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 Who's heard of the expression, it's a matter of life or death?

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 Serious health issues can become a matter of life or death real quick.

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! Maybe you have someone you know, someone you love in the hospital,

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 and you hear the word sepsis used.

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 Immediately, you're like, oh, this is going to be serious.

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 This could be a matter of life or death.

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 A natural disaster can become a matter of life or death,

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 whether it's the forest fires out west or it's blizzards out east.

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 Let's pretend that you come across a horrific car crash.

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 You're the first on the scene, and you look into one of the cars,

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 and you know right away this is a matter of life or death.

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 911, send someone quickly.

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 We've got a matter of life or death on our hands.

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 These are not trivial things. These are important things.

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 But our culture has a way of making trivial things into a matter of life or death,

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 and I'm guessing you all know what I'm talking about.

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 Because I've made trivial things a matter of life or death.

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 I don't get the respect I think I'm owed.

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 And what goes on in me, inside, one would think is a matter of life or death.

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 Is it?

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 Or your favorite athletic team goes to the championship game,

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 and as you're watching, it seems as though this is a matter of life or death.

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 Is it?

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 You have to declare bankruptcy.

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 Is that a matter of life or death?

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 You go through a divorce.

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 Is that a matter of life or death?

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 Do you know what else is a matter of life or death?

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 What you believe about Jesus.

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 Whether you trust in Jesus or not is a matter of life or death.

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 Hold on, you say.

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 Maybe you're not a Christian in the room.

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 You're like, Jesus is a matter of life or death?

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 I don't know what to think about Jesus, let alone trust in him, whatever that means.

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 But Pastor Mike, are you actually saying that trusting in Jesus is on the same scale as pancreatic cancer?

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 I know it sounds crazy, but I am.

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 Because Jesus does.

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 What you believe about Jesus is a matter of life or death.

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 So here's a question for you.

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 If we can make trivial, unimportant things into matters of life or death,

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 would not the opposite be also true?

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 That we can also trivialize the most important things.

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 And Jesus is the most important thing.

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 A couple of weeks ago, we began looking at this nighttime conversation between Jesus and this religious leader named Nicodemus.

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 And we're returning to that to finish off that conversation this morning.

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 But Jesus had thrown Nicodemus for a loop.

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 He was saying things, you need to be born again.

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 And Nicodemus was like, what?

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 Lights were on, but nobody was home.

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 Didn't get it.

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 And so Jesus repeatedly sets the record straight for Nicodemus of what it means to be born again.

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 What it means for the spirit to move and to give new life.

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 And in that part of the conversation, Jesus in chapter 3, verses 14 and 15 of John, he says this.

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 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the son of man be lifted up.

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 He's talking about himself.

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 Jesus is clearly saying that what you believe about him, the son of man, is a matter of life or death.

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 Eternal life or eternal death.

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 So what does it mean to believe in him so that you may have eternal life?

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 That is why verses 16 through 21 are in your Bible.

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 It's Jesus himself explaining why believing in him results in eternal life.

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 And so we're going to look at his explanation this morning.

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 And what we're going to see is that Jesus explains what it means to believe in him and have eternal life in two ways.

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 He's first going to make the point that he is uniquely qualified to be trusted.

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 And then secondly, he's going to say there are two polar opposite responses to him.

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 So let me read for you now, John 3, 16 through 21.

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 You know the first verse.

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 For God so loved the world.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, his one of a kind son,

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 that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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 Whoever believes in him, the son, whoever believes in him is not condemned,

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 but whoever does not believe is condemned already

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 because he is not believed in the name of the only son, the one of a kind son of God.

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 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light

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 because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light

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 lest his works should be exposed.

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 But whoever does what is true comes to the light

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 so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.

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 May God bless the reading of his word and hearing of his word.

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 Now let's turn to point one.

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 Jesus makes that he is uniquely qualified to be trusted.

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 So this again is this part of his explanation that Jesus is giving of why, of how he is to be trusted

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 and how that leads to eternal life.

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 And what's interesting is he starts with himself.

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 He's essentially saying this is why you should trust me.

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 What we see here is he says he's God's only son.

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 One of the many interesting things about Jesus is the way he talks about himself.

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 And it's not unusual for Jesus to refer to himself in the third person.

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 He just did so in verse 14 and 15 where he talks about him being the son of man.

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 And so here he's talking about himself in the third person again.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only son.

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 I talk about myself in the third person it turns out.

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 My daughter, Mary, loves matcha tea.

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 She recently offered me some.

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 I took a sip and almost threw up.

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 And I said, Mike, no, like.

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 Third person.

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 Third person.

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 It gets something done.

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 It's emphatic.

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 And here Jesus is referring to himself in the third person.

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 His only son.

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 God's only son.

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 And he says this three times in 16, 17, and 18.

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 God's only son, his son, the only son of God.

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 And he is claiming to be God's son, which is essentially claiming to be God himself.

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 And here's why that little only matters.

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 He is one of a kind.

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 Now, if you're a Christian brother in the room, you might be thinking something like this.

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 Wait, wait.

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 Time out, Mike.

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 I thought that the moment I believed in Jesus and became a Christian, that at that moment I was adopted by God the Father,

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 and that I am an adopted son.

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 You were.

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 You are.

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 Or maybe you're a sister in Christ, and you're like, time out.

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 Wait, hold on.

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 I thought the moment I believed in Jesus that I became a daughter of the Most High God.

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 You did.

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 So why is Jesus saying he is God's only son?

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 Aren't we all part of the same family?

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 We are.

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 When you hear only, you need to hear one of a kind.

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 If you flip back in your Bible to John chapter 1, I want to help you see it.

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 In John chapter 1, verses 1 through 18, John opens the gospel by talking about the Word.

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 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God.

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 Verse 3, all things were made through him, the Word, and without him was not anything made that was made.

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 Verse 14, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we've seen his glory.

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 Glory is of the only Son, the one-of-a-kind Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 In verse 17, for the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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 In other words, the Word is Jesus Christ.

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 No one has ever seen God, verse 18, the only God, the one-of-a-kind God, who is at the Father's side.

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 He has made him known.

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 So here's what's going on.

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 Here's what I want to help you see.

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 That Jesus, when he claims to be God's one-of-a-kind Son in chapter 3, it's being connected to what's been said about the Word in chapter 1.

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 So let me ask you, Christian, were you at the beginning?

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 In the beginning, Genesis 1-1, were you there?

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 You were not there.

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 I wasn't there, but the Word was there, who's also Jesus Christ, the Son.

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 Were you in the beginning with God, distinct from God, but with God?

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 No, no, none of us were in the beginning with God, distinct from, but no, no, no.

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 Were you God?

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 Are you God?

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 No!

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 None of us are.

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 Did you, were you the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us,

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 and we beheld his glory, glory as of the one-of-a-kind Son from the Father,

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 full of steadfast love and faithfulness?

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 Were you that?

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 Are you that?

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 No.

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 Are you the one-of-a-kind God who's at the Father's side,

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 who is making known visibly the invisible God?

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 No!

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 So we're sons and daughters of God, but we're not the one-of-a-kind Son.

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 And what makes him the one-of-a-kind Son

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 is that he's totally God and totally man.

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 And it makes him uniquely qualified to get something done

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 to rescue sinners from their sin.

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 Now I just want to point something interesting out in this passage.

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 In verses 16 through 18, Jesus speaks about himself in the third person

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 as the Son, the only Son.

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 But when you get to verses 19 through 21, he shifts his language

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 from talking about to being the only Son to being the light.

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 This is the judgment.

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 The light has come into the world.

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 He's talking about himself.

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 And people love the darkness rather than the light

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 because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light.

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 So I just want you to notice that Jesus shifts

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 from talking about himself as the Son

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 to talking about as the light

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 and that he is the light that shines in the world.

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 And the world is equated with darkness

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 and not a spiritual darkness.

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 Darkness is a way of describing sin and death

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 and light is a way of describing holiness and life.

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 And so what we see here is Jesus talking about

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 that he is the light as a way of talking about

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 that he is salvation.

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 He is the one of a kind Son, Son of God,

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 and he is the light of eternal life

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 shining in the darkness of sinful humanity.

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 He is the one of a kind Son.

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 So he's making this argument.

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 Why believe in the Son?

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 Why believe in him?

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 He's one of a kind.

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 For what purpose did God send him then?

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 Did you notice in verse 16?

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 I'm sure you did

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 because this is the football field goal verse, right?

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 John 3, 16.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave.

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 And then in verse 17,

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 for God did not send his Son into the world

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 to condemn the world,

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 but sent him in order that the world

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 might be saved through him.

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 So what we're reading here is that,

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 is that God the Father gave his Son.

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 He sent his Son.

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 And he sent his Son for a purpose.

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 Jesus is literally a God sent.

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 God the Father gave, sent God the Son for a purpose.

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 And there's a clue to what that purpose is

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 in verse 17.

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 In order that.

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 But in order that the world might be saved through him.

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 Jesus was given by God, sent by God on a rescue mission.

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 He wasn't sent to condemn the world,

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 but to save the world.

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 To save, to rescue.

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 Time out, you say.

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 I didn't wake up this morning thinking that I was in danger.

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 I didn't drive to church to this morning

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 think I was needing rescue.

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 I don't feel like I'm in danger right now,

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 as a matter of fact.

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 What exactly do I need to be saved from?

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 Well, you need to be rescued from something of your own doing.

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 And it's something that you don't like to think about.

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 Those deep regrets that you have

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 from your past of how you hurt people,

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 how you deeply wounded people,

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 how you injured,

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 how you've done wrong and evil things.

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 And if they were broadcast,

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 you would be undone.

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 You'd be devastated.

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 You'd be embarrassed.

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 You've said things and done things

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 that are flat out wrong.

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 Do you know how I know?

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 Because I've done them too.

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 What you need to understand

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 is that these wrongs that you've done

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 are worse than you think they are.

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 Because those wrongs that you've done

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 are not only injuring yourself and others,

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 your wrongs are always wrongs against God.

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 And the Bible describes those wrongs

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 that you commit against yourself and others and God.

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 It describes it as committing sins.

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 When you sin against another person,

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 whether you lie or you steal

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 or you commit adultery

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 or you just flat out hate them,

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 you are also sinning against God.

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 And God is not indifferent to that.

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 Because God, as we heard from our communion meditation,

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 is a God of justice,

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 and that is good.

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 What this means is that your wrongs that you've done,

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 which you think that they weren't that bad,

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 are worse than you think.

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 Because they've always been done

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 against the living God,

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 and they have eternal consequences.

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 Maybe this is a surprise for you this morning.

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 Maybe there's something in your mind right now.

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 I'm like, wait, time.

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 Hold on a second, somebody.

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 Look at your Bible.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 No.

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 17.

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 For God did not send his son into the world

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 to condemn the world.

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 Why are you condemning me, Mike?

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 Jesus wasn't sent to condemn the world,

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 but to save the world.

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 Why don't you read your Bible?

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 It reminds me of a story.

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 Decades ago, my brother and I

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 were driving our young families.

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 This is decades ago,

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 when I was a younger man, immature.

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 Decades ago, my brother and I

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 were driving our families,

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 our young families,

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 in separate cars

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 across northern Indiana

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 on State Route 30.

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 Anybody know it?

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 And we were flying.

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 I was in the lead car,

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 my older brother Scott

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 behind in his car,

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 and we were setting

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 a new land speed record.

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 Brothers egg each other on.

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 At one point,

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 I looked up in the rearview mirror,

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 and lo and behold,

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 an Indiana State trooper

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 pulled up behind my brother's

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 mother.

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 Lights flashing,

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 siren blaring,

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 and my first thought was,

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 stinks to be you, Scott.

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 I've been delivered.

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 I look up again at my rearview mirror,

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 and Scott is pulling his car over

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 with the State trooper

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 pulling over with him,

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 and behind the State trooper

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 was another State trooper.

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 Sirens going,

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 lights flashing,

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 and he pulled up behind me,

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 and he pulled me over.

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 You see,

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 10 miles earlier,

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 we had been condemned already,

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 and they had just been following us

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 for 10 miles,

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 waiting for the moment

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 to pull us over.

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 Judgment caught up with me,

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 and God's judgment for the wrongs

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 you've done against him.

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 You've already been clocked.

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 And it's just a matter of time

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 before it catches up.

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 That's the danger you're in.

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 It's not because Jesus,

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 he didn't send Jesus

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 not to condemn the world.

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 The world was condemned already.

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 That's why he sent Jesus,

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 in order to save the world.

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 Because our sin provokes God's just wrath,

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 and you will suffer for it

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 if you have to pay that on your own.

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 God the Father sent God the Son

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 in order to bear God's just wrath

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 for your wrongs,

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 in order to save you.

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 That's why Jesus is a matter of life or death.

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 So let me ask this.

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 What would motivate God to send Jesus?

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 It's in one word.

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 It's the word love.

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 For God so loved the world.

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 This is God's extraordinary love,

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 we delight in his justice,

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 we are really grateful for his mercy,

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 but his grace and his love,

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 we celebrate.

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 But let me just be clear,

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 love doesn't mean some kind of emotional,

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 feel-good thing right now.

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 That's not the love of God.

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 The love of God is a commitment.

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 It's a resolve.

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 It is a pursuit

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 that none of us deserves.

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 And remember that this word world,

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 for God so loved the world,

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 don't think planet.

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 The world is sinful humanity

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 in organized rebellion against God.

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 Defined this way,

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 you can start understanding

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 why John uses darkness language

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 to describe the world.

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 It's humanity living in the darkness

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 of a sinful rebellion,

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 which then makes God's love for the world

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 all the more extraordinary.

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 Let me tweak 3.16 a little bit

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 to make the point.

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 For God so loved his enemies

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 that he gave his one-of-a-kind son.

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 For God so loved those who rejected him

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 and ignored him

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 and wronged him over and over and over again

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 that he sent his one-of-a-kind son

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 to die for them.

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 For God so loved those who worshipped themselves,

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 which is the high capital crime of pride.

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 God so loved them

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 that he gave his one and only son

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 who humbled himself

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 even to the point of death for them.

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 What is extraordinary

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 is not how lovable you and I are,

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 because we're not,

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 but how loving God is.

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 Extraordinary.

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 In love, God sent Jesus

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 to be lifted up on the cross

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 and die in the place

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 of those sinners.

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 Jesus suffered the full venting

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 of God's wrath

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 for all of our sin

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 in six hours on one Friday afternoon.

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 And being totally God

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 and totally man,

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 Jesus was uniquely qualified

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 to be the savior of the world.

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 Because he's totally God,

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 he can satisfy God's wrath

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 totally in six hours.

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 And because he is totally man,

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 he can represent us totally.

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 He can sympathize with us in every way.

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 What kind of love is this?

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 That God incarnate would die for me

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 and you rebels?

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 It's extraordinary.

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 But let me just be clear.

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 Jesus didn't die for us.

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 Just to rescue us from God's wrath.

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 Jesus died in order to reconcile us to God.

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 Not just to save us from God's wrath

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 over our sin,

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 but save us to God.

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 To experience a fullness of relationship

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 which we were created for.

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 God in his love paid the greatest price

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 in order for you and me

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 to experience a relationship,

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 a life-giving relationship with him.

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 And do you know who gets all the glory for that?

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 None of us.

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 Not to us, O Lord.

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 Not to us,

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 but to your name give glory

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 because of your steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 This is a matter of life or death.

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 And what Jesus is doing is making case

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 that he alone is the sole object

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 of our trust

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 regarding this matter of life or death.

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 No one, nothing else can save you

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 from your sins but him.

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 He is uniquely qualified

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 as being totally God and totally man,

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 the one of a kind son

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 to be the savior of the world,

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 to be your savior.

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 So if Jesus truly is God in the flesh

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 and he has made a way for you

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 to be rescued from God's wrath

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 and he's offering you rescue this morning,

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 there are only two ways to respond to him

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 according to Jesus.

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 And that's where I want to point you to now.

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 The polar opposite responses.

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 Jesus explains this in this passage.

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 Imagine a topographical map

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 of the United States.

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 Can you see that in your mind?

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 Or maybe a globe

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 where you can see

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 on the western side of the United States

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 just the rising of the Rocky Mountains

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 and it is a mountain line

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 that extends all the way up

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 to the North American continent

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 and all the way down

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 to the South American continent.

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 It's also called the Continental Divide.

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 If precipitation falls

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 on the eastern side

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 of the Continental Divide,

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 that water will flow

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 either into the Hudson Bay,

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 the Atlantic Ocean,

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 or the Gulf of Mexico.

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 But if precipitation falls

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.940
 on the western side

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 of the Continental Divide,

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:44.400
 it flows into the Pacific Ocean.

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 The Continental Divide

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 is a great watershed.

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 Rain can fall

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:54.500
 on top of the same mountain,

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:57.080
 but that water

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 can end up thousands of miles apart

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 in two different oceans.

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 Jesus Christ,

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.300
 God's one-of-a-kind Son,

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:10.800
 is the great continental divide

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.740
 of all humanity.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:15.059
 How you respond to Him

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.680
 will determine

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:17.400
 where you spend eternity.

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:20.620
 What you believe about Jesus

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:22.319
 is a matter of life and death,

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.319
 eternal life,

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.000
 eternal death,

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.859
 and Jesus Himself spells out

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:29.279
 two polar opposite responses

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 to Him

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:31.900
 in this passage.

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.680
 And He uses

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:37.660
 different language for it.

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.680
 The first is

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.819
 believing or not believing

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.720
 in the Son.

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 If you look at 3.18,

00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:45.379
 whoever believes in Him,

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.119
 the Son,

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.319
 is not condemned.

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:50.639
 But whoever does not believe

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.859
 is condemned already

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:53.119
 because he is not believed

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.679
 in the name

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:55.919
 of the only Son of God.

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:56.799
 Believing

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:59.079
 or not believing in Jesus

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.960
 are polar opposite responses

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.939
 to Jesus.

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 He's making Himself

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.919
 out to be

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:05.639
 the great continental divide

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 of all humanity.

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 And whether you believe Him

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.000
 or not

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.680
 will result

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.960
 in you being condemned

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.980
 or not condemned.

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.480
 And I've already shown you

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.319
 from 3.18

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.039
 what it means

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.599
 to be condemned.

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.099
 You're condemned already.

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.940
 If you flip your Bibles

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.880
 over to chapter 3,

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.720
 verse 36,

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.839
 this is just another way

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.720
 Jesus describes it.

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.539
 Whoever believes in the Son

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.279
 has eternal life.

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.859
 Whoever does not obey the Son

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.980
 shall not see life,

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.940
 but the wrath of God

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.720
 remains on him.

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 He's condemned already.

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.420
 That's what it means

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.299
 to be condemned,

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.380
 to be under God's

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.980
 just wrath.

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.920
 Whether you believe or not,

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.200
 there's a lot riding on it

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.079
 because Jesus is the sole object,

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.960
 the sole Savior,

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.360
 but there's some confusion

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.600
 on what it means to believe.

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:56.500
 There's confusion in the room

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:59.779
 of what biblical belief is

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.799
 and what biblical belief is not.

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 Hence,

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.279
 I brought out this chair.

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.819
 Can everybody see the chair?

00:28:08.979 --> 00:28:10.259
 Let me ask you a question.

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:14.219
 Do you believe this chair

00:28:14.219 --> 00:28:15.019
 can hold your weight?

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.759
 Yeah, you do.

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.859
 You believe that.

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.399
 Are you exercising

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:25.039
 that belief right now?

00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:27.459
 No, you're not.

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.500
 You're trusting

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:31.119
 in your pew right now.

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:32.539
 You're not trusting

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:34.559
 in this chair right now,

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:36.239
 though you intellectually agree

00:28:36.239 --> 00:28:37.219
 that this can hold your weight.

00:28:38.239 --> 00:28:39.299
 When we talk about

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.439
 biblical belief,

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.779
 we're talking about

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.079
 active trust,

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:46.039
 not intellectual agreement.

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.599
 Did you know that

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.419
 even the demons believe

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:51.219
 that Jesus is the one-of-a-kind

00:28:51.219 --> 00:28:51.939
 Son of God?

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:54.359
 So here it is.

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:57.119
 This is not believing.

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.379
 If this chair is Jesus,

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:01.839
 this is not believing in Jesus.

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:03.299
 If you're sitting in the pew,

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.839
 you're not believing in the chair.

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:06.379
 It's only when you sit

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.699
 in the chair

00:29:07.699 --> 00:29:09.500
 that you are trusting

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.159
 in the chair.

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.539
 And what conversion is,

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.939
 it means you've got to get out

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:15.379
 of trusting in yourself.

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.939
 You've got to get up

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.779
 out of that chair,

00:29:17.979 --> 00:29:18.719
 and you've got to go

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.799
 put all of your weight

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.059
 in the Jesus chair.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.459
 Are you following me?

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:25.660
 And if you think

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:27.019
 you believe in Jesus,

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:29.059
 but you haven't actually

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.559
 put all of your weight,

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.279
 your trust,

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.700
 for your present

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:34.000
 and future life

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.200
 to deliver you

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.400
 from the wrath to come,

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.319
 guess what?

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.980
 You're not actually saved.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.559
 You've deceived yourself.

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:47.100
 You just agree

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.259
 that Jesus is the Savior

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.880
 of the world,

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:51.640
 but you're not actually

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.940
 trusting in Him.

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:54.280
 And so what that means

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:56.620
 is you remain condemned already.

00:29:57.900 --> 00:30:00.040
 Whether you trust in Jesus or not,

00:30:00.300 --> 00:30:02.660
 it's a matter of life or death.

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:06.400
 You've got to believe in the Son,

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.300
 not just agree.

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:12.020
 There's another contrast

00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:13.400
 in verses 19 through 21.

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:17.500
 And it's not believing

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.580
 or not believing.

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.640
 It's where Jesus describes Himself

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.840
 as the light of the world,

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.280
 the light that has come

00:30:24.280 --> 00:30:24.880
 into the world.

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:27.000
 And what this contrast

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.660
 contributes

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:29.860
 is something a little bit more

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.920
 than believing

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.560
 or not believing

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.140
 in the Son.

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:34.240
 Because in this section,

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:36.040
 in verses 19 through 21,

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.700
 what Jesus actually

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.880
 shows us

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.660
 is why

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.700
 people

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.580
 don't

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:44.019
 trust in the Son.

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.720
 Why people

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:47.059
 don't believe

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.460
 in the Son.

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:51.319
 Look at verses 19 through 20.

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.680
 And this is the judgment.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.840
 The light has come

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.759
 into the world

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:56.120
 and people

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.200
 loved

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.299
 the darkness

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:00.559
 rather than the light

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.400
 because

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.980
 their works were evil.

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.180
 Verse 20,

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.259
 for everyone

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.299
 who does wicked things

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:08.120
 hates

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:09.080
 the light.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.340
 Hates the light

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:13.080
 and does not come

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.500
 to the light

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.039
 lest

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.100
 his works

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.960
 or her works

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.820
 should be

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:17.980
 exposed.

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.160
 Do you know

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.120
 why people refuse

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.900
 to come to Jesus?

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.160
 Jesus gives

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.960
 the answer here.

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.060
 Because

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:28.500
 they love

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.600
 their sins

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.400
 more

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.480
 than they love

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.039
 the Savior.

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.159
 Savior.

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.039
 That's

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.700
 Jesus' answer.

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.879
 They don't want

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.639
 to have their sins

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.039
 exposed.

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.920
 They don't want

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.519
 to have to change

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.200
 their lives

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:42.379
 because they think

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.240
 that is going

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.920
 to be

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.519
 somehow

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:46.259
 lesser of a life

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.460
 when in fact

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.539
 Jesus offers

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.799
 abundant life.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.559
 They don't want

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.960
 to give up

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.399
 sinning.

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.940
 They don't want

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.720
 to be exposed.

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.460
 Here's

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.559
 what this means.

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.720
 if you're not

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.099
 a Christian

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.759
 in the room

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.539
 here's what

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.440
 this means.

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.379
 In order

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.759
 for you

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.480
 to be rescued

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.339
 from God's

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.480
 very real

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.000
 wrath

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.319
 you must

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.940
 first

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.700
 take

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.539
 responsibility

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.319
 for the

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.819
 wrongs

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.259
 you've done

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.839
 against him.

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.259
 You've got

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.899
 to own it.

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.179
 Coming

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.859
 to the

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.379
 light of

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.740
 Jesus

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.339
 requires

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.059
 humility.

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.299
 It requires

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.099
 honesty.

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.039
 It requires

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.940
 saying yes

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.340
 I am guilty.

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.779
 I have

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.200
 sinned

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.100
 against you.

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:33.580
 When you

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:33.940
 come into

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.299
 the light

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.680
 of Jesus

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.640
 you get

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.400
 your sins

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.900
 exposed.

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.440
 You start

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.799
 to see

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.320
 your sin

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.720
 for what

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.220
 it is.

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.000
 Evil

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.500
 and wicked

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.100
 works

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.539
 that are

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.720
 seen

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.160
 for what

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.480
 they are

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.259
 in God's

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.539
 sight.

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.200
 The very

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.160
 things that

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.019
 condemn you

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.440
 you get

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.960
 to see

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.360
 them.

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.000
 So in

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.279
 order to

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.659
 become a

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:54.899
 Christian

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.399
 you don't

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.779
 ignore

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.419
 your sins.

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.419
 You

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.899
 confess

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.240
 them.

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.079
 You

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.479
 repent

00:33:01.479 --> 00:33:01.740
 of them.

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:01.899
 You

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.299
 turn

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.619
 from

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:02.979
 them

00:33:02.979 --> 00:33:03.459
 because

00:33:03.459 --> 00:33:03.679
 you

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.039
 realize

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.299
 this

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.439
 is

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:04.599
 the

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.799
 way

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:04.939
 of

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.500
 destruction.

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.079
 I

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.219
 don't

00:33:07.219 --> 00:33:07.359
 want

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.519
 to

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.959
 perish

00:33:07.959 --> 00:33:08.219
 under

00:33:08.219 --> 00:33:08.539
 God's

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.819
 wrath.

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:08.959
 I

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.059
 got

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.240
 to

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.779
 turn

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.959
 to

00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:11.359
 Jesus

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.119
 and

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.299
 turn

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.639
 away

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:12.899
 from

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.139
 this

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.599
 stuff.

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.519
 So in

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.740
 order to

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.039
 become a

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.319
 Christian

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.019
 you don't

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.459
 ignore

00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:18.759
 your

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.199
 sins.

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.939
 You

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:21.299
 own

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.659
 them.

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:24.039
 being a

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.219
 sinner

00:33:24.219 --> 00:33:24.659
 against

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.119
 God.

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.859
 That's

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.339
 why you

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.799
 need to

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.039
 be

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.539
 saved.

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.679
 What

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.219
 Jesus is

00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:31.519
 saying

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.579
 here is

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.039
 that people

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.639
 refuse to

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.079
 come to

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.559
 the light

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:38.500
 because they

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.039
 love their

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.799
 sin more

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.139
 than the

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.639
 one who

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.259
 can save

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.599
 them from

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.139
 their sins.

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.199
 And in

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:45.919
 verse 21

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:48.439
 Jesus

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:51.000
 contrasts

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.639
 those who

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.100
 don't

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:52.580
 come to

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:52.720
 the

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.000
 light

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.620
 with

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.000
 those

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.420
 who

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.880
 do

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.200
 come

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.360
 to

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.520
 the

00:33:55.520 --> 00:33:55.759
 light.

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.280
 Verse 21

00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:58.300
!

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.820
 But whoever

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.440
 does

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.160
 what is

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.440
 true

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.080
 comes to

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.200
 the

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.420
 light

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.860
 so that

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.040
 it

00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.280
 may

00:34:02.280 --> 00:34:02.480
 be

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.860
 clearly

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.360
 seen

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.100
 that

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.280
 his

00:34:04.280 --> 00:34:04.620
 works

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:04.800
 have

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:04.940
 been

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.220
 carried

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.620
 out

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:07.100
 in

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.480
 God.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.500
 By

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.140
 implication

00:34:12.140 --> 00:34:13.820
 if

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.420
 those

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.660
 who

00:34:14.660 --> 00:34:15.180
 don't

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:15.579
 come

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.820
 to

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:15.980
 the

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.280
 light

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:17.400
 love

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.019
 darkness

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.880
 verse 19

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:20.340
 and

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.639
 hate

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.940
 the

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.259
 light

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:22.059
 verse 20

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.519
 then

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.759
 those

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:23.900
 who

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.159
 come

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.360
 to

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.519
 the

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.880
 light

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.579
 they've

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.880
 got to

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.079
 hate

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.559
 darkness

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.900
 they've

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.139
 got to

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.320
 hate

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.539
 the

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.759
 sin

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:30.960
 and

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.139
 they've

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.420
 got to

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.559
 love

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.719
 the

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:31.960
 light

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.759
 they've

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:33.980
 got to

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.099
 love

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.559
 Jesus

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:36.119
 they've

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.360
 got to

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.759
 see him

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:36.940
 for

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.639
 for

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.820
 the

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.199
 unique

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.539
 one of

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.679
 a

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.059
 kind

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.719
 son

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:39.960
 he

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.460
 is

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.099
 those

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.280
 who

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.599
 come

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.820
 to

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.139
 light

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.740
 love

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.240
 the

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.619
 savior

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.360
 more

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.599
 than

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:45.820
 their

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.480
 sins

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:49.280
 they

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.480
 see

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.679
 their

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:49.960
 need

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.159
 for

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.679
 rescue

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.559
 and

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.760
 are

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.220
 willing

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.480
 to

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.099
 say

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.260
 yes

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.559
 this

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.720
 is

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:54.900
 who

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.059
 I

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.400
 truly

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.980
 am

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:58.920
 save

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.240
 me

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:03.039
 did

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.159
 you

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.380
 notice

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.579
 that

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.840
 Jesus

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.099
 is

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.720
 emphasizing

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:07.720
 love

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.099
 hate

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.639
 language

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:12.159
 love

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.500
 the

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.059
 darkness

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.480
 hate

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.719
 the

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.059
 light

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.440
 do

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.480
 you

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.559
 know

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:15.639
 what

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:15.799
 that

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.159
 means

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.539
 conversion

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.839
 requires

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.679
 a

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:19.980
 heart

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.639
 change

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.440
 a

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.639
 new

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.980
 heart

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.119
 for

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.460
 someone

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.679
 to

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:24.839
 do

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.019
 what

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.159
 is

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.519
 true

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.779
 in

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.179
 pleasing

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.400
 in

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.779
 God's

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.000
 sight

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.279
 verse

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.739
 21

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.659
 that

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:29.179
 person

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.940
 has

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.079
 to

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.219
 have

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.299
 a

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.440
 new

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.699
 heart

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:32.259
 and

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.480
 God

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.799
 gives

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.000
 new

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.259
 hearts

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.460
 when

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:33.759
 sinners

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.039
 are

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.379
 born

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:34.699
 anew

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:34.900
 by

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.119
 the

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.460
 spirit

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.159
 they

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.420
 are

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.000
 born

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.400
 again

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:39.539
 this

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.680
 is

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:39.860
 what

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.059
 Jesus

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.280
 was

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.519
 talking

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.639
 to

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.099
 Nicodemus

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.420
 about

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.880
 moments

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.180
 ago

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:44.800
 they

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.039
 hate

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.200
 their

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.500
 sin

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.800
 and

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.019
 love

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.180
 the

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.500
 light

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.260
 and

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.460
 who

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.700
 they

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.019
 are

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.420
 living

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.760
 for

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.260
 becomes

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.000
 evidently

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.260
 clear

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.940
 that

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.280
 Jesus

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.680
 is the

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.059
 controlling

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.460
 center

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.840
 of their

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.180
 life

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:56.700
 so

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.039
 Jesus

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.460
 spells

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.820
 out

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:59.000
 these

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.380
 polar

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.900
 opposite

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.579
 responses

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.820
 to

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.160
 God's

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:01.519
 one of a

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.700
 kind

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.099
 son

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.559
 who

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.740
 is

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.079
 shining

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.260
 in

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.360
 the

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.680
 darkness

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.220
 and

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.360
 he

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.700
 spells

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:04.900
 them

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.260
 out

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.619
 by

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.900
 talking

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.099
 about

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.200
!

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.639
 the

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:06.960
 same

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.439
 responses

00:36:07.439 --> 00:36:07.639
 in

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:07.759
 two

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.000
 different

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.419
 ways

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:09.099
 believing

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.279
 and

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.480
 not

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.839
 believing

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.579
 in

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.719
 the

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:10.960
 son

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.779
 as

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:11.939
 well

00:36:11.939 --> 00:36:12.119
 as

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.439
 coming

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:12.639
 to

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:12.779
 the

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.059
 light

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.779
 being

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.039
 born

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.179
 of

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.439
 God

00:36:14.439 --> 00:36:14.799
 or

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.159
 not

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.480
 coming

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.659
 to

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:15.799
 the

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.039
 light

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.839
 which

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:16.980
 is

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.319
 remaining

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:17.619
 dead

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.739
 in

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:17.899
 your

00:36:17.899 --> 00:36:18.359
 sins

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.799
 and

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.179
 God's

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.399
 wrath

00:36:19.399 --> 00:36:19.739
 remaining

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.059
 on

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.339
 you

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.980
 these

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.099
 are

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.259
 the

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.559
 polar

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.099
 opposite

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.779
 responses

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:23.099
 to

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.480
 Jesus

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.159
 and

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.319
 he

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.739
 makes

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.279
 himself

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.839
 into

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.199
 the

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.719
 great

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.679
 continental

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.379
 divide

00:36:28.379 --> 00:36:28.939
 of

00:36:28.939 --> 00:36:29.299
 all

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.579
 of

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.279
 humanity

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:34.820
 what

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.400
 side

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.560
 of

00:36:35.560 --> 00:36:35.700
 him

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:35.960
 are

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.140
 you

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:36.519
 on

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:40.700
 Jesus

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.200
 explains

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.519
 what it

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.700
 means

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:41.880
 to

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.140
 believe

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.320
 in

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.560
 him

00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:44.140
 so

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.300
 that

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.420
 you

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.580
 may

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:44.780
 have

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.060
 eternal

00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:45.440
 life

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:47.280
 he

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.760
 alone

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.140
 is

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.240
 to

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.380
 be

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.740
 trusted

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.140
 as

00:36:49.140 --> 00:36:49.360
 the

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.600
 savior

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:49.820
 of

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:49.940
 the

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.180
 world

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.380
 the

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.500
 one

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.700
 of a

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:50.900
 kind

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.320
 son

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.080
 and

00:36:52.080 --> 00:36:52.220
 there

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.340
 are

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.720
 only

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.200
 two

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:53.800
 responses

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:55.180
 do

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.260
 you

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.380
 know

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.500
 what

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.660
 this

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.000
 passage

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.200
 is

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.360
 all

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.720
 about

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:59.660
 trusting

00:36:59.660 --> 00:36:59.920
 in

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.180
 Jesus

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.460
 is

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.580
 a

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:00.820
 matter

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.019
 of

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.260
 life

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.420
 or

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.740
 death

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:04.380
 so

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.820
 trust

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.160
 in

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:05.539
 Jesus

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.960
 and

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.380
 live

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:08.840
 if

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.019
 you're

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.180
 a

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.440
 Christian

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.620
 in

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:09.740
 the

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:09.980
 room

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.840
 here's

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:10.940
 what

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.080
 this

00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:11.300
 means

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.480
 for

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.800
 you

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:14.060
 thank

00:37:14.060 --> 00:37:14.560
 God

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:15.519
 for

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.820
 saving

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.140
 you

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:18.519
 don't

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.800
 forget

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.000
 what

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.160
 you've

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.300
 been

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.620
 forgiven

00:37:19.620 --> 00:37:20.060
 from

00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:22.000
 there's

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.220
 a

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.840
 little

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:24.039
 episode

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.300
 in

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.480
 Luke

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.860
 7

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.600
 where

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:25.920
 Jesus

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.280
 has

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.800
 been

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.180
 invited

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:27.519
 to

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:27.720
 a

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:27.880
 dinner

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.240
 party

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:28.640
 with

00:37:28.640 --> 00:37:29.160
 Simon

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.380
 the

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.980
 Pharisee

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.360
 in

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.500
 a

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.700
 woman

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:31.880
 of

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.039
 the

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.360
 city

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.840
 which

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.100
 is

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.700
 a

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:33.920
 nice

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.160
 way

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.280
 of

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.519
 saying

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.680
 a

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.280
 prostitute

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.660
 comes

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:35.900
 in

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:38.059
 and

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.200
 she

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.460
 starts

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.960
 crying

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.340
 on

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.539
 his

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.039
 feet

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.320
 and

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.720
 cleaning

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.059
 his

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.340
 feet

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.519
 with

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.640
 her

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:42.019
 hair

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.559
 and

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.700
 then

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:42.880
 she

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.280
 breaks

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.760
 open

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.000
 this

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.340
 very

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.920
 expensive

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.340
 bottle

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.539
 of

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.900
 perfume

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.160
 and

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.559
 anoints

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.660
 him

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:46.840
 with

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.059
 that

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.460
 and

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.740
 there

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.039
 is

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.320
 Simon

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.500
 the

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.039
 Pharisee

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.460
 saying

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.680
 in

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:50.859
 his

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.139
 heart

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.579
 if

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.739
 he

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:52.919
 was

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:53.059
 a

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.359
 prophet

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.699
 he

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:53.879
 would

00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.139
 know

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.299
 who

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.519
 this

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:54.779
 woman

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.279
 was

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:57.659
 and

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:57.960
 Jesus

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.599
 goes

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:58.739
 on

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:58.839
 to

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:58.960
 tell

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.059
 him

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.199
 a

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.500
 story

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:01.179
 and

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.299
 he

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:01.500
 sums

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.639
 it

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.759
 up

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:01.960
 this

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.239
 way

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:04.119
 this

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.519
 woman

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.059
 who's

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.219
 done

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.399
 all

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:06.579
 these

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.879
 things

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.139
 she's

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.279
 been

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.559
 forgiven

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.000
 much

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.940
 he's

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.079
 been

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.440
 forgiven

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.779
 much

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.299
 loves

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.839
 much

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:13.119
 but

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.319
 he

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:14.359
 who's

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:14.719
 forgiven

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.059
 little

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:16.899
 loves

00:38:16.899 --> 00:38:17.359
 little

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.880
 and

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.099
 what

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.300
 you

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.460
 need

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.579
 to

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.760
 know

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:19.920
 is

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.300
 everybody

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.500
 in

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.620
 the

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:20.840
 room

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.380
 if

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.539
 you're

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:21.680
 a

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:21.880
 follower

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.059
 of

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.300
 Jesus

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.720
 you

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:22.920
 have

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.079
 been

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.460
 forgiven

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.120
 much

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:28.140
 and

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:28.280
 when

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.380
 you

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.559
 give

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.220
 thanks

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.480
 to

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.840
 Jesus

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.180
 it

00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:30.340
 is

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.840
 good

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.440
 here's

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.559
 the

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:32.760
 second

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.000
 thing

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.320
 Christian

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.480
 you

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.760
 do

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:37.220
 tell

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.840
 others

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.240
 of

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.440
 what

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.860
 Jesus

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.180
 has

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.519
 done

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.800
 for

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.300
 you

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:43.940
 start

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.360
 easy

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.500
 start

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.680
 with

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:45.820
 your

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.380
 spouse

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:47.079
 but

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.360
 Mike

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.680
 my

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.180
 spouse

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.380
 is

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.500
 a

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.760
 Christian

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.200
 already

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:49.800
 so

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.200
 what

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:52.019
 tell

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.240
 them

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.599
 oh

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.160
 Jenny

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:54.000
 I

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.200
 am

00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:54.920
 amazed

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.200
 that

00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:55.599
 God

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:55.840
 would

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.420
 forgive

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.920
 me

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.320
 a

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.640
 sinner

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.940
 she'd

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.000
 be

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.160
 like

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.880
 amen

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.440
 you

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.720
 are

00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:00.900
 a

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.119
 sinner

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.480
 saved

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:01.660
 by

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.220
 grace

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:05.660
 but

00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:05.880
 don't

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.200
 stop

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.340
 with

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.480
 your

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.880
 spouse

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.220
 go

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.420
 on

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.500
 to

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.680
 your

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.119
 kids

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:09.800
 do

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.079
 your

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.559
 kids

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:11.380
 know

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.820
 how

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.119
 God

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.539
 saved

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.840
 you

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.760
 they

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.000
 might

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.200
 need

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:15.360
 a

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.619
 letter

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.119
 you

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.339
 might

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:16.500
 not

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.900
 explain

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.119
 it

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.639
 kind

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.719
 of

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:17.819
 in

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:17.960
 a

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.179
 G

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.559
 rating

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.759
 at

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.119
 first

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.699
 and

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:19.819
 then

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:19.920
 he

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.079
 moved

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.199
 to

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.539
 PG

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.900
 when

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.019
 they're

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.199
 a little

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.559
 older

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.019
 and

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.119
 then

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.219
 he

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.380
 moved

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.599
 into

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.940
 R

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.179
 if

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.339
 you

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:23.559
 think

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:23.719
 you

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:23.960
 can

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.159
 when

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.319
 they're

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.539
 old

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.920
 enough

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:26.480
 oh

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.679
 but

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:26.940
 don't

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.119
 hold

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.500
 back

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:29.699
 tell

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:29.900
 them

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.219
 of what

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.500
 Jesus

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.759
 has

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:30.980
 done

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.179
 for

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.359
 you

00:39:31.359 --> 00:39:31.960
 grandparents

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:37.299
 when Hudson

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.839
 my

00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:38.420
 grandson

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.779
 is

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.079
 old

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.460
 enough

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.400
 I'm

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.519
 going

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.659
 to

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:40.940
 share

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.199
 with

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.599
 him

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.920
 what

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.219
 Jesus

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.460
 has

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.679
 done

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:43.859
 for

00:39:43.859 --> 00:39:44.019
 his

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.500
 grandpa

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:48.219
 tell

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.460
 your

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.239
 grandkids

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:50.760
 and

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.039
 don't

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.300
 leave

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.679
 out

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.780
 what

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.079
 this

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.460
 same

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.780
 God

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.119
 is

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.760
 offering

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.480
 them

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.760
 in

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.239
 Jesus

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:58.440
 do

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.639
 you know

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:58.940
 why we

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.119
 tell

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.300
 other

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.579
 people

00:39:59.579 --> 00:39:59.880
 about

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.239
 Jesus

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:03.400
 because

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.840
 Jesus

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.659
 is a

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.099
 matter

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.980
 of

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.780
 life

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:08.159
 or

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.599
 death

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.599
 let's

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.759
 pray

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.179
 together

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:15.960
 Lord

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.299
 Jesus

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:19.199
 thank

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.539
 you

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.119
 for

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.500
 willingly

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.839
 giving

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.360
 yourself

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.839
 as the

00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:23.219
 one of a

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.460
 kind

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.920
 son of

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.239
 God

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:25.759
 for us

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.159
 sinners

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.839
 to make

00:40:26.839 --> 00:40:27.279
 us

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.779
 God's

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.039
 sons

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.239
 and

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:28.579
 daughters

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:30.819
 God

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.039
 would

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.400
 you

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.759
 by

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.039
 your

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.759
 spirit

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:33.839
 not only

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.480
 deepen

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.699
 our

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.099
 gratitude

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.420
 for

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.779
 that

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.460
 but

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.680
 would

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:36.820
 you

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.460
 increase

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.780
 our

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.320
 boldness

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.720
 to tell

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.019
 other

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.340
 people

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.700
 about

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.080
 that

00:40:40.080 --> 00:40:43.560
 amen

00:40:43.560 --> 00:40:45.820
 I

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.040
 almost

00:40:46.040 --> 00:40:46.360
 forgot

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:49.200
 I

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:49.460
 moved

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:49.660
 this

00:40:49.660 --> 00:40:49.980
 around

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.220
 right

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.420
 before

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.600
 the

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:50.820
 sermon

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.120
 so I

00:40:51.120 --> 00:40:51.360
 forgot

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.760
 to say

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.019
 this

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.260
 if

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.440
 you're

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.540
 a

00:40:52.540 --> 00:40:53.060
 non-Christian

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:59.299
 if

00:40:59.299 --> 00:40:59.460
 you're

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.539
 a

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.039
 non-Christian

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:01.900
 you've

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.059
 just

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.259
 been

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:02.559
 seeing

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:02.900
 Jesus

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.239
 as a

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.400
 chair

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.599
 that

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:03.779
 you

00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:04.019
 could

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.299
 sit

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:04.539
 in

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:07.519
 Jesus

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.820
 is

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.179
 inviting

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.420
 you

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.679
 this

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.019
 morning

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:10.519
 he's

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.019
 inviting

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.559
 you

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:11.840
 this

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.179
 morning

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:13.480
 to

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.000
 trust

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:15.139
 in

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.519
 him

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.279
 alone

00:41:16.279 --> 00:41:18.840
 to

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.019
 be

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.519
 saved

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.719
 to

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.019
 receive

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.340
 eternal

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.820
 life

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:24.160
 and

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:24.300
 I'm

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:24.600
 guessing

00:41:24.600 --> 00:41:24.940
 you're

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.200
 wondering

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.519
 what do

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:25.660
 I

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:25.980
 do

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:28.260
 you

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.620
 pray

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:30.620
 here's

00:41:30.620 --> 00:41:30.880
 what you

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.140
 pray

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:33.260
 I'm

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.500
 going to

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.940
 read

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.380
 this

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.900
 and then

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.039
 I'm

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.200
 going to

00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:35.440
 pray

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.680
 it

00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:36.620
 and then

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:36.760
 you

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.000
 pray

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.280
 along

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.480
 with

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.740
 me

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:39.340
 you

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.539
 say

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:39.840
 Lord

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.340
 Jesus

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:42.340
 save

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.860
 me

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.420
 from

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.800
 the

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.300
 wrath

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:44.920
 my

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.480
 sins

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.960
 deserve

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:48.580
 and

00:41:48.580 --> 00:41:48.700
 then

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:48.840
 you

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.059
 say

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.559
 thank

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.860
 you

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:51.019
 for

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.460
 dying

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.780
 in my

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.300
 place

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:53.980
 and

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.240
 giving

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.460
 me

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.800
 eternal

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.320
 life

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:56.159
 amen

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:58.380
 that's

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.619
 all you

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:58.880
 have to

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.179
 say

00:41:59.179 --> 00:42:01.699
 so I'm

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:01.840
 going to

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.300
 pray that

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:02.659
 now

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.639
 and if

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:03.920
 you want

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.260
 to pray

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.619
 that

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.539
 you pray

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:06.059
 along

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:07.500
 and after

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:07.880
 I say

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.159
 amen

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.440
 I'm going to

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.800
 say one

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.199
 more thing

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.639
 to you

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:12.579
 Lord

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.019
 Jesus

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:16.619
 save

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.119
 me

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.820
 from the

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.280
 wrath

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:19.760
 my sins

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:20.300
 deserve

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:22.700
 thank

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:22.840
 you

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.000
 for

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.440
 dying

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.800
 in

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:23.980
 my

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.560
 place

00:42:24.560 --> 00:42:26.880
 and

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.120
 giving

00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:27.340
 me

00:42:27.340 --> 00:42:27.680
 eternal

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:28.200
 life

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:31.060
 amen

00:42:31.060 --> 00:42:33.560
 if

00:42:33.560 --> 00:42:33.780
 you've

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.039
 prayed

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.300
 that

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.700
 prayer

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:37.800
 you

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:37.940
 need

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.039
 to

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.180
 tell

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.440
 me

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:40.100
 so

00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:40.280
 would

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.380
 you

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:40.640
 find

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:40.780
 me

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:41.019
 after

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.240
 the

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:41.640
 service

00:42:41.640 --> 00:42:41.980
 and

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.180
 let

00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:42.360
 me

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:42.800
 know

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.460
 that

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.740
 today

00:42:43.740 --> 00:42:44.000
 you've

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.240
 become

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:44.400
 a

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.740
 Christian

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:46.500
 God

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:46.779
 bless

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:47.019
 you

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.539
 amen