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 Let's start by remembering our place in the story.

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 Jesus has ridden into the city of Jerusalem to shouts of Hosanna.

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 There were the Greeks who wanted to meet with Jesus.

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 That triggered a moment of trouble in the soul of Jesus

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 as he sees that the hour of his suffering is quite near.

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 Jesus prayed to his father out loud,

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 and God the Father answered back from heaven in an audible voice.

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 And then Jesus has been talking to this crowd,

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 explaining about how this hour that has come has big implications

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 for judgment, for the kingdom of this world,

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 and for the people of the world.

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 The last thing that we heard Jesus say was in John 12, verse 32.

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 Verse 32.

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 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,

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 will draw all people to myself.

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 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

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 The crowd listening to this now speaks.

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 Verse 34.

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 The crowd spoke up.

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 We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.

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 So how can you say the Son of Man must be lifted up?

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 Who is this Son of Man?

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 So there are people in the crowd there who are thinking.

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 And the big question on their minds is,

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 is Jesus the Messiah?

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 Is he the king that God promised long ago?

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 That special king of God's choosing?

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 Is Jesus that one?

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 I mean, Jesus has just been paraded into the city to shouts of,

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 blessed is the king of Israel.

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 So some people obviously believe that he is.

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 And these folks here in this crowd are thinking about it.

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 They're listening to what Jesus is saying.

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 They heard him say,

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 I will be lifted up.

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 And it seems from their question that

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 some of them kind of understood a little bit of what he meant.

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 We've heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.

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 So how can you say the Son of Man must be lifted up?

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 At the least, they understood that to be lifted up

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 meant for Jesus to be taken away.

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 Or perhaps they even recognized that it meant lifted up as in to die.

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 Crucifixion.

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 But we've heard from the law

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 that when the Messiah comes,

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 he will remain forever.

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 They had certain ideas and expectations

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 about how things would go

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 for the Messiah when he came.

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 One of those expectations was that

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 when he did come,

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 he would come to stay forever.

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 And so they're looking at Jesus and thinking,

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 well, that doesn't fit

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 if you're saying that you're about to die

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 or to be taken away from us.

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 How does that work?

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 The crowd also says that they get this idea from the law.

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 That is, from the scriptures that Moses wrote long ago,

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 the first five books of the Bible.

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 And if we're looking at their question closely,

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 we can kind of see a little bit of what's going on in their minds.

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 It seems that they saw the Messiah

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 and the Son of Man as being the same person.

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 See if you see that in the question.

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 We have heard from the law

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 that the Messiah will remain forever.

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 So how can you say

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 the Son of Man must be lifted up?

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 How can that be true about the Son of Man,

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 that he will be lifted up

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 if the Messiah will remain forever when he comes?

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 Jesus has often and obviously referred to himself

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 as the Son of Man on many occasions.

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 And there are many in Israel

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 who are declaring that Jesus is the Messiah.

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 And to some who have asked along the way,

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 Jesus has even admitted it point blank.

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 Yes, I am the Messiah.

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 But now the people are wrestling with this.

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 How can all this that has been promised long ago

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 by God through the prophets,

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 how can that all be true, Jesus,

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 if you're about to die?

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 If you're about to be lifted up to die

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 or if you're about to be taken away from us,

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 it just doesn't make sense.

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 And it seems like they're really trying

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 to take Jesus at his word.

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 They ask a follow-up question.

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 Who is this Son of Man?

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 Like, are we wrong in thinking

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 that the Messiah and the Son of Man

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 are the same person?

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 Just who is it that you're talking about

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 when you say the Son of Man

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 will be lifted up to die?

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 Yourself or someone else?

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 And Jesus gives them this very cryptic answer.

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 In the next verse,

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 Jesus told them,

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 you are going to have the light

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 just a little while longer.

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 Walk while you have the light

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 before darkness overtakes you.

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 Whoever walks in the dark

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 does not know where they're going.

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 Believe in the light while you have the light

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 so that you may become children of light.

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 Now, to some of us,

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 this answer is frustrating.

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 We're like, what does that mean?

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 Especially in our world today

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 where we have all sorts of people

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 asking all sorts of questions

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 about what's really going on

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 and why certain decisions

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 and courses of action are being taken

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 and we're hearing answers to those questions,

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 but often those answers

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 are not nearly as clear

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 and direct as we would like them to be.

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 Sometimes they're quite evasive.

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 So, I get it if you feel frustrated

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 when you hear that Jesus said this

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 in his answer.

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 But let's not make the mistake

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 of thinking that Jesus

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 is anything like the politicians

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 of our day.

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 Jesus is different.

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 He is the Son of God

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 sent from heaven.

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 He has shown on a number of occasions

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 that he knows the very thoughts

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 that people are thinking in their hearts

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 even as he talks to them

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 and even as they ask their questions.

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 Jesus is under no obligation

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 to give them a full explanation here.

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 In fact, he has often been teaching

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 the people with parables,

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 figures of speeches,

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 analogies, illustrations,

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 and he's made it quite clear

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 that he does that on purpose.

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 God has a purpose for speaking

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 in these kinds of ways

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 through Jesus.

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 We're not going to go into all that

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 this morning,

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 but I will say two things.

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 First,

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 when you hear Jesus say things like this,

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 does it not draw you in

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 to deeply consider

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 what Jesus means?

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 To really think about

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 what his words mean

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 when he says things like,

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 you are going to have the light

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 just a little while longer.

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 Walk while you have the light

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 before darkness overtakes you.

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 We're kind of wired

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 to try and understand things

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 and make sense of things.

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 It's in our very nature.

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 The way he says this

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 is intended to draw us in

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 and to take us

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 to a deeper level of thought

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 and consideration

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 about his words

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 than we otherwise might go to.

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 Second,

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 there's that saying

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 that's not from the Bible,

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 but is true.

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 A picture is worth

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 a thousand words.

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 And Jesus is painting pictures here

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 with his words.

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 Perhaps by saying it this way,

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 Jesus is saying so much more

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 than he could otherwise get across

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 in the time that he has to answer with.

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 So even though we really want

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 the quick and straightforward answer

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 to the question,

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 Jesus challenges us

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 to do the mental work

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 of chewing on his words

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 for a while

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 to understand what he's saying.

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 Let's consider

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 Jesus' answer.

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 You are going to have the light

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 just a little while longer.

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 Walk

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 while you have the light

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 before darkness

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 overtakes you.

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 Whoever walks

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 in the dark

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 does not know

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 where they are going.

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 First,

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 let's notice this.

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 Jesus seems quite content

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 to leave parts

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 of their loaded question

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 completely unanswered.

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 He doesn't say anything

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 about whether the law

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 teaches that the Messiah

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 will remain forever

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 when he comes.

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 Neither does he attempt

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 to resolve the apparent

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 conflict in their minds

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 about how he can remain forever

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 and how he will soon

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 be lifted up to die.

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 And neither does Jesus

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 make a direct claim

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 or answer their question

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 directly of who is the Messiah

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 or the Son of Man, rather.

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 Instead, Jesus tells them

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 just what they need to hear.

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 He gives them a brief statement

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 about how a big change

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 is coming

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 and several instructions

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 about what to do

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 right now

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 before that change

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 takes place.

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 So let's start

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 with his first statement.

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 You are going to have

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 the light

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 just a little while longer.

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 There's very soon

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 coming

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 a time

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 when you will

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 no longer have

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 the light among you,

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 says Jesus.

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 And in what Jesus

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 says next,

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 he gets them thinking

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 about how that works

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 in an ordinary day.

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 In an ordinary day,

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 before the dawn

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 of electricity-powered

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 light bulbs

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 and battery-powered

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 flashlights,

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 there was a limited

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 window of opportunity

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 to walk,

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 to go about,

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 to do your business.

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 And in those days,

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 you better be at it

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 while you have

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 the light of day.

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 Because when night falls

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 and the darkness

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 overtakes you,

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 if you're still out there

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 trying to get somewhere

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 or trying to get

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 something done,

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 you're going to find

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 yourself in trouble.

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 You won't be able

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 to see where you're going.

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 Have you ever

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 experienced that

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 in real life?

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 Maybe found yourself

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 outside in a place

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 that's unfamiliar,

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 in the dark,

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 with no light.

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 I still remember

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 a fishing trip

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 that a group of us

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 went on back

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 in my Bible college days.

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 We thought it'd be

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 a great idea

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 to make our way

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 out into the boonies

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 where two rivers

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 met with each other

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 we thought,

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 that's got to be

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 the place

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 where all the biggest

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 fish are hanging out.

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 We saw it on the map,

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 we got everything ready,

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 we went out,

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 and unfortunately,

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 that little bit

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 on the map

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 ended up being

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 a lot longer

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 than we thought.

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 Nine kilometers

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 of slow going

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 as we waded

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 across this river

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 countless times

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 as it wound

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 back and forth.

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 We decided

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 a number of times,

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 we were wondering,

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 should we just

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 turn back?

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 I mean,

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 this is getting

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 a little crazy here.

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 There's no trails,

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 there's no paths

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 to walk on.

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 Should we go back?

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 Oh, but what if

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 that spot

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 is just around

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 the next bend

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 in the river?

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 We would have come

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 all this way

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 for nothing,

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 so we just

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 kept going.

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 Eventually,

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 we made it there.

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 It was early evening.

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 We fished,

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 we caught

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 absolutely nothing,

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 and then we

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 found ourselves

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 scrambling

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 to get back

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 all those

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 nine kilometers

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 before the light

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 disappeared completely.

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 It didn't help

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 that during

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 that time,

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 we could hear

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 a large pack

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 of coyotes

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 howling and yodeling

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 somewhere in the area

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 nearby,

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 and then as it

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 came to dusk,

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 it was starting

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 to get much

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 harder to see,

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 and there was

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 one of our number

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 who was sure

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 that he saw

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 a huge bear

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 in the trees

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 just over yonder.

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 I don't know

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 whether it was

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 or not.

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 It could have been.

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 By the time

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 we were getting

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 around the last

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 bends in the river

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 on our way back

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 to our staging area,

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 it was nearly

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 pitch black outside,

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 and thinking back

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 on it,

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 if it weren't

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 for the river there

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 for us to follow

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 and for the Lord

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 watching over us,

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 we could have

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 easily been lost

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 out in the middle

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 of nowhere,

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 stuck all night

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 with all kinds

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 of animals

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 prowling around

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 nearby.

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 Boy, did we feel

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 unsettled

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 and tense

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 and anxious

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 as the darkness

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 overtook us

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 out in the wild.

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 This is the kind

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 of picture

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 that Jesus is

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 painting for us here.

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 The light is here

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 for a brief moment,

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 but it will not stay.

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 It will only be here

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 a little longer.

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 Each of you

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 has a window

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 of opportunity

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 to do the things

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 that can only be done

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 while it's here.

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 And if you do not,

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 you will be overtaken

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 by the darkness.

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 You will find yourself

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 in big trouble,

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 lost,

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 and unable

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 to find your way.

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 What's the meaning

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 of this sort of

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 mini parable

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 or analogy?

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 Well,

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 if we've been listening

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 to Jesus

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 throughout his ministry,

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 throughout the whole

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 gospel of John,

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 we'll know exactly

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 what the light is

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 or rather,

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 who the light is.

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 What did Jesus say?

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 John 8, verse 12.

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 Whoever follows me

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 will never walk

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 in darkness,

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 but will have

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 the light of life.

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 he said it again

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 in John 9, verse 5.

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 While I am in the world,

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 John,

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 the writer

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 of this whole gospel,

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 made the same sort

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 of statements

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 about Jesus,

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 referring to him

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 as the light,

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 the one who has come

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 into the world,

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 the one who gives

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 light to men.

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 He started his gospel

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 with that.

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 So what does Jesus

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 mean when he says

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 you're going to have

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 the light just a little

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 while longer?

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 He means that the time

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 that he is with them,

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 among them,

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 is very soon

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 to draw

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 to a close.

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 And think about

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 what Jesus

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 has been doing

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 all this time.

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 He's been bringing

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 light

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 to what's really

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 going on

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 in the world.

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 he's been speaking

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 truth

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 from the Father

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 to the people.

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 He's been

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 illuminating,

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 revealing

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 all kinds of things

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 about our sin

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 and our guilt

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 before God.

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 About the punishment

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 that we deserve

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 because of our sin

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 and guilt.

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 About how to be saved

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 from that punishment.

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 About a Father

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 who still loves us

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 and will take us

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 back even though

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 we have left home

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 and lived shamefully.

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 He's been shedding

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 light on eternal life

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 and life after death.

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 About the coming

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 kingdom of God.

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 About how God's people

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 should live in the world

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 right now.

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 And about how things

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:37.180
 will go at the very end.

00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:39.840
 Jesus has done

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 among us

00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:42.539
 what light does.

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 He has enabled us

00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:44.639
 to see

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.339
 and know

00:16:45.339 --> 00:16:46.759
 all kinds of things.

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 The truth

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 about us,

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 about the world,

00:16:51.459 --> 00:16:52.740
 about God.

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 But now

00:16:54.719 --> 00:16:55.459
 says Jesus

00:16:55.459 --> 00:16:57.299
 I'm about to die

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.699
 and soon

00:16:58.699 --> 00:16:59.679
 to leave this world.

00:17:01.719 --> 00:17:02.740
 And Jesus

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.500
 pleads with them.

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.460
 Don't miss

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.180
 your window

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.960
 of opportunity.

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.200
 Believe

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.339
 in the light

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.119
 says Jesus.

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 believe in me

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:16.319
 while you have

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.019
 the opportunity

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:18.239
 before it is

00:17:18.239 --> 00:17:19.299
 too late.

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.519
 Believe in the light

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 while you have

00:17:21.199 --> 00:17:21.679
 the light.

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.939
 Now is the moment

00:17:25.939 --> 00:17:26.539
 of decision

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.479
 about me

00:17:27.479 --> 00:17:29.000
 says Jesus.

00:17:29.399 --> 00:17:30.059
 And there are only

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.879
 two outcomes

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:32.000
 that Jesus

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:34.699
 describes here.

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.179
 There are those

00:17:37.179 --> 00:17:37.759
 who believe

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.459
 in the light.

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:40.819
 Jesus says

00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:43.740
 believe in the light

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.319
 while you have

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.680
 the light

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.440
 so that you may

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.539
 become children

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.100
 of light.

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:49.160
 That's one outcome.

00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.880
 That sounds

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.440
 wonderful.

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.120
 Those who believe

00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.779
 in the light

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.220
 he says

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.779
 will become

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.340
 children

00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:57.240
 of light.

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 But the other

00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:00.559
 outcome

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.779
 is not so wonderful.

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.860
 Those who do

00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.660
 not believe

00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:08.340
 will be

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:08.880
 overtaken

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.320
 by the

00:18:09.320 --> 00:18:09.800
 darkness

00:18:09.800 --> 00:18:12.400
 and be

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:12.779
 lost.

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.100
 Do you hear

00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:16.540
 what Jesus

00:18:16.540 --> 00:18:17.120
 is saying

00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:17.940
 to these

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.300
 people?

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.279
 Do you hear

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.779
 what Jesus

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.420
 is saying

00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.200
 to you?

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.300
 Now I want

00:18:26.300 --> 00:18:26.779
 to be careful

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.100
 here.

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.820
 I don't think

00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:29.460
 Jesus means

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:30.259
 to say that

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.500
 there's going

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.860
 to be no

00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.380
 opportunity

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.900
 for these

00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.440
 people to

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:33.740
 believe

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.320
 after he

00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:34.660
 dies

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.059
 and after

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.259
 he

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.660
 departs

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.080
 to heaven.

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.440
 But I think

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.900
 what he does

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.519
 mean is that

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:42.539
 his ministry

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.120
 of bringing

00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:43.600
 truth

00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:44.440
 from God

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.460
 to people

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.120
 face to

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 face

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:48.000
 is coming

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.600
 to an end.

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.460
 Pretty soon

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.240
 the things

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.620
 they heard

00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:53.180
 from Jesus

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:54.519
 the signs

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:54.960
 that they

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.799
 witnessed

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 him do

00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:57.299
 will be

00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:57.779
 in their

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.160
 minds

00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:58.980
 only memories

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.759
 of the past.

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.880
 And for

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.180
 others

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.539
 they'll be

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.079
 only events

00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.680
 and descriptions

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.200
 that they

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.659
 have heard

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:04.940
 about

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:06.059
 or read

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.359
 about.

00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.539
 So they

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.159
 could come

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:09.680
 to believe

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.420
 later after

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.039
 he dies

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.639
 after he

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:13.019
 leaves

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.619
 to heaven.

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.019
 In fact

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.700
 thousands

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.299
 of Jews

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.680
 do

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.619
 at Pentecost

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.000
 as the

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.819
 apostles

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.700
 begin preaching

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.139
 and doing

00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:21.579
 the same

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.220
 kinds of

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.039
 things that

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.859
 Jesus did.

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.119
 Maybe

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.519
 some of

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.639
 these people

00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:27.240
 in the

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.740
 crowd

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.139
 will be

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 some of

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 them.

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 But there's

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 also a sense

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 in which

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 I think

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 Jesus

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 is saying

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 now

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 today

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 right now

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 while the

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 light is

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 shining

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 undeniably

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 in your

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 face

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 now is

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 the time

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 to believe

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 in the

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 light.

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 Not

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 later

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 not

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 someday

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 if you

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 don't

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 accept

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 and believe

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 in me

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 now

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.460
 when I'm

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 staring you

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 right in

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 the face

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 when I'm

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 speaking to

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 you with

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 my own

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 two lips

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 what makes

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 you think

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 it will be

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 any different

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 later

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 when I'm

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 gone.

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 To us

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.899
 today

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.259
 Jesus

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.659
 has

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 already

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 gone.

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 He

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 died

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 he

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 rose

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 he

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 ascended

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 into

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 heaven

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 world

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.379
 is

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 no

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 longer

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 here

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.799
 in

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 so

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 that

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:21.700
 light

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:21.940
 that

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.259
 Jesus

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.839
 is

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.119
 the

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 truth

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 that

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 he

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 spoke

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 it

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 comes

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 to

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 us

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 second

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 hand

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 through

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 the

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 writings

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 of

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 those

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 who

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 were

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 there

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 to

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 witness

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 it

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 and

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 so

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 there

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 is

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 for

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 each

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 also

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 a

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 window

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 of

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 opportunity

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 even

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 though

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 we

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 do

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 not

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 see

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.500
 the

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.700
 light

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:41.860
 of

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.200
 Jesus

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.060
 first

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 hand

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:45.060
 as

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 they

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 did

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 back

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 then

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 we

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 still

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 have

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 the

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 opportunity

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 to

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 see

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 it

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.100
 second

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.500
 hand

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.680
 through

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 all

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 that

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.180
 was

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.400
 written

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 about

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:52.920
 him

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 we

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.660
 weren't

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:53.820
 there

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:53.980
 to

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.160
 hear

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.440
 him

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.019
 speak

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.540
 in

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 person

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.620
 but we

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 have

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 the

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 very

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 words

00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:58.040
 that

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 he

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.560
 said

00:20:58.560 --> 00:20:58.860
 a

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.019
 good

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.300
 number

00:20:59.300 --> 00:20:59.480
 of

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.680
 them

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.660
 we

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:00.900
 weren't

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.040
 there

00:21:01.040 --> 00:21:01.180
 to

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.320
 see

00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:01.500
 the

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.840
 signs

00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:01.980
 and

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.100
 the

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.440
 miracles

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.700
 that

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:02.840
 he

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.340
 performed

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.540
 with

00:21:03.540 --> 00:21:03.680
 our

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:03.860
 own

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.060
 two

00:21:04.060 --> 00:21:04.420
 eyes

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.240
 but we

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.519
 have

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:05.980
 detailed

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.220
 out

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.400
 for

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.580
 us

00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:06.700
 in

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:06.920
 these

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.660
 carefully

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.240
 preserved

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.840
 eyewitness

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.420
 accounts

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.540
 a good

00:21:10.540 --> 00:21:10.840
 number

00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:11.040
 of

00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:11.220
 them

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.960
 and so

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.140
 there

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.340
 is

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.540
 for

00:21:13.540 --> 00:21:13.740
 each

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:13.920
 one

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.040
 of

00:21:14.040 --> 00:21:14.160
 us

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.540
 also

00:21:14.540 --> 00:21:14.840
 a

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.080
 window

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:15.300
 of

00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:15.920
 opportunity

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:17.800
 a

00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:18.160
 chance

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.400
 to

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:18.740
 see

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.140
 from

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.300
 the

00:21:19.300 --> 00:21:19.620
 Bible

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:19.980
 from

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.480
 preachers

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.660
 from

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.060
 teachers

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.119
 believers

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.740
 a

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.000
 chance

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.299
 for us

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.639
 to see

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:25.819
 the

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.039
 light

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.279
 that

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.599
 Jesus

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.079
 was

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.319
 and

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.700
 still

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.039
 is

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:30.379
 there

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.599
 is

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.039
 for us

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.279
 a

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.539
 window

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:31.759
 of

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.379
 opportunity

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.539
 in

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.720
 our

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.139
 lives

00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:35.119
 to

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:35.619
 respond

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:35.839
 to

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.079
 him

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.339
 to

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.940
 believe

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.759
 in

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:38.899
 the

00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.220
 light

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.779
 in

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.179
 Jesus

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:42.639
 and

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:42.799
 to

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.179
 become

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:43.720
 children

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.139
 of

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.460
 light

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:47.519
 now

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.339
 maybe

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.559
 you're

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:48.799
 thinking

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.059
 deep

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.259
 down

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.599
 inside

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:49.779
 I

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:49.980
 know

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.319
 that's

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.619
 true

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:52.659
 but

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:52.779
 I'm

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:52.959
 not

00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.259
 ready

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:55.979
 maybe

00:21:55.979 --> 00:21:56.179
 I'll

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.500
 get

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.759
 around

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:56.919
 to

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.099
 that

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.439
 later

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:57.919
 someday

00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.299
 but

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.119
 not

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.500
 today

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:01.679
 listen

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:03.399
 none

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:03.719
 of us

00:22:03.719 --> 00:22:04.179
 knows

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.839
 how

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.059
 many

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.479
 days

00:22:05.479 --> 00:22:05.919
 we

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.259
 have

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:08.939
 people

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:09.219
 die

00:22:09.219 --> 00:22:09.419
 all

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.599
 the

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:09.919
 time

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.079
 in

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.259
 all

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.539
 kinds

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.699
 of

00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:11.019
 ways

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.679
 and

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.000
 enough

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.159
 of

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.319
 them

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.699
 die

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.339
 before

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.539
 they

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:13.739
 hit

00:22:13.739 --> 00:22:14.000
 old

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.439
 age

00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:16.739
 the

00:22:16.739 --> 00:22:17.000
 next

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.299
 one

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.679
 could

00:22:17.679 --> 00:22:17.839
 be

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.099
 you

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:20.879
 listen

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.059
 to

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.259
 these

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.539
 words

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:21.699
 of

00:22:21.699 --> 00:22:21.959
 Jesus

00:22:21.959 --> 00:22:22.419
 again

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.399
 believe

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:23.959
 in

00:22:23.959 --> 00:22:24.099
 the

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.419
 light

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.839
 while

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.019
 you

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.439
 have

00:22:26.439 --> 00:22:26.759
 the

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.059
 light

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:29.359
 so

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.559
 that

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.719
 you

00:22:29.719 --> 00:22:29.899
 may

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.199
 become

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:30.679
 children

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.219
 of

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:31.539
 light

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.719
 walk

00:22:32.719 --> 00:22:33.179
 while

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:33.399
 you

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:33.799
 have

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.019
 the

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.339
 light

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:37.359
 let

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.519
 the

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:37.980
 darkness

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.779
 overtake

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.039
 you

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:40.000
 today

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.259
 is

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.399
 the

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.679
 day

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.059
 to

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.439
 decide

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:41.720
 about

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.079
 Jesus

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.799
 if

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:42.939
 you

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.259
 haven't

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.679
 already

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.500
 now

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:46.359
 do

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.559
 you

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.059
 believe

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.159
 in

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.559
 Jesus

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.899
 the

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.220
 light

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.439
 of

00:22:50.439 --> 00:22:50.579
 the

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:50.919
 world

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:56.240
 during

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.519
 world

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.779
 war

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.159
 two

00:22:57.159 --> 00:23:00.599
 an

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.000
 American

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.439
 naval

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:01.939
 force

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.379
 in the

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.599
 North

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.039
 Atlantic

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.960
 was engaged

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 in heavy

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 battle

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 with

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 enemy

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 ships

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 and

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 submarines

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 and

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 it

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 was

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 an

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 exceptionally

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 dark

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 night

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 six

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 planes

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 took off

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 from an

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 aircraft

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 carrier

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 to search

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 out

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 those

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 targets

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 but

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.139
 while

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 they

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 were

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 in

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 the

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 air

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 a

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 total

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 blackout

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 was

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 ordered

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 on

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 the

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 aircraft

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 carrier

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 in

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 order

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 to

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 protect

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 it

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 from

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 attack

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 without

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 lights

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 on

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 the

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 carrier's

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 deck

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 the

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 six

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 planes

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 could

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 not

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 possibly

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 land

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 they

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 made

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 a

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 radio

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 request

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 asking

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 that

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 the

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 lights

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 be

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 turned

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 on

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 just

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 long

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 enough

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 for

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 them

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 to

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 come

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 in

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 but

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 because

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 the

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 entire

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 carrier

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 with

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 its

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 several

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 thousand

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 men

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 as well

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 as

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 all

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:45.920
 the

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.119
 other

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.460
 planes

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:46.599
 and

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:46.920
 equipment

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.240
 would

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 have

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.460
 been

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 put

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:47.859
 in

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.400
 jeopardy

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 no

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.759
 lights

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.220
 were

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.639
 permitted

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 eventually

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:52.960
 the

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.200
 six

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.539
 planes

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.819
 ran

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:53.960
 out

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.099
 of

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.359
 fuel

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.799
 and

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:55.920
 they

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.059
 had

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.220
 to

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.539
 ditch

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.220
 in

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.359
 the

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.680
 freezing

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.139
 water

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.900
 and

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.119
 those

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.599
 pilots

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.359
 perished

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.779
 into

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.299
 eternity

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:04.139
 I can't

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.500
 help but

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.799
 think of

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:04.980
 this

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.319
 story

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.639
 as I

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:05.879
 listen

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.079
 to

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.359
 Jesus

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.759
 words

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.099
 here

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:09.119
 it's

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.440
 as though

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.779
 he's

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.000
 saying

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.220
 to

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.539
 us

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.619
 the

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:11.960
 landing

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.440
 lights

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.759
 are

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.159
 on

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.119
 come

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.559
 home

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:16.019
 come

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.220
 to

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.519
 me

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.319
 now

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.539
 while

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.700
 you

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.000
 have

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.180
 the

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.500
 light

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:37.220
 to

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.000
 come

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.160
 walk

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.980
 while

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.160
 you

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.519
 have

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.700
 the

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:40.980
 light

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.339
 before

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.839
 darkness

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.519
 overtakes

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.779
 you

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:54.259
 today is the day to repent and believe if you haven't done this already if you haven't done

00:24:54.259 --> 00:25:00.559
 this but you think you might need some help to figure out how to you're not sure what what to do

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:08.099
 i want to invite you come talk to me after the service or if you're a kid talk to your mom and

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:16.219
 dad or anyone here who you know knows jesus we would be happy to talk about that with you to

00:25:16.219 --> 00:25:19.539
 listen to you to pray with you to help you however we can

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:28.819
 you will have the light only a little while longer

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:36.959
 these words hint at what comes next in the story of jesus his death

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:46.519
 well in one sense we we might hear what these people in the crowd are asking and we might think

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:54.140
 wouldn't it be nice if jesus had come to stay that first time just set up the forever kingdom then

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:59.480
 and there but in another sense i think we know that the story couldn't go that way

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:05.059
 not if we want to be part of that good and glorious kingdom

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:15.380
 the prophecies about jesus forever kingdom are true and they will all be fulfilled when jesus returns

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:23.920
 but for this time for this hour of which jesus speaks we have need of something else

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:28.140
 we need a way to get back to the father

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:36.740
 we need a way to mend and restore that broken relationship that we have with him

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:43.620
 because of our sins and our guilt and that's what jesus death was all about

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:50.360
 he died on the cross to make a way home to the father for us

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:57.019
 his body was broken his blood was shed to atone for our sins

00:26:57.019 --> 00:27:01.740
 and to secure forgiveness for all who will believe in him

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:08.500
 we mark this amazing hour of jesus

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:14.500
 every month by eating and drinking from this table behind me

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:18.480
 bread which represents jesus body

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:23.319
 the cup which represents jesus blood

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:26.440
 we remember his death

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.980
 a gift of love

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.319
 for you

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:32.160
 and for me

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:35.039
 for all the peoples of the world

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:38.099
 and truly a gift

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:40.680
 it's ours

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:43.400
 if we simply believe in him

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.480
 the light of the world

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:47.740
 and so if

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.240
 that's you this morning

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.460
 if you believe in him

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:53.019
 if you believe that he is the light of the world

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.140
 the son of man

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.920
 the messiah

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.680
 and much more

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.920
 please

00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.140
 join with us

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:02.100
 as we eat and drink

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.640
 from this table behind me

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:05.800
 in remembrance of him

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:08.500
 if you're not there yet

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.440
 then i would ask that you

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:12.220
 simply let the bread and the cup

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.079
 pass you by

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:15.000
 until you've come

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.759
 to that affirmation

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.940
 in your heart

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:21.380
 let's take a couple minutes

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:23.019
 to reflect

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.200
 and to pray quietly

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:26.759
 and then charles will come

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:28.100
 and pass out the elements

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:30.600
 we'll wait until everybody has been served

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:33.039
 and then we'll eat and drink together

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.299
 in unison

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.519
 amen

00:28:35.519 --> 00:29:05.500
 Thank you.

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:35.500
 Thank you.

00:29:35.519 --> 00:30:05.500
 Thank you.

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:35.500
 Thank you.

00:30:35.519 --> 00:31:05.500
 Thank you.

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:35.500
 Thank you.

00:31:35.519 --> 00:32:05.500
 Thank you.

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.139
 Thank you.

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.579
 Let's eat and drink together.