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 Just focus in on the last part of Christ's prayer in John 17.

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 This particular chapter has meant a lot to me over the years as I've been at death's doorstep multiple times with my physical illnesses I've had.

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 And it's one of the few passages that kind of give us a direction to look at life beyond this life.

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 And it's raised my mind to God and eternity.

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 It's commonly referred to as the high priestly prayer of Christ.

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 And indeed, it is the true Lord's Prayer.

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 The one we're familiar with, the one in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, tend to be more known as the Disciples' Prayer, where He teaches His disciples to pray.

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 So this truly is the Lord's Prayer.

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 It's a, what does Jesus pray?

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 What is He like when He speaks to the Father?

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 It's only about 650 words.

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 It just takes a couple minutes to read.

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 But it is deep and profound.

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 Every single word of it, you could exhaust.

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 Many years ago, on a commentary on John 17, Calvin wrote,

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 This prayer of Christ is a safe harbor.

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 And whoever retreats into it is safe from all danger of shipwreck.

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 For it has, Christ has solemnly sworn that He will devote His care and diligence to our salvation.

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 Let the world then condemn us a thousand times.

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 This alone ought to satisfy us.

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 That Christ acknowledges us to be His heritage and pleas with the Father for us.

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 So this prayer is just one of a kind.

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 You don't find anything like this anywhere else in the Scripture.

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 It kind of looks like Moses' prayer, sort of, at the end of Deuteronomy, before Moses departs this world.

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 And so think about what's on Jesus' mind, just the context.

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 He's spending time with His disciples.

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 He's finished the Last Supper with them.

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 And they're getting ready to kind of go towards Gethsemane.

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 And during this time, He lifts up His voice to the Father.

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 And He prays and pours out His voice to the Father.

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 I'll give you a quick outline of the prayer.

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 But we're only going to focus on the last part of it.

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 There's three parts that we've typically divided this prayer up into.

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 The first part is in verses 1 through 5.

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 And this is Jesus' praise for Himself.

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 And the focus is the Father's glory.

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 And in turn, His own glory.

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 Second part, Jesus prays for His disciples.

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 We see that in verse 6 through 19.

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 And the focus of the Christ prayer during that time is preservation and mission.

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 And then thirdly, what we'll be focusing on today is Jesus' praise for the present and future believers.

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 The key is their oneness and unity.

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 So that's what we're focusing in on today.

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 But you see in verse 20, Jesus says,

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

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 And so Jesus is confident that His disciples, after all that's about to happen, are going to return.

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 And they're going to go out.

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 And they're going to preach the good news.

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 And start the church.

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 Read in Acts chapter 2, verse 42.

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 This happened.

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 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, the breaking of bread and to prayers.

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 So Jesus in this time prays for us.

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 And it's known, this whole prayer, John 17, reveals to us one of the very unique and specific roles,

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 I don't think a lot of us think about maybe on a daily basis,

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 but a role that Christ plays in our lives.

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 A significant role.

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 He is our great high priest.

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 As sinners that are unclean and unable to go into the holy presence of God,

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 Jesus paid the final sacrifice for our sins and gave us His righteousness so that we could stand clean before God.

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 And now He intercedes on our behalf.

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 700 years ago, before Christ, Isaiah actually gave us a glimpse of this role

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 in prophesying about the work of Christ and the Messiah, the suffering servant, in Isaiah 53.

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 Starting in verse 11.

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 You don't have to turn there.

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 There's one other place for you to look at today outside this.

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 But we get a glimpse of His priestly work on our behalf.

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 But Isaiah spoke 700 years before Christ.

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 Out of the anguish of his soul, he shall see and be satisfied.

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 By his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous.

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 And he shall bear their iniquities.

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 There's like the salvific part of this.

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 Christ died on our behalf.

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 Verse 12.

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 Therefore, I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoiled with the strong,

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 because he poured out his soul to death, and he was numbered with the transgressors.

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 Yet he bore the sins of many and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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 He stands before the Father, right?

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 Making intercession on our behalf.

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 And that's what the writer of Hebrews says in Hebrews 8, 1 and 2.

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 He expresses Christ's priestly care for us.

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 So think about this.

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 We're about to read the passage together.

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 But some of you may have someone in your life who has a very deep walk with Christ,

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 who enjoys such deep fellowship with God.

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 And when, if you said, if I would like to just pray with one person before I face this trial,

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 who would that person be?

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 Right?

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 What friend would you think of?

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 But a cool thought, as we begin to read this, is Robert Murray McShane,

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 young Scottish pastor in the 1800s, preached a sermon on John 17.

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 And he said this, really profound.

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 If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.

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 Yet distance makes no difference.

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 He is praying for me.

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 It's amazing.

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 So let's read the passage together.

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 We're just going to focus on the last part of this.

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 John 17, look at verse 20.

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 Jesus praying.

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 He says,

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 I do not ask for these only,

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

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 that they may all be one,

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 just as you, Father, are in me,

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 and I in you,

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 that they also may be in us,

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 so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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 The glory that you have given me,

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 I have given to them.

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 That they may all be one,

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 even as we are one.

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 I in them,

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 and you in me,

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 that they may become perfectly one,

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 so that the world may also know that you have sent me,

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 and love them even as you love me.

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 Father,

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 I desire that they also,

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 whom you have given me,

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 may be with me where I am,

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 to see my glory,

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 the glory of the Father,

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 even though,

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 I'm sorry,

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 because,

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 forgive me,

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 typo here,

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 they may see my glory,

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 that you have given me,

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 because you love me,

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 before the foundation of the world.

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 Oh,

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 righteous Father,

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 even though the world does not know you,

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 I know you,

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 and these know you,

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 that you have sent me.

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 I have made known to them your name,

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 and I will continue to make it known,

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 that the love with which you have loved me,

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 may be in them,

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 and I in them.

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 Join me in a quick word of prayer.

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 Father,

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 we just looked up this time to you,

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 please work in our hearts,

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 through your Holy Spirit,

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 apply,

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 apply your word,

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 to our hearts,

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 that we would not walk away,

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 from this place,

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 unchanged,

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 that you would give us,

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 a picture of what,

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 you prayed for us,

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 long ago,

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 you give us deep insight,

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 into your word,

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 Lord,

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 in Christ's name,

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 we're going to break this up,

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 into a few different pieces,

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 but,

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 point number one,

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 as we're walking through this passage,

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 point number one,

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 is Jesus prays,

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 for true unity,

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 among believers.

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 Jesus prays,

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 for true unity,

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 among believers.

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 And so,

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 under number one,

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 we see,

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 there's a few sub points,

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 but the sub point,

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 A,

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 underneath this,

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 is he has,

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 a request,

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 for true unity.

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 Look at verse 21,

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 that they may all,

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 be one.

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 Alright?

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 And,

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 a good,

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 way to kind of,

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 get to the heart of this,

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 about what true unity means,

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 is to kind of expose,

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 what false unity,

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 actually is.

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 Many in the church today,

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 and most people,

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 well meaning,

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 will make remarks like,

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 Christians just seem so divided,

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 how come there's so many different,

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 churches,

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 how come there's different,

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 denominations,

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 after all,

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 like isn't just Jesus,

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 all that matters,

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 and they'll kind of like,

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 simplify,

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 the Christian life,

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 with phrases like that,

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 and they'll say like,

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 we need to do something,

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 to create unity,

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 among believers.

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 And again,

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 I know,

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 like well meeting people,

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 who have said such things,

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 but often,

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 thoughts like that,

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 are kind of misguided,

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 and,

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 and ignorant.

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 false,

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 superficial unity,

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 sometimes,

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 is created,

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 at the expense,

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 of truth,

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 and doctrine.

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 Churches may avoid,

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 hard,

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 Bible topics,

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 just so they can,

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 make people feel,

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 better,

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 about,

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 themselves.

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 But let me give you,

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 a couple of diagnostic questions,

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 when it comes to this idea,

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 of unity.

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 A couple of diagnostic questions.

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 What are the first things,

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 that people talk about,

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 when they ask you about,

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 when you ask them,

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 about their church?

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 That's when it goes,

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 Christ's family,

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 tell me about that church.

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 Like what's the first thing you say?

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 Or somebody else,

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 like what comes out of their mouth?

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 Like what do you enjoy,

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 about that church?

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 The second question,

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 is us asking ourselves,

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 is what is the gathering component,

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 of a local church?

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 Like why do people come there?

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 Like what's the purpose?

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 What's the goal?

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 What brings them together?

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 And often in today's,

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 contemporary,

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 evangelicalism,

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 local churches have a large,

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 range of gathering components.

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 Alright?

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 There's many demographics.

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 There's the age demographic.

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 I like going to this church,

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 because it has a youth program,

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 or teenagers,

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 or older people,

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 or young adults.

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 Singles.

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 That's why we like going there.

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 Another demographic.

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 Some sort of effemnity, right?

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 That church has a lot of families.

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 I like going to that church.

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 Or a lot of children.

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 Or these people seem,

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 richer upper class,

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 or middle class,

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 or whatever it may be.

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 A big one,

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 among today's denominations,

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 are music.

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 Do you have contemporary cool music,

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 or do you have the old people,

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 organ,

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 you know,

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 piano music?

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 Like they'll go,

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 I've heard people say,

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 that's why they go where they go.

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 Programs.

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 This is probably the biggest one.

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 This church has a place for me,

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 and my family to plug in.

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 We have all these different things.

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 We have children's ministries,

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 youth ministries,

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 college ministries,

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 single ministries,

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 on and on and on.

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 We have a drama team,

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 whatever it may be, right?

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 So,

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 we don't have a drama team here.

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 So,

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 also facilities.

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 That's a really nice building.

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 That's a beautiful church building,

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 and a great parking lot,

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 you know,

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 on and on.

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 They have good coffee,

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 whatever it may be.

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 So,

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 there's all sorts of things

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 that people say

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 is the gathering component

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 of their church.

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 Right?

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 I heard on a local Christian radio station

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 a while back,

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 they were allowing people to call in,

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 and I said,

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 this was the question,

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 how do you do church?

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 And you got all kind of crazy answers on that.

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 But here's the deal.

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 One of the big problems

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 with focusing on demographics

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 as a point of unity

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 is that something happens

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 to that component?

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 Your church is gone.

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 If that component was removed,

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 would that church divide?

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 Would it break up?

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 What would happen?

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 The gathering component,

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 for any other reason

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 than the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that church will fail.

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 That church won't stand.

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 But isn't it sad, though,

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 that the church

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that He bought with His own blood,

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 usually,

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 or sometimes,

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 is not the gathering component

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 for why a church gathers.

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 It's all kind of

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 other things

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 other than His life,

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 His death,

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 and His resurrection.

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 That's the main event

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 for which we gather.

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 But many churches do not.

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 It is that bother you

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 that many people ask the question,

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 how do you do church

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 when really,

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 the only thing that matters

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 is what would Christ

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 have us do

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 when we gather?

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 What is His opinion?

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 He is the head of the church.

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 It is His church,

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 His bride.

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 He has told us

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 what we ought to be doing

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 when we gather.

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 And it is heartbreaking

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 that thousands of people

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 have flocked to local churches

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 even this morning

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 to get a quick fix,

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 to have a real quick shot

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 of feel-goodism,

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 a pop psychology talk

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 that has nothing to do

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 with God's Word.

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 Or isn't it sad

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 that the first thing

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 that people think of

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 of their church

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 is a pastor

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 or a program,

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 something that enhances

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 their life

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 instead of the Son of God?

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 Right?

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 So please,

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 I'm not saying

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 that it's okay

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 to mention some of the good things

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 about our church,

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 but I pray that Christ

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 is the gathering component.

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 I pray He is why we gather.

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 Period.

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 And I tremble to think

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 how Christ would see

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 some churches

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 when you look at

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 Revelation chapter,

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 the early chapters

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 when He addresses

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 the churches.

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 And He commends them

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 for good things

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 and He condemns them

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 for bad things.

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 Right?

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 Underneath this first point

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 about Jesus praying

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 for unity

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 is another point.

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 Point B.

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 What is the source

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 of true unity?

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 What is the source

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 of true unity?

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 Look at verse 21 and 22.

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 That they may all be one

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 just as you, Father,

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 are in me

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 and I in you.

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 that they also

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 may be in us.

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 Look at verse 22.

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 The glory

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 that you have given me,

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 I have given to them

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 that they may be one

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 even as we are one.

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 I in them

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 and you in me

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 that they may be

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 perfectly one.

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 Alright?

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 So,

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 based on this text,

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 very clearly,

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 we see that unity

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 is not something

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 that we create.

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 It's something

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 that exists

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 already.

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 It's not of human origin.

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 It's something

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 that exists

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 in the nature

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 of God Himself.

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 The unity of all believers

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 is grounded

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 in the love

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 and unity

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 that exists

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 in the Godhead.

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 Okay?

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 They are united

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 completely,

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 perfectly one

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 in their motive,

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 in their glory,

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 in their mission,

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 in their redemptive purpose.

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 They are perfectly one,

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 unified.

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 So,

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 spiritual unity

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 comes to us

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 from the reality

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 of His redemptive activity

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 in our lives.

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 Okay?

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 Unity,

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 we should be concerned about,

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 is not a physical,

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 visible unity

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 in our lives,

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 but a unity

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 that is

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 not outward

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 and physical

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 but one that's

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 spiritual

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 and invisible.

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 Unseen.

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 Spiritual unity.

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 That they would be

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 perfectly one.

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 Alright?

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 Really quickly,

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 this is the only place

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 you have to turn

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 outside of our main passage,

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 but hold your hand,

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 John 17.

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 Look at Ephesians

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 chapter 4.

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 Paul writing

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 to the church

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 at Ephesus

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 and he kind of

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 clears the air

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 on what unity

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 actually is.

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 Ephesians 4,

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 verse 1,

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 and he's addressing

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 the church,

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 and he says

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 in verse 1,

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 I therefore,

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 a prisoner of the Lord,

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 urge you

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 to walk in a manner

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 worthy of the calling

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 to which you have been called,

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 with all humility

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 and gentleness,

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 with patience,

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 bearing with one another

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 in love,

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 eager to maintain

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 that there it is,

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 the unity of the Spirit

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 in the bond of peace.

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 There is one body

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 and one Spirit,

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 just as you were called

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 to the one hope

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 that belongs to your call.

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 One Lord,

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 one faith,

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 one baptism,

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 one God and Father of all,

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 who is over all

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 and through all

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 and in all.

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 So there's a lot

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 to talk about right there.

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 Just think about two things

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 if you notice.

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 Unity is completely

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 a spiritual matter

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 and not physical.

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 Alright?

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 Our passage,

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 the Scripture,

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 doesn't define unity

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 in a physical,

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 fluctuating,

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 visible way.

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 Rather,

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 it's this constant unity

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 that is invisible.

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 Christ's prayer

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 is answered

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 every time a dead sinner

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 is raised from death

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 and brought

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 into His kingdom.

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 But secondly,

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 notice this

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 about this passage,

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 that unity

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 is maintained

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 and preserved,

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 not created.

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.220
 Okay?

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 It already exists

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:05.019
 because of Christ

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 and His Spirit

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:07.019
 that dwells within us.

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 So we're called

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 to preserve it,

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 protect it,

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.579
 right?

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 Not create it.

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 Not to find

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 some outward thing

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 that brings us

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 unity.

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 Very clear passage.

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 So let me just

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 give you a quick

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 example of this.

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 For many years,

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 they no longer

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 have this conference,

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 but in Louisville,

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 every other year,

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 they had a conference

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 called

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 Together for the Gospel.

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 And at this conference,

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 you had guys

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 from different

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 denominational backgrounds,

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 primarily

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 Southern Baptists,

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 Presbyterian guys,

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 Baptists like

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 Mark Dever,

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 and John Piper,

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 John MacArthur,

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 Al Mohler.

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 Then you had

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 PCA guys,

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 Presbyterian guys

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 like Spurl,

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 Ligon Duncan,

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 Kevin DeYoung,

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 and they were all

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 just really good

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 buddies,

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 all just really

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 good friends.

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 They disagree

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 like on certain

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 issues like baptism

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 or like church

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.439
 government,

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.759
 but they are all

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.619
 really close.

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 They're saying

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 we are united

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 in Christ.

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 We are united

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 in the Gospel,

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 right?

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.899
 And such

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 close friends.

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 So it can go

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 across denominational

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 lines.

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 In fact,

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 I'm okay with

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 denominations

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 because it actually

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 means that people

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 have convictions

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 about things,

00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:25.699
 right?

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.599
 We actually believe

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 something that

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 the Scripture

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.319
 teaches.

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 But there is

00:20:29.959 --> 00:20:31.139
 unity that exists

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:31.679
 in those who

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.139
 have been born

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 again and who

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.839
 have believed

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 in the Gospel,

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.759
 right?

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 There is spiritual

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 unity.

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 The last little

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 part underneath

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 point number one

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 is this,

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 the result of

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 true unity.

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 The result of

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 true unity.

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 Verse 21,

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.939
 the second part,

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.359
 he says,

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 so that the world

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 may believe

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 that you have

00:20:56.419 --> 00:20:56.879
 sent me.

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 look at verse

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 23,

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 so that the

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.780
 world may

00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.700
 know that

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 you have

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 sent me

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 and love

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 them even

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.580
 as you

00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:07.500
 have loved

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 me.

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 And so,

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.300
 the result of

00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:11.860
 true unity,

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 one of those

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 is evangelistic.

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 Sin causes

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 division and

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 hatred.

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 Sin causes

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 people to

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 separate,

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 go their own

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.840
 ways.

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 the church

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 is meant

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 to be one

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 of the

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 greatest

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 ways that

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 we display

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 to a

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 dying

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 world

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 who God

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 actually

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 is and

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 what was

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 meant

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 before the

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 fall,

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 right?

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 By loving

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 one another

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 well,

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 loving in

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 the grace

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.359
 of God,

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 living in

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 community

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 with one

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 another.

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 I've heard

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 it said

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.299
 a long time

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.799
 ago that

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 the church

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.099
 is the

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.500
 Gospel

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.019
 made

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.480
 visible.

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 Like,

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.720
 the world

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.480
 is to see

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.620
 the unity

00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.079
 that we

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:51.000
 have because

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.759
 of Christ

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.140
 and because

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 of the

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.940
 indwelling

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.599
 Spirit.

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.279
 Right?

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 Beautiful.

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 Jesus says

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 that that

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.599
 unity,

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.620
 that oneness

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.720
 that He

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.420
 prayed for

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.299
 is attractive

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.779
 to those

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.519
 that God

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.019
 is working

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.319
 in,

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.579
 right?

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.079
 To the

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.420
 outside

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.960
 world.

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.160
 We are

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.539
 to be

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.460
 the light

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.720
 of the

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:09.920
 world.

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.480
 Jesus said

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.000
 that you

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.720
 are the

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.000
 light of

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.380
 the world.

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.500
 A city

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.900
 on a hill

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.480
 cannot be

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.700
 hidden,

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:14.940
 right?

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.299
 Let your

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.059
 light shine

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.880
 before men

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:18.099
 that they

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.500
 may see

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.799
 your good

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.159
 works

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.839
 and glorify

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.539
 your Father

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.079
 who is in

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.339
 heaven.

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.659
 Right?

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:22.980
 So that's

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.639
 one goal,

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.259
 one result

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.619
 of true

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.399
 unity is

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.399
 it's evangelistic.

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.659
 Jesus says

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:27.859
 that,

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.079
 that they

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.279
 would,

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.240
 a world

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.819
 may see

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.339
 and know

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.019
 me,

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.399
 right?

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.139
 And then

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.519
 underneath

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.299
 this also,

00:22:34.459 --> 00:22:35.119
 another result

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.459
 of true

00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:35.779
 unity.

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.000
 I love

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.439
 this part.

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.059
 In Christ

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.439
 we have

00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:39.299
 all things

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.839
 in common.

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:40.879
 Alright?

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.139
 Many of you

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.439
 can give

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:43.159
 testimony to

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.399
 this,

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.099
 that Christ

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.559
 has a

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.839
 tendency

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.339
 to bring

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.659
 together

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:46.259
 people who

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.919
 otherwise would

00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.439
 never be

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.940
 around each

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.180
 other.

00:22:48.600 --> 00:22:48.960
 Like,

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.720
 very different

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.259
 types of

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.559
 people.

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.120
 All kind

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.720
 of categories

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.259
 of people.

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 It doesn't

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.920
 matter what

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.779
 social background

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.279
 you have,

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.900
 what ethnic

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.660
 background you

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.019
 have,

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.640
 Christ brings

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.240
 us together

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.000
 into his

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.620
 church,

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.400
 his family.

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.480
 And that

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.920
 thought of

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.259
 like whenever

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.940
 you encounter

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.799
 another believer,

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.299
 some of you

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.539
 have traveled

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.240
 far outside

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.920
 the U.S.

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.380
 and it

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.779
 feels a little

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.700
 isolating and

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.000
 you don't

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.440
 really feel

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.660
 like people,

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.440
 anybody around

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.980
 you knows

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.320
 that you're

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:17.720
 a Christian

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.880
 and you're

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.140
 kind of

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.660
 alone.

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.279
 And then

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.680
 you bump

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.320
 into somebody

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:22.380
 else who

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.940
 is and you

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.440
 just immediately

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.880
 have this

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.140
 like,

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.779
 yes,

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.680
 they are

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.840
 in the

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.120
 faith.

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.560
 They are

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.039
 a brother

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.519
 or a

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.820
 sister.

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.000
 And you

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.320
 immediately

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.779
 have this

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.240
 connection

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.900
 with them.

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.060
 But God

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.820
 brings together

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:36.220
 all types

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.660
 of different

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.820
 people that

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.600
 otherwise would

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.019
 not spend

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.560
 any time

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.019
 together,

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.619
 probably.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.119
 Growing up,

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.460
 I was a

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.740
 part of

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.159
 like the

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:44.460
 good old

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:46.000
 boy country

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.940
 crowd that

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.579
 drove trucks,

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:48.059
 deer hunted,

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:49.359
 and fished.

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.659
 And I

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.500
 love to see

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.119
 just that

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.619
 over the

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.059
 years,

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.819
 that kind

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.200
 of means

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.659
 less and

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.019
 less to

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.319
 me.

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.859
 It's more

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.919
 as I've

00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.579
 seen people

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.460
 that have

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.940
 been saved

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.839
 by Christ

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.980
 and I have

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.399
 more in

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.779
 common with

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.119
 them than

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.720
 even my own

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.599
 family sometimes.

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:04.980
 And we

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.240
 have,

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.500
 I have a

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.899
 good buddy

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.319
 of mine who

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.500
 is sort

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.960
 of a punk

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.440
 rocker

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.399
 background.

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.960
 Right?

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.259
 And I

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.440
 would have

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.859
 never hung

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.119
 out with

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.579
 that guy

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:14.139
 outside of

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.579
 Christ.

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.720
 And brothers

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.220
 and sisters

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.679
 from every

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.119
 nation,

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.899
 every tribe,

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.519
 every tongue,

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.019
 Christ brings

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.639
 us together

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.159
 and we have

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.980
 all things

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.619
 in common.

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.700
 Right?

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.179
 That's the

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.899
 answer to all

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.279
 the stuff you

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.639
 see in our

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.019
 world right

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.279
 now.

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.599
 The gospel.

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.019
 Christ.

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.879
 The church.

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.500
 This brings

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.200
 us to point

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.720
 number two.

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.139
 Point number

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.399
 two.

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:38.080
 Jesus

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:39.019
 prays

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.000
 for the

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.340
 future

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.900
 glory

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.340
 of

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:41.740
 believers.

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.220
 He

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.740
 prays

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.000
 for the

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.300
 future

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:44.740
 glory

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.080
 of

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.660
 believers.

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.320
 And then

00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:48.160
 two parts

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.500
 underneath

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.900
 that.

00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:51.180
 In one

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.480
 way,

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.120
 part A,

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.720
 the fellowship

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.600
 and focus

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.040
 of our

00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:55.480
 future

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.240
 glory.

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.240
 Look at

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.900
 verse 24.

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.460
 He says,

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.759
 Father,

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.680
 I desire

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.840
 that they

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.480
 also,

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:02.940
 whom you

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.480
 have given

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.880
 me,

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.080
 may be

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.460
 with me

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.839
 where I

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.220
 am,

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.299
 to see

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.039
 my glory

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.059
 that you

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.500
 have given

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.039
 me because

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.579
 you loved

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.159
 me before

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.980
 the foundation

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.740
 of the

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.119
 world.

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.759
 Such a

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.199
 beautiful

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:16.919
 picture here.

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.000
 At the

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.559
 outset of

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.359
 Christ's

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.759
 prayer,

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:20.639
 right,

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.099
 he asked

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.480
 the Father

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.179
 to restore

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:23.159
 him to

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.859
 the place

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.259
 of glory

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.119
 that he

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.859
 enjoyed with

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.319
 the Father

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.819
 before

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.539
 creation.

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.980
 So you

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.319
 get this

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.039
 glimpse of

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.500
 what happened

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.939
 before the

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.339
 world was

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.720
 created.

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.900
 Christ

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.759
 dwelt in

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.559
 perfect joy

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.420
 and satisfaction

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.980
 with the

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.299
 Father,

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.160
 right,

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.360
 before anything

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.400
 ever was

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.839
 created.

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.380
 That's a

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.039
 beautiful picture

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.980
 of what

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.440
 existed.

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.339
 If you look

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.160
 at verse 5

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.860
 of chapter 17,

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.079
 just kind of

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.799
 looking back a

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.140
 little bit,

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.519
 he kind of

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.860
 says the

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.400
 same thing.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.680
 He says,

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:51.960
 Now,

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.400
 Father,

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.900
 glorify me

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.220
 in your

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.160
 own presence

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.079
 with the

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.620
 glory that

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.079
 I had

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.680
 with you

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.440
 before the

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.819
 world

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.440
 existed.

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.620
 It's an

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.980
 amazing

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.420
 thought.

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:01.940
 Think and

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.620
 ponder that.

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.600
 Right?

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.240
 Something I

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.480
 want you

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.960
 to think

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.660
 of just

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.140
 right now,

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.160
 think about

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.559
 one of the

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.259
 most beautiful

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.220
 scenes that

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.579
 you've ever

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.960
 seen with

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.500
 your eyes,

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.559
 or one of

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.779
 the most

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.140
 beautiful

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.079
 noises you

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.720
 ever heard

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.779
 with your

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.180
 ears.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.860
 It might

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.480
 be like a

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.539
 sunset over

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.500
 the mountains

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.860
 or the

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.200
 ocean.

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.700
 It might

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.000
 be hearing

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.539
 a great

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.740
 musical

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.600
 performance

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:28.259
 or a

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.700
 monumental

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.279
 sporting

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.839
 event.

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.460
 And notice

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.860
 that in

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.640
 those moments,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.299
 things that

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.579
 just sort

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.839
 of take

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.200
 your breath

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.440
 away,

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.819
 you're not

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.360
 thinking about

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.559
 yourself at

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.779
 all.

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.279
 You're carried

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.019
 outside of

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.400
 yourself.

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.259
 Right?

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.140
 Two things

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.700
 kind of

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.319
 happened during

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.880
 that time.

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.579
 Something in

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:46.640
 us longs for

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.680
 another person to

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.400
 be there with

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.059
 us to share

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.500
 that rich

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.120
 experience.

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.079
 You ever

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.480
 thought that?

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.700
 Like,

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:51.960
 man,

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.600
 I wish that

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.860
 person was

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.620
 here to see

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.940
 this.

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.860
 And typically,

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.620
 the ones that

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.180
 we love the

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.440
 most,

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:58.940
 typically the

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.279
 people that are

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.160
 closest to us,

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.460
 who want

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.920
 them to be

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.279
 there to

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.920
 behold this

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.740
 beautiful thing

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.519
 with us.

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.700
 This,

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.360
 in a small

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.600
 way,

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.000
 is what I

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.680
 believe Christ

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.180
 is saying,

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.820
 a small way,

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:10.120
 that He

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.940
 desires for

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.820
 us to be

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.560
 with Him

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:14.140
 where He is

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.660
 so that we

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.420
 may behold

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.240
 His glory,

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.660
 the glory that

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.480
 existed before

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.140
 the world

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.220
 was created.

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.900
 Not because

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.500
 He needs

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.900
 us,

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.240
 just because

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.820
 He's gracious,

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.560
 just because

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.240
 He wants us

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.860
 to be in

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.460
 His presence.

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.340
 He chose

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.740
 to set

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.340
 His love

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.059
 upon us.

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.079
 Right?

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.559
 So that's

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.019
 one thing.

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.279
 We want

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.539
 for other

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.880
 people to

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.259
 be there.

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.460
 Secondly,

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.680
 we want

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.640
 to not

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.340
 just look

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.880
 at something

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.200
 that's

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.620
 magnificent.

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.259
 We actually

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.920
 want to

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.519
 dive into it.

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.740
 We don't

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:43.960
 want to

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.319
 just stare

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.559
 at it

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.819
 from a

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.120
 distance.

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.400
 We want

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.700
 to go

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.059
 and actually

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.620
 be a part

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.740
 of what

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.220
 we see.

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.559
 We want

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.819
 to be in

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.240
 the middle

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.779
 of it.

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:50.980
 I remember

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.340
 the first

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:52.759
 time I

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.340
 ever saw

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:54.759
 the Scottish

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.240
 Highlands

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.620
 in 2009.

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.579
 I was

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:57.819
 on a

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.159
 bus.

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.219
 As soon

00:27:59.219 --> 00:27:59.459
 as I

00:27:59.459 --> 00:27:59.759
 saw it,

00:27:59.779 --> 00:27:59.879
 I was

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.000
 like,

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.719
 oh my

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.199
 gosh,

00:28:01.239 --> 00:28:01.479
 that is

00:28:01.479 --> 00:28:01.939
 beautiful.

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:02.979
 I was

00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:03.119
 like,

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.419
 I wanted

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.719
 to jump

00:28:03.719 --> 00:28:04.000
 through the

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.579
 window to

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.959
 go out

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.459
 and get

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:06.019
 into it.

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.500
 I want

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.799
 to drop

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.259
 me off

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.759
 right here

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.000
 and I

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.479
 will go

00:28:08.479 --> 00:28:09.779
 backpacking

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.179
 all day

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.799
 by myself.

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:12.079
 I didn't

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.339
 just want

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.659
 to look

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:12.919
 at it

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.359
 from a

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.859
 distance.

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.539
 I remember

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:17.419
 in 1995

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.000
 a little

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.599
 boy listening

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.119
 to the

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.859
 radio about

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.339
 the Braves

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.979
 World Series

00:28:20.979 --> 00:28:22.399
 and it

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:22.679
 made me

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.199
 go to bed.

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.559
 I couldn't

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.979
 stay up

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.299
 and watch

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.479
 it.

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:24.899
 So,

00:28:25.699 --> 00:28:25.979
 the whole

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.180
 like,

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.579
 Braves

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.920
 win,

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.380
 Braves

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.620
 win.

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:27.860
 I wanted

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.599
 to be

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.079
 a part

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.480
 of that

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.079
 celebration.

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.500
 I wanted

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.720
 to be

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:30.960
 in the

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.160
 middle

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.539
 of it.

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.680
 C.S.

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:32.940
 Lewis

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.319
 wrote,

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.740
 we do

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.539
 not want

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.960
 merely

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.480
 to see

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.960
 beauty,

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.779
 though God

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:40.059
 knows even

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.519
 that is

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.360
 bounty enough.

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.319
 We want

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.099
 something else

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.220
 which we can

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.900
 hardly put

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.740
 into words,

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.900
 to be

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.920
 united with

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.539
 the beauty

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.099
 that we

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.440
 see,

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.940
 to pass

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.559
 into it,

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.079
 to receive

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.519
 it into

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.099
 ourselves

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.500
 and to

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.940
 bathe in

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.220
 it and

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.680
 to become

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.140
 a part

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.440
 of it.

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.720
 And so,

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.200
 when we

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.660
 leave this

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.420
 world and

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.740
 go and

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.940
 behold God's

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.120
 glory and

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.579
 the glory

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.259
 of Christ,

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.339
 we want

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.000
 to see it

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.539
 and be a

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:05.940
 part of it.

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.140
 We want

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.579
 to be in

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.079
 the middle

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.279
 of that

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.660
 glory.

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.960
 There's no

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.620
 better thing

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.079
 in this

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.380
 world.

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.039
 Nothing can

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.480
 compare to

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.940
 the glory

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.279
 that we

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.860
 will behold

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.860
 one day.

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.440
 Paul wrote,

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:19.200
 quoting Isaiah,

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.600
 what no

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.200
 eye has

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.600
 seen,

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.059
 nor ear

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.700
 has heard,

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.580
 nor the

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.019
 heart of

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.299
 man

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.980
 imagined,

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.200
 what God

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.960
 has prepared

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:28.080
 for those

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:28.620
 who love

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:28.860
 him.

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.799
 Amazing

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.220
 thing.

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.519
 So,

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.600
 a focus

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.980
 of fellowship

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.120
 and future

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.180
 glory is what

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:37.140
 we see

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.200
 in these

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.580
 verses.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.220
 And secondly,

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:41.660
 underneath

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:43.039
 this part,

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.200
 is we

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.920
 will enjoy

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.899
 unhindered

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.940
 fellowship

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.539
 with God.

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.159
 Unhindered

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.639
 fellowship

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.159
 with God.

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.259
 Think about

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.779
 the times

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.079
 where you

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.639
 have just

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.879
 enjoyed

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.399
 being in

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.859
 the presence

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.559
 of God.

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.599
 Like some

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.279
 of the sweetest

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.819
 moments of

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.180
 fellowship,

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.480
 when you

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.759
 were in

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.019
 prayer,

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.319
 when you

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.599
 were in

00:29:59.599 --> 00:29:59.940
 God's

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.259
 word,

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.339
 when you

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.639
 were just

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.039
 alone

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.539
 somewhere,

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.379
 or in

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.779
 the presence

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.139
 of his

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.539
 people.

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.059
 And it

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.960
 just seemed

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.319
 like in

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.839
 that moment

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.220
 you just

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.920
 had a

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.639
 real sense

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.159
 of God's

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.619
 presence

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.079
 with you.

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.319
 In an

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.740
 abnormal

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.220
 way,

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.799
 almost.

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.680
 You felt

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.359
 his nearness

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.899
 to you,

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.259
 thinking about

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.619
 how he

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.139
 saved you

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.519
 from your

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.819
 sin,

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.240
 giving you

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.700
 life,

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.980
 enjoying

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.480
 gratitude,

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:23.960
 or just

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.299
 filling

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.079
 your soul.

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:25.940
 You just

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.220
 want to

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.480
 say,

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.000
 pause.

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.259
 I just

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.460
 want to

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.899
 stay

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:30.019
 right here,

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.440
 right?

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.299
 But then

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.799
 something

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.319
 happens.

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.559
 Interference

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.259
 usually steps

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.519
 in.

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.879
 You get

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.299
 hungry,

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:37.920
 you get

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.359
 tired,

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.639
 hangry for

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.019
 some of

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.159
 you.

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.480
 Somebody

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.960
 knocks on

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.379
 your door,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.700
 you get

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.180
 an annoying

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.900
 text message.

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.279
 Whatever it

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.620
 may be,

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.380
 there's moments

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.740
 that just

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.559
 interrupt us.

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.720
 They pull

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.400
 us away

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.799
 from those

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.480
 depths of

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.880
 fellowship.

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.080
 We're kind

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.539
 of dragged

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.900
 down from

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.200
 heaven,

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.640
 as it were,

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.100
 back to

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.460
 earth,

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.120
 back to

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:58.039
 just being

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.460
 here.

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.600
 And it

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.019
 feels like

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.400
 we only

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.860
 can get

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.940
 so close

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.080
 in this

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.539
 life.

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.700
 But,

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.059
 when we

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.360
 die,

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.700
 when we

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.220
 shed this

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.620
 weak,

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:08.940
 mortal

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.400
 flesh,

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.660
 and it

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.000
 passes

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.519
 away,

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.460
 we

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.619
 will

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:11.920
 have

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:13.339
 uninterrupted,

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.059
 unhindered

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.599
 fellowship

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.940
 with Christ

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.319
 and the

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.639
 Father.

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.160
 Right?

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.819
 Eternity

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.279
 will not

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.940
 be spent

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.900
 with human

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.460
 beings

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.700
 paying back

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.279
 the debt

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.579
 that we

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.160
 owe God,

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.539
 because that

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.220
 is impossible.

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.819
 The grace

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.740
 that we

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.019
 have been

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.339
 saved,

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.639
 we can

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.139
 never pay

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.559
 it back.

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.660
 But for

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.359
 all eternity,

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.859
 we will be

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.599
 the beneficiaries

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.879
 of God's

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.299
 kindness.

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.720
 Right?

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.579
 Christ

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.000
 has done

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.220
 this,

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.620
 Ephesians

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:38.860
 2,

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.240
 7,

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.200
 that in

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.680
 the coming

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.160
 ages,

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.740
 He might

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.620
 show us

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.440
 the

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.019
 immeasurable

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.880
 riches of

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.500
 His grace

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.259
 and kindness

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.360
 towards us

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.980
 in Christ

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.339
 Jesus.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.799
 Some of

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:50.980
 you,

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:52.079
 many of

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.279
 you,

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.259
 who have

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.819
 children or

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.279
 grandchildren,

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.799
 know that at

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.120
 a certain

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.579
 age,

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.720
 you do

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.200
 something

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.819
 goofy or

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.360
 fun,

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.759
 and they

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.240
 like it,

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.440
 and then

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.579
 what do

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.880
 they tell

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.059
 you?

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.980
 Do it

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.299
 again.

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.360
 Do it

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.600
 again.

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:03.940
 Even like

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.240
 for an

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.460
 hour,

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.740
 you just

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.000
 do the

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.680
 same thing,

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.220
 over and

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.779
 over again,

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.019
 and they

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.380
 never get

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.740
 tired of

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.900
 it.

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.360
 Boredom

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.839
 is something

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.559
 that fallen

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.000
 creatures

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.700
 experience.

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.539
 Right?

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.640
 But the

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:16.120
 newness of

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.640
 standing in

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.079
 Christ's

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.460
 presence

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.180
 forever will

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.319
 never get

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.620
 old.

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.640
 We will

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.500
 enjoy that

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.279
 unhindered

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.079
 fellowship with

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.440
 God,

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.759
 on and

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.039
 on.

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.220
 Debating

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.579
 whether to

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.900
 read this

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.180
 to you or

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.319
 not,

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.620
 I'm not

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.120
 usually a

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.680
 fan of

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.579
 long quotes

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.839
 during

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.319
 sermons,

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.960
 but I'm

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.140
 going to

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.440
 read this

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.700
 one to

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.980
 you really

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.279
 quickly.

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.779
 Spurgeon

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.500
 wrote a

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.000
 sermon on

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.700
 John 17

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.980
 and he

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.299
 says,

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.500
 I doubt

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:43.120
 not that

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.420
 there are

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.180
 many joys

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.680
 in heaven

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.519
 which will

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.480
 amplify the

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.400
 grand joy

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.339
 with which

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.720
 we will

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.100
 have.

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.539
 I feel

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.079
 confident

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.559
 that meeting

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.220
 of departed

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.839
 friends,

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.200
 the society

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.819
 of apostles,

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.600
 priests,

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.900
 and prophets,

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.299
 and martyrs

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.799
 will amplify

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.700
 the joy of

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.299
 the redeemed.

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.559
 So in

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.079
 other words,

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.480
 I'm sure

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.759
 there are

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.440
 many things

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.839
 in heaven

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.099
 that are

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.299
 going to

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.899
 help bring

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.419
 us joy.

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.740
 Good things.

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.139
 But still,

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.680
 the Son

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.819
 that will

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.159
 give them

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.639
 the greatest

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.379
 light to

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.960
 their joy

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.819
 will be

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.379
 the fact

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.639
 that they

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.200
 are with

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.659
 Jesus

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.339
 Christ.

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.839
 And behold

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.639
 his face.

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.019
 And now,

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.159
 there may be

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:23.039
 other employments

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.559
 in heaven,

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.700
 but that

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.299
 mentioned in

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.919
 this text

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.779
 is the chief

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.059
 one,

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.839
 John 17,

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.099
 that they

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.939
 may behold

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:31.139
 my glory.

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.439
 Let us

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.179
 pass in

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:34.740
 a panorama

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:38.139
 before your

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.720
 eyes with

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.519
 great scenes

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.919
 of this

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:40.919
 glory that

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.259
 you will

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.119
 behold after

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.659
 death.

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:44.199
 The moment

00:33:44.199 --> 00:33:44.699
 the soul

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.399
 departs from

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.179
 this body,

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.099
 it will

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.879
 behold the

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.839
 glory of

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.299
 Christ.

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.519
 The glory

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.919
 of his

00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.799
 person will

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.139
 be the

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.799
 first thing

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.119
 that will

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.659
 arrest your

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:54.059
 attention.

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.599
 There he

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.119
 will sit

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:56.699
 in the midst

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:56.959
 of the

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:57.259
 throne,

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.619
 and our

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.220
 eyes will

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.700
 be first

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.700
 caught with

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.220
 his glory

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.599
 of his

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.119
 appearance.

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.519
 Oh,

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.519
 how will

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.119
 the Christian

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:05.500
 stop at

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.920
 the foot

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.319
 of his

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.980
 master's

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.619
 throne and

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.239
 look upward?

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.159
 And if

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.719
 there could

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.219
 be tears

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.719
 in heaven,

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.960
 tears of

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.780
 rich delight

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.400
 would roll

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.900
 down his

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.960
 cheeks when

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.440
 he looks

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.139
 and sees

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.719
 the man

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.320
 enthroned

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.579
 and says

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.039
 to him,

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.480
 how often

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.139
 I used

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.559
 to sing

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.260
 about you

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.840
 on the

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.199
 earth.

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.739
 Crown him

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.300
 with many

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.980
 crowns.

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.840
 King of

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.480
 kings and

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.880
 lord of

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.320
 lords.

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.580
 This

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.420
 version ends

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.780
 like by

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.300
 writing this

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.720
 poem.

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.360
 Millions of

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.040
 years are

00:34:35.040 --> 00:34:35.500
 wandering

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.120
 eyes.

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.420
 Shall our

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.020
 savior's

00:34:38.020 --> 00:34:38.540
 beauties

00:34:38.540 --> 00:34:39.160
 rove.

00:34:40.040 --> 00:34:40.160
 And

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.860
 myriads of

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:42.140
 ages will

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:43.100
 adore the

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.880
 wonders of

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.500
 his love.

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:46.460
 So it'll

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.400
 be a joy

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.800
 that is

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.580
 unceasing

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:49.540
 in heaven.

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.020
 We'll never

00:34:51.020 --> 00:34:51.600
 be bored

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:52.780
 beholding the

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.440
 glory of the

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.940
 father and

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.300
 the son.

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.680
 And

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.320
 then lastly,

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.880
 landing the

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.460
 plane here

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.680
 is part

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:00.000
 B.

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.320
 There will

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.720
 be a

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.420
 foretaste

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.260
 of future

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.019
 glory.

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:04.920
 Look at

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.700
 verse 25.

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:08.079
 Oh,

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.480
 righteous

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.000
 father,

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.219
 even though

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.699
 the world

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.139
 does not

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.679
 know you,

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.259
 I know

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.599
 you,

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.639
 and these

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.319
 know that

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.599
 you have

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.139
 sent me.

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.559
 I have

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.119
 made known

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.579
 to them

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.319
 your name,

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.419
 and I will

00:35:19.419 --> 00:35:20.239
 continue to

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.539
 make it

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.859
 known,

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.879
 that the

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.599
 love which

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.000
 you have

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.519
 loved me

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.019
 may be

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.639
 in them,

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.359
 and I

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.960
 in them.

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.619
 So beautiful

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.039
 words.

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.539
 Jesus says,

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.000
 righteous

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.919
 father,

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.679
 expresses this

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.419
 great

00:35:31.419 --> 00:35:31.899
 confidence

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.280
 that his

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.119
 father hears

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.740
 his prayer,

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.700
 and he

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.440
 will fulfill

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.280
 his request.

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.019
 He says

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.300
 about this

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.740
 righteous

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.280
 God,

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.820
 a fallen

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.519
 world does

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.000
 not know

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.420
 Christ,

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.840
 it does

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.400
 not know

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.800
 God,

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.320
 but the

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.079
 son knows

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.480
 God,

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.039
 and the

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.500
 son has

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.860
 made him

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.519
 known to

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.000
 us.

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.160
 Jesus has

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.880
 shown us

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.840
 who the

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.619
 father is.

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.780
 The moment

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.320
 that we

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.320
 are born

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:56.700
 again,

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.960
 we have

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.400
 fellowship

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.360
 with God,

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.099
 and we

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.880
 continue to

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.200
 throughout

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.740
 the duration

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.099
 of our

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.500
 lives,

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.660
 and

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.340
 sanctification,

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.800
 but knowing

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.260
 Christ,

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.920
 experiencing

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.660
 his glory,

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.160
 and his

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.539
 fellowship,

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.240
 starts now.

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.260
 We get

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.940
 glimpses,

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.280
 we get

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.800
 tastes,

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.660
 but it

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.380
 starts now.

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.860
 Jesus said,

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.780
 I have

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.099
 come that

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.420
 they may

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.059
 have life

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.500
 and have

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.420
 it abundantly.

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.539
 Having

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.900
 this life

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.800
 that is

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.599
 rooted in

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.019
 fellowship

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.320
 with Christ.

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.480
 So even

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.840
 now,

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.099
 with all the

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.579
 distractions,

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.079
 and all the

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.300
 stuff,

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.000
 even in

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.519
 this moment,

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:29.820
 right,

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.640
 we can

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.699
 enjoy the

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.940
 presence of

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.579
 Christ with

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:33.920
 us.

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.400
 We may

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.019
 get a start

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.659
 on eternity

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.099
 now,

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.559
 but one

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.879
 day,

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.859
 Paul says

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.859
 that we

00:36:39.859 --> 00:36:40.480
 will enjoy

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.739
 the

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.799
 unsearchable

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.339
 riches

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:43.879
 of Christ.

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.199
 So be

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.719
 thankful for

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.239
 these times

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.719
 of fellowship

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:46.980
 that you

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.480
 have now.

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:47.879
 They're just

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.779
 a foretaste

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.799
 of what

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:50.059
 is to

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.359
 come.

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.539
 So taste

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.039
 and see

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.420
 that the

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.039
 Lord is

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.379
 good.

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:55.779
 So just

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.239
 a beautiful

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.859
 picture of

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:57.420
 what Christ

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.159
 prayed for

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.559
 you,

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.879
 for me,

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.360
 and for

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.980
 every believer

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.599
 that followed

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.680
 after he

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.099
 left the

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.400
 earth,

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:05.019
 that we

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.360
 would be

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.760
 one,

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:06.960
 that we

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.480
 would behold

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.980
 his glory

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.480
 one day.

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.140
 So just

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.860
 join me in

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.320
 a word of

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.539
 prayer.