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 Please open up your Bibles to the Gospel according to John.

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 We're still working our way through John's prologue to his Gospel this morning,

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 and so we'll read from verses 14 through 18 of chapter 1 this morning.

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 If you're using the pew Bibles there in front of you, you can find this on page 833,

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 if you're using those Bibles, but I do encourage you to have a Bible open and read these as God's Word as I preach.

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 Follow along with me as I read John 1, 14 through 18.

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 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory,

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 glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 John bore witness about him and cried out,

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 This is he of whom I said,

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 He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.

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 For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

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

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 No one has ever seen God.

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 The only God who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

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 This is God's holy, inspired, perfect Word.

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 Would you please bow and pray with me?

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 Lord, Father, we ask again that you would do a miracle among us right now as your Word is sent forth.

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 We pray that it would go forth in power to save,

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 in power to convict,

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 in power to sanctify,

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 in power to transform,

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 in power to encourage.

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 Lord, would you send forth your Word

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 and accomplish the purposes for which you sinned.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Every Sunday I come home from church.

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 I go home and catch my breath for a minute.

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 I sit down.

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 I thank God for all that he's done in the morning service.

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 I go to eat some lunch.

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 And then I prepare myself to do something incredibly risky.

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 I ask each one of my children what they heard in the morning worship service.

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 It's a dangerous thing to do, as you might imagine.

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 Last week, the passage was John chapter 1, verses 6 through 13.

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 It was titled, I Saw the Light.

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 And we saw from John 1, 6 through 13,

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 how John the Baptist bore witness to the light.

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 He was not the light, but he bore witness to the light.

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 The true light which was coming into the world

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 was the one that enlightens everyone.

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 And we had a choice put before us, didn't we?

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 Everyone on the planet has responded to the light in one of two ways.

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 We have either rejected the light and live in darkness,

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 or we have received the light and become children of God.

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 That was last week.

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 And so we sat down for lunch, and I went around the table,

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 asked my boys one by one what they heard in church today,

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 and one who shall remain nameless.

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 He said, Dad, you just said the word light like a million times.

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 And in my defense,

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 my job is to preach what the word says,

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 what the passage says.

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 And John seemed to be fixated on that word, light,

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 and so that's what came out last week.

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 It was about the light,

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 and so I took that as a compliment,

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 that I was doing my job on the right track.

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 Well, this morning, I'm afraid that we might have a similar situation,

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 except it's not the word light that we're going to be fixated on.

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 It's the word grace.

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 Every occurrence of the word grace in the Gospel of John,

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 actually every occurrence of the word grace in all the Gospels,

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 occurs right here in these five verses.

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 John says,

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 We have seen His glory, that is Jesus' glory,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 From His fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.

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 The law was given through Moses,

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 but grace and truth come through Jesus Christ.

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 I don't think you have to be a biblical scholar

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 to be able to understand and see that

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 John is trying to communicate to us

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 something about God's grace here in these verses.

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 Now, I've heard a lot of definitions of God's grace over the years.

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 Some good and some not so good.

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 Most would agree that grace is unmerited favor.

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 It is undeserved blessing.

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 And that's good and that's true,

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 but I love how R. Kent Hughes,

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 he gets a little bit more specific here.

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 Listen to these definitions of God's grace.

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 He says,

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 Grace is God reaching out to us in our sin.

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 He goes on.

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 He says,

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 Grace is the pipeline through which

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 we receive all of God's tremendous benefits,

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 the greatness of Christ comes by grace.

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 The greatness of His love comes by grace.

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 The greatness of the gospel comes by grace.

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 Now listen to this last one.

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 He says,

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 Grace is God's love coming to sinners.

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 And when you put it like that,

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 it's no wonder why John wants us to associate

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 the extravagant grace of God

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 with the coming of Jesus Christ into the world.

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 The coming of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God into the world,

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 is a spectacular extension

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 of the grace of God to sinners.

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 And so if you're a sinner in the room this morning,

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 I have good news for you.

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 God's grace is extended to you this morning

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 So what we'll see this morning is three ways

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 Jesus extends God's grace to sinners.

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 This is going to be our outline this morning.

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 If you're taking notes,

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 I encourage you to do so.

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 That'll help you to follow along.

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 We'll see three ways

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 God's grace is extended to sinners.

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 Three ways Jesus extends God's grace to sinners.

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 First,

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 in Jesus,

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 God draws near to sinners.

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 In Jesus,

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 God draws near to sinners.

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 John's aim in these introductory verses

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 we've seen in verse 1 through 18

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 is to show us who Jesus is.

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 And you remember his whole purpose,

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 his mission statement for the book of John

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 from chapter 20,

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 verse 31.

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 He said,

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 These are written so that

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 you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing,

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 you may have life in His name.

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 That's why John wrote this book.

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 And so,

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 one of the ways that he is highlighting

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 the glory and the worth of Christ

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 is by expanding our understanding

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 of the Old Testament

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 in light of who Jesus is.

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 So he wants us to know that

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 this man,

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 Jesus,

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 who he's introducing us to

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 is not just another man.

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 He's not just another teacher,

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 not just another prophet.

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 He is what the Old Testament

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 has been pushing us towards all along,

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 has been telling us about all along,

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 has been pointing us to all along.

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 So you remember from verses 1 through 4,

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 at the beginning,

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 he connected the dots for us

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 from this man, Jesus,

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 to the book of Genesis.

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 You remember this.

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 John 1 begins by saying,

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 In the beginning was the Word.

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 And the Word was with God.

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 And the Word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God.

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 And of course,

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 as you hear this,

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 your mind ought to be going back

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 towards the beginning of the Bible.

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 Genesis chapter 1,

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 in the beginning.

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 That link,

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 that connection

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 that John is making here

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 is telling us

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 that Jesus is not just another creature,

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 he is the creator.

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 But in our passage today,

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 he's making another connection for us,

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 starting here in verse 14.

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 Look there with me.

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 Starting in verse 14,

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 John connects the dots for us

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 from this man, Jesus,

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 to the book of Exodus.

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 John says in 14,

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 look there,

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 The Word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 This should astound us.

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 The eternal Word of God,

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 the one through whom

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 all things were created,

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 He says,

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 although he is

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 in a different category from us,

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 he is totally distinct from creation,

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 yet he willingly chooses

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 not to be distant from creation.

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 He chooses to step into it

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 to draw near to sinners.

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 That should astound us.

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 But if you know your Old Testament,

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 this image becomes even more astounding

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 because literally what this says

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 in the original language here,

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 what it says is that

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 the Word became flesh

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 and pitched a tent.

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 or the Word became flesh

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 and tabernacled among us.

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 See, John is connecting the dots for us

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 between Jesus,

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 this man that he's introducing us to,

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 and the tabernacle of the Old Testament.

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 A couple years ago,

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 we were serving at a church up the road

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 in North Myrtle Beach,

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 and our church was preaching

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 through the book of Exodus,

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 and we realized pretty quickly

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 that the first half of Exodus

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 preaches a little bit differently

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 than the second half of Exodus.

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 So you have all the stories

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 of deliverance and the plagues

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 and all the excitement

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 and all the action in the first half,

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 and then you get to the second half

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 and you have the law,

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 the instructions,

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 the details,

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 the procedures in the second half.

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 The first half reads

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 kind of like a Hollywood script,

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 and the second half

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 kind of reads like an instruction manual.

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 That's just how it is.

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 Now, all Scripture is God-breathed,

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 so let the record show.

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 Don't get me wrong.

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 It's all God's Word,

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 but we'll just be honest.

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 Most of us are naturally drawn

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 towards the narrative

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 more than we are to the instruction.

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 It's just our nature.

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 Some passages of Scripture

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 are more easily digested than others,

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 and some passages of Scripture

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 are more easily preached than others.

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 Well, as we laid out our preaching plan,

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 my turn to preach came,

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 and we realized that my text

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 was going to be Exodus chapter 25

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 and 26 and 27.

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 Three chapters worth of instructions

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 and details and procedures

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 for the sanctuary,

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 for the ark,

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 for the table of bread,

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 for the golden lampstand,

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 for the bronze altar,

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 for the oil,

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 for the lamp,

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 for the curtain,

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 and for the tabernacle.

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 And I'll be honest.

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 At first, I was overwhelmed,

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 and I didn't know

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 what in the world

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 would I have to preach

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 about from three chapters

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 of tedious instruction.

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 But as I dug in,

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 here's what I learned.

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 For one,

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 God cares about the details.

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 You know, that should be obvious.

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 I mean, my goodness,

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 every little detail

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 was described,

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 and in order,

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 from the dimensions

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 to the materials

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 to the arrangement

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 to the colors

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 to the number of loops

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 on the edge of the curtains,

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 everything had to be

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 exactly as God prescribed

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 because all of it

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 was a visible lesson

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 for the Israelites

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 about the holiness of God

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 and the sinfulness of man.

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 So this tabernacle,

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 this tent in the wilderness,

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 was where sinful man

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 came to meet with a holy God.

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 And they had to be shown visibly

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 that this was no casual task.

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 So every detail was there

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 to condescend

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 and to communicate

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 to our senses

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 the reverence

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 that we ought to have

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 when we enter

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 into the presence

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 of God.

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 Of course, you know,

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 inside the tabernacle

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 behind the curtain

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 was the most holy place

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 where the Ark of the Covenant

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 was kept,

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 and it was there

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 that God's presence

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 dwelled in a tent.

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 God wanted His people

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 to know

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 that there was a clear division

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 between them

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 and their sinfulness

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 and God

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 and His holiness.

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 But you know what else

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 I learned from the tabernacle?

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 Despite this great distance,

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 God wants to draw near

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 to sinners.

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 God wants to draw near

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 to sinners.

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 This whole elaborate system

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 with all the procedures

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 and details,

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 it wasn't just

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 to give the Israelites

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 something to do

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 and to be overly complicated

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 for the sake

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 of being complicated.

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 No, this was God's way

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 to dwell with man.

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 And it was His initiative.

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 God didn't have to manifest

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 His presence among them.

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 He didn't have to receive

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 their sacrifices

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 and their worship.

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 He didn't have to allow them

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 even the smallest sense

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 of His presence

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 and holiness,

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 but He did

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 because He wanted

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 to draw near

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 to sinners.

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 So He says

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 in Exodus 25,

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 verse 8,

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 He says,

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 Let them make me

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 a sanctuary.

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 Here's the purpose.

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 That I may dwell

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 in their midst.

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 Consider the heart of God

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 for a moment.

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 The Lord saw

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 the plight

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 of His people

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 suffering,

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 wandering

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 in the wilderness,

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 homeless,

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 poor,

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 weak,

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 undeserving.

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 And you know what He says?

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 Y'all build me a tent

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 so I can go be with you

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 wherever you go.

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 And this was God-initiated grace.

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 And John says

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 that is exactly

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 what is happening here

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 in the coming of Jesus Christ

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 into the world.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the fulfillment,

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 the full realization

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 of everything

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 that the tabernacle

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 was supposed to be.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 He is where God

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 and man meet together.

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 He is where God

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 comes down to earth

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 to be known

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 and to be worshipped.

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 The beauty of His character,

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 the beauty of His words,

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 the beauty of His actions,

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 they communicate to us

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 who God is.

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 Jesus,

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 He is where sacrifice

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 is offered

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 that's pleasing to God.

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 He is where

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 the presence of God

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 can be known

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 not just by a few

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 but by any

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 who come to Him

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 in faith.

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 Oh,

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 the humility

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 of the Son of God,

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 the humility

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 and the grace

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 of Jesus Christ

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 to leave

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 the glory of heaven

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 and to become human,

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 to willingly

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 choose

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 to dwell

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 in this

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 tattered tent

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 of a body

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 that can be

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 ripped

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 and broken

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 and beaten

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 and stained

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 and drugged

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 through the mud

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 not because

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 we're worthy of it

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 but because

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 He is full

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 of grace

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 towards sinners

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 and He wants

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 to dwell

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 with us.

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 Second,

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 John shows us

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 another way

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 that Christ

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 extends the grace

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 of God

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 to sinners.

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 Second,

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 in Jesus

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 sinners

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 see the glory

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 of God.

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 In Jesus

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 sinners

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 see the glory

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 of God.

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 John continues

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 verse 14,

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 look there,

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 the word

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among us

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 and we have

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 seen His glory

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 glory as of

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 the only Son

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 from the Father

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 full of grace

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 and truth.

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 In Christ

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 we have

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 seen

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 the glory

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 of God

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 and again

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 this should

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 just astound us

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 especially if we know

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 our Old Testament.

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 As you know

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 the glory of God

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 we see glimpses

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 of His glory

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 He manifest His glory

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 as a pillar of cloud

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 by day

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 a pillar of fire

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 by night

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 you know how

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 Moses went to go

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 speak with God

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 on top of the mountain

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 and He came down

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 and His face was radiant

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 from spending time

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 in the glory of God

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 but even these

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 were just partial

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 manifestations

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 of the glory of God

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 they were

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 limited

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 that God

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 restrained

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 He held back

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 the fullness

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 of His glory

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 because

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 sinners like us

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 cannot see Him

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 and live

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 isn't that what we read

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 in our scripture reading

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 this morning

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 Sean read

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 from Exodus 33

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 Moses asked the Lord

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 to show me

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 your glory

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 how did God respond?

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 He said

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 I will show you

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 my goodness

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 I will proclaim

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 to you my name

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 I will proclaim

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 my steadfast love

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 and my faithfulness

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 I will place you

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 safely

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 in the cleft

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 of the rock

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 I will cover you

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 with my hand

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 but you cannot

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 see my face

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 for man shall not

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 see me

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 and live

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 no one

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.880
 can see the fullness

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 of God's glory

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 and live

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 that request

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 show me your glory

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 that's a bold

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 and dangerous

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.259
 request

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 for sinners

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 to make

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 there's a Jewish

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.640
 tradition

00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.380
 that says

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 that

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 when the high priest

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.480
 would go into

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 the holy of holies

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 inside the tabernacle

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 on the day of atonement

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 he was the only one

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 allowed to go in

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 he would enter in

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 with a rope

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 tied around his foot

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 and bells tied

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 around his waist

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.539
 why?

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 because he was a sinner

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 entering into

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 the presence

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 of God

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 and in the event

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 that his sins

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.839
 were not properly

00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.640
 atoned for

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 when he went

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 into the presence

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 of God

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 since he was

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 the only one

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 allowed to go

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.940
 into the room

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 if he were

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 struck down

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 in the presence

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 they would hear

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 the bells jingle

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 and be able to

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 by the rope

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.880
 pull his body

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.840
 out of

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 the room

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 the glory

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 of God

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 is too much

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 it's too holy

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.720
 for sinners

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 like us

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 to be able

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:56.100
 to take in

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 it's a danger

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.700
 for sinners

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.420
 like us

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.420
 to be in

00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.059
 the presence

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:01.460
 of God

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 but John

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 says

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:07.200
 this man

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 Jesus

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.860
 has come

00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:11.059
 onto the scene

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 and we have

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.700
 in him

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 seen

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.720
 the glory

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.079
 of God

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 more clearly

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 than a pillar

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 of cloud

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.519
 more clearly

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 than a pillar

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:22.299
 of fire

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 God's glory

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.120
 has come

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 down to us

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 wrapped himself

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 up in human

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 flesh

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 in a way

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.559
 that can be

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.339
 seen

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 and touched

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.720
 Jesus came

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.279
 that in him

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.119
 unworthy

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.639
 sinners

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 from every

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.539
 tribe

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:37.960
 tongue

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 and nation

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.939
 might see

00:20:39.939 --> 00:20:40.859
 the glory

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:42.220
 of God

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 I wonder

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.319
 if you

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.399
 see him

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:47.399
 I wonder

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:47.919
 if you see

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:48.539
 the glory

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.859
 of God

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.099
 you know

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.579
 one of the

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.379
 atheists

00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:52.599
 favorite arguments

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.339
 against the glory

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.299
 against the existence

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.919
 of God

00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.500
 is that we have

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.460
 never seen him

00:20:56.460 --> 00:21:00.660
 Yuri Gagarin

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.259
 he's the very

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.220
 he's the first

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.440
 Russian cosmonaut

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.460
 launched into space

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.220
 in 1961

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:07.140
 he famously said

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.799
 well I don't see

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.299
 any God

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.840
 out here

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:10.980
 we read

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.620
 in our men's

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.380
 group this week

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.860
 a story about

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.620
 Saint Augustine

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.400
 a pagan man

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.819
 brought

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.819
 Saint Augustine

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.380
 an idol

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.640
 one of his idols

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.200
 he held it

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.740
 in his hands

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.279
 he showed it

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.940
 to Augustine

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.279
 and said

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.380
 see here is

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.120
 my God

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.880
 where is yours

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:25.460
 and Augustine

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.440
 replied I cannot

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.980
 show you

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.559
 my God

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.880
 not because

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.600
 there's no God

00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.340
 to show you

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.880
 but because

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.860
 you have no

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.579
 eyes

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.880
 to see him

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:36.319
 we can't

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.740
 see God

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.600
 with physical

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.440
 eyes

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.240
 we have to

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.140
 have spiritual

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:42.000
 eyes

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.940
 to see him

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.559
 no one has

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.259
 ever seen

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.600
 God

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.319
 we would agree

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.100
 John says

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:47.120
 in verse 18

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:48.420
 no one

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.079
 has ever

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.000
 seen God

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.519
 our physical

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.220
 eyes cannot

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.819
 see him

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.539
 that's correct

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.539
 but

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:55.200
 Christians

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.180
 are those

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.740
 who by

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.460
 the grace

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.519
 of God

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.580
 have been

00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.500
 given eyes

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.299
 to see

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.960
 the second

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.660
 half of the

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.039
 verse

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.519
 no one

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.960
 has ever

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.779
 seen God

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.100
 but

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.360
 the only

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:07.180
 God

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.559
 who is

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.140
 at the

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.720
 father's

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.180
 side

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.120
 he has

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.059
 made him

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.180
 known

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.860
 church

00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:14.380
 if you want

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.940
 to see

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.620
 the glory

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.279
 of God

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.660
 you must

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.160
 be given

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.880
 eyes

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.759
 to see

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.080
 you know

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.480
 one way

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.840
 that

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.860
 he might

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.360
 just open

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:22.700
 up our

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:22.920
 eyes

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.299
 to see

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.039
 his glory

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.079
 is by

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.779
 witnesses

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.899
 to his

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.680
 glory

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.000
 there's

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.379
 the witness

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.059
 of nature

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:31.559
 the heavens

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.180
 declare

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.559
 what

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.639
 the glory

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.220
 of God

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.659
 the skies

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.119
 above

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.579
 proclaim

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.839
 his

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.399
 handiwork

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.000
 day to

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.279
 day

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.899
 pours out

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.379
 speech

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.000
 night to

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.259
 night

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.779
 reveals

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.399
 knowledge

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.180
 there is

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.940
 no speech

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.379
 nor are

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.920
 there words

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.519
 whose voice

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.259
 is not

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.659
 heard

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.039
 in other

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.399
 words

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.279
 everyone

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:50.160
 in creation

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.859
 has had

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.539
 the witness

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.680
 testify to

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.039
 them

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.539
 of the

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.079
 creator

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.740
 their voice

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.279
 goes out

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.779
 through all

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.259
 the earth

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.940
 their words

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.779
 to the end

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.480
 of the world

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.379
 saying God

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:01.680
 is there

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:03.500
 there's the

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.000
 witness of

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.440
 scripture

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:06.440
 this authoritative

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.779
 God breathed

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:09.119
 perfect witness

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.519
 66 different

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.119
 books written

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.599
 by different

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.240
 authors in

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.920
 different times

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.259
 in different

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.859
 places and

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.339
 under different

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.160
 circumstances

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.180
 that all

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.320
 holds together

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:18.440
 as one

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.400
 testimony

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.620
 to God's

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.759
 glory in

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.300
 the gospel

00:23:22.300 --> 00:23:22.900
 of Jesus

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.560
 Christ from

00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:24.640
 beginning to

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.140
 end

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.759
 there's the

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.519
 witness of

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.980
 thousands upon

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.960
 thousands upon

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.840
 thousands of

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.940
 Christians throughout

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.600
 the world

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.060
 throughout the

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.840
 history of the

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.360
 church who

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:36.220
 say like John

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.740
 the Baptist

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.440
 here in this

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.019
 passage and

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.500
 they point

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.480
 upwards with

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.080
 their lives

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.320
 and their

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.960
 words towards

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.519
 the Messiah

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.960
 and say

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.820
 behold the

00:23:42.820 --> 00:23:43.300
 Lamb of

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.820
 God

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.940
 Christians

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.420
 who have

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.380
 had their

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.400
 eyes open

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.840
 have been

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.460
 given eyes

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.059
 to see

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.460
 him

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.279
 and are

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.920
 willing even

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.279
 to the

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.759
 point of

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.400
 death

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.880
 to testify

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.420
 to what

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.860
 they have

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.420
 seen

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.299
 by the

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.779
 grace of

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.220
 God

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.920
 but you

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.140
 know the

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.440
 most

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.360
 powerful

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.799
 the most

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.620
 clear

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.259
 the most

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.220
 compelling

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.400
 appearing

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.840
 of the

00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:07.080
 glory of

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.500
 God

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.860
 is the

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.640
 coming of

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.360
 the Son

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.700
 of God

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.420
 Jesus

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.980
 Christ

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.240
 Christ

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.500
 this is

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.660
 what

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:13.980
 John

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.200
 is

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.860
 telling

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.160
 us

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.380
 we

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.640
 have

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.380
 seen

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.319
 his

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.980
 glory

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:20.400
 commentators

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.660
 they

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.339
 they go

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.700
 back and

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:21.900
 forth

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.480
 they argue

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.039
 over whether

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.360
 or not

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.680
 he's

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.140
 he's

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.360
 talking

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.559
 about

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.720
 the

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.700
 transfiguration

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.279
 here

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.559
 where

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.940
 Jesus

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.680
 went up

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:27.920
 on the

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.259
 mountain

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.059
 his

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.480
 appearance

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:29.740
 was

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.400
 changed

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.700
 and he

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.160
 revealed

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.420
 his

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.860
 glory

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.180
 it says

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.660
 his face

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.099
 shone

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.579
 like the

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.039
 sun

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.779
 and his

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.240
 clothes

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.579
 became

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.039
 white

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.539
 as

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.180
 light

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.460
 and of

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.660
 course

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:37.900
 he's

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.180
 talking

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.500
 about

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.759
 that

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.120
 but not

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.440
 just

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.839
 that

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.480
 no one

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.119
 no one

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.899
 ever spoke

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.720
 like this

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.159
 man

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:46.019
 just a

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.579
 carpenter

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:46.919
 but

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.480
 with

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.459
 understanding

00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:49.579
 and wisdom

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.379
 and authority

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.159
 that no

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.819
 one could

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.599
 explain

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.059
 so that

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.899
 Peter would

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.439
 later say

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:54.980
 Lord you

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.399
 have the

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.839
 words of

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.359
 eternal

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.139
 life

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.579
 where else

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:57.899
 can we

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.279
 go

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.579
 we have

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.259
 believed

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.859
 and come

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.199
 to know

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.819
 that you

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.240
 are the

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.559
 holy

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.879
 one

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.519
 of God

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.980
 no one

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.379
 ever did

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.839
 the things

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.259
 that Jesus

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.879
 could do

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.319
 calming

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.179
 storms

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:09.480
 healing

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.160
 the sick

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.660
 casting

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:10.960
 out

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.400
 demons

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.920
 forgiving

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.559
 sins

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.019
 performing

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:14.160
 all sorts

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.220
 of miracles

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.920
 and signs

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.559
 that we'll see

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.279
 throughout this

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.740
 book

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.700
 foretelling

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.220
 his own

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.740
 death

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.220
 and his

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.440
 own

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.140
 resurrection

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.880
 and then

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.240
 dying

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.819
 and rising

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.440
 exactly

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.360
 as he

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.140
 claimed

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.440
 and then

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.819
 appearing

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.519
 to more

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.279
 than 500

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.960
 witnesses

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.900
 among whom

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.039
 is John

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.599
 who wrote

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.339
 this book

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.740
 to say

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.299
 that if you

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.200
 want to see

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.860
 the glory

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.519
 of God

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.480
 you must

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.920
 look

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.559
 to

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.759
 Jesus

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:42.899
 do you

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.220
 ever just

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.579
 wish you

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.799
 could get

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.139
 a better

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:45.740
 vision

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.179
 for

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:47.480
 who God

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.980
 is

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.559
 for the

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.159
 glory

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:51.259
 of God

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.519
 do you

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.000
 ever pray

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.519
 that prayer

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.819
 Lord

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.700
 show me

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.639
 your glory

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:56.639
 if you

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:56.899
 do

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.220
 let me

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.720
 just

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.319
 challenge

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.619
 you

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.079
 for a

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.319
 moment

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.799
 to do

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.539
 something

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.399
 very practical

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:02.119
 even this

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.440
 week

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.759
 would you

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:06.059
 set some

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.339
 time

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.919
 aside

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.759
 and open

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.060
 up your

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.360
 Bible

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:12.060
 maybe read

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.519
 through one

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.779
 of the

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.500
 gospels

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.420
 gospel of

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.660
 Mark

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.640
 16 chapters

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.100
 it's the

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.779
 shortest one

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.000
 you could

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.519
 probably handle

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.960
 that in

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.880
 one sitting

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.420
 maybe two

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.100
 just read

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.779
 through one

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.080
 of the

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.560
 gospels

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.560
 and pray

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:23.860
 and ask

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.840
 the Lord

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 Lord would

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.420
 you show

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.140
 me your

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.759
 glory

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.960
 as I

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 fix my

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.360
 eyes

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.539
 on Christ

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:33.559
 show me

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.240
 who you

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.779
 are

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.480
 as I

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.980
 look

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.019
 to Jesus

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.700
 show me

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.759
 your glory

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.259
 in the way

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.519
 that this

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.279
 man lived

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.359
 and walked

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.940
 and taught

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.599
 give me

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.980
 eyes to

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.799
 see your

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.399
 glory

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.659
 in the

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.259
 word

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:49.659
 God

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.279
 extends

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.599
 his

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.440
 grace

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.379
 to sinners

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:53.579
 in Jesus

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.220
 by sending

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.799
 forth his

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.619
 glory in a

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:55.920
 way that

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.259
 can be

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.920
 seen

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:58.259
 and known

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.740
 but not

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.440
 just that

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:01.960
 he extended

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.720
 his grace

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.779
 that it

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.460
 might be

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.820
 received

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:08.380
 this is the

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.340
 third way

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:10.480
 Jesus extends

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.259
 God's grace

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.279
 to sinners

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.779
 third

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:14.240
 in Jesus

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.680
 sinners

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.000
 receive

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.080
 the grace

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:19.380
 of God

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:21.519
 see God's

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.039
 grace

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.140
 is not just

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.920
 meant to be

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.640
 observed

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.960
 and seen

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:27.000
 passively

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.340
 no

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:28.580
 it must

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.919
 be received

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:31.039
 actively

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.599
 by faith

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.119
 look there

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.439
 to verse

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:34.339
 16

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:36.460
 John says

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.179
 and from

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:38.179
 his fullness

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.599
 we have

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:41.199
 all received

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:42.079
 grace

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.699
 upon grace

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:45.039
 for the law

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.500
 was given

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.299
 through Moses

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.099
 grace

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.439
 and truth

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.059
 came

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:50.439
 through Jesus

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:51.519
 Christ

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:53.759
 we saw

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.279
 the contrast

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.159
 last week

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.859
 didn't we

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:57.759
 those who

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.319
 reject

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.899
 the light

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.199
 are

00:27:59.199 --> 00:28:00.039
 separated

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.059
 from God

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.679
 left in

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.119
 the darkness

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.500
 of their

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.919
 sin

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.299
 but

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.319
 to all

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.979
 who did

00:28:04.979 --> 00:28:06.019
 receive him

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.159
 who believe

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.779
 in his

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.240
 name

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.879
 he gives

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.179
 this

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:10.240
 unbelievable

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.359
 right

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.139
 to become

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.719
 children

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.679
 of God

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:13.979
 who were

00:28:13.979 --> 00:28:14.479
 born not

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:15.279
 of blood

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.199
 nor of the

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.819
 will of the

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.379
 flesh

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.139
 nor of the

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:19.099
 will of man

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.399
 but of

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.719
 God

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:23.139
 it's all

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.819
 of grace

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:25.500
 if you're

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.439
 born into

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:27.220
 it naturally

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.039
 by blood

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.819
 it is not

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.919
 of grace

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:31.519
 if you work

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.000
 for it

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.599
 by the labor

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.299
 of your hands

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.099
 by your flesh

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.939
 by your effort

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:35.899
 it is not

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:37.220
 of grace

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.740
 if you

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.779
 if you will

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.419
 it into

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:40.099
 existence

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.859
 by your

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.599
 desiring

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.240
 by your

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.720
 choosing

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:44.019
 it is not

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.779
 of grace

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:47.259
 and it has

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.939
 always been

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.579
 this way

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:50.759
 look there

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.279
 to what he says

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.179
 in verse 17

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.880
 we need to

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.779
 understand this

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.140
 he says

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.700
 the law

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.220
 was given

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.200
 through Moses

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.880
 grace and

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.920
 truth came

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:02.000
 through Jesus

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.039
 Christ

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.519
 we need to

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.740
 understand this

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.220
 because some

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.740
 take this

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.620
 as as a

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.279
 contrast

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.340
 as if he's

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.700
 saying

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.220
 before Jesus

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.820
 there was

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.740
 no grace

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.200
 no truth

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.799
 but now that

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.660
 Jesus has come

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.480
 we have grace

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.980
 and truth

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.480
 I don't think

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.960
 that's what he's

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.660
 saying here

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:20.519
 the law

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.259
 was a

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.319
 grace

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.519
 of God

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:26.519
 the law

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.579
 was a

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.180
 gift

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.460
 of God's

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.160
 grace

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.859
 I don't think

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.539
 you can read

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.039
 through the

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.619
 Psalms

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.680
 and come

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:33.900
 to the

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.400
 conclusion

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.119
 that the

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.579
 law was

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.299
 not a

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.579
 gift

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.279
 of God's

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.799
 grace

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.960
 Psalm 19

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.980
 says

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.480
 the law

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.920
 of the Lord

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.579
 is perfect

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:45.059
 reviving

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.700
 the soul

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.460
 the testimony

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.220
 of the Lord

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.920
 is sure

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.580
 making wise

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.340
 the simple

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:52.340
 the precepts

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:52.800
 of the Lord

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.400
 are right

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.180
 rejoicing

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.800
 the heart

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:56.100
 the commandment

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.560
 of the Lord

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.200
 is pure

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.840
 enlightening

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.640
 the eyes

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.680
 the fear

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.100
 of the Lord

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.600
 is clean

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.100
 enduring

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.620
 forever

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.420
 the rules

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.060
 of the Lord

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.880
 are true

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.800
 and righteous

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.720
 all together

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:07.200
 more to be

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.060
 desired are they

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.759
 than gold

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.560
 even much

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.480
 fine gold

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.759
 sweeter also

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.380
 than honey

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.940
 and drippings

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.880
 of the honeycomb

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.480
 moreover

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.519
 by them

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.279
 as your servant

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.060
 worn

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.820
 and in keeping

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.279
 them

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.799
 there is

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.399
 great

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.619
 reward

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.160
 is that

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.579
 not

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.639
 a gift

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.200
 of God's

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.599
 grace

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:26.920
 the law

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.619
 is

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.299
 truth

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.339
 of God

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.740
 it is

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.299
 God's

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.740
 word

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.700
 graciously

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.700
 delivered

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.940
 God's

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.240
 word

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.700
 come

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.220
 down

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.099
 to us

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.519
 written

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.039
 in black

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.480
 and white

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.779
 where we

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.220
 can read

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.440
 it

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.180
 and hold

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.359
 it

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.000
 and see

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.579
 the heart

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.240
 of God

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.680
 it communicates

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.660
 the holiness

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.500
 of God

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.259
 it communicates

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.259
 the sinfulness

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.140
 of man

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.980
 that is

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.579
 God's

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.259
 grace

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.920
 but John

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.539
 is showing

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.599
 us again

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.740
 once again

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.039
 as good

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.859
 as that was

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.000
 something better

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.879
 has come

00:30:57.879 --> 00:31:00.079
 Jesus Christ

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.539
 has come

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.440
 in Christ

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.900
 grace has come

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.480
 to us

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.920
 in a much

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.900
 fuller

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.859
 more lasting

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.900
 more permanent

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.000
 more effective

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.900
 way

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:11.200
 Jesus Christ

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.539
 is the word

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.220
 of God

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.500
 made flesh

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.680
 the word

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.079
 of God

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.440
 come

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.859
 down

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.599
 to us

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.099
 full

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.960
 of grace

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.680
 and truth

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:22.180
 in the

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.839
 tabernacle

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.420
 God drew

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.799
 near

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.559
 in part

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.960
 but in

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.440
 Christ

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.880
 now

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.380
 he has

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.720
 come

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.519
 in full

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.339
 to dwell

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.119
 with

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.579
 sinners

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:31.000
 God

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.579
 manifested

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.259
 his glory

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.660
 for the

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.240
 Old Testament

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.720
 saints

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.000
 like

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.980
 like rays

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.599
 off of

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.200
 the sun

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.460
 but

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.160
 now

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.779
 in Christ

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.339
 the sun

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.859
 himself

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.519
 has come

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.220
 to dwell

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.180
 with us

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.460
 and we

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.240
 have seen

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.120
 his glory

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.940
 and God

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.000
 graciously

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.799
 delivered his

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.120
 word

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.940
 but now

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.060
 in Christ

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:50.880
 the word

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.759
 was made

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.460
 flesh

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.740
 and dwelt

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.560
 among us

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.180
 full

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.580
 of grace

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:58.039
 and truth

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:59.299
 that he

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.920
 might be

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.080
 received

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.980
 and that we

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.820
 might be

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.920
 transformed

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:07.039
 you all

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.640
 have probably

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.240
 heard me

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.539
 quote this

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.080
 poem from

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.740
 John Bunyan

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.299
 before

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.980
 not Paul

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.380
 Bunyan

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:17.000
 John Bunyan

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:19.779
 run

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.720
 John run

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.279
 the law

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.900
 demands

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.339
 but gives

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.859
 us neither

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.640
 feet nor

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.220
 hands

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.400
 far better

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.059
 news the

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.980
 gospel brings

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.579
 which bids

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.539
 us fly

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.819
 and gives

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.359
 us

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.339
 wings

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:33.680
 see the

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.120
 law

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.319
 graciously

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:36.480
 reveals God's

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.359
 will to us

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.779
 it makes

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.420
 demands

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.059
 but it

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.880
 does not

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.440
 give us

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.180
 the ability

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.880
 to obey

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.279
 it

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.660
 none of

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.000
 us are

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.539
 able to

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.120
 keep it

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:46.240
 and when

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.279
 sinners see

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.860
 the law

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.160
 when we

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.740
 come face

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.240
 to face

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.600
 with that

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.420
 holy law

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.880
 of God

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.539
 all it

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.120
 does is

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.740
 expose

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.820
 our sin

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.340
 all it

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.720
 does is

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.240
 show us

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.259
 how far

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.779
 we fall

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.279
 short

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.620
 from the

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.200
 glory of

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.519
 God

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.180
 even if

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.840
 we try

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.420
 to obey

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.740
 it in

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.140
 our own

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.519
 flesh

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.059
 the way

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.460
 we go

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.799
 about

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.380
 obeying

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.920
 the law

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.580
 is

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:05.440
 sinful

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.840
 we need

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.400
 something

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.140
 better

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.620
 we need

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.640
 the saving

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.620
 grace of

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.140
 God to

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.820
 come to

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.700
 us in

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.740
 fullness

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.700
 we need

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.400
 God's grace

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.000
 to come in

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.640
 power to

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.780
 declare us

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.660
 innocent not

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.340
 because of our

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:22.200
 obedience but

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.040
 because of the

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:24.500
 obedience of

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.520
 another one who

00:33:25.520 --> 00:33:26.760
 who came down

00:33:26.760 --> 00:33:28.080
 from heaven to

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:29.580
 perfectly obey the

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.120
 law in our

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.680
 place

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.940
 we need

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.340
 the grace

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:32.720
 of God

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.120
 to come

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.380
 and to

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.240
 change us

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.519
 from the

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.160
 inside out

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.700
 so that we

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.420
 we're made

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.840
 new

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.200
 we're made

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.840
 capable

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.700
 of obeying

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.140
 so that we

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.820
 want to

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:40.340
 obey the

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.740
 law of

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.019
 God

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.500
 so that we

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.279
 we can

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.820
 obey the

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.180
 law of

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.400
 God

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.180
 by his

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.980
 grace

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.600
 we need

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.000
 the grace

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.400
 of God

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.700
 to give

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.880
 us

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.539
 new

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.279
 hearts

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.180
 that love

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.860
 the Lord

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.480
 with all

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.180
 our heart

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.960
 mind

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.759
 soul

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.860
 and strength

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.360
 and love

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:55.000
 our neighbor

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.720
 as ourself

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:58.980
 we don't

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.440
 just need

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.019
 a little bit

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.660
 of grace

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.880
 church

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:04.540
 we need

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:05.420
 fullness

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:07.160
 of grace

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:08.599
 and truth

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:10.780
 John tells

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.460
 us that

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.720
 that is what

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:14.320
 Jesus extends

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.740
 to sinners

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:17.079
 this morning

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:22.119
 are you

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.599
 drinking

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:24.079
 from the

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.460
 fountain

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.619
 of the

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.039
 grace

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.740
 of God

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:29.940
 not just

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.480
 once

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.820
 but over

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:34.019
 and over

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.199
 and over

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.360
 and over

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.440
 and over

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.980
 again

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:40.079
 Martin

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.460
 Luther

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.639
 he says

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.920
 this spring

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.539
 he's talking

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.900
 about the

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.380
 spring of

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.760
 God's

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.219
 grace

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.280
 this spring

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.840
 is

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.360
 inexhaustible

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.980
 it is full

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.679
 of grace

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.340
 and truth

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.079
 from God

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.360
 it never

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.760
 loses

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.480
 anything

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.880
 no matter

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.380
 how much

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.059
 we draw

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.779
 but remains

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.519
 an infinite

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.099
 fountain

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.719
 of all

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.219
 grace

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:00.920
 and truth

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.259
 the more

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.739
 you draw

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.360
 from it

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.159
 the more

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.759
 abundantly

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.519
 it gives

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.139
 of the water

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.880
 that springs

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.639
 into eternal

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.219
 life

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:09.619
 just as the

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.320
 sun is not

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.820
 darkened

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.340
 by the whole

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.239
 world enjoying

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.900
 its light

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.639
 and could

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.279
 indeed light

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.679
 up ten

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.219
 worlds

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:16.400
 just as

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.219
 one hundred

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.820
 thousand

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.739
 lights might

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.159
 be lit

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.639
 from one

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.980
 light

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.299
 and not

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:20.739
 detract

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.279
 from it

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.239
 just as

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.940
 one learned

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.679
 man is able

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.000
 to make

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.519
 a thousand

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.899
 others

00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.339
 learned

00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:25.679
 and the

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.079
 more he

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.460
 gives

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.799
 the more

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.480
 he has

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.659
 so is

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:29.339
 Christ

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:30.239
 our Lord

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.579
 an infinite

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.480
 source

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.419
 of all

00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:34.339
 grace

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.319
 so that if

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.739
 the whole

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.399
 world would

00:35:36.399 --> 00:35:37.019
 draw enough

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.719
 grace and

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.299
 truth from

00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:38.719
 it to make

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.179
 the world

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.359
 all angels

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.399
 yet it would

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:42.139
 not lose

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.739
 a drop

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:44.159
 the fountain

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.219
 always runs

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.659
 over

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.899
 full

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:48.799
 of grace

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.899
 I'll ask

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:50.419
 you again

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:52.279
 are you

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.739
 drinking

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.899
 from the

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.299
 fountain

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:55.599
 of God's

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.079
 grace

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.379
 in Christ

00:35:57.379 --> 00:36:01.339
 I want

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:02.119
 our church

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:04.639
 to be

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.099
 marked

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.919
 by grace

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:08.579
 not just

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.379
 saved by

00:36:09.379 --> 00:36:09.939
 grace

00:36:09.939 --> 00:36:11.919
 but transformed

00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:13.339
 by his

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.799
 grace

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:15.939
 let me tell

00:36:15.939 --> 00:36:16.239
 you

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.459
 what that

00:36:17.459 --> 00:36:18.019
 might look

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.419
 like

00:36:18.419 --> 00:36:19.399
 as we

00:36:19.399 --> 00:36:19.899
 close

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:22.279
 it might

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:23.000
 look like

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:24.200
 a group

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:24.800
 of people

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.140
 whose

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.900
 burdens

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.360
 are

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.220
 lifted

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:29.460
 we no

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.920
 longer

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.720
 have to

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.300
 labor

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.720
 and to

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.300
 strive

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.900
 by our

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.480
 own effort

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.340
 to earn

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.140
 anything

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:36.019
 before God

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.360
 it's been

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.120
 given to

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.700
 us by

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.040
 his

00:36:38.040 --> 00:36:38.640
 infinite

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.360
 grace

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.720
 in

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.140
 Christ

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.640
 that might

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:41.460
 look like

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.340
 joy

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:44.500
 and peace

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.820
 and happiness

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.440
 and contentment

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.400
 might look like

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.059
 hope

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.079
 hope

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.119
 overflowing

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:52.099
 it might

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.740
 look like

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.920
 humility

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:56.039
 as we

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.360
 imitate

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.079
 Christ

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.360
 who

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:59.340
 emptied

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.960
 himself

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.519
 considered

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.079
 equality

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.700
 with God

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.160
 not a

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.360
 thing

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.740
 to be

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.440
 grasped

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.099
 but took

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.639
 the form

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:04.980
 of a

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.300
 servant

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:06.480
 became

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.059
 obedient

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.380
 to the

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.720
 point of

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.039
 death

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.760
 even death

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.660
 on a

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.000
 cross

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.559
 it might

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.440
 look like

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.160
 us growing

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:14.300
 to reflect

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.280
 the glory

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.019
 of God

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.340
 as we

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.900
 let grace

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.480
 transform

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.240
 us

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:19.220
 into

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.500
 his

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.000
 image

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:22.099
 and it

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.579
 might look

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.099
 like

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:25.740
 grace

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.400
 extended

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.079
 through

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.599
 us

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.260
 to the

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.480
 world

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.840
 around

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.240
 us

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.579
 you know

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.820
 this

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.119
 grace

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.480
 is not

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.740
 just

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.000
 meant

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.480
 to be

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.260
 received

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.820
 and kept

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.059
 to

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.619
 ourselves

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:37.380
 if you

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.619
 have

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.160
 tasted

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:39.059
 of the

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.440
 grace

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.200
 of God

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:43.599
 share

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:43.960
 it

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:46.019
 share

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.260
 it

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.680
 with others

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.040
 around

00:37:47.040 --> 00:37:47.340
 you

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:48.580
 that

00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:49.060
 all

00:37:49.060 --> 00:37:49.360
 might

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.760
 taste

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.180
 and see

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.380
 that

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.540
 the

00:37:50.540 --> 00:37:50.720
 Lord

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:50.920
 is

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.240
 good

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:52.200
 amen

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:53.780
 let's

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.060
 pray

00:37:54.060 --> 00:37:58.160
 Lord we

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.660
 ask that

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.060
 you would

00:37:59.060 --> 00:37:59.580
 make us

00:37:59.580 --> 00:38:00.040
 a people

00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:00.760
 marked by

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:00.980
 your

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.480
 grace

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.240
 and we

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.940
 praise you

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.320
 that the

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.700
 grace

00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:05.620
 of God

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.420
 has come

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.260
 in fullness

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.920
 in the

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.460
 person of

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.020
 Christ

00:38:09.020 --> 00:38:10.340
 Lord so

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.700
 that if

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.180
 any

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.980
 sinner

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:13.060
 would turn

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:13.640
 and believe

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.240
 and trust

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.780
 in him

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.340
 his sins

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.640
 would be

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:15.940
 wiped

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.340
 away

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.800
 not only

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.280
 that he

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.740
 would be

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.660
 made

00:38:19.660 --> 00:38:21.460
 like you

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.820
 further and

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.600
 further conformed

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:24.060
 into your

00:38:24.060 --> 00:38:24.460
 image

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.940
 and so we

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.320
 pray

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.320
 Father that

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.840
 this church

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.220
 would be

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.740
 marked by

00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.280
 your grace

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.620
 we pray

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.040
 that others

00:38:29.040 --> 00:38:29.340
 would come

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.760
 to know

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.100
 you

00:38:30.100 --> 00:38:30.760
 as we

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.320
 extend

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:32.240
 your grace

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.780
 to others

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.680
 we pray

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:33.860
 this in

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.200
 Christ's

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.380
 name

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.320
 amen

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:43.400
 to

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:46.360
 him

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:58.580
 you