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 Listen, the Lord has stronger coffee for us and a better breakfast.

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 So let's turn to 2 John, where we're going to continue our time in God's Word.

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 And as you're turning to 2 John, I want to ask you guys a question.

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 Speaking of food and beautiful things,

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 have you ever had a meal that was just absolutely perfect?

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 Have you ever seen a piece of art that you thought,

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 right where this is, every line, every stroke, it's perfect.

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 Perfect.

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 Perfect.

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 Just right.

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 Friends, out of all the things in the world,

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 in the whole of the world,

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 nothing, nothing is more perfect than the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Nothing is more just right.

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 Nothing is more untouchably complete than what Jesus has already given us.

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 And here's what we need to embrace as John takes a turn in the second letter.

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 Here's what we need to embrace.

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 That because the gospel is absolutely perfect,

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 to subtract anything from it or add anything to it is destructive.

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 And brothers and sisters, last night we had a good time around God's Word,

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 thinking about the combustion of the right combination.

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 This morning, on the flip side, we're going to look at the destruction of the wrong combination.

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 So if you would, turn to 2 John with me again.

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 And I think we're going to just read the whole letter.

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 We're going to focus on verses 7 on for this morning.

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 But I figure it's good for us to read the whole thing as we start out together.

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 And friends, as we do, this truth is going to emerge to us.

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 That as with love and truth, may they make us a people who protect and promote the very perfection of the gospel.

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 Let's read 2 John in its entirety.

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 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth.

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 And not only I, but also all who know the truth,

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 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever.

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 Father, grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father,

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 and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.

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 I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth,

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 just as you were commanded by the Father.

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 And now I ask you, dear lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment,

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 but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

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 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments.

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 This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning,

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 so you should walk in it.

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 For many deceivers have gone out into the world.

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 Those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh,

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 such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for,

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 but may win a full reward.

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 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ

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 does not have God.

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 Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching,

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 do not receive him into your home or give him any greeting.

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 For whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.

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 Though I have much to write to you,

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 I would rather not use paper and ink.

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 Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face,

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 so that our joy may be complete.

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 The children of your elect sister greet you.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, continue your work among us through these words.

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 And Lord, reaffirm in our hearts the perfection of Jesus Christ

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 and his gospel, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name, so be it.

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 All right, so for this morning,

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 we're going to consider John's turning argument in three points.

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 So our first point, we're basing out of verse seven,

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 and that's destruction through subtraction.

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 And you could pick it up when we read the whole letter.

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 I mean, last night, weren't his words so warm?

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 But now those words turn to words of warning,

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 and they ought to get our attention,

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 and we see what he's calling for here.

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 Friends, what we need to embrace

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 is if Jesus and his gospel

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 are the love and truth

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 that are to be the life and warmth

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 of every believer and every church,

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 that if that's the case,

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 if Jesus, in his perfection,

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 in his truthfulness and love,

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 if they are threatened,

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 everything we hold dear is threatened.

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 John wants to stress this,

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 but it's coming out of his commitment

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 to truth and love

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 that there is a time to protect

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 and promote what is absolutely perfect.

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 Look at this in the beginning of verse seven.

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 For many deceivers have gone out into the world.

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 It's almost like a reverse Great Commission,

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 where we're sent to take the gospel

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 into the nations.

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 Now as the gospel is going forward,

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 the church has been around for some time

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 at John's writing,

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 but it's not only the gospel

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 that has been going forward.

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 As Jesus warned years before,

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 wheat would always grow among the tares,

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 and so as the truth and love

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 of the gospel has gone out,

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 so have deceptive and destructive lies.

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 They've gone out into the world,

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 and note this word, deceivers.

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 What do deceivers do?

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 Yeah.

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 I mean, they don't show you the full thing, right?

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 They're not like,

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 well, this is the full package.

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 This is what you're signing up for.

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 Sign on the dotted line.

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 They come with something that seems plausible,

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 something even good,

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 but you're being tricked.

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 You're being swindled,

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 and so we need to understand

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 that this air that's going out,

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 it's not always going to be obvious.

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 It might be pervasive,

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 but it might not pronounce itself

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 as clearly as it ought to,

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 and John wants the believers

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 to be aware of this.

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 Now, what exactly were they saying

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 that was so wrong?

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 What were they getting wrong about Jesus?

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 John actually tells us,

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 look at the next part in verse seven.

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 Those who do not confess

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 the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.

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 What are they denying?

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 The incarnation.

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 The incarnation.

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 John is big on the incarnation,

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 because frankly,

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 the incarnation is a really big deal.

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 This is not a doctrine we take out

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 with the Christmas decorations

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 around the holiday.

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 Oh yeah, it's that time of the year

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 we consider the incarnation.

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 The incarnation is wonderful,

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 so I don't have Sean's permission,

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 but I hope this works.

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 I want to take a little aside

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 to just love on the incarnation

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 for a moment here.

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 That's not even really the point

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 of the message,

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 but if we're going to be a people

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 that love the perfection of the gospel,

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 let's just look at this aspect

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 of the gospel for a moment.

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 This aspect that in John's time

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 was being threatened.

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 Here's just three things

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 that are just wonderful

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 about the incarnation.

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 First, the incarnation speaks

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 to the nearness

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 and likeness of God.

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 Of all the things

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 we need to know in life,

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 it's that our God is near

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 and not far.

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 And not only do we need to know

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 that God is near and not far,

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 we need to know

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 what God is like.

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 And how are we going to know

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 what God is like

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 when we can't see His face

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 and live?

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 The incarnation

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 answers these deep longings

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 of our humanity

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 more than anything else.

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 Listen to John

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 from John's gospel.

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 And the word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 And we have seen His glory.

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 In seeing Jesus,

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 we've seen the glory

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 of the Father

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 and we have lived.

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 Glory as of the only Son

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 from the Father.

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 Full.

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 Full of grace and truth.

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 And I'm going to just hop over

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 to 1 John and read you

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 the first three verses.

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 These are wonderful.

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 That which was from the beginning,

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 which we have heard,

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 which we have seen

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 with our eyes,

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 which we have looked upon

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 and have touched

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 with our hands

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 concerning the word of life.

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 The life was made manifest.

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 That's through the incarnation.

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 And we have seen it

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 and testified to it

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 and proclaimed to you

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 the eternal life

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 which was with the Father

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 and was made manifest to us.

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 That which we have seen

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 and heard,

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 we proclaim also to you

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 so that you may have fellowship

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 with us.

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 And indeed,

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 our fellowship is with the Father

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 and with His Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Oh my goodness.

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 What we have in the incarnation.

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 These realities of God's nearness

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 and knowing what God is like

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 is the basis for our community.

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 But there's more than that

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 with the incarnation.

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 The incarnation speaks

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 to our substitute and mediator.

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 Consider this.

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 1 Timothy 2.

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 For there is one God

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 and there is one mediator

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 between God and men.

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 The man, Christ Jesus.

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 Romans 5.

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 As for by one man's disobedience,

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 the first Adam,

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 the many were made sinners.

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 So by one man's obedience,

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 the second Adam,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the many will be made righteous.

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 Consider the Heidelberg Catechism,

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 the 16th question.

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 Why must He,

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 why must Jesus

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 be a true

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 and righteous man?

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 He must be a true man

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 because the justice of God

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 requires the same human nature

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 which has sinned

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 should pay for sin.

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 He must be a righteous man

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 because one who is himself a sinner,

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 he cannot pay for others.

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 There is no gospel

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 without the incarnation.

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 I need Jesus to be truly man

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 so that His sinless life

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 can cover my sinful life.

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 In order for this to be

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 an authentic

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 and acceptable sacrifice to God,

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 Jesus Christ must be man.

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 He must take on flesh.

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 That makes this work.

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 But He also must be God

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 because if He were not

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 and He were not sinless,

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 His sacrifice could not atone

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 for the sins of all the people

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 who would believe in Him

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 for all times.

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 The incarnation is huge.

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 One more, one more.

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 And this is timely.

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 This is timely.

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 The incarnation speaks to the humility

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 and glory of Jesus.

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 How many of you see

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 just such a rank lack

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 of humility in our culture?

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 Pride is elevated.

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 How Jesus is so different

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 than the world?

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 Here in the incarnation,

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 we see His humility

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 and glory in a way that

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 I don't know how we see

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 anything more beautiful.

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 Let me read it from Philippians 2.

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 Though He was in the form of God.

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 We even sang about this this morning.

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 Did not count equality with God

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 a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptied Himself

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 by taking the form of a servant,

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 being born in the likeness

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 of men, incarnation,

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 and being found in human form,

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 He humbled Himself

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 by becoming obedient

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 to the point of death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 Therefore,

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 God has highly exalted Him

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 and bestowed on Him

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 the name that is above every name

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 so that the name of Jesus

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 every knee should bow

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 in heaven and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 and every tongue confess

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord

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 to the glory of God the Father.

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 Friends,

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 this is not going away

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 with our Christmas decorations.

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 This is a truth

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 we want to hang out all year

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 and we cannot afford

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 to lose it.

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 So,

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 thank you for letting me

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 go off on the incarnation

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 for a little bit.

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 We're getting back on our tracks

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 tracks with John's argument,

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 but I just,

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 I wanted to love on that

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 together for a bit.

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 Here's what we need to see.

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 We don't know exactly

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 how they were denying

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 Jesus' incarnation

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 in John's day.

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 Most scholars,

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 though,

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 believe it had a Gnostic flavor,

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 which they would have seen

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 the body as bad

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 or unimportant.

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 So,

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 they may have come

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 with a subtraction like this.

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 Oh,

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 Jesus is too spiritual

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 to have a body.

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 Oh,

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 Jesus is,

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 his divinity,

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 there's no way

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 he could actually

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 take on flesh.

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 And you can see

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 where the deception

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 comes in,

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 there's always going to be

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 something that

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 catches us a bit.

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 But if we deny

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 that he actually

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 came in the flesh,

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 look at all the perfection

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 we are denied.

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 All are grounds

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 for truth

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 and for love.

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 And here's where John

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 starts getting pretty serious.

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 And you're going to see

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 these turns he makes

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 in 2nd and 3rd John.

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 In this way,

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 he's kind of like Gandalf.

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 At first,

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 you can think

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 he's just this nice old guy

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 that really knows

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 how to smoke a pipe.

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 And you're like,

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 oh,

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 nice Gandalf.

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 Gandalf gets into

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 a different gear

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 when it's time for it.

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 And we see that

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 with the apostle of love.

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 He can change a gear.

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 So,

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 what does John call

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 this kind of subtraction?

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 Read on in verse 7.

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 Such a one

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 is the deceiver

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 and the antichrist.

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 Whoa.

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 Now,

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 these are

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 loaded

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 accusations.

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 And I don't want us

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 to get lost in them.

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 I want us to

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 catch what John is saying.

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 Who else is known

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 as the deceiver?

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 Satan.

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 There is something

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 very satanic

00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:21.419
 about subtracting

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 from the gospel.

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 Then he says

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 antichrist.

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 Now,

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 don't get into

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 like Timothy mode

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 where you're trying

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 to think about

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 the antichrist

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 and figure out that.

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 No,

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 it's talking about

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 a position.

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 An antichrist

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 position

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 to be opposed

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 or against.

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 To subtract

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 is to be satanic.

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 To subtract

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 is to be

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 anti

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 or against

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 Christ.

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 These things

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 aren't,

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 oh,

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 that's a really

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 creative thought

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 that you have there

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 about the incarnation.

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 Yeah,

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 maybe Jesus,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no.

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 That's satanic.

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 That's antichrist.

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 Now,

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 you can nuance

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 how you'll work

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 that out

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 in the community,

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 but John,

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.799
 the apostle of love

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 is being very clear

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 in truth

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 with this section.

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 and it goes

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.299
 for any doctrine.

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 We are looking

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 at something

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.720
 that is

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 completely

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 perfect.

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 Why would we

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 think of taking

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 anything away

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 from it?

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 Usually,

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 that motivation

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 is because

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 we want to be

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 more accepted

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 by the people

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 around us.

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 We're tempted

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 to edit

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 the gospel

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 that it might

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 fit in our lives

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 with less trouble.

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 We'll get to that

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 as we go.

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 We have a second

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 point to get to.

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 Destruction

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 through addition.

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 This is where

00:18:44.719 --> 00:18:45.699
 we look at

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 verses 8

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 and 9.

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 Now,

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 there's a difference

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 between a hypothetical

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 threat

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 and an actual threat.

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 The threat

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 that John's

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 talking about

00:18:56.439 --> 00:18:57.079
 against the

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 perfection

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.139
 of the gospel,

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 it's actual.

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 And it's actual

00:19:00.459 --> 00:19:02.059
 for us too.

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 And I want you

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 to see this

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 because this is

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.379
 the weight

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.219
 of verse 8

00:19:05.219 --> 00:19:05.879
 that we're meant

00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.919
 to feel.

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 Watch yourselves.

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 So that you

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 may not lose

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 what we have

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 worked for

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 but may win

00:19:13.939 --> 00:19:16.419
 a full reward.

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 Watch yourselves

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.699
 is in the plural

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 imperative,

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 which means

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 it's a command

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.039
 for the whole

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.859
 community.

00:19:23.739 --> 00:19:24.859
 John is saying

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.399
 to this

00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.879
 unspecified church

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.519
 that he speaks

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.179
 about in such

00:19:28.179 --> 00:19:29.239
 familial,

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.139
 warm terms,

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.419
 watch yourselves.

00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:33.500
 Watch yourselves.

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:35.619
 we need to hear

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.839
 this as a command

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.940
 because the threat

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.880
 is real

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.339
 and active.

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 And what we need

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.119
 to understand

00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:42.700
 is that there

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.839
 could be a loss

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.279
 here.

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 And indeed,

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.359
 there is a loss.

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 This could,

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.859
 depending on how

00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.619
 you understand the

00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:48.900
 Greeks,

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 speak of the

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.559
 laborer's loss

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.079
 or the listener's

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.480
 loss.

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 But for us,

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.680
 to lose anything

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.339
 of the gospel

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:57.380
 is to lose

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.440
 the life

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.839
 and the truth

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.119
 that give us

00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:02.039
 all the warmth

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:03.240
 and love we need.

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.220
 To lose this

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.619
 is to lose

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.980
 what matters.

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.539
 And the destruction

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.579
 goes on.

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.199
 How he describes

00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:12.159
 this is very

00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.879
 interesting.

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:14.099
 Look at verse 9

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.539
 with me.

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 Everyone who

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 goes on ahead

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.740
 and does not

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.919
 abide in the

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:21.000
 teaching of Christ

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:23.099
 does not

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:24.619
 have God.

00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.619
 John's back

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.599
 to these metaphors.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:31.199
 Very helpful

00:20:31.199 --> 00:20:31.619
 here.

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.519
 Very helpful.

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 Anyone who

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 goes on

00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:38.059
 ahead.

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 What a picture

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.720
 for not just

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.419
 trying to destroy

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:43.000
 the gospel

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.299
 through subtraction,

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.559
 but addition.

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 And I think

00:20:46.939 --> 00:20:47.839
 this can actually

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.399
 be more tempting.

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:50.639
 I just need

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.740
 to add something

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:53.139
 to the gospel.

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 It's like when

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.500
 your kids are

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.039
 on a hike

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.619
 and they go

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:57.500
 on ahead of you.

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.859
 It's not actually

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.579
 what you want

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.639
 because they're

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.759
 going outside

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.759
 of healthy

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.439
 and safe

00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:04.039
 boundaries.

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.460
 But there seems

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.279
 to be a tolerance

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.240
 in the evangelical

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.519
 church for going

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.599
 on ahead.

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.740
 Meandering off,

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:13.299
 looking for more.

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.919
 But John uses

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.919
 another metaphor.

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 We're not to

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.339
 wander off from it.

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:19.159
 We're not to go

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:20.259
 on ahead as though

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.019
 that were needed.

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:23.059
 We are to

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 abide,

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:25.039
 John tells us,

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:27.059
 to find our life

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.000
 and our home

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.559
 and our place.

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 To abide means

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.519
 to stay

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:32.519
 and build a life.

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.720
 Friends,

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.980
 the gospel

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.339
 is the perfection

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:37.299
 of God

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.259
 for us.

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.119
 Nothing can be

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.799
 taken from it.

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.059
 Nothing can be

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:43.220
 added to it

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.920
 without taking

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:46.700
 away from it.

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.279
 So remember

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.579
 that perfect meal?

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.699
 Well,

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.939
 if you added

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:53.220
 just one more

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.000
 dash

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.399
 of seasoning,

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.720
 it's no longer

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.960
 just right.

00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:01.059
 One more stroke

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.980
 to a masterpiece,

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.919
 it's no longer

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:05.079
 a masterpiece.

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.699
 It's divine

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.659
 vandalism.

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.460
 And John is

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 intolerant.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.220
 The apostle of love

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.579
 is intolerant

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.579
 of these kind of

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.720
 threats to the gospel.

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.920
 He's warning

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 the whole church

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 to be watchful

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.980
 for these friends

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 and that's

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.559
 so necessary

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:24.039
 for us.

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 And I believe

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.700
 it starts

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:28.180
 with a discontentment

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.240
 in our own hearts.

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.940
 We become

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.059
 gospel bored.

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.799
 We tire

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.519
 of hearing it.

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.620
 That's a real symptom

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.200
 when someone

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.000
 talks about

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.660
 the gospel

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:45.019
 and your heart

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.740
 no longer

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.720
 alights to it.

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.120
 Now you may ask me,

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.420
 Andrew,

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.320
 is it realistic

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:50.279
 that I'll always

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.000
 have affection

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.800
 for the gospel?

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.660
 Is it realistic

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.980
 that who Jesus is

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.680
 and what he's done

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.620
 in all its perfection

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.840
 will always

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.940
 be captivating

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 to me?

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.100
 Humanly,

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.440
 we are very weak.

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:06.160
 And I understand

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.900
 why and how

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.440
 we struggle.

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.660
 But when we

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.320
 actually think

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.320
 about what this is,

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.960
 we should never

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.759
 get over this.

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.319
 There is enough

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 in this.

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 And here's the deal.

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 There is enough

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 that we actually

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.600
 haven't plumbed.

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 We don't need

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 to go beyond.

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 I don't need

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 to take away

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.819
 from it

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.579
 or add to it.

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.559
 What it is,

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.579
 there is more

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:26.039
 for me to consider.

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.559
 There is more

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 for us

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 to ponder

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.039
 and dwell on.

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 So if you feel

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.360
 those numbings

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.200
 coming in,

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 the answer

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 is not to go

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 on ahead.

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 And the answer

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 is not to tailor

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.480
 it and cut it back

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.420
 so it fits better

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.220
 in your life

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:44.380
 is to behold

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 the perfection

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 and to live

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 in that.

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 The call,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.060
 friends,

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.500
 here is not

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.600
 to add to the gospel

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 but to abide in it.

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 And I would ask you

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.620
 in your life,

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.740
 is the gospel

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.519
 the most sacred place?

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.980
 The most safe place?

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:03.620
 The most dear place?

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.800
 It's meant

00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:06.240
 to be our place

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.340
 for life.

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 And what are they

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:09.259
 strained from?

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:11.460
 It's the teaching

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.259
 of Christ.

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.220
 Did you see that

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.980
 in the text?

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.680
 Everyone who goes

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.119
 on ahead

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.720
 and does not abide

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.859
 in the teaching

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.680
 of Christ.

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.059
 I'm shorthanding

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.119
 that as the gospel

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 but what that includes

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.640
 is teaching

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.579
 about Jesus

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:27.400
 and teaching

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.480
 from Jesus.

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.339
 Colossians calls us

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.440
 to let the word

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.319
 of Christ

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.900
 dwell in us richly.

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.339
 When Paul uses

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.940
 that language

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.160
 the word of Christ

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.580
 is probably

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:39.759
 a longer way

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.900
 of saying the gospel.

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.560
 Who Jesus is

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.420
 and what he's done

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.200
 that's meant

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.279
 to steep in you

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.340
 like a tea bag

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.800
 steeps in tea.

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.740
 And here we're called

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.000
 to abide in his teaching

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.120
 and that makes sense

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:53.540
 with what we learned

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.820
 last night.

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.680
 Friends,

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:57.200
 we must learn

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.019
 this life

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.160
 of abiding

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:01.400
 because the danger is

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.440
 when we don't

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.000
 we no longer

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.039
 have God

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:07.360
 John says.

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.799
 Does not have

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.259
 God

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.140
 or his exact

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:12.140
 words.

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:14.480
 Why is this?

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.160
 I think

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.460
 David Jackman

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.200
 says it well

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.200
 as soon as we

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.140
 leave the basis

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.180
 of God's revealed

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.720
 truth

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.340
 we begin to

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.740
 venture

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.860
 into unreality.

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.380
 I remember

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:26.900
 having

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:28.420
 a conversation

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.220
 with my aunt

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.980
 in the car

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:31.580
 and she asked me

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.700
 Andrew what do you

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.299
 think heaven

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:35.039
 is going to be like?

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.580
 And I go

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.360
 well Aunt Julie

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.080
 the Bible says

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.900
 no no no no no

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.819
 I didn't ask you

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.460
 what the Bible said

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:43.319
 what do you think

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.220
 heaven's going to be like?

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.279
 I'm like well

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.920
 Aunt Julie

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.059
 heaven's a real place

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.580
 like I don't get

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.279
 to make up

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.740
 what it is

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.380
 and isn't

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.420
 and we started

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.600
 having this conversation

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.080
 she's like well

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.580
 let me tell you

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.140
 what I think

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.779
 heaven is

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.100
 and she just

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:57.360
 goes into that

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.779
 that's a form

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.920
 of unreality.

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.299
 Anytime

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:03.220
 we say

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.859
 or make

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.279
 Jesus

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.980
 something that

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.559
 he's not

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:07.079
 we are no longer

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.240
 walking in the truth

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.519
 we're walking

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.419
 in unreality

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.740
 and what is the

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.440
 ground for all

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.000
 our fellowship

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.639
 and hope?

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.559
 It's in the truth

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.619
 of who Christ

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.159
 is

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.279
 unchanged

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.339
 unfiltered

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.599
 as it's been given

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.379
 from the Father

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.159
 to us.

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.599
 So

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.619
 that said

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.319
 this is where

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.000
 we're going to land

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.440
 on this

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.879
 third point.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.399
 We don't just

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.000
 want to seek

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.899
 to protect this

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.920
 we want to promote

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.180
 this.

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.180
 We want to build

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:34.000
 up godly convictions

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.900
 and this is what

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:36.460
 John is calling

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.680
 his listeners

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:39.240
 to do here.

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.660
 This kind of

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.240
 conviction

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.920
 comes out of

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.680
 our care

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.680
 for the perfection

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.320
 of the gospel.

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.300
 Look at verses

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:47.500
 10 and 11

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.019
 with me.

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.340
 If anyone

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.400
 comes to you

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.140
 and does not

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.259
 bring this teaching

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:54.120
 do not receive

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:55.180
 him into your house

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.060
 or give him

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:57.100
 any greeting

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.160
 for whoever

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.860
 greets him

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.639
 takes part

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.439
 in his wicked

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:00.959
 works.

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.319
 Now I will admit

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.699
 to you

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:04.099
 I have misunderstood

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.000
 and misapplied

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.639
 this for a long

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.059
 time.

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.159
 In the city

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.759
 we would get

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.659
 JWs

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.779
 Jehovah's Witnesses

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.459
 by the house

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:11.219
 all the time

00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:12.399
 and I'd always

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:12.939
 talk to them

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.559
 on the steps

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.439
 never in the house

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.399
 because I wanted

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.919
 to be faithful

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.179
 to John

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.639
 you can't come

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.199
 in my house

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:18.419
 and I

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.439
 wouldn't say

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:19.939
 what's up

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.939
 to the JWs

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.179
 either

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.659
 because I didn't

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.039
 want to give

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.559
 them a greeting

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.979
 I'd be like

00:27:22.979 --> 00:27:23.259
 hmm

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:25.240
 yeah

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:27.039
 real kind

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.579
 and warm

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.440
 real actual

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.240
 apologetics

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.960
 right there

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.680
 that's not

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.359
 what John's

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.000
 talking about

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.039
 if we're

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.019
 understanding

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.819
 the cultural

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.660
 context

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:38.000
 to bring

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.400
 someone

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.039
 into your

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.299
 home

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.019
 a traveling

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.539
 preacher

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.359
 there were

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.960
 good ones

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.599
 and obviously

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.400
 bad ones

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.160
 in these times

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.220
 to welcome

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.099
 them into

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.859
 your home

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.900
 and to show

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.900
 them any greeting

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.640
 is to show

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.819
 them your support

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:52.159
 you're saying

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.919
 you stamp

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.179
 them

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:54.279
 now I think

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.839
 that looks

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.460
 a lot

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.259
 different

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:58.019
 in our times

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.379
 but I think

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.240
 there are lessons

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.480
 that we can learn

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.500
 from John here

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:04.399
 first John calls

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.559
 out their air

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:07.299
 there will be

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.939
 deceivers

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.700
 who go out

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.299
 into the world

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.259
 and after talking

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.039
 to a few of you

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.179
 you're like a church

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:12.960
 that goes out

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.759
 into the world

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.659
 like you're here

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.639
 for a little while

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:17.019
 then you're there

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:19.500
 I think God

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.159
 has a special

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.120
 calling on this

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.519
 church

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.480
 for that

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.880
 I think

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.820
 there is a lot

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.480
 of kingdom

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.180
 potential

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.900
 and purposes

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.100
 there

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.700
 I'll talk

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.200
 about that

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.560
 later

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.580
 but you guys

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:29.980
 will be

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.480
 in different

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.960
 churches

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.920
 different places

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.740
 throughout your

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.180
 life

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.120
 and you're

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.620
 going to run

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.140
 into a lot

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.580
 of things

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.200
 John would

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.640
 have you

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.080
 be able

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.960
 to discern

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.960
 what is

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.519
 the air

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.880
 John says

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.880
 very clearly

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.720
 here in his

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.160
 times

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.980
 the air

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.259
 is that

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.140
 the incarnation

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:46.700
 was at

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.120
 threat

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.120
 and that

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.640
 threatens the

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.060
 perfection

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.779
 of the gospel

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.220
 you need

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.559
 to know

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.859
 in your

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.220
 times

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.720
 and places

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.119
 what are

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.539
 the threats

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.119
 around you

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:55.220
 and what

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.500
 are the

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.819
 threats

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.720
 facing God's

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.059
 people

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.180
 what are

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.139
 these plausible

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.839
 arguments

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.319
 that are

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.339
 sneaking in

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.059
 that could

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.139
 deceive them

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.940
 and rob

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.220
 them

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.639
 from all

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.599
 this life

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.519
 and warmth

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.899
 that truth

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.599
 and love

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.599
 bring us

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.420
 and friends

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.019
 we're going

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.539
 to need

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.960
 grace

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.460
 for that

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.619
 but John

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.079
 would tell

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.819
 you never

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.480
 never take

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.119
 away from the

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.740
 gospel to make

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.319
 that happen

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:21.379
 never add

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.980
 to it

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.700
 instead

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.779
 abide in

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.019
 it

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.079
 and friends

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.859
 the more

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.559
 it becomes

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.339
 precious to

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.559
 you

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.960
 and you're

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.439
 like this

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.000
 is my

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.460
 place

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.059
 above all

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.619
 places

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.740
 the less

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.359
 likely you

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.019
 will compromise

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.419
 it

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:34.439
 when you

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:34.899
 are in

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.779
 a hard

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.879
 situation

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:39.179
 all right

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.740
 we'll wrap

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.159
 it up

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.919
 here

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:42.179
 so much

00:29:42.179 --> 00:29:42.579
 to say

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.019
 I'm glad

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.399
 we have

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.119
 more sessions

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.839
 together

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:48.459
 here's the

00:29:48.459 --> 00:29:48.720
 deal

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.079
 if you

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.299
 love

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.659
 anything

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:49.859
 you're

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.039
 going to

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.359
 protect

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.559
 it

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.119
 you really

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.519
 are

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:54.139
 and again

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.579
 we're talking

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.899
 about the

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.399
 apostle John

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.679
 now we're

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.099
 seeing a little

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.419
 bit of a

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:56.899
 different side

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.359
 maybe the

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.679
 son of

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.240
 thunder is

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.119
 reemerging a

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.639
 little bit

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:01.779
 but it's

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.379
 coming out

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.879
 of love

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:04.519
 it's coming

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.039
 out of love

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.000
 we don't want

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.240
 to be

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.839
 convictional

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.539
 because we're

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.299
 self-important

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:10.460
 that gives

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.279
 off a vibe

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.839
 doesn't it

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.619
 you know

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.259
 when someone

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.799
 like is

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.339
 being

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.220
 righteous

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.659
 but it's

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:16.039
 really just

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.919
 self-righteous

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:18.339
 we need

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.079
 convictions

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.579
 that come

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.480
 out of a

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.980
 realization

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.559
 of how

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.059
 important

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.859
 Jesus is

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:25.339
 when we

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.079
 come out

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.519
 of those

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.919
 and not

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.259
 just that

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.539
 he's

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.220
 important

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.159
 but he's

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.680
 everything

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.339
 to us

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.940
 that warms

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.279
 up the

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.700
 whole thing

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.440
 so John

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.119
 just gives

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.480
 this like

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.899
 corporate

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.339
 warning

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.879
 and then

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.579
 let's

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.240
 consider how

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.859
 he ends

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.319
 the letter

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.579
 the last

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.599
 two verses

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.699
 though I

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.099
 have much

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.519
 to write

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.899
 to you

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:44.459
 I would

00:30:44.459 --> 00:30:45.279
 rather not

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.959
 use paper

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.439
 and ink

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:48.039
 instead I

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.359
 hope to

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.439
 come to

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.039
 you and

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.519
 talk face

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.599
 to face

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:54.399
 why John

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.639
 so that

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.319
 our joy

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.899
 may be

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.519
 complete

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.879
 the children

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.279
 of your

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.099
 elect sister

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.679
 greet you

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:01.139
 friends

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:02.699
 let us

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.339
 not

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.599
 forget

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.339
 under all

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.859
 this is

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.339
 John's

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.799
 desire

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.440
 for our

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.119
 joy

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:09.099
 and that

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.480
 joy

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.059
 will only

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.319
 be

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.019
 complete

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.059
 as we

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.720
 together

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.399
 protect

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.779
 and promote

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.919
 the completeness

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:17.220
 and perfection

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.680
 of the gospel

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.259
 we have in

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.039
 Jesus Christ

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.960
 would you pray

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.460
 with me

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:26.980
 father we

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:29.700
 we want to

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.139
 thank you

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.559
 together

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:36.359
 we can

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.919
 easily

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.740
 confess that

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.359
 we have

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.200
 more in

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.720
 Christ

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.440
 than we

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.839
 have yet

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.460
 realized

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:45.139
 so we

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.980
 pray help

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.379
 us

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.000
 abide

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.200
 Lord when

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.579
 we are

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.379
 tempted to

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.940
 shave

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.279
 when we're

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.019
 tempted to

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.440
 add

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:57.980
 help us

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.420
 abide

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.920
 help us

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.559
 find our

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.100
 life

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:02.320
 more and

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:03.080
 more in

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.460
 Jesus

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.600
 who he

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.140
 is and

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.480
 what he's

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.960
 done for

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.440
 us

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.759
 Lord

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:11.100
 we thank

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.440
 you we are

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.940
 not alone

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.600
 in this

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:15.559
 thank you

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.799
 that you

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.200
 hear our

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.759
 prayers

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.840
 answer in

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.440
 this moment

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.080
 and in the

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.799
 moments beyond

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.340
 this moment

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.919
 we pray

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.919
 in Jesus

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.399
 name

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.480
 so be

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.699
 it