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 Do be seated. And again, if you've got a Black Church Bible, turn to page 903, John chapter 17.

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! John chapter 17. And we're going to spend the next three weeks in this prayer.

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 I'm preaching from just one chapter. It's in some ways easier to get into a chapter than it is to get into a whole book of the Bible.

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 So three weeks in John 17.

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 It's actually the Lord's Prayer.

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 It's not the Lord's Prayer we often pray.

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 Because the Lord Jesus could never have prayed what we often call the Lord's Prayer.

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 Jesus did not need to ask for the forgiveness of his sins, did he?

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 But you and I do. That, in many ways, is the disciples' prayer, our Father in heaven.

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 But this is the Lord's Prayer in John 17.

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 And it's really holy ground. It's, in many ways, the kind of inner sanctum.

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 John Knox, the father of Presbyterianism, the Scottish reformer in the 16th century,

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 he said that the Lord used this passage to bring him to faith in the Lord Jesus.

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 And apparently, when John Knox was in the last illness, the last few weeks of his life,

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 he kept asking people who were visiting him,

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 can you read to me John 17?

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 He said that to his wife, read me that scripture where I first cast my anchor.

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 And what I want you to do over these next three weeks,

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 as the church in IPC Ealing,

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 is really to cast your anchor in John 17.

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 If you look at verse 13,

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 Jesus is speaking to his father there,

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 but he's deliberately speaking so as to be overheard.

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 I'm coming to you,

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 but I say these things while I'm still in the world,

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 so that they may have,

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 so that they may have,

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 my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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 And so as we get into John 17,

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 it almost feels like we're intruding,

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 listening in on Jesus' prayer,

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 but it's not an intrusion,

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 because Jesus is inviting you and I to overheard,

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 eavesdrop on this conversation,

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 this private conversation between a son and his father.

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 It's overwhelming, really.

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 We're not spectators.

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 We find ourselves being drawn into it.

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 I was in Paddington Station the other day,

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 and I was standing in the middle of the concourse.

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 It was very full.

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 It was about eight o'clock in the morning,

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 and the Bakeloo line was shut.

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 And suddenly,

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 a brass band started playing all around me.

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 I didn't know what was going on.

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 And I found myself,

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 along with a couple of others,

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 right in the middle of this brass band.

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 And I was drawn into the music.

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 I didn't kind of join in, you know.

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 But I wasn't just listening to it.

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 I was part of it.

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 I was there.

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 And that's what we find with John 17.

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 As we hear it,

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 suddenly we find ourselves drawn into it,

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 into this most intimate relationship

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 of the father and the son.

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 The father says,

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 I'm coming to you.

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 Father, he says,

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 I'm coming to you,

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 and I'm saying these things while I'm in the world,

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 so that these people who hear my prayer may have joy.

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 There's a sense in which we're not spectators,

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 we're participating.

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 So there's three sections,

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 and you can see them.

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 Verses one to five,

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 he prays for himself.

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 And verses six to 19,

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 he prays for his disciples.

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 And in verse 20 to the end,

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 he prays for those who are going to come

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 to believe in him

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 through the witness of the disciples.

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 So it's the night before he's about to die.

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 It's the night before the cross,

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 and he is thinking about 21st century healing.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 They're about to crucify him.

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 They're about to execute him

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 by the most cruel form of punishment

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 devised by man,

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 and his thoughts are to the ends of the earth.

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 And he is praying for them to believe in him

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 through the testimony of his apostles.

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 You've got it on your lap.

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 And that's what the Bible is.

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 It is the testimony of the apostles.

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 And there are people from all over the world

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 who are coming to believe in the Lord Jesus today.

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 According to the stats,

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 56,000 people will become Christians

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 in China alone today.

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 Through the testimony of the disciples.

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 All because of the prayer of Jesus.

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 And so this is something actually really profound.

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 And we're going to look this morning at verses 1 to 5

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 where Jesus prays for himself.

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 Doesn't that strike you a little bit strange, doesn't it?

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 Don't you feel a little bit awkward about that?

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 Or even embarrassed about that?

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 We've been schooled, haven't we,

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 not to put ourselves first?

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 But Jesus does.

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 He prays for himself.

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 I remember hearing about a young lady,

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 I think she was middle-aged.

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 She was in a church.

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 She was desperate to get married.

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 But she didn't want to pray for herself.

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 So she prayed,

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 please send my mother-in-law a son-in-law.

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 Please send my mother a son-in-law.

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 I've ruined the joke there, haven't I?

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 Please send my mother a son-in-law.

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 It's a rubbish joke, isn't it?

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 But we can be a little bit embarrassed by that.

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 And we can feel awkward, can't we,

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 about praying for ourselves?

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 But Jesus prays for himself.

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 What does he pray for?

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 Look, that's even more embarrassing, doesn't it?

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 Look at these verses.

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 Father, glorify your son.

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 Verse 5.

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 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence

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 with the glory that I had with you

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 before the world existed.

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 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence

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 there's only one request that Jesus is making for himself.

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 It comes up five times in five verses.

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 He prays for glory.

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 Father, glorify me.

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 That's his prayer.

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 That's the longing of his heart

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 as he goes to the cross.

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 Father, glorify me.

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 That is a little bit embarrassing, isn't it?

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 Is that the sort of prayer that anyone should pray?

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 Lord, puff me up so that everyone will see

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 how important I am.

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 We don't like leaders, do we,

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 who puff themselves up.

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 Power and glory almost always goes to people's heads.

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 And so what do you make of this prayer?

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 Father, glorify me.

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 Has Jesus become some kind of megalomaniac?

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 This carpenter from Nazareth

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 who spent 30 years fixing coffee tables and chairs.

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 Father, glorify me.

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 It sounds, doesn't it, so ego megalomaniac.

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 So self-indulgent.

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 What about if I was to pray this morning?

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 What about if I just prayed,

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 Father, glorify me.

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 Glorify Paul Levy.

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 Let's stop meeting in this building on Drayton Green.

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 We'll knock it down.

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 We'll build a great cathedral

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 and let's call it St. Paul's.

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 And you'd think he's lost it, wouldn't you?

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 That's what Jesus is praying.

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 He's praying that his name would be known

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 throughout all the world.

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 That the disciples, through their testimony,

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 that their testimony would spread

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 to every generation and every culture

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 and people all around the world

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 would find out about him

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 until the end of time.

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 Father, glorify me.

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 Glorify your son.

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 Listen to these words from the French philosopher Rousseau.

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 The person whose thinking led to the French Revolution.

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 Listen to what he said.

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 He said,

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 The person who can love me as I can love

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 is still to be born.

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 No one ever had more talent for loving.

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 I was born to be the best friend that ever existed.

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 Posterity will honor me.

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 I rejoice in myself.

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 My consolation lies in my esteem.

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 He believed that every town in France

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 should build a statue in honor to him.

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 It's obvious, isn't it?

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 His mother never said no to him

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 when he was a little boy.

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 But we recoil, don't we,

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 from such self-glorification.

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 It doesn't seem right to us.

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 Although we indulge in it ourselves

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 from time to time,

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 instinctively we know it's inappropriate

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 for human beings.

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 And yet Jesus says,

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 I want to be glorified, Father.

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 Glorify me.

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 How can Jesus get away with it,

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 but you can't?

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 Why is it a good thing for Jesus

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 to be glorified and not me?

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 Well, I've got two points.

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 Firstly, because of who he is.

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 And secondly, because of what he's accomplished.

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 How can Jesus get away with it?

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 How is it good for Jesus to be glorified?

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 Well, first of all, because of who he is.

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 And look at verse one.

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 When Jesus spoke in these words,

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 he lifted up his eyes to heaven

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 and he said,

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 Father, the hour has come.

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 Glorify your son.

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 And then in verse five.

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 And now, Father, glorify me

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 in your own presence

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 with the glory that I had with you

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 before the world existed.

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 Can you see what Jesus is saying there?

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 He's saying,

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 I am no ordinary human being.

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 The person speaking these words

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 is the preexistent son of God.

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 And that puts him into a completely

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 different category, doesn't it?

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 Let me try and explain this.

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 I was and I am useless at maths.

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 Awful.

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 If you know me,

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 I'm innumerate, pretty much.

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 Imagine someone like me

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 who is hopeless at maths

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 and science and physics.

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 Imagine at the end of this year,

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 it is announced that Paul Levy

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 will receive the Nobel Prize for physics.

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 It wouldn't glorify me, would it?

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 It would humiliate me.

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 Because at some point,

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 it wouldn't take long

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 for someone to realize

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 that they've made a huge mistake.

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 And I wouldn't be glorified by that,

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 would I?

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 I'd be mortified.

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 Because you would be doing

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 something to me outwardly

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 that doesn't correspond

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 to what I am like inwardly.

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 Inwardly, when it comes to physics

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 and maths,

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 I'm no help to the kids

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 in the homework.

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 It would be totally inappropriate

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 for me to receive

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 the Nobel Prize for physics.

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 But when Albert Einstein

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 was given the Nobel Prize for physics,

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 that's quite different, isn't it?

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 That's totally appropriate.

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 It's a public recognition

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 and outward recognition

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 of what he is inwardly.

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 He was a brilliant scientist.

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 And so when Jesus prays,

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 Father, glorify your son,

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 he is saying,

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 Lord, Father,

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 show the world

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 who I really am.

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 So if I pray,

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 Father, glorify me,

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 what I really mean

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 is disguise who I really am.

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 Because if you really knew

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 who I was,

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 if you really knew

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 what I was like

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 and what my heart is like,

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 you wouldn't sit here

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 listening to me this morning.

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 You see,

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 when we say,

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 Father, glorify me,

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 we are really praying,

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 Lord,

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 pull a veil

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 over what I'm really like

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 because I don't want

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 what I'm really like

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 on the inside

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 to be put out there.

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 Disguise what I'm like.

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 But when Jesus prays,

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 Father, glorify your son,

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 he's saying,

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 Father,

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 I want people

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 to know

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 outwardly

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 and see who I really am.

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 Take away the veil.

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 And that's what

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 the transfiguration was,

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 wasn't it?

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 Do you remember?

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 Jesus goes up

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 on a mountain

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 with Peter

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 and James

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 and John

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 and God

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 draws aside

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 the curtains

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 and they get a glimpse

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 really of who Jesus is.

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 This carpenter

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 from Nazareth,

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 just for a moment,

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 suddenly they see

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 his dazzling glory.

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 They see the reality

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 of who he is.

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 And there's a voice

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 that booms from heaven

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 and it says,

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 this is my son

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 with whom I'm well pleased.

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 And just for a moment,

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 the father

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 pulls aside

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 the veil

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 and glorifies

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 his son.

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 And what he saw

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 was that glory

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 that he had

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 with the father

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 before the world began

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 and it just radiated

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 out of him.

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 Just for a moment,

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 the glory

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 shone through.

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 And so what I'm saying

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 is what is totally

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 inappropriate

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 for you and me

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 is entirely

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 appropriate

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 for him

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 because he is

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 the pre-existent

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 son of God.

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 And that means this,

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 he is altogether

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 different from us.

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 You and I

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 were created.

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 The son of God

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 is uncreated.

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 There was a program,

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 I can't remember

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 what the question was,

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 but you had to

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 kind of identify

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 something.

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 And the contestants

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 on this show,

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 they had to identify

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 either an object

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 or a person

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 or a place,

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 I think it was.

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 And the first question

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 was,

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 are you animal,

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 vegetable,

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 or mineral?

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 Do you remember that?

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 And so in asking

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 that question,

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 are you animal,

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 vegetable,

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 or mineral?

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 You're acknowledging

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 there are different

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 modes of existence.

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 There are different

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 levels of existence,

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 different orders

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 of being.

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 And so if this

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 afternoon I go

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 and pick a bunch

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 of flowers

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 from our garden

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 and I offer them

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 to you,

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 you wouldn't take

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 that in the wrong

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 way, would you?

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 You wouldn't phone

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 the police

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 and accuse me

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 of murder

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 just because I picked

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 up a bunch

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 of flowers.

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 Because picking

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 flowers from a garden

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 is perfectly

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 acceptable,

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 isn't it?

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 It's perfectly

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 acceptable to pick

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 flowers from a garden

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 and decorate a room.

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 You wouldn't say,

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 how inappropriate

00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.679
 is that?

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 Of course not.

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 It's what flowers

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 are for.

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 It's why God

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 created flowers

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 for you to enjoy,

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.199
 to create joy

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 and colour

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 and life

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 into our existence.

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 So it's quite

00:14:52.099 --> 00:14:53.059
 appropriate for you

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 to decorate your home

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 with flowers.

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 Or you've got a pet

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 and you're training

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 it to behave

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 or you should be

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 training it to behave.

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 Let's say it's a sheep

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 dog, isn't it?

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 And the farmer

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 trains the sheep

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 dog.

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 Or a...

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 It's not a blind

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 dog, is it?

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 A guide dog.

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 And the dog

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 has to be trained

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 and go through

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 kind of rigorous

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 training.

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 And so they're

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 training for the

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 sheep dog

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 farmer,

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 they're training

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 for the guide dog

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 and nobody goes

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 to the trainer

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 and says,

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 that is so

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 egotistical of you.

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 How dare you do that?

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 You expect your dog

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 to perform tricks?

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 You expect your dog

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 to work for you?

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 To be a guard dog?

00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.440
 To be a sheep dog?

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 You're a megalomaniac,

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 you are.

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 No one's going to say

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 that.

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 Why?

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 Because,

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.519
 believe it or not,

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 you are on a different

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 level to your dog.

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 And you and I

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 are on a different

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 level from flowers

00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:58.860
 in the garden

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 and pets in our home

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 or the lunch

00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:03.019
 on your table.

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 The distance,

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 metaphysically speaking,

00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:10.559
 between you and your dog

00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:12.600
 or the flowers

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:13.659
 in your garden

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 and you,

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 it is measurable.

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 It is appreciable.

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 There is an appreciable

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 difference

00:16:21.119 --> 00:16:22.000
 because we are all

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.059
 part of creation.

00:16:24.599 --> 00:16:25.339
 But the difference

00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:26.239
 between you and Jesus

00:16:26.239 --> 00:16:27.139
 is off the scale.

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.259
 Altogether,

00:16:29.479 --> 00:16:30.759
 he is the uncreated one.

00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:32.479
 He is the pre-existence one.

00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.799
 And so when he says,

00:16:34.239 --> 00:16:35.099
 Father, glorify me

00:16:35.099 --> 00:16:36.000
 with the glory I had

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.059
 before the world existed,

00:16:37.939 --> 00:16:40.279
 remember who he is.

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:43.019
 Remember that in Hebrews

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.899
 it says about him,

00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:45.219
 the sun is the radiance

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.040
 of God's glory,

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.340
 the exact expression

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.940
 of his nature.

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:54.180
 And God's angels

00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.019
 all worship him.

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:55.440
 Do you see?

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.800
 And if the angels

00:16:58.800 --> 00:16:59.420
 worship him,

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.420
 so much do

00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:01.440
 because there is nothing

00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.139
 inappropriate

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.340
 about worshipping Jesus.

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.600
 He is the pre-existent one

00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:07.400
 and because he is

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.279
 the pre-existent one,

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:09.279
 Jesus does not exist

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.660
 for you.

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.960
 You exist for him.

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.200
 You and I,

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.620
 we long to be glorified.

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.460
 We've got a craving

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.319
 for the limelight.

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.019
 We've got a need

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.779
 for recognition

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.539
 and admiration.

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.980
 That's part of what it is

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.840
 being a human being.

00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:26.920
 But Jesus has no such need.

00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:30.039
 Jesus does not need you

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.819
 to worship him.

00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:33.920
 When he prays this prayer,

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.539
 Father, glorify your son,

00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.559
 it's not because he's kind of

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.700
 got something psychologically

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.660
 wrong with him.

00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:41.640
 He's got some need in him.

00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:43.660
 He's got a craving

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:45.120
 for recognition

00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:46.220
 that needs to be met.

00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:47.080
 No, this is not

00:17:47.080 --> 00:17:47.640
 what it's about.

00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:51.180
 A.W. Tozer

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.040
 wrote a little book.

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.540
 And he said this

00:17:54.540 --> 00:17:55.259
 in this little book.

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:55.759
 He said,

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.779
 the reason that God

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.779
 made man

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.740
 in his image

00:17:58.740 --> 00:18:00.820
 was that he might

00:18:00.820 --> 00:18:01.960
 appreciate God

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.779
 and admire

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.580
 and adore

00:18:03.580 --> 00:18:04.900
 and worship him.

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.860
 So that God

00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:08.220
 may not be a picture,

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.040
 so to speak,

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.240
 hanging in a gallery

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.460
 with no one

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.159
 to admire him.

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.500
 I think that's a

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.680
 brilliant way of putting it.

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.000
 So that he may not

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.680
 be a picture

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.420
 in a gallery

00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:19.319
 with no one

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.639
 to admire him.

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:22.619
 Do you see

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:23.039
 what he's saying?

00:18:23.159 --> 00:18:24.180
 So think of those

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.599
 great pieces of art

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:27.099
 that are not on display.

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.519
 They're hidden away

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.200
 in some vault.

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:31.279
 They're no lesser

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.000
 works of art,

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.359
 are they?

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.779
 For not being displayed.

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.899
 But it's such a shame.

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.960
 It's a shame

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.779
 for a glorious

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.539
 work of art

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.000
 to be hidden

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.119
 from the public.

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.740
 Gathering dust

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.500
 in the vaults.

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:44.980
 Why shouldn't it

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.480
 be on display?

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.639
 Such a work of art

00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.619
 ought to be on display.

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.339
 I've told you

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.720
 about it before.

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.599
 We've got this thing

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:51.960
 in our house.

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:54.079
 There's Aunt Layla's

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.500
 china.

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.960
 One of Claire's aunts.

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.019
 And it comes out

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.559
 once a year

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.319
 on Christmas Day.

00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:01.799
 What's the point

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.039
 in having a dinner service

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.519
 taking up room

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:04.960
 in the house

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.579
 that never sees

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.139
 the light of day

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:06.759
 apart from once

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.519
 on a Christmas Day?

00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:09.919
 I said to me,

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.139
 well,

00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:11.759
 if you had kids

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.139
 like ours,

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.659
 you wouldn't use it

00:19:12.659 --> 00:19:13.079
 every day.

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:15.240
 It's too precious,

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.579
 isn't it,

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.220
 to get broken.

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.519
 I want to say,

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:17.700
 well,

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:19.179
 better to break the thing

00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:19.720
 and use it

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.980
 than sit in the cupboard.

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.099
 Beautiful things

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:24.200
 are meant to be used.

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.339
 And so this is the point

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.319
 that A.W. Chose is making.

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:28.859
 He's saying,

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.899
 God doesn't need us.

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.639
 He doesn't need you

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.639
 to come here on a Sunday

00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:33.279
 and worship him.

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.939
 Don't think that.

00:19:35.479 --> 00:19:36.500
 He wants you to.

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.259
 He calls you to,

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.259
 but he doesn't need you to.

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.500
 There's nothing

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.979
 psychologically wrong

00:19:41.979 --> 00:19:42.819
 with God.

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 He's not got a craving

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 for recognition.

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 He is just simply

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 the glorious one

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 who ought to be worshipped

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 and ought to be enjoyed.

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 And that's the reason

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 why you were made.

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 The reason why

00:19:54.979 --> 00:19:56.859
 you are,

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.759
 you exist,

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 is because God

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.379
 created you

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 to glorify

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 and enjoy him.

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 And so this prayer

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 of Jesus

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.420
 is not out of place

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.659
 at all.

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 It's not egotistical.

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:08.319
 Jesus is the preexistent

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.940
 son of God

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 and he deserves

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 our worship.

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 I wrote a chapter

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 in a book once

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 about Jeff Thomas,

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.099
 Barbara's husband

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 who was a minister

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.839
 for 50 years

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 in Aberystwyth.

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 I was reading it again

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.759
 this week.

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 Something like reading

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 your own articles,

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 is there?

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 And one of the students

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 that I interviewed

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 in that article

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 said that Jeff Thomas

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 in his ministry,

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 in the way that he spoke

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 Sunday by Sunday,

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 he always preached

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 And he said

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 he could remember

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 a particular sermon

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 one week

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 when Jeff said,

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.240
 on one occasion,

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 I remember him saying,

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 I was talking on the door

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 to a Jehovah Witness

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 this week

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 and at one point

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.380
 the JW said

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.480
 something about Jesus.

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 Caused the man

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 on my door

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 to reply,

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 oh but we mustn't

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 put him on a pedestal,

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 must we?

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 Oh but we must.

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 We must.

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 We must put Jesus

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 on a pedestal.

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 He's different.

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 Father, glorify your son.

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 So first of all,

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 as Jesus prays this prayer,

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 it is because of who he is.

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 But you notice secondly,

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 and the thing that really

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 comes out strongly,

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 is because of what

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 he's accomplished.

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 Look at verses 4 and 5.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 I glorified you on earth,

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 that's what I've done,

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 having accomplished

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 the work that you

00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:25.839
 gave me to do.

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 So Jesus was a man

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 who lived according

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 to God's will.

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 And now Father,

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 glorify me in your own

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 presence with the glory

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 I had with you.

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 Before the world existed.

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 He speaks about

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 completing the work

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 that the Father

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 had given him to do.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Father,

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 the hour has come.

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 Literally,

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 the hour has arrived.

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 The time is now.

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 It's one of the big themes

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 of John's Gospel.

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 It's something that runs

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 right the way through.

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 So in John 2,

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 Jesus goes to a wedding

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 where the wine has run out.

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 And what does Jesus say

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 to his mother

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 when his mother comes

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 and says,

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 can you sort this out?

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 Jesus says,

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 my hour has not yet come.

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 I'm at a wedding,

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 but it's not my wedding.

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 The time has not yet come

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.740
 for him to go to the cross

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:13.120
 and shed his blood

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.680
 for his bride.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.059
 In chapter 2 and verse 4,

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.400
 he says,

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.799
 my time has not yet come.

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 Chapter 7, verse 30.

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 When the temple police

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 come to arrest him

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.720
 and they can't

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 and they have to go back

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.539
 with their tail

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.400
 between their legs

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.000
 and confess

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 that they weren't able

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.579
 to arrest him.

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 And Jesus says,

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.880
 the reason why

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.580
 they weren't able

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.120
 to arrest me

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.900
 is because my time

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.540
 has not yet come.

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 Or chapter 8,

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.180
 in verse 20,

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 when he's teaching

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.200
 in the temple

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 and no one has seized him

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.320
 because his hour

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.240
 has not yet come.

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 And then in 1223,

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 the Greeks come

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.680
 looking for him

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 and we're told,

00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:44.860
 Jesus eventually says,

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.019
 the hour has now come.

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.540
 It's time.

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.040
 The hour has come

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:49.680
 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified

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 and he leaves us

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 in no doubt

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.660
 what he's talking about.

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.080
 He says,

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:54.100
 unless a grain of wheat

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:55.000
 falls to the ground

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.100
 and dies,

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 it remains by itself.

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 But if it dies,

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.819
 the seed produces

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.599
 a huge crop.

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 And he says,

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:06.459
 now is the time

00:23:06.459 --> 00:23:07.059
 for that to happen.

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 My soul is exceedingly troubled.

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.099
 Father,

00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:10.139
 save me from this hour.

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.319
 It's for this reason

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.359
 I've come into this world.

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:14.039
 So Father,

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:17.379
 glorify your Son.

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.779
 And then a voice

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.339
 comes from heaven,

00:23:21.459 --> 00:23:22.259
 I've glorified it

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.259
 and I will glorify it again.

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.679
 Why?

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:27.100
 Because Jesus is glorified

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:30.539
 the hour that the grain of wheat

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.980
 falls into the ground

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.640
 and dies.

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.259
 The hour,

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.900
 the moment

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:38.240
 when Jesus is glorified

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.140
 is that hour

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.220
 that fills him with dread.

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.860
 And so he cries out

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:44.279
 in the Garden of Gethsemane,

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.940
 Father,

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:48.160
 save me from this hour.

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.220
 The hour is the time

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.560
 when he is going to be lifted up

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.639
 for the sins of his people.

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:58.039
 And so in our culture today,

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.859
 we're trying to edit

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.500
 Jesus Christ

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.119
 out of history,

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.419
 aren't we?

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.480
 We no longer call it

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.179
 B.C.,

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:02.960
 before Christ,

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.980
 and A.D.,

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.039
 in the year of our Lord.

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.419
 We call it the year

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:07.200
 of the common era.

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.899
 They won't say

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:11.099
 before Christ

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.379
 and A.D.

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.379
 because they don't want

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.019
 to mention his name.

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.000
 The hour,

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.759
 which is

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.899
 the hour that is

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.500
 at the center

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.319
 of human history,

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.119
 the world wants

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.759
 to deny it.

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.859
 And so for the Christian church,

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.899
 it is this hour,

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.139
 it is his death

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:28.079
 that we should celebrate.

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:29.119
 It's the most important hour.

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.159
 It is the hour

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.740
 that has come,

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.399
 and Jesus says,

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.039
 for the Son

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.379
 to be glorified.

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.639
 Father,

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.419
 the hour has come.

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.279
 You see what's happening?

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.799
 He is embracing

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.460
 the cross.

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.659
 He's saying,

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:44.960
 Father,

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.279
 take me to the cross

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.099
 even though everything

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:48.219
 in me shrinks from it.

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.579
 And do you see

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.579
 how committed he is to it?

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.319
 Look at verse 4.

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.959
 He speaks of it

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:54.039
 as if it's already happened,

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.199
 even though it's

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:56.059
 24 hours off

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.659
 into the future.

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.359
 He says,

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.459
 having accomplished

00:24:59.459 --> 00:25:00.159
 the work that you

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.819
 gave me to do,

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.019
 it's a done deal

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.240
 as far as Jesus is concerned.

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.279
 There's no going back.

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.379
 I read somewhere

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.699
 about a Scripture Union camp.

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.819
 It's called

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.740
 Camp Bevington.

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:14.660
 And it's named

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.700
 after a Royal Naval

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.420
 Chaplaincy,

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.359
 Chaplain,

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.480
 the name of the guy

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.039
 was called

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.160
 Ronald Bevington.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.079
 He was a chaplain

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.799
 in World War II

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.799
 on HMS Perth.

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.339
 It went down

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.720
 in the Battle

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.480
 of the Java Sea

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.440
 in 1942.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.299
 And Ronald Bevington

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.700
 was on an

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.440
 overcrowded

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:34.039
 life raft.

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.700
 There were others

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.940
 clamoring to get on board

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.759
 and Ronald said,

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.140
 apparently,

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.099
 according to the article,

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.359
 I'll get out.

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:43.539
 and you get in

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:45.279
 because I know

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.799
 where I'm going.

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.559
 Ronald Bevington

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.240
 was listed

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.439
 as lost at sea,

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.379
 never seen again.

00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:51.879
 He drowned.

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.979
 If he hadn't done that,

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.399
 we would never

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.939
 have heard of him.

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.619
 I wouldn't be

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.699
 mentioning his name.

00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:01.579
 There would be

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.879
 no Scripture Union camp

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:04.099
 called the Bevington Camp.

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:07.179
 In laying down

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.879
 his life,

00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:09.019
 he glorified himself.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.559
 and he brought

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.240
 glory to God.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.279
 And so how much more

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.519
 does Jesus bring glory

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.119
 to himself

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.019
 and glory to God

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:18.680
 by laying down

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.240
 his life

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.700
 for the sins

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.259
 of the world?

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.519
 Do you remember

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.900
 what the writer

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.579
 of the Hebrews says?

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.200
 The writer of the Hebrews

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.480
 says,

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.000
 for the joy

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.440
 that was set

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.139
 before him,

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.119
 he endured

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.639
 the cross.

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.779
 What made

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.400
 Jesus

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.680
 go through

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.279
 with his death

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.940
 on the cross?

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.660
 It was

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.920
 the joy

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.580
 of bringing glory

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.160
 to the Father.

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.380
 It was the joy

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.259
 of seeing people

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.019
 believe in him.

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.880
 It was the joy

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.440
 of seeing people

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.320
 in every culture

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.000
 throughout time

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.640
 being saved,

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.840
 being rescued

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.400
 as a result

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.039
 of what he's done.

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.240
 Father,

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.799
 the hour has come.

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.700
 If it were possible,

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.940
 save me from this hour,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.500
 but I'm going to go

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.960
 through that.

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.440
 Not my will,

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.500
 but your will be done.

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:04.819
 I don't know the date,

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.920
 but pretty soon,

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.180
 isn't it,

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.920
 sometime next year,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.460
 they will take

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.160
 Prince Charles

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.319
 to Westminster Abbey

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:11.200
 and they will crown him

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.500
 king.

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.079
 And they won't take him

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.160
 to Pentonville Prison

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.119
 and chop off his head.

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.579
 But that is what

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.599
 they did to Jesus.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.079
 His crucifixion

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.339
 is in fact

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.039
 his coronation.

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.240
 The moment

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.400
 of his humiliation

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.500
 is the moment

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.180
 of his glory.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:32.220
 Jesus and his finished work,

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.039
 it's the best news

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.720
 in the world.

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.200
 Father,

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.580
 I've completed the work.

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.400
 And unless

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.480
 you have trusted

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:42.060
 in the finished,

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.960
 completed work

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.460
 of Jesus,

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.220
 you can never

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.980
 have assurance.

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.140
 You can never

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.980
 have confidence

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.860
 about this life

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:51.080
 and the world

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.440
 to come.

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.259
 You can never

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.160
 know you've done enough.

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.640
 There's always

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.960
 something more

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.500
 to do,

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.520
 something else.

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.540
 But the good news

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:02.180
 of the Bible

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.960
 is Jesus says,

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.600
 Father,

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.160
 I've done it.

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.560
 I've completed

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.000
 the work

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.560
 that you gave me

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:07.800
 to do.

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.580
 It is finished.

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.980
 And so that is

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.240
 why the church

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:15.380
 should be obsessed

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.640
 with worshipping Jesus.

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.780
 Because of who he is.

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.280
 Who is he?

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:21.280
 He is the pre-existent

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:21.759
 son of God

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.440
 who made us.

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.420
 But also because

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.280
 of what he's done.

00:28:24.280 --> 00:28:24.300
 And he's done

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:35.180
 I remember seeing

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.299
 a church I grew up in

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.480
 and there was

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.839
 another church

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.220
 over the road

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.680
 that had a

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.119
 poster on it

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:42.680
 and wayside pulpits

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:44.240
 and kind of cheesy

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.079
 posters that

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:46.119
 people would drive

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.519
 past.

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.980
 And one of them

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.419
 was,

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.859
 read the Bible

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.559
 free gift

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.019
 inside.

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:52.819
 Read the Bible

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.639
 free gift

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.180
 inside.

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.079
 Can you see verse 2?

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.019
 Since you've given

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.619
 him authority

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.480
 over all flesh

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.859
 to give eternal

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.700
 life to all

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.319
 whom you've given

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.740
 him.

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.099
 Romans 6.23

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.680
 tells us that

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.599
 the wages of sin

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.960
 if I keep living

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.799
 the way that I live

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.639
 the wages that I get

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.019
 at the end

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.599
 is death.

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.599
 But the free gift

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.359
 of God is eternal

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.019
 life through Jesus

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.900
 Christ our Lord.

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.440
 Eternal life

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.920
 is not like

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.460
 chewing gum

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.799
 is it?

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:20.059
 where you kind

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.599
 of chew it

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:22.079
 and you chew it

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.500
 and you chew it

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.899
 and in the end

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.440
 it loses its

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.960
 flavour but you

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.519
 keep on chewing.

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.460
 No, look at

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.940
 verse 3.

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.099
 This is eternal

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.599
 life.

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.279
 It is to know

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.559
 him.

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.639
 Remember what

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.139
 Jesus said.

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.079
 Jesus said in

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.460
 John 10,

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.000
 I have come to

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.680
 give you life

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.319
 and to give it

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.759
 to you in

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.419
 abundance.

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.279
 And so eternal

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.059
 life is not

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.059
 kind of enduring

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.919
 forever.

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.559
 But knowledge

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.960
 of the one

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.159
 who is

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.599
 everlasting.

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.759
 It's not so

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.119
 much the

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.819
 quantity

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:56.759
 but the

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.139
 quality.

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.960
 You know

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.440
 what it's like

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.879
 when you're

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.419
 at the dentist.

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.579
 Time drags.

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.059
 When you go

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.359
 to the

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:05.200
 child's

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.500
 Christmas

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.099
 concert

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:08.339
 and you

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.639
 go to

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.099
 watch your

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.419
 kid's

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.839
 performance

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.220
 and you

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.519
 say to

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.879
 the person

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.399
 how long

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:11.700
 is this

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:11.899
 going to

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.220
 go on

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.440
 for?

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.680
 And they

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.039
 say oh

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.399
 forever.

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.460
 Forever.

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:17.579
 So what

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.299
 heaven will

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.740
 be like?

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.079
 When he

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.579
 died on

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.900
 the cross

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.240
 the Lord

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.799
 Jesus died

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.140
 to bring

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.440
 us into

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.000
 a relationship

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.319
 with the

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.539
 one who

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.299
 is everlasting

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.640
 and that

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.900
 is why

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.100
 you've

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.620
 been made.

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.400
 Back in

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.779
 the garden

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.160
 right at the

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.579
 start of the

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:31.900
 Bible in

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.380
 Genesis 2

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.759
 and 3

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.440
 in the

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.779
 cool of

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.079
 the day

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.480
 right in

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.980
 the garden

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.460
 Adam

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.120
 walked with

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.400
 God.

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.860
 He knew

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.279
 God.

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.900
 It's a

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.480
 beautiful picture

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.860
 of what you

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.340
 were made

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.500
 for of a

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.100
 relationship

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.759
 with God.

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:45.840
 And Adam

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.759
 when he

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.160
 sins and

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.500
 when he

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.079
 falls that

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.519
 relationship

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.079
 is broken

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.740
 and death

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:51.200
 comes and

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.900
 sin is

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.420
 the wages

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.660
 of death

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.000
 is the

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.519
 wages of

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.920
 our sin.

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.759
 And the

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.039
 man and

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.240
 the woman

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.740
 they hide

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.200
 from God

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.579
 because the

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.940
 relationship

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.420
 is broken

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.980
 and there's

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.620
 biological

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.200
 life but

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.600
 the spiritual

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.000
 life is

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.259
 gone.

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.220
 There's no

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.519
 eternal

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:07.880
 life because

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.279
 sin has

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.720
 broken that

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.519
 relationship but

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.039
 Jesus has

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.819
 come and

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.319
 he's come to

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.860
 restore that

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.259
 relationship.

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.180
 He died

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.180
 just for

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.559
 the unjust

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.980
 to bring you

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.400
 to church.

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.680
 No.

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.140
 He died

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.799
 just for

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.220
 the unjust

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.779
 to bring you

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.319
 to God.

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.680
 To restore

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.640
 a living

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.360
 relationship

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.740
 with the

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.039
 God who

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.440
 made you.

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.519
 And so

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.100
 Jesus says

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.400
 to me

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.840
 Father I

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.200
 brought you

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.660
 glory on

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.000
 earth by

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.600
 completing the

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:31.920
 work that

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.200
 you gave

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.440
 me to

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.559
 do.

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.759
 It's

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.160
 accomplished.

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.400
 It's

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.720
 finished.

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.980
 Let me

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.279
 finish

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:39.460
 with a

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.980
 description of

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.460
 a funeral.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.640
 It's a

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.100
 humanist

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.480
 funeral.

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.799
 The author

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.220
 says this

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.980
 one of the

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.740
 five speakers

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.380
 summed up

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.160
 my brother-in-law

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.039
 Mark's brief

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.019
 40 years

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.860
 with his

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.700
 favorite line

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.480
 from his

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.299
 favorite song

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.680
 from his

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.519
 favorite band

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.279
 Radiohead.

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:59.700
 If I could

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.639
 be what you

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.639
 wanted all

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.180
 the time.

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.759
 If I

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.379
 could be

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.460
 what you

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.059
 wanted all

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.480
 the time.

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.500
 The sad

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.220
 fact is

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.920
 and all of

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.240
 us at the

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.720
 funeral knew

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.200
 it Mark

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.700
 didn't come

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.519
 anywhere near

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.460
 achieving that

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.940
 and nor did

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.399
 the rest of

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:15.639
 us.

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.460
 As the

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.960
 songwriter

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.619
 acknowledges

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.980
 with the

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.700
 line if I

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.240
 could be

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.019
 if only

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.099
 it's a

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.400
 desperate

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.759
 line.

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.900
 If only

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.379
 I could

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:25.960
 be what

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.480
 you wanted

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.079
 all the

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.400
 time.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.779
 It's such

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.180
 a contrast

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.839
 to the

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.240
 message of

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.599
 the Bible.

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.119
 If only

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.420
 I could

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.960
 be all

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.400
 that God

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.039
 wanted me

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.500
 to be

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.920
 but I

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.420
 can't

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.740
 and neither

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.059
 can you.

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:41.960
 But the

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.339
 message of

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 the Bible

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 is thank

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 God

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 Jesus

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 was

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 all that

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 the Father

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 wanted him

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 to be.

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 Let's

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 pray.