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 To the end of John 11.

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 Which if you go to Black Church Bible, it's page 898.

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 Christ is risen.

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 The Lord, the giver of life who conquered death.

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 We sang of it, didn't we, this morning.

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 Come people of the risen King.

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 Who delight to sing his praise.

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 We've sung of the triumph.

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 Crown him with many crowns.

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 Songs of joy.

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 Songs of gladness.

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 Because Jesus Christ has triumphed over the grave.

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 But now we come to a passage where people are plotting his death.

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 And we feel a tension.

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 It's an ironic tension.

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 And the passage that we're going to look at is full of irony.

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 In fact, I think that is the way to understand it.

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 To see the irony.

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 It's the major transition point between the two halves of the Gospel of John.

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 It stitches them both together.

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 And it weaves a continuous tapestry.

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 It's often overlooked.

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 People often go just from the raising of Lazarus.

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 Straight into Mary being anointed.

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 Jesus being anointed by Mary in chapter 12.

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 But it's so important.

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 And what it does in the most interesting way.

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 Is it shows us the same Jesus that we've seen for the last 10 or 11 chapters.

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 Whose whole desire, do you remember, is to give life to the world.

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 Why did John write his Gospel?

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 John wrote his Gospel that you might believe in him and so that you might have life.

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 What word has come up in John's Gospel again and again and again in the first 12 chapters?

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 50 times the word life has been used.

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 He came to bring life.

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 He is the life.

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 In him was life.

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 But in the second half, he is the one who is going to be crucified and put in the grave.

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 And what our passage does for us in a beautiful way is it stitches together those two things that seem so incompatible.

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 It shows us the irony of the fact.

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 And what it does is it takes us into the depths of that irony.

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 And it teaches us mysterious and yet marvellous truths about the Gospel.

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 We'll see two ironies.

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 The first irony is this irony of personal resistance.

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 The second one is political realism.

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 But the first is personal resistance.

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 Now remember two weeks ago, Jesus called forth, didn't he?

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 Lazarus, come out.

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 And Lazarus, who has been in the grave for four days, comes out with his grave clothes hanging on him.

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 The unthinkable has happened.

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 Jesus has reached into death and pulled out.

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 He came out.

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 Jesus says, and bind him.

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 And in response to Jesus, there's always a mixture.

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 So look at the response, verse 45.

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 Many of the Jews, therefore, because of what has just happened,

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 they'd been with Mary, they saw what he did, and they believed in him.

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 But verse 46, some of them went to the Pharisees, the religious authorities,

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 and they told what Jesus had done.

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 There's a mixed response, isn't there, to Jesus raising Lazarus from the grave.

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 On the one hand, many believe, but on the other hand, you get others telling tales.

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 And the chief priests and the Pharisees, in verse 47, they gather together to discuss and to deliberate,

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 what do we do in response to Jesus?

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 If you skip down to verse 53, you get the verdict of the council.

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 So from that day on, they made plans to put him to death.

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 This group of people plan to put to death the man who has just conquered death.

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 They plan to put to death the one who says, I have come to give life to this world.

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 And he holds true to his word.

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 In verse 25 of this chapter, Jesus declared, I am the resurrection and the life.

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 And yet the religious authorities want to kill the life.

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 Why?

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 Verse 47 and 48, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said,

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 what are we to do?

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 For this man performs many signs.

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 Just notice again, they don't deny the evidence.

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 They don't deny the evidence.

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 They don't say, oh, the miracles could never have happened.

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 No, his opponents say, no, the miracles definitely happened.

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 And if we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him.

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 And the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

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 Now that might seem a little bit random to you.

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 But the Jewish people at this time were living under Roman occupation and authority.

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 A bit like Welsh people.

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 Live under the occupation and the authority of Westminster.

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 Bitterly oppressed.

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 And the Romans weren't too concerned about their affairs.

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 The parallel goes on, isn't it?

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 But as long as the Jewish leaders kept some of the law and order and nothing got too serious,

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 the Romans would leave them alone.

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 But if there were any signs of political upheaval, then the Romans would get involved.

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 And they would use violence and oppression if they needed to keep people in line.

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 If you look down at verse 55, but given more context, you'll see that it's Passover week.

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 And during the Passover, estimates range really that it's around 200,000 people end up in Jerusalem.

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 They'd flock from the countryside.

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 They'd come into the city of Jerusalem during Passover.

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 And they were celebrating.

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 They were celebrating, weren't they?

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 The whole of the Passover was about celebrating God's goodness in liberating his people from the oppression of Egypt.

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 Do you remember?

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 The reading of the law.

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 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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 And the Passover was all about that.

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 Celebrating it.

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 So you can imagine how the Romans were just a little bit nervous, weren't they?

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 That in a festival that commemorated the throwing off of slavery and oppression, how during Passover time, religious and political fervor would run high.

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 And we know, don't we, that there would be messianic figures who would say we need to lead a revolt against the Romans.

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 And so the Romans had a particularly watchful eye on the people during those seasons.

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 They wanted to see, is there any potential for upheaval?

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 And if there was going to be, let's squash it immediately.

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 And so the Jewish leaders are very, very much aware of Jesus' rising popularity.

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 And they are worried that they will be dethroned by the Romans.

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 Now don't get too hung up on the cultural background here, but don't miss how subtle and sneaky the motivations of the leaders really are.

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 Just look at verses 47 and 48.

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 And notice with me the personal pronouns.

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 What are we to do?

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 For this man performs many signs.

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 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him.

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 And the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

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 What are they afraid of?

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 Do you see the frantic fear of losing their position?

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 They are concerned with their own well-being.

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 Notice that clause, they will take away our place and our nation.

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 And I think our place is referring to what they found their most security in.

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 It's referring to their security.

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 It's referring to their position in life.

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 It's referring to their identity.

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 It is wrapped up, isn't it?

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 We are the leaders of the nation.

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 And as you will know, when our deepest sense of security and our deepest sense of identity is threatened, we do one or two things.

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 One is we withdraw.

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 We kind of go to ground.

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 Or the other thing we do is we lash out.

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 And in this passage, they lash out.

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 They plan to put to death a man who has just conquered death.

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 And that is the irony, isn't it, of personal resistance in this chapter.

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 I want to pause there for a moment because I think it's got a real pastoral implication for us.

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 We should be very aware of the resistance that there is in our lives to the Lord Jesus.

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 It's really easy, isn't it, to look at the Jewish leaders in this passage and to throw mud at them and rocks at them and tomatoes at them.

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 To think we are so unlike them, aren't we?

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 And even in reading John's gospel, we can get on our high horse and we can fail to see the resistance that lies in the depths of our own soul, in my soul.

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 But the Bible won't allow you to do that.

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 As you read the Bible, it functions a lot like a mirror.

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 It shows us, doesn't it, what is deep inside of us.

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 That's why reading the Bible and hearing the Bible preach is often so uncomfortable.

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 And we should at times be appalled at the resistance to Jesus that is in our lives, but not surprised.

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 And we shouldn't underestimate how subtle it can be that this resistance often is the underlying motivator to so much of what we do in life.

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 And it often rises, doesn't it, when it comes to decisions.

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 So a council is gathering and is making a decision.

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 And I think that's often the case in our own lives, that our resistance to Jesus is seen at that point.

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 Because our decisions reveal where our true loyalty lies.

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 And even more, how and why we make the decisions we make show it.

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 They show our decisions, the true orientation of our lives.

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 Of whether we really do believe and love the Lord Jesus.

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 I read an article this week on making kind of big decisions as a Christian.

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 It's an article in the book.

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 And the writer of the book, who's a kind of author from Canada, he gave three searching questions, he says,

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 which expose your heart as you make decisions.

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 First is this.

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 Is there anything in this decision that arises from an inordinate desire for wealth or financial security?

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 Am I making this decision because there's an inordinate desire, too much of a desire for wealth or security?

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 Secondly, is there anything in this decision that arises from an inordinate desire for power or influence?

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 The third question, is there anything in this decision that arises from an inordinate longing for recognition and affirmation?

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 Too much of looking for recognition and affirmation.

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 And I think as we meditate on those questions, as we make those decisions, we can see, can't we, where am I resisting the Lord Jesus?

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 And we should be honest this morning, unaware, but not surprised.

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 We shouldn't despair over it either.

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 It's dangerous, isn't it?

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 Of despairing of our hearts.

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 But we shouldn't despair.

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 Because in this passage, wonderfully, their personal resistance does not stop Jesus' ultimate purpose to give life.

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 Isn't it wonderful that it's at the point of strongest human resistance that God's determination to give life actually proves to be most tenacious?

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 God turns the whole thing upside down.

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 And it's when the council plots to kill Jesus that the Lord, the giver of life,

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 through that act of killing Jesus, Jesus brings life.

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 God's determination.

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 Available to the entire world.

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 And this is the second irony of our passage.

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 The irony of political realism.

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 Look at verses 49 and 50.

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 In the middle of the council, the chief priest stands up,

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 and he says, you've not got a clue what you're doing.

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 He says to the council,

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 you don't understand.

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 You don't know what you're doing.

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 It is better for you that one man should die for the people than the whole nation should perish.

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 Caiaphas speaks words that bear all the force of political pragmatism and realism.

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 He says, guys, there is an obvious solution to this problem.

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 Just kill one man.

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 Kill one man and you spare a whole nation.

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 Kill one man, you're good to go.

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 Problem over.

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 One person or 200,000.

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 You take your pick.

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 It's an obvious decision.

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 And in a sense, he is right.

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 But in saying what he does,

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 he shows us something really deep about the gospel, the good news.

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 John explains it to us in verses 51 and 52.

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 He wants you to see the meaning of it.

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 In verse 51, he did not say this of his own accord,

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 but being high priest for that year,

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 he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.

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 And not only for the nation,

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 but also to gather into one

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 the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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 So two things.

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 Jesus is going to be a substitute.

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 And Jesus is going to be a magnet.

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 He prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.

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 That's substitutionary language, isn't it?

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 Let's think for a moment about substitution.

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 We try to take the throne of God, don't we?

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 We put ourselves as God's substitute.

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 We say, I will make the rules.

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 I will live my life the way I want to live it.

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 We put ourselves as God's substitute.

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 And God takes the penalty for our humanity.

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 He puts himself as the substitute for sin.

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 We don't live in a culture anymore

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 where there are animal sacrifices.

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 We don't even live in a culture

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 where there's a kind of common understanding

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 of the fabric of life.

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 There's not an understanding

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 that if you do certain actions,

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 that will bring certain consequences.

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 That is eroding away in our culture.

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 In fact,

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 we now live in an age, don't we,

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 where people see themselves

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 far more as victims of circumstances

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 than sinners

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 in the hands of a holy God.

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 But you and I need to understand

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 that the word substitute

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 lies at the very heart of the gospel.

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 So look at verses 50 to 52

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 and you'll see that three times

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 the word for shows up.

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 Three times the word for shows up.

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 It is better for you

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 that one man should die for the people.

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 Verse 51.

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 He prophesied that Jesus would die

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 for the nations.

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 He died on behalf of his people.

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 The word for there,

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 it's an Old Testament word.

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 It's an Old Testament sacrificial word.

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 It connects what Jesus is doing

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 with what happened in the Old Testament.

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 We've seen the theme already,

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 we're right at the start of the gospel,

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 John 1, 21, 29.

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 Jesus shows up on the scene

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 for the first time

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 and John the Baptist says,

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 behold the Lamb of God

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 The Lamb of God,

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 it's sacrificial language.

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 If you go to John chapter 19

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 at the end of the gospel,

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 Jesus is hanging on a cross

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 and there's two criminals

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 on either side.

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 Jesus says,

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 it is finished.

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 He breathes his last breath

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 and John tells us

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 right at the end of John 19

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 that the soldiers

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 did not break Jesus' legs.

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 They broke the other two criminals' legs

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 but they didn't break Jesus' legs.

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 Why are we told that in detail?

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 Because sacrifices in the Old Testament

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 were meant to have no broken bones

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 and Jesus had no broken bones.

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 He is the perfect sacrifice on the cross

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 and so Jesus is being portrayed

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 as the Old Testament sacrificial lamb.

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 So in the Old Testament

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 when you had sins

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 that needed to be dealt with,

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 you brought a lamb

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 to the temple

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 and you put your hand

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 on its head

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 to symbolize your sin

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 and your guilt

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 and your shame

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 being transferred to that lamb.

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 A priest would come up

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 with a knife

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 and he would slit the throat

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 of the lamb

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 symbolizing the penalty

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 that was meant to be paid.

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 And you would watch

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 the blood of the lamb

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 pour out.

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 It's a horrific picture

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 on the floor.

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 The priest would then

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 gather up the blood

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 in a bowl.

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 He would walk into

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 the center of the temple

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 or the tabernacle

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 and he would sprinkle

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 that blood.

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 Or he'd pour it

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 on the ground

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 before the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and he would say

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 spare your people

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 O Lord

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 for the blood

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 has been spilt

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 in their stead.

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 And so what John

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 is doing

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 is through

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 Caiaphas' words

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 we are coming

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 to the very heart

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 of God.

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 Of God reaching

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 out to humanity

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 and saving them

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 from their sins

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 and providing

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 the Lord Jesus

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 as a substitute.

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 Let me read you

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 a quote from John Stott's

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 The Cross of Christ.

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 John Stott says this

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 The concept

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 of substitution

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 may be said then

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 to lie at the heart

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 of both sin

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 and salvation.

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 For the essence

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 of sin

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 the heart of sin

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 is man

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 substituting himself

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 for God.

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 While the essence

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 of salvation

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 is God

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 substituting himself

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 for man.

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 Man asserts himself

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 against God

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 and puts himself

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 where only God

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 deserves to be.

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 But God

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 sacrifices himself

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 for man

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 and puts himself

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 where only man

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 deserves to be.

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 man claims

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 prerogatives

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 which belong

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 to God alone

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 and God

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 accepts the penalties

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 which belong

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 to man alone.

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 Jesus is our

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 substitute.

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 But secondly

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 Jesus is a magnet.

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 Look at verse

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 52

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 and I think

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 this is a little

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 bit unexpected.

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 Verse 52

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 John is speaking

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 about Jesus'

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 death

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 for the nation

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 but not only

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 the nation

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 but also

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 to gather

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 into one

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 the children

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 of God

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 who are scattered

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 abroad.

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 That's us.

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 The imagery

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 is the biblical

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.140
 picture of

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 I'm being

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 gathered in

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 from exile.

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 It's somewhat

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 telling isn't it

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 that one of

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 the primary

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.560
 purposes here

00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:41.560
 of Jesus'

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 death

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 is to gather

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 his people

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 together

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 in unity.

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 And I think

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 this verse

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 will speak to us

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 slightly differently

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 depending on

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 what background

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 we come from.

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 For some of us

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 we've grown up

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 in a Christianity

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 that really

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 emphasises the cross

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 and it emphasises

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 personal salvation.

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 that Jesus

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.160
 died for your

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.920
 sins personally

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 and that is

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 wonderful.

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 But sometimes

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 a background

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.060
 like that

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.800
 can emphasise

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 very little

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:13.280
 church unity.

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 And what this

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 does is it

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.500
 slightly distorts

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.480
 our understanding

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.860
 of Christianity

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 Christianity.

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 Because unity

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:22.579
 is essential.

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 There's no

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 such thing

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.959
 as individual

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 Christianity.

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 We are

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.699
 together.

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 Jesus died

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:31.159
 for our sins

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 but he also

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:33.000
 died to make

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.899
 us one family.

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 And so what we

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.679
 see here is that

00:22:37.679 --> 00:22:38.799
 unity is one of

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.559
 the major

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.539
 purposes of

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:40.799
 Jesus'

00:22:40.979 --> 00:22:41.319
 ministry.

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 That's why in

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.419
 John 17

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.219
 just before Jesus

00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:45.819
 dies he

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:47.659
 prays to the

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.240
 Father one

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.720
 last time

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 and he

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.120
 says,

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:50.060
 Father I

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.519
 pray that

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.440
 my people

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 may be one

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.440
 as you

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.779
 and I

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.279
 are one.

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 Why?

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 So that the

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.500
 world may

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.880
 know that

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.360
 they are my

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:00.840
 disciples.

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 There is

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.000
 some sense

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.300
 in which

00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:06.800
 when we are

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.700
 united in

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.480
 life

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.640
 giving

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.340
 relationships

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:11.200
 with one

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.580
 another

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:13.800
 that when we

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.300
 come around

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:14.660
 the Lord

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.320
 Jesus Christ

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:16.060
 it shows

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.820
 the world

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.660
 what God

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.120
 is like.

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.340
 And so that

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.000
 means in

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.700
 church life

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.200
 our

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.720
 relationships

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.740
 are deeply

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.420
 important.

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.660
 Maybe for

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.220
 others you've

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.840
 grown up in

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.420
 churches that

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.220
 love and

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.840
 emphasize

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.480
 unity,

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.400
 church unity

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:37.019
 but tragically

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.580
 the cross

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.140
 might not have

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.420
 been as

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.960
 central as it

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.200
 should have

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.380
 been.

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:42.779
 And the

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.580
 major question

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.200
 has to be

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.140
 what is it

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.400
 that unifies

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.900
 the people

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.319
 of God?

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.240
 What unifies

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.940
 us as a

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.340
 church family?

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.880
 It's not

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.080
 primarily a

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.960
 common interest.

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.380
 It's not a

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.240
 fondness of

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.120
 musical style

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.759
 or that you

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.340
 like a certain

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.680
 preacher.

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.620
 It's not a

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.340
 vague sense

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.880
 of humility.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.779
 It's not

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.620
 tradition.

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.440
 It's not even

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.420
 ecclesiastical

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.920
 structure.

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.299
 But what

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.840
 unites us

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.440
 first and

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:15.460
 foremost is

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.180
 Jesus Christ

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.740
 in his

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.779
 person and

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.460
 him crucified.

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.360
 In the

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.320
 act of him

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.140
 giving his

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.620
 life away

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.240
 for the sake

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.440
 of his

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.740
 people.

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.700
 And what

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.460
 unifies us

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.860
 is the

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.480
 person of

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.259
 Jesus on

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.980
 the cross

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.080
 for our

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.539
 sins.

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.259
 And that is

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.820
 important because

00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.380
 that is the

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.360
 only thing that

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.759
 will bring

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.779
 healing to a

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.600
 fractured and

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.140
 fragmented

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.580
 world.

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:43.179
 in a world

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:43.960
 that is more

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.319
 divided than

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.799
 any time in

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.379
 my lifetime

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:47.139
 and it is

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:48.339
 more fractured

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.960
 than at any

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.279
 time.

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:53.259
 In church we

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.839
 see the Lord

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.460
 Jesus who

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.899
 substitutes his

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.699
 humility for

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.259
 our pride.

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.159
 And that

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.759
 changes the

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.139
 way that we

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.619
 relate to one

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:01.859
 another.

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:01.899
 another.

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.639
 He substitutes

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.539
 his grace for

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.359
 our shame and

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.219
 our guilt and

00:25:07.219 --> 00:25:08.019
 that changes the

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.879
 way we relate to

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.219
 one another.

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.359
 He substitutes

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.759
 his life for

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.619
 our sin and

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.479
 our brokenness

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.299
 and our death

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.599
 and that changes

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.339
 the way that we

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.979
 relate to one

00:25:16.979 --> 00:25:17.259
 another.

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:20.319
 So to conclude

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.900
 Jesus, John

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.779
 wants us to

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.420
 see the

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.220
 ironies of

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.799
 this passage.

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.900
 That the

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.980
 leaders plan to

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.799
 put to death

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.460
 the man who's

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.259
 defeated death.

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.900
 And when their

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.400
 plan is

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.920
 accomplished

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 it means more

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 life for all

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 the world.

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 And I think

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 it's no wonder

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 is it that when

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 we come to

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 Revelation chapter

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 5 and

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 God

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 gives to

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 John a

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 glimpse of

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 his

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 triumphant

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 church.

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 And we get a

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 glimpse of the

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 company of

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 heaven

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 marvelling

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 at the

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 wonder and

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 the wisdom

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 and the

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 power of

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 God.

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 And we

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 have all the

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 living creatures

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 and all the

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 angels and

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 all the

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 saints and

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 all the

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 elders bowing

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 before the

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 throne of

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 God.

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 God.

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 And they

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 are singing

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 what Revelation

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 5 describes

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 as a new

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 song.

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 And what is

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 the new

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 song?

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 It is

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 worthy is the

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 lamb who

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 was slain.

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 Worthy is the

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.860
 lamb who was

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 slain to

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 receive power

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 and wealth

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 and wisdom

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 and might

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 and honour

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 and glory

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 and blessing.

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 for you

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 were slain

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 and by

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 your blood

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 you ransomed

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 for God

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 a people

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 from every

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 tribe

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 and every

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 language

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 and every

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 nation.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.500
 Amen.