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 So I am a great fan in my final cabinet on my computer of Christmas sermons.

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! And each year I kind of open them up in the last week of November and begin to look.

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! Yeah, they're not great, there's lots of them.

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 And I want to try and really look at, to try and look freshly at John 1.

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 So I've tried to prepare this, apart from any commentaries. So I don't think any of this is heretical.

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 It's fresh to me. I hope it'll be fresh to you.

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 I really want to speak from one verse and kind of expand out from there.

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 So it's John 1 verse 14. Here's this mind-bending verse,

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 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt on my flesh, and we have seen His glory.

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 And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling amongst us, and we have seen His glory.

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 That's what we are going to be celebrating over these next number of weeks.

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 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.

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 And the name of that Word who became flesh, John will tell us, is Jesus.

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 Jesus is the Word of God who became flesh and made His dwelling among us.

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 Let's unpack this statement and think about this.

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 So the first point is from verse 1, and that is that He was in the beginning.

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 In the beginning was the Word.

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 There's an enormous interest, isn't there, in origins.

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 So the TV programme, Who Do You Think You Are?

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 You go into one of the bookshops, you go into Waterstones in Ealing,

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 and you'll find shelves and shelves of books on how things began.

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 What was there before the Big Bang, that sort of thing.

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 John tells us, doesn't he, that the Word was there at the beginning.

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 At the beginning, the Word was already there.

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 And so if you want to know what was there before creation,

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 John tells us the Word was there before creation.

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 What do you think of when you think of words?

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 What do you think of when you think of words?

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 I think of meaning.

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 Words mean something.

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 We have dictionaries, don't we?

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 Or at least we used to.

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 And a dictionary tells us the meaning of words.

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 Thousands and thousands of words.

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 And every word has a meaning.

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 Words matter.

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 And so what was there at the beginning?

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 There was the Word, says John.

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 There was meaning.

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 It's a really popular view of the universe today,

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 that it is completely meaningless.

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 That it arose out of chaos, completely by chance.

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 It might never have happened, but it did.

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 It arose out of chaos, and it will end in chaos.

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 And our lives, our little lives,

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 are part of this chaotic, meaningless affair.

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 But John says no.

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 John says no.

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 In the beginning there was meaning.

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 In the beginning was the Word,

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 and words mean something.

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 He doesn't say in the beginning,

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 and there was God, and there goes.

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 He says in the beginning was the Word.

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 There is meaning behind the universe.

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 And before the universe,

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 this universe has meaning.

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 In the beginning was the Word.

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 What else do we think of when we think of words?

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 We don't have meaning.

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 We also think of personality.

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 Things don't speak.

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 Although, we have to say,

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 when you kind of ring up a company,

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 you often find when you speak on the phone,

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 you're trying to ring the gas company or the electric company.

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 You're speaking to a thing, aren't you?

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 What's that like?

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 What's that like?

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 You're speaking to a kind of voice that comes back to you.

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 It's not a human voice.

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 But even that thing which you speak to,

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 which is so frustrating when you ring the gas board,

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 all the electricity,

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 it's been programmed to speak, hasn't it?

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 Things don't speak.

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 People, persons, speak.

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 And so what was there at the beginning?

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 Nothing.

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 It's impossible.

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 Because something can't come from nothing, can it?

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 So there's always been something.

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 There's never been nothing.

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 There's always been something.

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 And what is the something that's always been there?

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 Well, was it a chemical reaction?

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 And was it a mathematical formula?

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 No, before and behind the physics and the chemistry and the maths,

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 there was the word, it says John.

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 There was personhood.

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 And there was personality.

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 And so someone like Richard Dawkins,

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 he wants to argue, doesn't he,

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 that somehow the impersonal has given rise to the personal.

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 But John says, no, that could never have happened.

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 It would never have happened.

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 No, John says, you see,

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 it was a person that gave rise to persons.

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 In the beginning was the word.

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 Things don't speak.

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 In the beginning there was meaning.

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 In the beginning there was a person.

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 And so if you want to grasp the universe in which you live,

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 if you want to grasp the centre of the universe,

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 you have to hear and respond to this word.

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 You have to know this person.

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 And you have to have a relationship with this person.

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 And if you want to grasp the meaning of the universe,

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 it's not a question of knowing the right mathematical formula.

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 It's not a question of being able to analyse the chemistry.

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 It's a question of knowing a person.

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 Because in the beginning was the word.

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 The third thing that I think of when we think of the word or words

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 is communication.

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 And words have meaning, don't they?

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 Words are spoken by persons

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 in order to communicate with one another.

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 Words are bridges

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 from one mind

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 to other minds.

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 Hopefully that is

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 what is going on now, isn't it?

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 That the words I speak

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 are a bridge from my mind

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 hopefully into your mind.

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 As though from your faces

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 you wouldn't know.

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 And hopefully my words

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 are coming to you

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 and are bridging the gap

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 between you and you.

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 That's what words do.

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 If we want someone else

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 to know what we're thinking

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 what do we do?

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 Children, what do we do?

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 If we want someone else

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 to know what we're thinking

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 what do we do?

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 What do we do?

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 That's right.

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 That's right.

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 We do, don't we?

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 We tell them.

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 We speak.

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 Words bridge the gap.

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 If we want to make

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 ourselves known to someone else

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 we speak, we use words.

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 Without words

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 we wouldn't be able

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 to know each other.

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 At all.

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 What a bleak world

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 it would be

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 if it was a wordless world.

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 And that is

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 unless you speak to me

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 I can't know you.

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 I could analyse you.

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 I probably couldn't.

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 But I've tried.

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 I could get someone

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 to analyse you

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 chemically, couldn't I?

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 I could get someone

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 to plot your genome system

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 and your DNA.

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 We could get you

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 a CT scan of your body.

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 We could record

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 in some scientific way

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 the workings of your brain.

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 But I still wouldn't know you

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 would I?

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 I wouldn't know you

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 unless you spoke to me.

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 And words are wonderful things,

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 aren't they?

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 Absolutely wonderful things.

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 And so some of you

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 are separated

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 from your family

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 by thousands of miles

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 but you can speak

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 to each other

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 on the phone.

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 You can email

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 one another.

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 You know what it's like

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 on Skype

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 or FaceTime

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 my mother.

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 It's not brilliant

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 on the technology front.

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 But when you

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 can see them

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 but you can't hear them

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 it's so frustrating

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 isn't it?

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 Or she can hear you

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 and you can't hear her.

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 And so we can speak

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 to people

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 who are separated

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 by a thousand miles

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 whereas people

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 who live maybe next door

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 or even in the same house

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 if they're not speaking

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 and there's no communication

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 we don't know each other at all.

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 because what wonderful things

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 words are.

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 What was there before creation?

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 In the beginning

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 what was there?

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 In the beginning

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 John says the word was

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 there was meaning

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 there was personality

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 and there was communication.

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 These are the essence of reality.

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 There was a speaking God.

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 A God who doesn't keep himself

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 to himself.

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 A God who wants

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 to be known.

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 A God who wants

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 to make himself known.

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 And John says

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 that Jesus

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 is that word of God.

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 And Jesus

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 is God

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 revealing himself.

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 Jesus is God

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 making himself known.

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 Jesus is the word of God.

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 The next thing we learn

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 about the word

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 is that the word was

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 can you see it?

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 With God.

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 This one

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 and the word was

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 God.

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 He was with God.

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 It implies

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 doesn't it?

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 A closeness

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 to God.

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 It implies

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 a very close

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 relationship.

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 It means

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 something like this

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 he was face to face

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 with God.

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 He was besides God.

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 There was nothing else

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 to be with God

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 but the word

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 was there with God.

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 And Jesus

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 is the one

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 who has always

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 been there with God

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 in perfect fellowship

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 with God.

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 And so you go

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 later on

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 in John 17

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 and the Lord Jesus

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 prays

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 and before he

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 gives himself

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 to die

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 and he says

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 he asks his father

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 to give him

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 the glory

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 that he had

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 before the world

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 began.

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 He was always

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 there with God.

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 And John

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 goes a step further

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 and he says

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 he was with God

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 and he was God.

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 And that's the only way

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 you can translate

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 that statement.

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 John

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 begins

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 and ends

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 his gospel

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 with the statement

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 about the deity

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 John 1

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 verse 1

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 says

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 he was God.

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 Towards the end

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 of the gospel

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 after the resurrection

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 Thomas

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 falls down

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 before the risen Jesus

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 and says to him

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 my Lord

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 and my God.

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 And Jesus

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 to John

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 is the word

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 and the word

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 is God.

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 He was with God

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 and he was God

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 and I can't

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 understand that.

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 I can just

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 adore it

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 can't I?

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 And I can

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 wonder at it.

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 And when the

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 gospel witnesses

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 come around

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 your door

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 and they say

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 to you

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 how can you

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 understand that?

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 How can you

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 explain that?

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 What do you say?

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 You say

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 I can't.

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 You say

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 I'm sorry

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 I can't.

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 But what would

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 you expect

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 of God?

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 I can't even

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 understand myself.

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 I can't

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 understand

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 how they

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 are meaning.

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 Completely

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 the universe

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 what would

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 you expect

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 from the

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 God who

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 created the

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 whole thing?

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 Would you

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 expect to

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 understand it?

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 The word

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 was with God

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 and the word

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 was God.

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 He shared

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 one divine

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 nature.

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 The third

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 thing we

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 learnt from

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 this passage

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 is that the

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 word was the

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 creator of

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 all things.

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 I love

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 verse 3.

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 All things

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 were made

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 through him

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 and without

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 him was not

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 anything made

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 that was

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 made.

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 Far from

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 being something

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 that God

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 has created

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 like Jehovah

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 Witnesses

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 believe,

00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:29.559
 J.W.S.

00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:29.980
 believes that

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 Jesus was the

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 first created

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 being.

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 He was the

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 greatest being,

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 the highest

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 being, the

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 most wonderful

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 of all beings

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 but he was

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 the first

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 created being.

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 He's a

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 created being,

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 he's just a

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 top angel.

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 But John

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 says no,

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 he was never

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 created.

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 The word is

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 not part of

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 creation.

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 Everything that

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 has been made

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 was made

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 through him

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 and so

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 think right

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 now,

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 think of all

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 that's been

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 made,

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 if it was

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 made,

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 if it was

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 created.

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 It was

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 created

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 through him

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 and by him.

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 And so

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 he isn't

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 created

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 and he

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 isn't part

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 of creation.

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 There are

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 two levels

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 of reality.

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 There are

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 only two

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 levels of

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 reality.

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 There is

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 the eternal

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 uncreated

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 reality

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 and there

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 is the

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 created

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 finite

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 reality.

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 And the

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 word belongs

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 to the

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 former,

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 not the

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 latter.

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 He belongs

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 to the

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 eternal

00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.920
 uncreated

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 reality,

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 not to

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 the created

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 finite

00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.139
 reality.

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 Jesus is

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 the creator

00:13:38.599 --> 00:13:38.879
 of the

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 universe.

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 And what

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.839
 that means

00:13:41.839 --> 00:13:42.139
 is that

00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:42.860
 this universe

00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.719
 is his,

00:13:43.839 --> 00:13:44.459
 every atom

00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:44.980
 is his.

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 And he

00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:47.259
 is sovereign

00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.899
 over all

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 of it and

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 he rules

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 over it.

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 And so

00:13:51.099 --> 00:13:51.439
 that means

00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:51.799
 that we

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 as Christians

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 have nothing

00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.000
 to fear.

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 It's

00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.199
 Jesus Christ

00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:57.659
 the universe

00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:57.899
 and he

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 made it.

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 It also

00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:01.399
 means that

00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:02.039
 creation

00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.599
 should be

00:14:02.599 --> 00:14:03.079
 enjoyed.

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 And it

00:14:04.959 --> 00:14:05.219
 should be

00:14:05.219 --> 00:14:05.899
 cared for.

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 By Christians

00:14:06.839 --> 00:14:08.179
 of all

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 people.

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 Because when

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 we enjoy,

00:14:10.459 --> 00:14:10.699
 when we

00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.279
 care for

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.740
 creation,

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 we are

00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.099
 enjoying and

00:14:13.099 --> 00:14:14.339
 caring for

00:14:14.339 --> 00:14:14.899
 what belongs

00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:15.279
 to our

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 Saviour

00:14:15.599 --> 00:14:16.719
 Jesus Christ.

00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:19.699
 So when

00:14:19.699 --> 00:14:20.039
 we're

00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:20.839
 caring for

00:14:20.839 --> 00:14:21.159
 creation,

00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:21.620
 when we're

00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.219
 enjoying

00:14:22.219 --> 00:14:22.980
 creation,

00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.839
 we're not

00:14:23.839 --> 00:14:24.279
 doing something

00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:24.779
 other than

00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:25.240
 our Christian

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.719
 faith.

00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.379
 It's part of

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.699
 our Christian

00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:27.899
 faith.

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 So enjoy

00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:28.799
 your walking.

00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:29.860
 Don't drop

00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:30.099
 litter.

00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.059
 Enjoy the

00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:32.579
 sunsets,

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.899
 the hills,

00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.439
 the lakes,

00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:37.279
 the sea,

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:37.899
 Jesus made

00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.099
 them.

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:39.919
 They belong

00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.339
 to Jesus.

00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:42.639
 And if

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:42.839
 you're a

00:14:42.839 --> 00:14:43.019
 Christian,

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.379
 you have

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.059
 a duty to

00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:44.339
 enjoy

00:14:44.339 --> 00:14:44.899
 creation.

00:14:46.439 --> 00:14:46.699
 It's like

00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:47.099
 afterwards.

00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:49.559
 The fourth

00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:49.899
 thing about

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.599
 the word is

00:14:50.599 --> 00:14:51.620
 that he is

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.500
 the source

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.659
 and the

00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:54.099
 giver of

00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:54.659
 life and

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:54.819
 light.

00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.039
 Can you

00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:55.240
 see that

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.599
 verse 4?

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:58.379
 in him

00:14:58.379 --> 00:14:59.300
 was life

00:14:59.300 --> 00:15:00.399
 and the

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.800
 life was

00:15:00.800 --> 00:15:01.220
 the light

00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.860
 of man.

00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:02.960
 He's the

00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.320
 source of

00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:03.680
 life and

00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:03.960
 light.

00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:05.759
 Two words

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.200
 that are

00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.180
 very common

00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:10.000
 in John's

00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.300
 gospel.

00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:12.440
 He's going

00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.019
 to explore

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.159
 them.

00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.399
 You can

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:13.879
 trace the

00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.379
 themes right

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:14.560
 the way

00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:14.920
 through the

00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:15.200
 gospel.

00:15:17.300 --> 00:15:17.899
 So without

00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:18.899
 a word from

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.360
 God,

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.279
 all is

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.940
 death and

00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:21.460
 darkness.

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:21.540
 darkness.

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.560
 What was

00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:25.019
 life like

00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.300
 before

00:15:25.300 --> 00:15:26.000
 Genesis 1

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.300
 in the

00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:26.580
 beginning?

00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:29.120
 Death and

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.700
 darkness and

00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.139
 then God

00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.540
 spoke.

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.240
 And when

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.740
 God spoke

00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.080
 there was

00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.440
 light.

00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:36.780
 And eventually

00:15:36.780 --> 00:15:37.019
 there was

00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.360
 life.

00:15:38.660 --> 00:15:39.220
 All

00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:40.440
 light and

00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:41.180
 all life

00:15:41.180 --> 00:15:42.300
 come from

00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:42.620
 the word

00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.019
 of God.

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:44.759
 And that

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.160
 goes for

00:15:45.160 --> 00:15:45.580
 spiritual

00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:46.300
 light and

00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.680
 light as

00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:46.860
 well.

00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.820
 Jesus is

00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.620
 the source

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.379
 of spiritual

00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.040
 light and

00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:51.280
 life.

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:51.860
 And in

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.300
 John's

00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:52.759
 gospel you

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.160
 find him

00:15:53.160 --> 00:15:53.560
 saying things

00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:53.840
 like this.

00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:54.360
 If you

00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:54.840
 believe in

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.700
 me, you

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:55.940
 will have

00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:56.200
 eternal

00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:56.600
 life.

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.480
 If you

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:58.900
 follow me,

00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.480
 death cannot

00:15:59.480 --> 00:15:59.879
 touch you.

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.580
 I am the

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:01.519
 resurrection and

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.000
 the life.

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.700
 And so you

00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.700
 see him raising

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.360
 Lazarus from

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.840
 the dead.

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.280
 And he

00:16:06.280 --> 00:16:06.680
 says, I

00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:06.900
 am the

00:16:06.900 --> 00:16:07.220
 light of

00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:07.740
 the world.

00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:09.820
 I come

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:10.120
 into the

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.379
 world to

00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:10.940
 bring light

00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.300
 and you

00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:11.879
 see him

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.400
 giving light

00:16:12.400 --> 00:16:13.259
 to a blind

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:13.960
 man from

00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.540
 birth.

00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.800
 All is

00:16:16.800 --> 00:16:17.680
 darkness and

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.220
 death apart

00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:18.660
 from Jesus

00:16:18.660 --> 00:16:19.080
 Christ.

00:16:20.660 --> 00:16:21.180
 And if you

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:21.479
 don't know

00:16:21.479 --> 00:16:22.039
 Jesus, it

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.819
 is darkness

00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.319
 and death

00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:25.639
 without

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.059
 Jesus.

00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:28.219
 So the

00:16:28.219 --> 00:16:28.620
 word was in

00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:29.019
 the beginning

00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:30.519
 and the

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:30.859
 word was

00:16:30.859 --> 00:16:31.419
 with God

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:31.659
 and the

00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.159
 word was

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.539
 God and

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.079
 the word is

00:16:33.079 --> 00:16:33.579
 the creator

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 of all

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 things.

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 He was

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 never created

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 and the

00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:38.120
 word is the

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 source and

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 the giver of

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 all light

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 and life.

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 And then

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.439
 back to our

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:41.819
 verse in

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 verse 14.

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 John says,

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 and the

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:47.660
 word became

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 flesh and

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 dwelt

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 to

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 mass.

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 The

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 tenses of

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 the verse in

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 chapter 1 are

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 really, really

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 important.

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 And we've

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 seen what the

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 word is,

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 what the word

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 always was.

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 In the

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:03.800
 beginning was

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 the word.

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 The word was

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 in the

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:05.799
 beginning.

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 Now we

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.539
 see this.

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 We say that

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 the word

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 became.

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 There was

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 one particular

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 point in

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 history when

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 the word

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 who always

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 was became.

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 There's a

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 point in

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 history where

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 the word

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 who always

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:32.020
 was became

00:17:32.020 --> 00:17:34.000
 what he

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 wasn't.

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 What he

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 had not

00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:37.460
 been.

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.660
 The word

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 became

00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:41.000
 flesh.

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 Without

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.980
 ceasing to

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 be what

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 he was,

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 he became

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 what he

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 was not.

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 There was

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 a point in

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 history where

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 the eternal

00:17:50.520 --> 00:17:51.140
 everlasting

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 word became

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 what he'd

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 not been

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 before.

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 And it

00:17:55.780 --> 00:17:56.220
 wasn't by

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 discarding

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 his deity.

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 It wasn't

00:17:58.280 --> 00:17:58.680
 by getting

00:17:58.680 --> 00:17:59.020
 rid of

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 his

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 godness.

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 God

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.280
 can't

00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:03.820
 cease to

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:04.720
 be God.

00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:05.460
 He never

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.020
 ceased to

00:18:06.020 --> 00:18:06.420
 be what

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 he was

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:08.640
 God,

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 but he

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.340
 took and

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 he assumed

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 something that

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 he was

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.720
 not.

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.920
 He took

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.380
 flesh.

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.620
 He became

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.500
 flesh.

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 And John

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.279
 chooses

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:22.779
 that word

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.600
 really very

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 carefully.

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 He doesn't

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 say he

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.240
 became human.

00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.519
 He doesn't

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.080
 even say that

00:18:29.080 --> 00:18:29.600
 he took a

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:29.920
 body.

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.160
 He became

00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.840
 flesh.

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 And the word

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.140
 flesh in the

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:33.860
 Bible has

00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.500
 got all

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:34.920
 types of

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.080
 meanings.

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 It's a really

00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:36.480
 rich word.

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.140
 it can

00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:37.880
 mean meat.

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:40.259
 It can

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.059
 mean body

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.519
 tissue.

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.319
 The stuff

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:43.740
 your body

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.120
 is made

00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:44.400
 of.

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 It can

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:46.920
 mean that

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.180
 and it

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.500
 does mean

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.779
 that of

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.039
 course.

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.420
 But from

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:50.839
 that it

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.400
 came to

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:53.740
 mean flesh

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.500
 in contrast

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.180
 to God.

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.140
 So God

00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.660
 is not

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.360
 flesh.

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.500
 What is

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.000
 God?

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.299
 God is a

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.460
 spirit.

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.700
 He's not

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.240
 flesh.

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.559
 He is

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:10.920
 spirit.

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:12.440
 Man is

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.700
 flesh.

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.500
 And flesh

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:17.900
 came to

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.240
 mean in

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.400
 the Bible

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.920
 humankind

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.640
 in contrast

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.079
 to God.

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.400
 Humanity

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:22.940
 in its

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.400
 frailty

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:24.759
 and its

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.119
 weakness

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.819
 and its

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.259
 mortality.

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.180
 Humanity

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.559
 in its

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.359
 liability

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.519
 to aging

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.480
 and decay

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.720
 and suffering

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.740
 and dying.

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.620
 Flesh in

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.120
 the Bible

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.100
 is what

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:37.180
 fades and

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.759
 perishes

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.079
 in the

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.539
 passing of

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.880
 time.

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.620
 In other

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:40.839
 words,

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.600
 flesh is

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.079
 the opposite

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.680
 of God.

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.140
 And it

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.620
 says here,

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:46.880
 can you

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.120
 see in

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:47.720
 verse 14,

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.880
 the word

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.339
 became

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.799
 flesh.

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.100
 Do you

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.380
 remember how

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:54.880
 Jesus said

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.100
 this?

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.559
 He said,

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.680
 the spirit

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.360
 is willing

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:59.079
 but the

00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:00.000
 flesh is

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.380
 weak.

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.440
 Isaiah

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.960
 says,

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.839
 all flesh

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.920
 is like

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.799
 grass

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.640
 that

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.279
 withers,

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.660
 that

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:09.039
 fades.

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.579
 Flesh

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.480
 fades like

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.140
 the flower

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.420
 of the

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:13.819
 grass.

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:14.980
 The

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.380
 apostle Paul

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:15.559
 says,

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.400
 flesh and

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.920
 flesh cannot

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.539
 inherit the

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.960
 kingdom of

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.360
 God.

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.420
 Flesh is

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.839
 mankind,

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.400
 humankind

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.740
 in its

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.079
 weakness

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.819
 and frailty.

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.579
 And John

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.059
 says here

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.360
 that the

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.860
 word,

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.000
 who was

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.680
 everything

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.500
 that God

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.940
 is,

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.640
 became

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.740
 flesh.

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.620
 That is,

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.100
 he became

00:20:34.100 --> 00:20:34.420
 everything

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.200
 that man

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.600
 is,

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.000
 which is

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.380
 everything

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:36.860
 that God

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.480
 is not.

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:41.320
 The word

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:42.220
 was everything

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.120
 that God

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.580
 was,

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:43.920
 became

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.220
 everything

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.640
 that God

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.100
 was not.

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.500
 Flesh.

00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:49.040
 He who

00:20:49.040 --> 00:20:49.400
 was one

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.720
 with his

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.300
 father in

00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:51.160
 his divinity

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.780
 became one

00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:53.160
 with us

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.420
 in our

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.900
 humanity.

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.840
 That's the

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.220
 miracle of

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.320
 the

00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:56.780
 incarnation.

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.839
 God

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.339
 became

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.099
 man.

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.339
 The word

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.759
 became

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.339
 flesh.

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.899
 He was

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.500
 human

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.160
 physically.

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:05.859
 He was

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.799
 born in

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.299
 the usual

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.639
 way.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:07.879
 Nothing

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.259
 unusual

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.579
 but his

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.879
 birth.

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.920
 He was

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.599
 not conceived

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:11.960
 in the

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.139
 usual

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.480
 way.

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.940
 But he

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.440
 was born

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.700
 in the

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:14.899
 usual

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.200
 way.

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:16.639
 He

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.240
 cried.

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.079
 And he

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.519
 cried.

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.839
 Jesus

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.700
 cried and

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.359
 he grew

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.359
 in stature.

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.819
 He was

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.099
 one of

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.399
 us.

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.240
 All

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.519
 babies

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:28.960
 cried.

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.799
 Babies

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:29.980
 don't

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.279
 cry,

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.420
 they're

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.579
 not

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.839
 human.

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.279
 He

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.460
 was

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.879
 hungry

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.180
 and he

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.359
 was

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:33.859
 thirsty.

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:34.720
 The

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:34.879
 Lord

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.059
 Jesus

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.460
 had to

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.859
 sleep

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.139
 and he

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.279
 was

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.740
 tired.

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.099
 He

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.220
 knew

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.379
 what it

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.559
 was

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:38.720
 to

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.279
 sweat.

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.299
 He

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.399
 knew

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.539
 what it

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.720
 was

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:41.899
 to

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.299
 bleed.

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.539
 He

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.779
 suffered

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.200
 real

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.680
 pain.

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:43.920


00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.139
 died

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.319
 a

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.619
 real

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.019
 death.

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.200
 He

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.519
 became

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:45.920
 flesh

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.759
 physically.

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.059
 He

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.240
 was

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.579
 human

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.279
 emotionally.

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.680
 He

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.279
 experienced

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.579
 the

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.539
 emotional

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:51.859
 pain

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.139
 of being

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.660
 betrayed.

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.660
 He

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:53.980
 knew

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.339
 the

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.099
 pain

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.399
 of what

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.500
 it

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:55.680
 was

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:57.820
 to

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:55.860
 be

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.500
 misunderstood.

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.560
 The

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:58.720
 pain

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:58.980
 of having

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.160
 his

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.460
 friends

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.039
 forsaken

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.160
 him.

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.240


00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.759
 experienced

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.220
 sorrow

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.480
 and he

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.620
 was

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.240
 bereaved.

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:02.460
 He

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.740
 wept

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.259
 real

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.799
 tears.

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.080
 He

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.320
 was

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.580
 a

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.000
 man.

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:06.860
 And

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.480
 intellectually

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.799
 he

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:07.960
 was

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.279
 human.

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.539
 He

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.960
 had to

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.380
 ask

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.080
 questions

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.539
 to find

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.799
 out the

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.220
 answer.

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:12.660
 He

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.799
 had to

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:12.920
 be

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.160
 taught

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.340
 how

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.500
 to

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.980
 talk.

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:14.519
 The

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.220
 internal

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.180
 words

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.060
 had to

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.200
 be

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.500
 taught

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.880
 by his

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.019
 mum

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.180
 and

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.519
 dad

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.720
 how

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:18.880
 to

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.240
 talk.

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 They

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.180
 were

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.380
 really

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.680
 thrilled

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:22.940
 that

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.200
 day

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.859
 weren't

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.039
 they?

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:25.960
 They

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.099
 were

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.319
 really

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.620
 thrilled

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:26.859
 when

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.200
 Joseph

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.480
 came

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.740
 home

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.000
 from

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.519
 work

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:28.819
 one

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.099
 day

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.920
 and

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.180
 Mary

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.460
 said

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.680
 who

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:31.880
 is

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.140
 that?

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.720
 And

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.039
 Jesus

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.559
 said

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:36.039
 Abba

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:38.420
 Daddy

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.660
 his

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.000
 adopted

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.460
 father.

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.279
 Like

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.519
 every

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.799
 father

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:42.980
 he

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.099
 was

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.460
 pleased.

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.440
 Like

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.680
 every

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.920
 father

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.079
 is

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.299
 pleased

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.460
 when

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.599
 their

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:45.819
 child

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.120
 begins

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.279
 to

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.620
 talk

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.140
 and

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.640
 recognize

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:47.799
 him.

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.180
 The

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.740
 eternal

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.259
 word

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.519
 helps

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.740
 learn

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:49.899
 how

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.000
 to

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.299
 speak.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.200
 The

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.379
 one

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.519
 who

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.879
 created

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.099
 the

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.460
 universe

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.659
 had

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:53.740
 to

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:53.879
 be

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.200
 taught

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.419
 by

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:54.619
 his

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.000
 father

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.460
 how

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.579
 to

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.940
 knock

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.200
 and

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.500
 nail

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.700
 in

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.099
 straight.

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.759
 He

00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.099
 was

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.500
 mad

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.119
 intellectually.

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:01.779
 He

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:01.940
 was

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.379
 mad

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.039
 morally.

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.319
 He

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.440
 was

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.899
 tempted.

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.720
 He

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.180
 struggled

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.759
 to keep

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.139
 his

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.779
 line

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.099
 in

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.319
 will

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.519
 with

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.680
 his

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.159
 father's

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.319
 will.

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:08.799
 He

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.240
 prays

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.359
 in

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:09.460
 the

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.799
 garden

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.399
 if

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.519
 it

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:10.639
 is

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.159
 possible

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:11.779
 for

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:11.960
 this

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.319
 cup

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.500
 to be

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.740
 taken

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.079
 from

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.279
 me.

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.639
 Not

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:14.960
 my

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.180
 will

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.339
 but

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:15.559
 your

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:15.720
 will

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:15.879
 be

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.159
 done.

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.019
 He

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.139
 was

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.399
 mad

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:19.899
 spiritually.

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.519
 Sometimes

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.579
 he

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:23.980
 felt so

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.359
 weak that

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.539
 he had

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.819
 to go

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.099
 to his

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.379
 heavenly

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:25.980
 father in

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.359
 desperate

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.899
 prayer in

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.279
 order to

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.480
 keep

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.799
 on.

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.599
 He

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.039
 felt the

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.559
 pain of

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:30.740
 being

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.299
 forsaken.

00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:31.599
 My

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.980
 God,

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.220
 my

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.579
 God,

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:32.799
 why

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:32.919
 have

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.019
 you

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.379
 forsaken

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.619
 me?

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.359
 He

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.500
 was

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.879
 mad.

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.839
 And

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:37.959
 the

00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.240
 word

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.459
 was

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:38.899
 everything

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.119
 that

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.399
 God

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:39.980
 is

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.639
 became

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.159
 everything

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.379
 that

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.559
 we

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.759
 are

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.039
 apart

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.179
 from

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.359
 our

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.659
 sin.

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.299
 And

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.459
 this

00:23:44.459 --> 00:23:44.859
 incredible

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.279
 act of

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.839
 self-humbling

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.099
 was

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.879
 irreversible.

00:23:48.719 --> 00:23:49.139
 And we

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.639
 often forget

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:49.859
 that,

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.259
 don't we?

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.579
 It was

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.079
 irreversible.

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.319
 There was

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.639
 no going

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.139
 back from

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.659
 Bethlehem.

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.419
 There was

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:54.819
 no going

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.279
 back from

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.799
 being one

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.019
 with

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.519
 humanity.

00:23:57.979 --> 00:23:58.219
 He's

00:23:58.219 --> 00:23:58.500
 still a

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.719
 man's

00:23:58.719 --> 00:23:58.839
 right.

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.039
 We've

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.359
 seen that

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.619
 in the

00:23:59.619 --> 00:23:59.959
 last two

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.259
 weeks of

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.379
 the

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.839
 ascension.

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.419
 That

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:02.879
 Jesus is

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.359
 exalted

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.639
 at the

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:03.919
 right

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.439
 hand and

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:04.699
 he is

00:24:04.699 --> 00:24:05.299
 still one

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.639
 of us.

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.219
 He is

00:24:06.219 --> 00:24:06.740
 still a

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.019
 human

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.459
 being.

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:07.959
 There

00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.439
 was no

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:08.659
 going

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.039
 back.

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.279
 The

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.679
 wonder of

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:11.779
 the

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.119
 incarnation.

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:14.779
 Let me

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.119
 read to

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.339
 you from

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.619
 Thomas

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.019
 Brooks.

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.139
 He wrote

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.459
 this about

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:19.819
 360 years

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.119
 ago.

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:23.000
 that Christ

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.659
 should come

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.879
 from the

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.259
 eternal

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.879
 bosom of

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.039
 his

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.719
 father to

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.239
 a region

00:24:28.239 --> 00:24:28.779
 of sorrow

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.459
 and death.

00:24:30.479 --> 00:24:31.299
 That God

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.679
 should be

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.519
 manifested in

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.099
 the flesh.

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.500
 The

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.419
 creator made

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.979
 a creature.

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.719
 That he

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.039
 who was

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.879
 clothed with

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.579
 glory should

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.059
 be wrapped

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.699
 with rags

00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.379
 of flesh.

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.919
 He that

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.479
 filled heaven

00:24:43.479 --> 00:24:44.019
 and earth

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.399
 with his

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:45.199
 glory should

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.799
 be cradled

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.399
 in a manger.

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:47.899
 That the

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.399
 power of

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.919
 God should

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.559
 fly from

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.359
 weak man.

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.059
 The God

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.559
 of Israel

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.419
 into Egypt.

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.039
 That the

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.480
 God of

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.940
 the law

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.339
 should be

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.960
 subject to

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.319
 the law.

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.619
 The God

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:56.899
 of the

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.619
 circumcision

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.700
 circumcised.

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.839
 The God

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.240
 that made

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.799
 the heavens

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.759
 working at

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.339
 Joseph's

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.759
 homely

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.279
 trade.

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.819
 That he

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.659
 who binds

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.359
 the devils

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.000
 in chains

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.319
 should be

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.619
 tempted.

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.200
 That he

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.460
 whose

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.000
 is the

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.720
 world and

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.240
 the fullness

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.839
 thereof

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.379
 should hunger

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.940
 and thirst.

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.299
 That the

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.639
 God of

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.139
 strength

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.559
 should be

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:15.839
 weary.

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.079
 The

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.679
 judge of

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.200
 all

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.799
 flesh

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.399
 condemned.

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.919
 The

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.319
 God of

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.639
 life

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.059
 put to

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.480
 death.

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.359
 That he

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.799
 that is

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.399
 one with

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.559
 his

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.899
 father

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.460
 should cry

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.740
 out of

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.039
 misery.

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.319
 My

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.659
 God,

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:26.879
 my

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.159
 God,

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.440
 why have

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.539
 you

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:27.919
 forsaken

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.159
 me?

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.819
 That he

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.059
 who had

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.559
 the keys

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:30.960
 of hell

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.579
 and death

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.899
 at his

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.299
 girdle

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.799
 should lie

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.419
 imprisoned in

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.559
 the

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.819
 sacral

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.480
 of another.

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.740
 Having

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:35.960
 his

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.460
 lifetime

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.099
 nowhere to

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.480
 lay his

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.879
 head,

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.759
 nor after

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.480
 death to

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.779
 lay his

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.139
 body,

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.759
 that the

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.460
 head before

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.980
 which the

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.619
 angels do

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.259
 cast down

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.139
 their crowns

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.759
 should be

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.179
 crowned with

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.559
 thorns.

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.879
 And those

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.339
 eyes

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.019
 purer than

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.500
 the sun

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.019
 put out

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.359
 by the

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.659
 darkness

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.220
 of death.

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:50.940
 Those

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.720
 ears which

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.299
 hear nothing

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.319
 but hallelujahs

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.720
 of saints

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.339
 and angels

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.460
 to hear the

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.039
 blasphemies

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.240
 of the

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.599
 multitude.

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.440
 That face

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.720
 that was

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.299
 fairer than

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.759
 the sons

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.299
 of man

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.359
 to be

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.819
 spit on

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.220
 by those

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.779
 beastly

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.139
 Jews.

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.779
 That faith

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.480
 and tongue

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.379
 that speak

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.899
 as never

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.700
 man speak

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.200
 accused

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.960
 for blasphemy.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.339
 Those hands

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.940
 that freely

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.579
 swayed the

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.059
 scepter of

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.720
 heaven nailed

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.039
 to the

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.359
 cross.

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.319
 Those feet

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.539
 like

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.099
 under fine

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.979
 brass nailed

00:26:16.979 --> 00:26:17.299
 to the

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.839
 cross for

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.219
 man's

00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:18.679
 sins.

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.879
 Each sense

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.379
 annoyed.

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.119
 His feeling

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.839
 or touching

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.579
 with a

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.079
 spear and

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.299
 nails.

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.000
 His smell

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.740
 with stinking

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.259
 flavour.

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.379
 Being crucified

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.000
 about Gold

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.299
 Gotham,

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.799
 the place

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.579
 of skulls,

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.419
 his taste

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:31.000
 with vinegar

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.599
 and gall,

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.419
 his hearing

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.339
 with reproaches.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.559
 And the

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.059
 sight of his

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.779
 mother and

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.819
 disciples bemoaning

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.579
 him, his

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.819
 soul comfortless

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.539
 and forsaken.

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.879
 And all

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:42.519
 this for

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.059
 those very

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.759
 sins that

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.759
 Satan paints

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.500
 and puts

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.220
 fine colours

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.559
 on.

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.400
 His point

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.420
 is this

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.619
 really.

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:55.980
 It's a great

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.259
 book,

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.819
 precious

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.160
 remedies

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.460
 against

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.799
 Satan's

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.139
 devices.

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.440
 His point

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.779
 is that

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.059
 is what

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.700
 the incarnation

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.299
 cost the

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.599
 Son of

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:01.879
 God.

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.299
 The

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.819
 misview of

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.680
 the incarnation.

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.420
 The word

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.339
 became flesh

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.779
 and made

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.240
 his dwelling

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.980
 amongst us.

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:08.900
 And the

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.220
 word made

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.519
 his dwelling

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.920
 has literally

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.379
 pitched his

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.720
 tent.

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.980
 Tabernacle

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.500
 amongst us

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.920
 is a

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.319
 reference to

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.740
 the wilderness

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.960
 where God

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.880
 dwelt amongst

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.380
 his people

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.120
 in a tent,

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.220
 a portable

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.880
 travelling

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.680
 sanctuary,

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.339
 a tent.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.420
 And that

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.059
 tent, that

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.799
 tabernacle was

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.500
 filled with the

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.160
 glory of God.

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.880
 The glory of

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.440
 God came and

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.920
 filled the

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.420
 tabernacle.

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.400
 And that was

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.059
 the sign that

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.700
 God had taken

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.100
 possession of

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.620
 his tent.

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.120
 That would be

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.759
 the place where

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.120
 Israel encountered

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.620
 God.

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.100
 It would be

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.799
 where sacrifice

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.400
 was offered.

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.160
 It would be

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.620
 where prayer

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.160
 was made.

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.840
 But it was

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.640
 just a shadow.

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.820
 A temporary

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.300
 shadow.

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.540
 And John is

00:27:47.540 --> 00:27:48.060
 saying that

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:49.220
 here now,

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.720
 Jesus is

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.259
 now God

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.740
 with us.

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.360
 God dwells

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.800
 in our midst

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:55.560
 not in a tent

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.200
 or temple

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.680
 but in a

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.000
 person.

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.759
 In a

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.420
 manifesting

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.060
 Emmanuel

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.759
 God with

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:00.980
 us.

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.540
 And he is

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:01.840
 where we

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.480
 encounter God

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.800
 now.

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.280
 The word

00:28:05.280 --> 00:28:05.920
 became flesh

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.259
 and made

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.700
 his dwelling

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.420
 amongst us

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.160
 and we saw

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.740
 his glory.

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.240
 John was

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.880
 an eyewitness.

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.940
 I saw it.

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.120
 John was

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.799
 there at the

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.200
 cross.

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.140
 He saw the

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.640
 blood and

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.039
 the water

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.900
 flowing from

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.740
 the crucified

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.079
 one.

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.680
 We saw his

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.000
 glory,

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.599
 said John.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.579
 It is a

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.000
 story that

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.279
 people have

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.599
 made up.

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:22.960
 John was

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.299
 there.

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.579
 So what

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.940
 does this

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.259
 wonderful

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.620
 truth of

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.039
 the incarnation

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.599
 say to

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.839
 us?

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.160
 It says

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.480
 that God

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.960
 has spoken.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.740
 That the

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.079
 ultimate

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.859
 communication

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.599
 from God

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.039
 to this

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.500
 world

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.539
 life.

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.440
 He spoke

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.900
 before him

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.099
 and he

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.700
 spoke creation

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.140
 into being

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.440
 let there

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.720
 be light

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:41.940
 and there

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.420
 was light.

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.400
 He spoke

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.880
 his words

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.259
 to the

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.759
 prophets,

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.319
 to Moses,

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.579
 but in

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.160
 Jesus the

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.680
 word,

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.599
 everything

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.160
 that God

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.680
 had to

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.900
 say,

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.299
 everything

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.700
 that God

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.460
 possibly

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.819
 could

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.400
 communicate

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.119
 of himself

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.099
 is in

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.900
 Jesus the

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.279
 word become

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.680
 flesh.

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.539
 And so

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.059
 Jesus is

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.400
 God's

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.880
 full and

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.619
 final word.

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.160
 And so

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.500
 what can we

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.859
 say about

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.740
 the incarnation?

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.460
 Three things

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.680
 to be

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.000
 closed.

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.940
 What does

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.359
 incarnation

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.859
 teach us?

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.120
 It first

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.299
 of all

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.700
 teaches us

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.420
 affirmation.

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.539
 Affirmation.

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.259
 It's an

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.900
 affirmation of

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.240
 the value

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.839
 of humanity.

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.200
 The word

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.240
 became flesh

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.660
 and dwelt

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.279
 amongst us.

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.059
 Even though

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.640
 humanity is

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.200
 sinful and

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.740
 his, even

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.339
 though humanity

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.200
 is fallen,

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.720
 God assumed

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.319
 humanity.

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.259
 And what a

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.599
 compliment

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.339
 to humanity

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:37.639
 what an

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.539
 affirmation of

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.039
 the value

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.500
 of human

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.179
 beings to

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.599
 God.

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.819
 Second

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.039
 thing is

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.759
 identification.

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.119
 God

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.059
 identifies with

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.720
 humanity.

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.299
 He became

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.720
 flesh,

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.199
 suffering,

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:50.779
 dying,

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.579
 flesh.

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.240
 He

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.059
 identified with

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.639
 us in our

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.459
 suffering and

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:55.899
 the difficult

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.639
 lives that we

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.879
 live.

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.939
 He came and

00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.639
 lived a

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.619
 difficult life

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.799
 with us.

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.159
 Affirmation,

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.740
 identification,

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.459
 and lastly,

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.059
 salvation.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.000
 It's not the

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.620
 incarnation that

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.120
 saves us.

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:09.840
 It's not.

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.579
 Jesus doesn't

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.360
 save us by

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.799
 becoming a

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.319
 human being.

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.600
 But the

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.420
 incarnation was

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:19.160
 that first

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.140
 wonderful step.

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.680
 The first

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.720
 awesome step

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.259
 that the

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.279
 words took

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.259
 in order for

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.759
 him to die

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.160
 for us.

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:31.259
 he became

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.660
 flesh.

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.060
 And what

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.500
 happens to

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.779
 flesh?

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.800
 Flesh dies.

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.660
 And flesh

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.140
 suffers.

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.440
 And he

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.840
 came to

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.320
 suffer and

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.759
 die for

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.019
 us,

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.600
 for our

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:44.960
 sins.

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.440
 Salvation

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.360
 and adoration.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.500
 And so the

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.080
 call is this,

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.900
 oh come let us

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.560
 adore him.

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:56.879
 who is he

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:58.359
 on yonder

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.899
 store?

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.379
 At his

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.740
 feet,

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.759
 the shepherds

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.159
 fall.

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.159
 Tis the

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:05.460
 Lord,

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.879
 isn't it?

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.279
 The King of

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.659
 glory.

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.220
 Tis the

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.480
 Lord,

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.919
 oh wonder

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.419
 story.

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.859
 At his

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.319
 feet we

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.659
 humbly

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.059
 fall.

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.639
 Crown him,

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.099
 crown him

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.440
 Lord of

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.679
 all.

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:21.460
 And yet the

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.940
 dark side

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.440
 to Christmas

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.200
 is John

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.680
 talks about

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:23.900
 in the

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.259
 preface.

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.120
 The sad

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.660
 truth is that

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.360
 mankind has

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.519
 largely rejected

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.980
 the word.

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.060
 The light

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.440
 has shone

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.759
 into the

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.259
 darkness.

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.080
 In all

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.700
 his glory

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.380
 but men

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.220
 love darkness

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.759
 rather than

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.100
 light.

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.400
 People love

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.940
 the darkness

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.480
 and as soon

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.000
 as the light

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.759
 comes into

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.080
 the world

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.660
 they scurry

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.039
 away.

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.240
 It's like

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.940
 lifting up a

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.820
 rock in the

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.440
 garden at the

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.880
 moment and

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.440
 you see

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.660
 the bugs

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:51.279
 scamper

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.920
 back to the

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.200
 past.

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.200
 And Jesus

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.720
 has come into

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.160
 this world

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.700
 and he shone

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.120
 his light

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.460
 into the

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.920
 world and

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.279
 God has

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.580
 spoken.

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.019
 What is

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.460
 the effect

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.720
 of mankind?

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.660
 Creatures

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.240
 don't like it.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.500
 But to

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.820
 those who

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.539
 receive him,

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.660
 to those who

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.100
 come to the

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.580
 light, to

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:08.940
 those who

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.360
 believe in

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.799
 his name,

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.340
 to those who

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.779
 hear his

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.200
 word,

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.779
 who respond

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.080
 to the

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.480
 word in

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.840
 faith,

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.860
 he gave

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.360
 the power

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.339
 to become

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.799
 children of

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.039
 God.

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.759
 And those

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.579
 who receive

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.599
 Jesus are

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.199
 born again

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.659
 as God's

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:24.939
 children.

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.240
 And that

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.599
 can happen

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:27.899
 to you

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.240
 tonight.

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.599
 Let's pray.