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 Father, please pour out your Holy Spirit upon us, lead us and guide us into all truth.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I heard what he said, and what he said to me was that if I knew who he really was,

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 I would fall down on my knees or on my face right then, and I would worship him.

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 And that's what he said to me.

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 And when I heard him say that, I said I wouldn't do that.

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 And I'm not talking about Jesus.

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 I'm talking about the guy who was sitting in a chair in my living room.

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 And the guy in the chair in my living room, it was July.

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 We'd had a good period of about, we'd had like three or four or five or a week,

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 or it would have been quite a while of plus 30 weather.

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 He was wearing long jeans.

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 He had a T-shirt on with a plaid jacket over him.

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 Our house was un-air conditioned.

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 And he had been dressed like that without changing his clothes for four or five days.

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 He hadn't had a shower.

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 You could smell him from several feet away, more than several feet away.

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 And he, with all of the seriousness, the mentally ill can be spectacularly serious,

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 just like a Supreme Court judge reading their judgment.

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 And with all of the seriousness that only a mentally ill man can have,

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 he said to me that if I knew who he was, I would fall down and worship him.

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 To which I said something to the effect of, I'm not going to worship you and you need a shower

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 and a change of clothes or something like that.

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 At the time, I was part of a group that had a ministry to those who were mentally ill.

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 Now, I say all of that because I don't know how well you followed what was going on in the gospel text,

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 which I just read a couple of minutes ago.

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 But in there, it's very clear that Jesus claims to be God.

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 Jesus claims to be God.

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 And here's the thing.

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 If you could put up the first point, that would be spectacular.

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 This is coming from John, who wrote one of the four ancient biographies of Jesus.

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 John is an eyewitness to the different things.

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 He's an earwitness and an eyewitness.

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 He writes this early biography when there are many, many people around who could contradict it.

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 There's no contradictions of it.

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 He's recording something which Jesus actually said.

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 And if Jesus actually said that people, the dead can hear his voice,

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 the dead can hear his voice and rise,

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 that he will judge every single human being who's ever lived,

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 that whatever God the Father does, he can do as well.

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 If Jesus said that with complete and utter seriousness,

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 and if he is not God, then he is either a con man or seriously mentally ill.

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 If he's a con man, his con backfired on him because he died in his mid-30s in a terrible, horrible death.

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 If he's mentally ill, it's still tragic the way he died.

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 But the main thing about it is the one thing you can't say about somebody who would say that,

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 just like nobody would say about my friend Bob,

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 sitting there unwashed for four or five days,

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 smelling from feet, many feet away,

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 that I should fall down and worship him.

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 A man like that just needs help, doesn't he?

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 In fact, one of the times in my life when I was very afraid was a little bit after this,

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 and he was still in our house, and he had a big knife,

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 and he was helping in the kitchen, cutting up an onion.

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 He started to get into a real, he got angry about something,

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 and he was a big guy, like, you know, for me.

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 He's like 6'3", 6'4",

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 and he was sort of waving this knife around angry,

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 and I was worried, actually, as to what he was going to do.

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 And shortly after that, of course,

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 he had to be put into the Royal Ottawa Hospital

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 because his psychoses just got too bad.

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 The point of it all is,

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 why should, I mean,

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 if Jesus says these things,

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 and the historical evidence is that he does,

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 if he says this and he's not God,

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 he's either a con man or seriously mentally ill.

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 The point is, we should have nothing to do with him.

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 Nothing to do with him whatsoever,

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 if he is not God.

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 And in fact, Islam is wrong on this

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 because they say that Jesus is the second greatest prophet.

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 The average Canadian who says that Jesus is a good guy,

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 they have a problem with the church,

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 but they love Jesus,

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 they can't possibly be correct.

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 They're well-meaning.

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 The Baha'i who see Jesus as a prophet,

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 they are well-meaning,

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 but they cannot possibly be correct

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 if Jesus says the things that he says.

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 If he is not God,

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 he's either a con man

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 or seriously mentally ill.

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 And we should flee from him.

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 Now, some of you might say,

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 George, I'm more than a little bit confused now

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 by what you've said.

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 Yeah, I get all that that you just said.

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 I get it.

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 But, you know, George,

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 when I was listening to you read that text,

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 what sort of struck me is

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 it wasn't Jesus, right?

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 George, it wasn't Jesus who said

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 he's claiming to be equal to God.

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 That's why the Jewish leaders were upset with him.

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 He didn't claim that.

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 But when, George,

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 isn't it the case that when he answers,

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 does it sort of sound like when he answers

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 that maybe he isn't God,

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 that he's not equal with God?

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 He doesn't say he's equal with God,

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 does he, George?

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 And doesn't it sort of say

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 that he only has these things

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 because God the Father gives it to him?

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 So, George, are you maybe

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 not reading it accurately?

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 Are you sort of reading it out of context?

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 Like maybe the Jehovah Witnesses

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 have something on it,

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 that he's just,

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 he's a man

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 who is sort of like what Islam

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 describes him at,

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 and God has given him these special powers,

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 but he's just a man.

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 Well, that's a very, very good question.

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 And in fact,

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 if there happened to be a Jehovah Witness here today,

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 they might actually say,

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 George, you've completely misunderstood the text.

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 He doesn't claim to be equal to God at all.

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 So let's look.

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 So if you have your Bibles,

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 it's John chapter 5.

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 John chapter 5.

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 And as I said,

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 the story before is the healing of the man.

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 John chapter 5.

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 In verse 17,

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 to explain why Jesus told him to carry,

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 told, you know,

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 why he did what he did,

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 healed on the Sabbath,

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 told the guy to carry his mat on the Sabbath,

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 Jesus says,

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 my father is working until now,

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 and I am working.

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 And the Jewish religious leaders,

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 they understand the grammar

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 and the context.

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 And in verse 18,

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 this is what John says.

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 This was why the Jews,

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 and in the text,

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 it could really be more accurately translated

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 as Jewish leaders.

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 This was why the Jewish leaders

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 were seeking all the more to kill Jesus,

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 because not only was he breaking the Sabbath,

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 but he was even calling God his own father,

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 making himself equal with God.

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 And those of you,

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 my preaching Bible actually happens to be

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 a red letter Bible.

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 It has the words of Jesus in red.

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 And if you have a Bible like that,

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 you'll see that all of the,

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 what follows is red.

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 So it's,

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 and if you look at verse 19,

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 it begins with so.

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 And in other words,

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 Jesus understands

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 that that's what's going on.

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 He understands what's going on

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 in the minds and the hearts

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 and the affections of the religious leaders.

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 And he probably understands as well

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 the doubts of his own disciples,

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 because making himself equal with God

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 is just not right.

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 And,

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 I mean,

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 they've seen him,

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 I don't want to be impolite,

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 but they've seen him pee

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 and poo.

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 And he claims to be equal with God.

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 That's a pretty big jump,

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 just to be honest.

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 And they've seen him eat,

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 they've seen him hungry,

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 they've seen him tired,

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 they've seen him thirsty.

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 It's a pretty big claim.

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 So Jesus knows what's going on

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 in their thoughts,

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 and that's why it says so.

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 So Jesus now makes a statement about it.

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 And this,

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 the truly,

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 truly,

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 I love the old King James Version,

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 verily,

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 verily.

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 Some of your things say,

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 I solemnly declare.

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 It could also be translated as,

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 amen,

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 amen,

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 and it's a verbal and literary technique

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 to draw attention to the solemn truthfulness of something.

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 And if I was to start saying,

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 amen,

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 amen,

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 all of you who've been drifting off,

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 would wake up,

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 right?

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 Whoa,

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 amen,

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 amen.

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 What,

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 what,

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 is it over?

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 And,

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 and it's,

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 so it's a literary technique,

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 it's a verbal technique,

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 it's a technique to aid,

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 aid memory.

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 And,

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 and so how does he answer?

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 He goes like this,

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 truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 the son can do nothing of his own accord,

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 but only what he sees the father doing.

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 For whatever the father does,

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 that the son does likewise.

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 Now,

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 you can see right off the bat,

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 it,

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 it does sound,

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 I mean,

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 it,

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 it's a bit confusing,

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 isn't it?

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 It,

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 it doesn't really sound like equal,

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 if he can't do anything of his own accord,

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 and if he can only do what the father is doing.

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 Then verse 20,

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 for the father loves the son and shows him all that he,

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 that he himself is doing,

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 and greater works than these will he show him,

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 so that you may marvel.

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 For as the father raises the dead and gives them life,

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 so also the son gives life to whom he will,

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 the father judges no one,

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 but has given all judgment to the,

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 the,

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 the son,

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 and we'll just sort of pause there.

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 You can see sort of a bit of the problem,

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 right?

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 So first of all,

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 Jesus doesn't begin by saying,

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 yes,

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 I'm equal to God.

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 In fact,

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 if you go on,

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 a Jehovah witness,

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 if they tell you that Jesus doesn't seem to be equal with God,

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 they're correct.

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 They haven't misread the Bible.

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 It's not that they have a weird Bible translation.

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 He actually doesn't say he's equal with God.

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 He doesn't,

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 he could just say,

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 yep,

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 you know,

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 that's me,

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 but he doesn't.

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 And the language is a bit confusing.

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 He only has certain things because the father gives it to him.

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 It doesn't sound like it's equal.

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 So actually,

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 if you could put up the next point,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 It's sort of a big point.

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 And we're going to park here just for a few minutes.

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 But the unceasing love of the father for the son and of the son for the father means that thinking in terms of equality will only confuse me.

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 See,

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 Jesus is a great teacher and he teaches to our hearts.

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 And he knows how our hearts will be easily confused.

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 You know,

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 look,

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 look at verse 20.

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 For the father loves the son and shows him all that he himself is doing.

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 The unceasing love of the father for the son and of the son for the father means that thinking in terms of equality will confuse me,

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 will only confuse me.

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 So what on earth do I mean by that?

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 Well,

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 here's the,

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 it's not a point,

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 sort of a point,

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 but not written down.

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 Equality is medicine,

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 not food.

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 Equality is medicine,

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 not food.

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 Now,

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 this isn't putting down equality.

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 I'm not putting down equality.

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 We need equality,

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 don't we?

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 I mean,

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 there's many times we need medicine.

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 You know,

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 I used to be very prone to strep throat.

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 Before they had antibiotics,

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 I could have died from strep throat.

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 And I needed the antibiotics to get better and to not die.

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 Medicine's a very,

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 very good thing.

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 And there's a very,

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 very big problem of inequality.

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 I mean,

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 in Canada,

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 whatever,

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 a hundred years ago,

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 women wouldn't have had the vote.

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 They needed to become fully equal in the law.

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 Our neighbors to the south of us had slavery up until they had to fight a very,

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 very bloody civil war.

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 over that and many other issues.

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 But that was a very key part of it.

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 And those who were of African American descent,

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 they needed to be free.

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 They needed equality.

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 It's still an ongoing issue in our society.

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 A couple of years ago,

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 I was talking to a doctor,

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 and there had been a bit of thing in the news about some freestanding medical clinic,

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 because you're not allowed to have private medical care, by and large, in Canada.

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 And the arguments were going that you couldn't go to private because there'd be two-tiered medical,

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 that our country would be divided between those who could get better medicine and those who had to go to the socialized medicine.

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 And I mentioned that to my doctor, and he said, there already is two-tiered medicine in Canada.

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 He said, why is it that when a player on the Ottawa Senators needs an MRI,

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 they don't have to wait for a long time like an average Canadian?

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 Do you ever think about that?

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 And he said, you think anybody in the cabinet, at the time it was a conservative government,

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 he said, you think anybody in the cabinet has to wait as long as one of your kids to get a medical treatment?

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 He said, there's already two.

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 Anyway, that's a bit of an aside.

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 Now I've lost you all.

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 The rest of you are just going to be thinking about that,

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 and I've done a bad thing in my sermon.

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 I apologize.

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 So back to the topic.

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 It's not about Medicare.

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 But here's the thing.

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 We need equality.

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 We need medicine at different times,

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 and equality is exactly what we need.

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 People need to be treated equally.

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 And in fact, I would just say that one of the problems we're going to face,

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 and we already see it going on in our culture right now with some of the social trends

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 and the things which are going on,

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 is that we're losing our sense of equality before the law,

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 and we need to be careful about it.

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 But it is, in fact, only the biblical narrative,

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 only the biblical narrative and the biblical worldview grounds equality,

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 because only the biblical narrative, only the biblical narrative,

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 says that every human being that is conceived in the womb

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 is made fully in the image of God

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 and is worthy of equality with all other human beings.

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 Only the biblical narrative, not evolution, not Hindu mythology,

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 not Buddhism mythology, not indigenous mythology,

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 not ancient mythology.

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 Only the biblical narrative grounds equality.

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 And as the biblical worldview is lost in a culture,

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 we will lose equality in a culture as well.

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 Well, so the Bible, I'm not saying,

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 when I say that thinking in terms of equality will only confuse us,

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 I'm not denigrating equality.

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 Equality is very important medicine, and we should never lose it.

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 But deep down, deep down,

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 every human being wants something more than equality.

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 I mean, we want equality, but once we've got equality,

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 we want something more than equality.

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 What do you mean?

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 We want love and intimacy.

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 We want community.

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 We want love and intimacy and community,

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 which is grounded in equality,

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 but is something way more.

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 You see, in the best marriages

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 and in the best friendships,

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 there are rhythms.

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 And there are rhythms of sacrifice

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 and trust,

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 of asking and giving,

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 of command and of being.

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 If I come home someday,

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 and Louise said,

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 I've been to Costco,

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 and there's a whole pile of milk,

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 can you take it downstairs to the fridge?

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 And I said to her,

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 how dare you boss me around?

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 We're equal.

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 Well, that would not go over very well.

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 Nor should it.

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 I shouldn't get away with that,

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 should I?

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 Like if afterwards,

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 you know,

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 I came and complained to people

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 and said,

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 Louise is a little bit upset with me

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 for saying that to her.

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 Not single one of you would side with me,

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 which is right.

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 You shouldn't.

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 I would have been being a jerk.

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 Well, but she commanded me.

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 She asked me.

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 But it's the very nature of all intimacy

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 and all love,

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 of all affection,

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 that there is a request

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 and a sacrifice,

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 a giving and a denying.

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 It's, in a sense,

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 the air that love

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 and intimacy

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 breathes.

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 It's its food.

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 And that's what we desire

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 more than equality.

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 Medicine comes in

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 when that reciprocity

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 and that affection

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 and that intimacy

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 and that trust is broken.

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 But we want to move

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 beyond equality

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 to that which is more.

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 And so it is,

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 we see in this text,

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 that what confuses us

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 in this text

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 is actually

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 the diagramming,

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 the picturing

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 of how intimacy

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 and the unity

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 and the trust

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 actually works.

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 One more example.

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 A couple of years ago,

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 one of my sons

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 was playing indoor soccer

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 and he's just in a house league.

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 And occasionally,

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 his team would play

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 another team

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 and they were,

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 I mean,

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 they're not pros

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 because they're kids,

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 but they're in competitive soccer

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 all year round,

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 probably with special coaching.

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 And it was always,

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 especially in the early days

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 when they're just around

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 10 or 11 or whatever

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 and they're playing

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 other 10 or 11 year olds,

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 it's actually quite,

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 it was astounding to watch

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 because,

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 and this is partly

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 what makes sports

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 so wonderful to watch.

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 But with these,

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 so, you know,

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 my son and his friends,

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 they would sort of

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 get the ball

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 and then you could tell,

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 okay, you get the ball,

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 okay, what are we going

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 to do with the ball?

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 And so people would start

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 to move to be passed to

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 or to dribble.

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 But that's not how

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 the other trained team worked.

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 It seemed as if

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 the second one of them

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 got the ball,

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 the other four people

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 were moving

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 and rather than them

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 moving to where

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 they could have

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 the ball passed,

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 some of them were moving

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 to where the ball

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 would be three passes later.

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 It was just,

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 it was beautiful to watch.

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 Just all of a sudden,

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 they didn't all sort of

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 converge around the ball

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 or just move near it.

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 Some of them were going there,

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 some of them were going

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 way over there

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 and it would go like this,

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 like this,

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 like this,

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 like this,

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 and in.

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 And, you know,

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 you watch a football play

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 and it's just,

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 it's astounding

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 if you think about it.

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 These 22 guys,

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 11 on one team

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 and they,

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 and the ball is snapped

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 and they're all moving

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 all over the different places

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 and the next thing

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 the ball goes

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 and it looks

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 and it's just spectacular.

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 When you watch

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 the snowbirds fly,

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 they seem to be moving

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 as if they're one

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 and one person

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 obviously must be

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 some type of initiator

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 but what you don't see

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 is the initiation

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 and the command.

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 You don't see

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 sort of one person

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 doing something

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 and others all

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 trying to catch up.

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 It's as if

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 there's such a trained unity

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 that even though

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 there's one

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 whom they're obviously

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 going to be taking

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 their lead for,

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 you can't actually

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 even tell it

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 when you watch it

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 because it seems

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 as if they move as one.

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 What you're actually

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 seeing diagrammed here

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 is love and intimacy.

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 This unceasing love

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 of the father

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 for the son

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 and the unceasing love

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 of the son

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 for the father

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 so that there is

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 in sense

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 but one will.

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 You see,

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 why is equality

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 a problem for us?

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 What is it we usually

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 connect with equality?

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 If I'm equal,

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 I can do what I want.

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 Isn't that what

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 equal means to us?

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 The sign of equality

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 is independence.

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 The freedom to choose

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 to make our own decisions.

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 Well, as I said,

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 that's an important medicine.

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 You have slavery.

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 There's still slavery

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 throughout the world.

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 You want to give them equality.

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 You want to have it

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 so that they

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 can make their own choices.

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 But what do you want in marriage?

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 Marriage ain't going to work

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 if every day

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 the two of them

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 are saying,

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 we're equal.

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 You can't tell me

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 to do that.

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 That wouldn't even make

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 past the first date,

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 would it?

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 Wouldn't make it

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 past the first date.

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 Wouldn't work in friendship.

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 Doesn't work in husbands

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 and kids.

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 I mean,

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 parents and kids.

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 It just doesn't work.

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 But for us,

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 the sign of equality

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 is independence,

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 being able to do

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 what we want.

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 And that's why

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 Jesus,

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:59.439
 who is such a good teacher,

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:01.319
 who knows that equality

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:03.059
 is medicine and not food,

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.799
 who knows that

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.799
 even in Genesis chapter 3,

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.039
 what they wanted,

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.419
 what human beings wanted

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.339
 when they fell,

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:12.259
 was to be equal with God.

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.200
 And the sign of being

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.139
 equal with God

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:15.399
 was being able to do

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.220
 whatever they wanted,

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.960
 even if it meant

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.000
 that God told them

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.619
 not to do it,

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.279
 even if it meant

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.359
 eating of the knowledge,

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.519
 the tree of the knowledge

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.319
 of good and evil.

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:24.039
 That equality for us

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.259
 is so deeply connected

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.119
 to independence

00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:28.279
 that if he had said,

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.119
 yeah, we're equal,

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.099
 we would have all

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:31.019
 been confused.

00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:34.240
 And instead,

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.299
 what we see here

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.119
 is it's almost

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.219
 like a creed.

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:41.119
 And I was sharing

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.799
 when I was speaking

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.519
 in Parliament Hill

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.419
 Christian Fellowship

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:44.179
 on Parliament Hill

00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.740
 on Friday,

00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:45.740
 I was sharing,

00:21:45.899 --> 00:21:46.000
 you know,

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.899
 if you think about it,

00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.919
 if you just think about it

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.399
 for a second,

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.740
 when Jesus was around,

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.899
 they had no Facebook,

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.679
 no iPhones.

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:57.219
 It was such a different world.

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.819
 And Jesus and these guys,

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.559
 they would have walked

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:01.259
 from place to place to place

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.779
 and they weren't all

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:04.859
 checking their Instagram updates,

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.399
 they weren't listening

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.259
 to podcasts,

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.279
 they were just walking.

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.659
 And Jesus must have spent

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.839
 that time going over

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.779
 and over and over

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:13.299
 simple truths with them,

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.480
 simple things that he said

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:17.319
 over and over and over.

00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:17.839
 And there would have been

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.980
 a culture that remembered

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.960
 that far better

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.079
 because they weren't filled

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:22.500
 with the noise

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.819
 that we're filled with.

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 But listen to this text

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 if you understand it

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.940
 in terms of

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 that everything it says

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.580
 about the Father

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.920
 is true of the Son.

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.480
 But it's describing it

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.720
 in terms of intimacy.

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.820
 Go back and we'll read

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:37.340
 verse 19.

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.019
 Truly, truly,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.720
 I say to you,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.900
 the Son can do nothing

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.880
 of his own accord

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.500
 but only what he sees

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.360
 the Father doing.

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.279
 For whatever the Father does,

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.360
 the Son does likewise.

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 And our Jehovah Witness friend

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:49.920
 says,

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:50.940
 you know,

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.820
 that shows they're not equal.

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.559
 One moment.

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:55.359
 God makes the sun rise.

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.339
 Jesus just said

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 he does that.

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 God holds the galaxies.

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.359
 Jesus just said

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 he does that.

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 I mean,

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:14.220
 that's an unbelievable claim.

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.500
 I shouldn't say unbelievable.

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.759
 It is believable.

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 I hope you do believe it.

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 It's an astounding claim.

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:25.559
 But it's mingled there

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:27.059
 with this sense of intimacy.

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.799
 The Father,

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.379
 in some ways,

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:29.159
 is the initiator

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 and the Son

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 is going to do everything

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.460
 that the Father does

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 and it's going to look like

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.539
 the snowbirds fly.

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.419
 It's going to look like

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:37.019
 an unbelievably spectacular

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:38.039
 football team

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.399
 or soccer team.

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 It's going to look like

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 a couple

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.859
 where,

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.539
 in a sense,

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.119
 when the couple

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.619
 is really in a good groove

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.740
 and they're really in love

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.440
 and one can sort of tell

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.220
 almost instantly

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.819
 from the other

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 what they're thinking

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.500
 or what they're wanting

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.039
 and they seem to act as one

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.039
 as if there's some type

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.599
 of a unity

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:55.139
 and that's what's

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:56.180
 being described here.

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.619
 Verse 20,

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 For the Father loves the Son

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:01.379
 and shows him

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:03.399
 all that he himself

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.099
 is doing.

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.819
 One moment here.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.079
 It's saying that

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.079
 the Father

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:11.240
 is completely

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.940
 and utterly

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.980
 transparent

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:14.579
 and visible

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.519
 to the Son.

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:18.519
 and the Son,

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.379
 Jesus is saying

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:22.039
 that him actually

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.660
 seeing God

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.740
 in his heart

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.779
 and in his plans

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.759
 and in his actions

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.700
 and in his affections

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.460
 does not

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.180
 explode him

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.879
 and unmake him.

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:34.099
 That he can handle that.

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 And isn't that what happens

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.339
 in,

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.660
 I mean,

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.379
 that's one of the things,

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.519
 will marriage survive

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:41.599
 the husband discovering

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.200
 what the wife

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.960
 is really like

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.819
 and the wife discovering

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.500
 what the husband

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.319
 is really like.

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.340
 When they see each other

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.200
 when they're grumpy

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.019
 and when they're

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:51.079
 successful

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.220
 and when they first

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.140
 wake up in the morning

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:54.500
 it's not a pretty sight

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.319
 in my case

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.140
 if you're looking at me

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.079
 when you just wake up

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.579
 in the morning.

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.000
 You have to look at me.

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.600
 And that's

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.819
 what Jesus is saying.

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.660
 Verse 21,

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.160
 For the Father

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.279
 raises the dead

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.860
 and gives them life.

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.700
 So also the Son

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.779
 gives life

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.660
 to whom he will.

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.680
 This doesn't mean

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.600
 he's willful

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:15.120
 or just sort of picky.

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:16.019
 It means that

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.220
 it's just by his will

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:19.660
 that life is given

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.279
 to the dead.

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.560
 It's in his power

00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:22.160
 to will it.

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.880
 The Father judges

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.540
 no one

00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:25.500
 but has given

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.380
 all judgment

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.519
 to the Son

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.060
 that all may honor

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.600
 the Son

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.660
 just as they honor

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.200
 the Father.

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.100
 Whoever does not

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.960
 honor the Son

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.900
 does not honor

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.580
 the Father

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.500
 who sent him.

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.600
 Why?

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.360
 Because

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.519
 whatever is true

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.060
 of the Father

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:41.000
 is true of the Son.

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.660
 Jesus,

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.560
 God,

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.160
 the Son

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:45.140
 made flesh

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:46.120
 is fully God.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:48.120
 Fully and completely God

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:50.640
 in this intimacy

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.920
 of reciprocity

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.820
 and giving.

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.320
 Verse 24,

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.160
 Truly, truly,

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.820
 I say to you,

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.240
 whoever

00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:00.920
 hears my word

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:11.759
 and believes him

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.120
 who sent me

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:15.980
 has eternal life.

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.900
 Present tense.

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.500
 He does not come

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.279
 into judgment

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:22.080
 and here the word

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:23.320
 judgment means that

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.840
 you're not going

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.440
 to be judged

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.380
 and found guilty

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:29.360
 but has passed

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.220
 from death

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.800
 to life.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.480
 Truly, truly,

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.200
 I say to you,

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.280
 an hour is coming

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:37.120
 and is now here

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.900
 when the dead

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.340
 will hear the voice

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:40.940
 of the Son of God

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.580
 and those who hear

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.060
 will live.

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.840
 This is a wonderful text.

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.100
 It works on three

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.920
 different levels.

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.960
 It's, of course,

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.760
 on one hand

00:26:48.760 --> 00:26:50.100
 going to be speaking

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.860
 of what's going to happen.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.420
 I think it's in six more chapters

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.160
 when Jesus,

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.180
 after Lazarus,

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.740
 has been dead

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.799
 for four days,

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.099
 Jesus speaks

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.980
 to Lazarus.

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.400
 Dead four days

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:02.400
 and Lazarus

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.380
 comes back to life.

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.500
 Not only does he

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.740
 come back to his body

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.420
 but the body

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.200
 that the soul

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.920
 that comes back

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.519
 to the body

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.539
 is not the body.

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.059
 I mean,

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.660
 that body's been

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.319
 decomposing

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.079
 for four days.

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.160
 It's a spectacular act

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.380
 of healing

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.180
 and recreation

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.240
 so that whatever

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.819
 it was

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:20.000
 that led Lazarus

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.400
 to die

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.079
 has been healed.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.140
 All of the decomposition

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.039
 is completely

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.039
 and utterly reversed.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.079
 It's almost,

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.619
 in a sense,

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.519
 like a new body

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.200
 for the soul

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.039
 to come back to

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:30.279
 and Lazarus hears

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.859
 and is made alive

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.559
 and as we know

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.019
 when the story

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.579
 comes out.

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.579
 But it's not only

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.639
 talking at this level.

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.559
 The Greek is very,

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.279
 very subtle.

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.680
 It's also talking

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.299
 about the fact

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.220
 that every single

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.879
 human being

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:42.200
 apart from Christ

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.259
 is dead.

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.980
 In fact,

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.779
 the way we tend

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.480
 on one hand,

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.740
 I mean,

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.440
 we tend to think

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.000
 of conversion

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.659
 on one hand

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.259
 as some type

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.240
 of a process

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.119
 and on one level

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.359
 becoming more like,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.619
 I mean,

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.200
 not on one level,

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.879
 on every level

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.839
 becoming more like

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.319
 Jesus in my day-to-day life

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.920
 is a process.

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:02.500
 But what Jesus

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.579
 is saying here

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.879
 is that we are

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:06.379
 all spiritually dead

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.000
 and we need

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.859
 to hear his voice

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.559
 and when we hear

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.980
 his voice

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.440
 and obey

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.039
 and believe

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.700
 that God,

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.680
 in fact,

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.099
 is the father of Jesus,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.920
 that all of this

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.799
 is the father's,

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.140
 it is the power

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.720
 of God

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.539
 for salvation

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.839
 for all who believe.

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:20.319
 It comes from God.

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.659
 It is his provision.

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:23.359
 It is his accomplishment

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:25.139
 and that when I hear that

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.839
 and receive it,

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.959
 I move from death

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.839
 to life.

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.059
 It is a difference

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:30.159
 not in degree

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.159
 but in kind.

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.019
 It is the difference

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.319
 between a cut rose

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.740
 and a rose bush

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.759
 planted,

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.879
 protected,

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.240
 well-watered,

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:40.139
 well-nourished

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.899
 in the ground.

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.279
 Completely different.

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:44.480
 Difference in kind,

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:46.039
 not a difference

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.619
 of degree.

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:49.179
 Verse 25,

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.539
 verse 26,

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.119
 for the father

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.259
 has life

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:54.000
 in himself

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.839
 so he has granted

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.639
 the son also

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.619
 to have life

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:59.279
 in himself

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:01.899
 and he has given him

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.399
 authority

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.559
 to execute judgment

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.359
 because he is

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.019
 the son of man.

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:06.099
 Do not marvel at this

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.179
 for an hour is coming

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.139
 when all who hear,

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:09.459
 who are in the tombs

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.759
 will hear his voice

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.819
 and come out

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.059
 and those that have done

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.039
 good to the resurrection

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.599
 of life

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.419
 and those who have done

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.759
 evil to the resurrection

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.340
 of judgment

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:18.560
 and here in the text

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.620
 within the overarching

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.519
 context

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.940
 you can see

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.360
 that what brings them out

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:25.360
 is God's sovereign act

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.519
 in the person of Jesus

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.740
 and so have done good.

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:30.279
 Goodness isn't the cause

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.080
 of the resurrection

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.779
 to life,

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:33.259
 it is the sign

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.779
 that they have given

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.660
 their life to Jesus

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.759
 because good works

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.560
 is to flow

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:39.759
 from saving faith.

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:42.599
 It is not the cause

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.460
 of resurrection

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.859
 to life

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.400
 or resurrection

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.000
 to judgment,

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:47.779
 it is the sign

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.200
 of conversion.

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.539
 Now,

00:29:55.680 --> 00:30:01.259
 the only reason

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:03.119
 we should believe Jesus

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:05.059
 is if he rose

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.640
 from the dead.

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:08.120
 Right?

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.700
 This all,

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.040
 Jesus making these claims

00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:11.460
 the only possible reason

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.400
 any human being

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.960
 could have

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.980
 to believe Jesus

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.759
 is that not only

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.500
 does he rise

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.120
 from the dead

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.740
 but that his resurrection

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.520
 from the dead

00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:20.460
 comes within a certain

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.340
 type of context

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:22.840
 otherwise it is just weird.

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.660
 You know,

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.240
 it would be like

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.040
 a horror movie

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:28.000
 or something like that

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.060
 where the person

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.840
 shoots somebody

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.520
 in the head

00:30:30.520 --> 00:30:31.780
 and you see

00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:32.920
 the blood splatter

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.360
 story

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.079
 you know,

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.779
 out the back

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.799
 and then

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.419
 you know,

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.019
 a day later

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.719
 they come up

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.179
 and they start

00:30:38.179 --> 00:30:38.740
 chasing you

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.099
 and it's just

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.719
 a horror movie

00:30:39.719 --> 00:30:40.419
 it's just weird

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.259
 it's just creepy

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.039
 it's just crazy

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.439
 and it makes

00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:43.439
 no empirical sense

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:43.939
 whatsoever.

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.419
 Right?

00:30:45.479 --> 00:30:46.639
 So it's not just

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.059
 that Jesus

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.019
 comes back to life

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.799
 he has to come back

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.299
 to life within

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.199
 a certain context

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:51.399
 and the context

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.219
 is that of course

00:30:52.219 --> 00:30:52.819
 is that he's made

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.579
 prophecies

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.839
 the context is

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.500
 as we're going to see

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.099
 next week

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.759
 is that he's saying

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.579
 that the entire

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.339
 Tanakh

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.479
 the entire Old Testament

00:30:59.479 --> 00:31:00.099
 is pointing

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:01.139
 to what's about to happen

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:02.399
 and the other thing

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.219
 is that it

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.019
 it fits in

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.720
 with our deepest

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.319
 longings

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.039
 and our fears

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.539
 so what do I mean

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.920
 by this?

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.579
 If you could put up

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.120
 the next point

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.519
 that would be

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.220
 very helpful

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:13.559
 all of the best

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.480
 science proves

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.079
 that death

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.420
 wins

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.380
 and life loses

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.279
 did you know that?

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.059
 We have at least

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.279
 one physicist here

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.240
 you can ask him

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.500
 the first law

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:27.059
 of thermodynamics

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.079
 wins

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.420
 the Big Bang Theory

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.800
 shows that

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.140
 shows that at some

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.039
 point in time

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:36.380
 all of the planets

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.340
 all of matter

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.279
 will move so far

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.259
 away that all life

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.100
 will come to an end

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.620
 and cease

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.900
 all of it

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.000
 everywhere

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.240
 doesn't matter

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.820
 if we jump

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.400
 from planet

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.900
 to planet

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.700
 doesn't matter

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.700
 if we are like

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.840
 in the movie

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:50.279
 altered carbon

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.840
 and somehow

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.180
 or another

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.100
 figure out how

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:53.080
 to digitalize

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:54.000
 who we are

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.600
 and keep putting

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.220
 ourselves in

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.980
 different bodies

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.620
 doesn't matter

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.180
 if any of those

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.759
 things happen

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.759
 at some point in time

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.680
 first law of thermodynamics

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.099
 wins

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.879
 the Big Bang

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.640
 wins

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.359
 all life ends

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.400
 all the best

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.420
 science proves it

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.519
 can you put up

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.140
 the next slide

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:09.319
 but here's the problem

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:11.299
 human beings

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.420
 have a deep longing

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.759
 for life to be

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.759
 stronger than death

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.079
 and for love

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.740
 to be stronger

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.160
 than death

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.660
 don't we?

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.000
 doesn't every human

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.660
 being feel

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.400
 that there's something

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.140
 just wrong

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.200
 about death?

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.379
 doesn't every human

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.660
 being

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.720
 even when we hear

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.079
 that

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.220
 there's part of us

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.859
 that rebels

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.419
 and says

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.139
 but surely

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:30.539
 that cannot be so

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.079
 surely

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:32.559
 life must be

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.439
 stronger than death

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.859
 in fact

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.679
 surely love

00:32:34.679 --> 00:32:35.459
 must be stronger

00:32:35.459 --> 00:32:35.879
 than death

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.779
 and surely

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.740
 don't we sort of

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.240
 have a deep

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.819
 sense that love

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.359
 and life

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.519
 are deeply connected

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.299
 that they're

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.279
 intertwined

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.079
 that life without

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.899
 love wouldn't be

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.240
 life

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.959
 and love without

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:46.299
 life

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.740
 well what does

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.539
 that even mean

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.459
 that somehow

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:49.679
 love should be

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.619
 stronger than death

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.859
 life should be

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.740
 and is

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.500
 in some way

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.019
 even though

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.839
 yes the best

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.740
 science proves

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.519
 that that intuition

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.279
 is completely

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.680
 and utterly

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.059
 wrong

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.980
 but shouldn't

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.799
 it be the case

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.819
 doesn't our

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.180
 heart cry out

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.799
 that that should

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.440
 be the case

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:06.119
 only the biblical

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.379
 narrative explains

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.859
 this

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.579
 only the biblical

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.500
 narrative explains

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.740
 this

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.539
 Buddhism doesn't

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.160
 explain it

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.240
 Islam doesn't

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.960
 explain it

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.579
 and atheism

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.440
 definitely doesn't

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.099
 explain it

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:19.619
 it's only

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.259
 this

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.379
 biblical

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.980
 teaching

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.599
 that before

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.660
 anything existed

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.299
 the father

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.160
 has loved the son

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.859
 from all eternity

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.319
 the son

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.799
 has loved the

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.079
 father

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.679
 from all eternity

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.599
 only the biblical

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.279
 narrative that

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.099
 God makes all

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.779
 things good

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.839
 and makes human

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.699
 beings in the

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.619
 image of God

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.500
 so that we have

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.799
 a natural desire

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:37.039
 as image bearers

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.479
 of God

00:33:37.479 --> 00:33:38.240
 to be connected

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.779
 to God

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.859
 and only the

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.519
 doctrine of the

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.159
 fall of how

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.719
 we've turned

00:33:41.719 --> 00:33:42.799
 our back in God

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.699
 and sin has come

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:44.279
 into the world

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.079
 and death through

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.539
 sin

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.859
 and so death

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.979
 comes but still

00:33:47.979 --> 00:33:48.759
 we have this

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.939
 sense this longing

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.619
 that we should be

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.419
 connected to our

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:51.859
 creator

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:53.179
 and it is in the

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:54.439
 context of such a

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.360
 story and in the

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:58.340
 context of such

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.580
 intuitions and such

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.680
 longings and yearnings

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.299
 that Jesus comes

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.759
 next point please

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:05.980
 John tells the

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.400
 true story of the

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.460
 death of death

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.900
 in the death of

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.280
 Jesus

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:13.019
 John tells the

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.440
 true story of the

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.579
 death of death

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.840
 in the death

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.980
 of Jesus

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:20.159
 look back to what

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.119
 it says here in

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.480
 verse

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:24.480
 26

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:26.059
 for as the

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.319
 father has life

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:28.579
 in himself

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:30.259
 so he has

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:31.000
 granted the

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.920
 son also

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.039
 to have

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.859
 life

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:35.099
 in himself

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:37.219
 this is a

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.839
 very very

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:38.839
 important thing

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:40.619
 because here's

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.239
 here's how it

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.819
 works there's two

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.579
 different ways to

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.239
 think of death

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.019
 with you and me

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:46.480
 one way to think

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.219
 of it is it in

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.799
 sense as I'm

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.500
 walking through

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.420
 life death is

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.420
 following behind

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.900
 me and I try

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:56.559
 to jog and I

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.840
 try to eat bread

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.719
 and food that

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.559
 has like lots of

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.280
 grains and

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.820
 sprouted and my

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:03.059
 wife you know

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.619
 make sure I eat

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.480
 vegetables and

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.159
 stuff like that

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.820
 against my natural

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:08.599
 desires and so

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.559
 I'm walking along

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.199
 and death is

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.880
 following along

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.760
 behind me but the

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.380
 one thing we know

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.860
 is death will

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.739
 eventually catch me

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.400
 another way that we

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.199
 think of it is that

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.760
 we're going through

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.539
 our life and death

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.980
 is standing there in

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.559
 front of us and

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.260
 in some point in

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.780
 time we meet

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.420
 death and what

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.039
 happens death

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:24.079
 always wins but

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.639
 what it's saying

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.579
 here about Jesus

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.440
 when it says here

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.400
 that he has life

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:31.039
 in himself it

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.179
 means that death

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.960
 wasn't following

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.920
 Jesus and death

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.659
 wasn't facing

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:36.039
 Jesus in a sense

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.820
 it's saying that

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:38.099
 death knew that

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:39.019
 Jesus was there

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.119
 and salivates over

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:43.039
 him but cannot

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:46.199
 touch him and so

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.800
 it is that it's

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:48.440
 very very powerful

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:50.780
 that the way the

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.900
 Bible describes the

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.880
 death of Jesus is

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:54.080
 the final words of

00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:55.140
 Jesus upon the

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:56.680
 cross are it is

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:59.000
 finished which means

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:00.160
 it is accomplished

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:02.580
 I have done and

00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:04.820
 accomplished what I

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:06.019
 with the father's

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:09.940
 heart had to have

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.280
 accomplished and

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:13.700
 then he gives up

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:16.299
 his spirit he

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:18.239
 enters death

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.759
 death doesn't

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:21.379
 catch him he

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:23.219
 enters death and

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.859
 what the Bible

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:26.079
 describes is that

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.539
 it is the true

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.980
 story of the death

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.859
 of death in the

00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:32.379
 death of Jesus

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:33.679
 if you could put up

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.759
 the next point and

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.480
 all it is is verse

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:37.379
 24 I tell you that

00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:38.619
 the solemn truth the

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.839
 one who obeys my

00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:41.699
 message and believes

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.879
 the one who sent me

00:36:42.879 --> 00:36:44.699
 has eternal life and

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.899
 will not be condemned

00:36:45.899 --> 00:36:47.439
 but is passed over

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:49.719
 from death to life

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:51.399
 it's the present

00:36:51.399 --> 00:36:53.799
 tense because Jesus

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.599
 knows that his

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:56.139
 victory is coming and

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:57.219
 he shares it he's

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.199
 speaking from beyond

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:59.019
 the grave to you and

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.919
 me right now that when

00:36:59.919 --> 00:37:00.859
 we put our faith and

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:03.619
 trust in Jesus that

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:06.599
 Jesus who is has life

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.919
 in himself that when

00:37:07.919 --> 00:37:09.899
 he dies he dies having

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.360
 accomplished all that

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.700
 he had to do so that

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:14.160
 you and I that the

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:15.320
 condemnation that I

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:16.599
 deserved is on him

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.860
 the accusations that

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:19.579
 come against me come

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:21.079
 on him the shame that

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.860
 troubles me comes on

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.240
 him the life I could

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:25.880
 not live he gives to

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:27.160
 me his conquering of

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:28.720
 death he gives to me

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:30.639
 the life that will is

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.960
 needed for me to once

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:33.579
 again live and see my

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.960
 father face to face and

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:36.079
 walk with him in the

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:37.099
 garden in the cool of

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:38.840
 the day he gives to me

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:40.400
 he accomplishes it all

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:42.200
 he wins it all he

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:43.800
 offers it to me and

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.539
 one of the things which

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.980
 is so powerful and

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:47.019
 precious about this

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.340
 text is that we might

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:50.019
 say well how is it

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.740
 that even if Jesus

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.900
 died on the cross maybe

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.059
 he dies on the cross

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.800
 for me but he doesn't

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.860
 have the authority to

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.160
 give me life but he

00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:57.100
 does have the authority

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:58.000
 to give me life because

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.260
 it says it might be well

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:00.539
 maybe he dies upon the

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.440
 cross but the one who

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.720
 stands in judgment of

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.519
 us is different than

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:05.260
 Jesus but it says Jesus

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.340
 is the one who stands

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.620
 in judgment upon us and

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.480
 he is the one who

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:10.159
 died for us and maybe

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:11.380
 maybe it's the case

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.500
 that that you know

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.819
 that God is doing all

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.639
 of these other things

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.359
 he doesn't know that

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.440
 Jesus is dying on the

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.859
 cross but Jesus knows

00:38:18.859 --> 00:38:19.859
 everything that God is

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:20.299
 doing he knows

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:21.279
 everything in his heart

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.019
 he knows everything

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.759
 that's going on and

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.460
 the same one who knows

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.400
 everything that's going

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:26.019
 on is the same one who

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:27.880
 dies for us and is the

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.099
 one who promises us

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:30.099
 that when we put our

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:31.319
 faith and trust in him

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:34.460
 that we have that we've

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.579
 passed from death to

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:37.420
 life that we are no

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:42.059
 longer cut flowers that

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:47.980
 we are his if you could

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.960
 put up the final point

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:51.519
 I cannot honor Jesus

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:56.039
 too much I mean what

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.500
 Jesus is saying here

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.739
 science tells us that

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:01.759
 death wins but we see

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:03.179
 we have this intuition

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.279
 that death cannot

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:05.779
 possibly be the final

00:39:05.779 --> 00:39:07.039
 word the highest word

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:08.179
 the deepest word the

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.179
 oldest word the

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.440
 eternal word the

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.019
 everlasting word something

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.539
 within all of us says

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:15.039
 that cannot possibly be

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:16.419
 the case and the only

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:17.099
 way that we can

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.859
 understand that that

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:18.980
 not is in fact the

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.259
 entire case is because

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:22.019
 of Jesus where we see

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:23.119
 the death of death and

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.179
 the death of Jesus and

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:25.339
 it means that all of our

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:26.399
 truest and deepest

00:39:26.399 --> 00:39:27.739
 yearnings find their

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:29.419
 rest in him and and this

00:39:29.419 --> 00:39:30.539
 discussion of the

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:32.000
 intimacy of God and the

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.679
 fact that he is the

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.420
 creator and the

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.860
 sustainer and and the

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.880
 source of life and that

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.199
 that the fact that life

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.599
 and love in fact are at

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.900
 one and at unity and at

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:41.079
 peace and goodness and

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:43.199
 power and beauty and all

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:44.920
 of the our minds can rest

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.719
 in these our affection can

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:48.320
 rest in Jesus our fears

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.820
 find their rest in Jesus

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:55.960
 because of who he is and

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:57.980
 what he's done and the

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.880
 wonderful thing about

00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:01.079
 Jesus is that no one who

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:02.619
 comes to him will ever be

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:04.400
 denied no one who comes

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.440
 to him in the words of

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.180
 verse 24 will ever be

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:08.079
 thought to be too

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:09.780
 unworthy no one who

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:11.200
 comes to him is too

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:13.280
 little or too unimportant

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.780
 to be passed over

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:17.559
 because he says that he

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.860
 comes to do it for us

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:22.440
 he loves the important

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.780
 poobahs in the eyes of the

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.980
 world and he loves the

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.820
 least and there is no one

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:28.580
 so broken no one so far

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:29.500
 from God that these

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:31.620
 words of verse 24 that if

00:40:31.620 --> 00:40:33.000
 you believe and obey that

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:35.539
 you receive and trust that

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.800
 you will pass from death to

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:38.880
 life please stand

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:48.080
 bow our heads in prayer

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:59.639
 father we thank you for

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:02.139
 Jesus we ask that you help

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.400
 us to honor him more and

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:07.139
 more and father we ask that

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:08.840
 you help us to turn to him

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:12.659
 that we could come to him

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:14.860
 with our fears that we will

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:16.219
 know that we can come to him

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:17.739
 father with our learn our

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:19.419
 yearnings and our longings

00:41:19.419 --> 00:41:22.159
 father that we might come to

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.239
 him for life and father we

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:27.639
 thank you for him we thank you

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:31.639
 that he died the death that we

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:34.619
 could not die without coming

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:36.199
 into judgment that he did that

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:37.739
 for us he did for us out of

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.779
 love for us father make us

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:41.239
 disciples of Jesus who are

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:42.919
 gripped by the gospel learning to

00:41:42.919 --> 00:41:45.159
 live for his glory father draw us

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:46.480
 to yourself we ask this in the

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:48.000
 name of Jesus your son and our

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:49.299
 savior amen