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 Bible, please open it up to John chapter 6. Some of you might be wondering, why are we

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 still in John chapter 6? Well, Jesus has a lot to say in John chapter 6, and so we don't

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 want to just rush past that too quickly. We want to take our time and listen to what Jesus

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 is saying and really take it to heart. So let's remind ourselves of where we are in

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 this conversation. Jesus is talking with a crowd of people, and many of this crowd were

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 at the feeding of the 5,000 just yesterday, and this is quite the conversation. Jesus

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 has urged them not to work for food that spoils, but for food that lasts. We heard Jesus tell

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 them that God wants them to believe in the one that he has sent. We heard the crowd ask

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 Jesus, do something amazing, do a sign, then we'll believe. Something like the miracle

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 of the manna in the wilderness, maybe. We heard Jesus tell them that God is doing a similar

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 kind of thing. Right now, he is giving you the true bread from heaven. We heard the crowd

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 ask for this bread from heaven. And then we heard Jesus declare that he is the bread which

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 God has sent down from heaven. Last Sunday, we heard the crowd grumbling about Jesus claiming

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 to be from heaven. It's a pretty lofty claim to make, to be from heaven. And this morning,

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 we're going to look a little more closely at another lofty claim of Jesus, or we might say

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 a lofty promise, an amazing offer that Jesus is making to people here in this conversation.

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 It all starts with Jesus' statement back up in verse 26 and 27.

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 Very truly, he said, I tell you, you are looking for me not because you saw the signs I performed,

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 but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils,

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 but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.

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 If there's two words that really stand out in that directive that Jesus gives to them,

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 it's the words eternal life. We all know that ordinary food gives life. If you don't eat,

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 eventually you will die. We need food to live. And so in a sense, food is life-giving.

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 And yet it seems as though Jesus is saying that there's a kind of food that is eternal life-giving.

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 Like if you eat it, you will live forever.

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 Now we don't know exactly what the people were thinking as they heard this.

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 Perhaps some of them were thinking that that just sounds too good to be true.

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 That there's this kind of food that when you eat it, you will live forever.

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 To many today, it might sound very much like the stuff of mythology.

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 I was reading this week about some Japanese mythology where apparently there's a story of a girl who came across a mermaid-like creature

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 and ate the meat of that creature and became immortal.

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 In both Greek and Norse mythology, it was believed that the gods and the goddesses, they were immortal.

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 They could live forever because they were eating these golden apples or drinking this sweet drink called ambrosia.

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 Even the phrase eternal life for many today is probably a trigger in their minds.

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 Like as soon as they hear those words, eternal life or immortality, we must be talking about fantasy or mythology

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 or something in the latest Marvel movie or television series.

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 When's the last time you heard someone who doesn't believe in Jesus or frequent church gatherings use the phrase eternal life in everyday conversation?

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 Probably not recently.

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 And so I wonder if even as we as Christians sometimes might hesitate to say those words outside the church circle,

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 maybe you've thought about it or had that come up in conversation and maybe you felt that.

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 You know, if I say the words eternal life to them,

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 am I going to be losing some credibility or respect in their eyes?

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 But Jesus did not shy away from using this phrase.

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 In fact, we've already seen Jesus use this phrase a few times up to this point in the Gospel of John.

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 He first spoke of eternal life that we know of to Nicodemus.

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 To Nicodemus, you'll remember that he said,

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 But as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,

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 so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

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 He spoke of obtaining eternal life to the Samaritan woman at the well.

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 He said to her,

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 Sometime later, when Jesus was in Jerusalem,

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 back in John chapter 5, verse 24,

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 we heard him saying to the religious leaders these words,

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 Truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life

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 and will not be judged, but is crossed over from death to life.

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 So Jesus has already been speaking about eternal life,

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 and he's been speaking of it as something that's very much attainable.

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 He's not telling fantasy stories here,

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 or talking about some ancient legend of somebody who ate or drank this or that

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 and then suddenly became immortal.

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 No, he speaks about eternal life as if it's real, attainable,

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 and not just for those rare few who happen to stumble upon the secret,

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 but for anyone, for all who will believe.

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 To Nicodemus,

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 So the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

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 To the religious leaders,

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 Whoever hears my word and believes has eternal life.

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 Whoever.

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 And now to the crowd that he's talking with,

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 he makes it clear that eternal life is not just for

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 one group of people.

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 It's not just for that one fortunate person

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 who happens to stumble into that hidden cave

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 and find this secret chalice with this nectar of the gods in it.

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 No.

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 Chapter 6, verse 3,

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 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven

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 and gives life to the world.

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 Eternal life is for anyone who will believe.

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 It's for the world.

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 On the lips of Jesus,

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 eternal life is no fairy tale.

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 It's no legend.

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 It's no fantasy.

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 It's a real, attainable thing

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 for all who hear the words of Jesus

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 and believe.

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 Those who truly believe him.

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 It's quite a thing,

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 as you think about it,

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 to look someone in the eye

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 and offer them

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 eternal life.

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 And let's not miss

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 where this eternal life comes from.

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 Jesus told the religious leaders

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 back in chapter 5, verse 21,

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 For just as the Father raises the dead

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 and gives them life,

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 even so the Son,

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 this is Jesus referring to himself,

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 the Son gives life

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 to whom he is pleased to give it.

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 So Jesus is not just someone

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 who knows the secret way

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 to eternal life.

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 He himself is claiming

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 to be the one who gives eternal life

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 to people.

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 That's the way Jesus has talked

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 throughout this gospel.

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 It's Jesus that must be lifted up,

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 as we just read,

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 so that whoever believes

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 might have eternal life.

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 It's Jesus who offers the woman

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 at the well living water,

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 which he says he has

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 to give to her,

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 which will result in eternal life.

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 In this very conversation

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 with the crowd here,

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 Jesus tells them

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 where the food

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 that lasts to eternal life

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 comes from.

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 He says,

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 which the Son of Man

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 will give you.

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 The very plain sense of all these

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 is that Jesus is saying,

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 you get eternal life

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 from me.

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 He's not just a spiritual guru

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 who has found the way

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 to become immortal.

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 He himself has the power

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 and the authority of God

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 to give eternal life

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 to people.

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 And this is a big part

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 of what this whole conversation

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 about the bread of life

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 is about.

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 Just like you live

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 a little longer

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 by eating this ordinary

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 earthly bread,

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 Jesus has been saying

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 in the same way,

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 you can live forever

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 by eating the special

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 heavenly bread,

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 the bread that God

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 has given from heaven.

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 And then we heard

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 a couple weeks back

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 as Jesus said it plain as day,

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 I myself am

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 the bread of life.

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 In other words,

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 eternal life

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 doesn't just come

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 from me

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 as something external

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 that I carry

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 outside myself

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 and give away

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 to people.

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 No.

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 Eternal life

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 comes through me

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 and in me.

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 Let's listen to the words

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 of Jesus

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 in verse 47.

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 Very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 the one who believes

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 has eternal life.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Your ancestors ate the manna

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 in the wilderness,

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 yet they died.

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 But here is the bread

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 that comes down from heaven,

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 which anyone may eat

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 and not die.

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 I am the living bread

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 that came down from heaven.

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 Whoever eats this bread

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 will live forever.

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 This bread is my flesh,

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 which I will give

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 for the life of the world.

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 Now next Sunday,

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 we'll find out

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 how the crowd responded

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 to these words.

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 But for this morning,

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 I want to focus

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 on this offer of Jesus,

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 this gift of Jesus,

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 eternal life.

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 Jesus has one more thing

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 to say

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 to make it clear

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 what this eternal life

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 refers to.

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 In mythology

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 and legends

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 about immortality,

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 you probably know

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 how the story goes.

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 There's some character

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 who eats

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 or drinks something

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 or does something special

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 that causes them

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 to become immortal,

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 to live forever.

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 and generally,

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 they are,

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 from that point on,

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 unable to die.

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 It makes for some

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 great fiction.

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 It makes for some

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 good movie plots

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 as someone tries

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 to go after

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 that character

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 who's immortal

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 with whatever weapon

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 they have

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 only to find out

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 that they simply

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 cannot kill him.

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 He's immortal.

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 He's unable to die.

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 It makes for some

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 entertaining stories

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 as we think of,

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 you know,

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 kind of the

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 fantastic notion

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 that some one person

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 who has found

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 this secret

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 could have lived

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 for centuries.

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 They were there,

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 that one character

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 in the story,

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 and fought as a young man

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 in the First World War

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 and they were there,

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 a young man also,

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 back in the days

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 of Napoleon

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 and then they're

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 still here today

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 in present day

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 but nobody really

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 knows their secret.

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 Is this the kind

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 of eternal life

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 that Jesus is talking about?

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 I think we all

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 know the answer.

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 It's not.

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 He's not saying

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 that we will never

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 physically die

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 here on earth

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 kind of eternal life.

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 Let's hear it

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 from Jesus

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 in his own words.

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 John chapter 6

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 verse 38.

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 For I have come down

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 from heaven

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 not to do my will

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 but to do the will

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 of him who sent me.

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 And this is the will

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 of him who sent me

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 that I shall lose none

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 of all those

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 he has given me.

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 And then here it is.

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 But raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 That's the key phrase.

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 But raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 I'm not saying

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 that I'm here

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 to give you

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 immortality

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 in your physical body

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 right here

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 right now

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 such that you'll

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 never die.

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 No.

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 The eternal life

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 that I give

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 when it comes

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 to your body

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 happens when I

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 raise you up

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 from the dead

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 at the last day.

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 And let's not move

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 too quickly

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 from this statement.

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 Jesus wants us

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 to hear these words.

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 And we know this

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 because he says

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 this exact phrase

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 almost word for word

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 four times

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 in this conversation.

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 I will raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 He says it in verse 40

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 again.

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 For my father's will

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 is that everyone

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 who looks to the son

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 and believes in him

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 shall have eternal life.

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 And I will raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 He says it in verse 44.

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 No one can come to me

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 unless the father

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 who sent me

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 draws them

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 and I will raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 And he says it again

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 in verse 54.

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 Whoever eats my flesh

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 and drinks my blood

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 has eternal life.

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 We'll talk about that

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 next Sunday.

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 I know that probably

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 tweaks some of you.

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 and I will raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 Four times he says it.

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 I will raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 Which kind of brings us

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 to this question.

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 So when does

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 eternal life begin?

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 There's a sense in which

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 eternal life begins

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 now

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 when we believe in Jesus

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 because

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 our status with God

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 changes

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 when we believe in Jesus.

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 Our eternal destiny

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 changes

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 from

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 death

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 to life.

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 In the words of Jesus

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 we have crossed over

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 from death

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 to life.

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 There's a spiritual

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 element to it

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 here and now.

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 We come alive

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 to God

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 where we were dead

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 to him before.

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 God's spirit

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 of life

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 comes to live

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 inside of us

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 and joins us

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 to Jesus himself

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 so that we become

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 one with Christ.

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 We are in

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 him.

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 So there is a

00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:04.179
 here and now

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.860
 aspect

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 to eternal life.

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 We could say

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.700
 in a very real sense

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 that eternal life

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 begins

00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.860
 the moment

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 that you truly

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 believe in Jesus

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 and are born again

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.460
 by the spirit

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 of God.

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 But there's also

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 a very real sense

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.919
 in which eternal life

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:23.220
 does not begin

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:24.040
 fully

00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:26.360
 until the last day

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:28.560
 when Jesus returns

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 and raises us up

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 from the dead

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 to live forevermore

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 never to die again.

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 I will raise them up

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:43.480
 at the last day

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 those who believe

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 whoever believes

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 in me.

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 so what's the

00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:53.620
 significance

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.299
 of this?

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 I think it's

00:16:56.819 --> 00:16:57.799
 important because

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:59.360
 we need to know

00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.179
 that this good

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 gift of eternal

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.539
 life

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 is something

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.480
 that we can

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.720
 receive today

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.799
 in the present

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 even as Jesus

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 is speaking

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.619
 the words

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 to people

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:12.000
 will they believe

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 today?

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 but the full glory

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:16.879
 of course

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.680
 of this gift

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 awaits

00:17:18.139 --> 00:17:19.200
 the last day

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.839
 when Jesus returns

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 and as I was thinking

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 about it this week

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 I was imagining it

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 like the gift

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 of a brand new car

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 from a father

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 to his 13 year old son

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 at Christmas.

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 Can you imagine

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.240
 the delight on his face

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:34.619
 as he opens up

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 a little box

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.919
 and inside

00:17:35.919 --> 00:17:37.200
 are a set of keys

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 to a brand new car

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 that's now

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:41.139
 he's discovered

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.780
 is parked

00:17:41.780 --> 00:17:42.980
 in the family garage

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 and this gift

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 doesn't come

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:46.320
 with any strings

00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:46.820
 attached

00:17:46.820 --> 00:17:47.820
 it's not his dad's

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 or mom's

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 to drive

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 until he's

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 old enough

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.380
 to drive it

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 it's his

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 it belongs

00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:54.900
 to him

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 he may have

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 to wait

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 until

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 a future day

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:01.420
 when he's able

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.580
 to reach the pedals

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 or a future day

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.360
 when he gets

00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:06.360
 his driver's license

00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:07.720
 to fully enjoy

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.200
 this gift

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.940
 but it belongs

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.720
 to him now

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:11.759
 and one day

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.319
 he will have

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.759
 the pleasure

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.440
 of backing it

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.299
 out of the garage

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.600
 and taking it

00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:16.759
 for a spin

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.620
 for the first time

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 eternal life

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:21.079
 is a gift

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.620
 like that

00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:22.180
 a gift

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.759
 that we can

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.700
 receive today

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.940
 by believing

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.640
 in Jesus

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:27.640
 and yet a gift

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.200
 that we won't

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:29.019
 fully enjoy

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.720
 until the last day

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.339
 when Jesus

00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:32.839
 comes

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.779
 and raises

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.360
 us up

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:36.160
 from the grave

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:39.220
 with the rest

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.640
 of our

00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:41.220
 time this morning

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.700
 I want us

00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.320
 to think about

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.620
 those words

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.460
 eternal life

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.060
 I've said them

00:18:45.060 --> 00:18:45.500
 a lot

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:47.620
 we've probably

00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:48.560
 heard them a lot

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:49.160
 as Christians

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.019
 even before

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:52.680
 this morning

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:54.560
 what do they

00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:55.000
 mean

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.480
 life

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.560
 without end

00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:01.140
 life

00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.560
 that goes

00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:02.240
 on forever

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.840
 life

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.600
 of infinite

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.180
 length

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.480
 days

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.779
 without

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.259
 number

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.380
 never

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:08.860
 to die

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.259
 again

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.740
 after the

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.220
 resurrection

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.640
 we could

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:10.960
 say it

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.380
 in a number

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.039
 of ways

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.680
 but so often

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.019
 I think

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.500
 as we hear

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.039
 those words

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.700
 eternal life

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.180
 it just kind

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:16.620
 of passes

00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:17.120
 through our

00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:17.519
 heads

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:19.560
 and doesn't

00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:20.200
 really land

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.740
 in our

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.140
 hearts

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:22.920
 so how

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.460
 long

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.660
 is

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.299
 eternal

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:28.500
 how long

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:28.680
 is

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.139
 forever

00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:32.339
 if life

00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:32.919
 is eternal

00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:34.639
 after we

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.059
 are raised

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.379
 up

00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:35.779
 at the

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.319
 last day

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.779
 when will

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.500
 our bodies

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.740
 or our

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.299
 organs

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.680
 fail

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:43.680
 if life

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.220
 is eternal

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.700
 after the

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.180
 last day

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.539
 when will

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.099
 our ears

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.960
 stop hearing

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.559
 properly

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.759
 or our

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.440
 eyes stop

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:49.839
 seeing

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.339
 clearly

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.939
 or our

00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.459
 joints

00:19:52.459 --> 00:19:53.319
 wear out

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:55.980
 if life

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.500
 is eternal

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.899
 when will

00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.419
 our hearts

00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:58.220
 finally beat

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:58.720
 the last

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.079
 beat

00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:00.779
 just give

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.339
 up because

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.699
 they've

00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:02.500
 had too

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.059
 much mileage

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.539
 put on

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:03.759
 them

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:07.000
 if life

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.519
 is eternal

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.980
 when will

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.679
 we hear

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.159
 the number

00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.599
 of days

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:09.879
 that we

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.419
 have left

00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:10.799
 from the

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.220
 doctor

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.619
 because of

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.119
 sickness

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:15.059
 or disease

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:16.079
 cancer

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.659
 injury

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:20.919
 how long

00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:21.479
 is

00:20:21.479 --> 00:20:22.199
 forever

00:20:22.199 --> 00:20:25.319
 there are

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.979
 some benefit

00:20:25.979 --> 00:20:26.500
 for our

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.199
 imaginations

00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:27.679
 to reading

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.399
 those fanciful

00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:29.119
 stories about

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.699
 people who

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.879
 lived for

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.339
 a thousand

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.899
 years

00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:33.779
 it gets

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.359
 us thinking

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.839
 what would

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.399
 it be like

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:36.979
 to live

00:20:36.979 --> 00:20:37.939
 for a

00:20:37.939 --> 00:20:38.339
 thousand

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.879
 years

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:41.239
 of unbroken

00:20:41.239 --> 00:20:41.799
 life

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:43.859
 to love

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.319
 to have

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.779
 all kinds

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.359
 of family

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.980
 and friendships

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.559
 for a

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.940
 thousand

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.680
 years

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:50.399
 uninterrupted

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:52.079
 to grow

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.680
 in wisdom

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.879
 to learn

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:55.379
 new things

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.720
 year after

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.279
 year for

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.859
 a thousand

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.419
 years

00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:59.419
 can you

00:20:59.419 --> 00:20:59.759
 imagine

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.139
 that

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:02.500
 to have

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:02.919
 a life

00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:03.899
 so full

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:05.339
 as the

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.639
 men

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.539
 did

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 when the

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.659
 world was

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.359
 first created

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.779
 now take

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.319
 that and

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 think about

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.779
 this

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.299
 how about

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.919
 ten thousand

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.419
 years

00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:18.959
 can you

00:21:18.959 --> 00:21:19.259
 imagine

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.759
 what it

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:19.879
 would be

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.299
 like to

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.639
 live for

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.299
 ten thousand

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.719
 years

00:21:21.719 --> 00:21:22.000
 what it

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.019
 would have

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.299
 been like

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.759
 to live

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.119
 from the

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.599
 dawn of

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 this

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 world's

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.779
 creation

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.079
 up until

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 this

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 present

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 day

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.699
 all in

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 one

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 continued

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 span

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 of life

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 can you

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.500
 imagine

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.939
 that after

00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:34.619
 ten thousand

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.059
 years

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 you're still

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 as young

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.259
 and strong

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.319
 and able

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.160
 as you

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 were

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.700
 at the

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.079
 beginning

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:43.220
 can you

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.440
 imagine

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 having all

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 the time

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.599
 in the

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:44.940
 world to

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 do all

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.700
 those good

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.180
 things that

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.819
 you otherwise

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 just wouldn't

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 get to do

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 to read all

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 those books

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 to play

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 to learn to

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.839
 play that

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 instrument

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:56.220
 and become

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 fully expressive

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 in it and

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 master it

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 and in fact

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 why just one

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 instrument

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 how about

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 nine or

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 ten

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 a thousand

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.900
 years is

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 plenty of

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.819
 time to

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 master a

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 whole bunch

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.319
 of them

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.920
 can you

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.259
 imagine

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.619
 what it

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:09.920
 would be

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.440
 like to

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.859
 live for

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 ten thousand

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.460
 years

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:14.819
 of unbroken

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 life and

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 then when you

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 come to the

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.779
 end of that

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.899
 to find out

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.319
 that you

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 will live

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 that span

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.559
 that length

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 over and

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 over and

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 over again

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 without end

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 without aging

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 as we know

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 it without

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:33.039
 the body or

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 the mind

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 growing weak

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 or frail

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 or weary

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.339
 as time

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 goes on

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 without

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 sickness

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 without

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 disease

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 without

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 death

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 how long

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 is forever

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 I know

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.720
 some of you

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:49.899
 have been

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.459
 wondering what

00:22:50.459 --> 00:22:50.899
 this string

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.240
 is all

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.539
 about

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:54.359
 this string

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.899
 every inch

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.240
 on it

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.959
 represents a

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.720
 hundred years

00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:00.019
 and so if we

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.519
 start at the

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.279
 creation of the

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.459
 world by the

00:23:02.459 --> 00:23:03.119
 most conservative

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.779
 accounts

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:03.839
 years

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.940
 you know

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.299
 we go

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.759
 along

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.539
 and we

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.099
 get to

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.839
 about here

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.160
 there's

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.700
 six thousand

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.059
 years

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.619
 that's kind

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:10.799
 of the

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.519
 most conservative

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.220
 estimate

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.779
 from

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 Christians

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 as to the

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 age of the

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 world

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:17.879
 but then some

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.399
 people have

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:18.940
 issue with

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 the you know

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.960
 the gaps

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.240
 and the

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.940
 genealogies

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.279
 and stuff

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.660
 so let's

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.059
 add another

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.639
 four thousand

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.180
 years just

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.639
 for fun

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.660
 let's say

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.099
 that this

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.819
 is this

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.440
 is how long

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.839
 since the

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.299
 creation of

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.599
 the world

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.240
 till now

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:32.240
 there's your

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.619
 life

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.839
 right there

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:36.000
 a little

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.379
 blip

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.539
 I colored it

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.000
 red but you

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.599
 probably can't

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.039
 see it from

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.319
 here

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.680
 if you make

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.119
 it to a

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.919
 hundred years

00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:44.259
 that's your

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.680
 life

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:47.359
 at some time

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.879
 a little bit

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.519
 down the line

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.079
 we don't know

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.960
 exactly when

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.039
 the day or

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.539
 the hour

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.619
 will be the

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.279
 last day

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.899
 that Jesus

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.559
 is talking

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.539
 about there

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.740
 when he will

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.200
 raise us

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.460
 up

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:59.180
 and then

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.200
 starts the

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.339
 full sense

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.539
 of eternal

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.160
 life

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:05.440
 and it

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.059
 goes on

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.400
 and it

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.079
 goes on

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.200
 and it

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.819
 goes on

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.759
 can you

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.079
 imagine

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.279
 living this

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.140
 full length

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.680
 of life

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.180
 that we

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.880
 know here

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.599
 over and

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.279
 over and

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.099
 over again

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:21.900
 this string

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.779
 the other

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.200
 end of it

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.799
 is out by

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.319
 the alley

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.900
 on the

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.319
 sidewalk

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.939
 outside the

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.359
 front doors

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.619
 of the

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:27.839
 church

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.259
 down by

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.740
 the alley

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:30.659
 represents

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.599
 a total

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.079
 of about

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.599
 330,000

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.179
 years

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:36.399
 about

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.240
 3,000

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.919
 ish

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.919
 of

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:40.379
 lifetimes

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.799
 of 100

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.319
 years

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.779
 but in

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.200
 reality

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.659
 there will

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.039
 be no

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.460
 end

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.639
 to that

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.039
 string

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.519
 it will

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.960
 just keep

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.500
 on going

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.019
 all the way

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.460
 around the

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.779
 world

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.879
 again and

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.339
 again and

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.619
 again

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.139
 forever

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.220
 forever

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:55.340
 that's

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:56.000
 how long

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.060
 eternal

00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:57.940
 life

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.720
 is

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.500
 that's

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.860
 the kind

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.340
 of life

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:01.900
 that Jesus

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.759
 is offering

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:05.160
 to you

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.980
 and to me

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.320
 as an

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:07.900
 undeserved

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.420
 gift of

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.800
 grace

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:13.120
 and if

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.400
 that's

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:13.740
 what's in

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.240
 store for

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.620
 those who

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.120
 believe in

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.420
 Jesus

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.640
 then suddenly

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.180
 it makes a

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.460
 lot of

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.000
 sense when

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.759
 Jesus says

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.900
 do not

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.420
 work for

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.920
 food that

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.460
 spoils

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:23.160
 but for

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.680
 food which

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.319
 lasts

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.339
 unto eternal

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.839
 life

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.680
 don't spend

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.500
 all of your

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.460
 life so

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:31.000
 focused in

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.720
 everything you

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.599
 do on

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.019
 this when

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.539
 there's all

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.240
 of this

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.619
 store up

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.240
 treasure in

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.920
 heaven not

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.480
 on earth for

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.119
 this little

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.879
 blip here but

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.640
 for all of

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.180
 this seek

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.740
 first his

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:45.259
 kingdom said

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.519
 Jesus and

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.839
 when it

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:48.259
 comes it's

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.460
 going to

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.700
 last forever

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:52.319
 don't worry

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.779
 about what

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.480
 you need in

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.039
 life your

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.640
 food your

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.240
 clothing all

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.660
 that stuff

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.160
 God's going

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.460
 to look

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.579
 after that

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.500
 and take

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.879
 care of

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.400
 you

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:02.720
 eternal

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.339
 life

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:07.019
 John

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.960
 Newton had

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.440
 it right

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.359
 when he

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.839
 penned those

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.660
 famous words

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.519
 when we've

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.019
 been there

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.259
 10,000

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.900
 years

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.680
 bright

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.000
 shining

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.140
 as the

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.480
 sun

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:21.420
 we've no

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.099
 less

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.839
 days

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.480
 to sing

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.940
 God's

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.440
 praise

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:27.339
 than when

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.839
 we'd first

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.279
 begun

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:32.660
 let's pray

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:36.819
 father in

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.079
 heaven

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:39.740
 even just

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.339
 to think

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.339
 about the

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.259
 magnitude of

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.920
 that gift

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:44.380
 blows us

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 away

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 we're not

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 worthy of

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 that

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 we don't

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 deserve

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 that

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 we hear

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 the

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 words that

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 you spoke

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 to

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 our

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 great

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 ancestor

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 the day

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 you eat

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 of it

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 you shall

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 surely

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 die

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 what

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 mercy

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 and what

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 grace

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 you've

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 given

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 us

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 I pray

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 and ask

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 that all

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 of us

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 would

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 believe

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 that we

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 would hear

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 the words

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 you are

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 speaking

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 and that

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 we would

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 receive

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 and believe

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 eternal

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 life

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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 啟

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 to

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 sorrir

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焗

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  desse

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ете

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  HOR