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 Father, sometimes, actually, Father, just about always, it's almost always easier for me and for many of us, maybe all of us, to see how your word applies to other people and not to ourselves.

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 Father, we confess that we are way, way, way, way better at seeing specks in other people's eyes than seeing the planks in our own eyes.

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 We also know, Father, that sometimes our hearts accuse us of, our conscience accuses us of things which your word doesn't accuse us of.

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 Father, sometimes we're just a mess inside, hard to know what's right and what's wrong.

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 So we thank you, Father, for your word.

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 We thank you for Jesus, our blessed Savior and Redeemer, who loved us so much to die on the cross for us.

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 We thank you for the Holy Spirit, your Holy Spirit, who is living and active and convicts us of sin and encourages us and exhorts us and draws us to you.

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 Father, we thank you for all this.

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 And we ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with gentle but deep power upon us this morning as we think upon your word.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 So, here's a little bit of an insight.

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 So, I'm already getting a bit tongue-tied.

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 This morning when I was driving in and all the way through the 8 o'clock service,

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 I kept getting convicted by the Holy Spirit that I should change my sermon.

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 And that's what I did.

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 So, this isn't actually, this is a part of the sermon I worked on all week, but it's actually not the main part of the sermon that I worked on all week.

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 It's very interesting.

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 You see, what happened is, so the very first thing I do when I'm starting to work on a sermon is I take a good English translation of the Bible,

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 like the English Standard Version.

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 And the very first thing I do is just spend some time looking at the text just in the English,

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 not with the help of language, helps, or commentaries.

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 I look at what went on just before, I look at what's going to happen afterwards,

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 and I try to go through the text prayerfully and quietly just with the English by myself.

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 And when I did that on Monday morning, instantly, instantly, I saw that there is something in the text that really directly connected to me and to the Church of the Messiah.

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 And I actually wrote on it a little bit.

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 And then as I kept going through the text, I saw other types of things.

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 And as the week went on, I thought, no, I'm not going to talk about that thing that sort of first I got convicted of about the text,

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 or I really challenged by the text, or just something I had to deal with in the text.

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 I moved away from that as the week went on.

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 But this morning when I was driving in, the Holy Spirit convicted me that that first impression of me reading the text

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 was what really I had to talk about that with you.

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 And what it is, is I don't know how many of you remember when I just read John chapter 17, verses 20 to 26,

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 but one of the big things, one of the big asks, of course, is that Christians would be one.

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 And that's why, you see, the thing that went through my mind when I first read this text

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 is that there's a whole pile of ministers in this city who would say,

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 ah, this is going to be interesting, George talking about this, because George is the biggest hypocrite in the city

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 if he's going to talk about the church being one, given all the things he's done.

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 In fact, he says this is going to be, many people would say this is going to be a very interesting sermon

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 because Church of the Messiah are some of the biggest hypocrites in the entire city in terms of this text.

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 And that's the first thing I thought of when I was reading this text.

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 Is that a fair description of me? Is it a fair description of you?

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 That we are profound hypocrites when it comes to this text.

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 So not only do we have to deal with whether or not we're hypocrites, and I'll explain why in a moment,

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 but it also forces me, forces us to talk about something which is very uncomfortable for us to talk about in Canada right now

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 because of cultural pressures and cultural expectations.

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 So it's just a bit of a difficult text.

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 So let's hopefully have your Bibles.

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 If you don't have your Bibles, I know that the words are going to be up on the screen,

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 but it's good to have your own Bibles to look along.

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 And we're going to start reading.

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 It's John chapter 17, verses 20 to 26.

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 It's the end of the prayer.

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 And just to remind you of the context, because this is John writing.

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 It's one of the four eyewitness biographies of Jesus that exist in history.

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 These four eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus are also in what we now call the Bible,

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 or the New Testament, or the Bible.

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 And the way that John has structured his gospel is he has spent a long time sharing with us

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 what went on between Jesus and his disciples,

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 between the time that Judas left the room to go get the soldiers

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 and take them to the place that he knew Jesus was going to go to outside the city

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 when it was quiet, late, late, late at night to pray so they could capture him.

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 Jesus knows that Judas is gone.

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 He knows the soldiers are coming.

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 He knows that the next day he's going to be crucified and he's going to die.

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 He also knows he's going to rise from the dead.

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 And the disciples don't know these things.

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 And John spends a long time sharing with us what went on with Jesus and the disciples

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 between, let's say, 6.30 at night and 2 o'clock in the morning.

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 And what John shares is that the last thing that Jesus did was pray over the men,

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 the 11 men who happened to be in front of him.

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 And the way John describes this prayer, where Jesus is praying over these 11 men,

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 Jesus knows that they're all going to be scattered.

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 They're all going to be in hiding.

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 He knows that Peter is going to deny him.

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 He knows that none of them are prepared for him dying on the cross.

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 None of them are prepared for him rising from the dead.

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 In fact, none of them believe that he's going to rise from the dead,

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 even though he's told them that many times.

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 He knows all of these things.

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 And so John records Jesus praying over these men.

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 And what we're going to see here in a moment, every week,

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 this is the third week we've looked at this prayer,

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 every week I've said that Jesus prays about himself.

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 He prays for the men in front of him, and he prays for you and me.

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 He prays not just for you and me,

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 but he prays for the Christians who met in Uganda this morning.

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 He prays for the Christians who met in China earlier today.

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 He prays for the people who met in Sydney, Australia,

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 people who've met in London, England, Mississippi, in Ottawa, Cairo.

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 He prays for all Christians.

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 And my claim about that, that's what we're going to see right now,

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 the beginning of this third part of the prayer.

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 So there it is.

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 It said, this is Jesus speaking,

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 I do not ask for these only, the 11 men in front of him,

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 but also for those who will believe in me through their word.

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 Now we're going to pause there.

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 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.

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 And I'm not...

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 So here's what's going on.

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 It's very interesting.

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 I spoke at church on Wednesday,

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 and I actually mentioned this on my Ash Wednesday service at the 10 o'clock service.

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 I made reference to this verse, but in different ways.

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 This text, the word word, has sort of a double meaning,

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 has more than a double meaning,

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 but it's irrelevant to two different meanings right here.

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 On the first hand, on one hand, when he says,

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 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word,

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 what Jesus is talking about is that it's because of the apostolic testimony,

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 which we now call the New Testament,

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 that Christians continue to know about Jesus.

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 So in a very, very real sense,

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 it was through the word of those 11 men

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 who not...

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 They didn't all write the New Testament,

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 but they all had a very, very important hand

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 in guaranteeing that the things that were written

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 that we now call the New Testament

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 were in fact consistent with the teaching of Jesus,

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 reflected the teaching of Jesus.

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 And these 11 men had a very, very special and unique

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 and non-repeatable role in this

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 because God used them for the writing of what we now call the New Testament.

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 And it's through this that we also trust

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 what we call the Old Testament.

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 Our Jewish friends call it the Tanakh,

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 but we call it the Old Testament.

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 But the word word has a second...

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 Well, it has more than two meanings,

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 but it's a second word that translation or sense

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 that's relevant to us.

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 It can also mean testimony.

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 It can also mean testimony.

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 And that's really, really important

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 because it shows the importance of not only reading the Bible in church,

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 but reading the Bible in church is not enough.

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 There has to be testimony to the word.

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 There has to be, in a sense, an opening of the word to us.

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 It's one of the reasons why,

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 when I was speaking at church on Wednesday,

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 on Wednesday,

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 and I knew there was a Baptist minister sitting right over there

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 and wanted to make a little bit of a dig,

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 I knew there were two cradle Anglicans as well

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 sitting with the Baptist.

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 And I said, you know,

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 one of the funny things in the world

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 is that in any Anglican church today,

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 there will be far more Bible read

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 than there will be in most Baptist or Pentecostal churches.

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 That's just probably scientifically, objectively true,

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 that if you go to the average Anglican church,

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 there's far more of the Bible read

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 than in a Baptist or Pentecostal church.

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 Yet why is it

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 that virtually very few people in most Anglican churches

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 actually believe the Bible?

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 And why does the Bible have very little power?

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 But it seems to in Baptist churches.

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 And the missing bit is testimony.

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 You see, it's not enough for me just to say,

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 you know what, I'm not going to preach a sermon.

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 I'm just going to get up and read the Bible.

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 Reading the Bible is missing an important ingredient,

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 which is my testimony that comes from the word

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 and makes the word clear and plain

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 and encourages and exhorts and defends and challenges.

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 That human component of testimony

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 is absolutely essential.

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 And that's captured in these wonderful words of Jesus

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 when he says,

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 I do not ask for these only,

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 but also for those who will believe in me through their word.

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 This sort of a double meaning at that last bit,

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 not only the word that ultimately becomes the New Testament,

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 but also the fact that the apostles would go house to house

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 and they would go to different cities

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 and they would not just read the words of Jesus,

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 but they would explain them,

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 they would exhort,

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 they would encourage them.

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 And that aspect of testimony is absolutely,

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 absolutely essential.

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 So if you could put up my first point,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 And not all of them,

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 but there's sort of three prayers

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 that are the heart of this sermon.

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 We're going to spend the longest time on the next prayer.

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 This is just setting the stage.

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 But here's a prayer that comes out of the fact

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 that if you hear Jesus praying over us

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 and praying over the 11 men,

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 then probably one of the main ways

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 that we are to respond to this text

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 is to also pray.

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 And so I've just tried to help us

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 by putting something in words

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 that we can use as a prayer

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 or grow into our own prayer.

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 Righteous Father,

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 please grow in me

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 a humble confidence

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 in the trustworthiness

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 and truthfulness of your word

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 and a confidence

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 to bear clear witness about Jesus.

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 Righteous Father,

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 please grow in me

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 a humble confidence

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 in the trustworthiness

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 and truthfulness of your word

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 and a confidence

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 to bear witness about Jesus.

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 This isn't just a prayer for a minister.

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 It's a prayer for every Christian.

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 Like it's so wonderful

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 that moms and tots are going to start

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 and that at some point in time during that,

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 they're going to open the word.

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 And that means,

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 I'm assuming it's going to be Anya.

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 Anya, we can be praying

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 and we can be praying for Anya

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 that she is able to bear testimony to the word.

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 It's for the interns.

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 It's for what's going on

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 in Sunday school right now

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 that the teachers

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 can bear testimony to the word.

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 It's what happens in your small groups

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 which are so important

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 to be part of a small group.

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 It's the act of giving testimony

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 is something that we should be praying about.

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 Not only to trust the Bible

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 and to believe that it's true,

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 but to ask the Lord

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 that we can be competent.

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 I know, you know,

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 competent in terms of where we are in life.

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 I know some of you,

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 you lead a Bible study group,

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 you work demanding jobs,

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 you have a child which is wonderful

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 but also demanding,

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 and you do volunteer work

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 and you still try to bear testimony to work.

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 And that's obviously going to be

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 a little bit different

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 than me bearing testimony to the word

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 when I have far more time

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 to study and prepare.

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 But this is a prayer for every Christian

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 to believe and trust the word of God

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 and to ask that when it comes

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 to be able to bear witness to the word,

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 we can do it well,

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 as well as we can,

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 to the glory of God.

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 Now, I could keep going on

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 and on and on and on

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 and then I could avoid

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 the very awkward part.

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 But the awkward part,

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 you know, maybe what we'll do

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 is we'll read the awkward part,

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 which is verses 22, 21 to 23,

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 and then we'll bring it home to you

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 as to why it's awkward.

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 So Jesus continues,

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 that they may all be one,

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 sorry, well, you don't have 20 up there.

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 I'll say 20 and you can just catch up with 21.

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 I do not ask for these only,

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 but also for those who will believe in me

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 through their word,

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 so that they may all be one,

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 just as you, Father, are in me

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 and I in you,

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 that they also may be in us,

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 so that the world may believe

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 that you have sent me.

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 The glory that you have given me

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 I have given to them,

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 that they may be one,

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 even as we are one.

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 I in them and you in me,

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 that they may become perfectly one,

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 so that the world may know

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 that you sent me and love them,

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 even as you loved me.

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 It's a very, very beautiful

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 and powerful text.

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 For 22 plus years,

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 I was a priest of the Anglican Church of Canada.

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 For 143 years,

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 this congregation was part of the Anglican Church.

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 First, I don't know what the original diocese was

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 because this congregation actually is older

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 than the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.

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 And on February 16, 2008,

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 this congregation voted to leave

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 the Anglican Church of Canada

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 and become part of a different

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 Anglican jurisdiction.

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 And for legal reasons,

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 I didn't leave the Anglican Church of Canada

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 right away,

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 which is a whole other topic,

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 but I left within a day

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 or something like that.

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 And I sent a formal letter

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 to the bishop

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 announcing that I was leaving

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 his jurisdiction

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 and I was coming under

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 another Anglican jurisdiction.

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 And that is why

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 just about every Anglican minister

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 in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa

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 and most ministers

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 in the Anglican Church of Canada

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 would say that I

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 and this congregation

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 are in massive violation of the Bible.

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 Isn't that what the Bible says,

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 that you should pray that they be one?

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 George, didn't you leave?

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 Didn't you create division?

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 Isn't that a sin?

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 So, George,

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 how are you going to be dancing around up front

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 around this particular one?

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 And to...

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 If those of you who weren't here at that time,

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 which is probably many of you,

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 the issue becomes even harder for us

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 in the sense that for

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 the presenting issue

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 that led us to leave

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 the Anglican Church of Canada

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 was the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa

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 and the Anglican Churches of Canada

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 decision to bless same-sex unions

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 and same-sex marriages,

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 which for most people in Canada

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 is a sign that we don't like

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 gay and lesbians.

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 And we definitely stood against

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 the flow of the culture

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 in that particular moment.

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 So for many people

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 in the Anglican Church of Canada

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 and the United Church

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 and most Lutheran churches

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 and most Presbyterian churches,

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 they would look at us

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 and they would see

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 that we're acting in a hateful...

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 They would say

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 that we're acting in a hateful manner

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 to many people in Canada.

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 And at the same time,

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 we are in complete rebellion

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 against what Jesus was praying.

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 If I pose the problem

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 well enough for us,

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 it's really important

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 to pose the problem

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 as powerfully and accurately

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 as we can.

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 Now, I'm going to tell you

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 I don't think we're in violation

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 of this text.

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 I, in fact, think

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 that it's precisely

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 because of this text

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 that we took the actions

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 that we took.

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 But we need to sort of

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 do a little bit of unpacking

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 of this particular text.

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 Andrew...

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 Sorry, not Andrew.

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 Rebecca, could you put up

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 my first point?

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 And we're going to go back

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 to the text.

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 This is where I...

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 You know, I can't...

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 I guess we could toggle

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 back and forth

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 between this and the text,

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 but it's...

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 Rather than just looking

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 at the text on the screen,

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 it's really helpful

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 to have it in your hands

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 so you can go back and forward.

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 So here's what's going on.

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 Jesus became one with you

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 to make you right with God.

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 By faith in him,

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 you become one with him

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 and are made right with God.

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 I'll say that again.

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 Jesus became one with you

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 to make you right with God.

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 By faith in him,

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 you become one with him

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 and are made right with God.

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 If you go back

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 and look at the text,

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 all this very, very wonderful

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 language of being one,

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 it's very, very powerful.

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 But it's not as if

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 all of this language

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 of being one

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 is somehow or another

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 separate from how it is

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 that a person becomes a Christian.

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 And remember,

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 Christian isn't a code word

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 for a good person

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 or a smart person.

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 It's a word for a person

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 who has become Jesus' own.

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 We trust Jesus as our Savior.

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 We trust him as our Lord.

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 We trust him to make us right with God.

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 We trust him that he will fit us

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 for eternity.

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 And we've put all of our trust,

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 as much as we possibly can,

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 on him and what he's done

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 for us on the cross.

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 And so what's actually happening

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 when you put your faith

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 and trust in Jesus?

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 It's actually really quite amazing.

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 And this text is really

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 bringing it home to us.

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 I'll read the text again.

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 When it talks here about how

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 that they may all be one

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 just as you, Father,

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 are in me

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 and I in you

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 that they also may be in us

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 so that the world may believe

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 that you have sent me.

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 The glory that you have given me

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 I have given to them

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 that they may be one

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 even as we are one.

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 I in them

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 and you in me.

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 I in them

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 and you in me

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 that they may become

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 perfectly one

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 so that the world may know

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 that you have sent me

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 and love them

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 even as you have loved me.

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 The very heart of salvation

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 is that Jesus

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 leaves the glory of the Father

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 and the God,

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 the Son of God

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 sets aside his glory

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 and honor

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 and prerogatives

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 and appearance of God

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 and remaining fully

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 and completely God

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 by nature

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 takes into himself

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 our human nature

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 and becomes human

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 and walks amongst us.

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 And that means

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 that that is the beginning

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 of his profound identification

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 with you and me.

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 His offer to be

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 the representative

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 for you and me.

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 His offer to be

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 a substitute

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 for you and me.

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 His offer

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 to be a sacrifice

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 whereby he exchanges

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 what he has done

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 for what we have done

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 and in a very powerful way

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 both in a negative way

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 and in a powerful way.

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 And it's not only

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 the beginning

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 of this identification

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 with us

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 but what happens

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 is when by faith,

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 by an act

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 and a sense

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 of our heart,

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 we reach out to Jesus

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 and touch him

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 to be our Savior

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 and Lord.

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 Well,

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 what we discover

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 is this,

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 that at the very deepest level

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 of who we are,

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 Jesus embraces us.

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 Like,

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 Jesus actually

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 becomes closer to me

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 than I am to my breath.

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 He actually

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 becomes closer to me

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 than I am

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 to myself.

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 I can't remember

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 the things I've done.

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 I flatter myself

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 too much

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 to detect or hate

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 the things I've done.

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 I give a very good account

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 of why I fail

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 to do the good

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 I should do

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 and I give a very good account

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 of why the wrong thing

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 I did

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 is not actually wrong.

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 But Jesus

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 sees me perfectly

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 and seeing me perfectly

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 He is going to die

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 for everything

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 that I have done wrong.

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 He's going to die

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 for everything

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 that I've done wrong

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 to break things,

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 to hurt things,

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 to sin.

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 He's going to deal

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 with my shame.

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 And that means

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 in a sense

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 that He embraces it

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 and becomes closer to it.

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 The sins

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 that I have forgotten,

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 He comes so close

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 to me

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 that it goes on Him.

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 Like,

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 if you think about it

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 for a moment,

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 if there is a man

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 who is a terrible racist,

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 if there is a woman

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 who is completely

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 and utterly consumed

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 with envy,

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 if there is a man

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 who is spending

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 hours and hours

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 and hours

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 looking at

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 very, very, very

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 horrific pornography,

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 Jesus actually

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 embraces

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 and touches

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 those parts

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 of who we are

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 because He embraces us

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 at the most fundamental

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 level of who we are

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 and every wrong act,

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 every wrong thought,

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 every lack of forgiveness,

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 our memory,

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 our imagination,

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 our affections,

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 our desires,

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 there is nothing

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 in me,

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 no matter how foul

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 or how vile,

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 that does not,

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 is not embraced

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 by Jesus

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 and He takes it

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 in Himself

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.440
 for me.

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 And so what happens

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.799
 when I put my faith

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.740
 and trust in Jesus?

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.759
 Jesus has already

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:54.120
 crossed the infinite distance

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.860
 to come and die

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.680
 upon the cross

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 and He has such

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.400
 a close union

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.900
 with me

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.920
 when I put my faith

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.799
 and trust in Him

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.900
 that all of these things

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:04.740
 and if you think about it,

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:06.559
 how much of my identity

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.440
 or your identity

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.420
 is connected

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.539
 to owning stuff

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.840
 or is connected

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.860
 to our memories

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:13.639
 of terrible things

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.619
 we've done in the past

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.279
 or memories

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.199
 of our failures

00:24:16.199 --> 00:24:17.019
 or imagination

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.279
 of future failures,

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.819
 how much of who

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.319
 we understand ourselves

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.240
 to be is connected

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.459
 with all of these things

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.419
 of boasting

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:25.179
 and of pride

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 and of horror

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.579
 and of shame

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.519
 and all of these things

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.959
 and all of that

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:30.319
 is taken upon Jesus,

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 all of that

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 with nothing left over.

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.719
 There is nothing

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 through therapy

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.459
 or hypnosis

00:24:35.459 --> 00:24:36.299
 or dreams

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.379
 that I might remember

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.319
 about my past

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.039
 and the future

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:41.179
 that Jesus does not know

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.340
 when He takes me

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:43.000
 as His own.

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 There will never be,

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.740
 I can still be surprised

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.519
 at things I've done

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.980
 in the past

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.820
 and how I've hurt people

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.940
 but Jesus knew that.

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:51.720
 He takes all of that

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.680
 with nothing left over

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:56.240
 and all of the sin

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.160
 and all of the shame

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.060
 and all of the failure

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:59.420
 and all of the brokenness

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:01.200
 and all of the horror,

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.779
 all of those things

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.740
 that we could never share

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.620
 with another people

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.320
 for fear

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:07.039
 that if they knew

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.740
 that about us

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.539
 they would never want

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.620
 to talk to us again.

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:13.000
 that is His.

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:19.019
 And at the same time

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:20.879
 as all of that

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.779
 which is in me

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.479
 now becomes His,

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.399
 the perfect standing

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:28.339
 and affection

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.899
 and love

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.500
 that He has

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.279
 with the Father

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.799
 becomes mine.

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:36.039
 And so this text

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.639
 is helping us

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.279
 to understand

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.359
 is the profound act

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.960
 of union

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.319
 that is involved

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.079
 in salvation.

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:44.200
 And that union continues.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:46.659
 It's not just a story,

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.919
 it's not just imagination,

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.619
 the union is mystical

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.379
 and real.

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.919
 That when I put my faith,

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.940
 when you put your faith

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.919
 and trust in Jesus,

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:58.019
 that deep identification

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.339
 and representation

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.920
 and substitution

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.200
 and exchange,

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.460
 that deep union

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.539
 and oneness

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.960
 becomes real

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:08.200
 and it continues on

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.259
 into all eternity.

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.200
 I am in Jesus,

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.980
 Jesus is in me.

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.859
 Jesus is in me.

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:20.439
 You see,

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:24.299
 I have friends

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.359
 who are gay and lesbian,

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:27.579
 probably other bisexual

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.959
 and transsexual as well.

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.699
 And it can be

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.579
 a very hard thing

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.519
 to confess to them

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.359
 that I am a Christian

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.359
 and to say these,

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.539
 to say that I am a Christian.

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.699
 But you see,

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.039
 a text like this

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:43.079
 shows how deeply

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:45.019
 Jesus loves

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:47.119
 those who would

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.879
 self-identify

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.720
 as lesbians

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.199
 and gay

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:49.980
 and bisexual

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.179
 and transsexual

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:56.159
 because no one

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.480
 embraces them

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.319
 like Jesus.

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:05.279
 And part of the Christian life

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.500
 and Christian growth

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:08.519
 is the process

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.799
 whereby I begin

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.559
 to lose

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.159
 the way

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:13.019
 that I use my,

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.060
 maybe the fact

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.840
 that I'm Canadian

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:17.660
 or my youth

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.740
 or my strength

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.980
 or my accomplishments

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.060
 or my power

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:22.060
 or my money

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:23.580
 or my sexuality

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:24.259
 as a source

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.200
 of my identity,

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.700
 a source

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.779
 of how I understand

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.940
 myself as just

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.580
 and right

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:31.779
 and justify myself.

00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:33.519
 And part of the growth

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.600
 of the Christian life

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.940
 is that we slowly

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.060
 start to die

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:38.420
 to all of these things

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.700
 by which we justify

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.380
 ourselves

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:42.059
 or make ourselves

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.900
 think that we are whole

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:46.019
 to receive a completely

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.980
 and utterly new identity

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.960
 that comes

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.539
 from being embraced

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.640
 by our creator

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.680
 to be restored

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.960
 to how he created us

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.519
 to be

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:58.220
 and to fit us

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.460
 to spend eternity

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.519
 in the new heaven

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.759
 and the new earth.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.440
 And part of the growth

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.500
 of discipleship

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.860
 is getting

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.880
 and learning

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:08.060
 and experiencing

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:09.420
 a new identity

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.220
 in Christ.

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.420
 I'm not going

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.480
 to get into it right now.

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:19.020
 It's a point

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.760
 for another sermon.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.840
 But even most people

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.620
 in the gay community

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.280
 would acknowledge

00:28:23.280 --> 00:28:23.940
 that the Bible,

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.520
 those within the church

00:28:25.520 --> 00:28:26.000
 who believe

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.100
 that the Bible teaches

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:30.880
 that God blesses

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.160
 a gay lifestyle

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.440
 or a lesbian lifestyle,

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.400
 most voices

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.160
 in the gay

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.000
 and lesbian community

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.320
 would know

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.220
 that that's not true.

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.740
 They would agree

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.180
 with me.

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.820
 They would agree

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.220
 with me.

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.960
 They would agree

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.019
 with most of us here

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.720
 if you agree

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.140
 with me.

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.720
 It's a delusion

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.620
 for people

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.220
 in churches

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.040
 who are trained

00:28:54.040 --> 00:28:54.700
 to be ministers

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.400
 to think

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.000
 that the Bible

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.519
 teaches

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.960
 that God blesses

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.600
 an identity

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.540
 based around

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:01.579
 a man's

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.440
 sexual attraction

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.359
 and sexual

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.700
 knowing

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.480
 of another man

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.359
 or a woman's

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:07.279
 sexual desires

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.980
 and sexual

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.279
 knowing

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.079
 of another woman.

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.759
 And the Bible

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.180
 teaches

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.899
 that those things

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.359
 are wrong.

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.139
 And to deny

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.559
 that

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.940
 means at a very

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.940
 fundamental level

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.180
 you don't believe

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.099
 in the trustworthiness

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.619
 and the truth

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.139
 of the word

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:23.940
 and you have refused

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.759
 to bear testimony

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.279
 to it.

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.980
 In fact,

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.420
 you are bearing

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.960
 testimony

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.539
 to something

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.140
 completely

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.620
 and utterly

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.100
 different.

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.380
 But this same

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.920
 text,

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.100
 see this very,

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.000
 very same text

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.700
 on one hand

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.480
 it doesn't just

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.860
 confront those

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.340
 of us

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.039
 who are gay

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.700
 or lesbian

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.539
 or bisexual

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.279
 or transgender

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.960
 it confronts

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.559
 every single

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.100
 one of us

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.960
 because it is

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.440
 in fact

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.460
 a characteristic

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.319
 of every human

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.920
 being that we

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.819
 find our identity

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.640
 and self-worth

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.319
 and justification

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.180
 and righteousness

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.340
 in something

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.299
 apart from God.

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.140
 And this is

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.960
 a gospel text

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.840
 to all of us

00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:06.100
 and we are not

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.819
 bearing testimony

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.420
 to Jesus

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.259
 if we somehow

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.740
 or another

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:11.140
 are afraid

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.819
 to say that

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.700
 to certain people

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.480
 because the fact

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.920
 of the matter

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.340
 is

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:18.180
 the deep desire

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.960
 of our heart

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.860
 the true desire

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.400
 of our heart

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.980
 is ultimately

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.720
 to be embraced

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.340
 by God

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:24.059
 our creator

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.480
 and the one

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.819
 for whom

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.360
 we were made.

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:30.439
 If you could

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.059
 put up the next

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.519
 point

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.299
 Rebecca

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:37.500
 the believer's

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.819
 union

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.879
 with the Godhead

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.959
 right

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.519
 when Jesus

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.199
 here is talking

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.479
 about

00:30:41.479 --> 00:30:42.359
 I'm in him

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.419
 and he's in me

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.959
 and the father

00:30:44.959 --> 00:30:45.699
 is in Jesus

00:30:45.699 --> 00:30:46.339
 and Jesus

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.279
 is in the father

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.439
 and I am in Jesus

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:49.319
 and therefore

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.879
 the father

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.379
 is in me

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.899
 and it's all

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.339
 this very

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.240
 very complicated

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.759
 complex

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.459
 but wonderful

00:30:53.459 --> 00:30:54.039
 language

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.480
 the believer's

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.759
 union

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.579
 with the Godhead

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.559
 forms a unity

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.619
 among believers

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:00.299
 that bears witness

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.399
 to the Lord Jesus

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.680
 to the ends

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.299
 of the world

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.879
 and here

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.460
 at this point

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.879
 in time

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:08.339
 we are

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.960
 we do have

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.240
 a lot

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.740
 to say

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.539
 we have

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.240
 to confess

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:13.659
 that we have

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.399
 been sinful

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.779
 here

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:17.720
 that there

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.339
 is far much

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:20.099
 far too much

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.539
 division

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.379
 amongst Christians

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.900
 and we just

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.720
 have to confess

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:25.460
 that it's very

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.460
 easy for us

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:29.920
 to know

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.520
 that a person

00:31:30.520 --> 00:31:31.080
 is a true

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.640
 Christian

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.620
 and yet

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.000
 for us

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.480
 to nourish

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.040
 suspicion

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:34.680
 or envy

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.400
 or jealousy

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.060
 or refusal

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.900
 to have fellowship

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.500
 with them

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:40.100
 and this text

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.980
 should prick

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:43.400
 our conscience

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:45.860
 if you could

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.120
 put up the

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.780
 final point

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:49.180
 turning it

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.880
 into a prayer

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:54.580
 righteous father

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.360
 please grow

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.920
 in me

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.940
 grow in all

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.020
 true Christians

00:31:58.020 --> 00:31:59.640
 deep bonds

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.300
 of affection

00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:02.020
 and partnership

00:32:02.020 --> 00:32:02.660
 and mission

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:04.600
 so that every

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.360
 people group

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.820
 will know

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.380
 that Jesus

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.680
 loves them

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.380
 and died

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.140
 to save them

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.600
 righteous father

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.440
 please grow

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.520
 in all true

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:13.120
 Christians

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.020
 deep bonds

00:32:14.020 --> 00:32:14.720
 of affection

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.240
 and partnership

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.880
 and mission

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:18.260
 so that every

00:32:18.260 --> 00:32:18.940
 people group

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.360
 will know

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.899
 that Jesus

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.679
 loves them

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.719
 and died

00:32:21.719 --> 00:32:22.240
 to save

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.559
 them

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:31.259
 you see

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:33.799
 I guess

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.139
 I probably

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.439
 should have

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:34.859
 spent a bit

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.179
 longer

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.459
 on the

00:32:35.459 --> 00:32:35.759
 previous

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.119
 point

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.500
 but this

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.939
 stay here

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.279
 with this

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.659
 because this

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:37.939
 sort of

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.299
 captures

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.899
 the point

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:41.100
 what Jesus

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.759
 is talking

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.019
 about

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.360
 isn't

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.040
 institutional

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:43.560
 unity

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:44.820
 he's not

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.380
 talking about

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.120
 uniformity

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:47.560
 and what he's

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.300
 doing is he's

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:49.680
 directly challenging

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.780
 the many many

00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:51.740
 different ways

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:53.060
 that the visible

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:54.740
 church can have

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.220
 unity

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.740
 which is actually

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.580
 not the right

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.240
 type of unity

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.100
 that he's wanting

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.540
 it for

00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:01.080
 and we don't see

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.600
 it as much

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.780
 in Canadian

00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:03.280
 culture

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.960
 it isn't seen

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.420
 as much

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.180
 when they look

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.820
 at the Anglican

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.580
 Church of Canada

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.379
 we see it often

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.859
 when we look

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.220
 at other

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.839
 countries

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:11.899
 or other

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.500
 parts of the

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.819
 world

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.859
 where we see

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.059
 the horrible

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.679
 horrible

00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:16.199
 horrible

00:33:16.199 --> 00:33:16.679
 horrible

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.079
 things

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.679
 when a unity

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.279
 of a church

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.759
 is based

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.379
 on race

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.699
 or the unity

00:33:20.699 --> 00:33:21.259
 of a church

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.699
 is based

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.599
 on politics

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.659
 or the unity

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.299
 of the church

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.759
 is based

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.559
 on class

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.699
 or the unity

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.539
 of the church

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.039
 is based

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.720
 on particular

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.339
 sexual

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.960
 preferences

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.000
 and the unity

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.619
 of the church

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.079
 is based

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.759
 just on some

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.220
 type of

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.980
 ethnic

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.179
 continuity

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:41.200
 a friend of mine who goes to a large, large ethnic church in the city

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:44.900
 he asked me a couple of weeks ago how many people I had at my attendance

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:48.680
 and I told him and he said, well we had a lot more people at our church this past Sunday

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:52.279
 it's a funny thing to have a conversation with him because he's an atheist

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:56.279
 but he was at the church service and I said, oh that's interesting

00:33:56.279 --> 00:34:00.660
 but I said, you only wanted that church so you could make business connections

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:06.920
 and he smiled and said, I left a big stack of my business cards at the back table

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:10.720
 and then he said, you know what, that's why everybody goes to my church

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:13.280
 I don't know if any of us believe any of that stuff

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:18.000
 but it's a great place to meet real estate agents and doctors and lawyers and dentists

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.579
 and promote your business

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:22.019
 he smiled, he confessed that that's why they met

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:24.680
 and we would see that and we would say that that's abhorrent

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:29.559
 so it is, we came to the conclusion

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:33.480
 that the visible church known as the Anglican Church of Canada

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:36.820
 had turned its back on the doctrine

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:38.759
 that Jesus Christ is Lord

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:42.860
 that he is the one who determines what is right and wrong

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:46.179
 he is the one who determines how salvation works

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:49.860
 he is the one who determines how sanctification works

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:52.860
 and we came to the conclusion that the visible church

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:54.559
 known as the Anglican Church of Canada

00:34:54.559 --> 00:35:02.420
 had departed from maintaining the very, very basic fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:08.619
 and if we wanted to continue to be in fellowship with Anglican churches and others

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.820
 that were true to the word

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:12.019
 we had to separate from them

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:13.900
 so that we could reconnect

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:18.019
 and continue to be part of the wider church

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:20.679
 and that by the way is objectively true

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:24.019
 80% of all the Anglicans in the world

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:26.219
 we are in fellowship with them

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:29.139
 80% of all the Anglicans in the world

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.900
 we are in fellowship with them

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:33.000
 it's one of the reasons Deanna

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.860
 I don't think she's able to be here today

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:36.099
 that she's with us

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.860
 rather than another church

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:41.599
 I just have a few minutes left

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.519
 and there's another very important act

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.860
 ask in this prayer

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.420
 and I want to still look at it

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:53.320
 and it has to do with this very important doctrine of hope

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.740
 actually the way I had originally designed this sermon

00:35:55.740 --> 00:36:00.000
 was that my whole sermon was primarily going to be about hope

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:02.820
 and the difference between hope and pessimism

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.920
 and hope and optimism

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:06.440
 and hope in lesser goods

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.960
 and hope in the supreme good

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:11.740
 and it was this that I had developed my whole sermon around

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:14.660
 that the Holy Spirit convicted me

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:17.299
 that I had to talk about

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:20.460
 the first ask more than the second ask

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:23.119
 but I still like to at least leave us with the second ask

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:25.779
 so if you just read along the next ask

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:27.299
 the final ask that Jesus makes

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:28.099
 verse 24

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:32.860
 Father I desire that they also whom you have given me

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:35.500
 may be with me where I am

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:37.259
 to see my glory

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:39.099
 that you have given me

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:42.219
 because you loved me before the foundation of the world

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.739
 O righteous Father

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:45.460
 even though the world does not know you

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.199
 I know you

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.860
 and these know that you have sent me

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:50.139
 I made known to them your name

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:52.139
 and I will continue to make it known

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:54.460
 that the love which you have loved me

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.739
 may be in them

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:57.199
 and I in them

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:59.919
 and just before we get to the point

00:36:59.919 --> 00:37:00.959
 in verse 26

00:37:00.959 --> 00:37:02.479
 I have made known to them your name

00:37:02.479 --> 00:37:04.259
 I shared with you last week

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.919
 I don't know if you

00:37:04.919 --> 00:37:06.619
 if you sort of cottoned on

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.419
 or if you were here

00:37:07.419 --> 00:37:09.539
 when in the New Testament

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.759
 and in the Old Testament

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.779
 when it uses the word

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.899
 the name of God

00:37:12.899 --> 00:37:13.439
 it's

00:37:13.439 --> 00:37:15.359
 it's trying to point

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:16.299
 at a bigger reality

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:17.659
 the analogy that I used

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.939
 is if we wanted to refer

00:37:18.939 --> 00:37:21.199
 if I referred to Wall Street

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:23.579
 you know that I'm not just talking about a street

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:26.279
 Wall Street is a way for me to talk about capitalism

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:27.679
 and banks

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.579
 and investment

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.960
 and stock markets

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.960
 and all of that

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:32.579
 a whole big world of things

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:34.179
 if I talk about Hollywood

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.619
 I'm talking about actors

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.519
 and stories

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.319
 and movies

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:39.219
 and a whole range of things

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:40.219
 and in the same way

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.940
 when people refer to the name of God

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:45.119
 it isn't just as if God has this big deal

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.420
 about having his name right

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.299
 name is a short form

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:50.199
 for describing who God is

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:51.799
 the truth about who God is

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:53.720
 the truth about who he isn't

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:55.940
 the truth about why he has acted

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:57.100
 why he is acting

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:58.260
 what he's done

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.940
 what he's doing

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.620
 what he will do

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.800
 why he did what he did

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:02.720
 why he's doing what he's doing

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:04.960
 why he's going to do things in the future

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:08.080
 it's all connected to the heart

00:38:08.080 --> 00:38:08.800
 and the character

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:10.760
 and the very nature and identity of God

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:13.780
 and so what this is saying here in verse 26

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:15.400
 I've made known to them your name

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:17.000
 and I will continue to make it known

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:19.620
 that the love which you have loved me

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.820
 may be in them and I in them

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:23.960
 it means that God continues to teach us through his word

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:26.900
 the Holy Spirit will continue to bring us

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.780
 to deeper truths in the word

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:30.920
 so that we have a clearer and clearer understand

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:32.680
 through the word of who God is

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:34.680
 and what he's done

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:35.900
 and who Jesus is

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:37.440
 and who the Holy Spirit is

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:39.160
 and the nature of sin

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:40.760
 and the nature of our need

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.940
 and the nature of the church

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:44.780
 that God will continue to reveal

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:46.760
 more and more and more truth to us

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:48.019
 as we read the word

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.780
 but the big thing is

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:52.380
 if you could put up this final point

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:55.940
 here's the big thing in closing today

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:58.360
 the big ask

00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:00.599
 Jesus

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:02.860
 the ask that Jesus makes

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:06.119
 he shares his heart with you and me

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.780
 he says

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:10.980
 to George

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.460
 and he says to Missy

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.780
 and he says to Leah

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.060
 and he says to Daniel

00:39:15.060 --> 00:39:15.940
 and Christine

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:18.080
 and he says

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.920
 and to Anne

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:20.460
 and he says to each of us

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:22.800
 you know what is in my deep deep deep heart

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.960
 for each one of you

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:26.420
 what is in my deep heart

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.320
 for each one of you

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:30.200
 is that day

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:33.019
 when you stand in my presence

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:35.560
 and you don't only see my glory

00:39:35.560 --> 00:39:38.920
 but the word for seeing or beholding

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.920
 is also a word for entering in

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.180
 or participating in

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:45.559
 what I'm really looking forward to

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.780
 as I pray over you

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:48.720
 is for you to know

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:50.740
 that I am so looking forward

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.460
 to that day

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.820
 when you stand before me

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.700
 face to face

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:55.920
 right now you are frail

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.440
 and you are weak

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.960
 right now you are beset times

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.680
 by doubts

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:01.559
 and by worries

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.760
 and by anxieties

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:04.460
 right now some of you

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.960
 are very great in the world

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.720
 and some of you

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:08.460
 are failures in the world

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:10.220
 and some of you feel like failures

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:11.199
 or feel like great

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.899
 but there will come a time

00:40:12.899 --> 00:40:14.480
 and that is what I am praying for

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.559
 there will come a time

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:17.279
 and I am looking forward to it

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:19.399
 when you stand in my presence

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:21.199
 and you stand in my presence

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:22.939
 I have redeemed you

00:40:22.939 --> 00:40:24.519
 and you can stand in my presence

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.239
 and you will see me as I am

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.739
 it will no longer be faith

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:29.839
 but you will see me

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:31.639
 and when you see me

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.759
 you will see my glory

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:34.500
 and when you see me

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.559
 and you see my glory

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.579
 you will be like me

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.819
 and you will enter into

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.700
 and participate

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:40.160
 and drink

00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:41.800
 and eat

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:43.240
 and breathe

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:45.580
 and be at one with

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 my great glory

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 and that is my hope

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.500
 for every person

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.580
 who knows Jesus

00:40:53.580 --> 00:40:59.600
 and God made us to hope

00:40:59.600 --> 00:41:02.500
 I don't know what Jeremiah said

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.500
 in the learner's exchange

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:06.019
 but Buddhism has something

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:07.420
 seriously wrong

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:09.559
 one of the things

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.199
 George

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:13.519
 somehow that triggered Siri

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:15.500
 maybe we're saying Buddhism

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:17.460
 said it was wrong

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:19.579
 Siri was going to challenge me on that

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:23.460
 it was seriously wrong

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.980
 yeah yeah

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.500
 oh that's why I said Siri

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.159
 ah

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.980
 okay

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.380
 okay

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:30.840
 it's just so weird

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.099
 eh

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:32.099
 anyway

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:34.219
 I guess you couldn't hear that

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:35.579
 because it's a bit far from the mic

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.340
 but

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:39.460
 God made us as human beings

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:41.380
 not just to always live in the moment

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:43.579
 but God made us as human beings

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.920
 to be fruitful and multiply

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:47.159
 and being fruitful and multiply

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.619
 means that you want to bear fruit

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:50.240
 which means you look to the future

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:52.420
 my wife loves gardening

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:54.480
 she's already making plans

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:56.420
 about the seeds that she's going to buy

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:58.039
 and other types of things

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.119
 that she can plant them

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.820
 so she can see fruit

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:03.420
 and it's not a bad thing

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.760
 in fact

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.740
 hope

00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:06.519
 this view of the future

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.780
 and a concern for the future

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:09.340
 is a food for the soul

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:11.019
 we need to hope

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:12.340
 and we struggle

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.680
 we might struggle with optimism

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:15.400
 we might struggle with pessimism

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:17.320
 but what God wants

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.720
 and that's what he's trying to express

00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:19.619
 here in this prayer

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:21.760
 is that Jesus wants us to pray

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.539
 something like this

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.280
 righteous father

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:24.840
 please grip me with the gospel

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:27.680
 and so free and heal my heart

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:29.500
 that day by day

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.960
 I will feed on the sure

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.940
 and certain hope

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.960
 that I will behold

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:35.019
 and enter in

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:37.140
 to the eternal weight of glory

00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:38.960
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:41.240
 you see

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:42.260
 Jesus tells us

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.460
 that this is his desire

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.280
 so that we know

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:45.440
 what his desire is

00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.539
 sometimes our discipleship

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.559
 will be very hard

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:51.100
 sometimes being a faithful witness

00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:52.000
 of Jesus means

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:53.460
 that people will not like us

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:55.539
 they won't want to invite us

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:56.240
 to their parties

00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:58.220
 we might lose promotions over it

00:42:58.220 --> 00:43:00.639
 we might lose placements over it

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:03.059
 because we bear witness to Jesus

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:05.400
 and that can be very hard

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:08.119
 and in the midst of hardship

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.579
 we still hope

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:13.159
 and Jesus wants us to feed

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:14.199
 on the promises

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:15.400
 that he has made

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.179
 that are sure

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.960
 and trustworthy

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.800
 and certain

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.900
 and the sure

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.699
 and trustworthy

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:22.079
 and certain promise

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.980
 that he has made

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:24.559
 is that one day

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:26.039
 if we are in him

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:27.500
 we will behold his glory

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:29.539
 and enter into his glory

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:33.259
 and as we walk

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:34.119
 and as we live

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:35.019
 and as we plan

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:36.199
 and as we do what we do

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:38.259
 as we deal with failure

00:43:38.259 --> 00:43:39.619
 and as we deal with success

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:41.519
 in the midst of all of that

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:44.940
 Jesus wants the Holy Spirit

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:46.059
 to move within you

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:47.500
 in a mighty and powerful way

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:49.759
 that you might live each day

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.500
 day by day

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.080
 with hope

00:43:51.080 --> 00:43:53.320
 the sure and certain hope

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:55.200
 let's bow our heads

00:43:55.200 --> 00:43:56.220
 actually please stand

00:43:56.220 --> 00:44:13.300
 Father we thank you for Jesus

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:15.740
 we thank you that he saw

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:17.620
 everything there is to see about us

00:44:17.620 --> 00:44:19.680
 that he sees the things

00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.720
 which are really bright

00:44:20.720 --> 00:44:21.340
 and shining

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.920
 and glorious

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.600
 and beautiful

00:44:22.600 --> 00:44:23.800
 and he sees the things

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:24.700
 which are dark

00:44:24.700 --> 00:44:25.260
 and dank

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:25.900
 and ugly

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.539
 and evil

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:28.539
 and still he loved us

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.760
 and still he was willing

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.800
 to die on the cross

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.400
 for us

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:33.240
 and still he was willing

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:34.140
 to embrace

00:44:34.140 --> 00:44:35.800
 all of who we are

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:37.720
 all of how each one of us is

00:44:37.720 --> 00:44:39.440
 and take that into himself

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:41.139
 that he might bear

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:42.820
 the consequences for it

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:44.139
 and he might give us

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:44.740
 his glory

00:44:44.740 --> 00:44:45.579
 and his goodness

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:47.340
 Father we thank you

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.860
 for Jesus

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:49.159
 we ask that you would grip us

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:49.980
 with the gospel

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.679
 and what it is

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:52.000
 that Jesus has done for us

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.720
 and who he is

00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:54.300
 and that you might fill

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:55.159
 each one of us

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:55.840
 day by day

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.480
 with hope

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:58.320
 Father you know

00:44:58.320 --> 00:44:59.559
 we you know

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.579
 that we have to have hopes

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:01.380
 for other things

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:02.599
 for for meals

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.280
 and jobs

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:04.740
 and you do not despise

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.659
 those things Father

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:06.360
 but we know

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:08.260
 that all of our lesser hopes

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:09.220
 are purified

00:45:09.220 --> 00:45:11.000
 and made perfect

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:13.539
 by this deep Christian hope

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:15.019
 of what our ultimate end

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:16.220
 and destiny is

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:17.700
 amongst the changes

00:45:17.700 --> 00:45:18.380
 and chances

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:19.680
 of this fleeting world

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:21.599
 that you have called us

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:23.180
 to see and behold

00:45:23.180 --> 00:45:24.079
 and enter in

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:25.880
 to an eternal weight of glory

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:27.380
 the eternal weight of glory

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:29.160
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:45:29.160 --> 00:45:30.980
 our Lord and our Savior

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:32.480
 so Father

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:34.360
 grow hope

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.340
 within us

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:36.559
 and we ask this

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.579
 in Jesus' name

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.740
 Amen