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 Unmet expectation breeds conflict.

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 This is one of the things I always talk to.

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 I talk to couples that are about to get married.

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 I always try to get them to talk about many things.

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 You know, have you spoken about how many kids that you want to have?

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 Whether you're going to have kids at all?

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 Because if you both have expectations and they're not met, it will breed conflict.

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 John Piper, in his book, The Roots of Endurance, says that here in the Western civilization,

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 there is a mindset that we deserve trouble-free, pain-free existence.

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 So we expect to be able to go to the school that we want to.

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 We expect to have all the creature comforts of life.

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 We expect that life will be comfortable.

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 Maybe if you've moved to Australia, you came here for those reasons.

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 A better life, a better job, a place to raise your kids, to avoid pain and conflict.

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 What is the expectation of our lives?

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 Is it the avoidance of pain and suffering and the pursuit of comfort and pleasures?

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 Is it possible that we bring in this Western mindset of having a safe, risk-averse, pain-free life into the life of Christianity?

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 What are the expectations of the Christian life?

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 If you're a Christian, what are the expectations that you have of Christianity?

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 Is it a settled, comfortable life?

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 What does it cost to be a Christian?

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 How much does being a Christian impact your job, where you live, the people that you welcome into your own home?

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 Does being a committed Christian just look like coming to church on a Sunday?

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 What is the expectation of how much our entire life will be shaped and impacted by Jesus?

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 Is Christianity just like supporting a sporting team, where we just have our life and the sporting team sits on top,

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 and sometimes we're really serious about the sport, and sometimes it's the off-season, and we don't even think about it at all?

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 Jesus is going to set some clear expectations about what the Christian life looks like.

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 We're in John chapter 15, and Jesus is just about to die, and to be raised to the throne above all thrones.

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 Raised in glory, as we see God's kingdom breaking in.

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 Dead people are raised to life.

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 The Holy Spirit starts dwelling within people.

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 It's a new world.

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 But what is it going to look like for the Christians in this stage between Jesus' death and resurrection, and Jesus' return?

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 Where Jesus is the King of the cosmos, but the whole world isn't yet following Him.

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 What's going to happen when there's conflict on the earth between those who follow Jesus and those who don't?

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 What can we expect this life to look like while we wait?

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 Let me pray as we jump into chapter 15 and 16.

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 Heavenly Father, be with us tonight.

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 Help us to hear what you have to say to us individually,

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 so that we would depend upon you and to be shaped to be more like your Son.

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 Amen.

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 And so Jesus has spent time over the last couple of chapters, the last couple of weeks that we've been looking at this book,

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 explaining the positives of what it means to be a Christian.

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 Those who follow Jesus have life.

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 Jesus is going to prepare a house.

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 Christians will have the Holy Spirit.

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 Christians are invited into the awesome love of the Trinity.

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 He calls on us to abide in His love, shaped by the Father, and to love other people.

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 And now He has some very sobering words.

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 Chapter 15, verse 18.

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 What...

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 Have a look with me.

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 Chapter 15, verse 18.

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 If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

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 If you belong to the world, it would love you as its own.

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 As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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 That is why the world hates you.

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 Hatred.

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 It's a pretty sharp turn for Jesus.

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 If the disciples were hoping that everything was going to be smooth sailing, following Jesus,

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 Jesus makes their expectations really clear.

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 Christians have been taken out of the world.

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 We are owned by Jesus.

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 And so if Jesus was hated by the world, well, so will those who are owned by Him.

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 Jesus is saying, don't be surprised if the world's hatred goes from being on me to now being on you.

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 Jesus had been the focus of the hate.

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 And now it's going to turn to His followers.

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 There's going to be conflict between Christians and the world,

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 because Christians don't belong to the world anymore.

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 We are taken as His.

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 We are owned by Him.

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 And Jesus' followers slowly start to look like Jesus,

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 in their love and obedience and fruitfulness being connected to the vine.

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 Jesus stood out.

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 And people didn't like that.

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 And Jesus' followers are going to stand out as well.

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 Increasingly so, in our culture,

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 those who joyfully follow Jesus and obey Him,

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 just don't make sense to the rest of the world.

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 People love to rebel, particularly against God.

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 And so when Christians joyfully obey God,

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 at the least people are surprised,

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 and at the worst, people hate.

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 I remember many, many years ago,

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 people saying to me,

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 what do you mean you've chosen not to have sex before marriage?

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 How can you be happy in that situation?

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 You're limiting your rights.

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 How are you going to know that she's the right person to marry?

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 It's like when someone changes a team that they support.

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 Can somebody offer me a team sport?

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 Curling?

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 I don't know.

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 Something far more mainstream than that.

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 AFL.

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 Thank you, Liv.

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 And give me an AFL team, Liv.

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 GWS.

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 GWS.

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 Yes.

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 The greater Western Sydney Giants.

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 When GWS started, I was living in Parramatta,

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 so I have an affinity for GWS.

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 Their arch rival is, of course, the Swans.

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 That's right.

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 Now imagine that, you know, every weekend,

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 there's Liv and Darcy.

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 They're out there supporting GWS,

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 loving it, having a great time.

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 But then, for some reason,

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 Darcy changed teams.

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 He's gone to the Swans.

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 Can you imagine their relationship?

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 All of a sudden,

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 we used to go to this game together,

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 and now you're on the other side.

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 You're not only going for another team,

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 you're going for our arch rival.

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 You're going for our nemesis.

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 How are you going to go for them?

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 Christians are people who have been literally plucked

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 from being on the wrong team

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 against God,

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 and now we are placed on God's team.

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 Jesus has come as the captain of the new team

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 and plucked us out.

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 And so Christians are going to be treated

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 the same way that Jesus was treated.

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 I'm trying to click.

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 There we go.

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 Oh, too far.

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 There we go.

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 Go back one.

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 And so there's a positive and negative

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 to the way that Jesus was treated

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 and the way we're going to be treated too.

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 Have a look with me at verse 20.

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 Jesus said,

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 if they persecute me,

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 and some of them did persecute Jesus,

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 they will persecute you also.

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 Some of them certainly did get jealous

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 and angry and kill Jesus.

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 So expect the same thing.

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 But some people didn't.

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 Some people, like the disciples

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 and those people that he healed in particular,

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 some of them didn't persecute Jesus.

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 Some of them followed him.

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 And so Jesus was persecuted by some

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 and others followed.

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 And so for those who follow Jesus,

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 the same thing is going to happen.

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 Some will persecute

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 and some will not persecute and listen.

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 Jesus said,

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 if they obeyed my teaching,

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 they will obey yours also.

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 So how is Jesus treated?

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 Well, some of them obeyed Jesus' teaching,

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 like the disciples,

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 Mary, Martha, Lazarus,

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 again, those who were healed.

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 Some will obey Jesus,

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 but not all will listen.

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 People were divided around Jesus.

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 Much like the Pharisees,

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 they seemed to be like a whole group

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 who didn't like Jesus,

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 and yet even they are divided.

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 And you get someone like Nicodemus

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 who stands out from the crowd.

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 But Jesus is like a knife

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 that cuts through a crowd.

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 Some fall this way,

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 some fall that way.

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 People are divided around Jesus,

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 and it's going to be the same

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 with the disciples.

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 We're going to divide people.

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 So expect some people

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 to listen to you

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 when you talk about

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 what you were doing

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 on Sunday afternoon at church.

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 expect some people

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 to ridicule you

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 and persecute you

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 just for coming to church.

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 It leads to the question,

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 why all the hate?

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 Why are people so divided

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 around Jesus?

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 Why are people then

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 and even now

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 divided around Jesus' followers?

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 Verse 22,

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 If I had not come

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 and spoken to them,

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 they would not be guilty of sin.

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 But now,

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 they have no excuse

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 for their sin.

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 By coming,

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 Jesus has brought

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 before people's eyes

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 the most central

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 and controlling of sins.

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 The rejection

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 and rebellion of God.

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 Jesus has come,

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 God in the flesh,

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 and people refuse

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 to listen to God,

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 and it's damning.

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 The Pharisees

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 didn't like it

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 when they were told

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 that they were worshipping God

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 in the wrong way.

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 They were offering praise

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 and service

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 which was actually

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 just all about themselves.

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 And even now,

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 when we hold out

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 the good news

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 about Jesus

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 being the only way

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 to God,

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 it causes

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 a rejection

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 of not just us

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 but a rejection

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 of Jesus

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 and a hatred

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 towards those

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 who follow him.

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 Why all the hate?

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 Because just like Jesus,

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 Christians are called

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 to stand up

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 and reveal sin.

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 Our lives

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 will reveal sin

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 in other people's lives.

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 This paints

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 a dark

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 and difficult picture

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 of the future

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 for the disciples.

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 And anyone else,

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 including ourselves,

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 that follows Jesus,

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 what is the point

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 of Jesus

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 telling the disciples

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 all of this?

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 Have a look at

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 verse 1

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 of chapter 16

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 with me.

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 All this

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 I have told you

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 so you will

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 not fall away.

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 Jesus is telling

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 the disciples this

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 so that they have

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 clear expectations.

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 They know what to expect.

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 It's a big purpose

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 statement

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 for this segment.

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 Jesus has so much

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 concern

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 for this little flock.

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 He has so much

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 love for them.

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 He doesn't want

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 them to fall away.

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 He's already

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 lost Judas

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 who he sent

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 out

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 to go and

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 betray him.

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 He is preparing

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 them

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 so that they

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 won't fall away.

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 So they're not

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 surprised

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 and they won't

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 stumble.

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 The Greek word

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 for fall away

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 is

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 skandalizo.

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 It's one of my

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 favorite Greek words.

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 That's why I still

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 remember it.

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 And it's the word

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 that we get

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 scandalized from.

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 Jesus doesn't

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 want these disciples

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 to be scandalized

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 by falling away

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 and ruining

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 their lives.

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 And so Jesus

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 gets them ready

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 to know what

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 to expect

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 in a Christian

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 walk.

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 He doesn't want

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 to lose his

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 disciples

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 and so he's

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 preparing them.

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 And Jesus

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 in his final

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 moments

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 gives them

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 such an

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 awesome view

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 of God

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 he's making

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 sure that they

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 get to God

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 and don't

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 fall away

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 like Judas.

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 He's not

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 pretending that

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 everything's fine

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 don't worry

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 follow me

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 after I die

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 it's all

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 going to be

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 hunky-dory

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 you know

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 there's not

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 going to be

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 any problems

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 at all.

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 It's not that.

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 Far better

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 for Jesus

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 to prepare

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 his disciples.

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 I'm going

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 to go

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 and the same

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 way that they

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 treat me

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 they're going

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 to treat you.

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 Make sure

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 that they

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 didn't go

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 into Christianity

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 with rose

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 tinted glasses.

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 I remember

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 reading a book

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 a couple of

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 years ago

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 about how to

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 preach an

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 evangelistic sermon

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 how to preach

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 in a way

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 so that at

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 the end

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 you can call

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 people to

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 follow Jesus

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 you know

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 come down

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 the front

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 put your

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 hand up

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 whatever way

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 you like

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 doing

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 but the

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 author made

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 a note

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 that when

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 people do

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 come down

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 the front

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 let's say

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 I'll take

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 Lachlan as

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 an example

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 let's say

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 you know

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 Lachlan wanted

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 to commit

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 his life

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 to Jesus

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 the author

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 encouraged

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 people to

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 push

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 and say

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 you know

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 Lachlan

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 why do you

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 want to be

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 a Christian?

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 It's not

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 going to be

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 easy

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 are you sure

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 you want to

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 be a Christian?

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 and at

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 first I

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 thought this

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 was a little

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 crazy

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 it's a bit

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 counterintuitive

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 you know

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 if Lachlan

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 wants to be

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 a Christian

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 quick

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 sign on

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 the dotted

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 line

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 we'll get

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 the tank

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 in

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 we'll get

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 him dunked

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 we'll get

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 him baptized

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 we're not

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 going to tell

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 him about

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 persecution

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 we're not

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 going to warn

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 him that

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 it's going

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 to be hard

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 that there

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 will be

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 consequences

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 with family

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 and friends

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 just push

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 him over the

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 line

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 but if we

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 forget in

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 our zeal

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 and desire

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 a good

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 desire to

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 see people

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 follow Jesus

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 if we

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 forget that

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 Christianity

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 is not

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 easy

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 it's possible

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 to go into

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 Christianity

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 with unfair

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 expectations

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 that God

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 will do

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 everything I

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 want

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 a Christianity

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 where yes

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 Jesus died

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 for me

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 but a

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 Christianity

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 that says

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 Jesus I

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 want you

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 to do

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 what I

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 want

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 when I

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 want

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 you keep

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 providing

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 for me

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 and I'll

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 keep

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 following

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 you

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 and then

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 what happens

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 when life

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 is tough

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 when their

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 expectations

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 of

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 Christianity

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 are dashed

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 by persecution

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 or hate

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 because they're

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 trying hard

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 to obey

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 Jesus

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 will they

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 crumble

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 when the

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 first roadblock

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 hits

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 will they

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 crumble

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 when God

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 doesn't

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 actually

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 take the

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 roadblock

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 away

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 but it's

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 there so

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 that they're

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 encouraged

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 to trust

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 in God

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 more

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 Jesus

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 sets

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 clear

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 expectations

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 of what's

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 going to

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 happen

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 he is

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 real

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 with the

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 disciples

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 he doesn't

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 sugarcoat

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 it

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 he tells

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 them the

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 painful

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 truth

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:45.100
 chapter 16

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 verse 2

00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:47.779
 then they

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 will put

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 you out

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 of the

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 synagogue

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 in fact

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 the time

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 is coming

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 when anyone

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 who kills

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 you will

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 think they

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 are offering

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 a service

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 to God

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 they will

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 do such

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 things

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 because they

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 have not

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 known the

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 father

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 or me

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 Jesus

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 is predicting

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 what is

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 going to

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 happen to

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 him

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 that he

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 would be

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 killed

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 and people

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 would think

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 that they

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 were doing

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 the right

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 thing

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 they were

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 serving

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 God

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 it reminds

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 us of

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 the apostle

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 Paul

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 who was

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 totally

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 convinced

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 he was

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 doing

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 the right

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 thing

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 persecuting

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 Christians

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 putting

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 Christians

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 to death

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 heading to

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 Damascus

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.339
 to put

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 more

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 Christians

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 in jail

00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:24.000
 full of

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 misguided

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 zeal

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 until he

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 was confronted

00:16:26.979 --> 00:16:27.579
 by Jesus

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 himself

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 Jesus said

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 I have

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 told you

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 this

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 so that

00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:32.259
 when your

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 time comes

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 you will

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 remember

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 that I

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 warned you

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 about them

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.940
 Jesus

00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.620
 is warning

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.240
 them so it

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.060
 drives people

00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:40.960
 back to him

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:42.220
 in trust

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 and dependence

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 because even

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 though

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.259
 Christianity

00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:48.019
 will not be

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.779
 easy it will

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.519
 not be a

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 comfortable

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 life

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.940
 Jesus has

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 done enough

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.480
 for us

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.519
 to trust

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.480
 and depend

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.159
 upon him

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:59.019
 Jesus

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 has told

00:16:59.459 --> 00:16:59.600
 us

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 what's

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 going

00:16:59.899 --> 00:16:59.959
 to

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 happen

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 to

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 Christians

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 in the

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 world

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.519
 waiting

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.240
 on his

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 return

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.960
 and now

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 he tells

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.000
 us about

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.339
 what the

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 Holy Spirit

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 will be

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 doing

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 in the

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 world

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 he tells

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 us what

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 the Spirit

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 will be

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 doing

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 have a look

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 at verse

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 8

00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.679
 when he

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 comes

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 he will

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 prove the

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 world to

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 be in

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 the wrong

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 about sin

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 and righteousness

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 and judgment

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 the believers

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 might be left

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 in a world

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 of hate

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 directed to

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 them

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 causing them

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 to depend

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 upon Jesus

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 but the Spirit

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 is going to be

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 working in

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 that same

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 world

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 convicting

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 people about

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 sin

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 and righteousness

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 and judgment

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 verse 9

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 about sin

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 because people

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 do not

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 believe in

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 me

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 about

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 righteousness

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 because I'm

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 going to the

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 Father where

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 you can see

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 me no

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 longer

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 and judgment

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 because the

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 prince of

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 this world

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 now stands

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 condemned

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 just as

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 Jesus

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 caused a

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 division

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 between

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 people

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 the Holy

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 Spirit is

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 going to

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 come and

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 confront

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 people in

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 the same

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 way

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 it does

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 it in

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 our lives

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 in the

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 lives of

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 believers

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 causing us

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 to confront

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 our own

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 sin

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 and he'll

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 keep doing

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 it in

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 the world

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 the Spirit

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 convicts the

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 world of its

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 sin

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 because the

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 world hasn't

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 believed that

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 Jesus is

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 from God

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 it's convicted

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 in righteousness

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 because Jesus

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 is the only

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 one who is

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 right before

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 God

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 the only

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 one who

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 is good

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 and judgment

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 because the

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 devil has

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 been condemned

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 and this is a

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 promise about

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 God's

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 continued

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 graciousness

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 to us

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 Christians

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 are to

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 continue

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 Jesus's

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 ministry

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 and people

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 are going

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 to respond

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 and be

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 divided

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 some will

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 hate

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 and some

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 the Spirit

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 will work

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 in their

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 hearts to

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 follow the

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 Lord

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 making them

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 realize their

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 need for

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 Jesus and

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 to turn to

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 him

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 to be on

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 his team

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 and to stop

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 being on

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 the world's

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 team

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 the Holy

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 Spirit does

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 it out in

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 the world

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 and he does

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 it often

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 through the

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 witness of

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 his disciples

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 verse 26

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 and 27

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 of chapter

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 15

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 explain that

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 the Holy

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 Spirit will

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 testify to

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 the truth

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 and so

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 are Christians

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 who follow

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 the Lord

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 Christians aren't

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 just to hide

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 away and stay

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 safe and think

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 okay I'm now

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 following Jesus

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 and there's lots

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 of temptations

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 out there

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 so I'm going to

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 hide from them

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 I'm going to go

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 into this little

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 bubble

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 I'm only going to

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 hang out with

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 Christians

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 I'm going to

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 hide in my

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 little cave

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 and I'll

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 be safe

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 Christians

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 don't just

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 hide away

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 and stay

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 safe

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 try and have

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 a risk

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 averse life

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 to try and

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 protect themselves

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 part of the

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 Christian walk

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 in the world

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 is to testify

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 about Jesus

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 we can do this

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 in two ways

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 we can do it

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 passively

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 which is

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 just following

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 Jesus

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 and people

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 will see

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 him in our

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 lives

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 or we can

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 do it

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 actively

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 where we

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 verbally testify

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 and we go

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 on the front

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 foot

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 sharing Jesus

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 message and

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 mission

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 the testimony

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 of a life

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 the passive

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 way goes

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 something like

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 this

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.359
 where I'm

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 just going

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:19.059
 to work

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 really hard

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 through the

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 power of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 to follow

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 Jesus in my

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 life

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.859
 I'm going

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 to be

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 praying

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 reading God's

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 word

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 shaped more

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 like him

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 and asking

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

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 to be

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 convicting

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 me about

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 my sin

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 and as

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.160
 Steve was

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 talking about

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.039
 last week

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.779
 cutting

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.900
 things out

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.140
 of my

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 life

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:37.859
 idols

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.259
 out of

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.400
 my

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 life

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:40.099
 and a

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.480
 consequence

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.900
 of that

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.319
 is people

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 notice

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 I know

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 of people

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 who've

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:44.839
 said

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.180
 this

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.559
 Christian

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 they don't

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 they don't

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 swear

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 they don't

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 gamble

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 they don't

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 drink too

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 much

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 they are

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 generous

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 and loving

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 why are

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 they so

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 different

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 they're

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 joyful

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 and they

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 seem to

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 cope

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 when life

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 gets tough

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 how can

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 this be

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:02.659
 we had

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 someone

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.679
 contact the

00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:03.919
 church

00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:04.579
 just recently

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.059
 and say

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.759
 there's

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.559
 these people

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.879
 that I

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.419
 work with

00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:07.659
 who are

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:07.980
 Christians

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.960
 and they're

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.359
 different

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.599
 and I

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 want to

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.139
 know

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.460
 what's

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.159
 so unique

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.779
 about them

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.960
 I have

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.579
 problems

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.179
 I can't

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:16.480
 cope

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.259
 I want

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.779
 what they

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.179
 have

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:20.119
 and so

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.639
 confronting

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.279
 sin

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.779
 in the

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.279
 world

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.720
 with our

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.319
 friends and

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.619
 family

00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.259
 starts by

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.980
 confronting it

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.319
 in our

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 own

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.079
 lives

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.240
 seeing

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.539
 God

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.279
 cut us

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.599
 draw

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.180
 from the

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.539
 vine

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 and

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 shapes

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.259
 more

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.480
 like

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.839
 Jesus

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:34.079
 but this

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.339
 is not

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.619
 where it

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.019
 stops

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.339
 we're also

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.799
 called to

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.259
 confront

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.779
 sin

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.539
 and unbelief

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.779
 in the

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.099
 world

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.079
 now there

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.460
 are good

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.940
 ways to

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.539
 do this

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.220
 and there

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.720
 are bad

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.160
 ways

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:44.139
 I'm going

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.920
 to share

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.700
 two ways

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.259
 that you

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.680
 shouldn't

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.160
 do it

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.399
 two bad

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.799
 ways to

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.079
 confront

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.379
 sin in

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.740
 the world

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.720
 before two

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.319
 good ways

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.119
 the first

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.980
 bad way

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.480
 to confront

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.859
 sin

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:56.740
 is something

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.759
 my four

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.079
 year old

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.359
 daughter

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 recently

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.160
 did

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:01.040
 daughters

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 are wonderful

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.519
 gifts from

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 God

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:02.980
 if you

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.200
 hadn't

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.560
 noticed

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.620
 so

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.200
 Tamara

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.500
 was at

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.920
 preschool

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:07.259
 last week

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.240
 and she's

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.840
 a wonderful

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.580
 evangelist

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.500
 and she was

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.019
 going around

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.720
 asking the

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.600
 kids if they

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.540
 believed Jesus

00:22:13.540 --> 00:22:14.380
 in Jesus

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.700
 and if they

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.240
 didn't

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.300
 she said

00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:18.340
 well you're

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:18.840
 going to

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.220
 hell

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.420
 and it's

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.900
 fiery

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.380
 and it's

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.700
 hot

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.279
 and it's

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.840
 spiky

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:25.400
 and that's

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.840
 true

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.600
 not so sure

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:26.880
 about the

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.480
 spiky part

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.680
 but it

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.420
 made kids

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.079
 cry

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.960
 I don't

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.319
 know why

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.860
 you're laughing

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.460
 but that was

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:33.940
 my response

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.220
 too

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:36.099
 it's probably

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.680
 not the

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.680
 best way

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.319
 to evangelize

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.980
 to encourage

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.980
 people that

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.779
 Jesus is

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.620
 better than

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.000
 the way

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.360
 they are

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.620
 living

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:46.140
 but

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:47.460
 she was

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.920
 confronting

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.700
 unbelief

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:50.039
 and so I

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.759
 encouraged her

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.620
 show the

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.000
 love of

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.420
 Jesus to

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.980
 them instead

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.720
 show them

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.200
 why Jesus

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.640
 is so

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.019
 great

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.080
 but imagine

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:57.259
 if half

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.880
 of us

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:59.059
 had her

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.539
 courage

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:02.759
 maybe we

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.340
 all need

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.460
 to be led

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.960
 by the

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.700
 sprouts team

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.019
 on a

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.259
 Sunday

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.680
 morning

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:09.140
 the second

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.220
 bad way

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.819
 to confront

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.600
 sin in the

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.460
 world is

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.559
 anything on

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.360
 social media

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:16.120
 particularly

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.840
 Facebook I

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.279
 see many

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.880
 posts lots

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.460
 of inflammatory

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.100
 posts about

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:21.019
 Christianity and

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.600
 religion in

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.620
 general and I'm

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.399
 always tempted

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.319
 to engage

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.539
 and try and

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.299
 point out in a

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.079
 helpful way why

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.439
 they're wrong

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:28.479
 about Jesus but

00:23:28.479 --> 00:23:30.339
 it never works

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.659
 it never goes

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:33.439
 well it just

00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:34.759
 devolves into

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.799
 argument upon

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:38.659
 argument and

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.519
 so these are

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.639
 these are two

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.919
 ways not to

00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:42.539
 confront sin I

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.079
 don't think there's

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.959
 anything helpful on

00:23:43.959 --> 00:23:45.679
 Facebook when it

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:46.599
 comes to arguing

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.539
 about Christianity

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:49.399
 but let me

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.219
 encourage you to

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.600
 testify to

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.839
 Jesus' identity

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.000
 and to

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.819
 confront the

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.640
 sin in the

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.579
 world in two

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:58.380
 ways quietly

00:23:58.380 --> 00:24:00.000
 and loudly

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.620
 quietly first

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.700
 of all by

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.779
 personally mentioning

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.079
 it to someone

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:07.579
 maybe a friend

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.480
 maybe you see a

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.100
 friend making

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.940
 some poor

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.000
 decisions about

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.600
 their life

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:14.200
 some decisions

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.059
 that you know

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.620
 will have

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.400
 consequences

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.860
 you know that

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.500
 Jesus said if

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.119
 you go down

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.400
 this path it

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.259
 will not go

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.079
 well for you

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:24.380
 and so speak

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.519
 quietly to them

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.380
 whether it's a

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.059
 Christian or a

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.480
 non-Christian

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.359
 friend maybe

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:31.440
 you don't want

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.099
 to do this this

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.599
 is going to go

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.880
 poorly for you

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.880
 people might be

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.619
 able to hear this

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.200
 if it's done

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.920
 well people might

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.539
 get defensive

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:40.400
 but this is a

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.319
 way to speak to

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.079
 people in a

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.779
 loving way to

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.579
 confront their sin

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.720
 it probably won't

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.559
 destroy friendships

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.700
 the second way

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.419
 is loudly

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:50.359
 sometimes we

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.200
 need to speak

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.599
 loudly

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:53.200
 for those who

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.700
 don't have a

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.019
 voice

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:56.220
 for the life

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.200
 of the unborn

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.460
 for the rights

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.319
 of refugees

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:01.519
 even if it

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.519
 makes our life

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.200
 uncomfortable

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:05.059
 in China

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.299
 there is a

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.000
 pastor of a

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.779
 Chinese church

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.379
 called early

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.000
 rain in

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.339
 Chengdu

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.799
 province

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.980
 his name is

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.700
 pastor Wang

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:11.960
 Yi

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.200
 and he has

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.559
 been doing

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.359
 exactly this

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.659
 he has been

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.299
 preaching the

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.319
 gospel faithfully

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.679
 in spite of

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.859
 pressure to be

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.279
 silent

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:22.099
 he was arrested

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.059
 on December

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.859
 9th

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.979
 with over 100

00:25:24.979 --> 00:25:25.539
 members of the

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.959
 church in

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.419
 Chengdu

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.899
 including his

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.299
 wife

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:31.000
 and as of

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.839
 two days ago

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.219
 they're still

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:34.039
 in prison

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.219
 and no one

00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:35.699
 knows where

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.119
 they are

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:38.240
 knowing that

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.179
 it was likely

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.639
 to happen

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.039
 that he'd

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.559
 likely be

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.059
 arrested at

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.559
 some point

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.519
 he wrote a

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.599
 declaration to

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.219
 be published

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.960
 if he was

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.559
 detained by

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.980
 the government

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.519
 for more

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.059
 than 48

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.519
 hours

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.420
 and so he

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.019
 wrote this

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.440
 declaration

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.720
 I'm going to

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.259
 read part of

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.980
 it which

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.579
 came out in

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.220
 December last

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.519
 year

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:54.940
 on the basis

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.880
 of the teachings

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.680
 of the Bible

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.559
 and the mission

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.180
 of the gospel

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.819
 I respect the

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.100
 authorities God

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.759
 has established

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.380
 in China

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.559
 for God

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.360
 deposes kings

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:05.079
 and raises up

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.400
 kings

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.880
 this is why I

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.440
 submit to the

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.460
 historical and

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.059
 institutional

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.360
 arrangements of

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.100
 God in China

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.039
 as a pastor

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.679
 of a Christian

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.539
 church I

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.079
 have my own

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.819
 understanding and

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.679
 views based on

00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:17.699
 the Bible about

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:18.459
 what righteous

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:19.299
 order and good

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.219
 government is

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:21.759
 at the same

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.939
 time I am

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.679
 filled with

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.500
 anger and

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.019
 disgust at the

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.939
 persecution of

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:28.000
 the church by

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.619
 this communist

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.980
 regime at the

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.679
 wickedness of

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.259
 their depriving

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.119
 people of the

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.599
 freedoms of

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.559
 religion and

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.159
 of conscience

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:36.000
 but changing

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.799
 social and

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.799
 political institutions

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.839
 is not the

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.519
 mission I have

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.940
 been called

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.259
 to and it

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.779
 is not the

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.440
 goal for which

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.559
 God has given

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.399
 his people the

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:46.599
 gospel for all

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.759
 hideous realities

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.299
 unrighteous politics

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.379
 and arbitrary laws

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.899
 manifest the cross

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.879
 of Jesus Christ

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.480
 the only means by

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.799
 which every Chinese

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.779
 person must be

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.639
 saved they also

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.799
 manifest the fact

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.619
 that true hope

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.619
 and a perfect

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.579
 society will never

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.359
 be found in the

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.799
 transformation of

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.379
 any earthly

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.200
 institution or

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.779
 culture but only

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.779
 in our sins

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.579
 being freely

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.259
 forgiven by

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.519
 Christ and in

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.259
 the hope of

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.039
 eternal life

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:15.039
 Pastor Wang Yi

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.299
 is standing firm

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.799
 against the

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.440
 Chinese government

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.299
 looking to

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.059
 clamp down on

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.619
 him it is

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:22.200
 totally risky

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:24.519
 he hasn't been

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.480
 satisfied with

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.420
 having an easy

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.940
 comfortable version

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.519
 of Christianity

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:30.779
 and he's been

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.960
 detained for three

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.200
 months with no

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.339
 end in sight as

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.000
 a consequence

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.379
 following Jesus

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.740
 Jesus has

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.940
 meant he has

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.100
 taken risks

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.620
 but he was

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:43.140
 prepared for an

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.300
 uncomfortable life

00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:45.740
 he knew that he

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.360
 would be arrested

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.660
 one day which is

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.540
 why he had that

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:49.700
 declaration published

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.220
 beforehand

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:53.180
 Jesus prepares his

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.640
 disciples to have

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.460
 an uncomfortable

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.260
 life in the

00:27:57.260 --> 00:27:58.440
 light of our

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:00.140
 hope of eternal

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.180
 glory with Jesus

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:03.980
 calling out people's

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.740
 sin either of a

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.839
 friend or the

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.259
 government's will

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.960
 make life

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.920
 uncomfortable but

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.960
 it will see lives

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:13.519
 changed it will

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.339
 call Sydney and

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 the world to be

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 convicted of their

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 sin and the

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 righteousness of

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 Jesus and to

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 follow him so

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 let me encourage

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 you be praying for

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 Gladys

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 Berger clean and

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 the liberal party at

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 a state level who

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 have come into

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 another term who

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 were elected

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 yesterday today

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 whenever the

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 election is

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 finalized be

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 praying for the

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 federal government

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 with elections

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 coming up

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 it's it's easy to

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 come up with

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 excuses to be

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 comfortable with

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 Christianity and to

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 not speak out it

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 might cost me a

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 friend it might make

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 them uncomfortable

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 I don't want to be the

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:56.019
 fun police it might

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.820
 get me locked up

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 but what do we

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 expect our lives to

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.799
 look like

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 do we trust God

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 that he will

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 provide what we

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 need even if we

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 are persecuted

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 do we trust God

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.599
 to proclaim the

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:14.339
 gospel even when

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 it is unattractive

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 and hated

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 let me pray for us

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 heavenly father

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 we thank you that

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 your son

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 obeyed you fully

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 in life and in

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 death that he

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 endured much

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 persecution and

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:35.879
 hatred so that we

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 could know you

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 Lord father

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:40.539
 prepare us to

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 have an

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.339
 uncomfortable life

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:45.799
 Lord help when we

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.359
 are persecuted when

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 we are hated to

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 depend upon you

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:52.139
 knowing that you

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 are enough because

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 you have provided

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 eternal life and

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 relationship

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 with you Lord

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 father help us to

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 draw on you

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 when we are

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.819
 struggling and

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 when we are

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 attacked and

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.319
 persecuted Lord

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 we ask all this in

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 your son's name and

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 your for your glory

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 amen