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 Okay, well, good morning, everyone. It's lovely to see you. Lovely to see some new faces as well this morning.

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 You're so welcome with us. My name's Graham. I'm the pastor of the church here.

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 And let me just invite you to turn back to those verses in John chapter 5.

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 If you need to scroll on your phone to find them, then please do that.

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 If you need to use the contents page of the Bibles in front of you, then please do that as well

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 to get God's words open in front of us.

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 So there's a man who used to be the school chaplain down at Worcester College in Oxford called Tom Wright.

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 And his pupils used to come up to him and they'd say, Mr. Wright, listen, I don't believe in God.

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 And slightly provocatively yet lovingly, he'd reply and he'd say, well, okay.

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 Why don't you describe to me this God that you don't believe in?

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 Which I think is a cracking question, isn't it, in response to that?

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 Put the ball back in your court kind of question.

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 Let me ask you, how would you answer that question this morning?

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 Who is this God?

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 Now, it was Julie Andrews, wasn't it, who sang that song about the beginning being a very good place to start.

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 You know that song?

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 And it's true, isn't it?

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 As you open page one of the Bible, what kind of God are we instinctively expecting?

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 Well, we're expecting a God who creates and purely because of that demands something in return.

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 In other words, we're expecting a God who deals with his creatures, not relationally, but contractually.

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 In other words, if we perform well for him and in his eyes, he will reward us and he will affirm us.

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 But if we do bad, he is a creator who will punish us and dismiss us.

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 It's tit for tat.

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 It's I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine.

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 As we find ourselves caught up in a spiritual and moral survival of the fittest competition.

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 As we come to the opening page of the Bible, that is the God that I think as human beings we are instinctively expecting.

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 And you see, that's often the version of God that pupils used to describe to Tom Wright when he used to ask them to describe the God that they didn't believe in.

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 And when he heard that response, his response back to the people was, do you know what?

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 I don't believe in that God either.

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 You see, the God of the Bible is delightfully different to and doggedly defiant of all of our man-made shallow assumptions about who he is.

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 This God who created the world.

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 And if you think about it, he didn't have to create the world.

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 It's not like he gets anything from it.

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 He needs it.

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 No, no, no.

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 This God is totally self-sufficient.

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 But this God speaks and creation happens.

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 This God who created the world, who gave beauty to it, who gave diversity to it.

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 If you think about it, God could have just made us all as human beings to survive on one food source.

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 Is it not amazing that God has such a variety of foods in his world for us to eat?

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 Not because God had to, but because it brought God delight to.

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 This is the God of the Bible.

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 Now, you might be asking yourself, why does that matter?

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 Let me put it to you that who you understand God to be or not to be profoundly trickles down the streams of your life and it affects everything else.

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 Right?

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 Maybe think of it like this.

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 I don't know if this is helpful, but we'll go for it.

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 Okay.

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 I had a fellow parent tell me recently about a school that used to have a really bad reputation.

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 Right?

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 You know how it goes.

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 Poor exam results.

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 Pupils feeling unsupported.

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 Teachers coming at their job with low morale.

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 That kind of thing.

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 Okay.

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 It used to have a really bad reputation.

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 But they said they've just appointed a new head teacher and everything has changed.

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 They've turned it around.

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 I mean, have you heard things like that before?

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 Yeah?

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 Yeah?

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 The person at the top, who they are like, it massively filters down to the rest of the organization.

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 Right?

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 As they set the pace, as they implement the standards, as their character impacts everything else, as they create the culture, that influence massively impacts everyone else.

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 So it really matters who we understand is in the hot seat.

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 Who's right at the heart of Christianity.

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 Really matters who is right there.

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 Who God is and understanding him rightly affects everything else.

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 Let me just say a little apologetic angle here.

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 It's why the triune God of the Bible and Allah of Islam, we love our Muslim friends, very different cultures.

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 And it all starts from who you understand God to be.

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 I read a cracking book on that recently by a guy called Andy Bannister, who is a Christian guy.

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 He did his PhD in Islamic studies.

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 If you want to check it out, come and speak to me afterwards.

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 It's just in my room.

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 Massively matters who you understand God to be.

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 It affects how you understand yourself.

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 It affects how you understand others.

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 And most importantly, I think, it helps you understand the shape and the goal of the Christian life when you understand who this God is.

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 And it's almost as if in John chapter 5, we're invited in to come and see the person who's in the chair in the school head office of the Christian faith.

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 That's the invitation that's made to us this morning in this text.

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 Now, last week in John chapter 5, we saw Jesus in heated discussion with the religious leaders.

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 If you just scan your eyes over the first bit of the first 18 verses of chapter 5, you'll get a little bit of context.

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 Because what Jesus is saying here, it's not just a blog post.

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 It's not just his thoughts.

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 Actually, it's in conversation with creatures.

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 The religious leaders are livid that he's had the audacity not just to heal a man on the Sabbath.

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 Remember, there's Saturday, this holy day.

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 But he's also had the audacity to tell this man to pick up his mat and walk on the day of no work.

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 And because he's done that, verse 18, and here's the clincher, he's made himself equal with God.

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 So this isn't a case of crossed wires.

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 This is not a case of misinterpretation.

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 Jesus is unapologetic in his claim as he steps into the world.

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 And the guy's got some explaining to do.

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 Okay?

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 This all happens in the context of Jesus on the defense.

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 As he explains himself, who he is.

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 And the Sabbath, the healing, is almost the, is it the dig to the spike?

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 You get that analogy?

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 He's teeing himself up to help the world understand who he is.

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 That's the context.

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 And I find how Jesus answers that question fascinating.

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 He doesn't firstly appeal, and see this, to might.

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 Because he could have done, couldn't he?

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 He could have called down thousands of angels and flexed his divine muscles and said, see?

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 Nor does he primarily appeal to right.

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 Okay?

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 We live in a world of rights.

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 That's how we would have gone about defending ourselves.

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 But do you see how Jesus does this?

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 He helps people see his true identity.

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 And he unveils it in the context of explaining a relationship.

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 Now that tells you something hugely significant about who the God of the Bible is.

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 And it tells you something wonderfully profound about what it is to know him.

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 Now Jesus has used that little title, Father, before in this gospel.

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 He's used it in a count, I think, three or four times.

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 But he's used it as a title, never with an explanation.

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 But here for the first time in John's gospel, we're invited almost as it were to take a glimpse of the glorious relationship that exists between the Father and the Son.

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 And all I want to do here in the time that we have left is just pick out four words that Jesus uses to help us get our heads around how that relationship works.

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 And know that as we take these in together, we are rowing out into some unfathomably deep, mysterious yet breathtaking waters.

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 I'll tell you my mindset as I started this week.

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 It was a bit like when I went with my daughter to Grace Mount Swimming Pool a few weeks back.

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 You know what she loved to do?

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 Favorite game.

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 She's got four sinkies.

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 You up with a sinkie?

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 Do you know what that is?

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 Yeah?

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 And the game was I would throw them in, they would sink to the bottom, and she would go down and she would come back up and she would hold it aloft like the World Cup trophy.

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 Got my sinkie.

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 Okay?

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 Goggles on, deep breath, up she came.

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 That's how I kind of came at this passage this week.

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 But by the end of the week, I realized that we are friends, we are paddling in the mid-Pacific.

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 Okay?

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 11,022 meters down, that bad boy is at its deepest.

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 And you're not going to get a sinkie when it falls in there.

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 It's often said that the gospel is shallow enough for a babe to come and drink from without fear of drowning.

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 But it's also true it's deep enough to swim in without ever touching the bottom.

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 And this is the God of the Christian faith.

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 You ready for a deep dive?

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 You're getting a deep dive.

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 Here's the first word.

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 You just get it straight in the text, verse 19.

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 It's the word seeing.

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 See, at verse 19, Jesus says, truly, truly, which is his way of saying, mark my words.

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 Underscore this.

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 Understand.

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 Jesus says, I only do and act according to what I see the Father doing.

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 So there is no disconnect between God the Father and God the Son.

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 And I tell you what, this was a real game changer for me in my Christian life.

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 Because I remember hearing when I was younger that the Old Testament kind of contained this big, bad, scary God.

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 Whereas the New Testament presented you with Jesus.

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 And let's be honest, he's a much friendlier version of divinity.

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 Okay, it left me thinking that God was somehow like that crazy uncle that you'd see at Christmas time,

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 who loves a rant and is prone to an odd, non-PC comment.

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 And Jesus comes along as the trendier uncle, almost apologetically covering for him.

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 And if that's your understanding of how the Old Testament and New Testament comes together,

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 if that's your understanding of how the Father and the Son work like it was mine,

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 then can I just say we are in for a wonderful surprise.

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 Because there is an exact continuity between the character of both.

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 And it's more than Jesus is just like the apple hasn't fallen far from the fatherly tree.

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 It's more like than he's just like, oh, he's so like his dad.

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 The Father is exactly like Jesus.

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 The New Testament makes a big thing of that.

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 He is the exact imprint.

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 He is the perfect stamp of God the Father.

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 Which means that if you're here today and you want to understand who God is,

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 what is he like?

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 The transcendent God.

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 What is he like?

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 He is like the God up close in the person of Jesus.

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 So that means when we see the heart and work of God the Son,

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 we're seeing the heart and the work of God the Father.

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 And that's what these religious leaders need to see.

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 Perhaps they're coming at this with a cold, shallow, moralistic and legalistic view of who the Lord is.

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 And Jesus is upsetting everything.

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 But there is a wonderful continuity.

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 Jesus says, I've seen the Father.

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 But lest we think Jesus is just a delivery boy for God,

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 here's the second word, verse 20, and it's the word loving.

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 So it's not just that the Father approves of the Son.

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 It's not just that the Son is on friendly terms with the Father.

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 The Father loves the Son.

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 Do you see that in the text?

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 Just getting a little glimpse of this relationship here.

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 The Father loves the Son.

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 And so the question,

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 what was God doing before he created the world?

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 Told you we're going deep here, right?

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 Before anything was,

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 what was this God doing?

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 The answer is that the Father

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 was delighting in the Son

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 in the joy of the Holy Spirit.

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 And that delight was absolutely reciprocated.

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 Love is not something that God does.

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 Love is something that he is.

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 And that's why we can say

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 that God is love.

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 Because what was he doing before the world was created?

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 He was a community of love.

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 A wonderful union of three persons,

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 of Father, of Son, and of Holy Spirit.

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 Our good God is not one.

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 He is one in three.

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 He is triune.

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 And that's what the works that Jesus is doing

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 are telling us.

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 Every single healing and miracle

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 is declaring to us

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 that the Father loves the Son.

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 He's not just a big fan, right?

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 He's not just a groupie.

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 The Father loves the Son.

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 And here's a thought for you.

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 And maybe for some of us

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 here in our Christian lives,

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 our friends, our hearts get so distracted

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 by so many silly things.

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 Here's a thought that maybe has drifted

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 from some of our minds.

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 What is it to be a Christian?

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 It's to be somebody

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 who simply by God's grace

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 that he has transformed our hearts,

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 not because we're good,

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 but simply because he is good.

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 And that we have come to feel the same way

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 about Jesus the Son

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 as the Father does.

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 Yeah?

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 We were the first time going up in church

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 and hearing an older man

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 talking about how he loved Jesus.

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 What?

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 I can sit here as somebody

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 who's almost 38 and say,

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 I love Jesus.

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 Come to feel the same way

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 about God the Son

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 to honor him

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 as God the Father does.

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 Is that another thought for you this morning?

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 That's what it is to be a Christian, isn't it?

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 Love the Son.

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 And here's the reason why

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 that's even possible

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 because of this third word

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 and it's the word giving.

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 Yeah?

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 Loving, seeing,

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 loving, giving.

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 Now I remember

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 sitting in St. James' Park

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 down in London

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 one hot summer's day

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 with a good friend of mine.

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 And he turns to me

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 and he says,

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 deadpan,

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 he says,

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 do you know what?

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 If I didn't worship Jesus,

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 I think I'd worship this.

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 Do you know what the this was?

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 It's his son.

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.560
 Right?

00:17:16.040 --> 00:17:17.279
 I didn't worship Jesus,

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.620
 I think I'd worship the sun.

00:17:18.800 --> 00:17:19.200
 Deadpan.

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:21.920
 And the thing is,

00:17:22.040 --> 00:17:24.060
 I kind of got what he was meeting.

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 You ever thought about

00:17:26.540 --> 00:17:27.240
 where the sun is?

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.019
 Right?

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:31.240
 This thing that's

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.880
 fascinated human beings

00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.300
 ever since time began,

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.380
 this enormous,

00:17:35.800 --> 00:17:37.400
 big ball of fire

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.380
 that sits in the sky,

00:17:40.540 --> 00:17:42.300
 this giant centerpiece

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:44.240
 of our solar system

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 that pulls everything

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 into its orbit,

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 the first source

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 of every living thing.

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.859
 I kind of get

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:53.019
 why people down the years

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.200
 have worshipped the sun.

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:55.779
 Right?

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.180
 But here's a little thought for you

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 and it's Andrew Wilson,

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 I'm indebted to this guy

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 for helping me understand this

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 over the last month.

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 And this is a wonderful book

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 if you're looking for something

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:08.220
 just a little bit different

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:09.580
 for devotions

00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.759
 or to read before bed.

00:18:11.060 --> 00:18:11.259
 Okay?

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.640
 He just takes the things

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 of the world and nature

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 and helps us see

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 God's character

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 through them.

00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.460
 Okay?

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.480
 He says this,

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 other than human beings,

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 it's hard to think

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 of anything in creation

00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:24.240
 that highlights

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 as many of God's

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 characteristics

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 as the sun.

00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:28.740
 Right?

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 Stick with me.

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 Think about it.

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 Why can the sun

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 give light and heat?

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 Because it is light and heat.

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 It doesn't need anything

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 to sustain it.

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 It gives but never depletes.

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 Its action

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 reflects its identity.

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 Have you ever thought

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 about the fact that

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 so much of what God created

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:55.940
 was created to give us

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 insights into who he is?

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 Why can God give life

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 because he is life?

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 Do you see it?

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 And by life there,

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.199
 Jesus is speaking

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 about physical life.

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 Okay?

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 The kind that Lazarus

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 is going to experience

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 later in chapter 11.

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 The kind of life

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 that only our creator

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 can give us.

00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:20.779
 Right?

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.359
 I was listening to

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 Nicky Campbell

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.899
 in Five Live

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 on Thursday morning.

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 If you listen to

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.579
 Nicky Campbell,

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 he was asking his listeners

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 to phone in

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 to discuss the recent studies

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 that were showing

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 that people are dying younger.

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 Did you see that

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 this week in the news?

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 People dying younger?

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 He said,

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 what do you think?

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 And it's a wonderful

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 question to ask

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 and we're interested

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 in the answers to that

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 and I know many of you

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 are medically

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 not just minded

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 but you work in the field

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 and it's a wonderful

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 question to ask

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 and we care about it

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 because we love people.

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:50.560
 Okay?

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.440
 But I'm sitting

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.659
 listening to Nicky Campbell

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 in the car

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 asking this question

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 but I'm thinking

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 there's a deeper question.

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 Not just why

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 do people die young

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 but why do people

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 die at all?

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:07.720
 Okay?

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.079
 You see,

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.519
 you start seeing the world

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.559
 through a biblical lens.

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 Welcome to a world

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:13.339
 where every death

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.440
 is unnatural.

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 This is not the way

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:18.619
 God designed it to be

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 because sin has entered

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.859
 the human condition

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 and ruined God's

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 good creation.

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 We are now like

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.259
 flowers

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:30.759
 who die

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 and I don't want to

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:33.119
 spoil your mother's day

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 but who die

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 the minute that we

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 were cut off

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 from the life

00:20:36.979 --> 00:20:38.719
 source of the stem

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 and are slowly

00:20:40.739 --> 00:20:42.179
 wilting and dying.

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.379
 There is physical death

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.119
 in our world

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 because there was first

00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:48.259
 spiritual death.

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 In other words,

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.879
 we rejected

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 our creator

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:54.239
 and our sin

00:20:54.239 --> 00:20:55.000
 has led to

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.000
 death in the world.

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:59.939
 There is physical death,

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 there is spiritual death

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 and to nick a line

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 from a song

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 we often sing

00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:04.599
 with the kids,

00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:05.899
 when it comes

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.979
 to spiritual life

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 and us giving

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 ourselves it,

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 friends,

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 a rock has a better

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.899
 chance of swimming

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 and a potato

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 has a better chance

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 of dancing

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 than we do

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.079
 of making ourselves

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 spiritually alive.

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 It's why when you

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 speak to your

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.299
 non-Christian friends

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.960
 and family

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 and we love

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 our non-Christian

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 friends and family

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 it's primarily

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 a spiritual reason

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.919
 why so often

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 they just don't

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 get you.

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 It's why as we

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.199
 deny ourselves

00:21:36.199 --> 00:21:37.159
 and as we take up

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:37.579
 our cross

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.500
 and follow Jesus

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:40.399
 the world thinks

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.539
 that we are weird

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:43.700
 as it contemplates

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:45.460
 a God-shaped

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.339
 world view

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.539
 with views

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.259
 and decisions

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.000
 that come out

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.440
 of that

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.599
 it's why they

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.159
 think they are

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.099
 so outdated

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:53.099
 and borderline

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.639
 offensive.

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.399
 It's primarily

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:57.139
 a spiritual reason

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:58.399
 why they look

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.019
 at Christians

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.899
 and think

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.659
 that they are

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.559
 actually the ones

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.019
 who have moved

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.119
 from life to death

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.859
 and I know

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.299
 some of you

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.879
 are feeling that

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.519
 right now

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.940
 the pressure

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.339
 that's coming

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.960
 from a world

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.480
 to say

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.279
 that you need

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.900
 to conform

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.660
 you need to

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.299
 move from death

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.880
 to life

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:16.039
 whereas Jesus

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.620
 says

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.519
 and we always

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.059
 need to allow

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.839
 him to form

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.400
 our world

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.160
 to form our

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.539
 view

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:23.140
 he says

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.299
 that for all

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.980
 those who hear

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.500
 and respond

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:27.299
 to his voice

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.920
 it's the other

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.599
 way around

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:32.360
 and it's why

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:32.940
 we should never

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.640
 underestimate

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.440
 the fact that

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.019
 you and I

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.200
 are Christians

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.819
 and if that's

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.480
 you here today

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.460
 however unspectacularly

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.180
 you think

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.000
 your life is

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.340
 however weak

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:42.759
 you think

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.680
 your faith is

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:45.720
 be encouraged

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:47.200
 that you might

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.360
 not have a story

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.019
 that Netflix

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.900
 will phone you up

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.740
 and make a documentary

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.180
 about

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.500
 you might have

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.220
 the most boring

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.620
 story in the world

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:56.460
 but make no mistake

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.819
 if your faith

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.660
 is in Christ

00:22:58.660 --> 00:23:00.279
 that you have

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.860
 passed

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:02.640
 because of his grace

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.799
 from death

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.799
 to life

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:08.259
 and that life

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.319
 is a gift

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:11.159
 from Jesus

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:14.839
 it's like a

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.399
 balloon that

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.819
 you blow up

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.339
 for your birthday

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.799
 party

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.279
 right

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.700
 you ever done

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.740
 that recently

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.099
 little girl's

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.359
 birthday

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.319
 beginning of March

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:23.039
 blowing up

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.579
 these balloons

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.039
 right

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.779
 just picture it

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:25.899
 right

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.839
 just blowing up

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.240
 a balloon

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.960
 and that's what

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.599
 the Bible's talking

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:30.859
 about it

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.279
 when it says

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.859
 God has given

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.859
 us spiritual life

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:35.160
 balloon's dead

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.539
 right

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.940
 balloon is dead

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:39.220
 and along comes

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.539
 Jesus

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.500
 and blows

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.099
 the breath

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.579
 of life

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.359
 into us

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.180
 and we become

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.599
 spiritually alive

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.259
 just like the balloon

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:49.240
 because he is

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.119
 the Lord of life

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.779
 and light

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:53.279
 that's who he is

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:55.599
 now why can he

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.299
 do this

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:58.539
 because Jesus

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.680
 didn't just enter

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.500
 our world of

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.319
 death and darkness

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:03.299
 he became

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.039
 the penalty

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.379
 that we deserve

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.900
 for our

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:08.319
 rejection of God

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.599
 as he hung

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.519
 on the cross

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:12.879
 why can he

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.819
 raise the dead

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.599
 why can he

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.879
 give life

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:17.540
 because he

00:24:17.540 --> 00:24:18.420
 bore our

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.940
 penalty

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.420
 on the cross

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.360
 for our sin

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.340
 in our place

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.900
 and he rose

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:25.220
 and the resurrection

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:27.160
 life that he

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.780
 enjoys

00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:29.760
 he imparts it

00:24:29.760 --> 00:24:30.600
 to his people

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:32.260
 so if you're here

00:24:32.260 --> 00:24:33.060
 today and the fact

00:24:33.060 --> 00:24:33.700
 that you're a Christian

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.760
 doesn't get your

00:24:34.760 --> 00:24:35.540
 heart singing

00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:36.820
 doesn't make you

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.560
 think it's a big

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:37.860
 deal

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:39.340
 this text would

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.920
 tell you to

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.700
 think again

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:43.260
 that you have

00:24:43.260 --> 00:24:43.740
 passed

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.300
 from death

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:47.559
 to life

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:49.680
 not because of

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.159
 the strength

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:51.079
 of your faith

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.419
 not because of

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.279
 your affections

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.899
 for him

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:55.059
 not because of

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.639
 our hearts

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.639
 are so often

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.079
 weary

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.259
 we have passed

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.740
 from death

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.259
 to life

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.940
 because God

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.379
 the son

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.460
 breathed

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.639
 spiritual life

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.119
 into us

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.659
 and we moved

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.339
 over

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.399
 all the praise

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.119
 goes to him

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:08.559
 and do you see

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.879
 how

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:10.940
 in the text

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.639
 it tells us

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.180
 that God

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.720
 the son

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.319
 didn't just

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.200
 feel indifferent

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.079
 about that

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:17.460
 and it

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.339
 pleases him

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.019
 to give

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.419
 life

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:22.399
 it's his

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.939
 good pleasure

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.299
 to give

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.000
 eternal life

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.359
 to his

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.740
 people

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.439
 he's the

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:26.759
 giving

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.240
 God

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.399
 and lastly

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.839
 just really

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.240
 quickly

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.179
 fourthly

00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:33.659
 he's the

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.019
 judging

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.480
 God

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.119
 because the

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.700
 father has

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.919
 given

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.339
 do you see

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.079
 verse 27

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.799
 all

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.939
 judgment

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.599
 all

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.240
 authority

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.980
 to the

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.319
 son

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:44.240
 Jesus

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.899
 calls himself

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.359
 here the

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.859
 son of man

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.199
 what he's

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.539
 doing there

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.819
 is he's

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.259
 just taking

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.839
 a divine

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.599
 title

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.939
 that the

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.559
 Jews would

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.059
 have understood

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.799
 from Daniel

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.759
 chapter 7

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.879
 where Daniel's

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.319
 talking about

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.179
 the son of man

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.539
 who's going

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.000
 to come

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.799
 Daniel's

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.240
 speaking there

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.539
 about the

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.199
 divine

00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:00.259
 warrior king

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.839
 who God

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.539
 would appoint

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.199
 and who

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:03.519
 would come

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.139
 to bring

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.539
 in

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.940
 victory

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.039
 and rule

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.819
 for his

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.259
 people

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.500
 and caught

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.059
 up in this

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.720
 idea of the

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.420
 son of man

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.819
 is this idea

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.500
 of God

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.759
 in him

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.220
 defeating

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.379
 decisively

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.559
 evil

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:20.039
 and Jesus

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.639
 is saying

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.180
 to this

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.920
 generation

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.480
 he's saying

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.879
 to our

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.519
 generation

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.579
 God the

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.980
 father

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.799
 has given

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.599
 me that

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:26.960
 role

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.779
 he's given

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.399
 me that

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:29.799
 role

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:32.059
 this God

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.159
 is blindingly

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.659
 holy

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:35.779
 this God

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.259
 cannot

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.820
 tolerate

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.380
 evil

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.640
 friends

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.040
 do not

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.580
 mistake

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.060
 his

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:40.880
 patience

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.040
 with his

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.600
 approval

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:44.040
 though this

00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:44.700
 God will

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.220
 one day

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.620
 in the

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.040
 person of

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.320
 Jesus

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.220
 come back

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.000
 and he

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.800
 will make

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.620
 all things

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.080
 new

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:52.880
 the father

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.380
 and the son

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.000
 are committed

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.480
 to each

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.860
 other's

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.240
 honour

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.040
 and so the

00:26:57.040 --> 00:26:57.640
 question is

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:57.960
 friends

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.420
 will we

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.080
 honour the

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.400
 son

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.880
 will we

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.220
 honour

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.620
 Jesus

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:02.820
 and on

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.180
 that day

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.759
 the son

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.279
 will rouse

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.279
 every human

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.840
 being who's

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.480
 ever existed

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.019
 and all

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.320
 will be

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.840
 judged on

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.820
 how they've

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.240
 responded

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.539
 to him

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.860
 seeing

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:13.299
 loving

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.880
 giving

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.340
 judging

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:20.299
 so friends

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.720
 tell me about

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.080
 this God

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.460
 you don't

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.279
 believe in

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:24.900
 here he is

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.440
 this morning

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.880
 is this him

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:28.720
 is this the

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.060
 God you've

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.380
 got in your

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.740
 mind

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:32.140
 what do

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.400
 we do

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.740
 with this

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.200
 well really

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.779
 the response

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.099
 we need

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.420
 to make

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.039
 comes in

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.700
 the word

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.319
 that appears

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.180
 four times

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.680
 from verse

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.220
 25

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:42.660
 and it's

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:42.880
 the word

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.359
 hear

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:45.099
 right

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.099
 will you

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.120
 hear him

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:48.819
 will you

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.920
 find life

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.400
 in his

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.799
 words

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.380
 and his

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.839
 work

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.980
 you know

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.460
 just as we

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.059
 close and

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.900
 leave you with

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.339
 this thought

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.799
 when we think

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.559
 about application

00:27:57.559 --> 00:28:00.579
 I had coffee

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.940
 with a good

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.440
 friend of mine

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.700
 the other

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.039
 week

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:06.259
 and I look

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.519
 at his

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.839
 phone

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.819
 and I

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.200
 noticed that

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.659
 his phone

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:09.980
 is in

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.440
 black and

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.700
 white

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:13.019
 what he's

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.339
 done is

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.559
 he's

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.799
 I don't

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.039
 even know

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.279
 you can

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.599
 do this

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.019
 on phones

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.419
 he's

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.839
 turned the

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.319
 tint of

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.799
 his phone

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.639
 right down

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.419
 some of you

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.720
 might do

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.039
 that I

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.440
 don't know

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.139
 I said

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.799
 why are

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.119
 you doing

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.440
 that

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.940
 and he

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.379
 just said

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.779
 that because

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.139
 when it's

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.019
 full colour

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:26.619
 it just

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.400
 demands my

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.819
 attention

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.400
 all the

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.680
 time

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.759
 all the

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.059
 time

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.099
 texts are

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.400
 going

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.700
 notifications

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.420
 are going

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.779
 and he

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.139
 just says

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.500
 I keep

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.000
 looking at

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.319
 it all

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.799
 the time

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.980
 right

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.160
 you know

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.480
 it's true

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.720
 with your

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:37.960
 phones

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.279
 don't you

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.119
 it's always

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:40.559
 demanding

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.920
 your attention

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.579
 remember when I

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.019
 used to work

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.480
 in law

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.879
 we used to

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.039
 have

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.740
 blackberries

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.619
 right

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.139
 remember those

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.400
 days

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.960
 good days

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.539
 just remember

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.259
 the red

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.920
 flash on

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.299
 the eye

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.339
 right

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.819
 the guys

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.220
 the people

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.480
 I worked

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.779
 with used

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.099
 to call it

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.480
 the red

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.759
 eye of

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.200
 Mordor

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.639
 right

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.000
 it was just

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.660
 calling you

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:54.900
 in

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.440
 come and

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.960
 answer me

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.420
 it's why

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.839
 they call

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:56.960
 them

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.200
 isn't it

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.660
 they joke

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:59.039
 about blackberries

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.839
 being crackberries

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.200
 wasn't it

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.539
 because we get

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.359
 addicted to our

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.839
 phones

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:03.079
 they're shouting

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.420
 for our

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.200
 attention all

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.700
 the time

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.180
 I think that's

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.839
 why there is

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.039
 something in the

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.420
 fact that our

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.160
 generation is

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.180
 information heavy

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.119
 but wisdom light

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.339
 because our phones

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.000
 and here's the

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.980
 point are forming

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.400
 us

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.940
 they're forming

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.759
 us all the

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.099
 time

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:19.379
 and it's scary

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.839
 isn't it when you

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.440
 get that notification

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.099
 on your phone

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.579
 that says how

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.220
 long you've been

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.559
 on it

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.779
 last week

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.279
 and the

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.779
 question is

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.079
 we are

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.659
 we are in a

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.179
 world that is

00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:28.779
 fighting to

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.379
 form us

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:31.379
 and we've got to

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.019
 take that seriously

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.279
 haven't we

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.039
 the things that

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.599
 are going in

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.299
 the things that

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.099
 are shaping us

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.720
 the big

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.819
 biblical principle

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.700
 is

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:40.819
 that we become

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.039
 what we behold

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:45.420
 as we think

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.019
 about where we

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.539
 spend our

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.200
 hours the

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.940
 things that our

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.639
 eyes take in

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.220
 the things that

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.639
 our minds

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.940
 comprehend we

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.579
 are becoming

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 what we behold

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 and the invitation

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.519
 of this passage

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:58.279
 is to make that

00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.000
 thing the one

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 who gives life

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 are we gazing

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.960
 at Christ

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 are we

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 delighting

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 are we feeding

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 our souls

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.740
 in him

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 are we

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 allowing the

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.160
 words of the

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 good shepherd

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 to draw

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 alongside us

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.759
 and quench

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.660
 our souls

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 are we

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.519
 gazing at

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 him

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 and the

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 life that

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 he offers

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 and becoming

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 more like

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 him

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 see this is the

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 promise he makes

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 and we end with

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.200
 this

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 very truly I

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.720
 tell you

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 whoever hears

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.960
 my words

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.859
 and believes

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.539
 him who sent

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.819
 me

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 has eternal

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.539
 life

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 and will

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 not be

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 judged

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 but is

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 crossed over

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:42.639
 from death

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:44.099
 to life

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 let's pray

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 that's a

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 wonderful and

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.319
 gracious father

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 thank you for

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 your word

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 thank you that

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 you are a

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.740
 God who has

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:02.119
 revealed yourself

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.859
 lord we would

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.220
 be

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:05.019
 have no idea

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.400
 we would be

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.879
 in the dark

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.139
 if you

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.660
 hadn't done

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.019
 that

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:09.000
 father thank

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.220
 you that

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.639
 you've revealed

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.240
 yourself in

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.859
 creation

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.539
 father thank

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.759
 you that

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.359
 you've revealed

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.500
 yourself in

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.180
 your words

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.559
 and thank

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:18.000
 you for that

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.139
 special revelation

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:20.039
 that comes as

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.680
 we look at

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.200
 Jesus in

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.579
 action

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:23.240
 and so father

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.099
 I pray for

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.460
 us here this

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.259
 morning lord

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.079
 that our

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.759
 understanding our

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.299
 view of who

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.000
 you are

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.539
 it would be

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.619
 shaped and

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.160
 you would

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.779
 shape it and

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.440
 hone it so

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.259
 that true

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.920
 truth is the

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.380
 thing that

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.000
 guides our

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.519
 understanding

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.900
 about who

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.460
 you are

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.180
 father pray

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.740
 for those of

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.240
 us here this

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.220
 morning who

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.140
 have drifted

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.740
 maybe in their

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:45.200
 affections whose

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.980
 hearts are

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.380
 weary

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:48.539
 that lord that

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.259
 you the God

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.380
 who delights to

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.019
 give life

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:53.059
 father that by

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.839
 your spirit you

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.619
 would draw

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.900
 alongside us

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.559
 this morning

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:58.859
 and father

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.599
 build us up

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.099
 and strengthen

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.599
 us as your

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.919
 people father

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:02.500
 for those maybe

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.019
 that here this

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.379
 morning who

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:04.279
 don't know you

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:06.559
 father may today

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.740
 be the day where

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.259
 they come to

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.960
 trust in Jesus

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.740
 the son father

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.019
 we thank you

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.539
 for our time

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:14.119
 this morning and

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:15.099
 we pray all of

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.859
 these things in

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.899
 Jesus is worthy

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.740
 and precious name

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.639
 amen