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 Father, we often do not know the state of our own heart.

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 We flatter ourselves too much to detect or hate our own sin.

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 We don't really know, Father, the devices and desires of our own hearts.

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 So, Father, we are so thankful that you know everything there is to know about us and still you love us.

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 We thank you, Father, that your Holy Spirit moves to bring your word to our heart, the center of who we are, the command center of our lives.

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 And we ask, Father, that you would do that wonderful work in our lives this morning of bringing your word to the center of who we are,

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 that we might know Jesus, that we might love Jesus, that we might trust him,

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 that we might know how great a thing he accomplished for us in his life and in his death upon the cross and resurrection.

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 We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, when I was ordained back in those days, by the way, we're having problems with lighting because the way they set the light up.

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 Just start waving at me if I keep walking into the darkness and you can't see me.

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 Unless you don't like seeing me, and then you can just stay like this.

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 Just stay there, whatever.

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 And I'll just sort of look and figure out who's picking the most move.

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 Anyway, never mind.

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 So, I spent a couple years in a suburban church and then in the diocese that I was part of back then.

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 The way it worked is when you get ordained, you get paid a very tiny bit of money and you get a bit of a raise.

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 As long as you keep breathing, you keep getting small raises.

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 And so, basically, there were a lot of churches in the diocese that their entire model was having...

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 Well, it was sort of a...

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 What it was, it was sort of a vampire model of organizing your church.

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 Every couple of years, they'd say,

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 What we need around here is some new blood.

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 And so, they'd hire you because you were cheap.

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 And actually, it was very funny.

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 When I went to my first church out in the country, they basically said to me right of the way,

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 It's so good to have you here.

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 You're cheap.

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 We know you're only going to be here a couple of years because then you move into a higher pay bracket and you'll have to move along.

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 So, we like you right now because we need you to do the things that we do and we need you to be cheap.

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 And that's just the way things worked.

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 In fact, we did eventually move, but we didn't move.

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 The church had grown.

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 They could have continued to afford me, but God called us to this particular church.

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 One of the things we struggle with in life, if we think about it,

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 is coming to realize that at some point in time in our lives, people don't need us.

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 It can be very hard for moms and dads when the kids all leave and the kids don't need you anymore.

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 And in a far more personal and far more threatening type of way, it can also be very hard.

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 In a room of this size, there are probably several of us who've been divorced.

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 And maybe we're still living with divorce.

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 Maybe some of us have remarried.

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 But we've lived with this great problem, this great tearing in our lives because the person who loved us found somebody better.

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 Or at least that's what they thought.

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 And we're no longer needed.

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 We're no longer loved.

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 I was talking a couple of years ago to a couple of people, and they were all sharing about a particular movie.

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 And this particular movie, which I had also seen, it was about a young guy who had a very deep relationship with this young woman,

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 but he never wanted to marry her because he was always worried about how he could ever marry one particular person when he might meet somebody better later on.

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 And one of the young women was saying it was too painful for her to watch that movie.

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 About halfway into it, she had to leave.

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 Because it was touching at a very, very deep fear in her life that at that time that she would never marry.

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 And the reason she would never be able to marry wasn't that she wasn't able to commit,

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 but that all of the fellows that she'd had any dealings with were always basically looking for something better.

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 And so it's a very deep-seated, this complex of issues of struggling with the fact at some points in our time, in our lives,

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 people leave us because they don't need us anymore.

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 It doesn't seem like they love us anymore because they don't need us.

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 And we're this pattern of people always looking for something, or just being open to something better,

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 whatever that means, and leaving us alone.

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 And the love breaks, the love ends, and it's just hard sometimes to live our lives that way.

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 Some of us here this morning might, in fact, still be living with very deep wounds connected to this.

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 Believe it or not, the Bible text that I read a little bit earlier

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 actually speaks in a very powerful way to our fear.

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 And it's one of the curiosities of our heart that many of us, when we read the text,

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 don't actually realize that it's actually addressing something very deeply,

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 something deep in our heart that we worry about.

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 So it'd be a great help to me if you would open your Bibles and turn with me to John chapter 5.

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 John chapter 5.

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 And for those of you, I don't know what's up on the screen above me.

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 Oh, we already have one of the paintings.

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 What we're doing is we're going through John's gospel, and we're up to John chapter 5,

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 and here's how the text goes.

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 After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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 And just pause, if you're a guest here, one of the characteristics,

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 if you read the Old Testament, one of the characteristics of the Old Testament is

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 that there are several times of worship that are also called feasts.

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 I mean, literally, one of the ways that you worship God is by eating a lot

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 and drinking a lot, all to the glory of God.

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 That's just the way God set it up.

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 And this is one, it could have been several ones.

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 John decides not to tell us which one it is, but it's for one of those.

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 And Jesus goes to Jerusalem to be right where the temple is so that he, as a good and observant Jew,

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 can take part in the feast.

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 We'll read it again.

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 Verse 1.

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 After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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 Now, there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool in Aramaic called Bethesda,

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 which has five-roofed colonnades.

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 Colonades?

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 I don't know how to pronounce it.

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 In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed.

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 One man was there who had been an invalid for 38 years.

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 Now, just pause for a second.

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 And those of you who are following along, some of you, if you have a King James version of the Bible,

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 you say, George just skipped part.

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 And others of you who are very keen readers notice that it goes from verse number 3 to verse number 5.

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 Now, this is actually just an important little aside.

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 The title of this sermon series is Knowing Jesus, John's Intimate Biography.

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 And one of the things about this, which we now call the Gospel of John,

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 which is really just one of the four ancient biographies of Jesus,

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 written by an eyewitness and, in fact, a person who was with Jesus for all of these different things.

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 He was with Jesus his entire public ministry.

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 One of the things that Christians have a concern for is to actually know what the original text actually is.

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 And over time, archaeologists keep finding more and more ancient copies of manuscripts, copies of the Bible.

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 Because up until the printing press, every time somebody wanted a copy of the Bible,

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 some person had to sit down and write it out by hand.

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 And then they would give it to a person.

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 And one of the common misconceptions of the Christian faith is either that we can't know what the original writing was,

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 or that somehow or another some crazy monks or the crazy church went and moved things around and changed things around,

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 take out the bits that they didn't like and add parts that they did like.

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 And those are complete and utter misconceptions.

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 It's not what works at all.

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 That, in fact, there's scholars throughout the world, Christian, non-Christian,

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 who find these ancient manuscripts.

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 And there's actually a scientific method whereby you can look at all of the manuscripts,

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 and you can date them.

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 And as archaeologists find more and more and more ancient manuscripts,

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 Christians who just want to know what the actual text says,

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 adjust the text.

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 And one of the amazing things about it is if you go and take a King James version of the Bible,

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 and you take ours, and a modern version will have some of the bits taken out,

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 you'll see that not a single important doctrine of Christian belief has ever been affected

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 by the newest archaeological findings.

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 Not one.

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 That the copyists, because they desire to copy accurately,

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 and because it was actually a craft, a trade, where you were trained,

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 they actually did a remarkably good job.

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 But occasionally, you find a small difference.

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 Now, what part was left off?

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 A part about an angel coming in and stirring the water.

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 It doesn't affect anything to do with the gospel or Christian doctrines.

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 But because Christians desire to know what the Bible actually says,

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 these adjustments are made as time goes on.

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 By the way, so whenever, if you talk to a Muslim and they say you don't know what's in the Bible,

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 last time I had that happen to me, I just smiled.

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 I thought, oh, I am so glad to myself.

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 I thought to myself, I am so glad you raised that particular question.

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 And I started to explain it to him, and I started to talk to him about how, in fact,

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 the Koran is not, in fact, questioned in the same type of way that the Koran,

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 it's uncertain what exactly...

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 Anyway, at some point in time, he just decided he would change the topic.

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 But the point is that we as Christians can have...

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 And actually, not just Christians.

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 Anybody can have a very, very great confidence.

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 You might still think it's nonsense, okay?

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 But with every passing day, our confidence that this is actually what John wrote

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 gets stronger and stronger and stronger.

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 Science and archaeology makes our confidence in this higher and higher and higher as time goes on.

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 Anyway, that was a long...

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 Where were we?

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 Verse 5.

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 Okay, we're talking about our fears of being abandoned.

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 We'll read verse 5 again.

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 And one man was there by the pool who had been an invalid for 38 years.

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 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time...

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 See, Jesus is showing divine knowledge.

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 Jesus says to the man, do you want to be healed?

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 And the sick man answered him...

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 Now, in English, it's hard to communicate what just happens right now.

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 But in the original language, the man gives a sarcastic answer.

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 The man doesn't say,

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 Oh, Jesus, I'm so glad you came here.

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 I've heard stories about you.

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 I know you can heal me.

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 I've been praying to God that you would come here

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 because I know you can heal me.

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 I've heard all about you.

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 Please heal me.

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 No, the guy's answer is he basically flips Jesus off.

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 He says...

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 You know, basically he's saying,

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 Dude, I'm here all by myself.

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 I can't get in the water to be healed.

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 Like, why are you asking me this stupid question?

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 That's what's being...

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 But in English, it's not as obvious.

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 But that's actually the heart of...

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 In fact, it's part of the shocking nature of this story.

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 As the story goes on, this man becomes revealed as more and more of a miserable, ungrateful, sarcastic, backbiting, betraying guy.

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 That's how the story unfolds.

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 And so it begins.

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 So Jesus says to him, Do you want to be healed?

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 The sick man says,

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 Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up,

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 and while I am going, another steps down before me.

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 Duh.

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 No, the duh's not there, but it's implied.

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 Duh.

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 And how does Jesus respond to him?

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 Does Jesus say to his disciples,

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 Gosh, this...

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 Like, why is this guy flipping me off?

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 Like, I'm trying to be nice to this guy,

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 and he just gives me this sarcastic answer.

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 Doesn't he know what I can do for him?

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 Is that what Jesus says?

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 No.

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 What is Jesus?

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 Jesus heals him.

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 The guy's not expecting Jesus to heal him,

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 doesn't believe that Jesus can heal him,

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 doesn't ask Jesus to heal him.

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 In fact, his response is a sarcastic putting him away.

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 What does Jesus do?

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 Verse 8.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Get up, take up your bed, and walk.

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 And at once, the man was healed,

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 and he took up his bed and walked.

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 And by the way, partly what John is doing,

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 and if you've been here for the other sermons,

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 John keeps putting in little bits of historical detail.

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 In fact, if you go on the Dig and Delve website

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 from a couple of years ago,

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 Craig Evans shares how there's a variety of different

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 Israeli Jewish archaeologists

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 who use the New Testament to find more sites in Jerusalem

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 because of its accuracy.

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 So these Jewish archaeologists read the New Testament

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 so they can go looking where to find things

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 that were destroyed over the years.

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 And so in this particular story,

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 what is being emphasized is the wow of the miracle.

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 This guy's been an invalid for 38 years,

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 and Jesus, just by his mere willing it,

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 heals the man to the extent that he can stand up,

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 pick up his mat, and walk away.

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 It increases the wow, the nature, how big the miracle is.

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 So how is the man going to respond to this?

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 Remember I've sort of said to you,

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 as the story goes on,

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 it shows how miserable this guy is.

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 He'd be one of these guys that if you were in a hospital

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 or if you were a social worker,

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 after you've dealt with him,

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 you'd go, gosh, I don't like that guy.

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 Maybe you'd go home and tell your husband or your wife

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 about how miserable and unthankful the person was,

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 had to deal with this person.

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 We came, we gave him free medicine,

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 we fixed him all up,

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 and all he did was give us lip.

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 And that's what happened.

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 Look, continue reading the rest of verse now.

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 Now that day was the Sabbath.

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 So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed,

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 it is the Sabbath and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.

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 Now just pause.

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 Andrew, could you put up the first point, please?

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 I'm not going to go into it very much,

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 but just so you know,

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 Jesus does not tell the man to do anything

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 which goes against what the Bible says.

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 He tells the man to break a religious tradition,

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 not a command of God.

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 I'm not going to go into it very much,

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 but it's not, Jesus doesn't say,

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 you know, go ahead,

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 I know the Old Testament says this,

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 but go ahead and do it anyway.

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 It's just a tradition that they have.

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 There's nowhere in the Bible that it says,

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 nowhere in the Old Testament that says,

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 you can't carry your mat on the Sabbath.

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 Okay?

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 But they have a tradition around it.

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 Anyway, so these, the religious leaders,

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 they say to this guy,

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 they don't know anything about him being healed.

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 Okay?

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 All they see is a guy carrying,

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 they're mat on the Sabbath.

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 They're like the religious police.

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 They, they're busy bodies.

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 And these religious busy bodies go up against the guy

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 and says, you're not supposed to be doing this.

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 Verse 11.

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 So how does the man answer him?

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 Well, the man says in verse 11,

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 the man who healed me,

00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:23.160
 that man said to me,

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 take up your bed and walk.

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 Now, just notice there,

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 there's two things here.

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 The first thing is,

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 he basically tries to pass the buck.

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 He wants to get out of trouble.

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 So he's going to put it on Jesus.

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 Like that's a really good,

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 grateful way to express your gratitude.

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 And he tries to put it on Jesus.

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 It's not my fault.

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 Whoa.

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 No harm, no fault.

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 Oh, just was him over there,

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 somewhere over there.

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 He was going to tell me,

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 you should go get him

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 because you should be mad at him,

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 not me.

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 And, and how do the,

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 how do the religious leaders say,

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 respond to that?

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 Verse 12.

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 Now, we're not going to go into it very much,

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 but one of the things about the gospel

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 is the gospels are the most profound critique of religion

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 in all of literature.

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 You don't have to read Christopher Hitchens.

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 You don't have to read Dawkins.

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 You don't have to read those people to have a critique of religion.

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 You just got to read the Bible.

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 And, and here all the way through this text is a profound critique of religion.

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 And religion is any type of, you know,

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 organizing your,

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 your life around worship or meaning in any type of way that excludes the gospel.

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 Can be Christian churches.

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 Can end up becoming really just religious places,

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 not actually places where the gospel is centered.

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 So how do they show this critique?

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 So this guy says,

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 uh,

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 okay,

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 I'm,

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 I'm carrying this because a guy healed me and told me to walk.

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 And,

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 uh,

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 and they asked him verse 12,

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 who is the man who said to you,

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 take up your bed and walk?

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 Like,

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 see,

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 this is the subtle critique of religion.

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 They don't say,

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 really,

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 you got healed.

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 Really?

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 Like,

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 what did you get healed of?

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 They're not even interested in that.

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 You know,

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 it's really funny because if in fact a miracle had happened,

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 only God could do this.

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 You'd think that religious people would be interested in God.

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 But religious people aren't really interested in God.

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 They're interested in their traditions.

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 Because you see,

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 often religion is used to inoculate us against the true and living God.

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 So they don't even ask any question at all about the miracle.

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 They just said,

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 who is the man who said to you,

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 take up your bed and walk?

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 Verse 13.

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 How does the man respond?

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 Now,

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 the man who had been healed did not know who it was.

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 For Jesus had withdrawn as there was no crowd,

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 as there was a crowd in the place.

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 Just pause.

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 So who's this guy?

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 Jesus comes up.

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 You want to be healed?

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 You know,

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 sarcastic answer.

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 Jesus heals him.

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 He's not even grateful.

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 He doesn't say,

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 for 38 years I've been lame.

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 You just healed me.

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 Who are you?

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 The guy's completely and utterly uninterested.

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 He just leaves.

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 When something comes against him by the religious police,

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 he tries to say,

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 don't blame me,

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 it's this guy's fault.

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 Verse 14.

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 It gets worse.

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 Afterward,

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 Jesus found the man in the temple and said to him,

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 see,

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 you are well,

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 sin no more,

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 that nothing worse may happen to you.

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 The man went away

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 and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

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 In other words,

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 okay,

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 you want to find the guy?

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 His name's Jesus.

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.799
 Like,

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 he betrays Jesus.

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 He betrays Jesus.

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 Now,

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 here's a very,

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.759
 very good question.

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 Why on earth did Jesus heal that guy?

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 I mean,

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 how many of you are wondering that?

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 Like,

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:24.579
 why on earth did Jesus heal this guy?

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.639
 Sarcastic,

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.639
 absolutely no faith,

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:32.539
 completely and utterly ungrateful,

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.619
 passing the buck,

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:36.039
 getting Jesus in trouble,

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.700
 betraying him.

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:40.580
 Why on earth would Jesus heal someone like that?

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.860
 Now,

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:52.640
 why do Christians ask that question?

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:57.360
 The reason we ask that question

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 is that we want to sneak in

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 the belief

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 that the reason we are Christians

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 is because we're worthy.

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 You see,

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 for those of you who are guests,

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:19.339
 this is an evangelical church.

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 Evangelical Christians

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 are supposed to know

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 that we're saved.

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 How are we made right with God?

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 By grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 That God doesn't weigh up

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 how many good things I have in my life.

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 He pardons my offenses.

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 In fact,

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 if you could put up

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 the next point,

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 Andrew,

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 and the next point,

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 I thought,

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 it's just a quote from the Bible.

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 But God shows his love for us

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 in other words,

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 completely and utterly unworthy,

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 far from God,

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 turning our back on God,

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.860
 walking away from God,

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 Christ died for us.

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 He dies for us

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 when we're bad.

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 He dies for us

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 when we don't want him to die.

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 He dies for us

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 when we think

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 we are like little gods.

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 He dies for us

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 when we are still sinners.

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 And we know

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 that this is the case.

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:20.420
 But in fact,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.039
 if you could put up

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 the next point,

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:21.980
 Andrew,

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 that would be great.

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 I keep sneaking in

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.680
 the belief

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.620
 that I am worthy

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.759
 of God's love

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.680
 and power

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:31.259
 because of who I am

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 and what I've done.

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.140
 See,

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.000
 that's why we find

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.000
 this text very,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.299
 very,

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.359
 once you actually see

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.960
 what's going on

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.680
 in the text,

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.119
 Jesus heals

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 a completely

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 and utterly

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 massively

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.200
 unworthy

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.180
 person

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:50.980
 that if we were doing,

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.519
 and in fact,

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.920
 it's even actually

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.759
 sort of emphasized

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 by the fact

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.799
 that one of his complaints

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.440
 to the God,

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.019
 to Jesus,

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 is,

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 for 38 years

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 I've been lying here

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.559
 and I don't have

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.960
 any friends or family

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.420
 that want to help me.

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.559
 Like,

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:09.819
 his personality problems

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.460
 have been going on

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.180
 a long time.

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 Some of you have

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.420
 heard me this story,

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.720
 this is quite a few years ago,

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 I did a,

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:17.019
 I was asked by a funeral home

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.700
 to do a funeral

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.359
 for a man

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.579
 who dropped dead at work,

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.660
 one of those brain aneurysms

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.339
 that just,

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.099
 he's just,

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.000
 all of a sudden

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.920
 he just dies.

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 And I do the funeral

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 and the guy was,

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.140
 I don't know,

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.160
 in his mid-40s.

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 So you think

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 that a guy

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 who's in his mid-40s

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.640
 who dies

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:35.460
 in a large government office

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.680
 at work,

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:38.160
 how big do you think

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.160
 the funeral would be?

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 And he has a wife

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 and three kids.

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 You think it's going

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.940
 to be a big funeral?

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.120
 Okay,

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.720
 six people at the funeral.

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 Six people at the funeral.

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.880
 His ex-wife

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.259
 and his three kids

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 aged,

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 I think,

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.740
 roughly,

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.160
 you know,

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.599
 20,

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 18,

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 and 13.

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 13-year-old was a girl.

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 Not a single tear

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.579
 was shed at the funeral.

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 And there's only that

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.620
 six or seven people

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.160
 at the funeral.

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 And I said to myself,

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:10.940
 what type of man

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.620
 was this

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:13.019
 that could die

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.920
 in such a manner?

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 And only these six

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.640
 or seven people

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.480
 would come to the funeral.

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 And his 13-year-old girl

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.519
 daughter

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.579
 would not shed

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.740
 a single tear.

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 What type of a man

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.819
 was this?

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.460
 And I never know

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.759
 because,

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.200
 in fact,

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.640
 it was a funeral home funeral.

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 There was no reception

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.920
 afterwards.

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.740
 Everybody just went

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.579
 their separate ways.

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.700
 I came,

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.660
 I did the service,

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.200
 and I went home.

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 I never have the answer

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.740
 to that.

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.140
 Maybe this guy

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:45.059
 that Jesus healed

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.220
 is something like that.

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:49.079
 And in our heart of hearts,

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.100
 even for Christians,

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.640
 we wonder,

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.660
 why would God

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.480
 heal a man?

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.860
 Why would Jesus do that?

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.380
 And the reason

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.339
 we ask that question

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.120
 is that we think

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:57.339
 it's connected

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.400
 to worthiness.

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:02.200
 Because you and I

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.980
 keep sneaking in

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.079
 to our walk

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.839
 with Jesus

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:08.779
 that

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:12.059
 I actually am

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.819
 sort of worthy.

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:15.460
 nothing personal.

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.799
 I'm a little bit

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.399
 more worthy

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.220
 than the rest of you,

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.539
 you know?

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.859
 And I don't know,

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:23.259
 maybe there's 140 people

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.679
 in here,

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.799
 and probably every one

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.960
 of the 140 of us,

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.980
 we're Canadians,

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.639
 okay?

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:29.039
 So we're not going to say

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.460
 I'm more worthy

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.439
 than 139,

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.519
 but as Canadians,

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.200
 we might say

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.899
 I'm more worthy

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.839
 than 100 of you.

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.119
 Right?

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.619
 Because we'd know

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.339
 it'd be too sinful

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.599
 to say 139

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:40.960
 of you aren't

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.720
 as worthy as me,

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.480
 but I'm more worthy

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.380
 than 100 of you,

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.500
 and every one of us

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.140
 is saying that

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.799
 in our heart of hearts.

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.579
 And we think

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.600
 that when things

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.140
 go wrong

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.299
 in our life,

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.440
 that maybe we are

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.100
 having trouble

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.779
 in our marriage,

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.279
 or we're having

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.440
 problems with our kids,

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.100
 or we're having

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.960
 trouble at work,

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.799
 or we have

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.660
 health problems,

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:01.140
 and all of a sudden

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.240
 we feel as if God

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.339
 is very, very far

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.980
 from us,

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.100
 and the reason is

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:05.500
 is that

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.839
 there has snuck

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.000
 into how

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.160
 we understand

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.200
 and see ourselves

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.100
 is that somehow

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.759
 or another

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:14.160
 whatever blessings

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.299
 I have is because

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.259
 of some type

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.140
 of worthiness,

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.819
 and now

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.220
 I no longer

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.600
 have that external

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.660
 success

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:24.059
 that the saved

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.279
 should have,

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.420
 and so we don't

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.059
 want to be around

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.759
 other Christians

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.799
 because at the end

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.259
 of the day

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.660
 it is very,

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.380
 very hard

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.200
 for you and me

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.779
 to believe

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:34.420
 that I am saved

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:36.100
 by grace alone,

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.220
 through faith alone,

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.360
 in Jesus

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.940
 alone.

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.620
 And part of it

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.180
 is because we

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.440
 don't know

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.180
 who God is.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.900
 John's gospel

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.600
 is about,

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.380
 one of the things

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.100
 that John's gospel

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.640
 is all about

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.319
 is that Jesus

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.600
 introduces God.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.319
 Those of you

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.740
 who have been here,

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.420
 what I've been saying

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.339
 almost every week,

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.100
 I need to start

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.960
 saying to Canadians

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.160
 that in terms

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.680
 of the God

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.560
 that most Canadians

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.860
 believe exists,

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.380
 I am an atheist.

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:12.580
 I believe in the God

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.259
 that is introduced

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.140
 by Jesus.

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.620
 And I believe

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.759
 that Jesus introduces

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.500
 the God

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.500
 that really exists,

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:22.180
 that truly does exist,

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.259
 that is unknown,

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.100
 apart from Jesus.

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.160
 If, Andrew,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.740
 could you put up

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.380
 the next point?

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.820
 And one of the things

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.900
 which God,

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.279
 Jesus reveals

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.120
 about God

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.379
 is that God

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:38.059
 has no need love.

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:40.559
 He is only

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.479
 gift love.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.179
 God

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:48.359
 has no needs.

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.099
 So part of my

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.719
 need love

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.079
 is,

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:54.679
 you know,

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.119
 human,

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.419
 we human,

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.699
 you know,

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:59.139
 we know what need love is.

00:28:59.199 --> 00:29:00.099
 We want to be needed

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.959
 and we love it,

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.219
 you know,

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.459
 when our kids are young

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:05.539
 and they need us

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:07.059
 and sometimes

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.759
 that just

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:09.299
 bothers the heck

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.919
 out of us

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.799
 but other times

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.819
 we just so love it

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.519
 and we really know

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.980
 we love it

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.699
 when they no longer

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.559
 need us

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.579
 and they don't

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.399
 want us around.

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:20.159
 And we like to think

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.859
 that there's something

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.519
 about us

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.619
 that's worthy

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.740
 and that the other

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.819
 person really needs

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.539
 that will keep us

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.039
 together

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:28.639
 and that's fine.

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.299
 You know why

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.279
 it's fine on one level?

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:31.039
 Because in fact

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.599
 the matter is

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.399
 that human beings

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.399
 are just one

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:35.159
 unending need.

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.599
 I am one

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.559
 unending need.

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.980
 I needed my parents

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:41.399
 to conceive me

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:42.399
 for me to exist

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:44.579
 and I think

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.279
 I'm a god.

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.159
 I couldn't even

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.539
 bring about

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.359
 my own existence.

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.759
 No human being

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.259
 can.

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:54.920
 and everything

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.059
 every second

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.759
 every microsecond

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.599
 I am one

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.839
 unending need

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.720
 for oxygen

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.720
 for gravity

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.440
 for food

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.599
 for people around

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.879
 I needed to learn

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.460
 a language

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.240
 I didn't invent

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.759
 it myself

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.579
 if you do invent

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.480
 a language yourself

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.279
 it's sort of called

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.000
 not learning

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.879
 how to speak

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:15.359
 it's actually

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.299
 not a good thing

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.900
 but a problem

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:19.519
 you just keep

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.900
 making up

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.579
 your own language

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.279
 the only person

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.599
 in the world

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.059
 who speaks

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.539
 that language

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.039
 that's called

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.579
 failure

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.980
 to learn a language

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.159
 not a sign

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.960
 that you are God

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.460
 okay

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.319
 we all know that

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.699
 we're one

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.439
 unending need

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:30.839
 and part of the mystery

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.000
 part of the things

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.960
 which other religions

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.839
 whether it's Islam

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.339
 or Buddhism

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.059
 or Hinduism

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.699
 and especially

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.519
 atheism

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:38.159
 cannot account for

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.539
 it's easy to account

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.059
 for the fact

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.779
 that human beings

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.419
 are selfish

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:41.879
 in love

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.559
 and they want

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.039
 a type of

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.740
 self-centered

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.740
 need type of love

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.659
 the hard thing

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.519
 for all those religions

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.139
 to explain

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.639
 is the fact

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.039
 that there's

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.539
 sometimes

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.740
 that we do rise

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.740
 to gift love

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:52.440
 just

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.319
 with nothing

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.839
 expected in return

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.440
 there's many

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.240
 many years ago

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.339
 we had this

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:02.000
 in fact

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.519
 when I was

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.740
 the students

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.900
 connected to the church

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.620
 used to call it

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.799
 the slum mobile

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.059
 I had this

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:09.160
 really terrible

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.839
 big old

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.799
 12-seater van

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.279
 and we

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.200
 took this

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.140
 12-seater van

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.940
 all rusted

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.359
 and everything

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.700
 like that

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.420
 but it ran

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.620
 and we took

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:18.180
 it to Nova Scotia

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.539
 had a bit

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.980
 of a holiday

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.620
 and way back

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.160
 there was some

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.720
 problems

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:23.140
 and we pulled

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.560
 into a garage

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:25.380
 and the guy

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.980
 looked at me

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.240
 the Ontario plates

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.580
 nine kids

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.920
 looked at the van

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.380
 and Ontario plates

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.140
 Nova Scotia

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:35.000
 and he said to me

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.160
 you know what

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.160
 I'll look at this

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.539
 right away

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.060
 for you

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:40.880
 and he looked at it

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.160
 right away

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.740
 and he fixed it

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:41.980
 and he said

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.300
 you know what

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:43.160
 no charge

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.540
 hope you make it

00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:45.240
 back safely

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:51.000
 I'll never see

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.620
 that guy again

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.320
 that was just

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:53.160
 pure gift love

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.880
 all of us

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.740
 have been recipients

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.980
 of just pure gift love

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:57.360
 but the fact of the matter

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.500
 is God has no needs

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.920
 he just

00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:00.500
 he is only gift love

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:03.140
 he only gives

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:05.420
 he does not need

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.300
 anything from human beings

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:11.019
 and to try to understand

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.460
 that God doesn't need

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.340
 my worthiness

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:14.340
 he doesn't need

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:15.059
 my strength

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.799
 he doesn't need

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.559
 my abilities

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.039
 he doesn't need

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.079
 anything in me

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.720
 at all

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:21.380
 that his only

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.539
 relationship to me

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.480
 is pure

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.779
 pure

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.980
 pure

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.460
 gift love

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.539
 and on one hand

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.579
 as a human being

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.620
 who wants to feel

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.079
 needed

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.100
 who wants to feel

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.640
 worthy

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.340
 it almost feels

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:36.720
 like I'm naked

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.440
 in public

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.299
 to think that

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.180
 God relates

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.039
 to me only

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.299
 and utterly

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.220
 and completely

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.799
 by gift love

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.779
 and there's no

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.379
 need love

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.359
 in him at all

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.099
 and it feels

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.799
 like I am

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.339
 naked

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.359
 and powerless

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:51.039
 and it doesn't

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.599
 feel good

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.240
 but that is

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.419
 the

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:57.079
 God is unfailing

00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:02.359
 God is unfailing

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.799
 and God is the

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.579
 only being

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.200
 in the universe

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.919
 who has no needs

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.440
 and if he

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.320
 puts his love

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:11.019
 on me

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.880
 as a gift

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:13.440
 there is nothing

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.740
 more secure

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.200
 than to be

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.160
 connected to the

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.580
 God

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.480
 who is only

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.440
 gift love

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.140
 and has no

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.660
 needs

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.740
 his love

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.220
 will never

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.800
 tire

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:24.000
 his love

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.160
 will never

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.259
 come to an end

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.519
 his love

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.019
 will never

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.080
 find someone

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.500
 better

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.080
 because he's

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.580
 not looking

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:30.960
 for better

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.400
 he doesn't

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.000
 need anything

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.960
 he's just

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.519
 love

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.819
 there is no

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.759
 more secure

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.480
 relationship

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.119
 than we can

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.559
 have

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.339
 than with the

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.740
 God

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.460
 who truly

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.220
 does exist

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.099
 who's revealed

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.879
 by Jesus

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.779
 Christ

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.119
 that is only

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:45.059
 love

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.839
 only gift love

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.720
 with no

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.539
 need

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.400
 could you put up

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.019
 the next point

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.420
 Andrew

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:52.319
 in this is love

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.639
 in this is love

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:56.099
 not that we

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.579
 have loved

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.160
 God

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.480
 but that he

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.400
 loved us

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.660
 and sent his

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.180
 son

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.620
 to be the

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.660
 propitiation

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:05.060
 for our sins

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:06.180
 in this

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.120
 is love

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:08.260
 not that we

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.720
 have loved

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.119
 God

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.720
 but that he

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.300
 loved us

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.960
 and sent his

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.320
 son

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.500
 to be the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.340
 propitiation

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.800
 for our sins

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.300
 this is such a

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.139
 powerful text

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.920
 if you think

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.599
 about this text

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.039
 one of the things

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.639
 which is so

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.559
 remarkable about

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.039
 this text

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.039
 in the previous

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.599
 miracle

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.519
 how did the

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.220
 miracle work

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.800
 in the previous

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.480
 miracle you can

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.039
 go back and

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.400
 read it

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.539
 the guy comes

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.099
 he says to

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.579
 Jesus

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.900
 Jesus I really

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.460
 need you to

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.760
 heal

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.760
 my son

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.760
 and his

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.660
 son is 35

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.860
 kilometers away

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.640
 and he says I

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.340
 really need you to

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.960
 come and heal

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.520
 my son

00:34:37.520 --> 00:34:37.960
 and Jesus

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.840
 just looks at

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.540
 the nobleman

00:34:39.540 --> 00:34:40.540
 the high

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:41.100
 official and

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:42.220
 just says go

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:43.420
 your son will

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.940
 be healed

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:47.180
 and the guy

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:49.140
 believes Jesus

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.860
 and goes

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.720
 and finds out

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.740
 the next day

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:53.000
 that the moment

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.820
 that Jesus said

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.620
 that and that he

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:55.400
 left the son

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.140
 was healed

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:57.560
 but in this case

00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:58.160
 there's nothing

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.800
 like that

00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:01.640
 remember how

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.140
 does the miracle

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.560
 work

00:35:02.560 --> 00:35:03.640
 the guy doesn't

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:03.980
 know who

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.640
 Jesus is

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.480
 the guy doesn't

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.960
 care who

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.580
 Jesus is

00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:07.140
 the guy has

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:07.680
 no hope

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.580
 doesn't believe

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:09.039
 that Jesus

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.800
 can heal him

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.820
 has no expectation

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.840
 makes no request

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.519
 whatsoever

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:14.620
 the guy isn't even

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.220
 asked to do

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.980
 something before

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.539
 he's healed

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.280
 Jesus just

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.019
 heals him

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.260
 and after he's

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.820
 healed the guy

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.560
 can get up

00:35:20.560 --> 00:35:21.500
 and the guy is

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.140
 completely and

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:22.960
 utterly ungrateful

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.800
 completely and

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.280
 utterly unthankful

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.260
 all these bad

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.660
 things

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:28.440
 everything that

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.300
 is done for

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.040
 the man's

00:35:30.040 --> 00:35:31.240
 healing is

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:32.520
 done by Jesus

00:35:32.520 --> 00:35:33.160
 why

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:34.680
 because he is

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.480
 gift love

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.440
 and so it is

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.800
 with our

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.720
 relationship with

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.220
 Christ

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:41.320
 Jesus does

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:43.080
 everything to

00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:43.880
 heal the man

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.640
 the man does

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.080
 nothing

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:46.120
 he must do

00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:47.240
 everything to

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:48.040
 give us eternal

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:48.420
 life

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.380
 I can do

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.820
 nothing

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:51.000
 he must do

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.760
 everything to

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.500
 defeat death

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.520
 I can do

00:35:53.520 --> 00:35:53.920
 nothing

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.940
 he must do

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.600
 everything to

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.179
 deal with

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.159
 death's cause

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.940
 which is sin

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:59.159
 I can do

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.579
 nothing

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.779
 he does

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:02.199
 everything when

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.239
 I am completely

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.799
 and utterly

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:05.099
 unworthy

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.239
 he does

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.239
 everything out

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:08.159
 of gift love

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.860
 and not need

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.619
 love

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:12.059
 this my

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:13.460
 friends is

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.199
 the gospel

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.460
 this is

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.059
 Jesus

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:19.099
 this is what

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.079
 he does

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:21.219
 for you

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.059
 and for

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.519
 me

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:24.139
 all he

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.619
 says

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.159
 is you

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.759
 just put

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.300
 your hands

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.460
 out

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.259
 our arms

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.679
 aren't even

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.400
 long enough

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.880
 to reach

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.440
 Jesus

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.639
 his arms

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.340
 reach ours

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:35.659
 it's his

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.800
 holy spirit

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.860
 coming into

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.300
 us

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.639
 that gives

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.039
 us this

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.420
 life

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.900
 he does

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.280
 it all

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.239
 we do

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.599
 nothing

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.000
 that is

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.679
 the gospel

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:48.099
 that is

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.779
 the gospel

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:51.179
 and we

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.440
 are to

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.259
 be gripped

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:53.259
 by his

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:54.099
 unfailing

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.739
 love

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.839
 his great

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:56.899
 victory

00:36:56.899 --> 00:36:58.879
 please stand

00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:07.140
 if there

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.480
 is any

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.140
 here who

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.660
 has not

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:09.140
 yet given

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:09.559
 their life

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.200
 to Jesus

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.599
 hopefully

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.340
 you now

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.920
 have heard

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.700
 that if

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.000
 you are

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.599
 waiting to

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.240
 make yourself

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.700
 worthy

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.900
 that's not

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.200
 the way

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.640
 to go

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:18.700
 if you

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.119
 feel

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:20.240
 that your

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.840
 life has

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.400
 been so

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.800
 wrecked

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.280
 that Jesus

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.820
 would never

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.280
 even pay

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.840
 any attention

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.340
 to you

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:25.059
 now you

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.400
 know that

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.920
 that's not

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.140
 true

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.500
 there is

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.960
 no better

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.539
 time than

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.059
 right now

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.519
 to say

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.980
 Jesus

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.500
 could you

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.099
 be my

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.460
 savior

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.799
 and my

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.099
 lord

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.119
 I now

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.539
 know

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.840
 that I

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.639
 am unworthy

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:36.059
 that you

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.980
 do everything

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:38.500
 and that you

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.299
 do everything

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:39.960
 to make me

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.340
 right with

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.679
 God

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.199
 that I

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.799
 might receive

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.619
 eternal life

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:44.599
 and live with

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.340
 you forever

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.599
 you do it

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:46.880
 all

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.639
 and there's

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.000
 no better

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.519
 time than

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.940
 now to

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.440
 make that

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.179
 transaction

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.940
 with God

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.380
 in the name

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.840
 of Jesus

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.320
 and say

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.719
 Jesus

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.480
 I am not

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.880
 worthy

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.900
 you have

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.219
 done it

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.539
 all

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.719
 it's all

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.439
 your love

00:37:58.439 --> 00:37:59.699
 please take

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.019
 me as

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.719
 your child

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:02.159
 come into

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.719
 my life

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.139
 and never

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.480
 let me

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.599
 go

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.039
 there's no

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.539
 better time

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.859
 than now

00:38:04.859 --> 00:38:05.219
 to pray

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.799
 that prayer

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:08.000
 and for

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.619
 all of us

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:08.919
 who are

00:38:08.919 --> 00:38:09.439
 Christians

00:38:09.439 --> 00:38:11.359
 there is

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.739
 no better

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.399
 time than

00:38:12.399 --> 00:38:12.919
 just to do

00:38:12.919 --> 00:38:13.359
 a bit of

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.699
 business

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.339
 with Jesus

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.980
 and say

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.339
 Jesus

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:16.159
 I confess

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.719
 I've been

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.459
 slipping in

00:38:17.459 --> 00:38:17.859
 to think

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.619
 that it's

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.179
 about my

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.919
 worthiness

00:38:19.919 --> 00:38:21.599
 my abilities

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.919
 my power

00:38:22.919 --> 00:38:23.219
 and

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:24.179
 Lord

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.519
 I just

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.239
 thank you

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:26.239
 that it's

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.299
 all you

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:29.000
 all your

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.579
 love

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.359
 all your

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:30.939
 grace

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:31.699
 all your

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.339
 power

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:33.079
 all your

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.739
 salvation

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.439
 it's all

00:38:34.439 --> 00:38:34.799
 you

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.759
 your

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:37.019
 endless

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.799
 gift

00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:38.279
 love

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:39.699
 grip me

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.099
 with who

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.479
 you are

00:38:40.479 --> 00:38:40.919
 grip me

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 with who

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 Jesus

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.139
 is

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 let's

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.159
 bow our

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.339
 heads

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:43.799
 in prayer

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:52.260
 father

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.940
 if there

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 are

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 those

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 here

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 who

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 are

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 still

00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:55.039
 searching

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 or

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.600
 seeking

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 or

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 maybe

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 they

00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:56.500
 came

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 as

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:57.280
 skeptics

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.560
 father

00:38:57.560 --> 00:38:57.900
 I ask

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.140
 that your

00:38:58.140 --> 00:38:58.360
 holy

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.740
 spirit

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:58.960
 would

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.140
 move

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.539
 gently

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 but

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 powerfully

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.400
 in

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 their

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.940
 hearts

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:02.740
 if

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:02.900
 there

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.039
 are

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.360
 those

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.600
 here

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.039
 father

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.320
 who

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.620
 can

00:39:04.620 --> 00:39:05.000
 feel

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.480
 Jesus

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.980
 knocking

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.160
 at

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:06.300
 the

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:06.500
 door

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 of

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 their

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.200
 hearts

00:39:07.200 --> 00:39:07.539
 father

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.900
 I ask

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.019
 that

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.160
 your

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:08.400
 holy

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.740
 spirit

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:08.920
 would

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.120
 move

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:09.220
 in

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 their

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 lives

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:09.960
 that

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.960
 this

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 would

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 be

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 the

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 time

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 that

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 they

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 respond

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 to

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 that

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 knocking

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 and

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.699
 open

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 the

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 door

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 and

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:16.659
 look

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.039
 your

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.419
 son

00:39:17.419 --> 00:39:17.539
 in

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.659
 the

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.000
 eye

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.460
 and

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.759
 say

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.179
 Jesus

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.539
 I

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.679
 am

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:19.899
 not

00:39:19.899 --> 00:39:20.299
 worthy

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.779
 please

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 come

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.299
 and

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.440
 be

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.739
 my

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.099
 savior

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.379
 and

00:39:22.379 --> 00:39:22.539
 live

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:22.779
 within

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:22.980
 me

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.339
 forever

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:24.579
 and

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.719
 for

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.039
 father

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.259
 for

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.619
 those

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.679
 here

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:26.960
 like

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.519
 myself

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.739
 who

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:27.859
 are

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.259
 followers

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:28.579
 of

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.919
 Jesus

00:39:28.919 --> 00:39:29.639
 we

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.119
 confess

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.519
 before

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.739
 you

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.019
 once

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.399
 again

00:39:31.399 --> 00:39:32.219
 how

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.419
 we

00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:32.839
 sneak

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.019
 in

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.199
 our

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.839
 worthiness

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:35.019
 and

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.159
 we

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.480
 thank

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.659
 you

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:35.980
 father

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.259
 for

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:36.699
 Jesus

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.039
 we

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.359
 thank

00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:37.539
 you

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:37.799
 for

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.919
 his

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:40.159
 unending

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.639
 gift

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.899
 love

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:43.160
 we

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:44.039
 thank

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.220
 you

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.660
 father

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:44.900
 that

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.000
 our

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.420
 eternal

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.820
 life

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.019
 our

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:47.000
 salvation

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.980
 the

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.559
 putting

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:48.920
 away

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.180
 of

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:49.539
 our

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:49.980
 shame

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.119
 and

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.280
 our

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.680
 sin

00:39:50.680 --> 00:39:50.900
 the

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.380
 clothing

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.780
 of

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.160
 Christ

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.619
 righteousness

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:52.880
 that

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.079
 it's

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.460
 all

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.780
 him

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.139
 father

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.500
 make

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.660
 us

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:55.220
 disciples

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.539
 of

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:55.880
 Jesus

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.380
 who

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.500
 are

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.800
 gripped

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.000
 by

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.180
 the

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.660
 gospel

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:58.320
 learning

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.559
 to

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:58.720
 live

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:58.860
 for

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:58.980
 your

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.360
 glory

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.660
 and

00:39:59.660 --> 00:39:59.940
 all

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.220
 these

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.460
 things

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.619
 we

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:00.920
 ask

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.019
 in

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.139
 the

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.340
 name

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.519
 of

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.800
 Jesus

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.139
 your

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.599
 son

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.099
 and

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.280
 our

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.680
 savior

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.820
 amen