WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.200 John 17, part three. This is called the high priestly prayer. Our Lord Jesus is praying while 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:11.980 he's on earth. And so it's God, the son praying to God, the father to reveal himself in John, 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:18.160 the apostle who's close by captures the prayer and the words of Jesus. I'm going to read today, 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:23.839 John 17, beginning at verse 20 to the end of this chapter. As you hear this, remember, 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:30.759 this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear and sufficient word. It's God's very own word for 00:00:30.759 --> 00:00:36.340 us, his people. When I'm done reading, I'll say this is the word of the Lord and you can respond, 00:00:36.539 --> 00:00:40.420 thanks be to God. John 17, starting at verse 20. 00:00:46.519 --> 00:00:53.200 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also, which shall believe on me through their word. 00:00:53.200 --> 00:01:02.420 That they all may be one as thou, father, are in me and I in thee. That they may also be one in us, 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:10.520 that the world may believe that thou has sent me. Verse 22. And the glory which thou gavest me, 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:17.800 I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one. I in them and thou in me, 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:25.599 that they may be made perfect in one. And that the world may know that thou has sent me and has loved 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:36.340 them as thou has loved me. Father, I will that they also whom thou has given me be with me where I am, 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:43.640 that they may behold my glory which thou has given me. For thou lovest me before the foundation of the 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:51.879 world. O righteous father, the world hath not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known 00:01:51.879 --> 00:02:01.099 that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it that the love 00:02:01.099 --> 00:02:09.319 wherewith thou has loveth me may be in them and I in them. This is the word of the Lord. 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:21.620 Lord, thanks be to God. Indeed, you may be seated. The Bible says that the grass withers, the flower 00:02:21.620 --> 00:02:27.019 fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever. Let's pray. 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:53.919 O God, help us to behold your love in Jesus Christ today. 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:03.719 We ask that you will be glorified by the proclamation of your word. We pray, Lord, that you will cleanse 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:10.979 our thoughts, renew our minds, help us to think of you exactly how you have revealed yourself through 00:03:10.979 --> 00:03:17.919 your word. I ask, Lord, that you will protect my lips and the words that do come out that are not 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:22.199 pleasing to you, Father. I pray that it will be forgotten, that it will blow away like the dust, 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:27.919 but I pray that your word, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the ministry of your spirit through the 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:33.360 preaching of the word, I pray, Lord, that that will serve the purposes that you intend in your people. 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:41.500 Those whom you love so dearly in the Son. We ask all of this for Christ's sake alone and for his glory. Amen. 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:49.599 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, do you want to know God's will? 00:03:51.379 --> 00:03:53.360 Do you want to know God's will? 00:03:53.360 --> 00:04:06.560 Jack Benny had a difficult marriage. His wife Sadie was, quote, a sharp-tongued, demanding, vain woman. 00:04:08.440 --> 00:04:13.380 He had a tradition, nonetheless, of expressing his love to her by sending her roses. 00:04:13.379 --> 00:04:22.000 Well, in the Christmas of 1974, the day after Christmas, Jack unexpectedly died. 00:04:22.719 --> 00:04:27.000 His wife didn't expect to get the traditional roses, but they arrived. 00:04:27.420 --> 00:04:28.980 She thought this must be the last time. 00:04:30.219 --> 00:04:36.879 That year, Sadie trimmed the stems and placed the roses in a special vase beside the portrait of his smiling face. 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:45.740 She'd sit for hours in Jack's favorite chair, staring at his picture, the roses sitting there, as someone put it in a poem. 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:55.860 So even after he died, this expression of love stirred her heart, and it began to soften this widow. 00:04:57.699 --> 00:05:04.399 Jack's final act, an expression of love, it revealed his heart for his bride. 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:17.560 Christ, in John 17, is praying hours before his final act to reveal his love for his bride. 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:25.099 3 p.m. on Friday, the Lord Jesus Christ will die. 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:32.039 In John 17, it's Thursday night, and Jesus Christ prays. 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:39.659 John 17 has to be one of the best chapters that we can meditate on to be reminded of God's love, 00:05:39.659 --> 00:05:47.779 because it is the Son telling the Father how much he loves his bride, the church. 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:53.159 In this chapter, Jesus makes it crystal clear. 00:05:54.219 --> 00:05:56.739 He wants his bride with him. 00:05:56.740 --> 00:06:01.079 So do you want to know the will of God? 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.860 Well, put your eyes on John 17, verse 24. 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:11.199 This is the key verse that I want to try to hold on to and open up for you in this passage. 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:12.840 John 17, 24. 00:06:13.939 --> 00:06:14.720 Jesus says, 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:17.519 Father, I will. 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:19.400 Here's what I will. 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:20.720 You want to know my will, church? 00:06:20.980 --> 00:06:21.860 Here's what I will. 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:24.180 That word has been translated, 00:06:24.580 --> 00:06:25.480 here's what I want. 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:26.860 Here's what I desire. 00:06:27.780 --> 00:06:29.139 Jesus says in verse 24, 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:34.560 Father, I will that those you've given me be with me where I am. 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:36.600 That's the will of God. 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:39.900 That they may behold my glory, 00:06:41.280 --> 00:06:43.759 which thou hast given me, 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:49.520 for thou loved me before the foundation of the world. 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.199 That's the will of God. 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:56.199 That verb, the will of God, 00:06:56.620 --> 00:06:57.339 in this verse, 00:06:57.859 --> 00:07:03.740 it's given to us in the first person, singular, masculine, present, active tense. 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:06.799 If there's ever a time to get excited about grammar, 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:07.620 this is one. 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:09.279 That means that Jesus, 00:07:09.979 --> 00:07:12.099 actively, right now, currently, 00:07:12.339 --> 00:07:13.740 in an ongoing way, 00:07:14.299 --> 00:07:16.039 wills that you be with him. 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:19.280 And he wills that you see his glory, 00:07:19.939 --> 00:07:22.600 the glory that his Father gave him. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:25.460 Jesus says, 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:27.879 I, the Lord God, 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:30.320 I desire you. 00:07:31.700 --> 00:07:33.140 I, the Lord God, 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:34.700 want you. 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:37.000 I, the Lord God, 00:07:37.340 --> 00:07:38.439 chose you. 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:42.519 You want to know more of God's will? 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:44.879 It's all good news today. 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:46.759 It's all good news. 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:48.459 And here's, 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:50.360 here's another thought related to this. 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:52.660 The better you know someone, 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:55.600 the more you understand what they wish, 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:56.699 what they want, 00:07:56.819 --> 00:07:57.439 what they will. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:00.019 We think of this a lot this time of year, 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.879 where it's a tradition to give one another gifts. 00:08:02.579 --> 00:08:03.920 The better I know my wife, 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.720 the better I'll know what this time, 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:07.060 in this stage of her life, 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:07.839 she will want. 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:09.500 What is it her will right now? 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:10.339 What would she enjoy? 00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:13.139 Just think about that. 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:17.300 That's how well the Father knows his Son. 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:19.439 That he gives you, 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:20.680 the bride, 00:08:20.899 --> 00:08:21.579 to the Son, 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:23.079 as a gift. 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:26.379 And that's the direction. 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:28.060 Yes, the Lord knows us, 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:29.420 and he knows all of our needs 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:30.779 can only be met in Christ. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:32.399 But here, the message is that 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.600 you are the gift from the Father 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:35.600 to the Son. 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:38.120 No one knows the Son better than the Father. 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:40.179 What is it that the Son wants? 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.659 It's exactly what the Father's going to give. 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:43.939 It's you. 00:08:48.059 --> 00:08:50.679 God proves that he knows his Son 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.759 by giving his Son 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.539 what his Son wants. 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:56.759 And his Son wants you. 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.100 I'm going to try to open up for us today 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:01.340 five insights into God's will 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:02.779 from this glorious passage. 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:04.100 Number one, 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:06.519 it's God's will 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.500 that you and I believe in Christ 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:10.600 through his word. 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:11.639 That's God's will. 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:14.200 We see that 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:15.059 in this prayer, 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.139 Christ is revealing 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:17.860 the eternal decree of God. 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:19.539 Christ prayed for you 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:21.539 whom God chose 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:23.000 to believe in him. 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:23.980 Look at verse 20. 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:27.420 I do not ask for those only, 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:29.420 referring to his apostles, 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:30.139 the disciples, 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:32.519 but for those who will believe in me 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:33.860 through their word. 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:36.220 Anyone who will believe 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:37.180 in the testimony 00:09:37.180 --> 00:09:37.980 of the new covenant, 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.519 the new testament, 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:40.420 and receive, 00:09:40.560 --> 00:09:41.420 this is God, 00:09:41.560 --> 00:09:42.259 Jesus Christ, 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:43.039 the Son, 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:43.680 the mediator. 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.039 That's who Jesus 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:47.639 is specifically praying for. 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.120 All who will believe. 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:51.700 What does this mean 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:52.879 to believe in this way? 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.100 I love this definition 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:54.879 by John Gill, 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:55.580 to believe, 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:56.939 to receive the word of God. 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:57.299 Quote, 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:59.960 to believe in this saving sense 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:01.960 is a spiritual sight 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:03.179 of Jesus Christ. 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.480 Do you have that? 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:05.960 You need to be able 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:07.559 to see the necessity, 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:08.580 the fitness, 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:09.460 and suitableness 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.740 of Jesus Christ 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:11.820 as a Savior. 00:10:12.439 --> 00:10:13.600 It's a going forth 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:14.840 unto Jesus Christ, 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:16.159 laying hold 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:17.340 of Jesus Christ, 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:19.120 and depending upon 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.000 Jesus Christ 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.080 for life and salvation. 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:23.460 that's what it means 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:24.100 to believe. 00:10:25.580 --> 00:10:26.280 And Jesus, 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:27.700 as he prays, 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:28.440 he's praying 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:29.720 for this vast 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.460 multitude of souls 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:32.759 worldwide 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:34.540 that will believe 00:10:34.540 --> 00:10:35.220 in him. 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:36.540 This is what 00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:37.259 the New Testament 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:39.020 calls the elect. 00:10:40.160 --> 00:10:41.139 It's the elect. 00:10:42.020 --> 00:10:42.620 It's those 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:43.800 Christ came 00:10:43.800 --> 00:10:44.600 to save. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.520 That's exactly 00:10:45.520 --> 00:10:46.500 who he's praying for. 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:49.019 In 1 Peter 3, 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:49.360 9, 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:50.080 we read that 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.000 God is long-suffering 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:52.700 toward us, 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:53.980 not willing that 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:54.919 any should perish, 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:56.059 but that all 00:10:56.059 --> 00:10:57.019 should come 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.039 to repentance. 00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:59.259 He wills that. 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.399 Man is responsible 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:04.240 to believe in God. 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:06.799 So think of that. 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:07.720 You're in this position, 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:08.820 and I am in this position 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:09.480 when we're born. 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:10.700 It's our responsibility 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:12.120 to behold God 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.820 and believe. 00:11:13.460 --> 00:11:14.100 And he desires 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:15.220 that none should perish. 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:16.639 And Jesus is praying 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:17.160 for you 00:11:17.160 --> 00:11:18.500 who will believe. 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.360 He desires 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.480 that all should come 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:22.540 to repentance. 00:11:24.420 --> 00:11:25.440 God said 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.080 in John 3, 36, 00:11:27.540 --> 00:11:28.560 whoever believes 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:29.379 in the Son 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:31.379 has eternal life. 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:33.200 This is what's at stake. 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:34.960 But here's the other side 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.519 of that double-edged sword. 00:11:37.160 --> 00:11:38.180 Whoever does not 00:11:38.180 --> 00:11:38.980 obey the Son, 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:40.279 Jesus said in John 3, 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:42.000 shall not see life, 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:43.139 but the wrath 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:44.120 of God 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.519 remains on him. 00:11:47.060 --> 00:11:47.600 You were born 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.879 in the default state 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.659 of being under 00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:50.740 the wrath of God 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.899 because of sin. 00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:53.560 That's the curse 00:11:53.560 --> 00:11:54.519 of being under 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:55.560 the fall from Adam. 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:57.299 Ever since then, 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:58.019 we're all born 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:58.759 with that sin, 00:11:58.840 --> 00:11:59.580 and we add on 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:00.100 our own sin 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:00.899 on top of that. 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:03.399 Well, now we arrive 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:04.679 at this glorious insight. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:05.899 Christ, 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:07.840 he prays 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:08.820 for you who will 00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:09.639 believe in him 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.399 through his word. 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:11.159 That's his will, 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:11.860 is that you will 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:12.600 believe in him. 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:14.240 And we saw 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.320 in John 17, 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.060 verse 9, 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:16.899 you can look there 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:17.320 in your Bible 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.600 just a few verses back, 00:12:19.340 --> 00:12:20.040 referring to 00:12:20.040 --> 00:12:21.560 the elect 00:12:21.560 --> 00:12:22.500 and the apostles 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.200 specifically, 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:23.840 and then all those 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:24.460 who would believe 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:27.139 by necessary consequence 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:27.440 there. 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:28.659 In John 17, 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:28.879 9, 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:29.180 he says, 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:30.180 I am not praying 00:12:30.180 --> 00:12:30.940 for the world, 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:32.240 but for those 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.139 whom you have given 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:34.879 me, 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.700 for they are yours. 00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:39.019 So for whom 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:40.019 does Christ pray 00:12:40.019 --> 00:12:40.819 in verse 20, 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.720 I pray for every 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:43.980 soul who will 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:44.679 believe in me 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.179 through their word, 00:12:46.299 --> 00:12:47.019 through the word 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:48.139 of the apostles. 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:51.639 I'm going to try 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.860 to lay a foundation 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:53.639 here that's very 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.779 important for what 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:56.079 I believe he's 00:12:56.079 --> 00:12:57.039 emphasizing in verse 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.039 22 and verse 21. 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:00.779 And the best way 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:02.240 to put this dilemma, 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:04.039 so you have the wrath 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:04.860 of God remaining 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:06.740 on you because of sin. 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:08.919 Shilin, 00:13:09.180 --> 00:13:09.700 the rapper, 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:10.460 church planter, 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:11.340 he put it this way, 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:13.080 because of your sin, 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:14.200 God's wrath on you 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:14.820 abides, 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.539 and hell is the place 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:18.419 you'll eternally reside. 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:20.639 That means your wrath 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:21.340 from God 00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:23.580 hasn't been satisfied. 00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:25.600 So how does the cross 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.700 relate to those 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:27.159 in hell? 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:27.960 Well, 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:29.159 they be saying, 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:30.500 Lord knows he tried, 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:33.240 but we believe 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.080 his mission 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.060 was accomplished 00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:36.480 when he died. 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:39.180 Do you understand 00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:40.019 what he's saying here? 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:42.379 He's saying that 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:44.060 this people, 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:45.740 this bride of the Lord, 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.680 the ones that Jesus 00:13:47.680 --> 00:13:48.820 prays for now, 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:50.899 are those same souls 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:52.480 that the Father chose. 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:53.620 The same souls 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.460 the Father gave 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:55.139 to the Son 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:56.299 in the covenant 00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:57.019 of redemption. 00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.840 Before he purchases 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.720 those souls 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.919 on the cross, 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.399 our Lord Jesus 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.560 prays for his elect, 00:14:05.560 --> 00:14:06.580 for his bride. 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:08.899 Shailene put it this way, 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:10.580 it's the same souls 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:12.639 that the Father chooses. 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:14.399 The Son gets bruised 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:14.820 for them, 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:15.980 and the Spirit 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.799 renews them 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.519 and produces 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.860 fruit in them. 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.060 It's the same people, 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:22.600 the people of God. 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:25.399 If you believe in Christ, 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.600 it is because God 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.620 decreed 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:29.000 to give you 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:29.879 his Son. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.220 He chose you, 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:32.080 he purchased you, 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.899 he renewed you, 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:34.360 he is sanctifying you, 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.179 and he will one day 00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:36.399 glorify you. 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:38.019 We read in Romans 8. 00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:42.559 So it's the will of God 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.959 that you believe 00:14:43.959 --> 00:14:44.679 in him 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.959 through his word. 00:14:46.459 --> 00:14:47.699 And if you believe, 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:49.019 it's because 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:50.079 he has called you 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:51.220 through his Son. 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.879 Christ prayed for you 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:55.980 whom God chose 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.559 to believe in him. 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:01.959 Here's a test. 00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:03.099 You want to know right now, 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.879 is Christ 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:05.179 praying for me? 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.379 Am I one of those 00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.439 he is praying 00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:08.479 for today? 00:15:10.479 --> 00:15:11.259 Those who are 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.319 the bride of Christ, 00:15:12.719 --> 00:15:13.699 you can have assurance 00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:15.119 from Revelation 22. 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.840 the bride 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.320 prays, 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.019 oh, 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.299 return quickly, 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.259 Lord Jesus. 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:23.019 The Spirit and the bride 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.679 are the ones 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:25.460 longing and calling others 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:27.639 to invite Jesus back. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.379 Come quickly, 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:28.940 Lord Jesus. 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.159 We desire 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:31.120 your second coming. 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:34.139 The second insight 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:35.419 into the will of God 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:36.000 is this. 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.879 God desires 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.259 to prove to the world 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.500 that Christ 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.480 succeeded 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.480 in his mission. 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.200 God desires 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:45.500 to prove to the world 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.820 that Christ 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:47.800 succeeded 00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:48.900 in his mission. 00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:51.700 Look at verse 21. 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.420 He prays that 00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:54.759 they may all be one 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.480 just as you, 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:55.800 Father, 00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.540 are in me 00:15:56.540 --> 00:15:57.780 and I in you, 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.860 that they also 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.700 may be in us 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:00.700 so that the world 00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.960 may believe 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:03.620 that you sent me. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.560 So the unity 00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.660 of the body 00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:07.220 and the bride, 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.680 that's one of his desires, 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.680 but it's leading 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.600 to something else. 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:12.120 It's so that the world 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.000 can believe 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.920 that he succeeded 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.959 in his mission. 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.120 What is happening 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.639 in the church 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.479 cannot be explained 00:16:17.479 --> 00:16:18.399 any other way 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:19.599 except that Christ 00:16:19.599 --> 00:16:20.459 did it. 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.479 The apostles testified 00:16:24.479 --> 00:16:26.079 in the scriptures. 00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:26.919 Yes, 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:28.459 the Father sent the Son. 00:16:29.219 --> 00:16:30.519 The Spirit breathed out 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.399 the New Testament. 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:32.919 That same Spirit 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.399 ministers the Word of God 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:34.879 today 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:36.799 to the ends of the earth 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.039 and those the Spirit 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.980 is regenerating 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.559 and calling 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.699 and opening your eyes. 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:42.259 You receive the Word of God 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.700 that way. 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.399 You receive it 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.620 as the testimony 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:47.299 about Jesus Christ 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.460 and you believe. 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:51.240 This is what's described 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:53.039 in 1 Thessalonians 2.13. 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.539 When you receive 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.480 the Word of God 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.639 which you heard from us, 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:58.039 you received it 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.620 not as the Word of man, 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:01.299 but as it is in truth, 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.200 the Word of God 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:03.399 which effectually 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.000 works in you 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.059 that believe. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.740 It effectually 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.920 works in you 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.879 that believe. 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:14.680 Was Jesus trying 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.320 to make 00:17:15.320 --> 00:17:16.280 the whole world 00:17:16.280 --> 00:17:17.040 His bride? 00:17:17.560 --> 00:17:18.480 Shailene asks. 00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.480 Well, we can answer 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.140 that directly 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:23.420 with 1 Corinthians 7.23. 00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:24.980 You, church, 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.600 were bought 00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:27.800 with a price. 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:30.980 If Jesus bought you, 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:32.520 you are His. 00:17:32.520 --> 00:17:34.320 His wrath 00:17:34.320 --> 00:17:35.440 has been satisfied 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:36.200 for you. 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.559 Shailene again 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.319 put it this way 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.000 in his song. 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:41.819 Quote, 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:43.200 If saving everybody 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.759 was why Christ came 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.740 in history, 00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:47.440 with so many in hell, 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.700 we'd have to say 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.940 that He failed miserably. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.400 So many think 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.039 that He came 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.360 only to make it possible. 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:54.400 You're saying 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.539 the cross by itself 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.400 doesn't save. 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:58.480 That we must do something 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.420 to give the cross 00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.100 its power. 00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.180 That means 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:02.240 at the end of the day, 00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:03.500 the glory is ours. 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:06.299 But Christ, 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.059 He paid for you. 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.359 He paid the price. 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.859 He ransomed you 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.940 who believe. 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.359 Why did He do this? 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:15.019 For the glory 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.259 of God alone. 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:19.000 Soli Deo Gloria. 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.819 When you believe 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.960 the testimony 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.980 of the New Testament, 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.480 the gospel 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.500 of Jesus Christ, 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.880 of how God saves you, 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.579 then your faith 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.519 is proving 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.359 to the world 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.500 that Christ succeeded 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.200 in His mission. 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.740 You can testify 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:38.339 like Paul in Romans 1.16, 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:39.640 I am not ashamed 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:40.339 of the gospel, 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.759 for it is the power 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.339 of God 00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.519 for salvation 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.579 to everyone 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.319 who believes. 00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.619 When you are united 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:48.859 to the spiritual family 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.380 of Christ, 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.980 the church, 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.299 your membership, 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.500 it proves 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:54.019 that Christ succeeded 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.240 in His mission. 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:57.119 Acts 4.32, 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:58.459 the full number 00:18:58.459 --> 00:18:59.479 of those 00:18:59.479 --> 00:19:00.539 who believed 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:02.799 were of one heart 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.719 and soul 00:19:03.719 --> 00:19:04.959 because they are united 00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:05.579 to Christ. 00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.779 Do you want to know 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:09.219 the will of God? 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:11.339 God desires 00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:12.579 to prove to the world 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.579 that Christ succeeded 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.899 in His mission. 00:19:16.679 --> 00:19:17.879 And He uses us 00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.479 to prove that 00:19:18.479 --> 00:19:19.079 to the world 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:21.199 as 1 Thessalonians 5 00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.739 says it, 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:24.400 we rejoice 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.200 always, 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.880 we pray 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.779 without ceasing, 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.900 we give thanks 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:29.480 in all our circumstances. 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:31.740 This is God's will 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:33.200 in Christ Jesus 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.279 for you. 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.400 That means 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.299 that when you pray, 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.400 when you commune 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.920 with the triune God, 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.120 your prayers 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:40.839 prove 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:42.000 to the world 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.259 that Christ 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.200 succeeded 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.279 in His mission. 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:48.160 A third observation, 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.560 God wants the world 00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.740 to see 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.960 that He 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.380 is love. 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.200 Do you want to know 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.940 the will of God? 00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.340 It's the will of God 00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:00.340 to show the world 00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:01.340 that He is 00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.060 love. 00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:05.700 He tells us this plainly 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:07.019 in 1 John 4.8, 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.660 God 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.300 is 00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:09.080 love. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.440 Father, 00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:10.759 Son, 00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.300 and Spirit, 00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:12.640 the one God, 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.940 the triune Godhead, 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.180 the creator of all. 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.120 What is He? 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.800 God 00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.320 is 00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:18.140 love. 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.480 Look what Jesus 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.720 prays in verse 22. 00:20:22.040 --> 00:20:22.320 Father, 00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.060 the glory 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.840 that You have 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.620 given Me, 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.840 I have given 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.540 to them 00:20:26.540 --> 00:20:27.980 that they may be 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.740 one even 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.980 as we are one. 00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.120 I in them 00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:32.340 and You in Me 00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:33.440 that they 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.519 may become 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.180 perfectly 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.180 one. 00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.120 I'm going to read 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.560 a bit more 00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:39.360 to explain 00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:39.860 the connection 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.720 with God is love 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.160 and that's what 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.720 He wants to show 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.200 the world. 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.279 But let me clarify 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.880 one thing 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:45.040 in passing first. 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.320 Look at what He says 00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.540 at the end of verse 22. 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:49.460 that My people 00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.120 will be one 00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:51.560 even as 00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.519 Father and Son 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.200 are one. 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:55.259 That's a difficult 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.720 teaching, right? 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.759 Even as. 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.580 What does He mean 00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.620 by even as? 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:03.659 there was a false 00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.379 teacher named 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:05.019 Arius 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.799 and he 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:07.000 took what we know 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:08.039 about the relationship 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.539 between people 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.339 and he tried to 00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.379 apply that to God 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.659 and that's the 00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.500 upside down way 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.079 of doing theology. 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.819 We start with 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.879 what is true of God 00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:18.459 and then that informs 00:21:18.459 --> 00:21:19.500 what we make sense 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:19.899 of ourselves 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.500 as people. 00:21:21.459 --> 00:21:22.639 So Arius, 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.799 here's the wrong teaching. 00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.559 He said that 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.000 the church 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.559 is united 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.179 to Christ 00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:28.099 in a way 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.159 of not being 00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:30.139 the same essence 00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:30.740 as Christ 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.379 and we agree 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:31.839 with that 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.720 but then he took 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.359 it a step further 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:33.759 and said 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:35.440 Jesus Christ 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.259 therefore can't be 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.179 of the same essence 00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:37.899 as the Father. 00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.579 That was Arius' 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.059 teaching. 00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.099 So Augustine 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.659 clarified 00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.799 biblically 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.599 from the full 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.700 counsel of God's word 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.819 even as 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.619 we are one. 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.700 Augustine said 00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.440 this can refer 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.159 to essence 00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.059 and it can also 00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.079 refer to love. 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:55.139 So in essence 00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:56.059 the Father and Son 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.599 are one 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:58.359 but in their distinction 00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.199 the two persons 00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.439 of Father and Son 00:22:00.439 --> 00:22:01.339 there's a love 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.279 there's a love 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.319 between Father and Son 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.399 and that's what 00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.379 Augustine said 00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.679 is the correct interpretation. 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.199 Yes, Father and Son 00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:09.039 are one in essence 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.679 because of 00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:10.559 they're the Trinity 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.079 it's three in one God 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:13.539 but the relationship 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.559 between Father and Son 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.599 also communicates 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.259 a love 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.559 between the persons 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.639 and it's only 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.599 in the latter sense 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.899 not in the essence 00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:21.879 of being united 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.679 to God in essence 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.560 but in being united 00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.019 to God 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.820 with such a loving bond 00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:27.560 as the Father and Son 00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:29.019 have in their love. 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.340 So love is the essence 00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.600 of who God is 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.900 God is 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.740 love 00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:37.680 and God wants to 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.900 share that love 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:40.019 among Father, Son 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.519 and Spirit 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:42.220 with the Bride 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.860 of Christ. 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.019 That's how tight 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.880 the union 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.220 of God's people is 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.960 to God 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.799 through the Son. 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.759 God wants 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.339 the world 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.879 to know 00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:52.980 that the Father 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.000 sent the Son 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.700 because He 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.000 is love 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.240 and God wants 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.619 the world 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:57.980 to know 00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.640 that the Father 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:00.359 loves His elect 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:02.200 just as the Father 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:04.140 loves His own Son. 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:06.039 What a glorious truth. 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.980 1 John 4-7 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.920 calls the church 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.539 beloved 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:13.000 let us love 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.299 one another. 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.700 Why? 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.039 For love 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.380 is from God. 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.920 God shows 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.299 the world 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.180 He is love 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.799 by infusing 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.200 divine love 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.019 in us. 00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.080 He shares 00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.799 His glorious 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.759 divine love 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.940 with His people. 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.380 And then the world 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.980 looks on 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.240 and they could say 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.180 the words of Psalm 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.519 133.1 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.980 we testify 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.680 behold 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.859 how good 00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.579 and pleasant 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.240 it is 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.200 when brothers 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.740 dwell 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.920 in unity. 00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.539 Do you want 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:45.759 to know 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.079 the will 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.519 of God? 00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.039 It's that 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.160 we share 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.779 His love 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.859 with one another. 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.079 The love 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.079 that the Father 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.460 has for the Son 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.940 that we would 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.619 share that 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.700 with His people. 00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.879 God wants 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.440 the world 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.180 to see 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.400 through the church 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.220 that He 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.420 is love. 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.740 The invisible 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.240 God 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.279 shows the world 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.039 He is love 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.140 by His visible 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.579 people. 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.140 This is our 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.660 generation. 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.779 We are the ones 00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.500 living on earth 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.819 now. 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.700 We're united 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.160 to Christ 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.460 but He's 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.940 leaving us 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.120 here 00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.000 to reveal 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.620 His love. 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.880 It's the love 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.460 of Christ 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.220 the fruit 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.819 of the Spirit 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.920 the righteousness 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.960 of God 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.480 the Son 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.400 put on 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.120 to His people. 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.880 Paul describes 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.380 it this way 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.220 in Ephesians 4 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.960 2 and 3 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.720 The love 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.460 is made visible 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.980 with Christ-like 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.640 humility 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.859 gentleness 00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.939 patience 00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:37.119 bearing with 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.679 one another 00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.919 in love 00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:40.039 eager to 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.379 maintain 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.959 the unity 00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.679 of the Spirit 00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.819 and the bond 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.639 of peace. 00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.439 Jesus had told 00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:46.039 them this already 00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.899 in John 13 00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.379 35 00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.579 By this 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.859 all people 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.919 will know 00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.679 that you are 00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.399 my disciples 00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.859 if you love 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.599 one another. 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.479 Fourth insight 00:24:58.479 --> 00:24:59.099 into the will 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.439 of God 00:24:59.439 --> 00:24:59.859 is this 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.240 God 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.939 wills 00:25:00.939 --> 00:25:01.679 you 00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:03.159 to behold 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:04.839 His glory 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.659 in the Son. 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.139 You want to know 00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.859 the will of God? 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.779 It's the will of God 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.699 that you behold 00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.500 His glory 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.779 in the Son. 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:16.179 Look at verse 24 00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.899 Jesus 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.380 prays 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.720 Father 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.280 I will 00:25:19.280 --> 00:25:20.259 that they 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.820 also 00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.400 whom 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.660 Thou 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:21.900 hast 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.180 given 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.420 me 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.040 be 00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.360 with 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.600 me 00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:23.940 where 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.240 I 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.640 am 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.900 that 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.200 they 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.420 may 00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.000 behold 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.880 my glory 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.680 which 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.060 Thou 00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.320 hast 00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.620 given 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:29.920 me 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.820 for 00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.180 Thou 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.620 lovest 00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:31.840 me 00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.320 before 00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:32.600 the 00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.180 foundation 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.200 of the 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.620 world. 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.500 In 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.160 John 14 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.740 23 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.800 Jesus 00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.320 had said 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.019 my Father 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.319 will love 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.899 those who 00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.419 believe in 00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:45.619 me. 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.720 We will 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.139 come 00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.419 to Him 00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.399 and make 00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:50.159 our home 00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:51.299 with Him. 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.299 Jesus 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:57.099 wants you 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.019 with Him 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.019 so you 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.500 behold 00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.539 His glory. 00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:03.179 We have to 00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.819 ask the question 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.200 why? 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.679 Why does 00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.039 Jesus 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.740 want you? 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.700 And the answer 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.139 He gives 00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.559 in this 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.119 verse 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.779 is simply 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.779 Jesus 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.379 wants you 00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.720 for the 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:13.960 same 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.319 reason 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.539 the 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.899 Father 00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.579 wants 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:15.799 the 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.079 Son. 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.859 It's 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.240 because 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.379 He loved 00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.059 the Son 00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.920 eternally. 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.599 God 00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.180 wants you 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.940 with Him 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.500 because He 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.180 loved you 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.160 eternally. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.279 You were 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.059 chosen in 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.539 Christ 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.680 before the 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.119 foundations 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.539 of the 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.899 world 00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.779 Ephesians 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.059 1 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.500 says. 00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.539 Sinclair 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.980 Ferguson 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.559 summed this 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.119 all up 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.700 so 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.579 simply 00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.720 and 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.299 correctly 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.919 I believe 00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:44.740 He pointed 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.259 out three 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.819 things 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.119 God tells 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.439 us He 00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:47.839 wants 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.379 in this 00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.859 passage. 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.240 God 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.639 wants 00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.220 you 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.960 church 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.319 to be 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.619 one. 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.759 That's 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.279 number one. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.759 Number two 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.619 God 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.179 wants you 00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:57.919 to see 00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:59.480 Christ's 00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.960 glory. 00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.279 That's 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.779 number two. 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.000 Number 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.399 three 00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:06.119 God 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.219 wants 00:27:07.219 --> 00:27:07.479 you. 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.179 Simply 00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.819 that God 00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.799 wants 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.479 you. 00:27:17.479 --> 00:27:18.079 We 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.459 behold 00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:19.139 the love 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.659 of a 00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:19.959 holy 00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.500 perfect 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.059 righteous 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.599 God 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.500 and we 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.759 think 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.539 I can't 00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.079 be one 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.500 with you 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.819 God 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.479 in this 00:27:25.479 --> 00:27:25.759 way. 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:26.979 Even 00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:27.299 though I'm 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.899 saved I 00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.199 know 00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:28.759 you've 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:28.959 washed 00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.139 me 00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.479 clean. 00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:30.599 I 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:30.819 still 00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.000 have 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.379 remaining 00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.719 sin 00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.019 in my 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.399 flesh. 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:35.140 Sinclair 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.560 Ferguson 00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:35.940 pointed 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.180 out 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.820 the only 00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.400 interest 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.860 Jesus 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.420 has 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.000 in your 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.519 sin 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.400 is to 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.019 get rid 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.320 of it. 00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.700 He 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.320 only cares 00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.660 to know 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.180 how can 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.540 I get 00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:45.960 rid of 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.580 this sin 00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.420 so that 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.780 there is 00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.300 nothing 00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.900 between 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.360 us. 00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.720 Why? 00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.220 Because 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.759 He wants 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.040 you. 00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.220 Ferguson 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.680 said the 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.240 reason God 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.720 wants you 00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.519 is because 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.480 He loves 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.720 you. 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.860 The reason 00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.340 He loves 00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.920 you is 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.259 because 00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.800 He is 00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.360 love. 00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.560 1 Thessalonians 00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.200 4.3 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.860 tells us 00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:12.920 this is 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.720 the will 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.420 of God 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.019 your 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.940 sanctification. 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.720 Why? 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.580 So there 00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.820 can be 00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.100 nothing 00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.460 between 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.820 you and 00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.100 God. 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.920 He wants 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.240 you that 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.620 much. 00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:23.200 Do you 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.400 want to 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.680 know the 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:23.980 will of 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.259 God? 00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.560 God 00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:25.920 wants 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.660 you and 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.360 He wills 00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.100 you to 00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:29.000 behold His 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.259 glory in 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.740 His Son 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.580 Jesus Christ. 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.640 will of 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.180 God. 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.340 Well the 00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.000 fifth insight 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.480 into the 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.800 will of 00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.600 God is 00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.180 that God 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.960 chooses to 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.560 make Himself 00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.480 known to 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.759 you. 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.280 God 00:28:42.280 --> 00:28:42.920 wills, 00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.640 God 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.500 decrees, 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.080 and God 00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:46.320 chooses to 00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:46.980 make Himself 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.080 known to 00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.400 you. 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.840 Look at what 00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.620 Jesus prays in 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.720 verses 25 and 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.340 26. 00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.280 O 00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:53.700 righteous 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.280 Father, 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.660 even though the 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.300 world does 00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:56.900 not know 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.680 you, I 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.320 know you, 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.560 and these 00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.019 know you. 00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:01.240 They know 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.620 that you 00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.239 have sent 00:29:02.239 --> 00:29:02.639 me. 00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.139 I made 00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:05.359 known to 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.839 them your 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.699 name and 00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.179 I will 00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.379 continue to 00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.919 make it 00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.819 known that 00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.500 the love 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.079 with which 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.959 you have 00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.739 loved me 00:29:12.739 --> 00:29:13.859 may be 00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.519 in them 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.619 and I 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.639 in them. 00:29:20.219 --> 00:29:20.899 God 00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.339 chooses 00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.639 to continue 00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.699 to make 00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:24.379 Himself 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.599 known to 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.419 you who 00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.939 are chosen 00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.579 in Him. 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.979 Aquinas 00:29:29.979 --> 00:29:30.599 pointed out 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.259 Jesus is 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.919 praying this 00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:33.439 right before 00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:34.579 He goes 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.859 to the 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.219 cross. 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.039 And what 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.619 He's praying 00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.019 for, 00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.459 His words 00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:39.879 to the 00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.259 Father 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.319 are being 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.919 accomplished 00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:42.579 in time 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.119 in history. 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.359 What Christ 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.939 prays for 00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.719 as a man, 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.399 He is also 00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.119 simultaneously 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:49.179 accomplishing 00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.159 as God. 00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.919 This 00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.399 glorious 00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:52.939 resurrection 00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.740 life, 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.019 Jesus 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.779 will give 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.359 to His 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.879 disciples. 00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.720 Jesus 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.779 prays to 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:02.980 His 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.279 Father 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.660 what we 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.059 receive 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.420 as a 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.899 promise 00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.879 that He 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.099 will 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.660 continue 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.319 to make 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.740 God 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.139 known 00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.940 to His 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.319 people. 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.220 Jesus 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.539 says, 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:10.940 I will 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.379 continue 00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:11.839 to make 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.119 known 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.700 to them 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.759 the glory 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.160 of my 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.720 resurrection 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.779 which you 00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.139 Father 00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.680 have given 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.379 me by 00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.619 your 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.019 eternal 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.420 decree 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.899 and which 00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.359 soon 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.000 will be 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.440 accomplished 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.660 in history. 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.080 This is so 00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.440 that the 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.980 love with 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.440 which you 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.039 have loved 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.100 me may 00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.559 be in 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.480 them and 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.140 I in 00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.440 them. 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.180 God 00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.900 chooses to 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.440 make Himself 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.500 known to 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.299 you again 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.340 and again 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.259 and again. 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.980 Day after 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.360 day, 00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.240 week after 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.580 week, 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.220 isn't He so 00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.640 faithful? 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.740 He makes 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.240 Himself 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.799 known. 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.259 He reminds 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.440 you, 00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.480 I am 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.360 love. 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.640 Year after 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.039 year, 00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.620 in deeper 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.080 ways than 00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.380 you could 00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.460 ever dream 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.779 of, 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.799 He continues 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.500 to reveal 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.279 who He 00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.720 is to 00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.000 you, 00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:58.799 His 00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.160 people, 00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.500 whom He 00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.779 called. 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.740 Do you 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.140 remember that 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.519 story I 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.840 told you 00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.600 about Jack 00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.080 who died 00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.440 and left 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.900 the roses? 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.580 Well, 00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:09.019 another year 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.600 went by 00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:12.799 and his 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.640 wife was 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.100 learning to 00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.600 live without 00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.160 her mate. 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.380 This poem 00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.320 tells it this 00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.519 way, 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:17.980 that with 00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.860 loneliness and 00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.620 solitude that 00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.039 had become 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.640 her fate, 00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.100 then the 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.640 very hour 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.300 the doorbell 00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.820 rang and 00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.280 there were 00:31:24.280 --> 00:31:25.060 roses sitting 00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.780 by her 00:31:25.780 --> 00:31:26.020 door. 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.180 She brought 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.600 the roses 00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:29.480 in and 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.940 just looked 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.220 at them 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.780 in shock, 00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.320 then went 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.780 to get the 00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.940 telephone to 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.360 call the 00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.060 florist shop. 00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:36.060 The flowers 00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.640 you received 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.120 today were 00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.720 paid for in 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.140 advance, 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.720 they told her. 00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.800 Your husband 00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.520 always planned 00:31:40.520 --> 00:31:40.900 ahead. 00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:41.600 He left 00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.140 nothing to 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.520 chance. 00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.020 There's a 00:31:44.020 --> 00:31:44.900 standing order 00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.460 that I have 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.240 on file down 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.380 here and he 00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.980 has paid 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.440 well in 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.960 advance. 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.799 You'll get 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.420 them every 00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.779 year. 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.380 And each 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.759 year he 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.240 sent her 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.559 roses and 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.900 the note 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.360 would always 00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.740 say, 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.980 I love you 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.640 even more 00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.200 this year 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.240 than last 00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.640 year on 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.160 this day. 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.360 My love 00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.980 for you will 00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.680 always grow 00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.200 with every 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.480 passing year. 00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.140 And for 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.920 nine years 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.920 his gift 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.759 continued to 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.420 remind her 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.279 of his 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.620 love. 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.420 Well, 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.840 this is a 00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.420 mortal man 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.980 and he 00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.539 can't grow 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.100 in his love 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.459 for her 00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:17.039 from the 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.419 grave. 00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.500 How much 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.119 greater is 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.639 the love 00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.539 of Christ 00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.079 for his 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.439 bride? 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.480 Because he 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.959 is not 00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.279 dead, 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.619 he is alive 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.579 and he 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.379 continues to 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.039 make known 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.899 his love 00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.399 for you 00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.819 church. 00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.379 Day after 00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.759 day, 00:32:31.219 --> 00:32:31.679 month after 00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:31.980 month, 00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.679 year after 00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.099 year, 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.139 because he's 00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:35.259 alive and 00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.740 he wants 00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.299 you to be 00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.779 with him, 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.439 that you 00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:38.219 will behold 00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:39.379 his glory. 00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.379 And it's 00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.859 the glory 00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.319 that he had 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.699 with the 00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.779 father before 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.279 time. 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.179 He's the 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.659 lamb that 00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.559 was slain from 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.240 the foundations 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.659 of the 00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.039 world. 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.460 There's 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.899 nothing that 00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.419 can add 00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:50.019 glory to 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.259 God, 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.779 his glory 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.379 is full. 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.679 But now 00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.379 he brings 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.879 his bride 00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.359 into his 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.919 presence to 00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:56.099 enjoy his 00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.119 glory and 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.179 to see that 00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:59.379 he is love 00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.500 and to share 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.139 his love 00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:02.039 with you, 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.079 his people. 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.019 Christ's 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.720 final prayer 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:07.279 reveals he 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.179 is love. 00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.779 This is 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.179 Christ's 00:33:10.179 --> 00:33:10.819 last will. 00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.039 It's his 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.899 final wishes 00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:14.079 for you 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.779 who are 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.159 his. 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:17.559 God's 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.240 will is 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.940 for you 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.819 to believe 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:35.799 in him 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.599 through his 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.919 word. 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.720 God's 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.019 will is 00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.299 for you 00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.000 to trust 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.059 that Christ 00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:42.139 succeeded 00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.899 in his 00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.339 mission. 00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:45.019 God's 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.299 will is 00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.539 for you 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.119 to see 00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.720 Christ 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:48.399 and know 00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.039 that God 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.299 is love. 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.980 God's 00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.299 will is 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.579 for you 00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.339 to behold 00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.539 the glory 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.299 of God 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.819 in the 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.099 sun. 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.220 God's 00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.480 will 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.699 is you 00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.980 that you 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.639 know him. 00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.759 God's 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.139 will dear 00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.500 friend 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.119 is that 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.779 you be 00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.819 with him. 00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:09.619 my 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.059 encouragement 00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.599 to us 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.099 in a 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.719 special way 00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.360 this week 00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.639 as we 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.159 prepare for 00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.579 Christmas 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:15.420 you get 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.799 to be 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.319 with God 00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.739 because 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.840 he came 00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.480 to you. 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.380 He came 00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.019 to dwell 00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.719 and to 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.159 be with 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.360 you. 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.500 And we 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.799 have the 00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.319 promise that 00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.659 he is 00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.219 resurrected 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.840 and alive 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.119 and we 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.659 will join 00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.559 him in 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.960 his second 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.319 coming. 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.659 We will 00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.059 join him 00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.299 in our 00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.900 glorified 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.319 bodies 00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.440 and this 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.739 kingdom 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.199 of God 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.779 will never 00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.539 come to 00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.940 an end. 00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.639 We will 00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.179 worship him 00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.559 with this 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.820 vast multitude 00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.740 that no 00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.260 man can 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.780 count more 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.220 than the 00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.820 stars of 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.340 the sky. 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.679 We will 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.019 be among 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.599 that number 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.500 because God 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.480 is love. 00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.900 Let's 00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.119 pray. 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.780 Oh we 00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.360 praise you 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.240 our triune 00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.619 God, 00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.000 Father, 00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.360 Son, 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.900 and Spirit. 00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.539 We thank 00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.820 you that 00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.519 this is the 00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.880 will of 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.200 God. 00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.460 We thank 00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.720 you that 00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.300 this is 00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:59.019 the desire 00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.480 of our 00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.940 Lord Jesus 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.500 Christ 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:02.380 to have 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.920 his people. 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:06.340 Proverbs 00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.780 13, 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.440 12 says 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.280 a desire 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.960 fulfilled 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.099 is a 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.619 tree of 00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.099 life. 00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.059 And this 00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.740 was Christ's 00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.179 desire 00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.000 which he 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.460 fulfilled 00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.059 and he 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.559 became 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.220 the tree 00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.639 of life 00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:16.940 that we 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.099 could 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.460 abide 00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.860 in his 00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.200 city, 00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.340 that we 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.500 could 00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.840 enter 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.079 through 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.300 the 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.760 walls, 00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.440 enter 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.639 through 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.880 the 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.200 gates 00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.960 and be 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.220 us 00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.639 standing 00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.000 on the 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.559 foundation 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.360 of the 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.760 true 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.659 glorious 00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.059 temple 00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.780 that is 00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.139 Jesus 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.659 Christ. 00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.579 Lord, 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.119 we receive 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.500 this by 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.179 faith now. 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.639 We believe 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.119 help our 00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.719 unbelief 00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.920 and one 00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.219 day we 00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.739 trust that 00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.239 you are 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.719 faithful. 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.659 You will 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.139 make our 00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.659 faith be 00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.139 turned to 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.400 sight. 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.500 We long 00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.879 for that 00:35:40.879 --> 00:35:41.159 day. 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.799 Come 00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.199 quickly, 00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.859 Lord Jesus. 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.799 And his 00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.400 bride joins 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.920 in saying 00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.819 Amen. 00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.000 Amen. 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:47.079 Amen.