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 Good evening, Church of the Advent.

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 Such a blessing to be with y'all.

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 It's a privilege to be with y'all again.

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 If you would, please join me as we go to our Heavenly Father in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 I pray now that the words of my mouth

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 and the meditation of my heart would be acceptable in your sight.

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 Father, please help me to speak as one who speaks the oracles of God.

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 Father, I pray that you would stir the affections of our hearts now to love Christ more.

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 Help us to see your love through the scriptures

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 and give us the grace by the power of your Holy Spirit

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 to display your love to one another

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 into the watching world.

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 I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Church of the Advent,

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 I want to ask you a question.

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 What is love?

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 And I'm not expecting you to answer it from your seat.

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 But I want to ask that question.

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 I just want you to think about it.

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 What is love?

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 When you think of the word love,

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 L-O-V-E,

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 what comes to mind?

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 Most people in the world think that love is some kind of overwhelming emotion

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 that overtakes you.

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 They interpret love kind of like the fairy tale

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 that we have all heard about.

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 The fairy tale about Cupid,

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 some chubby boy

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 that flies around

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 with little wings

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 shooting people with love arrows

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 causing them to fall

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 helplessly in love.

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 Well,

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 that picture of love

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 is not only phony and false,

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 but it's limited to only emotions.

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 True love moves beyond words.

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 God's love moves beyond words

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 and feelings to actions.

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 The Bible says that God is love.

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 And in his word,

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 we see that his love

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 is not only revealed by his words,

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 but also by his actions.

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 The title of my sermon this evening

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 is Loved to Be

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 or Loved to Love.

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 Loved to Loved.

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 And we are going to see

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 in 1 John chapter 4

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 verses 7 through 12

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 that God,

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 who is love,

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 manifested his love in Christ

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 and continues to display his love

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 through the church.

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 So if you want to know

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 what my main idea is,

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 it's this.

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 God,

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 who is love,

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 manifested his love in Christ

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 and he continues

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 to display his love

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 through the church.

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 These six verses

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 show God's love to us

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 and how God's love

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 ought to be displayed

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 through us.

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 In verses 7 and 8,

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 we are going to see

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 that God is the source of love.

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 In verses 9 and 10,

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 we are going to see

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 God manifest his love

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 in Christ.

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 And in verses 11 and 12,

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 we are going to see

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 that God continues

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 to display his love

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 through the church.

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 So look with me,

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 if you have your Bibles,

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 look with me

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 at verses 7 and 8.

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 God is the source of love.

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 Verse 7 reads,

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 Beloved,

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 or beloved could be translated

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 dear friends.

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 Dear friends,

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 let us love one another

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 for love is from God

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 and whoever loves

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 has been born of God

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 and knows God.

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 I mean,

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 this first verse,

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 this verse in chapter 7,

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 I'm sorry,

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 in verse 7,

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 this verse in verse 7

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 is self-explanatory.

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 I mean,

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 you could just read it

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 and it's very clear.

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 Beloved,

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 dear friends,

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 let us love

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 one another.

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 So you have

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 John who's

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 communicating his love

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 for the individual

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 he's talking to,

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 the individuals

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 he's talking to.

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 When he says,

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 beloved,

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 dear friends,

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 he's communicating

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 his love,

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 but then he tells them

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 what they should be doing.

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 Let us love

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 one another.

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 Why?

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 Because love

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 is from God

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 and whoever loves

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 has been born of God

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 and knows God.

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 He's pointing out

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 that as Christians,

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 we should love

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 one another

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 if we are truly

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 God's children.

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 And the reason why

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 is because children

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 reflect the characteristics

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 of their parents.

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 So if God

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 is the source

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 of love,

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 then those who are

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 his children

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 should reflect

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 his nature,

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 his characteristics,

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 and they should

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 reflect his love

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 to others.

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 And he's pointing out

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 that whoever loves

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 has been born

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 of God

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 and knows God.

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 The individuals

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 that love,

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 they have been

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 regenerated by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 They have been

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 transformed

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 and God has worked

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 so much

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 in their hearts

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 to where

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 they love

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 not only God,

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 but they love

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 people.

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 And it's evidence

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 that they know God.

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 Now I want to make

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 very clear that

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 unbelievers

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 can love too.

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 Unbelievers

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 are able to love

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 because they have

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 been created

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 in the image

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 of God.

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 But their love

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 is incomplete.

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 Only born-again,

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 regenerated believers

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 can love the way

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 God has called

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 us to love

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 because the Holy Spirit

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 that now lives

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 inside of us

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 empowers us

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 to love

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 with a sacrificial

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 Christ-like love.

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 love.

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 I mean,

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 as we read

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 the scriptures,

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 if y'all remember,

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 there's passages

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 in the Bible,

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 like for instance,

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 one that points

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 out how

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 that it's easy

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 to love those

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 who love you back.

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 And the Bible

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 says even tax

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 collectors do that.

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 Even unbelievers

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 do that.

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 But it's hard

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 to love someone

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 who doesn't love

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 you back.

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 And that's when

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 Christ is displayed.

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 Not just when

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 we love people

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 that love us back,

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 but mainly when

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 we love people

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 who don't love us back.

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 Because, I mean,

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 look at how

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 Jesus loved people.

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 He loved

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 his enemies.

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 He loved people

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 who crucified

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 him on a cross.

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 Not only that,

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 he prayed for them.

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 And then Matthew 5

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 tells us that

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 we are to love

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 our enemies as well.

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 Matthew, in the Beatitudes,

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 you just see

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 Matthew 5, 6, and 7

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 where the Christian

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 life is painted

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 and it displays

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 a picture of what

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 the Christian life

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 looks like.

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 And we see

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 within those chapters

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 that it says

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 to love your enemies

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 and to pray for those

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 who persecute you.

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 So we are to reflect

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 this love.

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 And we are to do it

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 by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 And we have the power

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 to do so.

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 And in verse 8,

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 he goes on to say,

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 anyone who does not love

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 does not know God.

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 Why?

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 Because God is love.

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 I mean,

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 this is huge

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 what he's saying.

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 He's like,

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 if you don't love,

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 if you don't love,

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 you don't know God.

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 Because God is love.

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 Because God is the source

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 of love.

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 if we're really

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 his children,

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 then we're going

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 to display

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 Jesus to others.

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 It's like,

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 man,

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 if we don't show that,

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 we don't know him.

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 Now,

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 don't get me wrong,

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 there's times

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 where we fall short

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 of that because

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 we're sinners.

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 But if we find

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 this consistent

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 coldness in our heart

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 to not want to

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 love one another,

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 to not want to

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 love people

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 in the body,

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 to not want to

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 love people

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 in the body of Christ,

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 we need to examine

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 ourselves.

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 Because the Bible

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 makes it very clear

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 that if anyone

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 says,

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 I love God

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 and hates his brother,

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 he is a liar.

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 For he

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 who does not

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 love his brother

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 whom he has seen

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 cannot love God

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 whom he has not seen.

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 So,

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 1 John 4.20 says,

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 if you can't love

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 the person

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 that's right in front

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 of you

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 that you can see,

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 talk with,

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 touch,

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 then how are you

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 going to say

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 that you could love

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 God who you can't see?

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 So,

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 the scriptures

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 is making it

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 very clear

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 that the Christian

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 ought to display

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 love.

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 Love to each other

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 in the body of Christ

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 and love the unbelievers.

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 In verses 9 and 10,

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 we see

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 God manifested

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 his love

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 in Christ.

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 Verse 9 says,

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 in this,

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 the love of God

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 was made manifest

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 or noticeable

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 or visible

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 among us

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 that God

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 sent his son

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 and not just

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 anyone,

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 God sent

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 his only son

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 into the world

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 that we might

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 live through him.

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 Now,

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 a lot of times

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 we read verses

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 like that

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 and we just

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 gloss right over it.

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 But we would do

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 well to really

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 read verses

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 like this

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 slowly

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 and to really

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 meditate on

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 what is being

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 said here.

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 So,

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 I'm going to read it

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 one more time.

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 In this,

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 the love of God

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 was made

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 manifest

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 or

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 noticeable,

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 visible.

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 in this,

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 the love of God

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 was made

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 visible

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 among us

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 that God

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 sent his

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 only

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 son

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 into the world

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 so that

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 we might

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 live through

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 him.

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 Now,

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 just take a moment

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 to imagine.

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 Here it is,

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 God,

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 the creator

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 of the universe.

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 God,

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 who can't

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 even look

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 upon sin,

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 looks

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 at this

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 world

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 filled

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 with corruption,

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 filled

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 with sin,

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 filled

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 with filth,

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 and he

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 sends his

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 son into

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 this world.

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 He sent

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 his son

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 into a

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 world that

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 was filled

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 with all

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 manner of

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 unrighteousness,

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 evil,

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 covetousness,

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 malice,

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 envy,

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 murder,

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 strife,

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 deceit,

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 maliciousness,

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 gossipers,

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 slanderers,

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 haters of

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 God,

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 haughty,

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 boastful

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 people

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 who the

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 Bible calls

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 inventors

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 of evil.

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 I mean,

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 they're thinking

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 of how

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 to do

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 evil.

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 The Bible

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 says that

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 they're

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 inventors

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 of evil,

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 disobedient

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 to parents,

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 people who

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 were disobedient

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 to parents.

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 He sent

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 his son

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 into a

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 world that

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 was full

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 of foolish

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 people,

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 faithless

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 people,

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 and

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 ruthless

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 people.

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 God

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 sent

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 his

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 only

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 son

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 into

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 a world

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 filled

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 with

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 sexual

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 immorality,

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 impurity,

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 sensuality,

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 idolatry,

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 sorcery,

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 homosexuality,

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 jealousy,

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 fits of

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 anger,

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 robberies,

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 dissensions,

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 divisions,

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 drunkenness,

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 orgies,

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 a world

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 full of

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 drug addicts

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 and prostitutes

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 and fornicators

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 and liars,

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 a world

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 full of

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 self-righteous

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 people.

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 The list

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 goes on

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 and on

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 and on,

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 but the

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 reason why

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 I want to

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 name these

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 specific things

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 and go through

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 this list

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 so you can

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 see that

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 God who

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 is holy

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 took his

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 only son.

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 He sent

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 him.

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 He sent

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 his only

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 son.

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 God the

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 father

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 sent his

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 only son

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 into a

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 corrupt

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 world,

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 a sinful

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 world like

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 this.

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 Why?

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 Because he

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 loved us.

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 Because he

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 loved us.

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 He knew

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 what he

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 was doing.

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 It's kind

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 of like

00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:52.180
 when you

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 think of

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 ISIS

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 and we

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 know what

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 ISIS has

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 been doing

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 in regard

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 to

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 slaughtering

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 Christians

00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:01.039
 and

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.679
 you know

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 the U.S.

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 has sent

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 troops over

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 there at

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 times to

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 take them

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 out.

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 But imagine

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:11.560
 this.

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 God

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 sent his

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 son

00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:16.159
 on enemy

00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:16.820
 lines

00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:18.759
 just like

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 the U.S.

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 sent troops

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:20.940
 on enemy

00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:21.419
 lines and

00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.080
 where the U.S.

00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:22.840
 took their

00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.580
 enemies out.

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.840
 Jesus Christ

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.620
 went to enemy

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:26.539
 lines and he

00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:27.200
 didn't take out

00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:28.120
 his enemies but

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.659
 he gave his

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 life for them.

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.879
 Jesus Christ

00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.620
 didn't take

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.919
 out his

00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.299
 enemies but

00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:36.299
 he died for

00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:36.600
 them.

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 And this is

00:14:38.819 --> 00:14:39.579
 what we see

00:14:39.579 --> 00:14:42.000
 in Romans 5

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.620
 8 where it

00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:44.279
 says that

00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.419
 God

00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:47.039
 demonstrated his

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.860
 love towards

00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.939
 us that while

00:14:48.939 --> 00:14:49.799
 we were still

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:51.220
 sinners he

00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:52.039
 sent his son

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:52.759
 Jesus Christ

00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.259
 to die.

00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:55.339
 It was when

00:14:55.339 --> 00:14:56.039
 we were giving

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.799
 him the middle

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 finger that he

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 said,

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 that's when

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 I'm going to

00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:01.259
 send my

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.079
 son Jesus

00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:02.659
 Christ to

00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:03.059
 die for

00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:03.259
 you.

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 It's when

00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:06.139
 we were in

00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:06.720
 rebellion

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.919
 running the

00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.039
 opposite direction

00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.839
 that he sent

00:15:09.839 --> 00:15:10.480
 his son

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.720
 Jesus to

00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.419
 die for

00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:12.899
 us.

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 This is a

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.079
 type of

00:15:15.079 --> 00:15:16.220
 love that

00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.879
 is hard

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:18.000
 for anyone

00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.879
 to understand

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.600
 because we're

00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.179
 used to

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:21.000
 loving people

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.000
 when they

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 love us.

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 And a lot

00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.500
 of times when

00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:25.159
 people treat

00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:25.679
 us bad we

00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.240
 got to wrestle

00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.959
 with all of

00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:27.460
 these different

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:28.920
 emotions in

00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:29.420
 order to

00:15:29.420 --> 00:15:30.220
 respond back

00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:30.879
 with love.

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.300
 But God's

00:15:32.300 --> 00:15:32.960
 love is not

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.560
 like our

00:15:33.560 --> 00:15:33.940
 love.

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.259
 His love is

00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:35.980
 consistent.

00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:37.540
 His love

00:15:37.540 --> 00:15:38.920
 never fluctuates.

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.180
 His love is

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:41.259
 always the same.

00:15:41.900 --> 00:15:42.600
 His love is

00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.280
 relentless.

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:44.639
 His love

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.840
 pursues us

00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.320
 in our deepest

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.980
 mess.

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:50.040
 And his love

00:15:50.040 --> 00:15:51.220
 never fails.

00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:55.139
 verse 10

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.720
 says,

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:56.740
 In this

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.240
 is love

00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.740
 not that

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.200
 we have

00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:59.320
 loved God

00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:00.519
 but that

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.259
 he loved

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.879
 us and

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.399
 sent his

00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.860
 son to

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.180
 be a

00:16:03.180 --> 00:16:03.980
 propitiation

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.540
 for our

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:04.899
 sins.

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.200
 This

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:06.920
 reminds us

00:16:06.920 --> 00:16:07.460
 of when

00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:07.860
 the Bible

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.300
 says the

00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:08.899
 only reason

00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.379
 we love

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:10.779
 him is

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.340
 because he

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.840
 first loved

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.519
 us.

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.899
 If we

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.680
 love him

00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:16.639
 it's because

00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.920
 he first

00:16:17.920 --> 00:16:18.920
 loved us.

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.740
 If we're

00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.560
 pursuing God

00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:21.139
 it's because

00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.779
 he first

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:23.759
 pursued us.

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 If we

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 want God

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 it's because

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 God has so

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 warmed our

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 hearts by the

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 power of his

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 Holy Spirit

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 to where we

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 want to

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 surrender our

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 lives to him

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 because we've

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 been captivated

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 by his

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 love.

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 Maybe you're

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 in here

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 tonight and

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 you're saying

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 man I don't

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 know if anyone

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 loves me.

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 Maybe you've

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 been forsaken

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 abused

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 maybe there's

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 been those

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 who have

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 walked away

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 from you.

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 Maybe you've

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 just been

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 hurt and

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 you're wondering

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 if there's

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 anyone who

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 loves me.

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 Well I want

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 to let you

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 know that

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 there is

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 for sure

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 and if you

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 ever want to

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 know whether

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 or not God

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 loves you

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 just look at

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 the cross of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus died.

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 that's how

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 much he

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 loves you.

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 He gave

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 his life

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 so that

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 sinners like

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 us who

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 were on

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 their way

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 to hell

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 could be

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 rescued and

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 given eternal

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 life.

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 On that

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 cross he

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 bore the

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 wrath of

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 God.

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 So when it

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 says here that

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 he sent his

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 son to be a

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 propitiation

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 for our

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 sins, the

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 word propitiation

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 means that

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 Jesus was

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 offered up

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 as an

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 atonant

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 sacrifice

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 for our

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 sins.

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 He turned

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 away the

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 wrath of

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 God.

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 The wrath

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 that was meant

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 to be poured

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 out upon me

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 and poured

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 out upon you,

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 Jesus turned

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 away that

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 wrath with

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 his blood

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 when it was

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 spilt out of

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 his body for

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 sinners like you

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 and I.

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 The Bible

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 says in Isaiah

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 that it

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 pleased God

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 to crush

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 him.

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 He was

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 crushed.

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 Jesus was

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 crushed by

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 God the

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 Father in

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 my place

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 and in

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 your place

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 so that

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 we would

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 never,

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 ever have

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 to experience

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 the wrath.

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 But now all

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 we experience

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 is mercy,

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 love,

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 kindness,

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 grace from

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 the Father.

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 And his

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 love towards

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 you doesn't

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 change when

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 you do

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 wrong.

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 His love

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 towards you

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 doesn't change

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 when you

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 read your

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 Bible,

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 when you

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 seem to be

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 doing a

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 bunch of

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 righteous

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 works.

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 His love

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 doesn't change

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 when you

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 fall,

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 when you

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 make mistakes

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 because his

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 love is not

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 dependent upon

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 our works,

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 but it's

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 dependent upon

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 what Christ

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 did on the

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 cross.

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 cross.

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 Imagine

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 Jesus

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 hanging on

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 that cross.

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 Imagine

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 him

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 dying for

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 you.

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 And they

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 were mocking

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 him.

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 You had

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 thieves on

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 each side.

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 One of the

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 thieves were

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 mocking him.

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 This is a

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 man that

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 they beat,

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 they ripped

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 his back

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 the shreds,

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 they put a

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 crown of

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 thorns on

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 his head,

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 blood is

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 gushing down

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 his face,

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 and they're

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 crucifying him

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 on the cross.

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 And here it

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 is,

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 Jesus,

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 on that

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 cross,

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 he tries to

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 muster up

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 just enough

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 strength to

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 lift himself

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 up just

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 enough to

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 be able to

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 say a few

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 words.

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 And I'm

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 sure those

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 who were

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 looking upon

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 him were

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 like,

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 what is he

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 going to

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 say?

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 He's

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 probably

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 going to

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 curse us

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 from the

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 ways that

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 we've been

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 treated him.

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 And you

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 know what

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 comes out

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 of his

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 mouth?

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.460
 Father,

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 forgive them

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 for they

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 know not

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 what they

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 do.

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 Here it

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.519
 is that

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.360
 his enemies

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 are killing

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 him.

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 And his

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 response to

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 them is,

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 I forgive

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 you.

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 I love

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 you.

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 And he

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 gives his

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.779
 life for

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 them.

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 God

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 loves in

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 a way that

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 a lot of

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 us can't

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 even comprehend.

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 I want to

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 read a

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 passage to

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 you.

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 If you

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 have a

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.880
 Bible, I

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.240
 would love

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 for you to

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 turn there

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 with me.

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 And if you

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 don't, just

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 remember where

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 this is

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 located.

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 This is in

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 John 15

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 verse 9.

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 John 15

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 verse 9.

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 And this is

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 what it

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 reads.

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 As the

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.580
 Father has

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.820
 loved me,

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:03.200
 so have

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.420
 I loved

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 you.

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 And then

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:06.960
 he says,

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 abide in

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 my love.

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 Remember the

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 first time I

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 read that, I

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 was like,

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.280
 what?

00:21:13.800 --> 00:21:14.640
 Jesus is

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.700
 saying, as

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.680
 the Father

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.600
 has loved

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:20.440
 me, so I

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.519
 love you?

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:24.200
 now I

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.460
 don't know

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.019
 about you,

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 but I

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.240
 wrestled when

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.720
 I read that

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 because I

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.099
 said, well

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.619
 maybe he

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.279
 loves me

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.779
 50% as

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 much as

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.279
 the Father

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.900
 loves him.

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.339
 Maybe Jesus

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:37.579
 loves me 75%

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.660
 as much as

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.079
 the Father

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.680
 loves me, but

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 there's no

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:41.400
 possible way

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.039
 that Jesus

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:43.660
 can love

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.400
 me in the

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.779
 same way

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.160
 that the

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.779
 Father loves

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.099
 him.

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 But this

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.099
 is what the

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.139
 Bible says,

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:51.140
 that Jesus

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:52.380
 Christ loves

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.040
 you as

00:21:54.040 --> 00:21:54.640
 the Father

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.520
 has loved

00:21:55.520 --> 00:21:56.120
 him.

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 And then he

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.100
 says this,

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:58.560
 abide in

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.140
 my love.

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 Can you

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.520
 imagine that

00:22:01.520 --> 00:22:02.100
 the King of

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.940
 the universe,

00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.160
 God,

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:08.220
 that Jesus

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.420
 who is God

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.420
 loves you

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.280
 in the

00:22:11.280 --> 00:22:12.300
 same way

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:13.700
 the Father

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.300
 loves him?

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 That's

00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:15.740
 ridiculous,

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.740
 but it's

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.000
 true.

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.860
 It's

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.120
 true.

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.220
 In the

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.700
 last two

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.300
 verses, we

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:27.540
 see that

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.440
 God continues

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.080
 to display

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.800
 his love

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.860
 through the

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.280
 church.

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 So God

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:33.620
 is the

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.100
 source of

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.520
 love, he

00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:35.180
 manifested

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.720
 his love

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.140
 in Jesus

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.560
 Christ, and

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:38.320
 he continues

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.220
 to display

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.980
 his love

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.660
 through the

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.080
 church.

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.460
 Verse 11

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.040
 says,

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.680
 beloved,

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:48.060
 loved, if

00:22:48.060 --> 00:22:49.660
 God so

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.799
 loved us,

00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:52.340
 we ought to

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.759
 love one

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.100
 another.

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.180
 Again, this

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.580
 is another

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.500
 verse we

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.980
 just don't

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.259
 want to

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.880
 gloss over.

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.279
 The Bible

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.480
 says, beloved,

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:01.120
 friends, dear

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.440
 friends, if

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:04.400
 God so

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.860
 loved us,

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:08.380
 if he so

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.740
 loved us,

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.799
 what's the

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.320
 reaction?

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.740
 We ought to

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.140
 love one

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.480
 another.

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:15.279
 brother, it's

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.140
 one thing for

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.700
 me to say

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.339
 that I love

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.559
 you.

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.680
 It's a whole

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.460
 other thing for

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.579
 me to say, I

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:24.000
 love you so

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.420
 much.

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.500
 I love you

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.319
 so much.

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.700
 And that's

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.259
 what the Bible

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.620
 says.

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.920
 If God so

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:32.360
 loved you,

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.220
 then we

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.620
 ought to

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.779
 love one

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.140
 another.

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.559
 A lot of

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:37.900
 us know

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.900
 John 3, 16,

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.259
 where it

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.819
 says God

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.460
 so loved

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.940
 the world

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.360
 that he

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.680
 gave his

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.259
 only son.

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.519
 But again,

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.279
 even in

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.900
 quoting that

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.440
 scripture, we

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.019
 need to slow

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.620
 down because

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.799
 again, the

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.640
 text says,

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:52.200
 God so

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.880
 loved the

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.240
 world.

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.620
 He so

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:56.140
 loved you

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.720
 that he

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.180
 gave his

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.880
 only son,

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.420
 that whoever

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.140
 believes in

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:00.000
 him shall

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.700
 not perish

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.160
 but have

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.000
 everlasting

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.880
 life.

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.220
 And a lot

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.779
 of us are

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.599
 familiar with

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:07.440
 John 3, 16,

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.160
 but we need

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.200
 to become just

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.140
 as familiar

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:13.299
 with 1 John,

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.599
 3, 16,

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.700
 where it

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.099
 says,

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.880
 by this,

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.660
 by this we

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.360
 know love,

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.819
 that he,

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.860
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.819
 laid down his

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.860
 life for us,

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.500
 and we ought to

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.420
 lay down our

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.680
 lives for the

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.019
 brothers.

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.819
 1 John 3, 16

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.460
 makes it very

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.400
 clear that because

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.599
 Christ laid down

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.519
 his life for us,

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.559
 our response

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.779
 is to lay

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.839
 down our

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.559
 lives for

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.079
 the brothers,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.759
 to lay down

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.339
 our lives for

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.819
 each other.

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.659
 As Christians,

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.539
 we are called

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.819
 to do whatever

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.579
 we can to lay

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.139
 down our lives

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.779
 for one another

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.639
 because we are

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:55.220
 walking in the

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.839
 footsteps of

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.379
 our Savior.

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.059
 Verse 12

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.379
 says,

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.100
 no one has

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.860
 ever seen

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.280
 God.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.560
 If we love

00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:04.060
 one another,

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.860
 God abides

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.580
 in us,

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.440
 and his love

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.320
 is perfected

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:08.640
 in us.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.540
 I love

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:10.740
 this verse.

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.540
 This verse

00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:14.360
 tells us that

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:15.560
 nobody can see

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.300
 God with their

00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:17.280
 physical eyes

00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:17.920
 loving them.

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.860
 And Jesus

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.880
 is no longer

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.500
 in the world

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.340
 to manifest

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:23.360
 God's love

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.240
 for natural

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.100
 eyes to see.

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:26.980
 but God

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:28.139
 continues to

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.699
 demonstrate

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.639
 his love

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.159
 through his

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.619
 people,

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.299
 through his

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.799
 church.

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.759
 When outsiders

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.740
 look upon

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.500
 Christians

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.199
 loving one

00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:37.659
 another

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.879
 and loving

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.679
 other people,

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:41.039
 they get a

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.599
 glimpse of

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.419
 God's love.

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.459
 This morning

00:25:44.459 --> 00:25:44.919
 I shared

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.599
 this story

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.839
 that I think

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.199
 you would be

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:47.939
 encouraged by

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:49.000
 but actually

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.639
 felt led to

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.240
 share another

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.980
 story tonight

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.539
 that I think

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.799
 you'll be

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.559
 encouraged by

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.139
 as well.

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.460
 It's a story

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.780
 about Christian

00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.300
 love,

00:25:57.800 --> 00:25:58.160
 Christian

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.140
 sacrifice.

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.920
 A couple

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.360
 of months

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.840
 ago I had

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.360
 the privilege

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.920
 to preach

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.680
 at a church

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.000
 called La Plata

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.900
 Baptist Church

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.240
 and I preached

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.759
 at an event

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.500
 called Hope

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.780
 Night.

00:26:11.780 --> 00:26:12.180
 And before

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.960
 I had the

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.880
 privilege to

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.320
 go up and

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.940
 preach God's

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.120
 word,

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.560
 I got to

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:15.980
 hear these

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.020
 amazing

00:26:17.020 --> 00:26:18.420
 testimonies

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.540
 of people

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.500
 testifying of

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.540
 how God's

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:22.840
 love transformed

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.220
 them.

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.800
 And I

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.120
 remember

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.759
 sitting there

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.600
 listening to

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.620
 these two

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.420
 women and

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.500
 it rocked

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.720
 me.

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:30.960
 And they

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.560
 were standing

00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:32.400
 on stage.

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.240
 One woman

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.740
 was named

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.300
 Vivian,

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.400
 the other

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.880
 woman was

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.580
 named Sunny.

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.040
 And Sunny

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.680
 had met

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.720
 Vivian when

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.440
 she was at

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.840
 school.

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.259
 They're both

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.940
 school teachers.

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.900
 So she met

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:47.020
 Vivian at the

00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:47.320
 school.

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.159
 and she

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.059
 started sharing

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.639
 the gospel

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.740
 with Vivian

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.879
 and eventually

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.700
 they got

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.240
 together for

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.939
 a Bible study

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.399
 and Sunny

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.179
 had learned

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.379
 that Vivian

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.939
 needed a

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.240
 kidney.

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.740
 And she

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.419
 had learned

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.960
 that if

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.899
 Vivian did

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.619
 not get a

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:02.919
 kidney,

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.799
 that she

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.119
 was going

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.579
 to die.

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.359
 And somewhere

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.079
 within that

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.799
 Bible study

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.500
 and praying,

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.799
 Sunny felt

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.639
 prompted by

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.079
 the Holy

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.539
 Spirit that

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.039
 she was

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.659
 supposed to

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.380
 give her

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:17.019
 kidney to

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.500
 Vivian.

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.279
 She was

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.800
 thinking like,

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.160
 man, my

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.759
 husband would

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:23.000
 never, ever

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.759
 believe that

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.320
 this is something

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.900
 that I feel

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.320
 the Lord's

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.820
 leading me to

00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:27.000
 do.

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.340
 But she

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.720
 went home

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.060
 and shared

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.460
 it with her

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.800
 husband.

00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:30.900
 And her

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.680
 husband was

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.500
 okay with

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.779
 it.

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.560
 To make a

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.040
 long story

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.560
 short, they

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:36.420
 eventually went

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.460
 to the

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.200
 doctors and

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.560
 this was

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:39.380
 after Sunny

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.440
 had to

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.259
 basically talk

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.180
 Vivian into

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.500
 it.

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.680
 Because Vivian

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.019
 was like,

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.640
 there's no

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.200
 way that I'm

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.360
 going to

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.780
 allow you

00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:46.100
 to give

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.480
 me your

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.800
 kidney.

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.259
 And Sunny

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.020
 said, listen,

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.000
 you need

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.060
 my kidney

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.759
 more than

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.259
 I do.

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.140
 You're a

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.540
 mother of

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.680
 three and

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.080
 they need

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.300
 you.

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.520
 So they

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:56.800
 go to

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.360
 the doctors,

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:58.640
 their blood

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.120
 type is

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.640
 the same,

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.380
 everything

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:04.240
 is perfect

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.460
 as far as

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.040
 what needs

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.560
 to be done

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:06.920
 for them

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.400
 to perform

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.980
 the surgery.

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.780
 And this

00:28:09.780 --> 00:28:10.759
 woman sat

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.160
 on the

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.740
 operating

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.240
 table and

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.880
 let doctors

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.500
 cut her

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.980
 open,

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.779
 they took

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.279
 out her

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.400
 kidney and

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.220
 they gave

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.000
 her kidney

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.700
 to another

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.059
 woman.

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.980
 She gave

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.579
 her kidney

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.120
 to her.

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.120
 And I'm

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.519
 sitting here

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.299
 listening to

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.599
 this and

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.059
 I'm watching

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.620
 these two

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.339
 people in

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.120
 the church

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:28.380
 and Vivian

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.839
 is just

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.240
 weeping and

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.680
 crying.

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.420
 Sunny is

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.839
 just so

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.500
 thankful that

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.039
 she was able

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.720
 to display

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.319
 the love of

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.779
 Christ.

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.500
 And I'm

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.180
 like, this

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.839
 is incredible.

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.319
 And to the

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.039
 watching world,

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.759
 they can't

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.420
 understand it.

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.500
 It was in the

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.079
 newspaper.

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.799
 I mean, they

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.439
 just couldn't

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:44.319
 understand how

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.679
 is this

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:45.039
 possible?

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.519
 Why would

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.119
 somebody do

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.439
 this?

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:47.639
 Well, when

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.639
 you think of

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.319
 what Christ

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.839
 has done

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.720
 for us,

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:53.659
 it really

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.379
 does move

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.399
 you to lay

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.879
 down your

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:57.279
 life for

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.720
 others.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.899
 And I'm

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.339
 not saying

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.359
 that any

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.819
 of you in

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.379
 here have

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.699
 to display

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.059
 the love

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.419
 of Christ

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.859
 by giving

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.299
 a kidney,

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.259
 but God

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.839
 might call

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.259
 you to do

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.579
 that.

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:11.059
 And as

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.599
 Christians,

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.599
 may we be

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:14.319
 willing to

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.859
 do whatever

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.500
 it takes to

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.119
 display the

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.480
 love of

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.159
 Jesus if

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.659
 he calls

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.039
 us to

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.359
 that.

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.480
 Here it

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.059
 is, Vivian

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.659
 is attending

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.099
 the church

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.679
 faithfully,

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.299
 and she's

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.839
 been rocked

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.139
 by the

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.439
 love of

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.799
 Christ.

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.899
 And God

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.159
 has been

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.559
 so good

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.919
 to Sunny

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.439
 as well,

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.960
 because now

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.259
 she has

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.720
 experienced

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.059
 more of

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.359
 God's

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.259
 love through

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.480
 her

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.179
 surrenderance

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.500
 in that

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.779
 way.

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.119
 Food for

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.439
 thought.

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.859
 like heat

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.480
 that comes

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.899
 from a

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.299
 fire,

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.980
 or sunlight

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.939
 that shines

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.399
 from the

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:45.759
 sun.

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.039
 Love

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.399
 should spill

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.939
 out of the

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.399
 Christian,

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.839
 because God

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.379
 is love.

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.619
 Here's a few

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.579
 closing thoughts.

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.199
 If we

00:30:00.199 --> 00:30:01.579
 truly know

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.559
 God and

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.079
 are children

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.720
 of God,

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.720
 we will

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.980
 sacrificially

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.659
 love one

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.039
 another.

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.779
 In other

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.220
 words,

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:12.199
 this is a

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:13.099
 cause and

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.659
 effect

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.839
 relationship.

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:17.119
 The cause

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.439
 is that you

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:19.439
 are born

00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:20.359
 again in a

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.119
 child of God,

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:22.099
 and the

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.480
 effect is

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.899
 that you

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.199
 will

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:25.339
 sacrificially

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.079
 love people.

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.179
 Ephesians

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.960
 5 says,

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.799
 as beloved

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.480
 children of

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.919
 God,

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.539
 we must be

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.399
 imitators of

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.619
 him.

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:38.819
 1 Corinthians

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.939
 13 says

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:41.099
 that we

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.779
 could be

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.259
 doing a

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.719
 bunch of

00:30:42.719 --> 00:30:43.159
 things,

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.819
 even religious

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.319
 things,

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:44.779
 and even

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.539
 sacrificial

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.319
 things that

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.659
 are void of

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.139
 genuine

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.239
 love,

00:30:50.239 --> 00:30:50.939
 things that

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.479
 are meaningless.

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.619
 But genuine

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.979
 love really

00:30:54.979 --> 00:30:56.079
 reveals itself

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.539
 from the

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.399
 inside out,

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.239
 in our

00:30:58.239 --> 00:30:58.559
 heart,

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.239
 in our

00:30:59.239 --> 00:30:59.659
 thoughts,

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.279
 in our

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.859
 speech,

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.839
 and in

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.079
 our

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.799
 relationships

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.240
 with

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.699
 people.

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.819
 Church of

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.240
 the Advent,

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.240
 let us

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.619
 pray that

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.019
 we would

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.479
 love

00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:11.199
 genuinely,

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.219
 and that

00:31:13.219 --> 00:31:14.779
 love would

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.299
 be the

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.740
 thing that

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.059
 drives us.

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.500
 Because

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.740
 this is the

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.279
 fruit of the

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.679
 Spirit,

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.479
 it's not

00:31:24.479 --> 00:31:25.179
 something that

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.679
 we can

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:26.339
 create or

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.919
 make happen.

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.100
 we must

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:30.240
 pray earnestly

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.100
 for God

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.740
 to help us

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.880
 grow in

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.100
 our

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.920
 sacrificial

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.500
 love towards

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.100
 each other.

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.100
 We must

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.700
 pray like

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.380
 the Apostle

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.779
 Paul did

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.539
 in Ephesians,

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.420
 that we

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.259
 would have

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.259
 the strength

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.060
 to comprehend

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.759
 with all

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.140
 of the

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.640
 saints what

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.000
 is the

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.460
 breadth,

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.100
 and the

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.440
 length,

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.080
 and the

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.380
 height,

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.000
 and the

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.380
 depth,

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.080
 and to

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.640
 know the

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.019
 love of

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.539
 Christ that

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.140
 surpasses

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.500
 knowledge.

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.720
 knowledge.

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.920
 We are

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.779
 able to

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.759
 sacrificially

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.539
 love brothers

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.220
 and sisters

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.880
 because God

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.440
 first

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.640
 sacrificially

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:05.039
 loved us,

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.299
 and he

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.240
 has empowered

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.700
 us by the

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.480
 power of his

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.460
 Holy Spirit

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.440
 to love

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.940
 others.

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.940
 For you

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.319
 who are here

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.740
 today who

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.400
 may not

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.259
 know Jesus,

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.660
 I just want

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.099
 to say,

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.799
 never forget

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.559
 that God

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.039
 is the

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.839
 definition of

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.180
 love.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.400
 He revealed

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.040
 his love

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:26.240
 toward you

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.800
 by sending

00:32:27.800 --> 00:32:28.360
 his son

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.640
 Jesus to

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.160
 die on

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.880
 the cross

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.000
 for you.

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.860
 The Bible

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.600
 tells us to

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.040
 repent of

00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:35.420
 our sins

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.700
 and to

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.259
 trust in

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.140
 him for

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.780
 the forgiveness

00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:38.540
 of our

00:32:38.540 --> 00:32:38.960
 sins.

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.700
 Love

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.700
 paid the

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.580
 death penalty

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.740
 for your

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.320
 sins.

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.200
 Love

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.640
 paid the

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.519
 death penalty

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.700
 for your

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.340
 sins against

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.980
 a holy

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.019
 and righteous

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.820
 and just

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.300
 God.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:56.059
 receive this

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.879
 love of

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.779
 God in

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.599
 Christ today

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:00.039
 and you

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.460
 will be

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.819
 forgiven.

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.399
 You will

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.180
 become a

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.839
 part of the

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.379
 family of

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:06.019
 God and

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.419
 you will

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:07.139
 receive

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.940
 everlasting

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.519
 life.

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.819
 You will

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.319
 have the

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.059
 privilege to

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.819
 know God

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.779
 and to

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.039
 experience his

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.559
 love forever.

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.619
 forever.

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.799
 Let us

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.019
 pray.

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.559
 Let us

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.179
 pray.

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.619
 Amen.

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.299
 Let us

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.339
 pray.