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 There is something that is unbelievably blessed in being able to hold up this book and say to turn in it.

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 What frames our life, what frames our hope in eternity, is what God in his grace has revealed to us through his scriptures.

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 Furthermore, it is our blessing to know that when we who know Christ take this book in hand,

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 we are not left to rely merely on intellectual ability to comprehend the sweetness of Christ.

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 Next, we may rely upon the enabling of the Spirit of God, me in preaching with your prayerful attention,

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 and you hearing with the enabling of the Spirit that the word that we study together may, first of all, strike the heart,

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 and secondly, frame the life.

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 I want you to take a moment with me and come to the Lord in prayer,

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 asking that his Spirit would quicken our study and my preaching to the glory of Christ.

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 Our Father God, this morning, as we gather as your people, we do so with thanksgiving,

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 that were it not for your grace,

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 were it not for your work in bringing Christ Jesus into the world to be the Savior of the world,

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 were it not for your work in bringing us to that point of conviction,

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 were we understanding the darkness and the shamefulness of our heart,

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 like an individual discovering the reality of their own soul sickness,

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 were it not for you drawing us to understand that we, by our own effort and goodness,

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 could not save ourselves, were it not for that,

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 we would not be here this morning to be worshipers.

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 And we are thankful that you, first of all, convicted us of our sin,

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 and then secondly, drew us to the place that we, seeing our hopelessness,

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 cried out upon the Lord Jesus Christ and asked him to save us.

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 And you've blessed us with eternal life.

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 You've blessed us with confidence in an eternal home.

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 You've blessed us with the indwelling ministry of the Spirit of God,

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 who is there in the life of the believer to encourage, to sustain, to strengthen,

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 to give understanding to your Scripture.

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 And so we, with humility, ask his help this morning.

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 And it is my prayer that the preaching of the Word would be marked by the enabling of the Spirit,

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 and that through his power, there would be individuals this morning that are here,

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 that are drawn to the cross, recognizing their need for salvation,

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 and crying out to Jesus to be their Savior.

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 And that believers who are here that are struggling with their walk and their joy and their confidence

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 would have their hearts lifted to know that Jesus, indeed,

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 is able to help them in the day of trial and need.

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 That we, together, would be encouraged as we rejoice in Christ

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 and look forward to the day that we are going to see him face to face.

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 And that is our prayer this morning we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we are looking at John chapter 3, verse 31 through 36,

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 and we are at a place where John the Baptist's ministry in the book of John

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 is going to kind of drift back to the background.

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 John was, as we found in chapter 1, a forerunner or an announcer,

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 someone who went in front of Jesus and said,

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 Hey, the King is coming, and He is supremely important,

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 and this is the reason why.

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 Where we are now is that John finishing his ministry,

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 in all practical terms, at least in the book of John,

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 we find that John the Baptist is laid aside.

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 And yet, we are at a point where this ministry,

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 in coming to a conclusion,

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 makes its strongest statement about who Jesus is,

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 at least from the mouth of John the Baptist.

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 Let me have you stop just for a moment

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 and remember what it says in John chapter 20, verse 31.

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 How many of you know, without turning,

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 what the overarching purpose of the book of John is?

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 What is it?

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 These things are written, help me,

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 that you may know.

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 In other words, I'm telling you these things

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 so you can get your hands around the information

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 of who Jesus is for this purpose,

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 that you might believe in Him and have everlasting life.

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 Yesterday, as I was pumping gas,

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 I happened to bump into a guy that knew me.

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 And he says, How are you doing?

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 I said, Well, I'm doing pretty good.

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 I'm trying to think, Oh, who, Lord, is this?

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 You know, I don't know still.

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 But he says, Yeah.

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 It's all right.

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 I'll forget you.

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 Give me enough time.

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 But anyway, he's talking about visiting the church.

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 He says, Man, your people sing.

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 Well, praise God.

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 I'm glad.

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 You know, people who know Jesus

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 have a reason to kind of hoop it up.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 Just to give you an illustration,

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 and it's a very poor one,

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 but I would imagine that,

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 what is that song that they sing after football games?

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 I've only been one time.

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 It's like, what is it, Carmen, Ohio?

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 I'll bet you after the national championship,

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 they actually sang it enthusiastically as a team.

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 You know, it's like, We're into this.

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 And this guy was, we're pumping gas there,

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 and I'm concentrating on doing my job.

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 And he's, Yeah, your people are singing.

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 They're great.

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 They're blowing it out.

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 I said, Well, praise the Lord for that.

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 And then I had a chance to go where?

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 Talk about Jesus.

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 And the fact that the gospel is what changes us

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 from being kind of dullards

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 to being someone a little enthusiastic

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ, right?

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 And so here we are.

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 We're working our way through the book of John,

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 and we're dealing with this underlying

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 and recurring theme.

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 Who is Jesus, and what's he all about?

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 And every piece of information chosen

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 that John the apostle chose to write

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 is written for this explicit purpose

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 that you who sit under the hearing of the word of God

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 and read the scriptures can be brought to the point

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 of saying, Hey, I know who Jesus is,

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 and I accept him as my Lord and Savior,

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 or I have nothing to do with him, and so what?

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 I mean, the fact of the matter is

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 is that Bible preaching, follow me here,

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 either brings people to a point of saying what?

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 Yes or no to the truth that's been explained plainly.

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 And so as we come to John's last great statement,

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 there is a connectedness between the previous verse,

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 and put your finger on it just for a minute.

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 He must increase, and I must decrease.

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 He must increase, and I must decrease.

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 I debated back and forth about giving a little lesson

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 on vocabulary, and I will.

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 This is known as an axiom.

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 An axiom is just a truth that is so undeniably truthful

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 that you can't get away from it.

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 I mean, here, gravity happens.

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 That's an axiom.

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 Do you know what?

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 Now, the truth of the matter is, is this verse is more certain

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 and more binding than gravity.

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 How do I know that?

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 If I were to go far enough up,

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 I would reach the point where gravity doesn't happen.

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 What I do know is that the fact of the increasing glory of Christ

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 for now and all eternity is an undeniable fact that is irreversible,

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 and it is there for me to revel and rejoice in and enjoy.

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 And John the apostle, working through what John the Baptist had to say,

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 you remember the disciples came to him in kind of petty attitude.

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 He, you know what?

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 That guy you baptized, you know, he's getting all the credit,

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 and people are following him, and they're not doing anything with you.

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 John says, what's the deal?

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 He must increase, and I must decrease.

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 Now, with that axiom in place,

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 we find in the remaining verses,

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 John's last testimony to the supremacy and significance of Christ.

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 And these verses are part of this larger picture of the apostle

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 explaining who is Jesus,

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 so that you can believe on him and have everlasting life.

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 And so, first of all, as we look at these verses,

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 I want you to recognize first the person of Christ.

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 There in verse 31, it says,

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 He who comes from above is above all.

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 He who is of the earth belongs to the earth

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 and speaks in an earthly way.

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 He who comes from heaven is above all.

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 Remember, John the Baptist is now fleshing out

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 or expanding this statement,

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 He must increase.

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 So why must he increase?

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 Well, the obvious reason is,

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 is that because of where he came from.

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 And keep your finger there in John chapter 3

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 and just turn back a little bit.

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 Go to John chapter 1.

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 As John the apostle starts into his gospel,

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 he says,

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 First, in the beginning was the Word,

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 and the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God.

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 All things were made through him,

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 and without him was not anything made that was made.

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 So we understand,

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 John makes it clear to us,

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 that Jesus Christ is indeed

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 the second person of the Trinity.

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 He is God himself.

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 Over there, and also in chapter 3, verse 13,

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 we find a very similar tone,

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 and just mark it, if you will,

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 in John 3, 13, it says,

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 no one has ascended into heaven

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 except he who descended from heaven,

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 the Son of Man.

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 In other words,

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 nobody else really has

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 firsthand empirical evidence

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 of what heaven is like

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 and who God really is

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 in particular detail,

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 like Jesus has.

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 And so, while it is true

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 that the Son of God came to earth

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 and took on human flesh

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 for all eternity,

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 the recognized fact that we see here

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 is that Jesus is divine.

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 Yes, all man and all God.

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 Hey, can you put your hands

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 around that one, really?

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 All man and all God.

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 We can't, but the truth is,

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 in the Bible,

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 it tells us that Jesus

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 is all man and all God,

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 and here's the fact.

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 Jesus is divine,

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 divine,

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 and he is the express revelation

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 of the triune God.

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 There's no one like him.

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 And because Jesus is the Son of God,

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 it is right for him to increase.

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 Why should he become more significant?

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 Why should he take up

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 all the oxygen in the room?

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 Why is it that we will spend

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 all of eternity

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 worshiping and praising him?

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 I remember having a conversation

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 last week with someone

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 who said to me,

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 I'm kind of,

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 I'm struggling with understanding

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 what eternity is going to be like.

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 I mean, you know,

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 I mean, just sitting around

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 thinking about Jesus.

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 I'm like, ugh.

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 You know, I didn't say it that way,

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 but it's like, hey,

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 if you're not real familiar with him

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 and he doesn't take up

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 much of your time today,

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 I mean, you know, hey,

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 three minutes,

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 I did do, what is that,

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 daily bread.

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 I mean, hey, I'm good.

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 You know, I've given God

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 a little bit of time here,

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 and if he kind of gets

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 a little two or three minutes

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 on a periodic basis,

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 the idea of spending

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 all the time forever

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 is like, whoa,

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 I'm not sure I'm good with that.

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 Will there be iPads in heaven?

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 Will there be angry birds in heaven?

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 You know, whatever it is

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 that you occupy your time

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 when you're really engaged,

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 and so here is John saying,

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 hey, he's from above.

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 He's supremely significant.

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 I want you to think about this with me.

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 You can know

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 where your spiritual growth is

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 by checking to see

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 if he is growing

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 in significance in your life.

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 Will you think with me about that

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 just for a moment?

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 You can know

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 where you are

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 in your spiritual growth.

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 How am I doing?

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 Am I moving uphill?

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 Will you can know

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 whether or not

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 there's spiritual progress

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 taking place in your life,

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 whether or not

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 Christ is truly growing

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 to occupy

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 a more and more

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 significant place

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 in your life.

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 If you're still consumed

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 with your own ambitions

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 and your vices,

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 if you're obsessed

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 with your own importance

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 and what other people

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 think of you,

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 you've got a ways to go

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 because here's the truth

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 of the matter.

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 Jesus came from above

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 and he is supremely significant

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 because of that.

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 Now just as John talked

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 about Jesus

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 first in verse 30,

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 remember what he said there,

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 he said he must increase,

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 I must decrease.

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 He does the same thing.

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 He first of all talks about Jesus

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 and said he's from above,

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 he must increase.

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 I am from below,

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 I must decrease.

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 And so I want you to think with me

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 just for a moment

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 about this decreasing nature

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 of humanity

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 and who we are.

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 When John the Baptist said,

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 I must decrease,

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 he followed it up by saying,

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 I'm from the earth.

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 I'm from the earth.

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 And making that statement,

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 he was kind of referencing

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 the reality of the fact

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 that all of us here

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 live very brief

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 and shallow lives.

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 Is that not true?

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 It's appointed unto man,

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 once to die,

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 and after that,

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 the judgment.

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 In Psalm 90,

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 it says that the average lifespan

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 is between 70 and 80 years,

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 and there is a card

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 for Jessa Bartley

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 that you can sign

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 out there in the foyer.

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 She's going to be 97 this week.

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 And by the way,

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 don't,

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 I'm not going to be at the door

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 saying,

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 did you sign the card?

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 I may,

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 but I want that thing

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 scrawled all over the place,

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 okay?

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 Not many of us

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 make it to 97.

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 Give her an attaboy,

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 okay?

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 Thank Jesus for it,

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 by the way.

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 Okay,

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 but John says,

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 I'm of the earth.

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 What is he really talking about?

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 He's talking about the fact,

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 I'm out of here someday.

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 And in Genesis chapter 3,

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 verse 19,

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 it says,

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 from dust you came,

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 and from dust you,

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 or to dust you will return.

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 And so here is John the Baptist

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 bearing testimony to the fact

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 that his life is marked by brevity,

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 Christ is marked by deity.

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 Furthermore,

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 there's something else

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 that John knew

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 that he bore witness to

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 when he said there in verse 31,

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 he who is of the earth

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 belongs to the earth

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 and speaks in an earthly way.

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 Turn over in your Bible

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 to 2 Corinthians chapter 4,

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 verse 7.

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 Have you ever stopped to ask

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 why it is that I tend to illustrate

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 with Bible passages?

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 It's not an accident.

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 Here's the answer to that question.

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 I am persuaded

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 that God has the best ideas,

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 and so my job is kind of to say,

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 hey,

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 let's find out what God thinks.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 4,

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 verse 7,

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 kind of just spot it for you

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 in broad terms.

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 Paul is talking about ministry,

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 and he says,

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 listen,

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 we have this treasure in what?

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 In earthen vessels.

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 Paul was not the only person

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 who was persuaded

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 of his earthiness,

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 of his frailty,

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 of his inadequacy in ministry,

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 and if you still doubt that case,

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 you can stop and remind yourself

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 that at one point

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 in John's ministry,

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 he had second questions about Jesus.

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 Are you the one or not?

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 John,

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 as wonderful as he was,

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 as a messenger of the Lord of hosts,

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 nevertheless struggled

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 with the reality

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 of his own humanity,

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 and so as you think about this,

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 I think we should recognize

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 that Jesus is supremely worthy

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 of listening to

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 and of exalting

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 because he is God,

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 and John the Baptist is saying,

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 hey,

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 it makes sense for me to diminish

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 because I really am nobody

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 in comparison.

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 Now,

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 I want you to recognize

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 that sometimes people

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 take their earthiness

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 to be an excuse

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 for habitual

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 and recurring sin.

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 Our earthiness

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 should prompt humility

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 as well as tenderness

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 in dealing with the sins

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 of other people

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 and not the attitude

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 of,

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 hey,

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 ain't no big deal.

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 I mean,

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 hey,

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 everybody's doing it,

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 you know,

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 so recognize

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 when John says this

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 is an expression of humility,

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 not indifference

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 to the reality of sin.

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 So as you see here

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 from the very beginning,

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 John the Baptist

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 says he's closing up

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 his ministry,

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 he says,

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 let me tell you something

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 about Jesus.

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 He is eternal.

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 And all the rest of us

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 are very frail

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 and temporary.

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 Well,

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 in the verses

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 that follow now,

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 when we look here

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 in verses 32 through 35,

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 we're going to find

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 an expanded version

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 or expanded declaration

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 of the supremacy of Christ

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 and John bears testimony

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 to several significant things.

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 So think about it.

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 What are the testimonies

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 about Christ?

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 For one,

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 we find there

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 in verse 32

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 and put your finger on it,

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 John chapter 3,

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 verse 32,

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 he bears witness

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 to what he has seen

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 and heard.

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 Jesus spoke

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 on the basis

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 of first-hand knowledge.

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 Why would we pay

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 such careful attention

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 to what Jesus has to say?

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 Why should we do that?

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 Well,

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 the obvious reason

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 is that he is the one

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 who,

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 of all individuals,

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 comes with absolute,

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 accurate information

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 information

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 on a place

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 that you and I

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 haven't been

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 and from a person

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 that,

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 at the end of the day,

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 we haven't really seen,

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 have we?

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 Jesus is the express revelation

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 of the person

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 of the Godhead.

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 Now,

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 I want you,

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 earlier this week

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 as I was studying,

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 I found myself tempted

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 to kind of launch on that

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 and stay the whole time

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 in this one statement

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 about Jesus

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 being the absolute,

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 accurate revelation

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 of the Godhead.

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 But I want you to look

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 at a small slice

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 of that reality

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 by keeping your finger

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.919
 in John

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 and go over to Hebrews.

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 Turn in your Bible

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 to Hebrews,

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 1 through 4.

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 In chapter 1 of Hebrews,

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 we begin with the opening statement

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 that the author makes.

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 He says this,

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 long ago,

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 as many times

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 and in many ways,

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 God spoke to our fathers

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 by the prophets.

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 But in these last days,

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 He has spoken to us

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 by His Son.

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 After that statement,

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.799
 in these last days,

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 He has spoken to us

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 by His Son,

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 the author of Hebrews

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 gives us

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 seven different statements

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 about the supremacy

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 of Christ

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 as the revealer

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 of the eternal glory of God.

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 Why should we listen

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 to Jesus?

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 Because,

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 hammer,

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 hammer,

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 hammer,

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 seven strokes

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 that nail the subject down

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 and make us

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 completely persuaded

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 Jesus is the one

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 who is worthy

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 to listen to.

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 Second reason

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 why we should listen

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 to Jesus

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 as we look here

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 in the passage

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 going back to John

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 is that Jesus spoke

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 with perfect

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 and complete accuracy.

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 accuracy.

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 He spoke as one

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 who had come

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 from heaven

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 and understood

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 with absolute perfection

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 who the Father is,

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 who the triune God is,

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 and He spoke

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 with undeniable

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 authority

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 and accuracy.

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 But secondly,

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 He spoke with

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 complete

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 and perfect accuracy.

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 There's not a single word

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 that was ever said

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 by Jesus

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 that was not something

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 that the Father

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 intended for Him

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 to say.

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 How many of you

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 say things

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 that you wish

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 you didn't say?

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 Okay,

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 out here.

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 A couple of you,

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 I know.

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 The rest of you

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 are probably near perfect,

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 but most of us

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 are like,

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 ah,

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 don't do that.

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 Okay?

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 I want you to understand

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 that Jesus spoke

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 with perfect

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 and complete accuracy.

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 Go back to John

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 because we want

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.419
 to see this.

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 It says this

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 in verse 32,

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 He bears witness

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 to what He has seen

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 and heard,

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 yet no one

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.879
 receives His testimony.

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 Whoever receives

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 Jesus' testimony

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 sets His seal

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 to this,

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:41.640
 that God

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 is true.

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 Jesus spoke

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 completely

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.259
 about the truth

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 of God.

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 And when

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 the Word of God

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 tells us something

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 about God,

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 whether we like it

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 or not,

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 whether we agree

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 with it or not,

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 whether we think

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 it's a good idea

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 or it's something

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 that should be changed,

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 at the end of the day,

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 it is God's Word

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 and it is absolutely

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 reliable.

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 It is what it is

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 and we settle it

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 and that's what

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 God has to say.

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 I want you to understand

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 that when Jesus spoke,

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 He wasn't just kind

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 of chattering

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 to fill the time.

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 How many of you

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 have ever been

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 in a situation

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 where you were

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 responsible for leading

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 a group

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 and you ask one

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 of those open-ended

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 questions

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 and everybody got

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 that blank stare

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 like I'm not answering?

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 Have you ever been there?

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 It was like,

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 and what you try

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 to do,

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 it's a mistake

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 most of the time,

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 you try to fill

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 the emptiness

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 with just a little drivel.

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 It's a blah, blah,

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 blah, blah, blah, blah,

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 blah, blah, blah, blah,

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 and you're just saying

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 things that really

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 don't amount to anything.

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 Jesus didn't chatter

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 just to hear Himself

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 speak

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 or to occupy

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 the moment

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 while He was waiting

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 for His disciples

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 to get it.

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 Having said that,

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 you're obviously thinking

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 the logical question is,

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 where's that in the Bible?

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 Is that what you're thinking?

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 Everybody's smiling at me.

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 I mean,

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 the logical thing

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 for godly people to do

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 when a pastor

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 makes a statement

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 is what?

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 Oh, yeah?

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.940
 Where is that?

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.759
 Oh, well,

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:15.980
 thank you.

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.519
 I'm glad you asked.

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 Let's go to John 8.

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 John 8,

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 verse 28.

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 I don't know.

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 You may even want

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 to take a pencil

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 and pen

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 and underline this.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 when you have lifted up

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 the Son of Man,

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 then you will know

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 that I am He

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 and that I do nothing

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 on my own authority

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 but speak,

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 J-U-S-T,

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 what?

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 Just?

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 Speak just

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 as the Father taught me.

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 Did Jesus go off page?

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 And the answer is,

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 no.

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 Did Jesus ever make

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.500
 any kind of erroneous statements

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 that really,

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 well,

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 I'm not really sure

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 that should have been

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 taken literally,

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 blah, blah, blah.

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 No,

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.759
 when Jesus said it,

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 it was Jesus speaking

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 and it was exactly

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 what God the Father

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 wanted Him to say.

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 Let's look further

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 at this.

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 John 12,

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 verse 49.

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 John 12,

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.039
 verse 49.

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 For I have not spoken

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 on mine own authority,

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 but the Father who sent me

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.160
 has made,

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.440
 has Himself given me

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 a commandment,

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 what to say

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 and what to speak.

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 It reminds me,

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.579
 years ago,

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.500
 when Judith and I were,

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.980
 is Judith in here?

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:31.879
 She's,

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.000
 hey,

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.639
 good to see you.

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.400
 Judith and I

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.220
 are going on vacation,

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.980
 just checking to see

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.400
 if she's here,

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.960
 she's driving.

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 But,

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.279
 years ago,

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.200
 when Judith and I

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.799
 were living over

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.319
 in Angaro,

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.440
 our kids,

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.440
 particularly our boys,

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.660
 would play in the basement

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.440
 and our boys

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.160
 were,

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:55.100
 were much more aggressive

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.640
 in that,

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:55.880
 you know,

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.779
 smack down,

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 knock down kind of things,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.320
 you know,

00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:00.680
 and girls are into dolls

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.620
 and boys are into,

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:01.900
 you know,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.820
 thumping chests

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.980
 and it's like trying to see

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.360
 whatever.

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 And every now and then,

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.759
 my son,

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.519
 my older son,

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.660
 was significantly older

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.680
 than my younger son

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 and sometimes there would be

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:13.620
 just moderate injuries,

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.060
 you know.

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 And I'd,

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.980
 I'd hear this thing

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.040
 kind of playing out,

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.720
 devolve,

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.080
 you know,

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.440
 it's kind of,

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 and I'd,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:23.039
 I'd shout down the steps

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.360
 and say,

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 what's going on?

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.180
 You know what the standard

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.900
 answer was?

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.340
 100% of the time,

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.700
 nothing.

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 Nothing.

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 We're good.

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 And then I would send

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.720
 one of my daughters,

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.000
 you know,

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.259
 I was like,

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.160
 why get out of the chair,

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.400
 you know,

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.019
 Heather,

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.460
 go.

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:47.360
 Daddy wants to know

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.299
 what you guys are doing.

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.240
 I mean,

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.500
 do you think she was going

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.600
 down there on her own

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.160
 initiative?

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.019
 And the answer is,

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.480
 no.

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.799
 Do you think she was coming

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:58.000
 with her own message like,

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.079
 hey,

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.079
 Joe and Sam,

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.100
 will you two be nice

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.819
 to each other?

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.100
 You know,

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.980
 that's not what it was.

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.340
 It was like,

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.960
 what are you doing?

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.039
 Dad said.

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.900
 Here's the deal.

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:09.559
 Jesus is making it clear

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.720
 to us that what he had

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.460
 to say was not just

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.319
 his own opinion.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.279
 It was what God

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.059
 wanted him to say.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.899
 If Jesus should be heard

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:25.139
 because he spoke exactly

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.319
 what the Father wanted

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.079
 him to say,

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:30.440
 then those earthen vessels

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.980
 who speak for him

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:33.379
 and do not wonder

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.379
 from the text

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.879
 should be listened to

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.379
 carefully.

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.480
 And as a result of that,

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.099
 one of the things

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.039
 that should characterize

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.339
 those who preach the word

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:43.460
 is that they talk

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.759
 less about themselves

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.899
 and more about him.

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.859
 Less about their own

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.919
 experiences and more

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.700
 about the authority

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.339
 and the sufficiency

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.980
 of Christ.

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.799
 Do you understand that?

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.480
 Keep that in mind.

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.019
 Let's come to the third

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.440
 lesson that I want you

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:57.819
 to see.

00:26:58.159 --> 00:27:00.019
 This is indicting.

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.579
 Do you know what

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.319
 indicting means?

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.500
 It kind of dings me

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.619
 a little bit as I've

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.879
 been studying and praying

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.879
 and then illustrating,

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.440
 unfortunately.

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:09.019
 But let's go to the

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.680
 third point.

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.039
 You know it ahead of time

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.759
 because it flashed up

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.200
 on the board.

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.080
 Jesus spoke in the

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:15.600
 fullness of the Spirit.

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.680
 Okay?

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:22.299
 For he whom God has sent

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.279
 utters the words of God

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:26.480
 for he gives the Spirit

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.900
 without measure.

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.039
 For he gives the Spirit

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.039


00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.139
 here.

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:34.339
 Here's another passage

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:36.399
 that deserves a full launch.

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.359
 What is the characteristic

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:41.059
 of speaking

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.759
 through the enabling

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.399
 of the Spirit?

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.319
 We won't do that

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.899
 this morning

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.639
 but I do want you

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.240
 to recognize

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.960
 that speaking

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.019
 through the enabling

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.059
 of the Spirit of God

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.879
 is something that

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.940
 should characterize

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.000
 all Bible preaching.

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.619
 It should also be

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.200
 one of the things

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.279
 that you pray for

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.559
 when you pray for me

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:59.119
 or you pray for whoever

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.160
 this evening

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.980
 Pastor Saul

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.599
 is going to

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.639
 hey by the way

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.259
 it would be better

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.240
 for you to show up

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.920
 and pray for him

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.819
 than to stay home

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.819
 and watch the

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:08.819
 shopping channel

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:10.460
 and pray for him.

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.619
 Right?

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:10.940
 I mean do you

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.700
 understand the choices?

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.960
 So one of the reasons

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.000
 why you should pray

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.920
 for those who are

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.139
 preachers of the Word of God

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.559
 is because they do have

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:25.160
 the treasure in earthen vessels

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.400
 and what you want to do

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.080
 is pray that

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:28.300
 by the Spirit of God

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:29.440
 their earthiness

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:31.140
 would be a little diminished.

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.420
 No man

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:37.560
 apart from our Lord Jesus

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:39.740
 will ever speak

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:41.240
 as Jesus did

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:43.740
 in the complete fullness

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.720
 of the Spirit.

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.540
 Why is that?

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.920
 For one

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.940
 we can grieve the Spirit.

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.779
 Would you agree with that?

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.600
 I don't have to remind you

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.340
 who know the Scriptures

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.880
 that it says

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.960
 grieve not the Holy Spirit.

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.380
 In other words

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.600
 I can do things

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.799
 that grieve the Holy Spirit

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.019
 and if I am grieving

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.779
 the Holy Spirit

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.860
 is the Holy Spirit

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:01.039
 then going to help me

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.720
 as I speak on his behalf?

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.640
 I got to get the grief issue out.

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.680
 Deal with it.

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.160
 Another thing is this

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.160
 is that we can quench

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.720
 the Spirit.

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:11.220
 We can on a recurring basis

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.740
 say no

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.660
 I don't want to listen to that

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.440
 I don't want to do that

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.600
 I'm not interested in that

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:16.000
 and as a result of that

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.900
 that the Holy Spirit's ministry

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.059
 in enabling us

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.259
 to proclaim

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.460
 the glory of Christ

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.759
 can be diminished.

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.660
 The Spirit quickened

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:28.000
 every single word

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.620
 Jesus spoke.

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.799
 Now having said that

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:35.799
 earlier this morning

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.460
 I said something

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.519
 that was not prompted

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:39.019
 by the Spirit of God.

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.460
 I'll tell you what it was

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:43.620
 because when I sat down there

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.640
 I thought to myself

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:46.380
 Tim

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.900
 stop

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.960
 what I did.

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.780
 Here's what I said.

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.519
 I said something

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.360
 about raising hands

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.360
 and I want you to understand

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:56.320
 God in his

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.580
 infinite wisdom

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:59.060
 did not make all of us

00:29:59.060 --> 00:30:00.080
 to be exactly alike.

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.880
 Do you understand that?

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:03.640
 I married a girl

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.600
 wonderful

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:06.000
 44 plus years

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.360
 I think

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.259
 is it 44

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.800
 where are you?

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.340
 Yeah.

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:11.120
 We're going towards 45.

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:14.759
 In case you didn't know

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.960
 I am a marginally

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.040
 emotional person.

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:20.840
 What that tells you

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.480
 is that Judith

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.280
 is as mellow

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:23.060
 as they come.

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.920
 And for me

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.680
 to look at her

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:26.980
 and say

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.519
 what's the deal

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.940
 with you?

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.780
 And for her

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.440
 to look at me

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.700
 and say

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.440
 what is wrong?

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.540
 So here's the deal.

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.480
 All I want

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.880
 is for God's people

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.440
 to worship

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.960
 in spirit

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.560
 and in truth.

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:42.460
 How you do that

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:44.620
 should not be something

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.820
 that I flap my gums

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.680
 about a little less.

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.160
 Do you follow

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.700
 what I'm saying?

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.620
 Bear with me.

00:30:49.800 --> 00:30:50.620
 That's a little bit

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.420
 of the earthiness

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.360
 and when an illustration

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.279
 and I didn't come

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.840
 this morning

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:55.400
 intending to do that.

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.420
 I'm struck

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.980
 by the fact

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.440
 that every single

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.300
 word that Jesus

00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:03.019
 said was like

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.400
 an arrow

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.940
 in the hands

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.660
 of a mighty man.

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.500
 It hit the target

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.660
 and it made

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.740
 an eternal difference.

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.060
 Now

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:12.859
 I have prayed

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.339
 about this

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.700
 so I'm going

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.159
 to say it.

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.559
 I would also

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.319
 caution those

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.940
 who buy into

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.579
 the idea

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.879
 that the Holy Spirit

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.440
 is behind

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.099
 the meaningless

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.799
 babbling

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.039
 and mutterings

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.879
 that pass off

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:25.519
 for charismatic

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.940
 gifts

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.399
 and speaking

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.839
 in tongues

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.559
 and here's why.

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.599
 If Jesus

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.220
 never said

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.919
 a single word

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:31.440
 that was not

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.079
 understandable

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:33.079
 and for the sake

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.940
 of exalting

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.579
 the supremacy

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.779
 of his father

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.859
 then why do we

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.359
 come off with

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.899
 the idea

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.340
 that this

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.700
 muttering

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.300
 and babbling

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.780
 that cannot

00:31:39.780 --> 00:31:40.640
 be discerned

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.440
 and has no

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.720
 spiritual outcome

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.519
 really is significant

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.720
 apart from

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.600
 just doing it.

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.060
 Now

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:47.560
 am I going

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.060
 to throw stones

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.400
 at people

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.820
 that do it?

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:51.000
 No, no, no, no, no

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.980
 but I won't say this

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.759
 it's not

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.080
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.480
 How do I know that?

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.580
 The Holy Spirit

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.100
 is interested

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.780
 in making Jesus

00:31:59.780 --> 00:32:00.460
 look good

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.780
 in letting you

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.480
 see him.

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.400
 Every single

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.140
 word that

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.100
 Jesus said

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:09.420
 was designed

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.400
 by the Father

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.660
 to lift up

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.000
 the glory

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.840
 and the supremacy

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.860
 of the Father

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.420
 in heaven

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:18.500
 and people

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.240
 walked away

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.180
 every time

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.820
 Jesus opened

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:21.080
 his mouth

00:32:21.080 --> 00:32:21.700
 not every time

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.280
 but you know

00:32:22.280 --> 00:32:22.820
 when they walked

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.420
 away they said

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.520
 we have never

00:32:24.520 --> 00:32:25.420
 heard anyone

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.400
 talk like him

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:28.480
 and what was he

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.720
 doing?

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.820
 He was speaking

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.480
 in language

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.100
 that people

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.900
 could understand

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:33.140
 and he was

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.620
 convicting them

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:36.040
 with that language

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:39.420
 fourth

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:42.899
 Jesus spoke

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.779
 as the beloved

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:45.460
 of the Father

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:47.839
 look at John

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:51.379
 the Father

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.259
 loves the Son

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:54.740
 and has given

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.659
 all things

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.639
 into his hand

00:32:56.640 --> 00:33:00.080
 the love

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.720
 of the Father

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:03.600
 for our Lord

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.540
 Jesus Christ

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:07.620
 is a magnificent

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.340
 channel

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.960
 through which

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.759
 the glory

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.920
 flows

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:13.640
 I want you to

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.060
 turn with me

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.600
 just for a moment

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.180
 to a passage

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.080
 kind of frame this

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.780
 out and understand

00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.100
 it

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:18.460
 keep your finger

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.000
 in John

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.600
 because we are

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.300
 coming back there

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:20.759
 but John

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.920
 chapter 13

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:27.160
 John chapter 13

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.779
 verse 21

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.500
 through 25

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.980
 this is at

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.700
 the last supper

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.300
 when Jesus

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:32.740
 is celebrating

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.640
 Passover

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.740
 with his disciples

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.740
 for the last time

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.460
 and you will remember

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.759
 and I'm not going

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.440
 to have you turn

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.080
 there but you'll

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.700
 remember that

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.420
 in the flow

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.720
 of the supper

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.720
 he stops

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.480
 and says this

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.820
 he says

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.539
 one of you

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.360
 is going

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.460
 to betray me

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:49.660
 this is a pretty

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.700
 significant statement

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.640
 and pretty

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.519
 significant moment

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.960
 because in a

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.220
 very unusual

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.920
 manner

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.740
 the disciples

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.860
 actually hear

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.440
 what Jesus

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.140
 said

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.620
 and they kind

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.120
 of take it

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.580
 to heart

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.819
 most of the time

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.960
 when the disciples

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.740
 heard Jesus

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.600
 saying things

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.680
 they were thinking

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.240
 they hoped

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.840
 that John

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.460
 would hear it

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.260
 or that Peter

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.920
 would hear it

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.559
 or that one

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.940
 of the other

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.460
 disciples

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.500
 excluding them

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.159
 would get the

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.420
 memo

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.920
 how many of you

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.139
 have ever been

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.880
 listening to a sermon

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.220
 and thought

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:16.960
 man I really hope

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.360
 my husband

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.019
 hears this one

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:19.840
 in fact you even

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.260
 nudge him

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.800
 just in case

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.480
 he's dozed off

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.340
 and you know

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.840
 that you're

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.400
 helping the Holy

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.700
 Spirit

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.400
 like hey

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.700
 Bubba

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.480
 it's you

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.940
 he's talking

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.160
 to

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:27.680
 okay

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:29.340
 in this case

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.400
 and you can

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.120
 find it in Luke

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:32.440
 chapter 22

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.260
 okay

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.640
 they say

00:34:34.640 --> 00:34:36.640
 am I the one

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:39.800
 and actually

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.520
 it's in Matthew

00:34:40.520 --> 00:34:41.520
 chapter 26

00:34:41.520 --> 00:34:42.200
 that they say

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:42.920
 am I the one

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.140
 and then in Luke

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:45.020
 chapter 22

00:34:45.020 --> 00:34:46.500
 they look to each

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.440
 other and they say

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.200
 is it you

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:50.019
 are you going

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.559
 to betray him

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.799
 are you doing

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.159
 this

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:55.039
 you see

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:57.539
 first

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:59.019
 am I doing

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.419
 it

00:34:59.419 --> 00:35:00.739
 second

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.779
 are you doing

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.019
 it

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.500
 then we come

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.879
 up to the

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.480
 golden moment

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.859
 that we're

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.299
 referring to

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.659
 in John

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.359
 chapter 13

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:07.439
 look at this

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:07.839
 passage

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.439
 John chapter

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:08.859
 13

00:35:08.859 --> 00:35:09.619
 verse 21

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:11.159
 after saying

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.799
 these things

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.279
 things

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.819
 Jesus was

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.319
 troubled in his

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.719
 spirit and

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.079
 testified

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.799
 truly truly

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.359
 I say to

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:15.500
 you

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.320
 one of you

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.820
 will betray

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.119
 me

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.760
 the disciples

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.579
 looked at

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.099
 one another

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.800
 uncertain of

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.079
 whom he

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.340
 spoke

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.800
 one of his

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.239
 disciples

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.860
 whom Jesus

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.260
 loved

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.480
 was reclining

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.360
 at the table

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.000
 close to

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.519
 Jesus

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:29.000
 Simon Peter

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.719
 motioned him

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.239
 and asked

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.739
 motioned to

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.480
 him to ask

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.380
 Jesus of

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.159
 whom he

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:35.239
 was speaking

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.739
 so that

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.260
 disciple

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.500
 leaning back

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.199
 against Jesus

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.940
 said to him

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.320
 Lord

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:44.880
 who is it

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:47.420
 Jesus

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.900
 answered

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.260
 it is

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.640
 he to

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:49.000
 whom I

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.340
 will give

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.860
 the morsel

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.360
 of bread

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.000
 when I

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.320
 have dipped

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.460
 it

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.880
 and so

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.340
 when he

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.820
 had dipped

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.340
 the morsel

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.760
 he gave

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.019
 it to

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.380
 Judas

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.140
 the son

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:55.880
 of Iscariot

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.720
 do you

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.240
 follow this

00:35:58.240 --> 00:36:00.700
 I want

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:00.900
 you to

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.260
 recognize

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.840
 this

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:04.180
 here are

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.900
 the disciples

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.780
 and in

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:06.599
 their desire

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:08.099
 to understand

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.760
 really what

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.320
 was going

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.720
 on

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.800
 they asked

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.460
 someone

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.320
 who was

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.099
 close

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:15.019
 to

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.480
 interpret

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.619
 what was

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.219
 being said

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:19.339
 I want

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:19.539
 you to

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.960
 understand

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.360
 one of the

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.940
 characteristics

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.679
 of love

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.659
 love reveals

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.239
 all that

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.980
 there is

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.500
 isn't that

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.759
 right

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:28.079
 and

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.980
 love

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.500
 doesn't hold

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.219
 back secrets

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.639
 one of the

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.079
 things that

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.500
 I think is

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.079
 important in

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.619
 marriage is

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:32.880
 that there

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.259
 be no

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.639
 secrets

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.940
 I mean

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.799
 after all

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.239
 doesn't the

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.880
 Bible say

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.480
 and is not

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.900
 the Bible

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.679
 reliable and

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.019
 trustworthy

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.079
 that the two

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.699
 shall become

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:39.980
 what

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.360
 what

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.639
 what

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:40.639


00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.579
 one flesh

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.900
 no secrets

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.299
 with one

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.719
 flesh

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:47.179
 I am who

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.619
 I am

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.299
 my wife

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.839
 knows me

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:50.679
 she is who

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.079
 she is

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.500
 and I know

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.779
 her

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:53.480
 and God

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.319
 intends that

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.960
 that love

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.599
 relationship

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.460
 is one that

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.460
 that has a

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.940
 level of

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.599
 transparency

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.239
 and sweetness

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.599
 that

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.139
 that

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.759
 cannot take

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.299
 place apart

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:02.759
 from that

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:04.400
 and so

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.159
 here is

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.599
 Jesus

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.319
 saying

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:08.920
 or here is

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.299
 John the

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.599
 Baptist

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.000
 saying

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.019
 because the

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.079
 father loves

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.679
 Jesus

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.980
 he can be

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.699
 completely

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.960
 relied upon

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:18.159
 to communicate

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.280
 everything that

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.760
 we know

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.780
 the love

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.219
 of the

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:21.760
 father

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.920
 communicates

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.619
 freely

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.539
 and openly

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.639
 with

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.639
 Christ

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:28.000
 one other

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.460
 illustration

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.940
 because I

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.219
 think it's

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.659
 important to

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.219
 recognize

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:33.079
 Judges

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:35.539
 chapter 16

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.059
 the story

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.739
 of Samson

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.880
 by the way

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.760
 if you

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.519
 think that

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.980
 Samson

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.320
 learned

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.619
 from the

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.840
 first

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.300
 experience

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.880
 he didn't

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.259
 but you

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.559
 remember

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.159
 that he

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.639
 fell in

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.800
 love

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:44.940
 with

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.360
 Delilah

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:47.000
 and

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.079
 remember

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:50.920
 she kept

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.300
 on coming

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.559
 to him

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.800
 and said

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:51.940
 hey

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.199
 what's

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.599
 the secret

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.000
 to your

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.480
 strength

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.960
 oh if

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.300
 you bind

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.579
 me with

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.199
 seven wet

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.759
 bow strings

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.239
 that'll do

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.440
 it

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:59.079
 you know

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.860
 if you

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.659
 tie my

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.099
 hair into

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.759
 the weaver's

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.079
 beam

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:03.759
 and she

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.259
 says you

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.579
 know it's

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.139
 quite evident

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.480
 that you

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.980
 don't love

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.400
 me because

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.800
 you aren't

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.179
 telling me

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.699
 the truth

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.899
 and he

00:38:08.899 --> 00:38:09.159
 says well

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.440
 the deal

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.799
 is if

00:38:09.799 --> 00:38:09.879
 you

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.139
 cut my

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.440
 hair I'm

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.699
 done

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.699
 and it

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.000
 happened

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:13.940
 you see

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.879
 Delilah

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.839
 leveraged

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:17.519
 the issue

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.259
 of relationship

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.839
 if you

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.239
 love me

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.440
 you'll

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.839
 tell me

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:21.559
 and

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.119
 John

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.599
 the Baptist

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.339
 is reminding

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.899
 us that

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.719
 because

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.299
 God the

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.599
 father

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.159
 loves

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.940
 Jesus

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:28.099
 he gives

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.599
 Jesus

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.419
 all the

00:38:29.419 --> 00:38:30.000
 information

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.000
 about who

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.219
 he is

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:35.439
 well that

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:35.799
 brings us

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.279
 to a final

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:36.559
 truth

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.799
 and I

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.019
 want you

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.219
 to go

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.579
 back to

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.819
 John

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.480
 chapter 3

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.319
 so we

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.879
 understand

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.279
 the

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.899
 significance

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.739
 of this

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:46.139
 you know

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.519
 there are a lot

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.759
 of people

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.199
 today that

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.639
 believe

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:49.359
 just back

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:49.739
 up just a

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:49.879
 minute

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:51.299
 a lot of

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.819
 people believe

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.319
 that Jesus

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:52.859
 is a pretty

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.439
 good guy

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:54.239
 I mean

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.579
 you know

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.359
 okay

00:38:55.359 --> 00:38:56.779
 he kind

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.059
 of went

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.519
 around

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.259
 doing good

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.739
 things

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.179
 you know

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.559
 and in fact

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.119
 you can even

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:02.000
 rely upon him

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.360
 to kind

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.599
 of be

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.420
 a pretty

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.880
 sweet

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.579
 person

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:06.300
 now

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:07.539
 being a

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.880
 product

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.219
 of the

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.679
 70s

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.099
 I can't

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.460
 help but

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.880
 think about

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.380
 the idea

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.820
 of Jesus

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.219
 as being

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.599
 someone

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.519
 who if

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.780
 you're

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.219
 going

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:15.039
 to San

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:16.360
 Francisco

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:17.119
 you know

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.900
 wear flowers

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.320
 in your hair

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.659
 some of you

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:18.860
 are thinking

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:20.380
 where is he

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.039
 coming from

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.260
 you know

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.599
 it's like

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.920
 here's the

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.119
 deal

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:25.019
 Jesus

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.500
 was not

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.059
 just about

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.679
 being nice

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.059
 and sweet

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.599
 he was also

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.900
 about

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.719
 telling the

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.039
 truth

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.320
 do you

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.760
 follow that

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:32.840
 heaven

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.480
 and hell

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:35.100
 are

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:35.860
 undeniably

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.460
 real

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.500
 truths

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:39.100
 in fact

00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:39.680
 listen to me

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.020
 carefully

00:39:40.020 --> 00:39:41.720
 Jesus

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.300
 talked

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.780
 more

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.320
 about

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.760
 hell

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.040
 than

00:39:44.040 --> 00:39:44.500
 any

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.020
 other

00:39:45.020 --> 00:39:45.740
 person

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.280
 in

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.680
 the

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:47.040
 scriptures

00:39:47.040 --> 00:39:51.440
 and

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.800
 here is

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.240
 John the

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:52.520
 Baptist

00:39:52.520 --> 00:39:53.040
 speaking

00:39:53.040 --> 00:39:54.000
 on behalf

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:55.680
 of the

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:55.940
 Savior

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.340
 the Lord

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.660
 Jesus

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:57.060
 Christ

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.500
 and here's

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.739
 what he

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:57.980
 said

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.559
 whoever

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.259
 believes

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.599
 in the

00:39:59.599 --> 00:39:59.840
 son

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.139
 has

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.519
 eternal

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.039
 life

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:02.980
 whoever

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.440
 does

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.759
 not

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.159
 obey

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.460
 the

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.820
 son

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.259
 shall

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.719
 not

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:06.099
 see

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.599
 life

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.079
 but

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.320
 the

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.799
 wrath

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.159
 of

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.840
 God

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:10.179
 remains

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.980
 on

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.400
 him

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:15.299
 you can't

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.739
 talk about

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:16.199
 Jesus

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:17.059
 truthfully

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:18.860
 without

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.219
 bringing

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:19.759
 people to

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.099
 a point

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.460
 of saying

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.840
 yes or

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.079
 no to

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.360
 God

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:24.120
 and what

00:40:24.120 --> 00:40:24.500
 is it

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.059
 that Jesus

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.940
 really

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.960
 tells us

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:28.599
 he tells

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:28.900
 us all

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.240
 we need

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.500
 to know

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.760
 about

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.099
 God

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:31.780
 and so

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:31.980
 let me

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.220
 give you

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.599
 just a

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.240
 real simple

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:33.620
 summary

00:40:33.620 --> 00:40:34.039
 to hold

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.400
 on to

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.680
 that I

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:34.920
 want to

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.039
 have

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.440
 clearly

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.760
 fixed

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.019
 in your

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.360
 mind

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:37.099
 number

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.480
 one

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.099
 this is

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.260
 the

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.820
 undeniable

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.220
 Bible

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.559
 truth

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.160
 that God

00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:40.760
 is holy

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.360
 and cannot

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.820
 overlook

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.240
 sin

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:44.019
 God

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.519
 is holy

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:45.000
 and cannot

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.400
 overlook

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.800
 sin

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:47.480
 it doesn't

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:47.820
 make any

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.160
 difference

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:48.740
 what flavor

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:49.360
 you're involved

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.539
 in

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.700
 do you

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.019
 understand

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.380
 that

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:52.220
 in fact

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.900
 keep your

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.240
 finger

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:53.700
 here we

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:53.920
 go

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.380
 finger

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.940
 exercises

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.200
 today

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.519
 go to

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.800
 1 Corinthians

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.579
 chapter 6

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:59.200
 1 Corinthians

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.760
 chapter 6

00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:00.119
 one of the

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.640
 things I

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.059
 love

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.380
 love

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.760
 love

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.099
 love

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.599
 say it

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.760
 again

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.800
 love

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.720
 about the

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.119
 gospel

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.539
 is that

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.039
 the gospel

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.539
 tells us

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:06.860
 we don't

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:07.119
 have to

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.320
 stay

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.579
 the way

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.380
 we are

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:13.039
 1 Corinthians

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.940
 chapter 6

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:16.320
 verse 9

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.140
 do you

00:41:17.140 --> 00:41:17.700
 not know

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.039
 that the

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.559
 unrighteous

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:18.920
 will not

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.200
 inherit

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:19.579
 the kingdom

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.039
 of God

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.659
 don't be

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.099
 deceived

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.619
 don't mess

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.079
 with God

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:23.500
 neither the

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.320
 sexually immoral

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:25.179
 nor idolaters

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.960
 nor adulterers

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.420
 nor men who

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.659
 practice homosexuality

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.239
 nor thieves

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:29.259
 nor the greedy

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:30.019
 nor drunkards

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.639
 nor revelers

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.340
 nor swindlers

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.860
 will inherit

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.300
 the kingdom

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.759
 of God

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.719
 now we

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:34.159
 come to the

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.659
 next verse

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:34.960
 that I

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.519
 love

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:37.239
 and such

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:38.320
 were some

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:39.239
 of you

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:41.300
 in fact

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:41.719
 let me add

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.099
 to that

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.980
 that's who

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.279
 we all

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:43.480
 were

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.820
 isn't that

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.039
 right

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:45.199
 you know

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:45.579
 we may

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:45.880
 not have

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.139
 committed

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.940
 the nasty

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.259
 nine

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.779
 or the filthy

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.159
 five

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.599
 or the dirty

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.940
 dozen

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.460
 but the truth

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.800
 of the matter

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.720
 is all

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.619
 have sinned

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.960
 and come

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.940
 short of the

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:54.139
 glory of God

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:55.579
 that's the truth

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:59.800
 and how can a man

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.619
 who stands between

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.260
 heaven and hell

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.679
 not draw attention

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.320
 to the fact

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:04.320
 that heaven

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.079
 and hell

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:06.200
 rest in the

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.820
 balance

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:09.019
 and make it

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.480
 clear that

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:10.260
 Christ Jesus

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:11.079
 came

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:12.900
 first of all

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.639
 because God

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.159
 is holy

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.820
 and cannot

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.900
 abide sin

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:19.119
 secondly

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.900
 because we

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.440
 are sinners

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.160
 and cannot

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:21.900
 remedy our

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.320
 problem

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.700
 on our

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.019
 own

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:24.460
 hey

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.260
 can I

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.619
 get to

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:25.840
 heaven

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.380
 by being

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.700
 good

00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:27.019
 on my

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.220
 own

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.519
 efforts

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.900
 and what's

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.400
 the answer

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.840
 not by

00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.360
 works of

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:30.780
 righteousness

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:31.380
 lest any

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.780
 man should

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.019
 boast

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.280
 you know

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:32.599
 when we

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:32.760
 get

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.240
 when we

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.680
 cross the

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:34.240
 finish line

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:34.980
 none of us

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.160
 are going

00:42:35.160 --> 00:42:35.340
 to be

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.539
 saying

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:37.160
 I finally

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.660
 made it

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:38.280
 you know

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.900
 it was

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.380
 it was

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:39.860
 that extra

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.220
 little bit

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:40.539
 of work

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.820
 I did

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.360
 for United

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.619
 Way

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:41.940
 that's

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.240
 the thing

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:42.680
 that pulled

00:42:42.680 --> 00:42:42.880
 me

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.240
 through

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:45.059
 given

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.519
 blood

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.500
 whatever

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.799
 stop

00:42:47.799 --> 00:42:50.379
 not by

00:42:50.379 --> 00:42:50.839
 works of

00:42:50.839 --> 00:42:51.299
 righteousness

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:51.979
 lest any

00:42:51.979 --> 00:42:52.559
 one of us

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.059
 should boast

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.399
 and we

00:42:53.399 --> 00:42:53.739
 come to

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.119
 the third

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.639
 truth is

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:54.979
 this is

00:42:54.979 --> 00:42:55.500
 God sent

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.959
 his son

00:42:55.959 --> 00:42:56.299
 the Lord

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:56.559
 Jesus

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.039
 Christ

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.819
 to die

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:58.259
 for our

00:42:58.259 --> 00:42:58.699
 sins

00:42:58.699 --> 00:43:00.779
 he died

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.279
 for me

00:43:01.279 --> 00:43:03.239
 he died

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.599
 in my

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.119
 place

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:06.219
 one of

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:07.019
 the Bible

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.719
 truths I

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:08.539
 love to

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.339
 say at a

00:43:09.339 --> 00:43:09.699
 funeral

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.539
 is that

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.179
 Christ

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:12.079
 died

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.819
 your

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.759
 death

00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:17.759
 will I

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.259
 die

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.819
 well if

00:43:19.819 --> 00:43:20.019
 Jesus

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.259
 doesn't

00:43:20.259 --> 00:43:20.639
 come back

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.119
 first that's

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.299
 going to

00:43:21.299 --> 00:43:21.559
 happen

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.539
 but I

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.019
 won't die

00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:24.579
 like Jesus

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.000
 died

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:27.099
 I will

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.659
 slip from

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:28.380
 this place

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:30.539
 through

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.980
 the moment

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.579
 of death

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.159
 into the

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.719
 presence of

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.219
 the Father

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.940
 with the

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.539
 smile of

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:35.940
 God

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.900
 upon me

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:38.420
 absent

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.860
 in the

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.279
 body

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:40.139
 present

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.699
 with the

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.059
 Lord

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:43.860
 and that

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.320
 is because

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:44.699
 Jesus

00:43:44.699 --> 00:43:45.320
 died

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:46.619
 for me

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:48.500
 so I

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.799
 want you to

00:43:48.799 --> 00:43:49.380
 understand that

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:49.679
 as the

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.239
 scriptures make

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.799
 it clear in

00:43:50.799 --> 00:43:51.519
 this passage

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:53.659
 believing

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.960
 in Jesus

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.500
 brings

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.039
 everlasting

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.960
 life and

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.279
 joyful

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.759
 obedience

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:58.340
 and by the

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:58.559
 way

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.000
 hey

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.420
 everybody

00:43:59.420 --> 00:43:59.799
 listen

00:43:59.799 --> 00:44:01.699
 telling me

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.579
 you're saved

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.119
 and there's

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.799
 nothing that

00:44:03.799 --> 00:44:04.579
 indicates that

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.219
 you're walking

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:06.159
 by faith in

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.599
 obedience

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.420
 obedience is

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.839
 kind of

00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:08.500
 counter

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:09.239
 intuitive

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.380
 it's not

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:12.739
 affirming and

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:13.239
 encouraging

00:44:13.239 --> 00:44:13.699
 do you follow

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:13.900
 me

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:15.179
 I mean if I

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.880
 say I love

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:16.559
 my wife

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.319
 and I do

00:44:17.319 --> 00:44:19.539
 then I would

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:20.279
 move furniture

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:21.039
 more willingly

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.579
 how many of you

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.199
 understand that

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.559
 statement

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:25.179
 now

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:26.779
 it's a process

00:44:26.779 --> 00:44:27.759
 to get there

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:29.699
 but the spirit of

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.259
 God is working

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:30.960
 hey here's the

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.199
 deal

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:32.799
 Jesus says this

00:44:32.799 --> 00:44:33.119
 he says

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.079
 not everyone

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.659
 that saith to

00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:34.880
 me

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.359
 Lord

00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:35.699
 Lord

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.199
 will enter

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:36.559
 the kingdom

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.019
 but he that

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.359
 doeth the

00:44:37.359 --> 00:44:37.699
 will of my

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.059
 father

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:39.239
 and so

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:39.699
 Jesus

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:42.819
 and having a

00:44:42.819 --> 00:44:43.719
 relationship with

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:44.380
 him means

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:44.940
 coming to a

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.659
 point of walking

00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:46.139
 in obedience

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.639
 with him

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.659
 secondly I want

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:47.960
 you to know

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.500
 this and close

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:48.940
 with it

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.980
 rejecting Jesus

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:53.339
 brings the

00:44:53.339 --> 00:44:54.440
 eternal wrath

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:55.139
 of God

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:57.900
 rejecting Jesus

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.659
 brings the

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.880
 eternal wrath

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.699
 of God

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:02.779
 can I ask you

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:03.059
 something

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.940
 can you imagine

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:04.340
 a church

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.679
 that doesn't

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.000
 make that

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:05.239
 clear

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:07.659
 huh

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:11.019
 I want you

00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:11.380
 to imagine

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.860
 just for a

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.039
 moment

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:14.019
 I am a

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:14.380
 physician

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:17.500
 who has

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.539
 little pills

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:19.219
 I don't have

00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:19.500
 them in my

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.000
 pocket but

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.719
 just little

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:21.119
 pills

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:23.380
 these are

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:24.079
 pills that

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.880
 that take

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:25.400
 care of the

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:25.940
 poison of

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.279
 the soul

00:45:26.279 --> 00:45:30.340
 and you

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:30.900
 come in

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 with a

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 variety of

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 symptoms

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 but at the

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 end of

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 the day

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 the symptoms

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 that you

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 are showing

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 are symptoms

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 that indicate

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 that you

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 have this

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 affliction

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 and you're

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 being poisoned

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 by that

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 disease or

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 sickness

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 and I have

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 the pills

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 in my

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 pocket

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 what kind

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 of conscientious

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 loving

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 sympathetic

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 physician would

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 not say to

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 you man

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 I am so

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 glad you

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 came here

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 and you know

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 it is a

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 messy problem

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 that you have

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 and you

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 could die

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 from this

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 disease

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 but I've

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 got good

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 news for

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 you

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 take this

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 do you

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 like that

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 we're all

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 great

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 physicians

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 we're all

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 helpers of

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 the great

00:46:15.919 --> 00:46:16.279
 physician

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 isn't that

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 right

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 that's what

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 we're in

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 the business

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 of doing

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 is letting

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 people know

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 that Christ

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 Jesus came

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 into the

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 world to

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 save sinners

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 and Paul

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 said this

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 of whom

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 I am

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 chief

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 I love

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 the privilege

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 of speaking

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 about the

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 power of

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 the cross

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 don't you

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 and you

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 can understand

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 why the

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 apostle as

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 he penned

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 this letter

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 and as he

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 brought the

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 ministry of

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 John the

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 Baptist to

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 a close

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 it ends up

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 as you

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 would expect

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 with the

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 sweetness of

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 the gospel

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 let's close

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 in prayer

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 holy father

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 this morning

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 as we

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 gather

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 together

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 we are

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 here because

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 of the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 who found

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 us in

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 our hopeless

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 despair

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 and convicted

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 us of our

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 sin and brought

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 us to the

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 point of

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 realizing that

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 we have

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 no hope

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 in our

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 own efforts

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 in our

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 own

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 goodness

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 but Christ

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 Jesus came

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 into the

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 world to

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 save

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 sinners

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 and the

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 spirit of

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 God works

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 to bring

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 the person

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 who is

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 under

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 condemnation

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 first to

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 realize the

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 reality of

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 their judgment

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 and secondly

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 to realize

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 there is no

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 hope apart

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 from Christ

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 and so this

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 morning as we

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 hear the

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 word preached

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 our desire

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 is this

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 is that we

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 who know

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 Christ would

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 revel in the

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 sweetness of the

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 gospel and

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 those who are

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 here that don't

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 know Christ

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 would be drawn

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 to believe in

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 Jesus for the

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 salvation of

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 their soul

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 and that's our

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 prayer this

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 morning as we

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 close in

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 Jesus name

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 amen

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 as we

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