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 John chapter 16.

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 Last week we did about the first half, so 1 through 15.

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 Today's sermon text begins with verse 16.

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 Okay, I think all of our kids are assigned in, so I'll pray for you,

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 and then we'll send you on.

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 Thank you for the reminder.

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 All right, let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for these dear children.

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 We pray that you please go with them today.

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 I thank you for James and Michelle and their preparation, Lord.

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 We pray that you will speak to our children through the power of your word

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 by the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

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 Lord, we pray that you will give them hearts to love you.

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 We pray that you will give them minds to understand you,

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 and that with their eyes of faith they can see Jesus Christ in his glory.

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 Please go with these dear children today, Lord. Amen.

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 All right.

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 So we're in John chapter 16, and we'll begin reading today at verse 16

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 until the end of the chapter.

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 As I read this, remember, this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible,

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 clear, and sufficient word.

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 It's God's very own word for you, his people.

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 If you receive it that way, then after I'm done reading,

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 I'll say this is the word of the Lord, and we'll respond.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 John chapter 16, beginning at verse 16.

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 Jesus says to his disciples,

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 A little while, and you will see me no longer.

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 And again a little while, and you will see me.

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 So some of his disciples said to one another,

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 What is this that he says to us?

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 A little while, and you will not see me.

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 And again a little while, and you will see me.

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 And because I am going to the Father.

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 And so they were saying, What does he mean by a little while?

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 We do not know what he is talking about.

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 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them,

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 Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant?

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 And by saying a little while, and you will not see me.

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 And again a little while, you will see me.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 You will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice.

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 You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

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 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come.

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 But when she has delivered the baby,

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 she no longer remembers the anguish for joy

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 that a human being has been born into the world.

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 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again.

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 And your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

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 In that day you will ask nothing of me.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 Whatever you ask of the Father in my name,

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 he will give it to you.

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 Until now you have asked nothing in my name.

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 Ask, and you will receive,

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 that your joy may be full.

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 I have said these things to you in figures of speech.

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 The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech,

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 but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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 In that day you will ask in my name,

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 and I will say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,

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 for the Father himself loves you,

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 because you have loved me,

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 and have believed that I came from the Father.

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 I came from the Father,

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 and I have come into the world,

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 and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

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 His disciples said,

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 Ah, now you are speaking plainly to us,

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 not using figurative speech.

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 Now we know that you know all things,

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 and do not need anyone to question you.

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 This is why we believe that you came from God.

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Do you now believe?

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 Behold, the hour is coming.

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 Indeed, it has come,

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 when you will be scattered,

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 each to his own home,

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 and will leave me alone.

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 Yet I am not alone,

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 for the Father is with me.

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 I have said these things to you,

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 that in me you may have peace.

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 In the world you will have tribulation,

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 but take heart,

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 I have overcome the world.

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 And this is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God indeed.

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 You may be seated.

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 The Bible tells us that

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 the grass withers and the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, your word is waiting,

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 because your word carries your glory.

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 We need your Holy Spirit

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 to minister your word to us, Lord.

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 On our own, we don't understand.

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 We don't understand your glory.

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 We're like the disciples, Lord.

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 Left to ourselves, we would be scattered.

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 Apart from you, we could do nothing.

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 But we praise you, Lord,

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 that you have revealed yourself to us

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 through all of Scripture,

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 and you've opened our eyes of faith

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 by the power of the Holy Spirit

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 to behold God.

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 We pray that you will do just that this morning, Lord,

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 in a powerful way.

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 We pray, Lord, that your word

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 will minister to each soul

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 that you brought here this morning

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 by your providence,

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 that you will have your way in our lives,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 my prayer for you this week

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 has simply been that

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 you would let your heart

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 truly rejoice

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 in the promises of Jesus Christ.

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 Let your heart rejoice

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 at the promises of Christ.

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 In this passage,

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 we have the final words of Jesus

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 before he marches to the cross.

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 John 17,

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 he's not addressing his disciples any longer,

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 he's praying.

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 He's praying that the Father will help him.

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 And so these are the final words.

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 And before he finishes his work on the cross,

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 before he takes on the glorified,

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 resurrected body,

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 this is his last goodbye.

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 A final goodbye

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 keeps a room in the heart forever,

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 doesn't it?

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 You have detailed memories

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 of a last goodbye you've had to say.

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 And in his last words to his disciples,

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 what's on the heart of Jesus is the Father.

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 He knows they will be scattered.

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 And yet,

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 he gives them these glorious promises

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 because he knows

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 the love of the Father.

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 This theme reminds me of

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 a missionary I read about

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 in the 1800s

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 named John Payton.

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 He was born in Scotland,

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 and he heard of Scottish explorers

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 discovering these islands

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 off the coast of New Zealand

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 and Australia.

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 Stories came back

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 of extreme violence and danger,

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 men who had been cannibalized

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 and offered as sacrifices.

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 And the Lord stirred in the heart

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 of this young man

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 to go as a missionary

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 for 40 years

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 to this pagan people group.

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 He wrote years later

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 as an old man

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 in his autobiography

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 of that last goodbye

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 he had to say

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 to his Christian father.

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 His father in Scotland

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 loved the Lord,

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 and he's sending off

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 his young son now to college.

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 They had to walk

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 for about 40 miles together

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 to the train stop.

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 Hear these words

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 from his autobiography.

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 For the last half mile

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 we walked on together

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 in almost unbroken silence.

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 His tears,

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 that's John referring

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 to his dad,

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 his tears fell fast

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 when our eyes met.

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 His lips kept moving

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 in silent prayers for me,

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 my father,

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 as was often his custom,

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 hat in hand.

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 See, he would take

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 his hat off to pray.

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 We halted on reaching

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 the appointed parting place,

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 and he grasped my hand

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 firmly for a moment

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 in silence.

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 And then he said solemnly,

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 God bless you,

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 my son.

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 Why are goodbyes so hard?

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 Especially if you know

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 it's your final goodbye.

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 The senses are heightened.

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 You want to capture

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 every detail of that moment.

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 A final goodbye

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 keeps a room

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 in the heart forever.

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 And so here we have

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 in our epistle

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 this letter from John

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 retelling these moments

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 as an old man now

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 writing this

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 to comfort the churches.

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 Think of the love of Christ

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 in these final words

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 to his disciples.

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 In verse 22,

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 Jesus says,

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 Disciples,

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 you have sorrow now,

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 but your hearts

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 will rejoice.

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 rejoice.

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 Jesus says,

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 Disciples,

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 I'm going away,

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 but I will see you again,

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 and no one

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 will take your joy

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 from you.

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 Just as you would

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 hold on to the memories

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 of a final goodbye

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 and find comfort

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 in visiting those memories,

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 my encouragement

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 to you today

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 is to hold on

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 to these promises,

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 these final words

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Hear the love

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 from the Father

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 flowing through him

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 to you today.

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 Let your heart

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 rejoice

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 at Christ's promises.

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 The first one is this.

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 Christ promises

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 that his disciples

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 will see him.

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 Christ promises

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 that you,

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 his disciple,

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 will see Jesus.

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 Let your heart

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 rejoice at that.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 Jesus tells his disciples,

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 a little while,

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 and you will see me

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 no longer,

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 and again a little while,

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 and you will see me.

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 It's not the first time

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 Jesus gave this message.

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 Earlier in John chapter 7,

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 verse 20,

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 do you remember that scene

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 where it's the treasury,

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 where those horn shapes,

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 where people put money in,

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 and right across that hallway,

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 the Pharisees could hear him

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 preaching and teaching,

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 and what was it

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 that Jesus said?

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 He said,

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 I am going away.

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 Where I am going,

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 you cannot come.

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 You will seek me,

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 but will not find me.

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 And then Jesus proclaimed,

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 so all in the temple

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 would hear,

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 unless you believe

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 that I am he,

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 you will die

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 in your sins.

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 That's what he proclaimed

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 in the temple

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 for all the world

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 to hear.

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 Unless you believe,

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 you will die

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 in your sins.

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 But now to his disciples,

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 even though they will

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 be scattered,

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 and without the Holy Spirit,

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 they would never

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 follow Christ loyally.

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 Jesus says,

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 you will see me.

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 Pastor John Gill commented,

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 nothing touches believers

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 to the quick

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 and gives them

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 more uneasiness

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 than when Christ

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 is out of sight.

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 There is none like him

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 in their esteem

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 in heaven and on earth.

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 Oh, disciples

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we sing this,

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 turn your eyes

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 upon Jesus.

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 Turn your eyes

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 to the morning

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 and see Christ

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 the lion awake.

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 What a glorious dawn.

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 Fear of death

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 is gone.

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 Oh, Jesus,

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 we turn our eyes

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 to you

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 because there's not

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 a more terrible thought

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 than to never

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 see Jesus again.

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 And now we see him

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 with eyes of faith.

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 One day he promises,

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 my disciples,

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 you will see me.

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 Let that stir

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 your heart with joy.

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 See, this is the promise

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 of God to everyone

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 who has ever believed

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 through all of human history.

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 One of the most ancient books

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 of the whole Bible

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 is Job.

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 And this was the promise

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 God gave Job.

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 In Job 19.25,

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 he could pray,

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 I know that my Redeemer lives

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 and at the last

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 he will stand

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 upon the earth.

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 And after my skin

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 has been thus destroyed,

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 yet in my flesh

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 I will see God.

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 That was the hope

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 that moved Job

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 to rejoicing

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 when everything around him

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 was perishing away.

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 Let your heart rejoice

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 at Christ's promises today.

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 And Christ promises,

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 believer,

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 that his disciples

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 will see him.

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 Christ also promises

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 that he will turn

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 your sorrow

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 into joy.

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 Jesus Christ will turn

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 your sorrow

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 into joy.

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 That's what he promises

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 in verse 20.

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 Look at that.

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 In verse 20,

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 Jesus says,

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 Amen,

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 Amen,

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 or truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 you will weep

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 and lament

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 while the world rejoices.

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 You will be sorrowful,

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 but listen to this promise.

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 Your sorrow

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 will turn

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 into joy.

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 See,

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 the disciples,

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 they're confused

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 and they do feel

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 this deep sorrow.

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 They feel the weightiness

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 of this moment

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 and their deep sorrow

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 gets deeper.

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 We're reminded again

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 of that scene

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 in Narnia

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 when those wicked beasts

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 are mocking

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 and jeering

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 and cheering

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 as Aslan,

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 the great mighty lion,

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 marches to the stone table

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 of his death.

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 The disciples

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 are going to see

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 that happen

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 to their Lord.

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 They will see Jesus

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 be bound up,

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 falsely accused,

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 mocked,

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 scourged.

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 They will see

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 the innocent,

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 righteous man

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 bleeding for them,

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 then being spat upon

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 and publicly humiliated.

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 as someone put it,

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 the one on whom

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 their souls hope,

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 the one who their hearts

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 love,

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 the one who is

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 the very life

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 of their souls.

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 His gracious presence

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 is the only source

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 of life to disciples.

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 What this means is

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 as they watch Jesus

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 be carried away

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 to his death,

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 it means death

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 for them.

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 all of their hopes,

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 all of their peace

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 is being crushed.

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 And now Jesus promises

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 and the Spirit

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 reminds them

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 the very thing

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 that caused you

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 the deepest sorrow,

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 the deepest anguish

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.759
 you will feel,

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 that very thing

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 will become

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 the source

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 and the foundation

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 of your joy.

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 joy.

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 Jesus says,

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 your sorrow

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 will turn

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 into joy.

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 What is it

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 that becomes joy?

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 It's that very thing,

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 it's the sorrow.

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 And the word there,

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 the verb,

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 to turn into,

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 it means to generate,

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 to give birth,

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 to be made into.

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 And the tense

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 is passive.

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 Like a mother

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 giving birth,

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 the labor pains,

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 your anguish

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 is intense,

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 but Jesus says

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 that same sorrow,

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 that same source

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 of pain,

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 it will pass quickly.

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 Your very suffering

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 will give birth

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 to rejoicing.

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 You don't need

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 to go out

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 and work for this,

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 disciples,

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 this will happen

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 to you.

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 I will work this out

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 in your life.

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 Think of that mother.

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 Many here

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 have gone through this.

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 There's the pain

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 in the back,

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 the changes to the body,

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 the weight

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 in the stomach

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 carrying a child,

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 the fear,

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 the uncertainty.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 was carrying

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:57.039
 a weight here.

00:16:58.319 --> 00:16:59.139
 He was carrying

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 a spiritual heaviness.

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 He was marching

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 to suffer.

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 But He did it

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.659
 for the joy

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 set before Him.

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 Just like a mother

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 joyfully endures

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 all of that

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 in her own body.

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 That's what Jesus

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 was enduring spiritually.

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.559
 He was looking forward

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.379
 to that joy

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 this would produce

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 in His disciples.

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 There's no other way

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 for them to have joy

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.899
 than for Christ

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 to carry that load

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 for them.

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 The disciples

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 could see this

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 happen before their eyes

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 and the Spirit

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 teaching them

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.880
 what this means.

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 And for us,

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:35.759
 looking back

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.319
 on that work

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.759
 of Christ

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.440
 on our behalf,

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.440
 we can sing

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.000
 like the hymn

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.839
 says so well.

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 When Satan

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.059
 tempts me

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.819
 to despair

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.819
 and tells me

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 of the guilt

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.019
 within,

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 upward I look

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 and see Him

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.019
 there

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:49.460
 who made an end

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 to all

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 my sin.

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 It's because

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.120
 the sinless Savior

00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.980
 died.

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 My sinful soul

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:58.340
 is counted free

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 for God

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 the just

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.900
 has satisfied

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:03.640
 to look on

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 Him

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:06.180
 and pardon me.

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 Praise God

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.440
 for His work.

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.640
 I don't know

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.799
 the details

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 of what each one

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.240
 of you is carrying

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 this morning,

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 but if you picture

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.960
 your sorrow

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.420
 like heavy clay

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.860
 packed inside

00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:22.860
 of a big backpack

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:24.039
 you're carrying

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.079
 the sorrow around.

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.659
 The promise

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.579
 that Jesus gives here

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.219
 is that He will

00:18:28.219 --> 00:18:29.699
 turn that sorrow

00:18:29.699 --> 00:18:30.799
 on your back,

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.500
 on your shoulders.

00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.759
 He will turn that

00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.639
 into joy.

00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:35.399
 It's like

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.659
 that heaviness

00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.359
 on your load,

00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:38.319
 He's going to make

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.079
 that very thing

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.479
 become feathery wings.

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.219
 You're going to

00:18:41.219 --> 00:18:42.019
 soar with Him.

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.259
 He doesn't waste

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.740
 your pain,

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.859
 He transforms it.

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 That's what He's

00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:46.939
 telling them.

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.419
 How does He do this?

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.879
 How do I get that?

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:53.540
 How do I get out

00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:54.220
 of this slump

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.840
 and this anguish

00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:55.380
 and sorrow

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:56.820
 and experience that?

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 It's on our knees

00:18:59.300 --> 00:19:00.340
 with our Bible open.

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.860
 The Holy Spirit

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:03.340
 ministers the Word

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.340
 of God to us.

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.480
 The thing is,

00:19:07.540 --> 00:19:08.140
 our flesh,

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.320
 our remaining sin in us,

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.960
 we don't want to get

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.400
 on our knees

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.360
 with our Bible open.

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 We usually don't

00:19:12.280 --> 00:19:12.700
 choose that,

00:19:12.780 --> 00:19:13.020
 do we?

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 That's why our very sorrow,

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.320
 the very thing

00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:17.440
 that we hate,

00:19:17.560 --> 00:19:18.140
 that feels like

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.180
 this heavy anguish,

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.680
 that is what puts us

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 on our knees

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.320
 before the Lord.

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 That's why J.C. Ryle

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.539
 could say,

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.160
 no commentary

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.400
 opens up the Bible

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:30.080
 so much as sickness

00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:31.220
 and sorrow.

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 Praise God

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.320
 for the sorrow

00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.759
 if it drives you down

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.779
 before the cross

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.340
 of Jesus

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:37.519
 to receive

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.200
 from Him again.

00:19:39.080 --> 00:19:40.519
 Let your heart rejoice

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.799
 at this promise.

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.560
 He will turn

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.420
 your sorrow

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.480
 into joy.

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.319
 Christ also promises

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.920
 that He will return

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:51.200
 to reveal

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.059
 the Father.

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.779
 He promises

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.900
 that He will return

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:56.140
 to reveal

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 the Father

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 to you.

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 He promises this

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 in verses 22

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 and 25.

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 Look at 22.

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 Jesus says

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 to the disciples,

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 so also,

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 you have sorrow now,

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 but I will see you again.

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 And your hearts

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 will rejoice

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 and no one

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 can take your joy

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 from you.

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 He says,

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 when you see me,

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 your hearts

00:20:21.379 --> 00:20:21.939
 will rejoice.

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 Why is it that

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 no one can take

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.099
 your joy from you?

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 It's because

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 the source of your joy

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 And no one can take

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 you from Jesus Christ.

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:33.099
 Look at what He says

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 in verse 25.

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 He says,

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 the hour is coming

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 when I will tell you

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 plainly

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 about the Father.

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 Disciple,

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 you're going to see

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.779
 Jesus

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 and you will rejoice.

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 And Jesus says,

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 it doesn't stop

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 with me.

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 Look at my Father.

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 I reveal

00:20:52.479 --> 00:20:53.779
 the love of God

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 Himself

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 to you,

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 disciple.

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.679
 We sing,

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 come behold

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 this wondrous mystery.

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 It was a mystery

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 to the disciples.

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 They don't understand

00:21:05.739 --> 00:21:06.679
 and Christ sees them

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.639
 trying to figure it out

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 and even when

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:09.339
 He tells them this,

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 they think they get it,

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 they act like they do,

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 and He says,

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 you're going to be scattered.

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 It's a wondrous mystery.

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 And if God has opened

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 your eyes to behold

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 the gospel,

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 let that be assurance

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 for you.

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 You would not be able

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 to believe the gospel

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 unless the Holy Spirit

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 had regenerated you.

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 That's the source

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 of your assurance.

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 I see this wondrous

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 mystery of Christ.

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 I can sing like the hymn,

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 come behold

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 the wondrous mystery.

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 See the price

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 of our redemption.

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 See the Father's plan

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.240
 unfold,

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 bringing many sons

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 to glory,

00:21:42.300 --> 00:21:43.680
 grace unmeasured,

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 love untold.

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 Jesus says,

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 your hearts

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.779
 will rejoice

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 in verse 22.

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 Your hearts

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 will rejoice.

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 The word rejoice

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 is used,

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 it's to hail

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 someone in greeting.

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 It's at the sight

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 of me,

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 Jesus says.

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.000
 Your heart

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.000
 will signal to you

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.740
 to be glad

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.140
 and to delight in me.

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 This promise

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 is not just

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 for the disciples

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 referring to

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 his resurrection

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 along with 500

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.580
 other witnesses.

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 They see

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 the risen Christ.

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 They see him

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 in his glorified body.

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 But it doesn't

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.460
 stop with them.

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 You will see

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 Jesus.

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.460
 You will see

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.860
 Jesus.

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.560
 He is coming again.

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.340
 And he will show you

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 the Father.

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:37.060
 Thomas Aquinas,

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:40.079
 a great synthesizer

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.839
 of the early church

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.279
 all the way up

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 right before the Reformation.

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 He said,

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 there is a desire

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:46.940
 in the human soul

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.980
 to know God.

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.960
 And that desire

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.639
 to know God

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:54.200
 can only be satisfied

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 by the fullness

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.179
 of the beatific vision.

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 The beatific vision,

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.839
 it's a theological term

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:02.799
 for what mere mortals

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.339
 like us

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.359
 will get to experience

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 one day

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.660
 in glory.

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.860
 Not by faith,

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.079
 but by sight

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.259
 to behold God

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.259
 and to see

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.980
 his glory.

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.480
 That's what Jesus

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.539
 is so excited

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.740
 for his disciples

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.759
 to behold

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.420
 and to know.

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 He knows the glory

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.279
 of his Father.

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.519
 They're going to scatter,

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.140
 but his Father

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.759
 is with him.

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 The Father loves him.

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 The Father loves

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 those he has given

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 to him.

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 And he can't wait

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 for them

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:28.000
 to behold

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 the glory

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 of his Father.

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 That's why

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.059
 he took on flesh.

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:33.039
 This is his mission.

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 One day,

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 don't you look forward

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.240
 to seeing the face

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.799
 of Christ?

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.980
 To seeing God

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.179
 in all of his glory?

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.500
 He promises

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 this will happen.

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:47.200
 In 1 Corinthians 13,

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.579
 he says,

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:50.019
 you will see God

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.379
 face to face.

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.159
 Not just now

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:54.099
 like through a dim glass.

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:55.419
 You will see God

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.679
 face to face.

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:56.759
 face.

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.940
 Psalm 17,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.720
 verse 15,

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.900
 looks forward

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.759
 to that promise.

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.720
 I shall be satisfied

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.620
 when I awaken

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.560
 thy likeness.

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.840
 See, I go to bed,

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:09.100
 but when I awake,

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.279
 I die,

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.000
 my body is buried,

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.160
 but my soul

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.880
 is alive.

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.360
 And I will see

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.299
 thy likeness.

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.900
 I shall behold

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.140
 thy face

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.220
 in righteousness.

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.039
 Let your heart

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.680
 rejoice

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.279
 rejoice

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.259
 at the promises

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.039
 of Christ.

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.279
 Psalm 147

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.700
 was put to music,

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.420
 to lyric,

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.560
 and it goes like this.

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:36.220
 Millions of years

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.600
 my wondering eyes

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.759
 shall o'er

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.240
 thy beauties rove

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.820
 in endless ages

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.660
 I'll adore

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:44.039
 the glories

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.039
 of thy love.

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.420
 Oh, we long

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.080
 for that day.

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.019
 Christ promises

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:50.039
 he will return

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.200
 to reveal

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.140
 the Father

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.039
 to you,

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.700
 disciple.

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.240
 Christ promises

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.160
 that the Father

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.799
 himself

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:59.900
 loves you.

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.799
 The Father

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.539
 himself

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.060
 loves you.

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.120
 That's what

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.900
 Christ promises

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.320
 to you.

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.220
 Maybe there are

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.920
 some here today

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.220
 that simple truth,

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.380
 you need to not

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.039
 just hear it

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.000
 and understand

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.680
 in your mind

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.580
 for someone else.

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.279
 You need to let

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.640
 your heart rejoice

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:21.200
 at those words

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.860
 from Jesus.

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.019
 Jesus.

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.740
 In verse 26,

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:25.319
 look at what

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.819
 he says.

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.219
 In that day

00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:27.919
 you will ask

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.579
 in my name

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.579
 and I do not

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.079
 say that you

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.639
 will ask

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.439
 the Father,

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.199
 that I will ask

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.559
 a Father

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.740
 on your behalf.

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:34.859
 Look at what

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.179
 he says

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:36.179
 in verse 27.

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.919
 The Father

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.919
 himself

00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:40.419
 loves

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.299
 you.

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.219
 The Father

00:25:44.219 --> 00:25:45.099
 himself

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.039
 loves

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.679
 you

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.740
 because

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.140
 you have

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.700
 loved me

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:50.000
 and believe

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.720
 that I

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.360
 came from

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.779
 God.

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.519
 Jesus says,

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.960
 I will return

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.500
 for you.

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.980
 I will see

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.500
 you again,

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.019
 disciples.

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.539
 I am the

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.120
 source of

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.680
 your joy

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.600
 and none

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.160
 can take

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.140
 me away

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.779
 from you.

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.820
 From that

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.880
 day on,

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.060
 I will be

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:10.660
 with you,

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.539
 my people,

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.519
 by the power

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.940
 of the Holy

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.360
 Spirit.

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.740
 You will

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.480
 abide in me

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.079
 and you

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.279
 will be

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.599
 able to

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.019
 approach

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.680
 the Father

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.660
 directly

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:19.039
 in my

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.380
 name.

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.200
 No one

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.539
 had ever

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.279
 prayed in

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.620
 Jesus'

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.180
 name,

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.819
 amen,

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.839
 before.

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.319
 But he

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.860
 teaches us

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.240
 to pray

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.140
 directly to

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.759
 his Father.

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.079
 Why?

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.180
 Because the

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.160
 Father himself

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.220
 loves you.

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.640
 Now you

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.039
 don't do it

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.500
 by your own

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.920
 merits.

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.740
 You pray

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.259
 in the

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.779
 name of

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.599
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.480
 But he

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.900
 wants you

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.220
 to have

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.380
 full access

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.380
 to the

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.720
 Father

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.980
 for yourself.

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:46.799
 he wants

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.079
 you to

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.079
 see the

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.700
 Father's

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.339
 love for

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.539
 you.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.579
 He wants

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.920
 you to

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.880
 experience

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.160
 the

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.700
 Father's

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.740
 true love

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.519
 for you.

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.980
 The

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.360
 Father

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.120
 himself

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.779
 loves

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.039
 you.

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.160
 If you

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.680
 love me

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.140
 and receive

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.400
 me as

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.880
 a gift

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.640
 from the

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:05.940
 Father

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.720
 to save

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:06.940
 you,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.259
 you can

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.740
 know with

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.220
 assurance

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.460
 that you

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.019
 belong to

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.519
 my Father.

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.500
 You can

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.160
 pray our

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.180
 Father with

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.460
 me.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.759
 See how

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.320
 patient the

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.900
 Father is?

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.500
 We sing

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.799
 of his

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.279
 patience.

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.420
 What patience

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.500
 would wait

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.340
 as we

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.039
 constantly

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.720
 roam.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.080
 What

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:28.840
 Father so

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.960
 tender is

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.580
 calling us

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:30.900
 home.

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.580
 He welcomes

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.799
 the weakest,

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.320
 the vilest,

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.299
 the poor.

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.360
 Our sins,

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.740
 they are

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.060
 many.

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.000
 His mercy

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.860
 is more.

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:41.879
 more.

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.839
 That's

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.339
 what Christ

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.799
 wants you

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.319
 to know

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.679
 and to

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.139
 trust.

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.899
 It's that

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.639
 same love

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.299
 in which the

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.919
 Father has

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.859
 sent his

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.899
 Son to

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.559
 save you.

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.279
 That's the

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.059
 love of the

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.339
 Father through

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.179
 Jesus Christ

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.879
 for you who

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.619
 believe today.

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:03.439
 God

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.059
 will

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.319
 take you

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.619
 back to

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.099
 that scene

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.459
 of the

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:06.419
 Father walking

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.859
 with his

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.299
 son in

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.699
 Scotland,

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.239
 sending him

00:28:08.239 --> 00:28:08.539
 off to

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.859
 go to

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.439
 mission

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:09.879
 school.

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.659
 He wrote

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:11.919
 in his

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.719
 autobiography,

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.519
 unable to

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.079
 say more,

00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:16.299
 my father

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:18.479
 kept praying

00:28:18.479 --> 00:28:19.059
 for me as

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.619
 I walked.

00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:21.639
 For one

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.279
 final time,

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.159
 we embraced

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.039
 and then I

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.439
 parted.

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:25.179
 I ran

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.899
 off as fast

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.459
 as I could

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:27.399
 and went

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.899
 about to

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.319
 turn a

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.039
 corner in

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.420
 the road

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.779
 where we

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.180
 would lose

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.599
 sight of

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.019
 each other.

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.059
 I looked

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.619
 back one

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.259
 last time

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.000
 and saw

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.659
 him standing

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.680
 there with

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.079
 his head

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.940
 still uncovered

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.019
 where I

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.440
 had left

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.700
 him,

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.460
 gazing

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.159
 after me.

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.500
 But my

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.940
 heart was

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.559
 too full

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.099
 and sore

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.659
 to carry

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.159
 me further

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.940
 so I

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.399
 darted

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.240
 into the

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.559
 side of

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.940
 the road

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.420
 and wept

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.779
 for a

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.059
 time.

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.139
 I caught

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.539
 a glimpse

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.899
 of my

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.220
 father

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.899
 climbing the

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.279
 dike

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.119
 and looking

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.599
 out for

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.759
 me.

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.879
 He did

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.319
 not see

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.779
 me and

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.680
 after he

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.000
 gazed

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.680
 eagerly in

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.220
 my direction

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.599
 for a

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.960
 while he

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.600
 got down

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.559
 and he

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.900
 set his

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.380
 face toward

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.100
 home and

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.740
 began to

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.220
 return,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.480
 his head

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.660
 still uncovered

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.140
 and his

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.900
 heart I

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.360
 felt for

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.940
 sure still

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.799
 rising in

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.700
 prayers for

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:12.940
 me.

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.980
 I'm so

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.500
 moved by

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.920
 that because

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.380
 I believe

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.779
 that's a

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.700
 picture of

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.220
 the loving

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:22.360
 father and

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:22.880
 his son

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.720
 Jesus Christ

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.319
 and where

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.759
 is this

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.620
 young man

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:26.920
 on a

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.559
 mission going?

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.200
 he's going

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.779
 to the

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.299
 most dangerous

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.319
 people he

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.599
 had ever

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.119
 heard of.

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.659
 Why?

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.599
 Because of

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.159
 the love

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.940
 of God

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.000
 through his

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.399
 father,

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.240
 through him

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.579
 for the

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:36.899
 world.

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.319
 The father

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:41.099
 himself loves

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.359
 you.

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.159
 Let your

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.240
 heart rejoice

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.319
 at Christ's

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.740
 promises.

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.379
 Christ promises

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.819
 that he

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.579
 has overcome

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.619
 the world.

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.699
 Christ promises

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.240
 that he

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.159
 has overcome

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:59.179
 the world.

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.579
 Look at

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.259
 verse 33,

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.720
 the last

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.299
 verse of

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.679
 our sermon

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.119
 text.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.839
 Jesus tells

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.480
 the disciples,

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.039
 I have said

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.500
 these things

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.220
 to you that

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.059
 in me you

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.599
 may have

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.039
 peace.

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:10.059
 In this

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.139
 world you

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.220
 will have

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.099
 tribulation.

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.500
 Take

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.279
 heart.

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.899
 I have

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.439
 overcome

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.480
 the world.

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.639
 I have

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:20.059
 overcome the

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.480
 world.

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:23.099
 Christ

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.860
 overcame

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.400
 the world

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.039
 through his

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.740
 submission.

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.599
 Christ

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.200
 conquered

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.079
 through

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.920
 sacrifice.

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.579
 John

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.059
 Calvin's

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.519
 commentary

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.099
 was helpful.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.500
 He said,

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.079
 you will

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.799
 soon see

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.019
 me,

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.500
 disciples,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.019
 for my

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.880
 death is

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.440
 not a

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.039
 destruction

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.259
 to separate

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.839
 me from

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.079
 you.

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.960
 My death

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.900
 and resurrection

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.759
 are the

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.319
 necessary

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.019
 passage

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.940
 into the

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.240
 heavenly

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.779
 glory

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.799
 from which

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.519
 my divine

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.460
 power

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.640
 will diffuse

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.160
 itself

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.920
 to you.

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.100
 This

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:55.019
 is why

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.740
 you can

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.360
 have peace

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.079
 in this

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.440
 world.

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.759
 Jesus

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.079
 says,

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.039
 now you

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.360
 have

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.140
 tribulation.

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.880
 Do you

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.019
 have

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.559
 tribulation

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.900
 now?

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.600
 It's

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:06.960
 okay to

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.420
 say amen

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.880
 to that.

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.759
 Soon

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.640
 you will

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.340
 have peace.

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.120
 Jesus

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.660
 promises.

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.019
 Now

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.480
 you have

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.120
 a godly

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.640
 grief.

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.600
 Do you

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.059
 feel that?

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:20.720
 soon

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.980
 you have

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.539
 relief.

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.200
 If the

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.759
 Lord causes

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.179
 you to

00:31:26.179 --> 00:31:26.740
 repent

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.379
 today,

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.159
 it's

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.519
 because

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.119
 soon

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.659
 your

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.139
 full

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.019
 salvation

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.859
 will be

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.059
 made

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.399
 real.

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.339
 2 Corinthians

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.019
 7.10

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.299
 says,

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.200
 godly grief

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.139
 produces a

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.579
 repentance

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.799
 that leads

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.679
 to salvation.

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.740
 And blessed

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.139
 are those

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.659
 who mourn,

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.379
 Jesus preached,

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.200
 for they

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.659
 shall be

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.259
 comforted.

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.599
 that's

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.980
 how Christ

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.400
 conquered

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.980
 the world.

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.579
 He has

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.079
 overcome

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.680
 the world.

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.200
 The hymn

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.619
 says it

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.200
 so well.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.039
 He the

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.460
 champion

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.859
 in the

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.180
 battle.

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.900
 He can

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.140
 say,

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.519
 where,

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.180
 oh death,

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.700
 is now

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.519
 thy sting?

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.579
 In

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.440
 our place

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.140
 he bled

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.180
 and conquered.

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.559
 Crown

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.119
 him Lord

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.900
 of majesty.

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.180
 His

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.960
 shall be

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.599
 the throne

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.359
 forever

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.660
 and we

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.059
 shall

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.619
 heir his

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.240
 people be.

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.819
 Isaiah

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.960
 33.17

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.279
 promises,

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.220
 your eyes

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.480
 will behold

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.779
 the king

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.700
 in his

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.099
 beauty

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.460
 and his

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.079
 people will

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.640
 see a

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.579
 land that

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.059
 stretches

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.779
 afar.

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.660
 Christ

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.559
 promises that

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.500
 he has

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.120
 overcome

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:34.220
 the world.

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.480
 He is

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.319
 that stone

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.140
 cut

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.079
 not by

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.920
 human hands

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:41.160
 that has

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.799
 established

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.660
 the kingdom

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.340
 that the

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.660
 mountain

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.380
 rises up

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.640
 and it

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:44.940
 fills

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.400
 the earth

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.259
 and his

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.759
 kingdom

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.800
 has

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.400
 dominion

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.240
 already

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.880
 from heaven.

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.400
 One day

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.560
 his

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.000
 dominion,

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:52.660
 the true

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:52.920
 kingdom

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.340
 of heaven

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.560
 will

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.120
 descend

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.700
 and will

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:54.860
 have

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.180
 the new

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.560
 heavens

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.160
 and the

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.300
 new

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.660
 earth.

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:56.940
 Keep

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.300
 your eyes

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.540
 set

00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:57.880
 on that

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.220
 glorious

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.600
 day.

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.840
 Love

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.540
 for Christ

00:33:01.540 --> 00:33:03.300
 is the

00:33:03.300 --> 00:33:03.820
 fuel

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.660
 of global

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.100
 missions.

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.620
 That's my

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.120
 purpose in

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.580
 bringing in

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:07.800
 John

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.140
 Payton.

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.720
 I want

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.940
 to make

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.240
 sure that

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.860
 we understand

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.259
 why we're

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.639
 having a

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.240
 focus next

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.679
 week from

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:12.939
 one of

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.079
 our

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.579
 missionaries

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.459
 on every

00:33:14.459 --> 00:33:14.899
 tribe,

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.379
 people,

00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:16.119
 and tongue.

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.919
 It's because

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.679
 it's this

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.279
 love for

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.319
 Christ that

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.639
 is the

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.819
 only fuel

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.679
 for global

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.139
 missions.

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.639
 If you

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.439
 see Christ

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:26.819
 in his

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.119
 glory,

00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:27.679
 you believe

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.359
 his spiritual

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.959
 kingdom is

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.519
 real now,

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.139
 then you

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.779
 join him

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.379
 in praying

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.139
 for his

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.519
 love and

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.919
 his kingdom

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.459
 to go

00:33:33.459 --> 00:33:34.319
 as far

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.919
 as the

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.279
 eye can

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.719
 imagine.

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.139
 In his

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.820
 autobiography,

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.200
 John

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.660
 Payton

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.080
 reflects on

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.620
 times where

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.380
 their dad

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.780
 would gather

00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.240
 the family

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.740
 around by

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.259
 the fire

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.860
 and they

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.120
 would get

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.840
 down and

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.100
 pray.

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:51.220
 He described

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.060
 his father's

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:53.100
 discipling him

00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:53.540
 as a young

00:33:53.540 --> 00:33:54.200
 boy that way.

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:54.680
 He says,

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.660
 how much my

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.500
 father's prayers

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.320
 impressed on

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:57.759
 me as a

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.100
 child,

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.020
 I can never

00:33:59.020 --> 00:33:59.640
 explain,

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.780
 nor could any

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.340
 stranger

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.220
 understand.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.520
 When on

00:34:03.520 --> 00:34:04.259
 his knees

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.280
 and all of

00:34:05.280 --> 00:34:05.800
 us kneeling

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:06.420
 around him

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.860
 in family

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.220
 worship,

00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:08.200
 he poured

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.820
 out his

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.260
 soul,

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:10.320
 his whole

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.820
 soul with

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.920
 tears for

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.620
 the conversion

00:34:12.620 --> 00:34:13.680
 of the lost

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.340
 nations of

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.860
 the world

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.820
 to serve

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.240
 Jesus.

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.400
 And we

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.040
 all felt

00:34:18.040 --> 00:34:18.840
 as if in

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.440
 the presence

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.100
 of the

00:34:20.100 --> 00:34:20.780
 living Savior

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.960
 and learned

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.520
 to know

00:34:22.520 --> 00:34:23.520
 and love

00:34:23.520 --> 00:34:24.380
 Jesus Christ

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.440
 as our

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.920
 divine

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.420
 friend.

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:30.000
 When we

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.120
 pray for

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:31.720
 God's kingdom

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.280
 to come

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.820
 and his

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.460
 will to be

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.780
 done,

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.120
 the father

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.660
 is so

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.400
 pleased by

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.660
 that,

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.340
 that his

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.200
 spirit draws

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.540
 you into

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.960
 the very

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.539
 presence

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.599
 of Jesus

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:42.199
 from his

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.539
 throne

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.480
 and praying

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.800
 that his

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.279
 kingdom will

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.800
 go forth

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.960
 till every

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.980
 nation

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.440
 hears.

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.000
 This is only

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.820
 possible because

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.199
 of this

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.779
 promise.

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.599
 Jesus says,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.619
 I have

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.139
 overcome

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:55.360
 the world.

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.980
 Because Jesus

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.759
 overcame the

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.019
 world,

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:59.079
 his disciples

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.259
 do have

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.800
 peace

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.980
 inside of

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.820
 that tribulation.

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:02.880
 salvation.

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.000
 Well,

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.580
 once John

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:07.840
 Payton

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.240
 got to

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.559
 those

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.120
 islands,

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.440
 it was

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.220
 described as

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.300
 a pagan

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.820
 worship

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.960
 enslaved to

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.600
 really

00:35:16.600 --> 00:35:17.360
 worshiping

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.780
 demons.

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.420
 The locals

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.120
 worshipped and

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.900
 were knowingly

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.920
 enslaved to

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.360
 a, quote,

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.180
 spirit of

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:24.019
 evil on

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.519
 these islands.

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.539
 They were

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.700
 trapped as a

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.519
 society in a

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.059
 cycle of

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:29.519
 sacrifice to

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.100
 an invisible

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:31.920
 world channeled

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.700
 through idols

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.159
 made of

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.639
 stone.

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.360
 The culture

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.960
 had valued

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.000
 deception and

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.860
 taboos and

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:39.200
 practiced arson,

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.320
 that's setting

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.139
 things on fire

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.800
 on purpose,

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.099
 witchcraft,

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:45.119
 tribal wars,

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.480
 which perpetuate

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.400
 the cycle of

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.960
 revenge.

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.300
 And when they

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.800
 would capture

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.380
 their enemies,

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.920
 they would

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:53.280
 practice ritual

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.820
 human sacrifice

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.760
 followed by

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.720
 cannibalism.

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.519
 When he got

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.880
 to this

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:03.900
 island, the

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.519
 Lord's gospel

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.259
 went forth

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:07.079
 and many

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.900
 believed a

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.280
 church was

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.179
 eventually planted

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.619
 on a

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.960
 neighboring

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.699
 island and

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:10.960
 that they

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.579
 came back as

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.539
 missionaries to

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.960
 this most

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.759
 violent island.

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.480
 And as the

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.019
 Lord brought

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.759
 sons and

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:17.280
 daughters into

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.780
 the kingdom,

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.440
 the persecution

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.199
 against the

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.000
 church got

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.800
 even stronger.

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.579
 John Payton

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.059
 had to say

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.019
 goodbye to

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.519
 one of his

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.440
 early converts.

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.760
 words, a

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.500
 final goodbye

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.420
 keeps a room

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.760
 in your heart

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.440
 forever.

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.000
 And he would

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.700
 never forget

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.599
 that final

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.159
 goodbye to

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.679
 this first

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.179
 Christian

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.820
 convert who

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.280
 had to give

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.579
 up their

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:39.980
 life.

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.059
 He wrote in

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.820
 his autobiography

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.519
 that the first

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.420
 martyr was a

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.500
 native who

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.380
 with his dying

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.840
 breath at the

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.440
 hands of these

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.619
 persecutors echoed

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.280
 the words of

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.000
 Jesus Christ

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.620
 himself.

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.060
 For the sake

00:36:55.060 --> 00:36:55.620
 of Jesus,

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:57.040
 forgive them

00:36:57.040 --> 00:36:58.360
 for they know

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.820
 not what they

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.500
 are doing.

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.340
 Take not away

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.380
 Lord, thy

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.400
 worship from

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.080
 this dark

00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:05.780
 island.

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.100
 Because Christ

00:37:12.100 --> 00:37:12.760
 overcame the

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:14.360
 world, his

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.820
 disciples have

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:18.920
 peace in the

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.320
 midst of

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.960
 tribulation.

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:23.420
 Christ promises

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.019
 to you,

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.620
 disciple, he

00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:27.200
 has overcome

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:28.400
 the world.

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:29.660
 Let your

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:31.040
 heart rejoice

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:32.100
 at Christ's

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.900
 promises today.

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.560
 Let's pray.

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.840
 From Romans

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.200
 8.

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.000
 Oh Lord, we

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.720
 know that the

00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:46.440
 whole creation

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.360
 has been groaning

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.240
 together in the

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:49.280
 pains of childbirth

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.980
 until now.

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.640
 And not only

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.279
 the creation,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.739
 but we

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.279
 ourselves,

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:54.400
 who have the

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.179
 first fruits of

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.739
 the spirit,

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.500
 we groan

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.879
 inwardly as

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.900
 we wait eagerly

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.519
 for adoption

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.159
 as sons,

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.199
 the redemption

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.519
 of our bodies.

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:05.299
 2 Corinthians 5.

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.400
 So we are

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.299
 always of good

00:38:08.299 --> 00:38:08.739
 courage.

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.900
 We know that

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.579
 while we are

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.400
 at home in the

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.319
 body, we are

00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:13.019
 away from the

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.279
 Lord.

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.799
 For we walk

00:38:14.799 --> 00:38:15.480
 by faith,

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 not by sight.

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 Yes, we are

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 of good courage

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 and we would

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 rather be away

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 from the body.

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 And at home

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 with you,

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 Lord.

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 Yet as long

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 as you have

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 us here,

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 Father,

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 to live as

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 Christ,

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 please come

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 quickly,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 and help us

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 to trust in

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 you,

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 stir our hearts

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 up with hope

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 and a deep

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 rejoicing in

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 the midst of

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 tribulation.

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 We pray for

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 your glory in

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 our lives,

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 in the life of

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 this church.

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.