proclaiming

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.879
 Jesus is

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:39.179
 fellowship according

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.799
 to this verse.

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.039
 So what is

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.779
 fellowship?

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.440
 It's the Greek

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.160
 word koinonia

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:46.360
 and it's

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.220
 describing a

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.160
 kind of

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.779
 relationship.

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.299
 A kind of

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.920
 relationship with

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.759
 someone else that

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.940
 is deep and

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.220
 meaningful and

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.900
 aimed.

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.799
 It's deep

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.500
 because when you

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.960
 have koinonia

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.539
 with someone

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.259
 you're getting

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.840
 down to what

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.600
 matters most.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.160
 What's most

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:04.340
 important and

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.039
 it's meaningful

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.880
 because not only

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.680
 are you sharing

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.220
 what's most

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.600
 important.

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.340
 People are

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.220
 sharing with

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.920
 you what's

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.519
 most important

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.100
 to them.

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 It's so good.

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.560
 It's so meaningful

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.680
 but it's also

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.500
 aimed.

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.620
 What matters

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.940
 most aims

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.299
 you.

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 Let me give

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.900
 you two examples

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.460
 of this from

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.160
 this past week

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.700
 in my life.

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.620
 Thursday night

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.180
 I had dinner

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.740
 with a brother

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 and if you

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.100
 walked into

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:33.320
 the restaurant

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.039
 and saw us

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.640
 sitting together

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.160
 you'd be like

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.180
 what are they

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.779
 doing together?

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.040
 Different

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.779
 ethnicity than

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.040
 me.

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.540
 Wears different

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:43.960
 kinds of

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.500
 clothes.

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.840
 Speaks different

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.640
 than I speak.

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.540
 He's from a

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.100
 different part of

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.660
 the country.

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.860
 He's experienced

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.820
 all sorts of

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.660
 hardship that I

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:51.980
 have never

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.880
 dreamed of.

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.279
 But you know

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.779
 what we had in

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.060
 common?

00:25:58.620 --> 00:26:00.220
 The word of

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.840
 life.

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.440
 Jesus.

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.660
 Jesus.

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.920
 And all of

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.539
 those differences

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.320
 were petty

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.299
 little differences

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:09.220
 because we got

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.100
 to fellowship

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.820
 and together.

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.960
 He encouraged

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.220
 me.

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.900
 I encouraged

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.279
 him.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.500
 So here's this

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:19.259
 person that I

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.320
 would have no

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:21.100
 business with

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.960
 outside of Jesus.

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.980
 And here we are

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.539
 sharing a meal

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.960
 together.

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.539
 Talking about

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:27.840
 Jesus.

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:31.279
 another example.

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:32.459
 Yesterday

00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.939
 morning at

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:35.259
 625 AM I'm

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.639
 doing my

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.079
 devotion.

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.720
 I'm writing

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.859
 2 Corinthians

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.819
 12 9.

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.240
 Talking about

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.839
 his grace is

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.179
 sufficient for

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.639
 you.

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.619
 For in

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.220
 weakness his

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.819
 power is made

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.359
 perfect.

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.159
 I'm writing

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.659
 that bling

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.139
 bling bling

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:53.099
 to my parents.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.459
 Hey mom and

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:54.699
 dad.

00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:54.759
 Dad.

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:54.799
 Dad.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:54.839
 Dad.

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:54.859
 Dad.

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:54.899
 Dad.

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:54.939
 Dad.

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:54.959
 Dad.

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:56.899
 Dad.

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.500
 Dad.

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.259
 Dad.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.759
 I got their

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.060
 DNA.

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.880
 I grew up in

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.360
 their home.

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:03.860
 Went on

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.460
 vacations.

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.980
 There's things I

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.960
 do because they

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.480
 built them into

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.700
 me.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.400
 These are some

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.820
 of the closest

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.420
 people in my

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.660
 life.

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.280
 We've got a lot

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.880
 in common but

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.240
 you know what

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.660
 we got to

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.100
 talk about?

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.660
 Jesus.

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.980
 What means

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.860
 most to me

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.320
 about my

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:23.700
 relationship

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.060
 with my

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:25.740
 parents is

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.960
 that they

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.580
 love Jesus.

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:29.680
 I don't take that for granted.

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:34.980
 And so here we have in the span of 48 hours

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:38.320
 me fellowshipping with a man

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:41.019
 it makes no sense outside of Jesus.

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:44.960
 And then here I am fellowshipping with my mom and dad.

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:48.980
 We could have talked about a whole lot of different stuff.

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:51.300
 There's so much in common.

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.980
 But what matters most is Jesus.

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.980
 When it comes to fellowship

00:27:57.980 --> 00:28:03.080
 Jesus is the life center of our relationships.

00:28:04.780 --> 00:28:07.860
 And in this passage there's a horizontal dimension

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:10.540
 so that you too may have fellowship with us.

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:14.000
 So we experience a degree of fellowship

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:17.580
 based upon whether either of us are loving Jesus.

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:21.820
 And there's also this vertical component

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:24.380
 and indeed our fellowship is with the Father

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:26.700
 and with His Son Jesus Christ.

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:30.360
 Fellowship

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:32.480
 in verse 3

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:36.019
 is the way John is talking about salvation.

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.900
 We have a relationship

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:41.660
 with God and His Son.

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:45.740
 That vertical fellowship

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:48.160
 is a salvific relationship.

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.620
 fellowship.

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:53.940
 And it flows out into our relationships with others.

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:56.540
 So our fellowship with one another

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:58.540
 begins with our fellowship with God

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.960
 our Father through the Son.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.140
 And as we go through 1 John

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.259
 you're going to notice that

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:08.019
 this fellowship is spoken of

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.800
 in familial terms.

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.320
 Father, Son,

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.180
 children.

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:15.640
 we're one family

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.980
 in the Lord

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.100
 united

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.700
 with Jesus

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.380
 our life.

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:27.160
 So what are you focusing on

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.960
 when you get together

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.660
 with other Christians?

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:31.680
 There's a place to talk about football.

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:33.039
 There's a place to talk about food,

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.000
 family,

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.120
 stuff going on at church,

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.360
 things going on politically

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:36.820
 in the country.

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.620
 Of course there's things

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.460
 to talk about like that.

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:40.019
 But what are you getting

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.180
 to what matters most?

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.360
 Are you getting to Jesus?

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.900
 What He's doing in your life?

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.160
 Are you finding your time

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.960
 with other Christians

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.880
 building you up in the Lord?

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.799
 Or is it a missed opportunity?

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.940
 How do we do this together?

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.819
 Well it begins with us all

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.460
 each

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:01.680
 abiding in Jesus.

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.640
 That's where it all starts.

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.700
 Going deep with Jesus in prayer.

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.600
 Receiving meaningful words

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.840
 from Him about Him

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.460
 and lining up

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.980
 what matters most

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.799
 to His mission.

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.000
 And when we're all

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.860
 doing that together

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:18.819
 we're going to fellowship

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.519
 in Jesus.

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:23.340
 This Jesus is who we share.

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.019
 This Jesus

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:27.700
 He is our life.

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.100
 Five.

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.600
 This Jesus is our joy.

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:37.179
 Our joy

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:38.399
 producing

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.719
 life.

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:43.259
 Second purpose clause

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.179
 is in verse 4

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:45.199
 and we were writing

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:46.279
 we are writing

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.039
 these things

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.079
 so that

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.500
 our joy

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.679
 may be complete.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.779
 The our

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.799
 in verse 4

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.579
 is John's joy

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.899
 as well as

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.500
 the Christians

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.639
 in all of these churches

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:59.399
 in western Turkey

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.740
 in the end of the first century.

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.019
 Their joy.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.039
 It's

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:04.579
 an all together

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.839
 our joy.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.839
 A shared joy.

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.339
 What is

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.420
 joy?

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.200
 Helpful distinction

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.480
 is talking about

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.079
 happiness

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.639
 as a gladness

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.339
 that's dependent

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.420
 upon your circumstances.

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.619
 As your circumstances

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.440
 change

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.480
 so does your happiness.

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.500
 Joy

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:27.099
 is a gladness

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:28.779
 that's dependent

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.819
 on Jesus.

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.099
 Jesus

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.460
 and because

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.919
 Jesus

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.700
 is the same

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:32.980
 today

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.339
 yesterday

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.960
 and forever

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.619
 it's possible

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:37.220
 to find fullness

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.759
 of joy

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.419
 in Him

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.879
 regardless

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.899
 of how hard

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.679
 or unhappy

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.720
 your circumstances

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.179
 are

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:45.460
 because your joy

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.039
 is in Jesus.

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:49.179
 In John 15

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:51.000
 Jesus talks

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.659
 about Him

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.259
 being a vine

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.200
 and we are the branches

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:55.220
 if we abide in Him

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.919
 and Him in us

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:57.359
 we will bear

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.980
 much fruit.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.120
 He goes on

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.579
 to talk about

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.420
 how that fruit

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.279
 glorifies

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.299
 the Father

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.700
 in Heaven.

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.960
 If you would turn

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:05.120
 to John 15

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:07.000
 verse 11

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.599
 I want you

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.480
 to see something

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:11.960
 what comes

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.700
 of abiding

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.319
 in Jesus.

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.339
 Verse 11

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.480
 these things

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.079
 I have spoken

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.519
 to you

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.459
 I am the vine

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:22.459
 you are the branches

00:32:22.459 --> 00:32:23.399
 if you abide in me

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.079
 and I in you

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.500
 you will bear

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.000
 much fruit.

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.919
 These things

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.439
 I have spoken

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:28.819
 to you

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.500
 that

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.399
 purpose clause

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.279
 my joy

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.399
 my joy

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:34.319
 Jesus joy

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:36.599
 may be in you

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:38.859
 and that your joy

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.559
 may be full

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.500
 complete

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:46.599
 full and complete

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.259
 joy

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:49.559
 comes as a result

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.039
 of abiding

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.599
 in Jesus

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:53.420
 the eternal

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.359
 word of life

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.000
 made

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.039
 manifest

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.019
 in the flesh

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:59.039
 which means this

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.559
 no one can

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.400
 steal your joy

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.819
 but you can

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.460
 shoot yourself

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.960
 in the foot

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.319
 we can believe

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.839
 lies

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.859
 for example

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.740
 if you believe

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.279
 that Jesus

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.339
 is somehow

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.659
 less fully God

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:16.219
 or less fully man

00:33:16.219 --> 00:33:17.659
 you will have

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.740
 diminished joy

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:21.000
 because fullness

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.579
 of joy

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.979
 is believing

00:33:22.979 --> 00:33:23.699
 in who Jesus

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.619
 fully is

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:26.119
 fully God

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.819
 fully man

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.899
 if you think

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.379
 somehow

00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:30.559
 that obedience

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.219
 to Jesus

00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:32.079
 in all areas

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.579
 of your life

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.099
 is somehow

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.839
 optional

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.019
 you can do

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.799
 whatever you want

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.619
 whenever you want

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.059
 to do it

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.759
 you will have

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.839
 diminished joy

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:42.099
 because true joy

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.199
 fullness of joy

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:44.839
 is fully obeying

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.240
 Jesus

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.759
 in all that

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.279
 he commanded

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.659
 his commandments

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.679
 are not burdensome

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:50.899
 we love him

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.759
 with our obedience

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.319
 if you are not

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.699
 abounding in love

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.639
 for those born

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.159
 of God

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:57.519
 it will result

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.599
 in diminished

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.279
 joy

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:01.379
 because our

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:02.259
 fullness of joy

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.919
 is to love

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:04.220
 others as Jesus

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.459
 for the joy

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:06.679
 set before him

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:08.179
 loved us

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:09.059
 by giving himself

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.900
 for us

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:17.340
 that's

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.960
 the these

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.500
 things

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.739
 he's writing

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.099
 about

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:24.400
 believe all

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.059
 truth

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.940
 about Jesus

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.079
 fullness of joy

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:29.119
 obey all

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.779
 the commands

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.579
 Jesus has called

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.159
 us to obey

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.119
 fullness of joy

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.900
 abound in love

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.980
 for all those

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.799
 born of God

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.500
 through the blood

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.099
 of Jesus

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:39.159
 fullness of joy

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:41.199
 this Jesus

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.980
 is our life

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:45.780
 he's our joy

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:49.179
 the apostle

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.579
 Paul

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.360
 or John

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.900
 is basically

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.519
 saying okay

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.980
 churches

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.320
 we've got a

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.860
 problem

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.699
 there's a false

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.179
 teaching

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.440
 there's another

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.340
 Jesus being

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.820
 preached

00:34:57.820 --> 00:35:00.660
 so he says

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:02.280
 this Jesus

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.940
 I preach

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:04.140
 is fully

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.539
 God

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.539
 this Jesus

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.019
 is fully

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.340
 man

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.940
 this Jesus

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.300
 is whom

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.860
 we proclaim

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.019
 this Jesus

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.940
 is who

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.120
 we share

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:12.120
 and this

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.600
 Jesus

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.620
 is

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.660
 our

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.780
 joy

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.120
 Christ

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.420
 the King

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.820
 Church

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:19.840
 this Jesus

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.360
 is our

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.940
 life

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:22.880
 let's pray

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.980
 God in heaven

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:27.599
 would you do

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.300
 a work by

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.920
 your spirit

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.480
 in us

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:31.240
 and that we

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:32.119
 see Jesus

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.619
 fully

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:34.360
 that we

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.019
 obey him

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.400
 and all that

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.940
 he commands

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:37.400
 that we

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.059
 love one

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.380
 another

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.220
 regardless

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.840
 of what

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.440
 each of us

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.059
 looks like

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.539
 or do

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.220
 or live

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:44.320
 with an

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.659
 abounding

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.059
 love

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:46.820
 all for the

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.280
 glory of

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.599
 Jesus

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:49.159
 and the

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.659
 joy

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.300
 that's in

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.559
 him

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.239
 in your

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.519
 name we

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 pray

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 amen