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 Let me pray.

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 Father God, please send your spirit.

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 Without your spirit, we are blind.

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 We cannot see the magnificence of the Lord Jesus.

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 We cannot see our slavery to sin.

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 And so send your spirit, have mercy on us,

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 that we might see his beauty, his glory, his magnificence,

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 and that we might run to him.

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 And we ask it for your sake. Amen.

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 It's time to see what I can do to test the limits and break through.

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 No right, no wrong, no rules for me.

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 I'm free.

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 For those of you who are unfamiliar with those lyrics,

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 that's because of two reasons.

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 You don't have young children, and particularly young girls.

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 And secondly, because you weren't listening to my sermon earlier this year

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 when I actually used this as an illustration.

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 But they are the lyrics from, or part of the lyrics,

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 from the song Let It Go in the Disney movie Frozen.

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 It's sung by a character who is determined to not be the good girl that society wants her to be.

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 And instead, she would let go.

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 She would express what she had been holding back inside.

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 And she would live for herself and only for herself.

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 And she declares that the moment that she does that,

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 there will no longer be any rights or wrongs.

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 It will just be about her.

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 And when there's no rights and wrongs, and it's just about her,

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 then she is truly free.

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 Now, that's just one example of what is called today total individual freedom.

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 It's the relative and the dominant worldview of the Western world.

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 It's what we marinate in in our society day in and day out.

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 It goes something like this.

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 What we need is to be free to live life as we see fit.

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 And to work together to make the world a better and more just place to live.

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 Religion, however, gets in the way of that.

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 It constrains our freedom to live as we see fit.

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 And so what we need to be is seculars, get rid of religion,

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 and everyone will be totally free.

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 Now, the modern concept of freedom, according to sociologists,

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 is the freedom of self-assertion.

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 And you are ultimately free when you have the absence of all constraints.

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 Now, even though it is, in fact, ironically, the Christian faith that gave the world the concept of personal individual freedom,

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 it is seen nowadays in our society as the arch enemy of freedom.

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 Religion as a whole is seen as the arch enemy of freedom,

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 but Christianity, particularly in the West.

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 And as modern people, therefore, we have to ask ourselves,

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 do you actually have to choose between freedom and faith?

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 Are they actually opposites to one another?

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 Is it possible to follow Jesus, to be a Christian,

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 and to actually be abundantly free at the same time?

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 Now, I take it, I'm just going to take this for granted,

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 I won't do a poll on this one.

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 I take it that everyone in this room wants to be free.

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 I won't bother even taking a poll on that.

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 That you want to be free in the fullest and deepest sense.

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 That is, if the opposite of freedom is bondage and slavery,

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 no one wants that.

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 No one wants that.

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 We all want to be truly free,

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 and yet this is exactly what Jesus promises us here.

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 So, the outline in the St. Paul's app,

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 my first point, constraining freedom.

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 Verses 31 and 32 in John 8,

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 Jesus makes a walloping statement

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 and shows us the difficulty of freedom.

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 To the Jews who had believed him,

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 Jesus said,

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 if you hold to my teaching,

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 you are really my disciples,

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 then you will know the truth,

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 and the truth will set you free.

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 Verse 32 promises freedom.

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 But Jesus says in the verse before it,

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 it's only if you hold to his teaching

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 that you will get freedom.

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 That is, to hold to his teaching

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 is to embrace it,

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 to obey it,

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 to live it.

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 It is so much stronger

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 than just agreeing with it.

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 It's so much stronger

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 than just assenting to it.

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 Jesus is saying that we can only be free

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 if,

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 if,

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 if,

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 we accept his constraints.

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 And that's the exact opposite

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 of what our society tells us,

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 of what true freedom is.

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 Philosophers nowadays talk about

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 two kinds of freedom.

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 negative freedom

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 and positive freedom.

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 They describe that what is

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 communicated consistently

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 through our culture nowadays

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 is regarded as total negative freedom.

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 It's freedom

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 from any barrier

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 or any constraints

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 on our choices.

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 positive freedom

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 is freedom

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 for.

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 That is,

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 using freedom

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 to live

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 in a particular way

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 for the good

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 of all.

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 Not just me.

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 And so what's described

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 in society nowadays

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 is freedom

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 negative,

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 total negative freedom.

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 and total negative freedom

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 is simplistic

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 and it's unworkable

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 because it's never how freedom

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 actually works.

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 True freedom

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 is

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 accepting

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 the right constraints

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 in life.

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 Not no constraints.

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 So,

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 I'll give you an example.

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 I'm a diabetic.

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 I'm a type 1 diabetic.

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 This is not a pager.

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 This is an insulin pump.

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 So,

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 everyone who says,

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 oh,

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 I thought pagers were,

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 you know,

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 gone now.

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 No,

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 no,

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 it's not a pager.

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 It's an insulin pump.

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 I'm not,

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 you know,

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 backward in technology

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 in any way.

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 So,

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 when this thing's vibrating,

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 no one's contacting me

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 except blood sugar levels.

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 As a diabetic,

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 if I chose to exercise

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 my desires in life

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 and my freedom

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 by consuming

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 whatever I wanted,

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 chocolate cake,

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 Tim Tams,

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 burgers,

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 Coke,

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 rice,

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 yes,

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 I'm sorry,

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 it is evil,

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 rice,

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 no constraints,

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 no constraints

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 whatsoever

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 because that's how

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 I exercise my freedom.

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 I'm free

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 until I'm not.

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 Until I'm not

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 because my body

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 would be a constraint

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 on my life

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 at some point.

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 My body

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 will put constraints

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 on me.

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 I am not free

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 to eat

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 whatever I want

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 and free

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 at the same time

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 to have

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 toes and feet,

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 free to have,

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 to be able to see

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 the consequences

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 of a non-compliant

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 diabetic life

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 is blindness

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 and blood circulation

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 issues

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 and organs

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 shut down

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 and I can't run

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 and I can't live,

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 I won't be free

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 to live

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 is the bottom line.

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 So the question is,

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 what if I,

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 deepest desire

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 of my life

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 is sugar

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 and also

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 the other deepest

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 desire of my life

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 is actually

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 to live?

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 The two great

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 deepest desires

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 of my life

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 are in conflict

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 with one another

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 and I have to

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 choose

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 which deep

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 desire of my life

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 is going

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 to give me

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 the most amount

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 of freedom.

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 That is,

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 I have to choose

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 the liberating

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 constraint

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 on my life.

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 True freedom

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 is not the absence

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 of constraints

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 on my life,

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 it is choosing

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 the liberating

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 constraint

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 constraint

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 on my life.

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 It is the

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 strategic

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 loss

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 of some

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 freedoms

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 in order

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 to gain

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 the more

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 liberating

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 constraint.

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 John Carson,

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 really,

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 I'm just quoting

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 John Carson

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 here and who

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 better got to

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 quote

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 his commentary

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 on John 8

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 where he says,

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 true freedom

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 is not the liberty

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 to do anything

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 we please

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 but the liberty

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 to do what

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 we ought

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 and it is

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 true freedom

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 because doing

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 what we

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 ought

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 is what

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 actually

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 pleases us

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 or if I was

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 to put that

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 in his

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 commentary,

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 doing what

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 we ought

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 is what

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 brings us

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 the most

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 amount

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 of joy.

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 But there

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 is a barrier

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 to our

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 freedom.

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 In

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 verses 33

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 and 34

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 is my

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 second point

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 on the

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 outline,

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 Jesus shows

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 us the

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 ultimate

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 barrier to

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 our freedom.

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 They

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 answered him,

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 we are

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 Abraham's

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 descendants

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 and have

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 never been

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 slaves of

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 anyone.

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 How can

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 you say

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 that we

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 shall be

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 set free?

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 Jesus

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 replied,

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 very truly

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 I tell

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 you,

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 everyone

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 who sins

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 is a

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 slave to

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 sin.

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 Remarkably

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 what Jesus

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 says here

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 is that

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 the biggest

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 barrier

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 to our

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 freedom

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 is inside

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 of us.

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 Our

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 society

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 tells us

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 that the

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 ultimate

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 barrier to

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 our freedom

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 is outside

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 of us.

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 institutions,

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 it's

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 social

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 conventions,

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 it's

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 inequality,

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 it's your

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 family,

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 it's the

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 government,

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 it's romantic

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 partners,

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 it's your

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 job,

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 it's a

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 whole range

00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:18.000
 of things

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 outside

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 of you

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 that are

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 the barriers

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 to your

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 freedom.

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 It's that

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 stuff outside

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 of us that's

00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:31.960
 getting in the

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 way of us

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 fulfilling our

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 desires and

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 our freedom

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 in life.

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 of course

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 I'm not

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 denying that

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 there are

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 oppressive

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 forces in

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 society and

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 relationships,

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 but what

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 Jesus is

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 saying here

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 is the

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 ultimate

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 barrier to

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 true

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 freedom

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 is inside,

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 inside.

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 In

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 verses 33

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 and 34

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 Jesus is

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 addressing the

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 same group

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 that he's

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 addressing in

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 verse 31.

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 That is,

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 as we see

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 in verse 31,

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 the Jews

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 who had

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 believed him.

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 And what

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 he wants to

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 do to this

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 group of

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 people that

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 he's currently

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 faced with,

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 he wants to

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 show them

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 their biggest

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 problem.

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 Their biggest

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 problem.

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 And here

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 it is.

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 Notice

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 he does not

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 say that

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 this group of

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 people in

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 verse 31

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 believed in

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 him.

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 very

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 specifically

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 John says

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 they believed

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 him.

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 That is,

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 what John's

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 doing here

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 is he's

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 putting this

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 group of

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 people currently

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 talking to

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 Jesus in

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 the same

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 category that

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 he's already

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 spoken about in

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 John 6 and

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 in other places

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 in John.

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 Those who

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 have a fickle

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 faith.

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 And here

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 already we

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 are seeing

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 that these

00:13:01.099 --> 00:13:02.179
 people are

00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:02.859
 getting ticked

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 off with

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 Jesus.

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 And by the

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 end of this

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 section,

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 as Nolien read

00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:08.799
 out to us,

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 they're ready

00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:09.959
 to kill him.

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 Their biggest

00:13:14.359 --> 00:13:15.819
 problem is

00:13:15.819 --> 00:13:16.339
 what Jesus

00:13:16.339 --> 00:13:17.139
 says in

00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:18.120
 verse 34.

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 They are

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 slaves.

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 And unless

00:13:22.579 --> 00:13:23.319
 the truth

00:13:23.319 --> 00:13:24.179
 about Jesus,

00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:24.919
 the gospel

00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:26.159
 intervenes,

00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.439
 they will

00:13:27.439 --> 00:13:29.259
 always remain

00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:30.220
 in slavery.

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 And they're

00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.419
 completely insulted

00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.120
 by this.

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 They say,

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 we are

00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:37.240
 Abraham's

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 descendants and

00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.340
 we have

00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:40.980
 never been

00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:41.899
 slaves to

00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:42.279
 anyone.

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 Now, of

00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:45.840
 course, up to

00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.460
 this point in

00:13:46.460 --> 00:13:47.220
 history, in

00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:47.659
 first century

00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:48.159
 Palestine,

00:13:48.819 --> 00:13:49.519
 there's hardly

00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:50.259
 been a major

00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:50.899
 power in

00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:51.319
 the world

00:13:51.319 --> 00:13:52.179
 that Abraham's

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 descendants have

00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:53.179
 not been

00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:53.939
 servitude to.

00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:55.600
 Egypt,

00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.120
 Assyria,

00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:56.539
 Babylon,

00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.100
 Greece,

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 Syria, and

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 even in that

00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:59.500
 moment, while

00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.019
 they're talking

00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:00.600
 to Jesus,

00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.699
 there's Romans

00:14:01.699 --> 00:14:02.179
 everywhere.

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.079
 That is,

00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.279
 it's not like

00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:10.879
 they missed

00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.659
 the obvious.

00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.139
 They knew

00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:14.159
 exactly what

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:14.740
 Jesus was

00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.480
 talking about.

00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.179
 They knew

00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:17.779
 that Jesus

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.519
 was talking

00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.539
 about an

00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:20.059
 inward

00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:20.720
 slavery.

00:14:27.579 --> 00:14:28.600
 And yet,

00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.319
 in this

00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:29.779
 moment,

00:14:29.959 --> 00:14:30.480
 they are

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.259
 blind.

00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:32.819
 They could

00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.639
 not see

00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.439
 their slavery.

00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.600
 As Abraham's

00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.000
 descendants,

00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.579
 they thought

00:14:38.579 --> 00:14:38.939
 they were

00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:39.500
 right with

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:39.720
 God.

00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:39.939
 Now,

00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.659
 God and

00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:40.779
 us,

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:41.399
 we're okay.

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:42.699
 We've got

00:14:42.699 --> 00:14:43.159
 the religious

00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:43.759
 system,

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.299
 we've got

00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:45.120
 sacrifices,

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.059
 we've got the

00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:46.419
 temple,

00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:47.259
 we're good.

00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:49.139
 And Jesus

00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.639
 says to them,

00:14:49.699 --> 00:14:50.139
 no, no, no,

00:14:50.199 --> 00:14:50.799
 you are not

00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:51.119
 good.

00:14:52.479 --> 00:14:52.919
 Inwardly,

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.359
 you are

00:14:53.359 --> 00:14:54.299
 slaves to

00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:54.639
 sin.

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.659
 And

00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.099
 shockingly,

00:14:59.219 --> 00:14:59.479
 in verse

00:14:59.479 --> 00:15:00.059
 34,

00:15:00.479 --> 00:15:01.159
 he takes

00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:01.559
 the point

00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.179
 even further.

00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:02.899
 I tell you

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.519
 the truth,

00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.459
 everyone

00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:07.439
 who sins

00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:08.699
 is a

00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.339
 slave

00:15:09.339 --> 00:15:10.459
 to sin.

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:13.900
 everyone.

00:15:16.420 --> 00:15:16.980
 Everyone

00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:17.740
 who has

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.320
 ever

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.440
 made a

00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.960
 mistake,

00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.639
 everyone

00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.259
 who has

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.660
 never

00:15:23.660 --> 00:15:23.920
 lived

00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:24.500
 perfectly,

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.980
 that is

00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.420
 just the

00:15:27.420 --> 00:15:27.720
 surface

00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.220
 issue.

00:15:28.540 --> 00:15:29.100
 Your faults

00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.400
 on the

00:15:29.400 --> 00:15:29.980
 outside are

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.320
 just your

00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.600
 surface

00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:31.000
 issue.

00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.240
 Deeper

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.540
 down,

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.000
 you are

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.800
 enslaved

00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:34.540
 to sin,

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:35.840
 captivated

00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:37.000
 by sin.

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.340
 sin is

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.919
 a power

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.440
 in our

00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:41.980
 hearts,

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.600
 over our

00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.200
 lives that

00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:44.740
 make us

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.299
 do the

00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.159
 bad things.

00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.559
 Sin sets

00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:49.080
 itself up

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.860
 against God,

00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:50.220
 it sets

00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:50.700
 itself up

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.179
 against other

00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.620
 people,

00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:53.080
 and every

00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.539
 person,

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.139
 according to

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.480
 Jesus,

00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.419
 is enslaved

00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:56.740
 to it.

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.820
 And yet

00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.919
 every person

00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:01.120
 is blind

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.379
 to the

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:02.799
 deepest

00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.620
 reality

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.500
 of it.

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.799
 I remember

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.320
 talking to

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:11.879
 someone not

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.240
 that long

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.740
 ago who

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.100
 said,

00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:14.519
 yeah,

00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:14.799
 I'm not

00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.240
 perfect,

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.460
 but it

00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:17.860
 didn't

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.159
 bother

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.500
 them.

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:21.639
 They're

00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.379
 just like,

00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:22.759
 because I'm

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.100
 just like

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.620
 everyone else,

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.179
 but they're

00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:25.159
 blind to the

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.179
 deepest reality

00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:27.080
 of that sin

00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:27.559
 and what it

00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:27.980
 means.

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.720
 That's the

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.159
 point of

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.799
 chapter 9,

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.159
 which we

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:31.759
 didn't read,

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.919
 but I want

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.600
 to include,

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:37.040
 we cannot

00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:38.259
 see our

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.860
 sin,

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.860
 and we

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.779
 cannot see

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.580
 the depth

00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:44.080
 and the

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.759
 horror and

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.600
 the implication

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.200
 of our

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.600
 sin,

00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:50.080
 and therefore

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.740
 the freedom

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.460
 that only

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.259
 Jesus can

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.659
 give us

00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.300
 from our

00:16:53.300 --> 00:16:53.639
 sin.

00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:56.279
 There are

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.100
 so many

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.960
 freedoms that

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:58.879
 we can make

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.700
 for ourselves,

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.620
 particularly

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:02.840
 in the

00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.120
 Western

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.700
 world,

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:03.740
 world,

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:06.740
 but not

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.340
 this one,

00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:10.600
 and for

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:11.120
 the most

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:11.660
 part in

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.080
 life,

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.880
 we go

00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.420
 about our

00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.140
 existence

00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:15.000
 unaware

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.819
 that we're

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.480
 not free.

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.299
 We are

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.860
 deeply

00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.960
 enslaved to

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.480
 sin.

00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:28.539
 Let me

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.700
 try and

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:33.400
 land this.

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.059
 It's a

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 little bit

00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:34.500
 of a

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.700
 pun,

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 really,

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 but you'll

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:35.860
 get there

00:17:35.860 --> 00:17:36.059
 in a

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.180
 minute.

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:37.980
 Let me

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 try and

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:38.340
 give you

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:38.819
 a definition

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.380
 of freedom.

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 You are

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.559
 fully free

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.640
 when you

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 have the

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 desire,

00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:44.400
 the ability,

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.600
 the opportunity

00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:49.019
 to do

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.860
 what will

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 leave you

00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:52.140
 with no

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:52.779
 regrets

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.860
 forever.

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 The

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:57.500
 ability,

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.559
 the desire,

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 the ability,

00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.680
 the opportunity

00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.160
 to do what

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.720
 will leave you

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.299
 with no

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.900
 regrets

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.860
 forever.

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 We take

00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:04.539
 that as a

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.099
 definition of

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 freedom.

00:18:07.959 --> 00:18:08.599
 Let me

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.019
 think about

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.639
 land this

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.099
 and talk

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.579
 about freedom

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.219
 and parachuting.

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 You have

00:18:16.219 --> 00:18:17.099
 always wanted

00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.079
 to experience

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.479
 the freedom

00:18:18.479 --> 00:18:19.179
 of parachuting.

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 You pay

00:18:20.459 --> 00:18:20.959
 your money

00:18:20.959 --> 00:18:21.639
 and you

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.219
 make it to

00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:23.079
 the airport

00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:24.319
 to the

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.939
 plane and

00:18:24.939 --> 00:18:25.359
 hop on the

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.919
 plane without

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 an accident.

00:18:27.959 --> 00:18:28.599
 Tick that

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 box,

00:18:28.939 --> 00:18:29.199
 you have the

00:18:29.199 --> 00:18:29.599
 freedom of

00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:30.059
 opportunity.

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.179
 ability.

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:32.980
 You've done

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.639
 the classes

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:35.059
 and you

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.659
 know how

00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.240
 to parachute.

00:18:37.139 --> 00:18:37.519
 Tick that

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.179
 box,

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:38.720
 you have the

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.240
 freedom of

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.639
 ability.

00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:42.079
 You're up

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.339
 in the

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:42.759
 plane,

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.319
 you look

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.759
 out the

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.220
 door,

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.359
 ready to

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:46.639
 jump,

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.799
 tick that

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.079
 box,

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:49.519
 you have the

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.059
 freedom of

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.519
 desire.

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.019
 This has

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.480
 been,

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.460
 I just

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.000
 cannot

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:56.159
 wait to

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:56.960
 jump out

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.359
 of this

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.299
 perfectly

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.019
 good plane.

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:00.980
 You're not

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.639
 frozen by

00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.079
 fear.

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.399
 This is the

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:04.919
 moment you've

00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:05.259
 been living

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.700
 for.

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.319
 Opportunity,

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.960
 desire and

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.700
 ability all

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.399
 line up and

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.799
 so you

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.319
 jump.

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.220
 And as

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.740
 you free

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.440
 fall, you

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.579
 are enjoying

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:16.119
 the exhilaration

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.099
 of it all.

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.819
 Yes!

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.779
 Until the

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.159
 moment you

00:19:23.159 --> 00:19:23.720
 discover your

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.220
 parachute's

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.759
 defective.

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:29.619
 And in

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.339
 the moment

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.140
 you discover

00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:31.940
 your parachute

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:33.279
 is defective,

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.539
 you are

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.480
 enslaved

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:37.220
 to the

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.660
 forces of

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:37.960
 gravity.

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.000
 You cannot

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.379
 do anything

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:41.819
 about it.

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.819
 What you

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.539
 are doing

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.400
 so happily

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.019
 and so

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.700
 free

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.619
 is going

00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.059
 to kill

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.279
 you.

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.379
 You are

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:52.220
 enslaved to

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.740
 destruction.

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.240
 You are

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.720
 what you

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.299
 are unaware

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.420
 of is

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.079
 right from

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.559
 the get

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.940
 go.

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.000
 Before you

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.720
 even set

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.099
 out to

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.599
 the airport,

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.059
 you were

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.700
 already

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.500
 enslaved to

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.039
 destruction.

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.759
 But you

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.160
 are unaware

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.559
 of it.

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:11.460
 you

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.779
 couldn't

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.139
 see.

00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.559
 You

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:13.720
 were

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.240
 blind to

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.399
 that

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.859
 reality.

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.440
 And it

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.279
 feels like

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.200
 freedom right

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.879
 until you

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.480
 pull that

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.779
 ripcord or

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.299
 the instructor

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.799
 does it for

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.039
 you.

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.720
 And in

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.319
 that moment

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.839
 all the

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.539
 exhilaration,

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.159
 all the

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:29.139
 freedom will

00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:30.000
 prove to be

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.720
 an illusion.

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.619
 In 30

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.240
 seconds you'll

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.619
 be dead.

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:32.700
 You

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.619
 will be

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.619
 dead.

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:36.959
 And in

00:20:36.959 --> 00:20:37.439
 John chapter

00:20:37.439 --> 00:20:37.859
 8,

00:20:38.959 --> 00:20:41.039
 Jesus is

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.359
 trying to

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.839
 help these

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:44.059
 people and

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:46.199
 us see

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:47.659
 that sin

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.379
 has enslaved

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:48.819
 us.

00:20:49.479 --> 00:20:49.879
 And that

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:51.419
 religion and

00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:51.839
 the moral

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.159
 effort and

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.500
 pursuing

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:56.099
 self-assertion

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:58.379
 is nothing

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.000
 more than a

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.519
 defective

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.979
 parachute.

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:03.920
 only he

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.319
 can set

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.680
 us free.

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.019
 The

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.640
 Bible tells

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.059
 us that the

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.579
 wages of

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.980
 sin is

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:10.160
 death and

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.680
 unless that

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.259
 wage is

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.819
 paid, we

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.319
 are not

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.779
 free.

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.599
 In

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.039
 John 8,

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.779
 Jesus doesn't

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.200
 unpack what

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.039
 actually that

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.680
 means, what

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:21.180
 sin is, but

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.680
 the rest of

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.000
 the Bible

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.480
 does.

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.220
 And I just

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.640
 want to pick

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.400
 on, there's a

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.759
 number of

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.200
 ways that it

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.559
 describes.

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:25.900
 I just want

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.460
 to mention

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:28.099
 two relatively

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.579
 briefly.

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.960
 First of

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.679
 all, sin

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:32.359
 is resisting

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:33.099
 our creator,

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.539
 resisting

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.599
 obeying our

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.000
 creator.

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.679
 Deep inside

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.119
 the human

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.299
 heart is an

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:40.480
 impulse that

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.099
 resists anyone

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:43.159
 telling us how

00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:43.679
 to live our

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.159
 lives.

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:48.139
 Anyone telling

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.559
 us how to

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:48.859
 live our

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.259
 lives.

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.859
 I've never

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.599
 had to instruct

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.359
 any of my

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.039
 children how to

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.379
 do that, how

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.019
 to resist

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.699
 instruction.

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.379
 Never had to

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.519
 do that.

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.299
 My parents

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.579
 didn't have to

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.960
 teach me

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.319
 about it

00:21:59.319 --> 00:21:59.579
 either.

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.579
 All sorts

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.980
 of things

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.619
 will bring

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.419
 out that

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.159
 impulse in

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.799
 our hearts.

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.619
 Parents,

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.899
 the state,

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.940
 schools,

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.859
 institutions,

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.619
 clubs imposing

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.240
 boundaries and

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.379
 expectations, but

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:15.099
 the ultimate

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:16.019
 trigger deep in

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.659
 our hearts is

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.319
 God himself.

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.259
 When God

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.980
 tells us how

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.659
 to live,

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.440
 this is the

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.919
 difference.

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:27.340
 when God,

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.100
 our creator,

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.880
 tells us how

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.440
 to live,

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.440
 it's like the

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.420
 owner's manual

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.600
 instructing us

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.120
 how to live,

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.759
 so to speak.

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.019
 As the

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.820
 creator, he

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:38.500
 designed life

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.420
 to function a

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.320
 particular way.

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.720
 It's the same

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.200
 way that my

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.120
 car manufacturer,

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.660
 I've got this

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:48.160
 manual in the

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.019
 glove box to

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.060
 how to get the

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.759
 most out of

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.300
 your vehicle.

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.419
 vehicle.

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.559
 And there's a

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.220
 heap of warning

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.039
 instructions of

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.799
 what not to do

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.220
 with it.

00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:00.359
 You know,

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:02.220
 don't go beyond

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.000
 this depth of

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.680
 water, it's not

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.379
 a boat, you

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.579
 know.

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.079
 It has

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.879
 instructions on

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.379
 fuel and

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.200
 servicings and

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.039
 warnings of

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.759
 wrong use.

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.460
 Go against the

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.180
 manual and the

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.779
 design of the

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.879
 car is a

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.980
 violation of its

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.500
 purpose and it

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.399
 will destroy your

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.839
 investment and it

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.559
 could even destroy

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.899
 you.

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:26.159
 If God says

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.940
 you must not

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.799
 lie, you must

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.980
 not steal, you

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.779
 must not commit

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.819
 sexual immorality,

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.839
 you must forgive,

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.419
 you must be

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.759
 generous, you

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:35.399
 are violating your

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:36.579
 own design when

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.319
 you don't.

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.559
 Your own soul,

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.240
 you're violating

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.139
 your own nature.

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.480
 You are moving

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.240
 against yourself.

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.480
 And it will

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:53.819
 always lead to

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.579
 loss of freedom

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.859
 every time we

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.359
 move against

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.859
 ourselves.

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.500
 Now I don't

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.919
 have time to

00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.619
 unpack it here,

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.679
 but recently I

00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.460
 preached a sermon

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.500
 called Generous

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:06.259
 Forgiveness that

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.000
 shows how that

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.639
 might work.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.779
 We are made in

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.440
 the image of a

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.419
 God who is a

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:12.139
 forgiving God.

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.839
 He calls us to

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.440
 forgive when we

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.839
 don't.

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.419
 It momentarily

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.559
 feels good not to

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.980
 forgive.

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.099
 forgive.

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.819
 Let's be

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.180
 frank.

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.740
 It does

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.599
 momentarily feel

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.299
 good not to

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.740
 forgive.

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.240
 It's a power

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.740
 move.

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.259
 But lack of

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.900
 forgiveness means

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.920
 we hang on to it

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.819
 until eventually

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.839
 bitterness grows and

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.640
 in the end we are

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.360
 the ones hurting.

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.660
 Hurting ourselves

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:40.360
 as the original

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.400
 hurt gets played

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:43.120
 over and over

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:44.460
 and over again in

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:46.380
 our hearts and

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.180
 we hurt ourselves

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.980
 to the point that

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.039
 other relationships

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.019
 in our lives get

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.819
 hurt as a result

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.120
 of it.

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:54.079
 The impulse of

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.940
 the human heart

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:56.420
 to resist God

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.720
 is a movement

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.019
 against our own

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.299
 nature and it

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.500
 means that we

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.299
 are the ones

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.980
 enslaved.

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:06.299
 Another way the

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.400
 Bible defines sin

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.480
 is self-centeredness.

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.960
 That is using

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.779
 other people to

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.640
 serve our own

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.519
 needs first.

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.839
 That's why the

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.740
 modern idea of

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.500
 freedom is so

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.519
 popular because it

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.400
 connects with that

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.180
 desire of

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.819
 self-centeredness to

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:22.099
 use people for

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.940
 our own sakes.

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.920
 What that means

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:29.480
 is we can either

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.599
 be free in the

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.420
 modern sense or

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:35.519
 you can be free in

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.740
 a biblical sense to

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.779
 love but you

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.740
 can't do both.

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:42.140
 You can't do

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.539
 both.

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.980
 You can't be free

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.720
 and love.

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.420
 You can't be free

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.220
 in the modern sense

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.900
 and love.

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.740
 Self-centeredness

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.039
 always destroys

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.480
 love which is our

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.460
 ultimate freedom.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.059
 There is no

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.220
 greater liberation

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.220
 than to feel and

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.420
 to be loved well.

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.120
 The affirmation that

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.079
 comes from love

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.480
 liberates us from

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.259
 fears and from

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.099
 self-doubts.

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.380
 It frees us from

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.240
 facing the world

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.740
 alone.

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.960
 Our friends,

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.140
 our partners are

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.440
 crucial to helping

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.700
 us navigate the

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.940
 hard times as

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.660
 well as achieving

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.380
 our goals.

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.360
 But the minute we

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.800
 get into such a

00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:20.420
 relationship is the

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.860
 minute that we must

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.620
 surrender some

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:25.460
 freedoms to

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.500
 experience the

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.320
 freedom of love.

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.520
 You can never

00:26:29.520 --> 00:26:30.759
 experience the

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.820
 freedom of love

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:34.140
 without relinquishing

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:35.460
 your personal

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.860
 freedom.

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:35.919
 freedom.

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:41.099
 That's a concept

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.079
 that the modern

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.759
 idea of love

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.599
 knows nothing

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:43.979
 about.

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.859
 The more you

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.699
 give up your

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.659
 independence for

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.399
 each other, the

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.179
 deeper the love

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:52.119
 will be and the

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.899
 freer you will

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.259
 feel.

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.979
 If we have a

00:26:58.979 --> 00:26:59.699
 definition of

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.379
 freedom that is

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.799
 self-centered and

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.699
 free from all

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:04.679
 constraints, it

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.019
 will destroy you,

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.360
 it will destroy

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.100
 your freedoms

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:09.420
 because you

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.259
 will never feel

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.660
 loved.

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.320
 You'll never

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.820
 know the

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.320
 freedom of

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.060
 genuine love.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.740
 So who's

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.259
 going to free

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.799
 us from this

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.400
 slavery to

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.720
 sin?

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.580
 That's my

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.140
 next point.

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:23.539
 Verses 35 to

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.580
 36, we saw

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.200
 the source of

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.759
 true freedom.

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.180
 Now a slave

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.799
 has no permanent

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.539
 place in the

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.740
 family, but a

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.680
 son belongs to

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.160
 it forever.

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.620
 So if the

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.299
 son sets you

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.920
 free, you'll be

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.580
 free indeed.

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.840
 A servant

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:41.580
 might get to

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.060
 live in the

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:43.440
 mansion, they

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.019
 might get to

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.620
 drive in the

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.340
 limousine, they

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.960
 might get to

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.080
 accompany the

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:48.120
 owners on

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.120
 overseas trips,

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:50.580
 and even have a

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.700
 great relationship

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.360
 with the boss.

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.680
 Think of the

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.880
 good guys in

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.560
 Downton Abbey,

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.200
 downstairs,

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.900
 upstairs, get

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.779
 on really well,

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.580
 but they're not

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.060
 part of the

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.500
 family.

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.579
 family.

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.759
 And it's all

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.579
 based on good

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.079
 works.

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.819
 If you do

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.519
 your job, you

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.319
 obey the rules,

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.259
 you can exist in

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.900
 that environment,

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.720
 when you don't,

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.160
 you're out.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.880
 Simple as that.

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.559
 It's a different

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.480
 relationship with the

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.140
 children of the

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.380
 owner.

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.480
 One relationship

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.380
 is based on good

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.859
 works, the other

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.960
 relationship is based

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.599
 on unconditional

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.140
 love.

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.200
 love.

00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:27.780
 So it's crucial

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.880
 that we understand

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:30.320
 that Jesus is not

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:31.460
 calling us here to

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:33.440
 increasing religious

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.020
 activity.

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.900
 Religion in

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:38.440
 slaves, only

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:40.080
 unconditional love

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:41.140
 will set us free.

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.240
 The only way the

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.259
 sin in our life

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.780
 will be dealt

00:28:44.780 --> 00:28:46.280
 with is if the

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:48.080
 son himself

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:50.060
 sets slaves

00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:50.700
 free.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:56.100
 And we see

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.720
 how he does

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:58.680
 that right at

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.180
 the end of

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.059
 this conversation.

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.500
 Verse 58,

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.200
 very truly

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.240
 I tell you,

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.279
 Jesus answered

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.400
 before Abraham

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.440
 was born,

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.080
 I am.

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.619
 Now, for all

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.339
 the grammar

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.960
 people out

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.359
 there, you

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.679
 think, oh,

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.179
 Jesus is, you

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:18.779
 know, should

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.179
 have spent more

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.839
 time at school.

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.579
 You know, we

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.119
 expect him to

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.039
 say before Abraham

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:27.039
 was, I was.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.720
 When he says

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:32.000
 I am, he was

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.839
 making a very

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.899
 clear connection

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:35.740
 to the personal

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.679
 name that God

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.679
 gives to Moses

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.319
 at the burning

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.960
 bush when he

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.500
 says, who are

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.180
 you God?

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.819
 And he just

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.900
 says, I am

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.359
 who I am.

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.019
 Exodus 3.

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.619
 And Jesus

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.440
 takes that name

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.259
 up upon himself

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.599
 here.

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.980
 And that's why

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.619
 they picked up

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.640
 stones to stone

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.619
 Jesus immediately.

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.420
 He is claiming

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.440
 the divine name

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.160
 for himself.

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.460
 I am your

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.880
 creator.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.460
 I am your

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.940
 God.

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.700
 I am the

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.319
 logos, the

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.740
 logic of the

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.119
 universe.

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.599
 And it's an

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.279
 outrageous

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.960
 claim.

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.099
 Jesus here

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.879
 claims to

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.299
 be the

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.299
 all-powerful,

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.700
 all-present,

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.339
 unrestricted,

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.680
 totally free

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.160
 God.

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.599
 And how

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.139
 does he set

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.619
 us free?

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.720
 Well, when

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.399
 they picked up

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.200
 stones to kill

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.500
 him for

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.200
 blasphemy,

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.759
 that was just

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.399
 simply a

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.779
 foreshadow that

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.420
 they would in

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.940
 fact kill

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.220
 him.

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.360
 and it

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.980
 will be his

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.960
 plan to

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.579
 be killed

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.920
 in order

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.900
 to make

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.500
 us children

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.000
 of God.

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.180
 Jesus

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.819
 Christ,

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.279
 God the

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.680
 Son,

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.079
 giving up

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.799
 his ultimate

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.640
 and infinite

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.180
 freedom,

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.860
 came into

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.600
 this creation

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.240
 with all the

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.400
 constraints of

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.180
 human existence

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:58.060
 sins, and

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.500
 eventually

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.060
 surrendered

00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.720
 himself to

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.320
 death on

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:00.840
 a cross,

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.299
 and death

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.140
 so that we,

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.580
 the slaves,

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.360
 slaves to

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.840
 sin, could

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.240
 have the

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.560
 freedom of

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.299
 being children

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.140
 of God.

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.040
 for

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:15.180
 he was

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.720
 bound to

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.320
 a cross

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:17.160
 and death

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.420
 so that we

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.800
 could be

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.480
 free and

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.900
 live.

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.120
 We also

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:23.040
 told in the

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:24.240
 gospel that

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.400
 as he died

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.340
 for our sin,

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.380
 the world

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.580
 was plunged

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.480
 into darkness.

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.740
 As he

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:33.080
 himself was

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:34.220
 plunged into

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.620
 unimaginable

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.220
 darkness,

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.360
 as he was

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.259
 judged for the

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.680
 sin of the

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.640
 world and

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.040
 all the

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:41.060
 despair and

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.720
 the rejection

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.079
 that he

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.500
 felt in

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.099
 that moment

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.039
 as he

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.279
 moved into

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.799
 death.

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.419
 And he

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:49.299
 did that

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:51.079
 so that we

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.119
 who exist in

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.759
 the darkness

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.500
 of sin,

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.940
 who cannot

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.480
 see his

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.099
 glory and

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.779
 his majesty,

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.339
 might have

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.859
 the light

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.619
 of life.

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.519
 That we

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.259
 might see

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.659
 his beauty,

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.000
 that we

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.460
 might see

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.019
 that he is

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.659
 the source

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.399
 of true

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.039
 freedom and

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.799
 life forever.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.779
 From the

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.319
 manger to

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.940
 the cross,

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.379
 Jesus Christ

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.399
 gives up

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:14.379
 his freedom

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.460
 bit by

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.259
 bit to

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.339
 set us

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.919
 free

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:20.960
 from

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.619
 slavery to

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.879
 sin.

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.679
 And once

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.319
 we see

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.740
 that what

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.000
 he has

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.500
 done for

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.859
 us,

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.599
 it

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.159
 transforms

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.799
 us from

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.419
 a slave to

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:32.899
 a child,

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.960
 from duty

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.039
 to choice.

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:38.639
 this is

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.339
 the truth

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.980
 about the

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.619
 sun that

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.279
 causes the

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.799
 blind to

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.139
 see,

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.220
 for darkness

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.019
 to be

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.700
 extinguished,

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.440
 death to be

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.920
 defeated,

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.740
 eternal life

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.319
 granted and

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.639
 freedom

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.420
 experienced.

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.480
 lost.

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.500
 I read the

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.259
 story recently

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.660
 of a

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.480
 tandem

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.360
 skydiving

00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:00.160
 incident that

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:01.240
 went horribly

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.680
 wrong.

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.600
 A man was

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.080
 on his

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:05.120
 first ever

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.740
 parachuting

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.740
 jump celebrating

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.460
 his daughter's

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.920
 birthday,

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.500
 absolutely

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.340
 loving it,

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.140
 looking forward

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.700
 to it,

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.220
 absolutely

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.759
 loving it,

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.640
 particularly he

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.180
 said the

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.060
 freedom of the

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.900
 free fall was

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.019
 just exhilarating

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.879
 until 12,000

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:22.299
 feet and

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.799
 the instructor

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.240
 pulled the

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.480
 rip cord and

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.920
 it didn't

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:26.940
 work and

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.240
 then the

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.099
 instructor pulled

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.680
 the reserve

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.180
 cord and

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.680
 it didn't

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.859
 work and

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.779
 at 12,000

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.420
 feet all the

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.720
 exhilaration went

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.980
 into enslavery to

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.180
 gravity in that

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:42.879
 moment and

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.879
 just before they

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.720
 hit the ground

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:46.740
 this young

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.859
 experienced

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.699
 skydiver

00:33:48.699 --> 00:33:51.240
 turned the

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.679
 parachute

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:55.039
 around and

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.019
 put him

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.179
 between the

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:58.919
 ground and

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.459
 this dad.

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.299
 He died and

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.659
 the dad

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.019
 lived.

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.579
 He sacrificed

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.219
 himself.

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.900
 If you are

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.199
 not a

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.920
 Christian sitting

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.480
 in this room

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.019
 or listening to

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.019
 this online,

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.819
 open your

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.400
 eyes,

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.380
 eyes,

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.700
 eyes of your

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:21.200
 heart and

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:23.039
 realize that

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.760
 the life you

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:25.280
 are living is

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.079
 enslaving.

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.760
 You are not

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.500
 free and you

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.019
 know you're not

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.180
 free.

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.720
 Don't care what

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.380
 possessions you've

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.880
 got, you are

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.460
 not free.

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:34.519
 Death awaits

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:36.220
 us all, the

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.680
 final mockery of

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.260
 everything that

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.820
 we're built in

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.519
 our lives.

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:43.599
 open your eyes

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.519
 and see that

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.420
 only Jesus,

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.920
 the one who

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.759
 has died and

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.619
 risen again,

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:52.199
 only he can

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.079
 set you free.

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.679
 Understand that

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:56.039
 he has absorbed

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.980
 your punishment.

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.460
 He has been

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.820
 enslaved for you

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:03.579
 and understand he

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.579
 did it knowing,

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:07.900
 knowing before he

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.039
 created the world

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:11.460
 that the parachute

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.119
 that he was

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.880
 taking on was

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.579
 defective.

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.440
 He knew it.

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.480
 He sacrificed his

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.279
 life for yours

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:19.699
 and so I plead

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.219
 with you,

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.960
 come to him

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.739
 today.

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.519
 Come to him

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.840
 today.

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:27.539
 Take on his

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.579
 liberating constraints

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.619
 and be truly

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:33.599
 free for the

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.139
 first time in

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.299
 your life and

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:36.199
 free forever

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.799
 without any

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.299
 regrets.

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:41.319
 If you're a

00:35:41.319 --> 00:35:43.880
 Christian in

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.420
 this room,

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.460
 online,

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:50.480
 it is utter

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:53.279
 foolishness for

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:54.440
 you to envy

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:56.679
 and pursue

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:58.859
 not just envy

00:35:58.859 --> 00:35:59.759
 but to pursue

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:01.039
 the so-called

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:02.039
 freedom of

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.779
 those who jump

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.299
 out of the

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:04.159
 airplane of

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.159
 total negative

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.219
 freedom and

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.299
 sin and

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:08.559
 revel for an

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.919
 exhilarating

00:36:09.919 --> 00:36:10.659
 moment, just

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.239
 for a moment,

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:13.000
 in the free

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.119
 fall of greed,

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.839
 the free

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:16.359
 fall of fame,

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.019
 the free

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.839
 fall of sex,

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.259
 the free

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:19.139
 fall of power,

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.779
 the free

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.519
 fall of comfort,

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.940
 the free

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.779
 fall of adventure,

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.519
 the free

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.739
 fall of security,

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.500
 blind to sin.

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:28.000
 And Jesus

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.799
 and eternal

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.299
 death.

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:33.399
 How dare we

00:36:33.399 --> 00:36:34.599
 try to keep

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.359
 a foot in

00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:36.199
 both worlds,

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.239
 thinking that we

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.819
 get a freedom

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:39.559
 from both?

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.739
 That is the

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.779
 very definition

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.519
 of fickle

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.759
 faith in

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.799
 John 8 31.

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.899
 Ascenting to

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:50.599
 Jesus and

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.279
 living as I

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.759
 choose.

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:51.880
 Jesus.

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.760
 And if you

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.340
 read through

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.980
 John chapter

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.700
 8, Jesus

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.480
 condemns it.

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.700
 I call you to

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.160
 surrender.

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.660
 I call you to

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.480
 take your next

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.000
 step.

00:37:04.020 --> 00:37:05.200
 Too many want to

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:06.320
 believe Jesus but

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.340
 not fully surrender

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.720
 to him.

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.820
 It's the very

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.640
 definition of

00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:10.380
 fickle faith.

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.100
 When we here at

00:37:13.100 --> 00:37:13.560
 St. Paul's

00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:15.160
 consistently ask

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:16.120
 you, what is

00:37:16.120 --> 00:37:17.240
 your next step?

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.880
 Are you taking

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.980
 your next step?

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:22.179
 We are asking

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:24.679
 what is the

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:25.840
 next liberating

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.820
 constraint that

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.199
 you're going to

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.740
 take on for

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.260
 your life?

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.900
 That's what we're

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.300
 asking.

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.800
 How are you

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.719
 going to conform

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.519
 more and more

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.099
 to God's

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.500
 word?

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.679
 Back in verse

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.780
 31 when Jesus

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.659
 says to these

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.460
 people, his

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.320
 disciples are

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:44.519
 those who hold

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.579
 to his teaching.

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.679
 The word hold

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.900
 means to abide

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.820
 in, to

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.380
 align your

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.140
 life with

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:52.160
 repeatedly

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:53.700
 again and

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.960
 again and

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.240
 again and

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:56.620
 again.

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:01.100
 If you are

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:02.080
 stuck in a

00:38:02.080 --> 00:38:03.680
 rut, the

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:04.260
 very first

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.620
 thing I'm

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.180
 calling you to

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.660
 do is to

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.039
 repent.

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.980
 Repent.

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.900
 Align yourself

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.740
 to God's word.

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.200
 Take God's

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:13.860
 word into

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.740
 your life and

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.960
 live into how

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.980
 he has designed

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.380
 you.

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.860
 It is taking

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.579
 on his

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.360
 liberating

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.139
 constraints.

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.880
 And as we

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.639
 do align

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.440
 ourselves to

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.039
 the Logos

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:29.099
 himself, our

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:32.639
 design, we

00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:33.119
 are fully

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:35.559
 free, fully

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:37.780
 free in its

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.400
 truest sense.

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:56.579
 and

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:58.180
 you

00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:58.940
 do by

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.460
 I

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.800
 think