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 This month of December, we've had a focus on the person of Jesus Christ, and it's been such a joy.

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 Normally, our method is to work through a book of the Bible, so we'll pick that up in January.

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 We're going through the book of 1 Samuel and especially seeing how this prepares the way for Jesus Christ, the Messiah, how it points to him.

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 For today, please turn to the Gospel of John.

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 The Gospel according to John and our sermon passage is in chapter 1.

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 All right, well, for the sermon today, we have a narrow focus, and with God's help, we'll be able to go deeply in just a couple of verses, but I do want to read a broader passage.

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 So let's do both, so you can know what the focus will be, and then also hear the context.

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 Let's start by reading John chapter 1, verse 14 and verse 18, and that'll be the focus of the exposition of our sermon today.

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 I'll read this trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient word.

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 It's God's very own word for you and me, his people.

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 John 1, verse 14, and this is in the New King James.

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 The word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 Verse 18, no one has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father.

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 He has declared him.

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 Amen.

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 Now let's hear this in context.

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 Let's read verses 1 through 18 as well.

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 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God, and he was in the beginning with God.

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 All things were made through him.

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 Without him, nothing was made that was made.

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 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not comprehend it.

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 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

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 This man came as a witness to bear witness of the light that all through him might believe.

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 He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light.

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 That was the true light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

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 He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.

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 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become children of God.

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 To those who believe in his name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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 And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory.

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 The glory as of the only begotten, of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying,

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 This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

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 And of his fullness we have all received the grace for grace.

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 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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 No one has seen God at any time.

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 The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we ask that the light of God himself will shine into darkness.

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 Lord, we pray that you will give us the gift of faith.

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 That faith will be poured out mightily in a powerful way upon your people, Lord.

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 Upon all who hear the gospel of Jesus and the words you've given us.

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 Please help us to take the faith you put in our hearts and minds

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 and lift it back up to you.

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 As Calvin put it, like a beggar's open hand and freely receive Jesus Christ,

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 our Savior and our Lord.

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 We ask this for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Neurologists have observed that a person's ability to concentrate

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 is influenced by a complex interplay of factors.

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 It's hard to fix our minds on even a worthy subject

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 when we are feeling strong emotions,

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 when we are sleep deprived,

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 when we are physically fatigued,

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 or when we have many problems that we're supposed to solve.

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 Can you relate to that this past week?

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 It's hard to fix our minds on even a worthy object, isn't it?

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 And these are times when we're also most weak and vulnerable

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 and susceptible to temptations, to attacks, and to sin.

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 So what do we do?

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 I love the clear, straightforward, encouraging command we have

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 in Hebrews chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters who share in the heavenly calling,

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 fix your thoughts on Jesus.

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 Fix your thoughts on Jesus.

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 That's the title of today's sermon.

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 In centuries past, a fellow Christian like you and me,

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 battling this, exclaimed,

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 Oh, there is a sweet blessedness in contemplating Jesus.

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 When we meditate on him and his sin-atoning wounds,

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 we are melted in repentance.

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 When we contemplate his righteousness,

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 we are filled with assurance.

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 When we consider his sovereign reign,

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 we are strengthened with hope.

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 When we behold him coming in glory,

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 we are stirred to holiness.

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 Amen.

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 Let's fix our thoughts today

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 on three glorious truths

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 that every Christian must learn to believe about Jesus.

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 Number one,

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 fix your thoughts on Jesus

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 because he is the eternal word of God.

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 Jesus is the eternal word of God.

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 What I want to emphasize under this heading

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 is that Jesus is the very creator God himself.

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 He is the eternal word of God.

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 Please look at verse 14.

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 We're told the word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us

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 and we beheld his glory,

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 glory as of the only begotten of the Father,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 We don't need to resurrect an ancient heresy,

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 a wrong teaching from past centuries

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 because this is all around us.

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 In this area,

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 there are very,

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 very disciplined,

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 works-based missionaries

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 by a church that is not Christian

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 and it's the Latter-day Saints.

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 They go by Mormon.

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 They teach that Christ's divinity was achieved,

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 that God the Son had to achieve,

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 he had to work and eventually accomplish a divine status,

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 that Jesus is not God in the same way as the Father,

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 that he progressed to become God.

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 They say that all worthy humans

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 have this same potential

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 to achieve a similar,

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 even if it's lower,

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 divine status as Jesus Christ.

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 Christ,

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 this is all around us.

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 There are many people who think they are Christians

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 who believe that.

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 We must contend for the truths

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 necessarily contained in the Bible.

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 In 1 Corinthians 2.13,

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 we are told that what we impart in words,

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 it's not something that came up to us by human wisdom,

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 but it's taught by the Spirit,

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 interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

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 We need to fix our eyes on the truth

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 that the Spirit communicates

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 through his word to Christians.

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 We read how Jesus is the one

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 who reveals the glory of God,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 Look back at John 1, verses 1-3.

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 We're told that all things were made through him.

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 Without him, nothing was made that was made.

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 This truth is reinforced in Colossians 1, 15-17.

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 By him, all things were created

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 that are in heaven, the spiritual realm,

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 and that are on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones or dominions

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 or principalities or powers.

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 All things were created through him

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 and for him.

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 He is before all things.

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 And in him, all things consist.

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 See, everything that exists in this world

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 falls into one of two categories.

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 Is it creator

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 or is it created?

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 And the person of Jesus Christ

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 is not a created or lesser being.

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 Jesus Christ is very God of very God.

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 He is God the creator.

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 The divinity of God the Son

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 is absolute and eternal.

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 There was never a time

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 when the Son was not God.

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 Thomas Watson commented,

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 we must look at Christ

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 not only as the Lamb of God,

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 but as the great God.

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 If Jesus Christ were less than God,

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 here's what it comes down to.

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 You and I would still be unredeemed.

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 As God's eternal word,

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 with the human nature,

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 Jesus Christ accomplished

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 all that God requires

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 and all that we need.

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 That's what's at stake.

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 There's a theological concept

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 used to describe this great mystery.

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 And we don't want to pry in

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 beyond what God has laid before us

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 and revealed.

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 But we do need to contend

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 for the glory of Jesus Christ

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 as our Redeemer.

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 The term of this concept,

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 it helps us to not make errors

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 or make less errors

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 and be careful with our words.

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 It's called the communication of properties.

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 There's a theologian in the 1600s

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 named John Norton

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 who I found very clear and helpful.

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 He explained how the communication

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 of properties attributes

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 an action belonging to one nature,

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 either his divine or his human nature

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And whatever either nature does

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 can be correctly attributed

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 to his whole person.

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 And this is something we can relate to

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 in a way.

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 I would say that this morning,

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 you or I ate a piece of bread.

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 It was your person

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 who ate a piece of bread.

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 And we know that the person

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 is body and soul.

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 So even though the soul

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 doesn't have a tongue

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 or a mouth or a stomach,

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 it was your whole person

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 that ate the bread

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 through the body.

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 Think about how the scripture

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 talks about Jesus Christ.

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 In Mark chapter 1 verse 14,

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 we're told Jesus proclaimed

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 This means God the Son,

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 the eternal word of God,

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 in his flesh,

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 was preaching.

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 What a glorious revelation.

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 This is God

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 through the person of the Son

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 with vocal cords

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 and a mouth and lungs

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 preaching truth,

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 full of grace and truth,

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 proclaiming the kingdom of heaven.

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 In 1 Corinthians 2.8,

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 we're told that the Lord of glory

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 was crucified.

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 The Lord of glory crucified.

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 This means that Jesus Christ's

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 human body suffered crucifixion.

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 And the scripture teaches us

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 to attribute this

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 to the Lord of glory himself.

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 Acts chapter 2 verse 28,

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 one of my favorite verses.

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 We're told that God

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 purchased the church

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 with his own blood.

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 Well, God is a spirit.

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 He's the creator.

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 He's not creaturely.

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 And blood is a creaturely thing.

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 But it was

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 in the person of Jesus Christ,

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 God the Son,

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 our Savior,

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 who truly bled.

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 And this is attributed to God

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 because Jesus Christ

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 is the eternal word of God.

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 Fix your eyes on Jesus.

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 He is the eternal word of God.

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 You and I

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 may feel accused right now

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 before the holy God.

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 On the other hand,

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 we may view ourselves

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 as good enough people.

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 But we cannot pay

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 an eternal debt we owe

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 to a holy, eternal God.

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 We can't do it.

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 We fix our eyes

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 on the only mediator

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 between the eternal God

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 and sinful men

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 like me and you.

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 The blood that ran down

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 the cross of Calvary

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 wasn't the blood

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 of an angel

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 that took on a body

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 or a lesser deity

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 that took on a body.

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 Not a man alone

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 as a martyr.

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 It was the blood,

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 as Acts 20 verse 28 says,

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 of God.

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 God.

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 Because Jesus Christ

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 is God,

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 he swallows up

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 the judgment

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 that would have drowned

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 you and me.

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 And if you are

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 in Jesus Christ

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 by faith alone,

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 because of who he is,

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 your security

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 is ironclad.

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 It can't be shaken.

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 Do you see who Jesus is?

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 Number two,

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 I invite you to fix

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 your thoughts

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 on Jesus.

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 Not only is he very God,

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 he is uncreated.

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 He is the uncreated

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 co-equal God.

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 And what I want to emphasize

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 is that he is

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 of the same substance,

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 not in any way

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 subordinate

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 to the Father.

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 The alternative

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 is this,

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 that

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 in eternity

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 past,

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 so to speak,

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 God the Son

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 was in a servant

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 position

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 to God the Father

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 so that

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 they have a different

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 will

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 as God.

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 Another way

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 that this has been

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 slightly nuanced,

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 twisted

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 is called

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 functional subordination,

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 that

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 God is really

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 a society,

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 and the Father

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 has ultimately

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 more authority

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 than the Son.

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 And so when it comes

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 to the decree

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 of God

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 to redeem sinners,

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 the Son really

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 has no will

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 to do so.

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 He's really

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 forced

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 to go to the cross.

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 That Jesus Christ

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 did not

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 freely choose

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 to take

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 what Philippians 2

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 tells us,

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 the form

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 of a servant

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 out of divine love,

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 but because

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 God the Father

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 made him

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 to do it.

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 Jesus is called

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 in our passage

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 today,

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 look at verses

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 14 and 18,

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 he's called

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 the only begotten

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 of the Father.

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 Verse 18 repeats,

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 the only begotten

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 Son,

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 in some Greek

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 manuscripts

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 have the word

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 God

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 instead,

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 who is in the

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 bosom

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 of the Father.

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 John Calvin

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 takes a passage

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 like this

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 and says,

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 this is God

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 giving us

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 language to

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 grasp what

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 is a mystery.

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 It's really

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 incomprehensible

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 in its glory.

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 Calvin called it

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 baby talk.

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 It's God

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 like trying

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 to break it

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 down for

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 his dear

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 children

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 and we

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 don't want

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 to go

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 beyond that

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 but we

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 also have

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 to stand

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 on the

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 shoulders

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 of giants.

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 The church

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 has handed

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 down the

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 correct

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 distinctions

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 over time.

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 Not only

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 is our

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 eternal,

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 he is

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 also

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 uncreated,

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 co-equal

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 of the same

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 authority,

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 the same

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 divinity,

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 the same

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 substance

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 as God

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 the Father.

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 The term

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 only begotten

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 which we

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 also hear

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 in John

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 3.16

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 for God

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 so loved

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 the world

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 that he

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 gave his

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 only begotten

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 son.

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 It compounds

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 two terms

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 manos

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 which means

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 only

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 and genos

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 and you

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 know that

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 from you

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 can even

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 picture like

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 a species

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 or a genos

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 you know

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 and it

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 means he

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 is one

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 of a kind.

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 that's what

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 the sense

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 of begotten

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 is in

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 this context.

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 It reveals

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 to us

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 God the

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 son is

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 unique.

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 There are

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 no earthly

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 comparisons we

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 can throw

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 back up on

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 a holy God

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 that's a

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 creator.

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 Our language

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 will always

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.420
 fall short

00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.240
 of his

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 glory.

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 But how

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 is the

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 word referred

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 to in

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 relation to

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 God?

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 The word

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 is God

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 we read

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 in verse

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 14 as

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 of the only

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 begotten

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 of the

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 father.

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 And this

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 is an

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 allusion

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 back to

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 psalm

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 chapter 2

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 which we

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 read

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 where God

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 says

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 referring of

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 the son

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 he says

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 today I

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 have begotten

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 thee

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 today.

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 It's also

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 mysterious

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 but it

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 stretches

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 our

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 faith

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 to receive

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 God as

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 he is.

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 The word

00:18:23.439 --> 00:18:24.339
 is God

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 and at the

00:18:25.479 --> 00:18:25.979
 same time

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 there is a

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 relation

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.399
 among

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 father

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 son.

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 Today

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 in psalm

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 2 it

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 means

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 always

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 constantly

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 in the

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 present

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.900
 tense

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 eternally

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 outside

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 of time

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 and space

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 and from

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 God the

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 word

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 God the

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 father

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.500
 the word

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 has

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 eternally

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.860
 proceeded

00:18:46.860 --> 00:18:49.019
 in relation

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 one to

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 the other

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 as a

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 father

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:52.340
 to the

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 son.

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 Sometimes

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 what our

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 own language

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:58.080
 trying to

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 teach

00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:58.940
 clearly

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 fails to

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 do

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 and as

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 I feel

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.880
 like I'm

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.200
 failing

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.880
 right now

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:04.019
 hymns

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.340
 that the

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 church has

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.300
 received by

00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:05.800
 faith and

00:19:05.800 --> 00:19:06.900
 sung poetically

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.700
 capture it

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 just as

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 well.

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.660
 Think of

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 this line

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.560
 of the

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 father's

00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.540
 love

00:19:12.540 --> 00:19:13.320
 begotten

00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:14.680
 before the

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 worlds

00:19:15.080 --> 00:19:15.800
 began to

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 be

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 he is

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.880
 alpha

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 and omega

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.540
 he the

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 source

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 the ending

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.720
 he

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 of the

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 things that

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 are

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 that have

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 been

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:26.000
 and that

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 future

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 years

00:19:27.060 --> 00:19:27.840
 shall

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 see.

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 This is

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.620
 our Lord

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 Jesus

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.440
 Christ

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.340
 the

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:33.140
 uncreated

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.100
 co-equal

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 same

00:19:35.020 --> 00:19:35.600
 substance

00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:36.120
 God.

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 I'll try

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 one more

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.160
 category

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.900
 to help

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 us and

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 this is

00:19:41.580 --> 00:19:42.080
 learning from

00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:42.540
 centuries

00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:43.000
 past

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:44.080
 of the

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 orthodox

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 meaning

00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:46.180
 upholding

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.540
 the truth

00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:46.780
 of the

00:19:46.780 --> 00:19:47.020
 Bible

00:19:47.020 --> 00:19:47.480
 church

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:49.520
 and it's

00:19:49.520 --> 00:19:49.900
 a difference

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.460
 between

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:52.060
 substance

00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:52.860
 and

00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:54.060
 subsistence.

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 it's a

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.359
 difference

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.819
 between

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 his

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.159
 essence

00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:57.759
 and his

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.339
 persons.

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.960
 Essence

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.519
 answers the

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:00.940
 question

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.299
 what is

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.819
 God?

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.220
 What is

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.220
 the essence

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.359
 of God

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.679
 as he's

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.279
 revealed himself

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.799
 in all of

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.139
 scripture?

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.759
 One of our

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.240
 catechisms

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.740
 that we

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.480
 use and

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.899
 reinforce

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:12.019
 with children

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.559
 and grown-ups

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:12.980
 alike

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.919
 says this

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.379
 answer

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:14.960
 God is

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.599
 the creator

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.659
 and sustainer

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 of everyone

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 and everything

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 he is eternal

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 infinite

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 and unchangeable

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 in his

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 power and

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 perfection

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 goodness

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 and glory

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 wisdom

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 justice

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 and truth

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 this is

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 God

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 this is

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 his essence

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 this is

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 the substance

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 of God

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 to be very

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 clear

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 father son

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 and holy

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 spirit

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 are one

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 true

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 God

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 the same

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 essence

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 Jesus is

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 very God

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 of very

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 God

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 Colossians

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 117

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 he is

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 before all

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 things

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 and in

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 him

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 all things

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 consist

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 the

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 Athanasian

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 creed

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 which we

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 read not

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 too long

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 ago

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 as part

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 of our

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 public

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 profession

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 it

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 powerfully

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 declares

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 this

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 glorious

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 mystery

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 of God's

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 unity

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 and

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 distinction

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 as a

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 triune

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 God

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 quote

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 in this

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 trinity

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 none

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 is before

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 or after

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 other

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 none

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 is greater

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 or less

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 than another

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 but in the

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 three persons

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 they are

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 co-equal

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 and co-eternal

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 we also

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 confess as a

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 church

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.759
 the Nicene

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.120
 creed

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 God

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 from God

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 light

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 from light

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 true

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 God

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 from true

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 God

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 begotten

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 not made

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 being of

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 one

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 substance

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 with

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 the

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 father

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 so this

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 is of

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 God's

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 substance

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 his

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 essence

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 his

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 unity

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 now the

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 distinction

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 is among

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 the persons

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 or the

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 subsistence

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 of God

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 and

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 subsistence

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 is a

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 term

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 I think

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 it's worth

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 you

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 learning about

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 this

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 and me

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 too

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 to stretch

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 us

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 and to

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 help us

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 a little

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 bit

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 it's a

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 term

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 carefully

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 used

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 over

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 the

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 centuries

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 to

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 rigorously

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 guard

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 against

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 tritheism

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 on one

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 side

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 that

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 there

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 are

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 three

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 gods

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 Christians

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.500
 are not

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 polytheists

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 worshipping

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 three different

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 gods

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.380
 but on

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 the other

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 side

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 it guards

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 against

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 modalism

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.339
 saying

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.799
 that there

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 is only

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 one

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.339
 God

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.680
 that

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.440
 uses

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 three

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 different

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 modes

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:11.819
 or

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 displays

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 himself

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 in

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 three

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 roles

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.460
 no

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 there

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:14.819
 are

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 three

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 distinct

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 subsistences

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.519
 in

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.879
 God

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.660
 a

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.359
 subsistence

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:21.279
 is the

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.759
 essence

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.259
 of God

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.799
 so all

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 three persons

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.680
 have the

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 essence

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:25.819
 plus a

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 relational

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.319
 property

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 I know

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 this sounds

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 technical

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 but it's

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:30.859
 important that

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.420
 we understand

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 we can

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.680
 easily use

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 language

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.879
 that is

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 making us

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.639
 think

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 creaturely

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.619
 thoughts

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.200
 about a

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.559
 holy

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.579
 God

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:38.819
 that's

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.180
 creator

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.519
 he's

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.019
 different

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.440
 than

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.819
 anything

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.500
 in this

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.859
 world

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:43.179
 the

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:43.439
 second

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:43.699
 London

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.199
 confession

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:44.459
 of

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:44.659
 faith

00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:45.019
 chapter

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.419
 two

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.139
 paragraph

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.799
 three

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.039
 upholds

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.219
 this

00:22:48.219 --> 00:22:48.599
 truth

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.119
 in

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.479
 the

00:22:49.479 --> 00:22:49.879
 one

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.519
 divine

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:50.979
 and

00:22:50.979 --> 00:22:51.479
 infinite

00:22:51.479 --> 00:22:51.939
 being

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.740
 God

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:52.939
 the

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.459
 creator

00:22:53.459 --> 00:22:54.199
 there

00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.559
 are

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.039
 three

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.359
 subsistences

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.359
 or three

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.839
 persons

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.079
 the

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.479
 father

00:22:58.479 --> 00:22:59.119
 the

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.559
 word

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.099
 or

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.559
 son

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:00.979
 and

00:23:00.979 --> 00:23:01.119
 the

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.339
 holy

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.759
 spirit

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:05.099
 this

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.599
 mysterious

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.099
 truth

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.379
 that we

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.819
 confess

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.119
 about

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.500
 Jesus

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:09.180
 these

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.319
 are

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.759
 important

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.240
 doctrines

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.559
 because

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.799
 they

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.160
 draw

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.720
 good

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.440
 lines

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.240
 it

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.980
 excludes

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.240
 those

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.420
 who

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.900
 reject

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.240
 the

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.720
 full

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.519
 glory

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.759
 of

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.119
 God

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.640
 in

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.779
 our

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:17.980
 Lord

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.240
 Jesus

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.779
 Christ

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.799
 but

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.019
 at

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.180
 the

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.420
 same

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.680
 time

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:20.880
 these

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.160
 good

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.519
 lines

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.339
 unite

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.859
 all

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.380
 Christians

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.059
 who

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.420
 stand

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.579
 on

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.759
 this

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.079
 common

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.519
 ground

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.319
 of

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.279
 Nicene

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.400
 Trinitarianism

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.720
 we can

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.400
 call it

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:31.140
 John

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.420
 Norton

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.960
 again

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:34.140
 affirmed

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.539
 truth

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.160
 and then

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.920
 backed off

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.460
 very quickly

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:36.799
 at this

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.180
 glorious

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.660
 mystery

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.220
 he wrote

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.820
 this

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.200
 mystery

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.580
 is from

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:39.759
 the

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.340
 perspective

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.320
 of the

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.840
 internal

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.420
 action

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.940
 of the

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.420
 Godhead

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.080
 this

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.759
 generation

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.700
 is not

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.200
 temporary

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.920
 but

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.360
 eternal

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.019
 not

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.519
 carnal

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.799
 but

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.400
 spiritual

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.060
 not

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:50.220
 of

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.779
 necessity

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.740
 but

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.220
 ineffable

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.060
 and that

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:54.299
 means

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.640
 too

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.080
 great

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.539
 to

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.120
 describe

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.700
 in

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.160
 words

00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.279
 Romans

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.799
 11

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.400
 33

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.140
 echoes

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.660
 that same

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.180
 sentiment

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.240
 oh

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.440
 the

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.039
 depth

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.900
 of the

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.400
 riches

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.160
 and

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.720
 wisdom

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.360
 and

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.960
 knowledge

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.400
 of

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.800
 God

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.300
 how

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:11.960
 unsearchable

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.080
 are his

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.580
 judgments

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.200
 how

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.560
 inscrutable

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:16.820
 his ways

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:18.640
 we receive it

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:18.960
 with a

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.420
 childlike

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 faith

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 it's

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 impossible

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 for us

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 to understand

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 fully

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 or comprehend

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 completely

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 because

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 our minds

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 and our

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 words are

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 limited

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 we are

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 created

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 creatures

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 we are

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 so

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 creaturely

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 aren't

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 we

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 one

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 time

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 someone

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 asked

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 me

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 how

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 should

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 we

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 try

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 to

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 teach

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 our

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 children

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 about

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 father

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 son

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 and

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 holy

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 spirit

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 the

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 mystery

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 of

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 the

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 trinity

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 and

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 you

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 know

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 the

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 question

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 was

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 should

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 we

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 use

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 illustrations

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 like

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 an

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 egg

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 or

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 water

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 and

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 it's

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 different

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 stages

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 stuff

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 like

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 that

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 I

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 at

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 the

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 time

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 I

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 didn't

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 give

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 the

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 best

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 answer

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 so

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 tell

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 you

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 that

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 and

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 add

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 to

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 it

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 we

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 are

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 told

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 child

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 like

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 faith

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 receive

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 God's

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 word

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 as

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 he's

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 given

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 it

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 and

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 we

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 trust

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 him

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 in

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 this

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 glorious

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 mystery

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:10.160
 so

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 think

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 of

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 that

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 simple

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 passage

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 in

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 the

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 beginning

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 meaning

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 before

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 time

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 and

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 space

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 were

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 even

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 created

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 God

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 the

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 one

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 creator

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 God

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 he

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 sent

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 his

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 only

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 begotten

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 son

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 there's

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 a

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 father

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 the

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 son

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 that

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 whosoever

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 the

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 whole

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 world

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 needs

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 to hear

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 this

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 glorious

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 gospel

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 and

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 whoever

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 the

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 spirit

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 will

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 draw

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 whosoever

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 believes

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 that's

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 there's

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 father

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 son

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 and

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 spirit

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 will

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 have

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 eternal

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 life

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 how

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 can

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 sinners

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 have

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 eternal

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 life

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 because

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.640
 of

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 the

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 work

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.259
 of

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 God

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 to

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 save

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 us

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 through

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 the

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 person

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 I

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 want

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.380
 to

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.580
 add

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:48.720
 to

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:48.880
 that

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.180
 answer

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 though

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.820
 I

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.420
 don't

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.640
 think

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:51.800
 we

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.019
 should

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.360
 use

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.060
 illustrations

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.640
 to

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 speak

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 of

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 the

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 Trinity

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.800
 because

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 every

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 single

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 one

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 will

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 train

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 our

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 brains

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 the

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 wrong

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 way

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 to

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 think

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 of

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 a

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 holy

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 God

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 I

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 do

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 think

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.660
 though

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:01.860
 we

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.060
 need

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 to

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 use

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 scripture

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 with

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 scripture

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 we

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 also

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 need

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 to

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 use

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 hymns

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 that

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.000
 capture

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.220
 the

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 truth

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.680
 of

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.000
 scripture

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 and

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 help

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:09.920
 melt

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.120
 our

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 hearts

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.600
 and

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:10.940
 receive

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.140
 this

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.240
 in

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.360
 a

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 childlike

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 way

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 and

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 we

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 also

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 make

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.480
 it

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.620
 our

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:13.980
 practice

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 as

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.360
 a

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.620
 church

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.100
 as

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 we've

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 done

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 today

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 to

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 systematically

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:18.299
 profess

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 our

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 faith

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.580
 together

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.100
 to

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.400
 read

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.640
 these

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.039
 creeds

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.320
 from

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.660
 the

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:21.900
 early

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.360
 centuries

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.560
 of

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 the

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.059
 church

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.779
 the

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.220
 Nicene

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.559
 creed

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.259
 chalcedonian

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.279
!

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 athanasian

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 creed

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 and state

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.759
 what the

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.000
 church

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.100
 has held

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.460
 up

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.940
 because

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.160
 it

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.460
 guards

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.779
 against

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 error

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.900
 and

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.039
 on

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.279
 top

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.420
 of

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.580
 that

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.720
 we

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.000
 read

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.400
 a

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.100
 catechism

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.580
 developed

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:34.920
 mostly

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.160
 for

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.539
 children

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.779
 and

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.220
 families

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.039
 like

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.200
 we

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.400
 do

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.960
 today

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.700
 in

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:38.880
 our

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.180
 simple

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.640
 baptist

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.160
 catechism

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.340
 from

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.500
 the

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.380
 1600s

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.900
 so

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.039
 I

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.200
 think

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.360
 we

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.740
 can

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.160
 and

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.380
 should

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.819
 disciple

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.279
 children

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.600
 even

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:44.840
 when

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.100
 they're

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.580
 in

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:45.759
 that

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.319
 developmental

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.000
 stage

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.160
 where

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.299
 their

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.519
 brains

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.660
 are

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:52.840
 the

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.080
 faith

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.240
 he

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.360
 will

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.539
 help

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.700
 us

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:53.900
 to

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.740
 realize

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:54.940
 in

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.059
 our

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.240
 own

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.500
 thinking

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.720
 how

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:55.860
 can

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:55.960
 it

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.059
 be

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.240
 even

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.660
 sharper

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.620
 and

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:57.779
 this

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:57.900
 is

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.059
 a

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.380
 glorious

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:58.700
 way

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:58.920
 to

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.220
 grow

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.779
 in

00:26:59.779 --> 00:26:59.920
 our

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.660
 discipleship

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:02.059
 our

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.519
 confession

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.759
 of

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.100
 faith

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.860
 states

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.279
 this

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.019
 the

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.539
 trinity

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 is

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 the

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 foundation

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 of

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 all

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 our

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 communion

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 with

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 God

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 and

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 comfortable

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 dependence

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 on

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 him

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 this

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 does

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 matter

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 all

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 of

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 our

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 communion

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 with

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 God

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 is

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 only

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 possible

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 because

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 of

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 this

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 glorious

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 mystery

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 of

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 the

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 trinity

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 and

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 it

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 teaches

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 us

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 a

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 comfortable

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 dependence

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.580
 on

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 through

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 whom

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 God

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 unites

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 us

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 to

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 himself

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 brothers

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 and

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 sisters

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 we

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 are

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 saved

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 by

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 the

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 gospel

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 no

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 one

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 forced

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 him

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 it

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 was

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 for

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 the

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 joy

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 set

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 before

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 him

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 that

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 our

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 Lord

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 endured

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 the

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 cross

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 it

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 was

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 his

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 good

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 pleasure

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 out

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 of

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 the

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 abundant

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!

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 love

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 of

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 the

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 one

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 triune

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 God

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 who

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 himself

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 became

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 our

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 sacrifice

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 God

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 himself

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 so

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.639
 loved

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 us

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 to

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 redeem

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 us

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 the

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 will

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 of

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 God

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 would

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 never

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 fail

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 to

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 redeem

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 according

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 to his

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 human

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 nature

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 humbled

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 himself

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 and

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 according

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 to his

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 human

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 nature

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 he

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 knew

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 that

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 the

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 will

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 of

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 God

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 would

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 be

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 done

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 and

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 he

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 said

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 joyfully

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 your

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 will

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 not mine

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 according

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 to my

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 human

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:17.980
 nature

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 be done

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 oh

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 father

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 our

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:22.939
 lord

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 jesus

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 despised

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 the

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 shame

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.839
 of

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 the

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 cross

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.699
 he

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 who

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 came

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.319
 from

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 heavenly

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 unimaginable

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.980
 glory

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 to

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 this

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 created

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 realm

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 and put

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 to

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 shame

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 here

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.159
 in

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 the

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.699
 darkness

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:38.480
 and he

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.639
 did

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 this

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.159
 because

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 it

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 was

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 his

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 will

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 he

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.019
 was

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 not

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.799
 forced

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.159
 to

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 do

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 it

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.919
 it

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.059
 was

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.259
 the

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.639
 mission

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.840
 that

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.000
 the

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 triune

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.720
 God

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 decreed

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 before

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.520
 time

00:28:48.520 --> 00:28:48.920
 began

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 do

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.080
 you

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.220
 see

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.400
 who

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.680
 jesus

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.080
 christ

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.500
 is

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:54.240
 well

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.440
 our

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.660
 third

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:54.840
 and

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.180
 final

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.840
 encouragement

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.140
 is

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.420
 let's

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.640
 fix

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.820
 our

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.100
 thoughts

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.320
 on

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.660
 jesus

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.160
 because

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.920
 he

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.420
 is

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.000
 the

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.520
 glory

00:29:00.520 --> 00:29:01.200
 of

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.660
 god

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.520
 revealed

00:29:02.520 --> 00:29:03.920
 let's

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.220
 fix

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.580
 our

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.060
 thoughts

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.380
 on

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.820
 jesus

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.420
 he

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.620
 is

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.820
 the

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.259
 glory

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.920
 of

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.360
 god

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.360
 revealed

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.400
 what

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.500
 i

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.660
 hope

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:10.820
 to

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.160
 emphasize

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.500
 for

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.660
 you

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.820
 is

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.120
 that

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.980
 jesus

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.500
 christ

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.960
 is

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.180
 the

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.980
 eternally

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.819
 united

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.119
 exegete

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.519
 of

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:18.819
 god

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.460
 that's

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.559
 what

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.740
 these

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.000
 words

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.420
 literally

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.799
 say

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.519
 he

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.700
 is

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:21.880
 the

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.500
 eternally

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.079
 united

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.519
 exegete

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.079
 of

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.440
 god

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.619
 verse

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 14

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 and

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 18

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 one

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 more

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.440
 time

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 we

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.259
 beheld

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.920
 his

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.359
 glory

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.559
 the

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.819
 glory

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.019
 of

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.359
 god

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.920
 the

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.299
 glory

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.519
 as

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.660
 of

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.819
 the

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.160
 only

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.720
 begotten

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:33.880
 of

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.039
 the

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.480
 father

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.019
 verse

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 18

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.099
 no

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.359
 one

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.640
 has

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.960
 seen

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 god

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.420
 at

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.619
 any

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.059
 time

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.640
 the

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:38.980
 only

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.519
 begotten

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.900
 son

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.339
 who

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.480
 is

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.579
 in

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:40.799
 the

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.099
 bosom

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.240
 of

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.400
 the

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.720
 father

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.519
 he

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.859
 declared

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.180
 him

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:46.319
 it's

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.420
 an

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.599
 old

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.039
 word

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.599
 that

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.779
 maybe

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:47.960
 we

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.079
 need

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.180
 to

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.339
 bring

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.619
 back

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:48.920
 into

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.359
 our

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.200
 vernacular

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.799
 bosom

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:52.420
 it

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.660
 brings

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:52.839
 to

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.079
 mind

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.339
 a

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.740
 picture

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:53.940
 of

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.099
 a

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.559
 child

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.920
 held

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.099
 in

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.279
 a

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.200
 parent's

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.779
 loving

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.400
 embrace

00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:00.539
 cherished

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.480
 bound

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.480
 almost

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.960
 as if

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.180
 they're

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.539
 one

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.200
 that's

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.339
 the

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.680
 picture

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.940
 we

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.160
 know

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.380
 from

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.720
 scripture

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:08.980
 that

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.279
 Jesus

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.859
 Christ

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:11.599
 is

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.180
 bound

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.340
 in

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.560
 this

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:13.860
 way

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.640
 God

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:14.820
 the

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.100
 son

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.400
 being

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.640
 the

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.860
 same

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.320
 substance

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.560
 of

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:16.900
 God

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.039
 unites

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.940
 eternally

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.940
 Jesus

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.519
 Christ

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.440
 to

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.600
 the

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:21.820
 God

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.080
 head

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:25.420
 Jesus

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.880
 Christ

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 knew

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 to

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 abide

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 in

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 God

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 and

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 because

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 of

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 this

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 intimate

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 union

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 he

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 is

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 alone

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 can

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 perfectly

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.460
 reveal

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.240
 or

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.840
 declare

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.880
 God

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 in

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 verse

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 18

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 we're

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 told

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 that

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 he

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 has

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 declared

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 him

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 and

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 that

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 word

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 declared

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 that

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 verb

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 in

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 Greek

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 it's

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 exegete

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 oh

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 my

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 it's

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 literally

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 mean

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 he's

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 will

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 exegete

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 or

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 draw

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 out

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 you

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 hear

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 of

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 an

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 exegetical

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 sermon

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 it's

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 drawing

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 out

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 what's

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 contained

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 in

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 a

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 verse

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 it

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 means

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 to

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 unfold

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 or

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 correctly

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 lay

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 forth

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 narrate

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 who

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 God

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 is

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 so

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 ultimate

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.460
 and

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 excellent

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 declarer

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 father

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 since

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 God

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 is

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 spirit

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 God

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 is

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 invisible

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 Jesus

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 had

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 to

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 reveal

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 him

00:31:25.520 --> 00:31:26.040
 he

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 had

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 to

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 come

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 and

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 translate

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 and

00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:27.960
 interpret

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 to

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 us

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 who

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 the

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 father

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 is

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 work

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.340
 that

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.580
 Jesus

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:32.960
 came

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 to

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 do

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 and

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 now

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 from

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 the

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 right

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 hand

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 of

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 the

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 father

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 in

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.600
 glory

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 he's

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 poured

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 out

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.560
 his

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:37.860
 spirit

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 he says

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 I

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 don't

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 leave

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 you

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 as

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 orphans

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 and

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 it's

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 the

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.679
 spirit

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:40.899
 of

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 Christ

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 who

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 ministers

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.619
 who

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.099
 declares

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 and

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.759
 who

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.199
 preaches

00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:44.559
 God

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:44.779
 to

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:44.959
 us

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.299
 now

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.659
 Jesus

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:46.959
 is

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:47.239
 still

00:31:47.239 --> 00:31:47.599
 doing

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:47.899
 this

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.539
 work

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.719
 that

00:31:48.719 --> 00:31:48.819
 he

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.059
 came

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.259
 to

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.379
 do

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.539
 that

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.659
 he

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:49.959
 loves

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 to

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 do

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 and

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:50.979
 he

00:31:50.979 --> 00:31:51.199
 does

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 it

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:51.899
 through

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.179
 his

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.399
 Holy

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.879
 Spirit

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:54.079
 1st

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 Corinthians

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 2

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 verses

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 11

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.739
 through

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 13

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 tell us

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 that

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 no

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 one

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.500
 comprehends

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.939
 the

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.379
 thoughts

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.579
 of

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.799
 God

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.139
 except

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.739
 the

00:32:00.739 --> 00:32:01.179
 spirit

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.519
 of

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.939
 God

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:04.119
 God

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 is

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.839
 infinite

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.819
 unsearchable

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.159
 incomprehensible

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.899
 description

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:12.039
 still

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.459
 when the

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:12.799
 spirit

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.500
 causes us

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.739
 to

00:32:13.739 --> 00:32:14.119
 ponder

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.399
 the

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.819
 person

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.019
 of

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.359
 Jesus

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.899
 Christ

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.479
 the

00:32:16.479 --> 00:32:16.879
 eternal

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.139
 word

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.299
 of

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.599
 God

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.719
 and

00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:18.879
 by

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.159
 faith

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.399
 we

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:19.719
 we

00:32:19.719 --> 00:32:20.119
 grab

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.479
 hold

00:32:20.479 --> 00:32:20.659
 of

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.059
 Jesus

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.519
 we

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.119
 truly

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.319
 apprehend

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.500
 we

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.799
 truly

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.119
 lay

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.579
 hold

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.079
 of

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.259
 the

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.679
 glory

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.259
 of

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.699
 God

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.079
 in

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.399
 him

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.859
 God

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.059
 has

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.679
 graciously

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.679
 revealed

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.339
 himself

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.719
 to

00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:33.000
 us

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.179
 through

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.379
 the

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.839
 person

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.479
 of

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:34.699
 his

00:32:34.699 --> 00:32:35.039
 son

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.719
 second

00:32:36.719 --> 00:32:37.019
 London

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.519
 confession

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.719
 of

00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:37.939
 faith

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.620
 chapter 8

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.240
 paragraph

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.580
 2

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:39.880
 says

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.039
 the

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.400
 son

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.580
 of

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.920
 God

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.440
 is

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.259
 quoting

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.700
 scripture

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:42.940
 the

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.480
 brightness

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.200
 of

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.380
 the

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.900
 father's

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.400
 glory

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.019
 it's

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.180
 the

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.440
 same

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.779
 God

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:47.980
 the

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.200
 same

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.799
 substance

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.100
 but

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.660
 made

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.220
 visible

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:52.100
 God

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.340
 is

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:53.259
 is

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.779
 perfectly

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.380
 revealed

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.880
 it's

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.059
 the

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.360
 self

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.880
 revelation

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.240
 given

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.720
 to us

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.019
 in

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.299
 Jesus

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.920
 Christ

00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.259
 that

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.620
 phrase

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:00.920
 again

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.100
 the

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.460
 bosom

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.620
 of

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.779
 the

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.180
 father

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.059
 John

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.360
 Norton

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.920
 commented

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.200
 that

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.420
 this

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.660
 puts

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.160
 Jesus

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.140
 in

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.279
 the

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.920
 perfect

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.200
 and

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.940
 required

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.539
 position

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.240
 to

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.500
 know

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.759
 God

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.200
 truly

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.620
 and

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.779
 to

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.080
 present

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.319
 him

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.860
 perfectly

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.819
 Norton

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.100
 wrote

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.480
 he is

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.740
 both

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:13.960
 the

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.340
 inward

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:15.220
 and

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.779
 outward

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.799
 word

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.880
 he is

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.059
 the

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.480
 inward

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.080
 word

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.660
 in that

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:19.980
 he is

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.140
 the

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.480
 knowledge

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.700
 of

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:20.900
 God

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.400
 himself

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.980
 and

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.180
 he is

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.360
 the

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.680
 outward

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.059
 word

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.600
 in that

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.000
 he makes

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.420
 known

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.240
 to us

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.440
 the

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.819
 counsel

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.100
 of

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.480
 God

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.960
 in

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.160
 this

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.580
 world

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.700
 he's

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.920
 also

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.200
 called

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.360
 the

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.660
 image

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.799
 of

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:29.960
 the

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.440
 invisible

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.880
 God

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.779
 Colossians

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.279
 115

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.039
 which

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.299
 means

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.840
 he is

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.059
 the

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.620
 perfect

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 and

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 essential

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 image

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 of the

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 father

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 manifesting

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 all the

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 glory

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 of God

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 even

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 as a

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 perfect

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 reflection

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 contains

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 the

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 full

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 likeness

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 of the

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 original

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 that's

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 the end

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 of

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 Norton's

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 quote

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 do

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 do you

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 see

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 who

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.299
 Jesus

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.799
 is

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:52.559
 fix

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 your

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 thoughts

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.420
 on

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 Jesus

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 we're

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 told

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 in

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 Philippians

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 4

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 8

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 finally

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 brethren

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 whatever

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 things

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 are

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 true

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 whatever

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 things

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.519
 are

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 noble

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.640
 whatever

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 things

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.200
 are

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 just

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.259
 whatever

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.660
 things

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 are

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 pure

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.960
 whatever

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 things

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 are

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 lovely

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 whatever

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.940
 things

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 are

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 of

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 good

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 report

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 if

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 there

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 is

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 any

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 virtue

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 if

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 there

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 is

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 anything

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 praiseworthy

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 meditate

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 on

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 these

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 things

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 and

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.480
 there's

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.800
 nothing

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.060
 more

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 noble

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.260
 more

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 praiseworthy

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.320
 more

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.680
 pure

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:20.900
 more

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.300
 just

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.519
 more

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.000
 lovely

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.760
 than

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.120
 Jesus

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:23.640
 Christ

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:26.519
 because

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.940
 of who

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.340
 he is

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.640
 Jesus

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:28.019
 Christ

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.580
 not only

00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:29.019
 saves

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.320
 us

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.940
 from

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.120
 the

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.380
 wrath

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.539
 that

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.700
 our

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:30.960
 sins

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.460
 deserves

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 but

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 he

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.280
 also

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:33.380
 helps

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 us

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 to

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 do

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 what

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 we

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 can't

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:34.860
 do

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 in

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 our

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.539
 weakness

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:37.140
 we

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.539
 struggle

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.780
 to

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.100
 fix

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.380
 our

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.780
 thoughts

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.140
 on

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.440
 him

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 like

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 don't

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:40.980
 we

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.060
 but

00:34:42.060 --> 00:34:42.320
 Jesus

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.660
 Christ

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:42.940
 came

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.140
 and

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.680
 fulfilled

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.080
 all

00:34:44.080 --> 00:34:44.560
 righteousness

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.840
 he

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.259
 fixed

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.500
 his

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.799
 thoughts

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.039
 on

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.480
 God

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.639
 perfectly

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.940
 perpetually

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 and

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.199
 he

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.840
 imparts

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.139
 to us

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 he

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:53.619
 gives

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.960
 to us

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.320
 freely

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.599
 his

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.059
 power

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.059
 his

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.559
 righteousness

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.980
 his

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.639
 thoughts

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.840
 of

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.179
 God

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.759
 he

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.099
 puts

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.299
 them

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.500
 on

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.579
 to

00:34:59.579 --> 00:34:59.779
 his

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.099
 people

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.539
 he

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.799
 makes

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.000
 us

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.320
 willing

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.519
 and

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.779
 able

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.519
 by

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.779
 his

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.159
 spirit

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.920
 to

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 obey

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.579
 him

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.900
 in

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.119
 John

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 10

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.639
 10

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:06.820
 he

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.059
 said

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.259
 I

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.799
 came

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.320
 so

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.480
 that

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.639
 you

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:08.820
 may

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.219
 have

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.900
 life

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.039
 life

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.219
 of

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.400
 the

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.880
 God

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.279
 creator

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.820
 himself

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.639
 and

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.759
 that

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:13.900
 you

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.079
 will

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.420
 have

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.700
 my

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.099
 life

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.659
 in

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:15.980
 you

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.980
 abundantly

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:19.019
 so

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.380
 when our

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.700
 thoughts

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.200
 bounce

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.619
 off of

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.860
 God

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.300
 quickly

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.480
 remember

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.760
 the

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.300
 active

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.059
 obedience

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.420
 of

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.880
 Jesus

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.099
 continually

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.360
 and

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.820
 empowering

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.280
 us to

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.579
 do the

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:28.880
 same

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.460
 God

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.900
 causes

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.200
 those

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.380
 he

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.840
 redeemed

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.480
 to

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.940
 grow

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.659
 in the

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.039
 righteousness

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.440
 of

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.780
 Jesus

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.680
 even

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.039
 in our

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.320
 thought

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.680
 life

00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:37.300
 even

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.659
 in our

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.019
 thoughts

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.720
 of

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.019
 him

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.559
 Jesus

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.820
 is

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.099
 in the

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.500
 bosom

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.800
 of

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:42.940
 the

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.280
 father

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.480
 he's

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.739
 one

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:45.920
 with

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.099
 the

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.420
 father

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.719
 and

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:48.880
 his

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.259
 gospel

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.619
 is to

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.940
 invite

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.739
 you

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:50.900
 and

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.079
 me

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.320
 to

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.699
 share

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:52.840
 in

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.039
 this

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.559
 intimate

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.340
 union

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.800
 this

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.259
 intimate

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.860
 bond

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.539
 with

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.699
 our

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.139
 creator

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:58.400
 in

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.719
 Christ

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.960
 you

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.099
 and

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.259
 I

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.420
 are

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.739
 brought

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.500
 to

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.679
 the

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:00.900
 very

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.440
 heart

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.039
 of

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.340
 God

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.840
 himself

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:06.120
 the

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.680
 ceremonial

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:06.920
 law

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.140
 had

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.280
 the

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.539
 people

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.980
 standing

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.400
 far

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.700
 away

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:10.519
 and

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.180
 through

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:11.720
 ceremonial

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.019
 rituals

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.200
 you

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.320
 could

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.480
 get

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.660
 a

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:12.840
 little

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.059
 bit

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.480
 closer

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.360
 and

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.500
 then

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:14.660
 no

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.000
 closer

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.180
 at

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.380
 all

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.400
 because

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.700
 there's

00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:16.900
 a

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.200
 veil

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.960
 keeping

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.519
 sinners

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.019
 away

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.260
 from

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.400
 the

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.600
 holy

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:19.940
 God

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.059
 and

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.160
 the

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:21.320
 book

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.480
 of

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.700
 Hebrews

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.059
 tells

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.240
 us

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.420
 that

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.620
 the

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:22.940
 veil

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.340
 is

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.539
 the

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.900
 body

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.840
 of

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.120
 Jesus

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:25.640
 Christ

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.200
 and

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.460
 it's

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.920
 torn

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.019
 for

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.220
 you

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.360
 and

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.579
 me

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.160
 to

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.539
 enter

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.860
 into

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.140
 that

00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:30.940
 closest

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.400
 most

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.840
 intimate

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.400
 communion

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.119
 with

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.300
 our

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.760
 creator

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.480
 through

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.820
 Jesus

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.360
 Christ

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:37.280
 come

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:37.500
 near

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.720
 to

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.039
 God

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.760
 in

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.079
 him

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:40.920
 oh

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.119
 may

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.340
 we

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.780
 ponder

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.800
 marvel

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.480
 and

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.980
 savor

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.760
 God

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:46.740
 trust

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:46.980
 this

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.180
 that

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.639
 because

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.059
 Jesus

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.480
 Christ

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.880
 is

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 who

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 he

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 is

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 you

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 and

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 I

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 are

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 also

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 held

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 by

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 God

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 in

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 his

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 loving

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 embrace

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 just

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 as

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 the

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 father

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 cherishes

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 the

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 son

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 cherishes

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 you

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 and

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 me

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 who

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 adopted

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 we're

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 bound

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 eternally

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 we're

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 united

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 to

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 God

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 in

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 Christ

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 we

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 are

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 kept

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 sustained

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 and

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 protected

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 in

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 him

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 3

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 1

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 therefore

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 holy

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 brothers

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 and

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 sisters

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 who

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 share

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 in

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 the

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 heavenly

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 calling

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 fix

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 your

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 thoughts

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 on

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 Jesus

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 Colossians

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 2

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 9

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 in

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 him

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 the

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 fullness

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 of

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 God

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 dwells

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 bodily

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 pray

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 and

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 thank

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 oh

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 know

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 your

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 arms

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 are

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 open

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 wide

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 you

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 call

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 us

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 to

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 yourself

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 you

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 receive

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 us

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 by

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 faith

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 we

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 get

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 we

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 get

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 a

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 real

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 taste

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 of

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 your

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 love

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 but

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 we

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 have

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 no

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 idea

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 how

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 much

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 you

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 love

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 us

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 we

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 pray

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 you

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 keep

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 teaching

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 us

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 this

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 lord

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 know

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 it

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 more

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 and

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 more

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 and

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 more

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 may

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 we

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 experience

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 the

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 love

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 of

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 God

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 through

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 the

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 person

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 Christ

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 alone

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 we

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 pray

00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:05.359
 amen