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 And then the next day, so it was like Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, another guy out of the blue asked me, an atheist said, George, what are you going to talk about on Sunday?

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 And I said, well, I'm still trying to figure out a little bit about it, but it's a little bit about, you know, suffering and whether sin causes our suffering.

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 And he said, my, and then I'm going to leave out the swear words and all that he said, but my bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep.

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 He said, that's like one of the deepest, that is the deepest question that human beings ask.

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 Why does, why do bad things happen to good people?

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 And we had a bit of a conversation about it.

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 So let's look at the text.

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 It's John 9.

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 All three of those types of issues sort of end up, I'm not going to really talk very much about how Jesus can be God, but all three of those things are in this text.

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 So why don't we just turn and look?

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 It's John chapter 9 and see sort of what happens in the Bible text in light of these questions and the questions that you yourselves have as well.

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 John chapter 9.

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 And it begins like this.

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 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

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 Now, just sort of pause there for a second.

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 And I didn't know this before I prepared this sermon, but there's a very interesting thing happening at the original language level.

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 And it's this very few first few words.

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 John very skillfully does two things.

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 First, he just says some period of time is now passed from what happened in John 8 to what's happening now.

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 Just some undisclosed period of time.

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 Might have been a day.

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 Might have been a week.

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 Might have been two weeks.

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 He doesn't tell us.

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 Just some time passes.

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 The other thing he does is in the original language, he uses the same words, a similar word, important word, as in the previous verse.

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 So he connects the two stories.

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 And he says, basically, I want you to listen in because what I'm talking about right here is actually connected to what Jesus just talked about,

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 whether it was a week earlier or a month earlier or two weeks earlier, but it's directly connected.

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 And in the earlier story, in John chapter 8, what launches the story is when Jesus makes the claim,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

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 And that statement of Jesus that I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

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 That sort of is what happens in John 8.

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 And now Jesus, John is saying, this next story, even though it happens a bit later, that listen in, because it's really interesting,

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 Jesus is going to take this idea and sort of do some really interesting things with it.

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 And that's how John writes it, very simply.

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 And I didn't pick up on it in English because it's something that's in the original language.

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 So read verse 1 again.

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 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth, and his disciples asked him,

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 Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

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 Now just sort of pause there for a second.

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 He's just asked the big question, hasn't he?

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 I mean, I have had times in my life, in fact, I've even had times just within the last week

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 where I wonder, I catch myself, or actually I didn't catch myself at first,

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 but I found myself drifting into asking, like, are some of these things that are happening to me,

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 is that because I've sinned?

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 In fact, it's a very, very human problem for Christians and non-Christians

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 wondering if what's going on in their life is because they've done some particular sin

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 or some pattern of sin in their lives.

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 In fact, for many of you, or maybe not many of you, maybe some of you this morning,

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 you're really struggling with that.

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 There's some really, really hard things, some maybe dark things,

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 some unpleasant things that you're going through,

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 and your life is filled with this sense of doom that somehow or another

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 you've done something that makes the unhappiness and the trouble that you're going through

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 that you somehow or another deserve it.

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 And you're not quite sure what to do about something like that,

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 but it can be a very, very...

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 Some of you this morning, you came here reluctantly

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 because that really describes your inner life.

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 You put on the Christian smile and welcome people,

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 but the smile is on the outside and the inside.

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 There's a type of suffering and a type of darkness that you're struggling with.

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 So this is a real question.

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 They say, Rabbi, in verse 2,

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 who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind.

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 So how does Jesus answer?

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 How does he answer?

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 He answers in a very, very interesting way.

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 He says in verse 3,

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 It was not that this man sinned or his parents,

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 but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

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 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day.

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 Night is coming when no one can work.

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 And then listen to this.

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 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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 I am the light of the world.

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 So he repeats this thing that was in John chapter 8.

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 He makes the claim the second time in a very different context.

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 I am the light of the world.

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 It's a very, very, very big, very, very grandiose claim.

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 Now, I'm going to return to this,

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 circle back around to these opening verses,

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 because in a sense,

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 everything that's going to happen after this

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 helps to put in context what Jesus has just said.

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 But it's really important for you to note here

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 that Jesus doesn't say that suffering never follows from sin.

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 I mean, that would be foolish, wouldn't it?

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 I mean, the person who drinks too much,

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 gets behind the wheel of the car,

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 and then goes off the road and crashes

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 and becomes very disabled.

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 We can see there's a very direct connection there

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 between a particular sin of drunkenness

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 and the second sin of getting behind the wheel of a car

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 and the suffering that they happened.

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 But Jesus makes the more general comment

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 that as a general rule,

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 what does not happen is that there's sin,

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 and then there's a particular type of suffering

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 that comes with it.

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 By saying this, he denies karma.

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 By saying this, he says that, in a sense,

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 Buddhism and Hinduism are wrong.

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 He also says that Islam is wrong,

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 because in Islam, there is this idea

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 of this overwhelming fate,

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 that God has predetermined the course of your life.

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 And so if things happen to you,

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 it's all part of God's direct plan.

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 And nobody can ever make any claim against God

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 or ask him what he's doing.

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 There's nothing like the book of Job in the Koran.

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 And what Jesus is saying here is,

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 Jesus is saying these whole ways of thinking are wrong,

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 that what's going on in sin

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 and whatever is going on with suffering,

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 the way we're going to try to understand this

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 is what's going on is that the works of God

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 might be displayed in that person's life.

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 But it's not going to be very obvious at first

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 what that means until we read the rest of the story.

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 But before we do that,

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 you know, if you think about it for a second,

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 anybody can make a claim like that, can't they?

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 I mean, this is one of the hardest things I have

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 to try to communicate to people

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 when I talk about the Christian faith

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 with those in coffee shops,

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 is that, you know,

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 a Christian believes that this is true.

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 But anybody can make a claim like that.

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 I mean, you know, Gary could say,

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 I'm the light of the world.

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 Dana could say, I'm the light of the world.

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 You know, George could say, I'm the light of the world.

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 Well, I don't know, sunshine, you know,

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 maybe your friends think you're a ray of sunshine,

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 you know, but that's a pretty big claim.

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 And like,

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 and so what's going to happen here

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 is that Jesus is going to vindicate his claim.

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 And I mean, he's going to really vindicate his claim

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 by the end of the story,

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 but he's going to vindicate his claim.

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 How?

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 In a very, very dramatic way,

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 by doing something that human beings cannot do.

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 Let's see.

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 How does it go?

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 Verse six.

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 Having said these things, right?

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 So having said,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 I'm the light of the world.

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 Having said this,

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 what does he do?

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 He spits on the ground

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 and made mud with the saliva.

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 Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud

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 and said to him,

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 go and wash in the pool of Siloam,

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 which means scent.

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 So he went and washed and came back seen.

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 And by the way,

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 nobody's ever thought that this is,

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 Jesus believes that somehow spitting in mud

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 will cure a person who's been born blind.

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 That's a whole other topic of conversation

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 to why he might have done that.

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 But he does this partially just to show

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 that he can do a miracle in different ways.

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 He doesn't have to do it all the same time.

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 And so he does this particular thing.

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 And the neighbors, in verse eight,

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 and those who had seen the man

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 who before as a beggar,

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 sorry, verse eight,

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 the neighbors and those who had seen him

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 before as a beggar were saying,

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 is this not the man who used to sit and beg?

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 Some said it is he.

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 Others said nobody is like him.

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 And he kept saying,

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 I am the man.

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 It's me.

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 I'm the guy who was there,

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 you know, that you all saw.

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 So they said to him,

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 then how were your eyes opened?

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 And he answered,

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 the man called Jesus made mud

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 and anointed my eyes and said to me,

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 go to Siloam and wash.

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 So I went and washed and received my sight.

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 And they said to him,

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 where is he?

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 He said, I do not know.

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 Now, if you think about this,

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 this man is a,

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 it's a very remarkable thing.

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 It's in fact,

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 I can't even begin to imagine

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 what it's like for this man

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 because he has never seen.

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 That means he has never seen light.

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 He, if you were to say to him,

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 it's bright outside,

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 there would be no place in his brain

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 to understand what that means.

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 He's never seen a color.

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 Like he doesn't even have a memory of color

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 or a memory.

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 In a sense,

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 he can't even long for color

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 because all he's ever known

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 is darkness,

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 the dark,

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 his entire life.

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 So he has no memory,

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 no longing,

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 no yearning.

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 And on one level,

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 he doesn't even really know

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 what he's missing on one level.

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 And so in a very powerful way

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 and in a very particular way,

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 Jesus is saying he is the light of the world

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 and he does a remarkable miracle

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 to actually bring light

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 and sight

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 and openness to this man

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 who once only knew darkness

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 and now he knows light.

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 And,

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 yeah,

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 I'll take a minute.

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 This miracle actually

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 is a really significant miracle

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 in another way

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 because it helps us to understand

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 a little bit

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 about how most miracles work.

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 I mean,

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 in a sense that

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 this is a miracle

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 and it works because

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 God has the power

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 and he just does it,

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 right?

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 And Jesus doesn't pray

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 that the man would receive his sight.

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 He just does it.

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 He just,

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 he just,

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 he just does it.

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 And in all miracles,

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 in most miracles,

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 you see this combination

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 of things that goes on.

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 On one hand,

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 what,

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 and by the way,

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 medicine can't disprove miracles

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 and the more we know about medicine,

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 all it would do is

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 it would just increase the wow.

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 Wow.

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 This must have gone on.

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 And I guess,

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 I don't know if Jeremiah is here today

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 and maybe he'd be able to tell us

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 about different ways

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 that a person might never

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 have been able to see

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 and maybe he's missing

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 an optic nerve,

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 maybe there's something

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 actually physically missing

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 in the eye.

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 You know,

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 we don't know what it is.

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 But what would have happened

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 is that Jesus would have had to do

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 an act of creation

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 within the man.

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 Maybe there is an optic nerve

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 which was never there from birth

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 and Jesus would have created

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 an optic nerve

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 where no optic nerve

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 existed before.

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 He creates something

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 out of nothing

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 within the man.

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 But you see,

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 that's exactly what God does

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 at the beginning,

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 isn't it?

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 The beginning of the gospel,

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 how does it begin?

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 You know,

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 in fact,

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 I quoted this to the guy

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 trying to understand miracles

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 and who Jesus was.

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 I said,

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 you know,

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 the gospel begins,

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 in the beginning was the word

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 and the word was with God

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 and the word was God.

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 He was with God

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 in the beginning.

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 All things were made

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 through him

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 and without him

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 nothing was made

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 that was made.

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 In him was life

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 and the life

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 was the light of men.

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 And so what,

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 God makes everything

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 out of nothing

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 and Jesus,

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 who is God,

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 the son of God,

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 he makes something

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 within the man

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 that wasn't there.

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 And also,

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 Jesus would have had to

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 maybe have removed

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 something that was there.

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 Maybe there was something

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 that was blocking,

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 something that was clouding.

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 And so at the same miracle

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 where Jesus just wills

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 something to be there

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 that wasn't there before,

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 he wills things

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 that shouldn't be there

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 that were stopping the sight

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 just to be gone.

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 He removes them.

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 God can bring things

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 into existence

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 and he can take things

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 out of existence

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 because he is God.

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 And the third thing

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 that goes on in the miracle

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 is that there's inner healing.

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 Because even in ancient times

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 they knew

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 that if a person started to,

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 if a person's eyes were open,

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 you have to learn how to see.

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 Somebody really unhappy, eh?

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 You have to learn how to see.

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 It's not just something

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 that just your eyes are there

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 and all of a sudden

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 you can see.

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 You have to learn.

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 So it's a very interesting thing.

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 It shows that the miracle of Jesus,

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 there's an act of creation,

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 there's an act of removal,

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 and there's an inner healing

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 in the mind

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 so that the mind,

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 as soon as the eyes are open,

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 he's able to see.

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 For the first time in his life,

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 he sees red

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 and blue

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 and brown

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 and green.

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 and the warmth

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 that he always experienced

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 at certain times of the day,

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 he now realizes

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 is from the sun.

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 And, I mean,

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 I'm smiling when I can say this,

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 but can you imagine

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 the way his face would change

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 to all of a sudden

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 see color

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 and see faces,

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 see people?

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 people?

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 And so the people

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 don't believe at first

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 that it's the same guy.

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 I mean,

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 who can heal a man born blind?

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 And his face even looks

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 a little bit different.

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 It really is the same guy.

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 So some of us might say,

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 okay, George,

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 well, that's very easy,

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 you know,

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 but people back then

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 were gullible.

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 So here's a bit of a timeout.

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 People back then

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 were gullible.

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 We're not,

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 right?

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 Like,

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 we don't have anybody

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 bothered by conspiracy theories

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 or anything like that.

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 We're,

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 we just effortlessly believe

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 that a few people

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 can tweak things

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 in Facebook

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 and we, like,

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 automadons,

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 like we're robots,

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 we just vote one way?

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 Really?

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 Come on.

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 Who's gullible?

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 Like, okay,

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 you know what?

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.720
 Being gullible

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 is a human problem

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 that's existed

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 in every age.

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 Right?

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 It's existed

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 in every age.

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 It's not that we're not gullible

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 and they were.

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 And so one of the things

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 which is so interesting

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 in this text

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 is that this text,

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 12 times in the text,

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 remember,

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 this is an ancient biography

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 of Jesus,

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 12 times in the text

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 it's emphasized

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 that the man had been blind.

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 And what we see

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 is an investigation

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 into

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 whether or not

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 he actually had been blind.

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 And the investigation

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 is carried out

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 by skeptics.

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 It's carried out

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 by those

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 in the position

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 of the elite

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 who are skeptical.

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 carry out

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 an investigation.

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 And John records it.

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 Look at what happens

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 in verse 13.

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 So the crowd,

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 they bring to the Pharisees

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 the man

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 who had formerly

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 been blind.

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 So what they do

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 is they bring,

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 you know,

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 they say to themselves,

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 I don't know,

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 we're just all simple people.

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 You know,

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 we're just business people.

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 We're just people

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 who sweep

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 and stuff like that.

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 We're going to bring

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 this guy

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 to the educated people,

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 the people

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 who understand,

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 they've learned,

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 they know how to read,

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 they know how to write,

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 they've studied,

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 and they're in positions

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 of power and authority.

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 And if you really want

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 to know something,

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 you go to them.

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 And they know the scriptures

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 and they know the way

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 the world works

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 and they just know

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 and understand things.

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 Let's bring this guy

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 to them.

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 So that's what happens

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.980
 in verse 13.

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 They brought to the Pharisees

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 the man who had formerly

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 been blind.

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 Now it was a Sabbath day

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:59.120
 when Jesus made the mud

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 and opened his eyes.

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 Uh-oh.

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:01.980
 Right?

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:03.980
 Once again,

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.960
 Jesus isn't breaking

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 the Sabbath.

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 He's breaking

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.980
 one of the regulations

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 that was humanly invented.

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.539
 Okay?

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.400
 That's what's going on.

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 Anyway,

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 the same humans

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 who invented it

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 are a bit pissed off

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 that he's gone ahead

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 and done something

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 he shouldn't have done

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 according to them.

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 Verse 15.

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 So the Pharisees again

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 asked him

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:25.380
 how he had received

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:25.839
 his sight.

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.500
 And the man

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 who had been blind,

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.660
 the he,

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.279
 said to them,

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:30.000
 he put mud on my eyes

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 and I washed

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 and I see.

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 So some of the Pharisees

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 said,

00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:35.339
 this man is not from God.

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 He does not keep the Sabbath.

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 But others said,

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.979
 how can a man

00:17:38.979 --> 00:17:39.639
 who is a sinner

00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:40.699
 do such signs?

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 And there was a division

00:17:42.419 --> 00:17:42.919
 among them.

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 So they said again

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.919
 to the blind man,

00:17:45.199 --> 00:17:46.259
 what do you say about him

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.639
 since he has opened

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 your eyes?

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 And the man said,

00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:50.399
 he's a prophet.

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.359
 Now,

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.079
 they all just go,

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 okay,

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 well,

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 I guess he did it.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

00:17:57.159 --> 00:17:57.319
 no,

00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.459
 no,

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 they're skeptics.

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 They're just as much

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.079
 a skeptic

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:02.839
 as the next

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.740
 real skeptic

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.339
 that you meet.

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:05.920
 And so

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:07.000
 they said,

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.519
 verse 18,

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 the Jewish leaders

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 did not believe

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.859
 that he had been blind

00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.160
 and had received his sight.

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 Why?

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 Well,

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.859
 because,

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.240
 you know what,

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.960
 back then there were

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.400
 con men and con women

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 and there's con men

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.119
 and con women today.

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 I mean,

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:19.880
 there are,

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.059
 right?

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.579
 There's all sorts

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.460
 of crazy people.

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 People who make

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:23.299
 all sorts of claims.

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 People who claim

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 that they were,

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.519
 you know,

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:27.099
 UFOs captured them

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.859
 and they spent time

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.799
 and there's all sorts

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.679
 of crazy people,

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:29.959
 right?

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:31.519
 Back then and now.

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 So they're not going

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.019
 to just take a big claim

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:35.279
 like this at face value.

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:35.799
 So,

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.619
 verse 18,

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 the Jews did not believe

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 that he had been blind

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.019
 and received his sight

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:40.079
 until they called

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:41.059
 the parents of the man

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.939
 who had received his sight

00:18:41.939 --> 00:18:42.719
 and asked them,

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:44.079
 is this your son

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:45.480
 who you say

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.419
 was born blind?

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.879
 How then does he now see?

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.619
 Two questions.

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:50.059
 His parents answered,

00:18:50.459 --> 00:18:51.699
 we know that this is our son

00:18:51.699 --> 00:18:53.419
 and that he was born blind,

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.119
 but how he now sees

00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.139
 we do not know,

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:57.280
 nor do we know

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 who opened his eyes.

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 Ask him,

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 he is of age,

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 he will speak for himself.

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 His parents said these things

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 because they feared

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 the Jewish leaders

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 for the Jewish leaders

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 had already agreed

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 that if anyone should confess

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 this to be Christ,

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 he was to be put out

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 of the synagogue.

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 Therefore,

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.940
 his parents said,

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 he is of age,

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 ask him.

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 Now,

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 just sort of pause here

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 for a second.

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 This is so contemporary,

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 isn't it?

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 This is just so contemporary.

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 I mean,

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 the fact of the matter is

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 is that we always deal

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 with groups

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 that are completely

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 and utterly closed.

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 I mean,

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 some of you have probably

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 been in situations,

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 maybe you're in the civil service

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 and you have to prepare

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 a report

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 and maybe,

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 you know,

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 the deputy minister

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 or whatever,

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 somebody like two or three

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 or four levels above you,

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 they're telling you

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 how everything is going great,

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.779
 everything's going rosy,

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 and all the other people

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:51.140
 who are just underneath

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 that top dog,

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 you know,

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 when she's saying

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 all these things,

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 you know,

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 they don't want

00:19:55.699 --> 00:19:56.619
 to rock the boat

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 and you're down

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 like four levels

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 below that person

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 and what she's saying

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 and you don't want

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 to put up your hand

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 and say,

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 well,

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:04.919
 actually,

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:06.399
 the program delivery

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 sucks

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 and nothing's working

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.899
 and no,

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.819
 it's very hard

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 to do that

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.019
 when there's groupthink,

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 isn't it?

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 I mean,

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 and it could just be,

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 you know,

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 the,

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 I mean,

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.379
 I don't know,

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:18.939
 you know,

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 it's just the governor general

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 of the,

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.460
 not at the,

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.279
 who is it,

00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:23.080
 who just reported

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 that all of the spending things

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.759
 of the Ontario government

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.580
 were way wrong.

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.460
 You know,

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:27.740
 I'm sure,

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.720
 I'm sure there must have been

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 a couple of people in there

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.019
 who knew,

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 but it's really hard

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 when all the people in power

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.920
 are saying one thing

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 and you know

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 you're not going to be liked,

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.640
 it's going to ruin your career,

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.559
 you're going to be in trouble

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.460
 if you actually try

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 to speak the truth.

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 It's a very human problem.

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 That's what's going on right here.

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 In fact,

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 I wish now

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:46.860
 that the first fellow

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.320
 who asked me

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 my question about these things,

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.519
 he had,

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.779
 he had been formerly

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.299
 behind the Iron Curtain

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.619
 and escaped

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.559
 from the Iron Curtain

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.079
 and it would have been

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.839
 a real way

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.819
 to relate to him

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.099
 and say,

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.299
 listen,

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:57.519
 you know,

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.720
 they're dealing right there

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.519
 with the same things

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.379
 that you dealt with

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.399
 when you live behind

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.179
 the Iron Curtain

00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:02.539
 and you're allowed

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.460
 to speak the truth

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:05.720
 because it just gets

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.960
 the powers mad

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:08.639
 and that's what's going on here.

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 There's this,

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.319
 they're afraid

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.240
 to speak the truth.

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:12.879
 It's a very,

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.179
 very contemporary issue.

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.179
 And so,

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.440
 how is it now?

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.380
 They've done an investigation.

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.680
 They know that he was born blind.

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 And by the way,

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.360
 this was probably

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:24.700
 a very,

00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.980
 very public figure

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:28.279
 because there's only

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.960
 a certain number

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.620
 of entrances

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:31.600
 into a place.

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.340
 He would have been there

00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:32.920
 all of the time.

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.480
 He would have been there

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.180
 for years

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.700
 and he would have been

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.580
 a well-known fellow.

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.480
 This is a guy,

00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.320
 there's lots of people

00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:38.779
 who know that he used

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.420
 to be born blind.

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.180
 His parents said

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.759
 he was born blind.

00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.519
 Now he's seen.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.080
 So verse 24,

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.680
 what do they do?

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:45.600
 What do they do?

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.900
 What do the educated,

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.720
 the elite,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.900
 the people in power,

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.480
 what do they do?

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.180
 Well, let's look.

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:53.279
 So for the second time

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.039
 they called the man

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.900
 who had been born blind

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.779
 and said to him,

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.600
 give glory to God,

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.539
 we know that this man

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.019
 is a sinner.

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.160
 Isn't that wonderful?

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.140
 Isn't that exactly

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.700
 what powerful people do

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.580
 when the truth

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.279
 is inconvenient?

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.860
 Like,

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.160
 I don't know

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.000
 what's going on,

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.360
 but we know

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.480
 this can't be the truth.

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.640
 So,

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.240
 give glory to God

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.680
 is like calling him

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:17.140
 to make a solemn oath.

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.519
 Like,

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.860
 if you go into court

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:20.240
 and you have to

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.400
 declare the truth,

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.940
 the whole truth

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.860
 and nothing but the truth

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.940
 or however they word it.

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:26.240
 So they basically say,

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.059
 listen,

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.960
 we're going to make you

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.940
 take an oath

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.779
 and by the way,

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:32.099
 before you take the oath,

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.360
 we already know

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.000
 what the answer

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.120
 is supposed to be.

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.900
 So give us the answer

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.299
 we're expecting you

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.940
 to give us.

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:43.120
 So how does the man respond?

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.880
 Verse 25,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.180
 he answers,

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.180
 whether he,

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.180
 isn't this,

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.900
 this is one of the greatest lines

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:51.380
 I think in the Gospels

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.660
 and it's in the hymn

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.440
 Amazing Grace

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.460
 as well.

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:56.120
 He answered,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.160
 whether he is a sinner,

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.640
 I do not know.

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.519
 One thing I do know

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:02.400
 that though I was blind,

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.759
 now I see.

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:08.340
 The inconvenient truth.

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:12.480
 One thing I know

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:15.400
 that though I was blind,

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.100
 now I see.

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.480
 They said to him,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.580
 what did he do to you?

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:20.140
 How did he open your eyes?

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.720
 He answered them,

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.920
 I've told you already

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.120
 and you would not listen.

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.580
 Why do you want to hear it again?

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.660
 Do you want to become

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.539
 his disciples?

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.600
 Remember,

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.600
 this guy had been a beggar

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.700
 for 25 years.

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.080
 He knew how to take guff.

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.480
 He knew how to give guff,

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:33.900
 right?

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.259
 Like,

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.700
 you know,

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.700
 they're not pushover

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.560
 street people,

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:37.900
 right?

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:39.340
 They know how to give it back.

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.640
 Like,

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.220
 they've gotten it

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.080
 from lots of people.

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.300
 So,

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:44.080
 he's being cheeky now.

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.440
 Oh,

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.360
 you want to be his disciple,

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.620
 eh?

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.360
 And,

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.620
 verse 28,

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.880
 and they reviled him.

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.019
 So,

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.420
 you can see

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.220
 they really are interested

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.640
 in the truth.

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.259
 They reviled him.

00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:54.140
 You are his disciple,

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:55.500
 but we are disciples of Moses.

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.440
 We know that God

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.340
 has spoken to Moses,

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.440
 but as for this man,

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.440
 we do not know

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.480
 where he comes from.

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.519
 The blind man

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.400
 who now sees,

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:03.900
 answered,

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.099
 why?

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.299
 This is an amazing thing.

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.059
 You do not know

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.079
 where he comes from,

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.559
 and yet he opened my eyes.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.799
 We know that God

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.980
 does not listen to sinners,

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.259
 but if anyone is a worshiper

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.500
 of God and does his will,

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.259
 God listens to him.

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:17.359
 Never since the world began

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.099
 has it been heard

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.500
 that anyone opened the eyes

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.859
 of a man born blind.

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.599
 Like,

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:24.539
 this is the most remarkable miracle

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:26.359
 in the history of the world.

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.519
 He's not making any comment

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.180
 about whether or not

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.539
 a surgeon could do it now.

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.539
 That's science.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.859
 He's talking about a miracle.

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.460
 This is the most,

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:37.680
 this is an unbelievably remarkable,

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.920
 this is just a spectacular miracle.

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.200
 He continues,

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.659
 if this man were not from God,

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.740
 he could do nothing.

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.440
 Isn't that true?

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.480
 He could do nothing.

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.779
 They answered him,

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.579
 you were born in utter sin,

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.619
 and would you teach us?

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.599
 And they cast him out.

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:57.059
 Kicked him out of the synagogue.

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.139
 They expelled him.

00:24:58.140 --> 00:25:00.560
 And,

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:02.940
 you know,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.340
 this is,

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:08.460
 how does he,

00:25:08.520 --> 00:25:09.520
 how does he respond

00:25:09.520 --> 00:25:10.500
 to all of this?

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.600
 I've lost my spot

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.200
 in my notes.

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.300
 Actually,

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.480
 yeah,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.860
 this is,

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:17.460
 this whole story

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.940
 actually is going to shed

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.900
 a little bit of light

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.020
 into something that happens

00:25:21.020 --> 00:25:22.080
 at the end of the Gospels

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.880
 and takes place

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.820
 in the book of Acts.

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:26.359
 See,

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.139
 there's a really,

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:27.559
 I mean,

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:29.599
 one of the undeniable

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:31.299
 historical facts

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:33.779
 about how the Christian faith began.

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.379
 I mean,

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:37.319
 other than maybe

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.740
 a few Marxists

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.980
 who live under a rock,

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:41.899
 like,

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.099
 other than a few Marxists

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.200
 living under a rock,

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.639
 everybody knows

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.599
 that Jesus existed,

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:48.099
 everybody knows he dies,

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.759
 even the most hardened skeptics

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.359
 do not doubt

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.939
 that he died

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:52.279
 by crucifixion.

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.940
 And,

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:56.619
 and yet,

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.660
 within a short time

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.700
 after his death,

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.279
 literally,

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.200
 and I mean literally

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.559
 in the old-fashioned sense

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.039
 of literally

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.940
 to mean literally,

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.500
 like literally,

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.460
 tens of thousands

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.079
 of people

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.920
 come to believe

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.500
 that he had risen

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.200
 from the dead

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.339
 in the very city

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.359
 where the crucifixion happened.

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.240
 That's an undeniable

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.480
 historical fact.

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.220
 It's not as if,

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.740
 you know,

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.500
 in most other religions,

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.819
 there's,

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.759
 in most other religious movements,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.339
 I, you know,

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.539
 I say,

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:25.960
 by the way,

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.319
 guys,

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.319
 I'm the light of the world,

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:27.960
 you know,

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.619
 believe in me,

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.319
 and I suck one of you

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.099
 into believing it,

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.480
 and they go,

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.339
 whoa, okay,

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.720
 give me all your money,

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.180
 by the way,

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.180
 because we have to live on it.

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.980
 And then, you know,

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.099
 I suck in a couple of others,

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.160
 and there's this slow growth.

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.339
 Now, this is like a spectacular,

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.519
 this is like from zero

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.619
 to,

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.359
 in fact,

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.940
 what happens in the book of Acts

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.940
 in chapter two,

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.839
 the disciples proclaim

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.459
 that the tomb is empty

00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:49.839
 because Jesus has risen

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.639
 from the dead.

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.039
 He is the one

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.819
 that the scriptures

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.259
 had predicted would come

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.459
 that God had promised,

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.099
 and the,

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:58.199
 is it not just me,

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.879
 it's going in and out,

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.119
 right?

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.079
 A little bit?

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.399
 Okay.

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.620
 And the Bible says

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.900
 that 3,000 men

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.200
 are baptized that day,

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:07.300
 and what that means for,

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.980
 I don't know why

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.660
 they just said men,

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.700
 that means it might have been

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:11.480
 10,000 or 12,000 people,

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.160
 and then like a week later,

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.920
 there's another 2,000 added to it.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.880
 That means there's like

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.160
 maybe 10,000 people.

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.000
 That means like within

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.580
 like a month and a half,

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:21.500
 there's like 20,000 Christians

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.240
 in Jerusalem

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.400
 who all believe

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.860
 that Jesus rose from the dead.

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:26.980
 So on one hand,

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.980
 this miracle helps to put

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.420
 a little bit of light on that,

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.660
 that on one hand,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.539
 I mean the man comes to believe

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.140
 as we're going to see

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.759
 in a moment, right?

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.759
 But then some people

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.340
 just refuse to believe.

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.620
 The problem isn't evidence,

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.880
 it's just an absolute,

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.779
 complete, utter,

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:46.080
 willful refusal to believe.

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.880
 And that goes on

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.600
 in all of our lives.

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.100
 But look how it happens

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.680
 with this man.

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.300
 Verse 35,

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.220
 Jesus heard that they

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.960
 had cast him out,

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.300
 and having found him,

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:56.600
 he said,

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.860
 do you believe in the son of man?

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.680
 And the son of man

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.560
 is from Daniel.

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.900
 It's sort of a figure

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.580
 that it's hard for Jewish people

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.440
 to read that text

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.620
 because it basically sounds

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:07.980
 like Daniel's describing God.

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:10.299
 And he's called the son of man.

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.360
 It's in the book of Daniel.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.600
 And the man answered,

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.640
 and who is he, sir,

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.900
 that I may believe in him?

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.539
 Jesus said to him,

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.299
 you have seen him?

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.600
 And it is he who is speaking to you.

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.620
 And he said,

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.460
 Lord, I believe.

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.799
 And he worshipped him.

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.400
 Just so you know,

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.340
 that word worshipped

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.619
 is the exact same word

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.939
 that's used in John 4

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:30.919
 when the woman at the well

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.959
 says to Jesus,

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.879
 are we supposed to go

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.799
 to worship God

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:35.279
 in this mountain

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.399
 or in Jerusalem?

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.299
 Same word.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.000
 It means worship

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.939
 as God.

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.879
 And verse 39,

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.500
 Jesus said,

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.559
 for judgment I came

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.220
 into this world

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.500
 that those who do not see

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.099
 may see

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.419
 and those who see

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.419
 may become blind.

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.619
 Some of the Pharisees

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:53.699
 heard these things

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.360
 and said to him,

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.200
 and by the way,

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.380
 when I say these next words

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.519
 in the original language,

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.700
 it's scornful.

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.279
 It's not like,

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.519
 good grief.

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.759
 Are you talking about me?

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:03.319
 It's like,

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.940
 who are you?

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.840
 Who are you?

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:09.420
 You ignorant hick.

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.539
 Who are you,

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.840
 you ignorant hick,

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:15.700
 to call me blind?

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.600
 Like, how dare you?

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.500
 You're hardly smart.

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:21.819
 I mean,

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.100
 you don't have the education.

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.340
 You don't have the smarts.

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.799
 You don't have the connections.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.200
 You don't have the family.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.960
 How dare you?

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.140
 That's how we're to hear,

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.640
 are we also blind?

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.680
 It's scorn.

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.380
 It's a sneer.

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.279
 It's a put down.

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.180
 Jesus said to them,

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.279
 if you were blind,

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.259
 you would have no guilt.

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.940
 But now that you say,

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.700
 we see,

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.319
 your guilt remains.

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.700
 So what's going on here?

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:53.559
 Just to sort of wrap this,

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.819
 what's going on here in this story?

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.919
 It's a wonderful story,

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.299
 isn't it?

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.119
 And, you know,

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.200
 the most important thing

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.960
 I can do to you

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.200
 is help you to hear the story

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:02.139
 because the words of the Bible

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:03.980
 will do its own work in you

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:06.159
 if you just hear the story.

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.500
 But here's the first thing.

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:09.059
 If you could put it up,

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.419
 Andrew,

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.099
 what Jesus is saying

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:12.779
 is that every human being

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:14.159
 is blind from birth.

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.659
 Jonathan,

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:18.299
 you are blind from birth.

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.220
 Daniel and Christine,

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.399
 you are blind from birth.

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.879
 Don,

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:23.440
 you are blind from birth.

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.220
 George,

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.559
 I was born blind.

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.980
 Every human being

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.419
 is blind from birth.

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.339
 You know,

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.720
 it's a very,

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.720
 very wonderful thing.

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.119
 If this starts to grip us,

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.259
 if this was the only thing,

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.659
 by the way,

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.200
 it would just be

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.359
 unbelievably depressing.

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.379
 Obviously,

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.139
 this story says

00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.799
 a whole lot more.

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.819
 But it's a very,

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.079
 very,

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:42.379
 very wonderful thing,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.819
 you know.

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:45.399
 how is it

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.480
 that we could possibly

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.259
 share the gospel

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.159
 with somebody

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:50.619
 who has maybe

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.379
 an ideology

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:52.279
 or politics

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.339
 that we just abhor,

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.639
 a lifestyle

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.240
 that we think

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.379
 is completely wrong?

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.240
 Well,

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.119
 if this grips us,

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.019
 there's a real power.

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.460
 You know what?

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:01.220
 Because that person,

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.960
 you know,

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.559
 that we just think

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.559
 is so wrong

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.200
 or so evil,

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.639
 you know what?

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:10.179
 Me and him

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.779
 or me and her,

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.480
 we're the same.

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:13.380
 we were both born blind.

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.640
 We're both born blind.

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.980
 This text isn't saying

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.579
 that Christians

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.579
 were born seen

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.460
 and that other people

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.200
 are born blind.

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.900
 This is saying

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.660
 every human being

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.400
 is born blind.

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.480
 It's a very,

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:29.039
 very powerful equalizer.

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:29.980
 I mean,

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.700
 I have to confess

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.700
 that I have fear

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.460
 about trying to share

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.019
 the gospel

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:35.180
 with some people

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.920
 and I,

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.339
 in fact,

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.360
 just a couple of months ago

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.460
 the Lord convicted me

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.400
 that why was it

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.339
 in a coffee shop

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.860
 that I,

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.599
 I'm just going to be

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.719
 really honest with you.

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.699
 Why is it

00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:44.539
 in a coffee shop

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:46.119
 I invited three people

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.519
 to consider coming

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.839
 to one of my Easter services

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.619
 but the fellow,

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.079
 the gay fellow

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.599
 who was in a partnered relationship

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.639
 I didn't invite him.

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.899
 And it,

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.259
 and it,

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:58.259
 and the Lord convicted me

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.799
 of sin.

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.000
 Like,

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.979
 why did I do that?

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.879
 Why did I have

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.979
 that sin of omission?

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:06.539
 You know,

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.640
 the fact of the matter is

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.599
 is that every human being

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.400
 is born blind.

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.900
 And,

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:16.160
 and here's the second thing,

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.420
 the hard part for us

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.740
 is that,

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:17.900
 well,

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.620
 why doesn't Jesus

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:20.299
 just heal our blindness?

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.759
 Like,

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.140
 why does it,

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.200
 he's up in heaven,

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.039
 why doesn't just heal,

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.059
 heal your blindness,

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.039
 heal your blindness?

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.279
 Well,

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.019
 I really,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.299
 I have to confess

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.940
 that sort of,

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.559
 that question

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:32.000
 struck me this week,

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.559
 especially as I'm trying

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.099
 to figure out

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:35.339
 how John 9

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.299
 fits in with the rest

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.740
 of the book

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.880
 that why it goes on

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.779
 to the death of Jesus

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.460
 on the cross

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.140
 and his resurrection.

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.180
 And then,

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.759
 believe it or not,

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.220
 I got,

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:44.660
 I got help from the movie

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.980
 The Guardians of the Galaxy

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.880
 Volume 2.

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:50.259
 I'm not making that up.

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.680
 I really was.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.579
 I was praying to the Lord.

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.359
 Why is it?

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.299
 Why is it,

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.559
 Lord,

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.980
 like you don't just heal?

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.420
 And,

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:56.660
 you know,

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.680
 one of the things about prayer,

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.900
 I'm a real slow learner.

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.880
 Some of you folks

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.859
 are really good at prayer.

00:33:01.719 --> 00:33:02.779
 So pray that I learn

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.519
 how to pray better.

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.379
 But one of the things

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.579
 I try to slowly learn

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.339
 is that when you ask

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:07.240
 a prayer of God,

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:09.259
 often he puts a thought

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.199
 in your mind right away

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:11.459
 and often it's the answer.

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.679
 I don't like the answer.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.359
 I keep thinking

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.219
 for something else.

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.719
 So I've been praying

00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:17.939
 about this for several days.

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:19.119
 Nothing's coming to my mind.

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.639
 All of a sudden,

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.279
 Volume 2,

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.159
 The Guardians of the Galaxy

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.740
 comes in.

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:23.019
 And what comes into my mind

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.359
 is how Drax defeats

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.019
 the monster

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.479
 towards the beginning

00:33:26.479 --> 00:33:27.099
 of the movie.

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.899
 And if you've seen the movie,

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.879
 it's a silly movie.

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:33.359
 But there's this big monster

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.799
 and all of the

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.599
 Guardians of the Galaxy

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.639
 are fighting the monster.

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.779
 And it's very, very funny.

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:38.379
 The little cute Groot

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:40.379
 is dancing to some music

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:41.059
 while all these,

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.119
 they're all being thrown

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.979
 all over the place.

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.539
 And finally,

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.159
 the only way

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:45.819
 that the monster is killed

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.659
 is Drax,

00:33:46.719 --> 00:33:47.559
 with his swords,

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.679
 gets eaten.

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.459
 And he kills the monster

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:52.279
 from the inside.

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.579
 And that's the second point

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.500
 you would put it up.

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:58.319
 But some things

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.460
 can only be defeated

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.139
 from within.

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.460
 You know,

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.139
 it's especially true

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:04.899
 if love and truth matter,

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:05.899
 isn't it?

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.599
 I mean,

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.759
 what's one of the things

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.440
 that makes us feel

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.360
 that we are loved

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.420
 is when somebody

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.819
 has this bit of a sense,

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.639
 you can tell

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.299
 that they know

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.960
 what it's like

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.900
 to be within.

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.739
 Like love

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:20.420
 works from within.

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.900
 Like you can see

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.860
 one teacher

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:24.319
 maybe with a kid

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.099
 who's crying

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.139
 and all they do,

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.380
 they don't really love the kid,

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.140
 so they just tell the kid,

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.880
 shut up,

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.519
 smarten up,

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.599
 you know,

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:33.780
 and if the strap

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.539
 was still allowed,

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.340
 you know they'd give

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.559
 the strap to that kid

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.420
 right then.

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.720
 But other teachers,

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:40.579
 they know there's something

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.619
 going on in the kid

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:43.420
 and they love the kid

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.880
 and they want to know

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.559
 what's going on

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.180
 within the kid

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:46.119
 and they ask the question

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:47.019
 and they come and put

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.800
 their arm around them

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.000
 because,

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.599
 you know,

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:50.000
 if love matters,

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:51.300
 often in love,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.099
 it has to be dealt with

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.619
 from within.

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.640
 Same with truth,

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:54.980
 isn't it?

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.920
 Real truth

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:57.059
 doesn't coerce.

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:59.539
 Real truth

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:00.700
 doesn't coerce.

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.000
 Real truth

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.840
 is allowed

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.720
 to work within.

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.860
 And to God,

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.480
 love and truth

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.240
 really matter.

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:09.440
 He really does love you

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.280
 and he loves me.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.240
 And so some things

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:13.160
 can only be defeated

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.820
 from within.

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.240
 And that's why

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.900
 if you could put up

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.320
 the next slide,

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.840
 Andrew,

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:20.480
 that on the cross,

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.960
 death and darkness

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.900
 devoured

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:25.160
 the light of the world

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:26.280
 to their doom.

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:28.360
 that's what happens

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:30.000
 in John 19.

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.040
 In John 19,

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.800
 it is the light

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.660
 of the world

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.780
 who's hanging

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.820
 on the cross.

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.920
 The light

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.780
 of the world

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.940
 is hanging

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.100
 on the cross

00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:46.320
 and sin

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.580
 devours

00:35:47.580 --> 00:35:48.460
 him

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.840
 in a sense.

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:51.240
 Darkness

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.320
 devours

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.740
 him.

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:55.339
 death

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.339
 devours

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:56.759
 him.

00:35:57.439 --> 00:35:57.959
 But you know

00:35:57.959 --> 00:35:58.919
 what's just so interesting?

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.339
 This is why

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.839
 the resurrection

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:00.759
 is so important.

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.299
 It isn't that

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:03.479
 death and darkness

00:36:03.479 --> 00:36:04.119
 devour

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.699
 Jesus

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:06.099
 and then

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.639
 it's like

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.059
 they go,

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.379
 oh,

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.159
 he doesn't taste

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.759
 very good.

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.679
 Vomit

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.299
 him out.

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.000
 That would still

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.500
 leave death

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.039
 and darkness

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.419
 raining,

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.919
 wouldn't it?

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:17.320
 they don't

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.700
 vomit

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.099
 Jesus

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.440
 out.

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.099
 They are

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.599
 doomed

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.639
 when they

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.019
 swallow

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.320
 him

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.420
 and devour

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.720
 him

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:25.019
 and they're

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.519
 defeated

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:27.059
 in his

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.639
 resurrection.

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.180
 The light

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:29.860
 of the world

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.519
 conquers

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.039
 darkness

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.579
 and the light

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.079
 of the world

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.700
 conquers

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.180
 dark

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:35.280
 and light

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.480
 is essential

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.139
 to life.

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.940
 And in the same

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.700
 way for you

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.099
 and me,

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:42.239
 I,

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.099
 like you,

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.239
 was born blind.

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.440
 And you know

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.679
 what?

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:47.099
 If we are honest,

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:48.000
 every single

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.679
 human being

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.699
 is a little bit

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.480
 a walking

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.139
 darkness

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:53.319
 and every human

00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:54.039
 being in some

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.659
 way is a,

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:55.799
 not in every

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.239
 human being,

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.460
 in the most

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.099
 literal sense

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.619
 is a walking

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.079
 death.

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.920
 It's the one

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.420
 thing we know

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.019
 that will happen

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.759
 to us that's

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.559
 inescapable

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:05.099
 is our death.

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.259
 And Jesus,

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.079
 the light of the

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.319
 world,

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.119
 has to enter

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.420
 in.

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.860
 And burst

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.380
 asunder

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.000
 the darkness

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.599
 and death.

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.380
 He has to

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.980
 enter in

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:17.259
 to defeat

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.579
 it from

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.960
 within,

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.599
 to deal

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:19.940
 with our

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.380
 darkness

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.139
 and to deal

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.460
 with our

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.819
 death.

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.900
 If you could

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.279
 put up the

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:25.380
 final thing,

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.860
 the light

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.299
 of the world

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.000
 enters in,

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.400
 my eyes

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.940
 are opened,

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.259
 sight is

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.579
 given,

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.819
 and the light

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.699
 shines within

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.360
 where darkness

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.019
 used to rain.

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.139
 The light

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.599
 of the world

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.360
 enters in,

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.680
 my eyes

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.240
 are opened,

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.240
 sight is

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.539
 given,

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.780
 and the light

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.680
 shines within

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.820
 where darkness

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.460
 used to rain.

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.640
 You know,

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.400
 first of all,

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.920
 one of the things

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.599
 about the gospel

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.200
 which is so

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:51.260
 wonderful is the

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.380
 already not yet,

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.980
 and that we need

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.460
 to understand

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.240
 all the time

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:55.920
 with the gospel.

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.720
 On one hand,

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.579
 this is exactly

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.400
 literally true.

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.360
 When you invite

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.380
 Jesus into your life,

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.000
 the light of the

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.940
 world comes within.

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:04.519
 And that's a

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.360
 possession now,

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.960
 the light of the

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.159
 world,

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.039
 that's uncreated

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.340
 light,

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.059
 eternal light

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.940
 now comes and

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.940
 lives within you.

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.500
 And that,

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.220
 it will never

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.840
 leave.

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.980
 How can you

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.019
 remove uncreated

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.420
 light?

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:17.860
 How can you

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.579
 remove eternal

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:18.880
 light?

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.880
 And in a sense,

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.880
 when we die,

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.480
 all that will

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.220
 happen is that

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:25.139
 that promise of

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.800
 that eternal

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:27.019
 life and light

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.599
 and uncreated

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.380
 light that's within

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.559
 us,

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:28.860
 it just,

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:30.099
 it carries us

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.559
 through the

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.159
 valley of the

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.960
 shadow of death

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.859
 into a brighter

00:38:32.859 --> 00:38:33.839
 future,

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.420
 the new heaven

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.799
 and the new

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.059
 earth.

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:37.279
 But that's the

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.839
 already,

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.639
 but on the other

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.879
 hand,

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.420
 there's the not

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.679
 yet,

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.159
 isn't there,

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.759
 where we still

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.500
 have to have

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:43.179
 God's will

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.899
 because he

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.579
 respects us

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.239
 and loves us.

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:47.279
 There's time

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:48.159
 when I have to

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.839
 let the light

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.399
 of the world

00:38:49.399 --> 00:38:50.039
 to shine

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.559
 within the

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.179
 different things

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.899
 of my shame

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:52.679
 and my confusion

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.500
 and my darkness

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.500
 and my suffering

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.819
 where I really am.

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.579
 And it's that

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.980
 already,

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.440
 not yet.

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.339
 But there's two

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:58.819
 other things,

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.480
 which I know

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.980
 it's already

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.759
 41 minutes,

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.400
 but just very

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.800
 briefly,

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.740
 if you could

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.380
 go back

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.740
 and look at

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.300
 those early

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:05.700
 verses,

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.240
 they're very

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.740
 precious.

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.060
 Chapter 9,

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.900
 verses 3 and

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.240
 following,

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.740
 it was that

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.300
 Jesus says,

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.780
 it was not

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.720
 this man's sin

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:12.500
 or his parents,

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.480
 but that the

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.200
 works of God

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:14.640
 might be

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:15.460
 displayed in

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:15.740
 him.

00:39:16.100 --> 00:39:16.540
 We must

00:39:16.540 --> 00:39:17.260
 work the

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.860
 works of

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.280
 him who

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.740
 sent me

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.140
 while it

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:19.600
 is day.

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.400
 Night is

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.960
 coming when

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.640
 no one can

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:21.980
 work.

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.840
 As long as

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.320
 I am in the

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.520
 world,

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.020
 I am the

00:39:24.020 --> 00:39:24.320
 light of the

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.600
 world.

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:26.400
 And one of

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.720
 the things

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.720
 which is so

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:29.439
 powerful about

00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:30.299
 this is that

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.439
 Jesus says

00:39:31.439 --> 00:39:31.859
 here,

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.519
 this person,

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.859
 don't think in

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:35.500
 terms of whether

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.219
 this man's

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.659
 sin or his

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.279
 parents.

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:38.139
 You know what

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.819
 happens when we

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.419
 think in those

00:39:39.419 --> 00:39:39.819
 terms?

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:41.259
 It creates

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.139
 pride and

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.739
 inaction,

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:44.019
 doesn't it?

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:46.000
 Like if I

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.500
 think,

00:39:46.919 --> 00:39:47.439
 oh, look at

00:39:47.439 --> 00:39:48.259
 that poor street

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.639
 person,

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.239
 or look at that

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.799
 person who's

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.179
 suffering,

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.899
 just imagine the

00:39:51.899 --> 00:39:52.839
 terrible things

00:39:52.839 --> 00:39:53.459
 they've done in

00:39:53.459 --> 00:39:54.319
 their lives to

00:39:54.319 --> 00:39:54.839
 lead them to

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.000
 that,

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.459
 and look at

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.760
 me.

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.679
 Like I'm

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.159
 healthy.

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.639
 Like I have a

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.079
 house.

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.760
 I have a

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.579
 beautiful wife.

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.320
 I have kids.

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.860
 Like just think

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.760
 how good I am.

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.019
 And like they

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.720
 deserve what

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.240
 happened to

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:05.559
 them.

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.360
 That's what

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.220
 happens when

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:10.380
 you get caught

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.159
 up with fate

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.280
 and karma.

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.740
 It just,

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.579
 it furthers

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.220
 pride.

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.740
 It creates

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.699
 hardness of

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:15.940
 heart.

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.360
 It creates

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:17.119
 distance from

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.659
 human beings.

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.360
 But what does

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.960
 Jesus say?

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:20.000
 Don't think in

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.840
 terms of sin.

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.139
 What should

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.820
 you think of?

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:24.119
 Think of how

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.000
 the glory of

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:26.119
 God and

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:26.599
 the works

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.139
 of God

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.719
 can work

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.079
 in them.

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.579
 What is

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.019
 that saying

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.340
 to me?

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.900
 Walk

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.539
 towards the

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.960
 person.

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.880
 Walk

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.579
 towards the

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.000
 person.

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.639
 Walk

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.460
 towards them

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.360
 to bring

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.440
 a comforting

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.920
 arm,

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.579
 to sit

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.940
 with them

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.260
 in their

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.780
 suffering,

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:43.300
 to deal

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.840
 with them

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.099
 and to

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.619
 bring some

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.119
 relief.

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.639
 That's

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.099
 why we,

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.679
 that's,

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.559
 that's why,

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.880
 that's why

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.239
 you have

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.659
 people who

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:50.920
 go to

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.579
 Angola

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.159
 and that's

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.440
 why you

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.260
 have people

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.659
 who work

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.179
 amongst the

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.639
 poor and

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.059
 that's why

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.319
 you have

00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:55.699
 people who

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.099
 work,

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.960
 we walk

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.639
 towards them.

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.339
 The gospel,

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.759
 one of the

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.460
 implications of

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:00.599
 the gospel is

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.239
 you walk

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:02.659
 towards the

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.159
 person,

00:41:03.379 --> 00:41:03.940
 you walk

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.779
 towards the

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.159
 suffering.

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.980
 And then the

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.699
 final thing,

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.379
 the works,

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.699
 what is it,

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:09.339
 we must work,

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.139
 but the works

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.839
 of God might be

00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:12.579
 displayed in him.

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.259
 It means that it

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:14.440
 is possible that

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.279
 there is meaning

00:41:15.279 --> 00:41:16.159
 in suffering

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:19.980
 and that God

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.539
 can redeem

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.279
 our suffering.

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:26.300
 that's what it

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.780
 means.

00:41:31.100 --> 00:41:31.620
 Sickness

00:41:31.620 --> 00:41:33.300
 and failure

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:35.460
 and death

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:36.560
 can have

00:41:36.560 --> 00:41:36.980
 meaning.

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:40.620
 That even

00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:41.060
 if you are

00:41:41.060 --> 00:41:41.740
 very old,

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.400
 your life does

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.960
 not have to

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.560
 be a waste.

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.000
 You do not

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.840
 have to listen

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.660
 to how the

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:47.860
 world puts

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.280
 you in your

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.980
 place and

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.700
 calls you and

00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:50.240
 labels you

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.959
 failure.

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:52.959
 And your

00:41:52.959 --> 00:41:53.699
 life never

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.419
 passed.

00:41:55.479 --> 00:41:56.399
 That no matter

00:41:56.399 --> 00:41:57.139
 what point in

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:57.979
 time that you

00:41:57.979 --> 00:41:58.419
 have given

00:41:58.419 --> 00:41:59.019
 your life to

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.979
 Jesus and

00:41:59.979 --> 00:42:00.859
 the light

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:01.399
 comes into

00:42:01.399 --> 00:42:01.899
 the world,

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.359
 that that

00:42:02.359 --> 00:42:02.899
 light can

00:42:02.899 --> 00:42:03.479
 begin to

00:42:03.479 --> 00:42:04.159
 redeem your

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:05.839
 suffering and

00:42:05.839 --> 00:42:06.359
 give meaning

00:42:06.359 --> 00:42:07.099
 to your life

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.399
 and that God

00:42:08.399 --> 00:42:09.559
 can use you

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:11.279
 with your

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:12.319
 messy past

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:13.119
 and your

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.919
 messy present

00:42:13.919 --> 00:42:15.299
 to bring

00:42:15.299 --> 00:42:15.959
 him glory.

00:42:18.439 --> 00:42:19.339
 To bring

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:20.139
 him glory.

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:21.779
 as the

00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:22.019
 light of

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.339
 the world

00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:23.139
 shines within

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.579
 you and

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.359
 shines through

00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:24.739
 you.

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.979
 You are

00:42:26.979 --> 00:42:27.399
 not a

00:42:27.399 --> 00:42:27.859
 failure

00:42:27.859 --> 00:42:32.659
 when you

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.059
 put your

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.500
 faith and

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:33.959
 trust in

00:42:33.959 --> 00:42:34.239
 Jesus.

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.359
 He can

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:36.219
 and will

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:37.299
 redeem

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:38.659
 even the

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.039
 darkest

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:40.000
 things about

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.639
 you and

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:41.959
 turn them

00:42:41.959 --> 00:42:42.919
 to great

00:42:42.919 --> 00:42:43.319
 glory.

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.380
 glory.

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.100
 There was

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:46.460
 a same

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.240
 sex attracted

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:47.720
 man in

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.160
 a church

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:48.480
 that I

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.800
 had a

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.320
 long talk

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.620
 with a

00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:49.960
 couple of

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.500
 years ago

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:52.559
 and he

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.140
 was saying

00:42:53.140 --> 00:42:54.059
 to me that

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.559
 he couldn't

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.640
 understand how

00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:57.880
 it is that

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.700
 he could be

00:42:58.700 --> 00:42:59.420
 called to be a

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.840
 Christian.

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.460
 This was in

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:02.080
 another city.

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.780
 I wasn't able to

00:43:02.780 --> 00:43:03.440
 have a follow-up

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.820
 with him although

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.340
 I gave him a

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:05.059
 recommendation for

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.559
 a church.

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.680
 I never knew

00:43:06.680 --> 00:43:07.120
 what happened

00:43:07.120 --> 00:43:07.539
 to him.

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.820
 And I said

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.119
 to him,

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:09.440
 you know,

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.980
 I don't know

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.920
 how God is

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.179
 going to

00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:14.059
 exactly redeem

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.699
 what goes on

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.099
 in you but I

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:15.380
 know he

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.679
 will.

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.880
 And you

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:18.079
 know,

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:19.019
 I said,

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.340
 men like me

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.619
 who are

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:21.380
 heterosexual,

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.340
 we have

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.900
 sexual problems

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.980
 and life

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.559
 isn't just a

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.099
 bed of roses

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.639
 just because

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:28.539
 I'm opposite

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.480
 sex attracted.

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:31.239
 But here's

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.699
 what I do

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.019
 know.

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.800
 Who knows

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:34.940
 what

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.900
 unbelievable

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.759
 things you

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.460
 can accomplish

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.179
 for God

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.480
 when you

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.980
 let Jesus

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.500
 into your

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:39.860
 life and

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:40.300
 you choose

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.619
 to be

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:41.059
 faithful.

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.519
 Who knows

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.079
 out of your

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.800
 struggle to

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.780
 remain faithful

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:46.260
 what works

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:47.059
 of literature

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:48.019
 or poetry,

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.480
 who knows

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.280
 how it will

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:50.940
 soften you

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.360
 for his

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:52.579
 passion in

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.119
 ways that

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.820
 will shock

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.659
 and astonish

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.159
 the world.

00:43:55.740 --> 00:43:56.519
 Who knows

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:58.000
 only the

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.740
 Lord knows

00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:59.440
 what greatness

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.320
 might flow

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.360
 from you

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:02.000
 allowing the

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.519
 Lord in

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.800
 and the

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.440
 faithfulness

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.000
 to follow

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.360
 him.

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.139
 But I

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:05.720
 know that

00:44:05.720 --> 00:44:06.280
 he will

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.840
 redeem.

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.360
 what goes

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:08.659
 on in

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.000
 your life

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.260
 if you

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.780
 trust in

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:09.980
 him.

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.800
 I don't

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.179
 make that

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.639
 claim as

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.440
 a human

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.179
 being.

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.599
 It's what

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:15.119
 the Bible

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:15.900
 tells us.

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.260
 Please

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:17.699
 stand.

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:24.279
 if you're

00:44:24.279 --> 00:44:24.779
 here and

00:44:24.779 --> 00:44:25.059
 you have

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:25.519
 never given

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.919
 your life

00:44:25.919 --> 00:44:26.399
 to Jesus

00:44:26.399 --> 00:44:26.819
 there is

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.199
 no better

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.779
 time than

00:44:27.779 --> 00:44:28.239
 right now

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:28.559
 to just

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:28.980
 to say

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 Jesus

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:31.439
 for the

00:44:31.439 --> 00:44:31.779
 light of

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 the world

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:33.000
 please come

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.599
 into my

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.799
 life as

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:35.199
 the light

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.439
 of the

00:44:35.439 --> 00:44:35.819
 world

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 and shine

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:38.339
 your light

00:44:38.339 --> 00:44:39.639
 in every

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.460
 aspect of

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 who I am

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:41.659
 and make me

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 yours.

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.379
 There is no

00:44:42.379 --> 00:44:42.879
 better time

00:44:42.879 --> 00:44:43.139
 than now

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:43.799
 just to say

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.279
 that in the

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:44.679
 words of

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:45.279
 this scripture

00:44:45.279 --> 00:44:47.379
 and for

00:44:47.379 --> 00:44:47.819
 every one

00:44:47.819 --> 00:44:48.259
 of us who

00:44:48.259 --> 00:44:48.919
 are struggling

00:44:48.919 --> 00:44:49.480
 with different

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:50.019
 parts of

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:50.399
 darkness

00:44:50.399 --> 00:44:50.879
 there is no

00:44:50.879 --> 00:44:51.419
 better time

00:44:51.419 --> 00:44:51.819
 than now

00:44:51.819 --> 00:44:52.219
 than just

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.519
 to say

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.019
 to Jesus

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.659
 Jesus I have

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:54.199
 been struggling

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:54.639
 with this

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:55.119
 darkness

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:57.519
 Jesus I

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.339
 just bring

00:44:58.339 --> 00:44:59.460
 your light

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.419
 to bear

00:45:00.419 --> 00:45:01.460
 and help me

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:01.899
 Lord to

00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:02.619
 follow the

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:02.799
 light

00:45:02.799 --> 00:45:03.339
 to know what

00:45:03.339 --> 00:45:03.799
 it means to

00:45:03.799 --> 00:45:04.480
 follow the

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.019
 light in this

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.859
 particular case

00:45:05.859 --> 00:45:06.339
 help me to

00:45:06.339 --> 00:45:07.879
 trust that as

00:45:07.879 --> 00:45:08.379
 your light

00:45:08.379 --> 00:45:08.940
 comes into

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.559
 that which is

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:10.279
 dark that

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:11.260
 and as

00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:11.820
 you lead

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:12.360
 in terms

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:12.680
 of the

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:13.140
 light coming

00:45:13.140 --> 00:45:13.440
 into the

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:13.840
 darkness

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:15.240
 that your

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:16.120
 light will

00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:16.900
 only bring

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.680
 life where

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:18.060
 there is

00:45:18.060 --> 00:45:18.580
 darkness

00:45:18.580 --> 00:45:19.660
 Lord I

00:45:19.660 --> 00:45:20.340
 believe help

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:20.840
 me to

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.700
 believe more

00:45:21.700 --> 00:45:22.420
 and just

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:23.000
 shine your

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.620
 light in

00:45:23.620 --> 00:45:24.580
 those dark

00:45:24.580 --> 00:45:25.019
 areas of

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.380
 my life

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:25.640
 in those

00:45:25.640 --> 00:45:26.040
 areas that

00:45:26.040 --> 00:45:26.640
 aren't

00:45:26.640 --> 00:45:27.019
 dark

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.700
 Lord I

00:45:27.700 --> 00:45:28.040
 thank you

00:45:28.040 --> 00:45:28.760
 so much

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.580
 for the

00:45:29.580 --> 00:45:30.160
 light that

00:45:30.160 --> 00:45:30.680
 is there

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.640
 I thank

00:45:31.640 --> 00:45:32.160
 you so

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.740
 much that

00:45:32.740 --> 00:45:33.060
 the light

00:45:33.060 --> 00:45:33.540
 does not

00:45:33.540 --> 00:45:34.220
 reign within

00:45:34.220 --> 00:45:34.540
 me

00:45:34.540 --> 00:45:35.000
 I mean the

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:35.360
 darkness

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.800
 does not

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:36.500
 reign within

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:37.080
 me anymore

00:45:37.080 --> 00:45:38.040
 that you

00:45:38.040 --> 00:45:38.500
 the light

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.080
 of the world

00:45:39.080 --> 00:45:39.700
 reign within

00:45:39.700 --> 00:45:40.100
 me

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:41.519
 do that

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.139
 business with

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.440
 God

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.059
 Father pour

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:43.360
 out your

00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:43.940
 Holy Spirit

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.599
 upon us

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.719
 pour out your

00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:46.279
 Holy Spirit

00:45:46.279 --> 00:45:46.940
 upon us

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:48.019
 draw us

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:48.719
 again and

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:49.199
 again to

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.779
 the gospel

00:45:49.779 --> 00:45:50.259
 draw us

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:50.739
 again and

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:51.119
 again to

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.460
 Jesus

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.460
 thank you

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:53.019
 Father that

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.500
 the light

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:54.159
 of the world

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.940
 was devoured

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:55.839
 by darkness

00:45:55.839 --> 00:45:56.719
 on the cross

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:58.099
 and that you

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:59.079
 defeated the

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.900
 darkness and

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.480
 the death

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.619
 and sin

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.420
 from within

00:46:02.420 --> 00:46:03.839
 for us

00:46:03.839 --> 00:46:05.360
 thank you

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.000
 Lord for

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:06.639
 that great

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.319
 victory

00:46:07.319 --> 00:46:08.719
 for us

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.919
 thank you

00:46:09.919 --> 00:46:09.939
 thank you

00:46:09.939 --> 00:46:10.279
 that the

00:46:10.279 --> 00:46:10.719
 darkness

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:11.379
 will never

00:46:11.379 --> 00:46:12.000
 put the

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.439
 light of

00:46:12.439 --> 00:46:12.839
 the world

00:46:12.839 --> 00:46:13.239
 out

00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:13.619
 you have

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:14.299
 conquered

00:46:14.299 --> 00:46:15.639
 and you

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:16.839
 offer to

00:46:16.839 --> 00:46:17.739
 live within

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.559
 ordinary

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.559
 human beings

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:20.480
 like us

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:21.299
 forever

00:46:21.299 --> 00:46:22.959
 to fit us

00:46:22.959 --> 00:46:23.359
 for the light

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:24.379
 Father thank you

00:46:24.379 --> 00:46:24.980
 for Jesus

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:26.259
 Jesus thank you

00:46:26.259 --> 00:46:26.759
 for what you

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:27.099
 have done

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.759
 for us

00:46:27.759 --> 00:46:28.839
 and all this

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.439
 we ask and

00:46:29.439 --> 00:46:29.879
 thank you

00:46:29.879 --> 00:46:30.299
 in Jesus

00:46:30.299 --> 00:46:31.039
 name and

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.759
 all God's

00:46:31.759 --> 00:46:32.599
 people said

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.719
 Amen

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:33.959
 Amen