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 Well, good evening. Please do turn back to that passage in 1 John that was read to us earlier.

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 1 John chapter 1.

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 Tonight we're going to be in verse 5 onwards.

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! But I do want to begin just by reading those first four verses again, John's prologue to his letter.

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 So let's bow our heads and ask for God's help, and then I'll read verses 1 to 4.

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 Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for this letter of 1 John that you have caused to be written for our good.

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 And now we pray that you would give us ears to hear your word tonight,

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 and that you would use it to feed our hearts and to bless us for our eternal good.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 So 1 John 1 verse 1.

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 1 John 1 verse 1.

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 1 John 1 verse 1.

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 But John also makes clear in those first four verses that that fellowship with Jesus and through him with God

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 is only possible through the message of the apostles, those first disciples.

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 A lot like John, handpicked by Jesus to be his witnesses,

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 and then empowered by his Spirit to proclaim his saving work.

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 but that of course begs the question

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 what is the message of the apostles

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 by which we can enjoy fellowship with God

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 and it's that question that John goes on to answer

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 in these verses I want to focus on this evening

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 beginning at verse 5

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 this is the message

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 we have heard from him

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 and proclaim to you

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 that God is light

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 and in him is no darkness at all

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 and we can sum up what follows under three headings

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 three foundational truths

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 to grasp and hold firmly to

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 if we are to enjoy genuine fellowship with God

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 and we've read the first already

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 number one God is light

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 God is light

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 and in him is no darkness at all

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 so John begins that verse

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 by reminding us of his unique apostolic authority

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 that is this is the message we have heard from him

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 and proclaim to you

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 and as what he's teaching us

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 isn't something he or any other human thinker

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 has dreamt up

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 but what he heard and received from Jesus

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 and that message begins

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 just like our universe

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 with God

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 and light

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 only here God doesn't just create the light

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 he is

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 the light

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 light speaks of God's goodness

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 of how like the sun

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 he constantly pours forth life and energy and blessing

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 on his creatures

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 light speaks of God's truth

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 how like the sun

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 he's the source of all light and knowledge

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 in the words of C.S. Lewis

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 I believe in God as I believe in the sun

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 not only because I see it

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 but because by it

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 I see everything else

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 but above all light speaks of God's absolute moral purity

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 God is light

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 and in him

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 is no darkness at all

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 just as darkness cannot survive

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 exposure to the light of the sun

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 so evil

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 cannot survive exposure

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 to the holiness of God

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 he is perfect

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 perfect in goodness

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 perfect in justice

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 perfect in love

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 and faithfulness

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 and wisdom and power

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 and that truth is the starting point

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 of any fellowship

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 that we might enjoy

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 with God

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 God is light

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 in fact John makes two great statements

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 about God in this letter

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 here

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 God is light

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 then chapter 4

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 God is love

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 but notice the order

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 John starts

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 not with the truth

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 of God's love

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 as we might do today

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 but with God's holiness

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 now ultimately

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 because God

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 isn't double minded

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 he's not made up of parts

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 his love and holiness

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 are really the same thing

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 just different facets

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 different ways of looking

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 at the same diamond

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 that is God himself

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 but the Bible speaks

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 of God's different attributes

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 to help our limited minds

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 to a fuller

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 more accurate understanding

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 of his being and character

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 and the fact that John

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 starts with God's holiness

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 is significant

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 what it means is that

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 we won't begin to grasp

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 what is meant by God's love

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 until we've grasped

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 what is meant by his holiness

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 we won't sing and mean

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 amazing grace

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 how sweet the sound

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 that saved a wretch like me

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 until first we've sung

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 and meant

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 holy, holy, holy

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 Lord God almighty

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 and whatever

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 spiritual experiences

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 we claim

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 we won't have true

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 genuine fellowship

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 with God

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 until we've faced up

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 to his absolute

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 moral purity

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 the perfection of one

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 whose eyes are too pure

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 to look on evil

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 and who cannot

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 tolerate wrong

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 think of Isaiah

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 when he saw the Lord

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 in the temple

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 woe is me

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 for I am a man

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 of unclean lips

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 and I live among

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 a people

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 of unclean lips

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 and my eyes have seen

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 the King

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 the Lord almighty

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 or think of

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 Simon Peter

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 on the deck

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 of his fishing boat

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 after that miraculous catch

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 go away from me Lord

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 for I'm a sinful man

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 or think of John himself

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 and his vision

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 of the glorified Jesus

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 in the book of Revelation

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 when I saw him

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 I fell at his feet

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 as though dead

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 God is light

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 before coming to church

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 before opening our Bibles

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 before we pray

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 before we head into another week

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 here is where we begin

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 with the blazing purity

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 and goodness of God

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 no fellowship

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 with sin

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 apart from that

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 but as Isaiah

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 Peter and John

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 all experienced

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 meditating on God's holiness

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 will immediately drive us

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 to a second

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 realisation

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 the second foundation

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 of true fellowship

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 with God

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 namely that we are

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 sinners

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 verse 5

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 this is the message

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 we've heard from him

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 and proclaimed to you

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 that God is light

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 and in him

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 is no darkness at all

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 if we say

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 we have fellowship

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 with him

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 while we walk

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 in darkness

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 we lie

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 and do not practice

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 the truth

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 but if we walk

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 in the light

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 as he is in the light

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 we have fellowship

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 with one another

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 and the blood

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 of Jesus his son

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 cleanses us

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 from all sin

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 you know it's like

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 when you put on

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 a white t-shirt

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 or what in the gloom

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 of your bedroom

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 you think is a white t-shirt

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 and then head out

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 into the sunshine

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 and realise that

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 your white t-shirt

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 isn't white anymore

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 it's mainly grey

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 with a little bit

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 of stale yellow

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 under the arms

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 and some spots of orange

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 from last week's bolognese

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 that's what it's like

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 for a sinner

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 to come into the pure light

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 of God's holiness

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 to see God

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 for who he is

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 light

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 is to see us

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 for who we are

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 sinners

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 but of course

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 that's uncomfortable

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 so our natural instinct

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 is to try

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 and cover up

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 sin

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 and in this section

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 John highlights

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 three ways

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 that we might

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 do that

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 the first is there

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 in verse 6

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 and we could call this

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 the claim

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 sin doesn't matter

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 verse 6

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 if we say

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 we have fellowship

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 with him

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 while we walk

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 in the darkness

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 we lie

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 and do not

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 practice the truth

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 seems there were

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 those in John's day

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 divorcing spirituality

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 fellowship with God

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 from morality

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 obedience to God

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 yes I sin

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 but my sin

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 doesn't matter

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 doesn't impact

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 my relationship

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 with God

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 maybe they thought

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 that God

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 is only concerned

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 with spiritual things

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 so it doesn't matter

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 how I live

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 in everyday life

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 how I treat my spouse

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 what I do

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 with my body

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 or maybe they thought

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 well God will

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 forgive me anyway

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 so I can carry on

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 in this sin

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 today we see it

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 in that big category

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 of people

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 who describe themselves

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 as spiritual

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 but not religious

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 people who want

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 the apparent benefits

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 of spirituality

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 feeling grounded

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 open minded

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 peace filled

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 but don't want

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 to change

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 how they live

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 we see it too

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 in those churches

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 whose primary goal

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 in worship

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 is to create

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 a spiritual high

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 rather than

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 to be challenged

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 and changed

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 by God's word

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 but if we're honest

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 we see it in ourselves

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 and the way we

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 rope off certain areas

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 of our lives

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 from the searching

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 light of God's holiness

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 and kid ourselves

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 that as long as

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 we're in church

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 on Sunday

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 or youth group

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 on Thursday

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 as long as we've

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 read our Bible

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 and prayed in the morning

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 we can leave

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 on one side

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 the hard

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 painful work

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 of daily confession

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 and repentance

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 searching our hearts

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 for unresolved

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 resentments

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 unrepented desires

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 searching our lives

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 for unyielded habits

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 and unsurrendered

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 relationships

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 well listen to John

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 or rather the Holy Spirit

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 speaking through John

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 as he gives his verdict

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 on sin doesn't matter

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 verse 5

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 this is the message

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 we've heard from him

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 and proclaimed to you

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 that God is light

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 and in him is no

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 darkness at all

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 if we say we have

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 fellowship with him

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 while we walk

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 in darkness

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 we lie

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 and do not

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 practice

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 the truth

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 literally that last phrase

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 is we do not

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 do

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 the truth

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 in other words

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 the good news

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 of Jesus

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 is not something

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 simply to be believed

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 in our heads

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 or even rejoiced at

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 in our hearts

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 but something to be done

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 with our hands

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 in our lives

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 lived out

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 and if we do

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 the truth

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 if we bring

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 our sin

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 into the searching

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 light of God's holiness

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 face up to it

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 rather than

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 hiding it

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 well John has a wonderful

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 promise for us

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 verse 7

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 but if we walk

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 in the light

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 as he is in the light

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 we have fellowship

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 with one another

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 and the blood

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 of Jesus his son

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 cleanses us

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 from all sin

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 more of that

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 a bit later

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 for now though

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 let's move on

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 to a second way

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 in which we try

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 to cover up sin

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 the claim

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 that sin

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 isn't me

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 verse 8

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 if we say

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 we have no sin

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 we deceive ourselves

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 and the truth

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 is not in us

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 so I don't think

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 this person

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 is saying

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 they never sin

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 and we'll meet

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 that claim

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 in verse 10

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 this person

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 is saying

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 something along

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 the lines of

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 yes I sin

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 but sin

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 isn't really

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 me

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 it's something

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 I occasionally

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 fall into

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 but it's not

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 who I am

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 deep down

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 I don't have

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 sin

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 a kind of

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 sin problem

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 it's a denial

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 of what the Bible

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 calls the sinful

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 nature

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 the fact that

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 each of us

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 is born

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 with a heart

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 that naturally

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 turns away

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 from God

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 and that even

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 after we become

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 Christians

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 that sinful

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 nature remains

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 until we die

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 today we meet

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 this claim

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 in the moral

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 optimism

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 of secular

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 humanism

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 the belief

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 that humans

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 are basically

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 good at heart

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 and all the world's

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 problems

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 stem from

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 people's

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 circumstances

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 bad parenting

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 poor education

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 the unequal

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 distribution of

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 wealth

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 sort those things

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 out and everyone

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 will be kind

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 and happy

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 we see it too

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 in the church

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 and the so-called

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 therapeutic gospel

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 that's all about

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 affirming people

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 making them feel

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 good about

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 themselves

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 rather than

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 calling out sin

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 and demanding

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 repentance

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 and if we're

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 honest

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 again we do it

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 ourselves

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 don't we

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 I lose my

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 temper with my

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 children

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 and then blame

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 it on the fact

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 that I'm tired

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 or stressed

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 or ill

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 rather than

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 recognising that

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 out of the

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 overflow

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 of the heart

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 the mouth

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 speaks

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 or I'm caught

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 in a lie

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 or I commit

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 some very

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 public sin

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 and I see it

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 as a temporary

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 blip

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 something I've

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 fallen into

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 rather than the

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 outwork of who

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 I am

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 deep down

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 a sinful

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 selfish man

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 with a sinful

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 selfish heart

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 if we say

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 we have no

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 sin

00:14:29.260 --> 00:14:30.680
 we deceive

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 ourselves

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 and the truth

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 is not in

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 us

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 sin doesn't

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 matter

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 sin isn't

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 me

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 but the third

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 lie about sin

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 is the most

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 blatant of all

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 sin

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 isn't sin

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 verse 10

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 if we say

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 we have not

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 sinned

00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:51.700
 we make him

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 a liar

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:54.019
 and his word

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 is not in

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 us

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 so this

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 seems

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 is the

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 complete denial

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 of sin

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 as a category

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 we see it

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 today

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 in the way

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 our world

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 tells us

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 that it's

00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:06.779
 psychologically

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 damaging

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 to think

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 of yourself

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 as a sinner

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 rather than

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 seeing my

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 heart as

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 fundamentally

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 flawed

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 and deceptive

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 I'm told

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 follow your

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 heart

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 be who you

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 want to be

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 live how you

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 want to live

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 do what you

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 want to do

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 you do you

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 which if you

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 think about it

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.259
 is the very

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 essence of sin

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 only now we're

00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:29.500
 told it's right

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.759
 and good

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 and healthy

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.240
 but it's not

00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:36.040
 just the world

00:15:36.040 --> 00:15:36.860
 that no longer

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.780
 calls sin

00:15:37.780 --> 00:15:38.560
 sin

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 large parts

00:15:40.560 --> 00:15:41.080
 of the church

00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:41.440
 are busy

00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:41.900
 affirming

00:15:41.900 --> 00:15:42.500
 and celebrating

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 lifestyles

00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:45.220
 sexual orientations

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.659
 that the Bible

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:47.000
 clearly condemns

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.720
 as sinful

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.539
 and destructive

00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:50.679
 even parts

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.179
 of the evangelical

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 church

00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.159
 no longer

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:52.919
 treat the

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 desire for

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 sin as

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 itself

00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:55.779
 a sin

00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.399
 that needs

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 to be

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.080
 confessed

00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:58.120
 and turned

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.639
 away from

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 and we do

00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:01.840
 it ourselves

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:03.120
 too

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.860
 don't we

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:05.360
 every day

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:07.259
 we cover up

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:07.819
 our sin

00:16:07.819 --> 00:16:09.139
 by telling

00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:09.759
 ourselves

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.179
 it's not

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.479
 sin

00:16:11.479 --> 00:16:13.099
 I'm not

00:16:13.099 --> 00:16:13.500
 angry

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:15.000
 we shout

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.919
 at our

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 spouse

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:18.120
 I didn't

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.819
 mean that

00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:20.500
 when caught

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.559
 in a lie

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:23.579
 I was only

00:16:23.579 --> 00:16:23.979
 joking

00:16:23.979 --> 00:16:25.359
 when we said

00:16:25.359 --> 00:16:25.759
 something

00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.739
 unkind

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:29.740
 well look

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.379
 at John's

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.379
 final verdict

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:31.899
 it's the most

00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:32.419
 damning of

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.759
 all

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.560
 verse 10

00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.279
 if we say

00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:34.659
 we have

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.440
 not sinned

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.419
 we make

00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:36.820
 him

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.840
 God

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.919
 a liar

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:40.460
 and his

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 word is

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.120
 not in

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 us

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 notice the

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:44.220
 progression

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:45.000
 from lying

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.560
 to others

00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.240
 verse 6

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.799
 to deceiving

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.320
 ourselves

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.039
 verse 8

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.620
 to making

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.360
 God out

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.840
 to be a

00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.120
 liar

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.399
 in verse

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.759
 10

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 when we

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 redefine

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:57.740
 sin

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.879
 whether it's

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.659
 church leaders

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.460
 declaring

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.240
 sinful

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.939
 lifestyles

00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:02.460
 permissible

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:03.720
 or you

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:03.980
 and me

00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.680
 telling ourselves

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.119
 that what we

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.519
 just did

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.099
 wasn't actually

00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.500
 sin

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:08.140
 we are in

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.000
 effect declaring

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.640
 that God

00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.140
 whose word

00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:10.619
 is crystal

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.099
 clear

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:12.160
 on what

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.559
 is right

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.420
 and what

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 is wrong

00:17:13.879 --> 00:17:15.480
 we're declaring

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.079
 him to be

00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.240
 a liar

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.579
 which is

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 surely an

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 even greater

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 sin than

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 the one

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 we're trying

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 to cover

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 up

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 but the

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 greatest

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 tragedy

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 is that

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 such

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 denial

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 of sin

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 robs us

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 of the

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 joy

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 and peace

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 and blessing

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 that can

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 be ours

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 when we

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 own up

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 and confess

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 our sin

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 to God

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 which brings

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 us to the

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 third ingredient

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.120
 of the

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 apostolic

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 gospel

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 the third

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 essential

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 foundation

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 of genuine

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 fellowship

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 with God

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 there is

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 a saviour

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 there is

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 a saviour

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 so each

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 of the

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 claims that

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 John

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 refutes

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 is followed

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 by a

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 glorious

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 promise of

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 forgiveness

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 for those

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 who come

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 clean

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 verse 7

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 if we walk

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 in the light

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 as he is in

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 the light

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 the blood

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 of Jesus

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 his son

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 purifies us

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 from all

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 sin

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 it's a picture

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 of being

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 washed

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 completely

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 clean

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 that grubby

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 t-shirt

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 of our

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 sinful

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 heart

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 now

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 spotless

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 and white

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 through

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 Jesus'

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 death

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 for sins

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 or verse

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 9

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 if we

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 confess

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 our sins

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 he's

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 faithful

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 and just

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 to forgive

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 us our

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 sins

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:30.039
 and to

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 cleanse

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 us from

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 all

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 unrighteousness

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 so that

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 picture of

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 washing

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 and cleansing

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 is out of the

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 picture of a

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 debt being

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 forgiven

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 or cancelled

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 we no

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 longer owe

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 anything to

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 God

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 for our

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 sin

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 other than

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 our gratitude

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.820
 to Jesus

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 for paying

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 it all

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 and then

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 chapter 2

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 verse 1

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 my dear

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 children

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 I am writing

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 these things

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 to you

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 so that

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 you may

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 not sin

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 that is

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 God's

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 free forgiveness

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 there's not an

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 excuse to

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 go on

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 sinning

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 but a reason

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 to stop

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 but

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 John continues

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 if anybody

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 does sin

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 as John

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 knows what

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 we will

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 we have an

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 advocate

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 with the

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 Father

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 righteous

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 he is

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 the

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 propitiation

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 for our

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 sins

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 and not

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 only for

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 ours

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 only

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 but also

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 for the

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 sins of

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 the whole

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 world

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 and it's

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 his last

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 promise

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 that I want

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 to home

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 in on

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 the promise

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 of an

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 advocate

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 because it

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 undergirds

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 and explains

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 the previous

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 two

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 John uses

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 three titles

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 for Jesus

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 in these

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 verses

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 that together

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 proclaim his

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 glorious

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 our only

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 and sufficient

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 saviour from

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 sin

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 so first

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 this title

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.459
 of advocate

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 or we might

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 say defence

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 lawyer

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 the scene

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 is a

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 courtroom

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 we're in

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 the dock

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 and by rights

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 we should be

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 condemned

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 but then up

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 steps are

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 our defence

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 lawyer

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 and we

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.960
 can't believe

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 our eyes

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 it's the

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 finest

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.680
 barrister

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.500
 in the

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 land

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 God's

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 own

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 son

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 rising

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 to speak

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 on our

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 behalf

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 should be

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 Satan

00:20:13.560 --> 00:20:14.660
 standing up

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 to accuse

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 us

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 that's how

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 he's pictured

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 in the

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 Old Testament

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 as the

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 accuser

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.100
 of God's

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 people

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 but by

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 dying

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 and rising

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.560
 again

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:23.259
 Jesus

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 has cast

00:20:24.280 --> 00:20:24.780
 Satan

00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:25.420
 out of the

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 courtroom

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.700
 and instead

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.280
 he now

00:20:27.280 --> 00:20:27.860
 stands

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.680
 to plead

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 our case

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 and notice

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 to whom

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 it is

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:31.980
 that Jesus

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 speaks

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.000
 verse 1

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 we have

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.180
 an advocate

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 with the

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 father

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.360
 or literally

00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:38.480
 towards

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 the father

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 it's the

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.340
 same phrase

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.980
 used in

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 back in

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 verse 2

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.000
 of chapter 1

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 of the

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:46.799
 son being

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.440
 eternally

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.360
 with or

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.880
 towards

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.620
 the father

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:49.920
 again

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.759
 in John's

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.080
 prologue

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:51.279
 as well

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.480
 to his

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 gospel

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.779
 John 1

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 18

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.920
 no one

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.240
 who's ever

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.720
 seen God

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.180
 but God

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.960
 the only

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.580
 begotten son

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.000
 who is

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.700
 towards

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.279
 the father

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:01.619
 speaks of

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:01.819
 God's

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.180
 eternal

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.720
 relation

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.839
 the son's

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.160
 eternal

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.559
 relation

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.059
 to God

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.859
 our advocate

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.839
 is the one

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.400
 person

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.819
 more than

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.579
 any other

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.039
 that the

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.339
 father

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.019
 loves to

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.460
 hear

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.380
 and to

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.799
 answer

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.660
 and that

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.259
 name father

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.960
 reminds us

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.819
 that the

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.180
 message of

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.079
 the apostle

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.339
 is not

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.779
 of a

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.160
 hostile

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.740
 God

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.559
 reluctantly

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.000
 persuaded

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.660
 by his

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.680
 loving son

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.099
 to forgive

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.339
 us

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.880
 but of a

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.180
 God who

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.839
 so loved

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.079
 the world

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.480
 that he

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.720
 is the

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.000
 one who

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.299
 took the

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.579
 initiative

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.140
 to send

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.559
 his son

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.039
 to save

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.440
 us

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:30.099
 everything

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.480
 in this

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.899
 court

00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:32.000
 is stacked

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.319
 in our

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.619
 favour

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.779
 the judge

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.099
 is our

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.500
 father

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.839
 the advocate

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:37.119
 is our

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.579
 saviour

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:40.200
 but what

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.980
 case does

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.559
 Jesus our

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:41.899
 advocate

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.480
 plead

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.819
 for there's

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.500
 nothing in

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:44.859
 us that

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.220
 deserves

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.639
 forgiveness

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:47.299
 well spot

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.579
 Jesus'

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.419
 second title

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.139
 in verse

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.500
 one

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.579
 we have an

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.259
 advocate with

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.700
 the father

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.839
 Jesus Christ

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.759
 the

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.179
 righteous

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:57.079
 this title

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.619
 the righteous

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:57.839
 or the

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.099
 righteous

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.279
 point

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.659
 it goes

00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:59.039
 right back

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.279
 to the

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.439
 old

00:21:59.439 --> 00:21:59.839
 testament

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.079
 it was

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.339
 originally

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 used

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 of

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 God

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 himself

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 but it

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 summed

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 up to

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 what

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 God

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 required

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 of

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 his

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 people

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 he

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 is

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 righteous

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 so his

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 people

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 should be

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 righteous

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 but open

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 the old

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 testament

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 almost

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 anywhere

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 and it's

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 very clear

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 that God's

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 people

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 the

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 Israelites

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 were not

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 righteous

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 that like

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 us

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 they

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 spurned

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 and

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 disobeyed

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 the

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 God

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 who

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 made

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 them

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 and

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 called

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 them

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 so

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 God's

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 prophets

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 particularly

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 Isaiah

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 began to

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 speak of

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 another

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 righteous

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 one

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 a

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 coming

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 servant

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 who

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 would

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 obey

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 God

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 perfectly

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 by his

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 knowledge

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 says

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 Isaiah

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 53

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 my

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 righteous

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 servant

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 will

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 justify

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 many

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 which

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 explains

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 why the

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 apostles

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 emphasised

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 Jesus'

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 sinlessness

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 he

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 committed

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 no

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 sin

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 and

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 no

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 deceit

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 was

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 found

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 in

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 his

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 mouth

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 wrote

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 Peter

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 after

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 three

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 years

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 living

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 sharing

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 his

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 life

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 with

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 Jesus

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 or

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 here

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 it's

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 John

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 righteous

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 from

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 Bethlehem

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 to

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 Calvary

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 from

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 cradle

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 to

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 cross

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 Jesus

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 obeyed

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 God

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 perfectly

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 summed

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 up

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 in

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 God's

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 verdict on

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 him

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 at

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 his

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 baptism

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 this

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 is

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 my

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 son

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 whom

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 I

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 love

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 with

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 him

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 I

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 am

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 well

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:13.739
 pleased

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 as

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 Jesus

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 stands

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 in

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 the

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 heavenly

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 courtroom

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 as

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 our

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 advocate

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 it

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 is

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 not

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 our

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 good

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 record

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 that

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 he

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 pleads

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 for

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 we

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 have

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 none

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 but

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 his

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 own

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 perfect

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 righteousness

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.920
 he

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 says to

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 the

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 father

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 in

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 effect

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 father

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 count

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 my

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 righteousness

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 as

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 theirs

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 treat

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 them

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 as if

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 they

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 were

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 me

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 Jesus

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.640
 Christ

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:36.799
 our

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.160
 advocate

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.500
 Jesus

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.900
 Christ

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.079
 the

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 righteous

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 one

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 final title

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 verse

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 two

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 propitiation

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:45.120
 for

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.360
 our

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.759
 sins

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.940
 so

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 we've

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 moved

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 now

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:48.880
 from

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 the

00:23:49.040 --> 00:23:49.420
 courtroom

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.820
 to

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.040
 the

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 temple

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:50.620
 or

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.140
 tabernacle

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 and a

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 vast

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.640
 queue

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:52.820
 of

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 worship

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 as

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 each

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 leading

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 an

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 animal

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 a

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 goat

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 or

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 lamb

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 towards

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 the

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 priest

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.780
 and

00:23:56.780 --> 00:23:56.900
 the

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 altar

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 one

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 by

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 one

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 they

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 lay

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 their

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 hands

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 on

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 the

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 head

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.280
 of

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 the

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 animal

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:00.759
 and

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.180
 confess

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.500
 their

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 sins

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.920
 and

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.200
 one

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.400
 by

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 one

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 the

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:03.940
 throat

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.040
 of

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 each

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.480
 animal

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.640
 is

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.100
 cut

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:06.380
 and

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.580
 out

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:06.940
 flows

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.140
 its

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 blood

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.259
 was

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.540
 the

00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:12.800
 propitiation

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:13.960
 for

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.300
 sins

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:14.500
 the

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.620
 turning

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.180
 aside

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.860
 of

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.259
 God's

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.620
 wrath

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:19.180
 onto

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.380
 that

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.680
 animal

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.940
 instead

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.080
 of

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.220
 the

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.440
 sinner

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:24.240
 you see

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.640
 God is

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 angry

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.200
 at

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.720
 human

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.180
 sin

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:27.620
 not in

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:27.840
 the sense

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.100
 that you

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.420
 and I

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.360
 get angry

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.540
 irrationally

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:31.000
 flying off

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 the handle

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 but in

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 the sense

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 of being

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 personally

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 opposed

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:34.500
 to

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 evil

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.660
 and

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.240
 justly

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.580
 punishing

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:36.960
 it

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.680
 but in

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:38.880
 his

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.360
 love

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.860
 for

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.240
 sinners

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.500
 God

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.700
 has

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.120
 provided

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.440
 a

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.200
 substitute

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.660
 a

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.539
 propitiation

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.099
 his

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.359
 own

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:47.759
 son

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:47.980
 to

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.220
 bear

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.420
 our

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.859
 punishment

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.880
 suffer

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.120
 for

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.380
 our

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.660
 sin

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.859
 endure

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.220
 our

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.579
 judgment

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:54.400
 our

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.880
 advocate

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.079
 our

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.660
 righteousness

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:58.059
 our

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.920
 propitiation

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.420
 in

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.799
 some

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.039
 the

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.620
 complete

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.599
 saviour

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.559
 who

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.960
 lived

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.140
 on

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.319
 our

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.819
 behalf

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.559
 who

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.039
 died

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.200
 on

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.380
 our

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.859
 behalf

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:07.000
 and

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.140
 who

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.400
 now

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.740
 lives

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.160
 forever

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.460
 to

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.000
 plead

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.819
 on

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:09.980
 our

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.480
 behalf

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:15.000
 look

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.220
 again

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.319
 at

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.599
 those

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.339
 earlier

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.639
 promises

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:16.859
 in

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.159
 chapter

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.659
 one

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.299
 and in

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.579
 particular

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:18.859
 the

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.659
 ifs

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.259
 that

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.619
 John

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.179
 attaches

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 to

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 them

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.079
 verse

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 seven

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 if

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 we

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.740
 walk

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 in

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 the

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 light

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 as

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 he

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 is

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 in

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 the

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 light

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 the

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 blood

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 of

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 Jesus

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 his

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 son

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 purifies

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 us

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 from

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 all

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 sin

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 and

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 verse

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 nine

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 if

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 we

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 confess

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 our

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 sins

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.359
 he

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 is

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 faithful

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 and

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 just

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 and

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 will

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 forgive

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 us

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 our

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 sins

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:37.659
 and

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.079
 purify

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 us

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.539
 from

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 all

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 unrighteousness

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.519
 if

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 we

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.819
 walk

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:40.919
 in

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 the

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.279
 light

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.000
 if

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 we

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.479
 confess

00:25:42.479 --> 00:25:42.759
 our

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 sins

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 they're

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 talking

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 about

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 the

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 same

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 thing

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 to

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 walk

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.479
 in

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 the

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:47.859
 light

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 is

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 not

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 to

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 live

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 a

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 life

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 of

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 sinless

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 perfection

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.699
 that's

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 impossible

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 for us

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 this side

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:52.859
 of

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 death

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 rather

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:54.939
 to

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 walk

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.459
 in

00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:55.579
 the

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:55.839
 light

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 is

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 God

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 in

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 all

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:57.919
 his

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 holiness

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 and

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 with

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 all

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 our

00:25:59.979 --> 00:26:00.319
 sin

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 it's

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 to

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 stop

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 trying

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 to

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:02.899
 cover

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.179
 sin

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 up

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 by

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 pretending

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 it

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 doesn't

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 matter

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.720
 or

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 pretending

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 it's

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.240
 not

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.480
 us

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.599
 or

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:07.799
 pretending

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:07.980
 it's

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.159
 not

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.539
 sin

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.779
 and

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:09.879
 to

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.079
 allow

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.279
 the

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.659
 searching

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:10.939
 light

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.079
 of

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.460
 God's

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.819
 purity

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.079
 into

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.399
 every

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.659
 nook

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:12.819
 and

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.159
 cranny

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.939
 of our

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 hearts

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.399
 and

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.819
 lives

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.099
 it

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 is

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.359
 to

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.579
 pray

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.779
 with

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.019
 Psalm

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.939
 139

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.439
 search

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:18.700
 me

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.179
 God

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.819
 and

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.079
 know

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.299
 my

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.700
 heart

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.259
 test

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.480
 me

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.639
 and

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:21.879
 know

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.099
 my

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.439
 anxious

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:22.980
 thoughts

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.679
 see

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.019
 if

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.220
 there

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.359
 is

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.879
 any

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.619
 offensive

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.039
 way

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.299
 in

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.559
 me

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.200
 and

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.439
 lead

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:28.559
 me

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.659
 in

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:28.759
 the

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.019
 way

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:31.159
 everlasting

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:32.980
 and

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.099
 it's

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.200
 then

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.339
 to

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.819
 confess

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.119
 those

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.539
 sins

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.119
 to

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.460
 God

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.819
 and

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:36.939
 to

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.099
 take

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.419
 active

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.879
 steps

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.159
 with

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.460
 his

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.799
 help

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.639
 to

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:39.980
 turn

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.179
 away

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.379
 from

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:40.579
 them

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.599
 and

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:41.720
 to

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:41.819
 live

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:41.919
 in

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.259
 obedience

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.439
 to

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:42.579
 his

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.139
 commands

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:45.860
 now

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:45.940
 for

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.040
 some

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.120
 of

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.220
 that

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.400
 might

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.540
 even

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:46.680
 be

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:46.820
 for

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:46.940
 the

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.280
 very

00:26:47.280 --> 00:26:47.700
 first

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.060
 time

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:49.600
 to

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:49.800
 put

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:49.960
 our

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.259
 trust

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.500
 in

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.800
 Jesus

00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:51.240
 as

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.440
 the

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.980
 only

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.580
 saviour

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.240
 from

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.620
 sin

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:56.060
 as a

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.180
 friend

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.280
 of

00:26:56.280 --> 00:26:56.440
 mine

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.660
 puts

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:56.800
 it

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.020
 Jesus

00:26:57.020 --> 00:26:57.220
 is

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.400
 only

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.620
 ever

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:57.800
 a

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:58.160
 prayer

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.880
 away

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:01.220
 for

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.420
 others

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.700
 those

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.880
 who

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.120
 already

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.280
 know

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:02.440
 the

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.700
 joy

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:02.940
 and

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.320
 privilege

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:03.580
 of

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.080
 fellowship

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.380
 with

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.620
 God

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.900
 through

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.220
 him

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.860
 it's

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.040
 about

00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:07.259
 the

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.720
 disciplines

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.220
 of

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.580
 daily

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.140
 confession

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.380
 daily

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.840
 repentance

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:12.100
 and

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.380
 daily

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.860
 dependence

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:15.479
 for

00:27:15.479 --> 00:27:15.719
 if we

00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:15.879
 say

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.019
 we

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.139
 have

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.339
 no

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.559
 sin

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.699
 we

00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:17.079
 deceive

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.639
 ourselves

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.599
 and

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:18.740
 the

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:18.959
 truth

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:19.099
 is

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.240
 not

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.359
 in

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.719
 us

00:27:19.719 --> 00:27:21.599
 if

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.719
 we

00:27:21.719 --> 00:27:22.039
 confess

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.319
 our

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.539
 sins

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.759
 he

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.000
 is

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.439
 faithful

00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:23.699
 and

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.079
 just

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.759
 to

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.159
 forgive

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.359
 us

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.559
 our

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.000
 sins

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.759
 and

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.099
 cleanse

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.299
 us

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.519
 from

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.099
 all

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.639
 unrighteousness

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:32.240
 let's

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.439
 pray