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 Father of my children, as well as my very own mother this morning.

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 Glad to have both of those precious women here.

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! I'm glad for each of you moms.

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 We see you and the hard work you're doing.

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 It's a picture of God's grace in your life and to our church

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 and for your husband and your children.

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 We're glad for each and every one of you.

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 We have some ground to cover today.

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 We're going to look at the entirety of John chapter 9.

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 And so I'm just going to get right to it.

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 I'm going to read the chapter.

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 And then we'll go back and work through its content together.

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 So let's begin John chapter 9, beginning in verse 1.

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 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

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 And his disciples asked him,

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 Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

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 Jesus answered,

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 It was not that this man sinned or his parents,

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 but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

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 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day.

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 Night is coming when no one can work.

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 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva.

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 Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him,

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 Go wash in the pool of Siloam, which means scent.

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 So he went and washed and came back seeing.

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 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying,

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 Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?

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 Some said, It is he.

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 Others said, No, but he is like him.

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 He kept saying, I am the man.

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 So they said to him,

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 Then how were your eyes opened?

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 He answered,

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 The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me,

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 Go to Siloam and wash.

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 So I went and washed and received my sight.

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 They said to him,

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 Where is he?

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 He said,

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 I do not know.

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 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

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 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

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 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight.

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 And he said to them,

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 He put mud on my eyes and I washed and I see.

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 Some of the Pharisees said,

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 This man is not from God for he does not keep the Sabbath.

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 But others said,

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 How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?

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 And there was a division among them.

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 So they said again to the blind man,

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 What do you say about him since he has opened your eyes?

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 He said,

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 He is a prophet.

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 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight

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 until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight

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 and asked them,

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 Is this your son who you say was born blind?

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 How then does he now see?

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 His parents answered,

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 We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

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 But how he now sees we do not know,

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 nor do we know who opened his eyes.

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 Ask him,

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 He is of age.

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 He will speak for himself.

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 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews.

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 For the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be the Christ,

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 he was to be put out of the synagogue.

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 Therefore his parents said,

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 He is of age.

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 Ask him.

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 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him,

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 Give glory to God.

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 We know that this man is a sinner.

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 He answered,

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 Whether he is a sinner I do not know.

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 One thing I do know,

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 that though I was blind,

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 now I see.

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 They said to him,

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 What did he do to you?

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 How did he open your eyes?

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 He answered them,

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 I have told you already,

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 and you would not listen.

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 Why do you want to hear it again?

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 Do you also want to become his disciples?

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 And they reviled him,

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 saying,

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 You are his disciple,

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 but we are disciples of Moses.

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 We know that God has spoken to Moses,

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 but as for this man,

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 we do not know where he comes from.

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 The man answered,

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 Why, this is an amazing thing.

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 You do not know where he comes from,

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 and yet he opened my eyes.

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 We know that God does not listen to sinners,

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 but if anyone is a worshiper of God

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 and does his will,

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 God listens to him.

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 Never since the world began

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 has it been heard

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 that anyone opened the eyes

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 of a man born blind.

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 If this man were not from God,

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 he could do nothing.

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 They answered him,

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 You were born in utter sin,

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 and you would teach us,

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 and they cast him out.

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 Jesus heard that they had cast him out,

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 and having found him, he said,

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 Do you believe in the Son of Man?

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 He answered,

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 And who is he, sir,

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 that I may believe in him?

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 Jesus said to him,

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 You have seen him,

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 and it is he who is speaking to you.

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 He said,

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 Lord, I believe,

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 and he worshipped him.

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 Jesus said,

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 For judgment I came into this world

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 that those who do not see may see,

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 and those who see may become blind.

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 Some of the Pharisees near him

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 heard these things

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 and said to him,

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 Are we also blind?

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 Jesus said to them,

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 If you were blind,

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 you would have no guilt.

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 But now that you say,

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 we see,

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 your guilt remains.

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 Okay,

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 there's a lot of text to cover here,

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 and we're not going to look at every single word

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 and every detail found in this chapter,

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 but I promised you,

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 at the beginning of our study,

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 that I was going to follow the chiastic structure

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 through John.

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 All of chapter 9 is chiasm.

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 I'll make a couple of other comments about that later,

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 although not massively significant.

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 This probably, as a text,

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 could be broken up into three sermons.

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 I'm going to move pretty quick past some of it

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 to not keep us too long today,

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 but I think that the main thing

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 being communicated to us here by John

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 would be lost,

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 you know,

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 the forest for the trees,

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 so to speak,

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 if we spend too much time in this chapter.

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 So let's look first,

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 before I give you an outline,

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 at the first seven verses

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 and talk just a bit about the setting,

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 where do we find ourselves in the narrative,

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 and the miracle that's performed.

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 So we see right away in verse 1

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 that Jesus passes by a man.

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 He's just left the temple

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 where the Jews were looking to stone him.

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 He hides himself,

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 and he escapes.

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 At the time,

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 we're not totally sure,

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 although we find out later in the text

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 that it's on the Sabbath.

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 So some days have passed.

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 We don't know exactly how many

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 from the concluding words of chapter 8.

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 How many doesn't really matter,

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 but John's setting for us

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 that this is happening on a Saturday,

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 on the Sabbath.

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 We see Jesus send the man

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 that he heals to the pool of Siloam,

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 which is located in Jerusalem.

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 So they're still in the city,

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 or they're very near the city,

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 perhaps on the outskirts of the city.

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 Now, do you recall a mention

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 of the pool of Siloam

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 in our previous study?

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 Now, this is the first time

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 that we see the name of the pool

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 in John's Gospel,

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 but you may remember my explanation

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 of the Feast of Booths

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 in chapter 7,

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 and the carrying of water

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 from this pool to the temple

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 as part of their ceremonial tradition.

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 This is where that water originated from

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 that paraded through the city

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 to the temple

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 for that water ritual

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 performed at that feast.

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 You may remember

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 that it was in that setting,

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 John records,

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 chapter 7, verse 37 and 38,

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 on the last day of the feast,

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 the great day,

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 Jesus stood up and cried out.

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 Remember, there's all of this

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 water ceremony going on.

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 He says,

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 If anyone thirsts,

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 let him come to me and drink.

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 Whoever believes in me,

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 as the scripture has said,

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 out of his heart

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 will flow rivers of living water.

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 So that's where they're at.

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 On the Sabbath day,

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 encounter this man

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 as he passes by him,

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 performs this miracle,

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 sends him to this particular pool

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 in the city.

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 It bears some significance.

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 And his disciples ask him

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 in response to seeing this man,

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 rabbi, teacher,

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 who sinned,

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 this man or his parents,

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 that he was born blind.

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 Misunderstood Bible text

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 and poor rabbinical tradition

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 had many first century Jews

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 believing that all disablements

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 were directly tied

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 to either the sin of an individual

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 or the sin of their parents.

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 To be sure,

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 all ailments are a result

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 of the fall generally,

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 and some sins carry with them

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 consequences,

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 but not in the systematic way

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 the disciples are assuming.

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 This man born blind,

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 they want to know exactly

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 what did he do

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 or exactly what did his parents do

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 for this to be the case.

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 A lot could be impacted here,

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 but Jesus is making

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 the necessary correction

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 for our text today.

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 He says in response,

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 it was not this man sinned

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 or his parents.

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 Had they sinned?

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 Of course they had.

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 But that the works of God

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 might be displayed in him.

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 He's not blind

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 because of his particular sin

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 or their particular sin,

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 but that the works of God

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 might be displayed in him.

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 I could spend all morning

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 talking about verse 3.

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 What a profound pronouncement this is.

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 Not ultimately the point of the story,

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 but what Jesus is saying here

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 is that there's divine sovereignty

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 in this man's disability

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 disability that is purposed

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 for the glory of God.

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 Divine purpose

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 for the glory of God.

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 F.F. Bruce in his commentary on John

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 says this,

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 quote,

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 This does not mean

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 that God deliberately caused

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 the child to be born blind

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 in order that,

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 after many years,

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 his glory should be displayed

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 in the removal of the blindness.

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 To think so

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 would again be an aspersion

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 on the character of God.

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 It does mean

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 that God overruled

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 the disaster of the child's blindness

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 so that when the child

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 grew to manhood,

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 he might,

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 by recovering his sight,

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 see the glory of God

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 in the face of Christ

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 and others.

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 Seeing this work of God

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 might turn

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 to the true light

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 of the world.

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 God reigns in all things

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 for his good purposes.

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 He didn't smite the man

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 that he might then heal him,

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 but rather used this tragedy

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 in his life

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 for his glory.

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 The tragedy of this man's life

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 and all the very tragedies

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 of your lives,

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 however major

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 or minor,

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 are not outside

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 the sweep

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 of God's control.

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 right?

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 So,

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 Jesus goes on.

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 We must work

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 the works of him

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 who sent me

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 while it is day.

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 There's a work

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 to be done here.

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 Night is coming

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 when no one

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 can work.

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 There'll be a

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 final judgment

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 when the work

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 will cease.

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 And he says,

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 as long as I am

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 in the world,

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 So after saying

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 these things,

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 he spits on the ground,

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 makes mud

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 with saliva,

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 and he anoints

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 the man's eyes

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 with the mud

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 and says to him,

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 go wash

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 in the pool

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 of Siloam,

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 which John inserts,

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 which means

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 in the Hebrew,

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 sent.

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 So,

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 he went

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 and washed

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 and came back

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 seeing.

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 Note the obedience

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 of the man

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 and the complete

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 healing

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 in verse 7.

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 total obedience,

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 total sight.

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 There's a lot

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 of charlatans

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 in our day

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 that claim

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 to have

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 the gift

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 of healing

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 and somebody's

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 knee is a little

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 bit achy

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 and then it's

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 not achy

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 anymore

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 after the fact.

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 Beware of this.

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 Obedience

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 and then

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 total sight.

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 His sight

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 is

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 restored.

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 But why mud?

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 I think

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 the thing

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 that happens

00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:08.980
 here begs

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 the question.

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 Jesus certainly

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 could have

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 simply spoken

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 and the man

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 would have

00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:14.779
 been healed.

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 We've seen

00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:16.639
 this elsewhere.

00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:18.419
 Jesus wasn't

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 bound by any

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 formula

00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:20.679
 to enact

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 his power.

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 I thought that

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 blindness required

00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.080
 this kind

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 of action.

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 So,

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 why

00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:27.580
 did he make

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 mud

00:13:28.319 --> 00:13:30.080
 with saliva?

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 And oh,

00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:32.919
 do the guesses

00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.840
 abound.

00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.080
 some odd

00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.139
 guesses out

00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.960
 there about

00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.259
 this.

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 I'm going to

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 give you two

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 reasons that I

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 believe sufficiently

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 answer the

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 question and

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 are clear

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 and I think

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 textual.

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 Number one,

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 he is

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 creating

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 contractions

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 for the man

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 to go wash

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 the mud

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 off.

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 This is the

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 Sabbath and

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 the Jews

00:13:58.040 --> 00:13:58.840
 have missed

00:13:58.840 --> 00:13:59.360
 the point of

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 the Sabbath

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 and heaped

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 up extra

00:14:01.780 --> 00:14:02.600
 laws in

00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.480
 self-righteous

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.600
 effort.

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.379
 All of

00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:05.879
 these hedge

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.480
 laws that

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 required all

00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:07.659
 of this

00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:08.100
 particular

00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.620
 activity or

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.060
 lack

00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:11.500
 thereof.

00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:12.879
 Do you

00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.500
 recall at the

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:13.920
 beginning of

00:14:13.920 --> 00:14:15.080
 chapter 5 when

00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.779
 Jesus first

00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.639
 visits Jerusalem

00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:17.860
 in John's

00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.279
 narrative,

00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:19.659
 he heals a

00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.180
 man who had

00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:20.899
 been paralyzed

00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:22.480
 for 38

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.720
 years.

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 Much of

00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:26.139
 his life.

00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:26.539
 Everybody

00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:27.539
 knew the

00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.240
 man to be

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.519
 a paralytic.

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.080
 Where?

00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:32.820
 At a pool.

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.879
 The pool of

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:36.480
 Bethesda.

00:14:37.060 --> 00:14:37.580
 When?

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.139
 On the

00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.400
 Sabbath.

00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.400
 In the same

00:14:41.400 --> 00:14:42.280
 way, he

00:14:42.280 --> 00:14:42.600
 heals a

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.360
 man known

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.120
 by everybody

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.980
 to have an

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:46.540
 ailment on

00:14:46.540 --> 00:14:47.020
 the Sabbath.

00:14:48.020 --> 00:14:48.580
 John records

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.300
 in chapter 5

00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:49.759
 beginning in

00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.460
 verse 16,

00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.180
 and this was

00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:51.940
 why the Jews

00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.740
 were persecuting

00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:53.120
 Jesus.

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.960
 Because he

00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:54.580
 was doing

00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.800
 these things

00:14:55.800 --> 00:14:57.980
 am working.

00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:59.180
 this is why

00:14:59.180 --> 00:14:59.659
 the Jews were

00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.360
 seeking all

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 the more to

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 kill him.

00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:01.740
 Because not

00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.240
 only was he

00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:02.700
 breaking the

00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.159
 Sabbath, but

00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:03.779
 he was even

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.500
 calling God

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.019
 his own

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:06.120
 father, making

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:07.840
 himself equal

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.180
 with God.

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 The controversy

00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.680
 really starts

00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:12.379
 there, and it's

00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.120
 carried all

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 throughout.

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 It's reached

00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.700
 this white

00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.899
 hot fever in

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 chapter 8, and

00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.720
 then even as

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.759
 Jesus escapes

00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:20.500
 being stoned,

00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:20.920
 because it's

00:15:20.920 --> 00:15:21.879
 not yet time

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.659
 for him to

00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:23.039
 die, and

00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.420
 that's not

00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:23.860
 the way he

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.340
 was meant

00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.659
 to die, he

00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.740
 goes off, and

00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.340
 he continues

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:28.500
 to poke

00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.100
 the bear.

00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:32.180
 Jesus is

00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:32.539
 God.

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.060
 He is the

00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:35.100
 Lord of the

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:36.480
 Sabbath, and

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.039
 in perfect

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.740
 obedience to

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.440
 the Father, he

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:39.139
 is having this

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.899
 blind man with

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.379
 mud on his

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.820
 eyes travel

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.680
 through Jerusalem

00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:44.120
 to a significant

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.680
 location to be

00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:47.180
 healed on the

00:15:47.180 --> 00:15:47.419
 Sabbath.

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:50.259
 He's sent to

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:52.200
 a place that

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.539
 people would

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.500
 see him and

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:55.220
 know that

00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:55.720
 Jesus had

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.240
 healed him.

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.740
 God's

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.100
 love.

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.379
 A second

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:58.820
 reason that

00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.799
 I think is

00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:01.180
 helpful to

00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:02.620
 us, John

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.120
 Piper said

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.820
 this in a

00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:04.399
 sermon on

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.259
 this text,

00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:07.180
 quote, the

00:16:07.180 --> 00:16:07.960
 second reason

00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:08.519
 for the mud

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.019
 is to show

00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.680
 that God

00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:11.019
 usually uses

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:12.060
 means in

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.720
 doing his

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:14.080
 wonderful works

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.779
 in this

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.279
 world.

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.740
 Jesus could

00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.060
 have simply

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.820
 spoken, and

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.180
 the man's

00:16:18.180 --> 00:16:19.000
 eyes would

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.200
 have been

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:19.480
 opened.

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.899
 But most

00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.399
 of the wonders

00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:22.080
 of God in

00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.419
 the Old

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.019
 Testament were

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.700
 brought about

00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.379
 by the use

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.960
 of human

00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.639
 means.

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:34.960
 God is

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:36.319
 decisive in

00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:36.740
 the victory,

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.699
 but he

00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:38.720
 uses means.

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.559
 He doesn't

00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.080
 need the

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.679
 horse, but

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.480
 he uses

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.559
 the horse.

00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:44.740
 Ponder this

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.639
 in the bigger

00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.340
 picture of

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.199
 life for a

00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:47.500
 moment.

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.639
 What this

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.399
 means is that

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.379
 God does not

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.340
 despise the

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.139
 physical world

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.120
 he has made.

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.639
 he uses the

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.240
 means of

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.860
 food to

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.639
 sustain life.

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.039
 He uses the

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.620
 means of

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.139
 sex to

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.879
 beget children,

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.700
 and he

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.080
 uses a

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.539
 thousand

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.159
 remedies to

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.639
 bring about

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.480
 healing from

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.599
 sleep to

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.339
 penicillin,

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.420
 from vitamins

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.220
 to radiation,

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.500
 from sunshine

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.240
 on the skin

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.900
 to cough

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:11.339
 syrup for

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.019
 the throat.

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.640
 And I

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.279
 will interject

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.900
 here on

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.380
 Mother's Day,

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.200
 essential oils

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.940
 and tinctures

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.559
 of various

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.080
 kinds.

00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:21.559
 Back to

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.779
 Piper.

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.500
 And lest

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.920
 you think

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.660
 this removes

00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.420
 the mystery

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.019
 of God's

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.140
 wonderful work,

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.880
 consider boring

00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.700
 down through

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.559
 layer after

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 layer after

00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:31.059
 layer of

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:32.120
 physical causes

00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:33.519
 for why

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.080
 antibacterials

00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:36.120
 work against

00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:36.519
 strep.

00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.160
 Forty or

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 fifty layers

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 down into

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 the molecular

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 subatomic

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 activities of

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 the smallest

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 particles or

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 non-particles,

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 there comes a

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 point where

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 there is no

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 explanation inside

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 this closed

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 material system.

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 The final

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 explanation is

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 always God.

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 And if our

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 hearts are alive

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 and humble

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 and worshipful,

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 we will not

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 stop until we

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 see God at

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 the bottom

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 of everything.

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 End quote.

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 So this

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 miraculous thing

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 happens and it

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 happens in a

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 particular way to

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 incite the

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 controversy that

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 we're going to

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 see more of

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 in this chapter

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 and on to

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 the day of

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 the Lord's

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 crucifixion,

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 but also that

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 we might see

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 that there's

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 means at

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 play.

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 Now for the

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 rest of the

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 text, let's

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 look at four

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 categorical

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 characters.

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 So here they

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 are.

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 Number one,

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 the confused.

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 Number two,

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 the fearful.

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 Number three,

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 the proud.

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 And number

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 four,

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 the believer.

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 First, the

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 confused.

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 Verses 8

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 through 17.

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 The neighbors

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 and those who

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 had seen him

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 before as a

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 beggar were

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 saying,

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 is not this

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 the man he

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 used to sit

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 and beg?

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 Because he

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 was blind,

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 he begged

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 for his

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 income.

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 Some said,

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 is he?

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.139
 Others said,

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 no, but he

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 is like him.

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 He kept

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 saying,

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 I am the

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 man.

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 So they

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 said to

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 him,

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 then how

00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:12.120
 were your

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 eyes open?

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 So we see

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.640
 this confusion

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 about the

00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:17.740
 blind man

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 from the

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 neighbors.

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 So he

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 goes on to

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 explain in

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 verse 11,

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 the man

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 called Jesus

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 made mud

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 and amoyed

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 to my eyes

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 and said

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 to me,

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 go to

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 Siloam

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 and wash.

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 Rehearsing

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.220
 this pattern.

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 So I

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 went and

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 washed and

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 received my

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.460
 sight.

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 They said

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:32.940
 to him,

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 where is

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 he?

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 He said,

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 I do

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 not know.

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:36.920
 So then

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.160
 we see

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:37.980
 this confusion

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.519
 about the

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.300
 location of

00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:39.600
 Jesus,

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 which I

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 believe John

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.900
 is using

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.820
 to highlight

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:44.320
 the confusion

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:45.220
 of the

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.680
 Pharisees.

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 He's like

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.759
 building this

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.680
 confusion

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.340
 pattern

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 leading up

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 to verse

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 13,

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 where they

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 bring to

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 the Pharisees

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 the man

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.019
 who had

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.440
 formerly

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.960
 been blind.

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 And this

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 is where

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 John tells

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 us in

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 verse 14,

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 it was the

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.380
 Sabbath day

00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:01.900
 when Jesus

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 made the

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.500
 mud and

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.640
 opened his

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 eyes.

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.580
 First century

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.179
 Jewish readers

00:20:07.179 --> 00:20:07.399
 would have

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.559
 gone,

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 oh,

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.699
 he's got

00:20:08.699 --> 00:20:09.199
 a problem

00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:09.720
 now.

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.419
 So now

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.359
 the Pharisees

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.519
 asked the

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.859
 man,

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:14.659
 and he

00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:15.000
 said to

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 them,

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.699
 he put

00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.019
 mud on

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.500
 my eyes

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:16.839
 and I

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.240
 washed

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.759
 and I

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.159
 see.

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.500
 His

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.619
 explanation is

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.079
 getting more

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.639
 condensed.

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.500
 He put

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.779
 mud on

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.220
 my eyes

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.639
 and I

00:20:22.639 --> 00:20:23.000
 washed

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.500
 and I

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.980
 see.

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.579
 Some of

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.099
 the Pharisees

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.599
 said,

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.579
 this man

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.419
 is not

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:29.079
 from God

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.919
 for he

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:30.619
 does not

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.079
 keep

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:32.159
 the

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:32.460
 Sabbath.

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.399
 Their

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:33.819
 reasoning

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.639
 begins

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.880
 with the

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.180
 Sabbath

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.759
 must

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.000
 be

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.320
 kept

00:20:37.320 --> 00:20:37.860
 in a

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.259
 particular

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.720
 way.

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:38.920
 They

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.100
 miss

00:20:39.100 --> 00:20:39.300
 the

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:39.640
 point

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:39.820
 of

00:20:39.820 --> 00:20:39.980
 the

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.460
 Sabbath.

00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:40.720
 Their

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.580
 presupposition

00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:42.220
 is wrong

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.820
 and so

00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:43.040
 their

00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:43.759
 conclusion

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:45.020
 is wrong.

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:45.300
 This

00:20:45.300 --> 00:20:45.640
 man

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.280
 is not

00:20:46.280 --> 00:20:47.000
 from

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.540
 God.

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:47.680
 He

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:47.980
 can't

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.160
 be

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.540
 sent

00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:49.040
 from

00:20:49.040 --> 00:20:49.720
 God

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:49.960
 if he

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.220
 doesn't

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.500
 keep

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.920
 the

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.160
 Sabbath

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.380
 the

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:51.520
 way

00:20:51.520 --> 00:20:51.860
 we

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.400
 believe

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.640
 the

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:52.920
 Sabbath

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.000
 should

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.160
 be

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.500
 kept.

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.720
 But

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.280
 others

00:20:56.280 --> 00:20:56.700
 of the

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.300
 Pharisees

00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:57.960
 said,

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:58.640
 how

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:58.800
 can

00:20:58.800 --> 00:20:58.900
 a

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.040
 man

00:20:59.040 --> 00:20:59.160
 who

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.300
 is

00:20:59.300 --> 00:20:59.460
 a

00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.660
 sinner

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.040
 do

00:21:00.040 --> 00:21:00.360
 such

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.920
 signs?

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.880
 Is it

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.040
 even

00:21:02.040 --> 00:21:02.480
 possible

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.680
 that

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.040
 if

00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:05.860
 a

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.160
 sinner

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.000
 categorically

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.380
 a

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.700
 sinner

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.820
 John

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.320
 records

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:10.940
 and there

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.660
 was a

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.920
 division

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.880
 among

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.200
 them.

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.080
 And we

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:15.460
 see this

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:15.740
 John

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.259
 does

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.460
 this

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.840
 throughout

00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.900
 his

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.380
 narrative

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.780
 pressing

00:21:19.780 --> 00:21:20.580
 to us

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:20.900
 putting

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.520
 before us

00:21:21.520 --> 00:21:22.120
 constantly

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.440
 in our

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.680
 reading

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:22.960
 of it

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.320
 who

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:24.400
 is

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.440
 Jesus?

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.520
 What

00:21:26.520 --> 00:21:26.780
 are you

00:21:26.780 --> 00:21:27.240
 going to

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.540
 do

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:27.860
 with

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.120
 him?

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.680
 He

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:28.980
 makes

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.280
 such

00:21:29.280 --> 00:21:30.020
 astounding

00:21:30.020 --> 00:21:30.460
 claims

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.720
 about

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.060
 himself.

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.259
 He

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.640
 does

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.580
 miraculous

00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.800
 works

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.259
 that

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.359
 are

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.799
 recorded

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.220
 here

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.139
 for

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.519
 us.

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:37.919
 You

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.059
 may

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.139
 be

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.259
 a

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.460
 person

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.639
 who

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.099
 rejects

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.240
 the

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.519
 Bible

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.099
 entirely

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.359
 as

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.700
 God's

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:40.940
 word,

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.319
 but at

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.599
 least

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:41.980
 accept

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.119
 it

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.299
 as

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.419
 a

00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:42.980
 historical

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.819
 account.

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:45.919
 Very

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.659
 few

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.579
 academically

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.079
 honest

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.440
 people

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.639
 will

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.000
 deny

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.200
 that

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.379
 this

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.500
 is

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.680
 not

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:49.879
 a

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.440
 good

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.500
 historical

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.759
 record.

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.879
 If

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.019
 you

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.279
 can't

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.460
 believe

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.599
 that

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:54.759
 the

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.039
 Bible

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.279
 is

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.419
 a

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.759
 historical

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.019
 book,

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.180
 then

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.319
 you

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.539
 can't

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 believe

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.539
 any

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 historical

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:59.159
 work.

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 There's

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 so much

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:00.740
 more

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.119
 evidence

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.359
 that

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.559
 this

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:01.720
 is

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:01.899
 in

00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.220
 fact

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.440
 a

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.779
 good

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.600
 sound

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.440
 record

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.620
 of

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:04.720
 what

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.160
 happened

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.819
 in

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.120
 history.

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.319
 So

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.500
 you've

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.600
 got

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:06.740
 to

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.940
 do

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.339
 something

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.740
 with

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.559
 this

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.500
 Jesus.

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:09.799
 We've

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:09.940
 said

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.160
 again

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.279
 and

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.559
 again

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.779
 the

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.440
 trilemma.

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.660
 He's

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:11.799
 either

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.240
 a liar,

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:12.539
 he's

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.680
 a

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.079
 lunatic,

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.440
 or

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.640
 he

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.000
 is

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.339
 in

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.079
 fact

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:16.960
 Lord.

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.680
 And

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:18.759
 so

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:18.920
 there's

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.059
 this

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.440
 confusion

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:19.880
 amongst

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.500
 the

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.100
 Pharisees.

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:21.940
 What

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.019
 do

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.120
 we

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.279
 do

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.440
 with

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.660
 him?

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.660
 He's

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:23.779
 either

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.019
 from

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.279
 God

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.420
 or

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.700
 he's

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.339
 not

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.940
 from

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.140
 God.

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.140
 So

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.259
 in

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.400
 verse

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.680
 17

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.160
 they say

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 again

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:29.920
 to

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.060
 the

00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:30.320
 blind

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.680
 man

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.019
 what

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.180
 do

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.340
 you

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.620
 say

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:31.920
 about

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 him

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.400
 since

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.660
 he

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.220
 has

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 opened

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.660
 your

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 eyes.

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.620
 They

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:35.960
 look to

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.240
 him

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.420
 for

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.720
 some

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.480
 judgment

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.560
 to

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:38.860
 settle

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.259
 their

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.240
 dispute

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.160
 and

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.300
 he

00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:41.960
 responds

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.700
 he

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:44.080
 is a

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.380
 prophet.

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.800
 At

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.140
 this point

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.480
 I say

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.820
 that not

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.460
 even the

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.140
 formerly

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.519
 blind

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.779
 man

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.380
 fully

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.060
 grasps

00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:51.380
 who

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.660
 Jesus

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.580
 is.

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.480
 Perhaps

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.700
 some

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.340
 unfolding

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.940
 revelation

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.400
 to him

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.620
 but he

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:55.840
 doesn't

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.359
 quite

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.139
 understand

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:58.439
 yet

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:58.819
 but he

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.519
 at least

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.319
 believes

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.619
 that he

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 is sent

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:03.099
 from

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.459
 God.

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.459
 So

00:23:04.459 --> 00:23:04.619
 there's

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:04.859
 some

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:06.019
 confused

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.019
 individuals

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.000
 in the

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.339
 text.

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.899
 We

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.099
 then

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.480
 secondly

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.919
 see

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.419
 some

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:12.220
 fearful

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.119
 people

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.379
 in the

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:13.619
 text

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:13.859
 verses

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.599
 18

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.839
 through

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.379
 23

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.839
 we

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.199
 find

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:18.399
 in

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.079
 these

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.500
 verses

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.939
 the

00:23:19.939 --> 00:23:20.519
 center

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.919
 of

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.099
 the

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.639
 chiastic

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.220
 structure

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.720
 of

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.099
 this

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:24.240
 entire

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.720
 chapter.

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.240
 I

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.559
 believe

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.720
 that

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.039
 John

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.240
 is

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.599
 presenting

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:27.859
 to

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.059
 us

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.359
 a

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.799
 new

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.619
 category

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:29.879
 of

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.619
 respondent

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:30.779
 to

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.019
 Jesus'

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.659
 miracles

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.419
 and

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.039
 claims.

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.240
 We've

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.740
 seen

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.179
 throughout

00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.359
 the

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.579
 narrative

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.159
 so far

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.399
 a

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.939
 reject

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.259
 or

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.759
 receive

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:39.119
 pattern.

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.699
 There's

00:23:39.699 --> 00:23:39.959
 sometimes

00:23:39.959 --> 00:23:40.159
 some

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.619
 confusion

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.980
 but there's

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.359
 reject

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.759
 receive

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.099
 reject

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.459
 receive

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:42.779
 reject

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.259
 receive

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.539
 but here's

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.759
 a

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.579
 new

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.559
 response.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.579
 The

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.000
 Jews

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.839
 didn't

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.099
 believe

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.299
 he'd

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.419
 been

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.599
 born

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.000
 blind

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.159
 and

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.419
 received

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.419


00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.599
 his

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:51.859
 sight

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.779
 but they

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:52.959
 call

00:23:52.959 --> 00:23:53.119
 the

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.659
 parents

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:54.240
 so they

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.559
 come to

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.859
 believe it

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.119
 when the

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.559
 parents

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.039
 come

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.139
 they

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.519
 ask

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.679
 them

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:57.979
 is

00:23:57.979 --> 00:23:58.259
 this

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.500
 your

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.979
 son

00:23:58.979 --> 00:24:00.259
 and the

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.539
 report

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.799
 back

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:00.959
 is

00:24:00.959 --> 00:24:01.500
 yes

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.879
 this

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:01.979
 is

00:24:01.979 --> 00:24:02.119
 our

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.500
 son

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.979
 and he

00:24:02.979 --> 00:24:03.299
 was

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.759
 in fact

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.139
 born

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.779
 blind

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.139
 but verse

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.719
 21

00:24:06.719 --> 00:24:07.019
 says

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.159
 but now

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:09.199
 how he

00:24:09.199 --> 00:24:09.459
 sees

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:09.799
 we do

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.019
 not

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.559
 know

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:10.979
 nor do

00:24:10.979 --> 00:24:11.119
 we

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.519
 know

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.759
 who

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.099
 opened

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.299
 his

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.879
 eyes

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.500
 ask

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.919
 him

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.339
 he

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.500
 is

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.639
 of

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.159
 age

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.719
 he

00:24:15.719 --> 00:24:15.859
 will

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.279
 speak

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.359
 for

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.959
 himself

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:20.440
 but

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.539
 the

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.880
 chiastic

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.240
 center

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.539
 is

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.880
 verse

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:23.319
 22

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.700
 where

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.120
 John

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:26.079
 inserts

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.799
 some

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.400
 interpretive

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.799
 help

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.860
 for us

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.980
 his

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.279
 parents

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.740
 did

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.120
 know

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.620
 who

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:32.799
 had

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.079
 opened

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.460
 his

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.819
 eyes

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.180
 we

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.380
 know

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.559
 this

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.740
 because

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.120
 his

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.460
 parents

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.779
 said

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.019
 these

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.539
 things

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.740
 because

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.079
 they

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.559
 feared

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.759
 the

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.299
 Jews

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.120
 for

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.299
 the

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.640
 Jews

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:42.819
 had

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.420
 already

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.039
 agreed

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.440
 that

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.619
 if

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.099
 anyone

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.480
 should

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.299
 confess

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.940
 Jesus

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.039
 to be

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.599
 Christ

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:48.839
 the

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.279
 anointed

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.680
 one

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:49.980
 of

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.420
 God

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.539
 he

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:51.680
 was

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:51.759
 to

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:51.859
 be

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.099
 put

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.659
 out

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.819
 of

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:53.940
 the

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.240
 synagogue

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.940
 they're

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.480
 avoiding

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.740
 the

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.139
 question

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.659
 altogether

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:57.980
 because

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.200
 they

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.599
 can't

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:58.879
 say

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.240
 it

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.339
 was

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.480
 the

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.680
 man

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.079
 Jesus

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.819
 who

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.119
 healed

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.399
 our

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.720
 son

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.480
 he

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.879
 is

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.079
 the

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.619
 Christ

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.039
 they're

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.159
 saying

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.339
 just

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.500
 don't

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.740
 ask

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:04.859
 us

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.000
 any

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.200
 more

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.680
 questions

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:05.899
 our

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.159
 son

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.279
 is

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.480
 old

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.839
 enough

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.759
 ask

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.299
 him

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.859
 he

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.519
 will

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.960
 speak

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:09.980
!

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.139
 for

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.740
 himself

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:14.099
 being

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.660
 expelled

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.019
 from

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.180
 the

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.480
 synagogue

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.859
 was

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.039
 a

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.640
 serious

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.279
 form

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.539
 of

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.920
 religious

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.700
 and

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.180
 social

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.180
 exclusion

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.960
 since

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.319
 synagogue

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.859
 life

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.059
 was

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.460
 central

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.660
 to

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:23.900
 Jewish

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.279
 community

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.880
 identity

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.799
 this is

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:25.880
 where

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.000
 they

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.120
 would

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.259
 have

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.900
 held

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.079
 the

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.519
 teaching

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.039
 the

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.299
 temple

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.500
 was

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.660
 for

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.420
 sacrifice

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.019
 the

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.279
 synagogue

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.559
 was

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:30.740
 like

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.859
 outposts

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:31.980
 of

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 God's

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.599
 people

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.160
 gathering

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.579
 together

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.799
 they

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.240
 existed

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.799
 all

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.279
 over

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.079
 the

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.319
 place

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.640
 this

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:36.839
 one

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.220
 likely

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.660
 in

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 Jerusalem

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.759
 it's

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:39.839
 where

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:39.940
 they

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.019
 would

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.099
 have

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.259
 had

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.819
 social

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.640
 gatherings

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:44.000
 being

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.200
 put

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.420
 out

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 of

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 it

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.160
 would

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.280
 have

00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:45.480
 meant

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.720
 a

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.000
 loss

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.140
 of

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.440
 social

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.120
 standing

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.660
 separation

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:48.860
!

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.620
 from the

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:49.900
 religious

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.500
 community

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.580
 economic

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.520
 consequences

00:25:52.520 --> 00:25:53.200
 public

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.920
 shame

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.060
 being

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.460
 treated

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.820
 as

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:57.000
 outside

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.040
 faithful

00:25:58.040 --> 00:25:59.240
 Israel

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.740
 essentially

00:25:59.740 --> 00:25:59.980
 it would

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.040
 have

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.300
 been a

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.680
 loss

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.020
 of

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.759
 identity

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.360
 to be

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.720
 put

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.620
 out

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.900
 of

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.820
 the

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.259
 synagogue

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:08.120
 my

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.400
 reading

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.560
 of

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:09.240
 John's

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.600
 parenthetical

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.220
 reminded me

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.640
 of Jesus'

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.299
 parable

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.500
 of the

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.940
 soils

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.700
 a

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:15.960
 sower

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.380
 goes out

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.539
 to

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.880
 sow

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.400
 this is

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.620
 Mark

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.880
 chapter

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.259
 four

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.579
 as he

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.100
 sowed

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.539
 some seed

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.000
 fell along

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.480
 the path

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.759
 and the

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.160
 birds

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.720
 came

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:23.319
 and devoured

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.720
 it

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.620
 later

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:24.819
 never

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.180
 takes

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.799
 root

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.120
 this is

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.680
 satan

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.180
 coming and

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.860
 snatching

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.420
 away

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.660
 that seed

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:29.980
 so it

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.220
 never

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.640
 takes

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.460
 root

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.539
 other

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.819
 seed

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.079
 fell

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.539
 on rocky

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.860
 ground

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.120
 where it

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.440
 did not

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.000
 have much

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.259
 soil

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.400
 and

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.839
 immediately

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.039
 it

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.460
 sprang

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.660
 up

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.000
 since it

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.279
 had

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.920
 no

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.240
 depth

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.420
 of

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.740
 soil

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.059
 and when

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.259
 the

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.579
 sun

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:39.980
 rose

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.140
 it

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.299
 was

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.059
 scorched

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.059
 and since

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.400
 it had

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.620
 no

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:42.980
 root

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.019
 it

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.319
 rizzled

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.700
 away

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.880
 Jesus

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.440
 tells us

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.359
 later

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.880
 that this

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.099
 is

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.019
 the ones

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.480
 who endure

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.859
 for a

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.059
 while

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.319
 and when

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.000
 tribulation

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.059
 or persecution

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.839
 arises

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.859
 on account

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.140
 of the

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.539
 word

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.539
 they

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.920
 immediately

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.279
 fall

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.700
 away

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.700
 verse

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.000
 seven

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.299
 says

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.559
 other

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.839
 seed

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.079
 fell

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.299
 among

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.799
 thorns

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.099
 and the

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.339
 thorns

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.759
 grew up

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.279
 and choked

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.420
 it

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.759
 and it

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.279
 yielded

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.640
 no

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.299
 grain

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.940
 Jesus

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.419
 says

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:08.119
 those

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.359
 are the

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.759
 thorns

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.240
 people

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.399
 who

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.639
 hear

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:09.819
 the

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.019
 word

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.180
 but

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.359
 the

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.680
 cares

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:10.859
 of

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.000
 the

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.359
 world

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.720
 and the

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.339
 deceitfulness

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.919
 of riches

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.879
 and the

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.480
 desires

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.059
 for other

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.500
 things

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.919
 enter

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.480
 in

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.180
 and choke

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.419
 the

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:17.859
 word

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.859
 and it

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.399
 proves

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:21.079
 unfruitful

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:23.039
 and if

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.159
 you're

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.480
 familiar

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.759
 with the

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:23.980
 parable

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.259
 you know

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.480
 there's

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.659
 a

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.480
 final

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.779
 seed

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.000
 that

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.599
 falls

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.839
 on

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.440
 good

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.119
 ground

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.440
 and

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.180
 that

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.559
 soil

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:29.759
 are

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:29.960
 those

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.099
 who

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.319
 hear

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.500
 the

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.799
 word

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:30.980
 and

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.399
 accept

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:31.599
 it

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.079
 and bear

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.539
 fruit

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.240
 thirtyfold

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.700
 and sixty

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.139
 fold

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.299
 and a

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.500
 hundred

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.899
 fold

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:37.599
 I don't

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.819
 know how

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:37.940
 to

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.579
 categorize

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.839
 this

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.419
 man's

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.919
 parents

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.379
 if they

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.919
 are

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.259
 rocky

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.759
 soil

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.180
 or if

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.319
 they

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.460
 are

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.119
 thorny

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.159
 soil

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:45.259
 but at

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.460
 least

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.619
 at

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.000
 this

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.480
 point

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.220
 they

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.339
 are

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.759
 not

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.579
 responding

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.059
 to the

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.599
 reality

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.859
 that

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.200
 Jesus

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.139
 is the

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.539
 Christ

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.480
 because

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.680
 they're

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.000
 fearful

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.019
 they do

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.539
 not want

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.819
 to be

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.119
 put

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.899
 out of

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.039
 the

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.339
 synagogue

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.819
 and so

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:56.980
 they

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.599
 dodge

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.799
 the

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.339
 question

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.700
 altogether

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.779
 therefore

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.119
 his

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.539
 parents

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.059
 said

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.319
 verse

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.759
 23

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.240
 he

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.759
 is

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.200
 of

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.819
 age

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.640
 ask

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.680
 him

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.839
 there's

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:08.960
 a

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.279
 fearful

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.839
 category

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.099
 of

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.379
 people

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.839
 in

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.039
 this

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.480
 text

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:13.480
 thirdly

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.799
 there's

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.119
 the

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.680
 proud

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.579
 verses

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.119
 24

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.299
 through

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.720
 34

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.099
 and

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.680
 39

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.240
 through

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.019
 41

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.839
 so

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:20.960
 what

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.039
 do

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.160
 they

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.500
 do

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.759
 for

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:22.920
 the

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.299
 second

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.680
 time

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:23.859
 they

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.039
 call

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.180
 the

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.460
 man

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.640
 who

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:24.740
 had

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:24.879
 been

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.220
 blind

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.400
 and

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.559
 said

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:25.700
 to

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:25.940
 him

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.720
 give

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.960
 glory

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.119
 to

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.339
 God

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.559
 we

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.859
 know

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.039
 that

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.240
 this

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.640
 man

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.059
 is

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 a

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 sinner

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 which

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 is

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 to

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 say

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 honor

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 God

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 by

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 aligning

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 with

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 the

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 truth

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 already

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 settled

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 in

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 our

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 own

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 minds

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 they

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 are

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 done

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 looking

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 for

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 what

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 truly

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 happened

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 they've

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 asked

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 him

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 once

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 they've

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 asked

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 his

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 parents

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 they're

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 back

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 to

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 him

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 now

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 just

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 saying

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 get

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 on

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 board

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 with

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 what

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 we've

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 said

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 is

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 true

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 but

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 he

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 answers

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 whether

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 he

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 is

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 a

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 sinner

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 I

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 do

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 not

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 know

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 one

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 thing

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 I

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 do

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 know

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 that

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 though

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 I

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.659
 was

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 blind

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.759
 now

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:56.960
 I

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.440
 see

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 they

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.759
 said

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:58.899
 to

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.200
 him

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.839
 what

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 did

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 he

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 do

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 to

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 you

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 how

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 did

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.240
 he

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.559
 open

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 your

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 eyes

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.359
 can

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.460
 you

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.740
 believe

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.000
 that

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.119
 the

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.399
 question

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:03.519
 is

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.700
 being

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.139
 asked

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.519
 once

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.240
 again

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.079
 he

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.379
 answered

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.379


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 them

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:06.720
 I

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:06.839
 have

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.019
 told

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.159
 you

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.539
 already

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 and

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:07.940
 you

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 would

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 not

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 listen

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 why

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 do

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:09.960
 you

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.120
 want

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 to

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.380
 hear

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 it

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 again

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.539
 do

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.720
 you

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 also

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 want

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.660
 to

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.039
 become

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 his

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.240
 disciples

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 I

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 am

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 grateful

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.120
 for

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 a

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 bunch

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 of

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 reasons

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 that

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.279
 I

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.440
 get

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.660
 to

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 preach

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 regularly

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 one

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 of

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.380
 those

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.700
 reasons

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 is

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.100
 I

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.240
 get

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.360
 to

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:23.519
 read

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.779
 really

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:23.980
 good

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.579
 commentaries

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.700
 I

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:24.799
 get

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:24.940
 to

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 spend

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 my

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 week

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 reading

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 things

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 and

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.059
 often

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.279
 I'm

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 dispelling

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 them

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 and

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 bringing

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.600
 them

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:28.779
 to

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.100
 you

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:30.160
 but

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.299
 from

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.500
 time

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.620
 to

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:30.860
 time

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 it's

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.279
 good

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.420
 for

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.519
 you

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.620
!

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.620


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 share

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 brilliant

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.640
 words

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 not

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 written

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 by

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.480
 me

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 I

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.519
 will

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 try

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:36.740
 to

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:36.900
 read

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 them

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 carefully

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.720
 for

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.019
 you

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.720
 D.A.

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.039
 Carson

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 if you're

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 going to

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 buy

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.880
 one

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.299
 commentary

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.539
 on

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.820
 John's

00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:42.080
 gospel

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.279
 this

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.360
 is

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:42.460
 the

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.600
 one

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:42.720
 I

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:42.860
 would

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.200
 buy

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.519
 D.A.

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:43.799
 Carson

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.100
 in his

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.460
 commentary

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.920
 said

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 this

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:45.840
 just

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 listen

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 to

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 the

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.460
 beauty

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.620
 of

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:46.799
 this

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.340
 language

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.900
 quote

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 the

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 healed

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.720
 man

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 hitherto

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.340
 polite

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:53.519
 now

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.120
 discovers

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.580
 that

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 the

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.420
 professed

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 impartiality

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.759
 of his

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.380
 inoculators

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 is

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 nothing

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.160
 more

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.720
 than

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.279
 show

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 as a

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 result

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.140
 he

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 begins

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 to

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 deploy

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 a

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 quite

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 marvelous

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 gift

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 for

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 sadonic

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 repartee

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 since

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 he

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.200
 has

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 already

00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:09.080
 answered

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.440
 all

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.620
 their

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.100
 questions

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.640
 before

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 what

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 could

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.020
 possibly

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 prompt

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 them

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 to

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 hear

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 his

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 answers

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 all

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 over

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 again

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 mere

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 cynicism

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 with

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 judicial

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 procedure

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 might

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 suggest

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 that

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 they

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 were

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 trying

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 to

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 trip

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 him

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 up

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 in

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 his

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 testimony

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 instead

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.440
 with

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 a

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 show

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:24.960
 of

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 innocence

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 he

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 asks

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 if

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 their

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.220
 desire

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 to

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 hear

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 a

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 repetition

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 of

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 his

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 testimony

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 is

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 bound

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!

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 up

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 with

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 a

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 secret

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.099
 desire

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 to

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 become

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 disciples

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 of

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 Jesus

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 themselves

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 end

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 quote

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 not a

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 good

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 paragraph

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 he

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 just

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 wrote

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 like

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 that

00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:38.739
 I

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 would

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 never

00:30:40.199 --> 00:30:40.679
 let's

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.239
 learn how

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 to

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.459
 write

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 like

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:41.899
 that

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 once

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.579
 again

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 that's

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 what

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 he's

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:43.979
 doing

00:30:43.979 --> 00:30:44.219
 he's

00:30:44.219 --> 00:30:44.599
 being

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 sarcastic

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.819
 with

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.099
 them

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.559
 as

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 he

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 asks

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.219
 these

00:30:48.219 --> 00:30:48.639
 questions

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:48.879
 what

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:48.979
 are

00:30:48.979 --> 00:30:49.099
 we

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.319
 doing

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.539
 here

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 guys

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 is

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.379
 it

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.500
 that

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.659
 you

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:50.819
 want

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:50.919
 to

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 follow

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 Jesus

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 and

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 they

00:30:53.199 --> 00:30:53.479
 are

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 totally

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 picking

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 up

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 on

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:55.819
 what

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 he

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.579
 is

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!

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.799
 putting

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.159
 down

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:58.359
 I

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.519
 did

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.700
 write

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.900
 that

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.339
 sentence

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:02.819
 verse

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.519
 28

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.900
 says

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.240
 and

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.639
 they

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.920
 reviled

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.319
 him

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.819
 this

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.099
 is not

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.519
 a kind

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.879
 response

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.039
 they

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.400
 get

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.599
 what

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:09.859
 he's

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.180
 doing

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.420
 to

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.720
 them

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.359
 they

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.559
 say

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.920
 you

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.079
 are

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.279
 his

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.779
 disciple

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.559
 but

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.879
 we

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.079
 are

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.559
 disciples

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.500
 of

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.000
 Moses

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.960
 we

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.359
 follow

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.740
 Moses

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:17.960
 we

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.259
 follow

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.460
 the

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.799
 law

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.139
 you

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.299
 are

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.720
 but

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:19.900
 as

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.039
 for

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.259
 this

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.460
 man

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.639
 we

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.819
 do

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.039
 not

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.400
 know

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.259
 where

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.440
 he

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.740
 comes

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.139
 from

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:25.040
 the

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.220
 man

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.640
 answered

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.200
 why

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.420
 this

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.540
 is

00:31:26.540 --> 00:31:26.660
 an

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:26.940
 amazing

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.240
 thing

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.380
 you

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.480
 do

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.620
 not

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.800
 know

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:27.960
 where

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.080
 he

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.320
 comes

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.560
 from

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 and

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.000
 yet

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.180
 he

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.520
 opened

00:31:29.520 --> 00:31:29.780
 my

00:31:29.780 --> 00:31:30.400
 eyes

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.660
 we

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.840
 know

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.000
 that

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.200
 God

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.380
 does

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.540
 not

00:31:32.540 --> 00:31:32.800
 listen

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:32.980
 to

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.220
 sinners

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.360
 but

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:33.580
 if

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:33.780
 anyone

00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:33.980
 is

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.100
 a

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.420
 worshiper

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.600
 of

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:34.900
 God

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.100
 and

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.320
 does

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.480
 his

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.720
 will

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.080
 God

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.560
 listens

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.440
 to

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.600
 him

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.700
 never

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:39.980
 since

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.160
 the

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.300
 world

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:40.720
 began

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.500
 has

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.600
 it

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:41.740
 been

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.000
 heard

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.180
 that

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.500
 anyone

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.880
 opened

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:42.900
!

00:31:53.140 --> 00:32:23.140
 where

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.220
 was

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:26.660
 put

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.240
 out

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.320
 this

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:29.040
 cast

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.280
 out

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:29.800
 language

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.160
 means

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.340
 that

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.480
 they

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.520
 forcefully

00:32:31.520 --> 00:32:32.259
 removed

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.520
 him

00:32:32.520 --> 00:32:32.840
 look at

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:32.940
 that

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.200
 picture

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.320
 of

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.400
 him

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.560
 being

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:34.000
 tossed

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.200
 out

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.380
 the

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.700
 door

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.900
 and

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.200
 tumbling

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.600
 down

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.840
 the

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.340
 steps

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.040
 not

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:38.220
 a

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.560
 kind

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.000
 action

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.500
 on

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.920
 their

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.380
 part

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.900
 they

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.100
 have

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.900
 started

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.500
 confused

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.800
 but

00:32:44.800 --> 00:32:44.960
 now

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.100
 they

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.259
 have

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.700
 settled

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.040
 in

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:46.259
 their

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.980
 minds

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.320
 that

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.660
 Jesus

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:47.960
 is

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.500
 not

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.460
 from

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.759
 God

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:49.920
 they

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.160
 no

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.480
 longer

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.720
 want

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:50.840
 to

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.080
 hear

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.440
 any

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.880
 testimony

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.980
 to

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.279
 that

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.360
 effect

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:56.079
 and

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.400
 so

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.819
 we're

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:56.900
 going

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:56.960
 to

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.140
 see

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.440
 Jesus

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.680
 then

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.120
 encounter

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.319
 the

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.640
 man

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.299
 but

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.660
 after

00:32:59.660 --> 00:32:59.900
 that

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.059
 he

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.380
 says

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.920
 what

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.019
 he

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.200
 says

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.319
 to

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.440
 the

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.660
 man

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:01.779
 in

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:01.920
 the

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.360
 hearing

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.620
 of

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.180
 some

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.740
 Pharisees

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:04.960
 verse

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.360
 39

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.759
 for

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.140
 judgment

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.319
 I

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.539
 came

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.680
 into

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.860
 this

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.099
 world

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.279
 that

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.720
 those

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:07.900
 who

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.079
 do

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.279
 not

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.559
 see

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.799
 may

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.160
 see

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.420
 and

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.660
 those

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:09.819
 who

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.299
 see

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.279
 may

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.579
 become

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.059
 blind

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.319
 some

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.440
 of

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.579
 the

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.099
 Pharisees

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.299
 verse

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.759
 40

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.519
 near

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.720
 him

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.000
 heard

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.279
 these

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.539
 things

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.740
 and

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:16.960
 said

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.140
 to

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.339
 him

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.559
 are

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:17.759
 we

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.099
 also

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.539
 blind

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.079
 have

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.220
 no

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.559
 guilt

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.259
 but

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.400
 now

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.559
 that

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:24.680
 you

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.019
 say

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.559
 we

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.099
 see

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.900
 your

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.240
 guilt

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.380
 remains

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:30.059
 Jesus

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.460
 having

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.019
 healed

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.200
 a

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.440
 blind

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.819
 man

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.259
 of

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.420
 his

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.799
 physical

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.420
 disability

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.240
 and

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.420
 as

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.519
 we

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.640
 will

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.839
 note

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.120
 more

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.400
 fully

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.599
 in a

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:35.860
 moment

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.400
 of

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.559
 his

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.920
 spiritual

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.559
 disability

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.860
 uses

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.599
 this

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.180
 sight

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.680
 language

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.220
 to

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.079
 expose

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.860
 the

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.680
 prideful

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:45.400
 Pharisees

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.819
 they

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.319
 think

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.539
 they

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.960
 see

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.920
 they

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.380
 think

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.559
 they

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:49.779
 have

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:49.920
 the

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.160
 law

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.339
 and

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.759
 understand

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.039
 how

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.140
 to

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.279
 be

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.380
 in

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.500
 a

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.720
 right

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:51.720


00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.220
 relationship

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.480
 with

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.819
 God

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.079
 but

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.379
 though

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.579
 they

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.919
 think

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.119
 they

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.399
 see

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:55.019
 they

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.179
 are

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:56.159
 actually

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:57.919
 blind

00:33:57.919 --> 00:33:58.659
 they're

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:58.960
 speaking

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.240
 here

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.539
 with

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.599
 great

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:02.019
 irony

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.359
 remind

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.559
 me

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.679
 of

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:03.919
 Mark

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.399
 chapter

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.859
 2

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.159
 verse

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.700
 16

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:06.899
 and

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.319
 following

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.480
 in

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.639
 the

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.179
 scribes

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.279
 of

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.440
 the

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.019
 Pharisees

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.719
 when

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:09.900
 they

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.299
 saw

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:10.500
 that

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.639
 he

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.799
 was

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.239
 eating

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.480
 with

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.920
 sinners

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.159
 and

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.480
 tax

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.900
 collectors

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.460
 said

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.619
 to

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.779
 his

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.279
 disciples

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.039
 why

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.239
 does

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.380
 he

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.659
 eat

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:15.840
 with

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.159
 tax

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.539
 collectors

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.779
 and

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.159
 sinners

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.420
 and

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.559
 when

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.819
 Jesus

00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:19.159
 heard

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.299
 it

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.460
 he

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.739
 said

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:19.900
 to

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.219
 them

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:21.099
 those

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.299
 who

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.440
 are

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.920
 well

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.299
 have

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.860
 no need

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.100
 of a

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:23.480
 physician

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.100
 but

00:34:24.100 --> 00:34:24.680
 those

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.400
 who

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.560
 are

00:34:25.560 --> 00:34:25.960
 sick

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.740
 I

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:26.940
 came

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.140
 not

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.280
 to

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 call

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 the

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 righteous

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 but

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 sinners

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 is

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 Jesus

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 communicating

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 that

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 anybody

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 acts

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 fair

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 that

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 they

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 actually

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 see

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 that

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 they

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 think

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 they

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 see

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 that

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 they

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 think

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 they

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 see

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 which

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 is

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 the

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 problem

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 they're

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 so

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 full

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 of

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 pride

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 they're

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 not

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 willing

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 to

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 even

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 behold

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 ask

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 honest

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 questions

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 get

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 real

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 answers

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 they've

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 made

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 up

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 their

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 minds

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 they

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 think

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 they

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 have

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 it

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 all

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 figured

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 out

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 so

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 the

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 confused

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 the

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 fearful

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 the

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 proud

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 but

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 then

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 praise

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 god

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 we

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 see

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 a

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 believer

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 verse

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 35

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 through

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 38

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 35

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 says

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 Jesus

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 heard

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 that

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 they

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 had

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 cast

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 him

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 out

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 and

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 having

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 found

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 him

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 he

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 said

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 do

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 you

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 believe

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 in

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 the

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 son

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 of

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 man

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 first

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 note

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 that

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 Jesus

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 goes

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 and

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 finds

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 this

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 man

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 what

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 a

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 merciful

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 thing

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 to

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 seek

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 him

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 out

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 in

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 verse

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 1

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 as

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 he

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 passed

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 by

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 he

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 saw

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 a

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 man

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 blind

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 from

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 birth

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 and

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 he

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 heals

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 him

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 physically

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 now

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 he

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 seeks

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 him

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 out

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 for

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 his

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 spiritual

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 well-being

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 notice

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 that he

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 does

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 not

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 coddle

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 him

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 he

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 doesn't

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 say

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 oh

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 I'm

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 so

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 sorry

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 that

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 they

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 were

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 mean

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 to

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 you

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 because

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 I

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 healed

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 you

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 he's

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 not

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 curious

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 about

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 how

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 life

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 has

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 improved

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 since

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 he

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 can

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 see

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 for

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 the

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 first

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 time

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 in

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 his

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 life

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 he

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 doesn't

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 strike you

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 at all

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 he's

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 born

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 blind

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 he's

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 never

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 seen

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 anything

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 right

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 it's

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 so

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 interesting

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 that the

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 bible's

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 records of

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 physical

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 healing

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 are only

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 ever

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 hurrying

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 us to

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 hear

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 how we

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 can be

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 spiritually

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 healed

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00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:48.079
 today, we come to believe that Jesus is the Christ. Jesus is always much more concerned

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:57.420
 with eternal well-being than temporal well-being. And so he is direct with him, right? No coddling.

00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:02.840
 The man's just been thrown out the door of the synagogue, and he asks him the question,

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:11.400
 do you believe in the Son of Man? Now, I've told you a number of times why Jesus refers to himself in this way.

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:15.720
 And in case you've forgotten or you've just never heard this, this is a really important title,

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:23.140
 most common way he refers to himself, the Son of Man. And it comes from Daniel chapter 7, right?

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:30.160
 This guy's imagination would have lit up as that question is being asked, right? It doesn't hit

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:36.099
 for us the same way it would have hit for all of these first century Jews. Daniel chapter 7,

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:44.480
 verse 13. I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:51.599
 Son of Man. There's the title right there. And he came to the ancient of days and were presented before

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:59.519
 him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:06.619
 should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his kingdom

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:16.880
 one that shall not be destroyed. He is the Christ, the one sent from God, the Son of Man, who would

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:24.739
 establish a kingdom and rule forever. This is the question he asks. Do you believe in the Son

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:31.239
 of Man? Of Man? Now, this man could have just said like, oh, sure, I'm familiar with Daniel chapter 7,

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:37.359
 verse 13 and 14. Like, yeah, there's going to be a guy. But he says instead, and who is he, sir,

00:38:37.439 --> 00:38:45.959
 that I may believe in him? Maybe he's figurative. Help me understand. And Jesus says, you have

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:56.559
 seen him, sight language, and it is he who is speaking to you. And that's all it takes. He said, Lord,

00:38:57.380 --> 00:39:07.420
 kingly language, Lord, I believe, and then we get this amazing four-word little summary, and he

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:17.400
 worshipped him. Right? Not just, I give some assent to the fact. He says, Lord, I believe, and he

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:25.099
 worshipped him. Now, I'm going to read you one more commentary quote today, a part of one. This is

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:31.860
 commentary inception. This is John MacArthur quoting Charles Spurgeon. So here we go.

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:39.720
 John MacArthur says, Charles Spurgeon summed up the joy and delight the man must have felt at that

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:52.160
 moment. Now, Charles Spurgeon. Then further he acted as a believer, for he worshipped him. This proves how

00:39:52.160 --> 00:40:00.599
 his faith had grown. I should like to ask you, who are the people of God when you are happiest?

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:06.299
 My happiest moments are when I am worshipping God, really adoring the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:11.980
 It is the nearest approach to what it will be in heaven, where, day without night, they offer

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 perpetual adoration unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Hence what a memorable

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:28.099
 moment it was for this man when he worshipped Christ. Now, if Christ was not God, that man was an

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:36.579
 idolater, a man worshipper. If Christ was not God, we are not Christians. We are deceived dupes. We are

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:44.539
 idolaters, as bad as the heathen whom we now pity. It is making a man into a God if Christ be not God.

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 But blessed be his holy name, he is God. And we feel that it is the supreme delight of our being to worship

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 him. So let me ask this morning, are you confused? Don't be. This book was written that you would

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:14.039
 know that Jesus is the Christ, and that by believing in him, you would have eternal life. Are you fearful?

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:22.880
 Don't be. There is nothing that the world can do to you that will take the joy found in Christ

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:29.420
 away from you. There is nothing that this world has to offer you that can eclipse the satisfaction

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:42.519
 found in him. Are you prideful? Don't be. One day, every person will be humbled. We will all bow the

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:53.960
 knee to the Son of Man. Be humble now. Recognize your need of a Savior. Perhaps today he will find you.

00:41:55.259 --> 00:42:07.039
 Are you a believer? Keep on believing and worship. Bend your whole life Godward. You will not

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:11.279
 be disappointed at the end. Let's pray together.