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 Bible's open to John 10.

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 John 10 verses 22 to 42.

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 John 10 verses 22.

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 It was winter and Jesus is walking around the edge of the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.

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 It stretches around the perimeter of the temple.

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 It would be very busy, particularly at festival time.

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 That's where this argument takes place.

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 And the argument is about what lies right at the heart of John's Gospel.

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 That is Jesus' identity.

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 So do you remember what John's purpose is in writing this Gospel?

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 We've talked about it many times, haven't we?

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 You can see Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, but they're not written in this book.

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 But John says these are written for the express purpose that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

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 and that by believing you might have life in his name.

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 And so the central question, right at the heart of John's Gospel, is Jesus' identity, who he is, and faith in him.

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 And that is what this argument is all about.

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 We don't know actually if voices were raised, but if you look at verse 31, it certainly seems it's about to get violent.

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 His Jewish opponents pick up bricks.

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 They pick up stones to stone him.

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 Verse 39, they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

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 And at the very end of this passage, Jesus gets out of Jerusalem very wisely,

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 where people are trying to kill him, and he crosses over to the River Jordan.

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 And verse 42, many people believed in him there.

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 And what I want to do is very quickly go through the passage, and then kind of step back and see what issues are at stake.

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 The argument kicks off in verse 24.

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 The Jews gathered round him, they said to him,

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 How long will you keep us in suspense?

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 If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

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 We're nearly halfway through John's Gospel.

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 For nine and a half chapters, Jesus has been teaching about himself and the miracles.

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 And they still think his identity is a bit of a mystery.

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 As recently as verse 14 of chapter 10, Jesus said,

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 I am the good shepherd, I know my own and my own know me.

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 So Jesus' response to them, to ask and tell us plainly,

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 Jesus says in verse 25,

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 I told you, and you don't believe.

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 The works that I do in my Father's name, bear witness about me.

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 Not only have I told you on numerous occasions who I am,

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 but all my works, by which he means his miracles,

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 surely they're a big clue as to who I am.

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 You see, it's not that you haven't had the question answered,

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 or that my identity has been hidden,

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 it's just you haven't liked what you've heard.

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 And you haven't liked what you've seen.

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 I've just told you, I am the good shepherd.

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 My sheep know me and I know them.

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 And the only reason that you're still asking this question is because

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 you're not my sheep.

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 You're not one of my people.

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 You're not one of the people that God, my Father,

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 has given to me to belong to me forever.

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 Look at verse 28.

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 I give them eternal life.

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 And they will never perish,

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 and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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 But then he says,

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 I'm not the only one who's keeping them safe.

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 My Father who's given them to me is greater than all,

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 and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hands.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 he and I,

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 my Father and I,

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 work so closely together

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 in looking after the sheep,

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 the only conclusion that you can come to

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 is verse 30,

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 I and the Father are one.

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 Is that plain enough for you?

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 The temperature rises,

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 verse 31,

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 the Jews pick up stones again to stone him.

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 They did it in verse,

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 in chapter 8,

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 and Jesus gives them the slip then,

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 and he does again.

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 He deflects that anger,

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 he avoids getting stoned.

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 Jesus tries a different tactic.

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 He asks the question,

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 verse 32,

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 I've shown you many good works,

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 beautiful works,

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 from the Father,

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 for which of them are you going to stone me?

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 Those stones which you've got in your hands,

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 for which of my many miracles

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 are you going to kill me for?

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 Maybe it's the healing

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 of the man of his blindness in chapter 9.

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 Maybe it's for feeding 5,000 people

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 in the wilderness in chapter 6.

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 Maybe it's for healing a man

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 who's been paralyzed for 38 years,

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 chapter 5,

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 or bringing a boy back

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 from the verge of death,

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 chapter 5.

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 Those terrible things I've done.

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 Take your pick.

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 Which of the beautiful things

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 that I have done

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 deserve death,

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 Jesus asks.

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 Verse 33,

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 the Jews answer him,

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 it is not for a good work

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 that we're going to stone you,

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 but for blasphemy,

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 because you,

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 being a man,

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 make yourself God.

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 Can you see that the plainness

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 of what Jesus said

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 in verse 30

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 has been understood?

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 They had registered,

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 they'd got what Jesus was saying,

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 even if they hadn't liked it

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 or accepted it,

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 they understood it.

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 The next bit

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 is a little bit complicated,

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 but basically Jesus says,

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 let me give you two reasons

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 why you shouldn't stone me

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 for equating myself with God,

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 for claiming to be equal with God.

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 The first reason

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 is that the Bible itself

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 calls humans

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 both gods and his sons.

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 Seems strange to us.

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 The Bible calls humans

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 both gods and his sons.

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 It may seem strange to us,

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 especially the first bit,

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 but Jesus quotes Psalm 82

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 to back that up.

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 See, he says,

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 if you want to stone me

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 for blasphemy,

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 for calling myself God's son,

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 if you want to be consistent,

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 you have to accuse God himself

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 of blasphemy

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 because he called

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 other humans his sons.

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 And I guess that's a bit

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 of a problem for you,

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 for you to accuse God

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 of blasphemy.

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 He then gives them

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 a second reason

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 not to stone him.

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 If you have a problem

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 with me and me a man

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 calling himself God,

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 well, I'm undeniably

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 doing the things

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 that only God could do.

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 So again,

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 the only conclusion

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 that you could come to

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 is at the end of verse 38,

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 that the Father is in me

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 and I am in the Father.

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 Again,

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 they sought to arrest him,

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 but he escaped

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 from their hands.

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 That's the argument.

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 They are the contentious issues

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 of John chapter 10.

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 And what I want to do

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 in the rest of our time

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 is dig just into the imagery

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 that Jesus uses

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 in verse 14.

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 And so there's three points.

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 My sheep is point number one.

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 Not my sheep is point number two.

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 And then the shepherd

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 is point number three.

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 First, his sheep.

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 There are five hallmarks

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 of people who are his sheep.

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 That's very helpful

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 for us tonight.

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 There are five marks

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 of every sheep

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 that belongs to Jesus

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 who have him as their shepherd.

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 The first mark

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 of being one of Jesus' sheep

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 is verse 27.

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 They listen to my voice.

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 It's not that they

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 just can hear,

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 but they listen.

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 They listen to him.

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 Being one of Jesus' sheep

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 means that you listen

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 to his authoritative voice

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 in Scripture.

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 First of all,

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 they listen to him.

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 The second mark

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 of his sheep of Jesus

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 is that they're known by him.

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 Verse 27.

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 My sheep hear my voice

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 and I know them.

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 I think that's really important

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 for you and I

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 to grasp about Christianity.

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 Christianity is about,

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 listen to this,

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 knowing Jesus

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 and more importantly,

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 being known by him.

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 Christianity is a two-way relationship.

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 We know him

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 and he knows us

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 as those who belong to him.

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 The third mark

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 of one of Jesus' sheep,

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 they hear my voice,

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 I know them

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 and they follow me.

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 So when they hear Jesus speak

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 with authority in their lives

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 and when they see

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 where Jesus is leading them

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 and what he's calling them to

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 in their lives,

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 they follow him.

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 They obey him

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 because he is their shepherd.

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 Their obedience is patchy,

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 to say the least.

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 Sometimes the sheep

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 are willfully disobedient.

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 But we still remain

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 his sheep after all

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 because over all,

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 sheep who belong to Jesus

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 want to do what he says

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 in their lives

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 because they trust him.

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 They trust that he is

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 their good shepherd.

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 Their good shepherd

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 who has laid down his life

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 for them

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 and so they follow him.

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 And that is how fourthly

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 he is able

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 to give them eternal life.

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 Verse 28,

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 I give them eternal life

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 and they shall perish

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 and no one will be able

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 to snatch them

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 out of my hands.

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 Because Jesus died

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 and rose again

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 defeating death,

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 he can give his sheep

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 eternal life.

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 Eternal life

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 that only he has to give.

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 All humans

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 have souls

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 which are immortal.

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 but only his sheep

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 have eternal life.

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 Not just eternal existence.

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 They have eternal life

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 as a gift.

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 And that means

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 that they,

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 his sheep,

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 they and they alone

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 will never perish.

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 The fifth mark

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 of Jesus' sheep

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 is that those sheep

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 are given,

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 are not only given

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 the gift of eternal life.

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 But they themselves

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 are a gift

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 given by God the Father

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 to God the Son.

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 Just look with me

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 what Jesus says

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 in verse 28.

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 It's not only

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 that they are given

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 eternal life,

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 but they themselves,

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 the sheep,

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 are a gift

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 given by God the Father

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 to God the Son.

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 Look at how Jesus

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 puts it in verse 28.

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 I give them eternal life

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 and they shall never perish.

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 And no one will snatch

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 them out of my hand.

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 It's wonderful.

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 My Father who has

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 given them to me

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 is greater than all.

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 And no one is able

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 to snatch them

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 out of the Father's hand.

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 And we know,

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 don't we,

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 we talk about the gift

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 that goes on giving.

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 We say that expression,

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 don't we?

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 But here,

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 you have a giver

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 who never quite

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 lets go of the gift.

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 Can you see that?

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 the Father gives

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 to Jesus

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 the sheep

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 to keep safe

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 as their good shepherd

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 forever.

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 But safe as they are

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 in Jesus' hands,

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 it's as if they never

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 really leave

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 the Father's hands

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 in the first place.

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 He is the giver

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 who never,

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 quite,

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 never quite lets go

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 of the sheep.

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 How about that

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 for security?

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 When you go home

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 tonight,

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 most of us

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 on our doors

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 before we go to bed

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 will have two locks

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 on our front door.

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 Two locks

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 on the front door,

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 why?

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 Why isn't one lock

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 enough?

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 Two locks

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 to keep you safe.

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 In our homes,

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 there will be

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 a double security.

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 Well,

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 the sheep

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 who belong to Jesus

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 have this same thing

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 forever,

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 double security.

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 His hand

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 wrapped around them

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 for all eternity.

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 And the Father's hand

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 doing

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 the same thing.

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 So before you go

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 to bed tonight,

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 before you go

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 up the stairs,

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 remember that when

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 you double lock

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 the door tonight,

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 there's this beautiful

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 picture,

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 there's this double security.

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 You are in Jesus' hands,

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 you're in the Father's hands.

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 And so his sheep

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 hear him,

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 know him,

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 follow him.

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 He gives them

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 eternal life

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 and he gives them

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 to Jesus

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 to keep safe

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 forever.

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 Do you recognize

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 yourself as one

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 of those sheep?

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 Does that resonate

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 with you?

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 If you do,

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 there are five reasons

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 there,

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 aren't there,

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 for you to thank

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 Jesus that he is

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 your good shepherd.

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 But if you don't,

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 if you don't recognize

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 yourself tonight

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 as one of Jesus'

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 sheep,

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 you might recognize

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 yourself in the group

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 he describes next.

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 Secondly,

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 not his sheep.

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 And it's clear

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 from the way

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 that Jesus is speaking

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 that people

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 who are not

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 his sheep

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 are the opposite

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 of those who are.

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 It's very simple.

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 So,

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 they don't listen

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 to him

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 and they don't

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 know him

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 and they are not

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 known by him

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 as belonging to him.

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 They don't follow him.

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 They don't want

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 to do what

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 he tells them

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 to do.

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 It's just not

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 interesting,

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 it's not relevant

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 for them,

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 it's not that

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 they're necessarily

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 ignorant of him.

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 And the people

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 who Jesus first

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 said these words

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 to,

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 they had seen

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 exactly the same

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 thing as the

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 sheep had seen.

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 They had heard

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 exactly the same

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 thing as what

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 the sheep had

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 heard from him.

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 but they just

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 didn't believe

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 what they'd seen

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 and heard from

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 Jesus.

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 And so the

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 question is

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 why not?

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 And the answer

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 to that question

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 is the surprise

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 of the passage.

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 The question,

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 the answer to that

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 question is not

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 what we expect,

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 it's not what we

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 want to hear.

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 Have a look at

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 verse 25.

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 Jesus answered

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 them,

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 I told you

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 and you do

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 not believe

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 the works

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 that I do

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 in my Father's

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 name bear

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 witness about

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 me.

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 You have

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 heard,

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 you have

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 seen,

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 what everyone

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 else has

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 seen and

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 heard.

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 But verse 26,

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 what's the

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 reason?

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 You do not

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 believe because

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 you are not

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 among my

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 sheep.

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 Jesus does

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 not say what

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 we would be a

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 whole lot more

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 comfortable with.

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 He doesn't

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 say you

00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:45.120
 don't believe

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 you are not

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 one of my

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:47.980
 sheep.

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 you don't

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 believe you

00:15:51.900 --> 00:15:52.140
 are not

00:15:52.140 --> 00:15:52.460
 one of my

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 sheep.

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 He says

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 because you

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 are not

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 one of my

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 sheep,

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 you don't

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 believe.

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 Being a

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 sheep or

00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:03.620
 not determines

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.120
 whether you

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 believe or

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 not.

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 Does that

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.460
 make sense?

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 You're looking

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.180
 at me a little

00:16:07.180 --> 00:16:07.640
 bit puzzled.

00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.340
 Does it?

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 Let me just

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 repeat it.

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 Okay.

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 He doesn't

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 say you

00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.980
 don't

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:15.320
 believe you

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:15.700
 are not

00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:16.100
 one of my

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 sheep.

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 He says

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 because you

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 are not

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.220
 one of my

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.480
 sheep,

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 you don't

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 believe.

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 Being a

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 sheep or

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.019
 not is

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.899
 what determines

00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.600
 whether you

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 believe or

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 not.

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 Not the other

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 way around,

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 which begs the

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 question,

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 how does

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.040
 someone become

00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:34.399
 one of his

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 sheep?

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 if you

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 have to be

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.000
 one in the

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.559
 first place

00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.199
 to believe in

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 him,

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.539
 and the

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:41.919
 answer to

00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.399
 that question

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.159
 is implied

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:43.600
 in John

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.220
 chapter 10,

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 but I think

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.519
 it's clearer

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:46.939
 maybe in

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.580
 John chapter 6.

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 Do you

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.139
 remember that?

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 Jesus said

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:50.460
 to them,

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:50.879
 I am the

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.220
 bread of

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.600
 life.

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 He changes

00:16:52.319 --> 00:16:52.759
 the metaphor.

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 He's using

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.939
 a different

00:16:53.939 --> 00:16:54.500
 picture there

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.000
 to explain

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.580
 his identity.

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.100
 I am the

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.360
 bread of

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.559
 life.

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 Whoever

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.500
 comes to

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.199
 me shall

00:16:58.199 --> 00:16:58.759
 not hunger

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.860
 and whoever

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.559
 believes in

00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:00.840
 me shall

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.559
 never thirst.

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.259
 So coming

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.480
 to

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:04.859
 Jesus,

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.420
 believing

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.879
 in

00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.180
 Jesus,

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.619
 they are

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.099
 the same

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.559
 thing.

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:09.799
 And then

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.220
 John 6

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.720
 verse 38

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:10.980
 says,

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:11.400
 all that

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.720
 the Father

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.460
 gives me

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.859
 will come

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.160
 to me,

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.700
 and whoever

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.200
 comes to

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.440
 me I

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.759
 will never

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.339
 cast out.

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 And then

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.119
 verse 44,

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.180
 no one

00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.779
 can come

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.299
 to me

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:20.700
 unless the

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:20.920
 Father

00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.660
 draws them,

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.180
 and I

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.740
 will raise

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.079
 them up

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.319
 on the

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 last day.

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.640
 So how

00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:27.900
 do you

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.240
 come to

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:28.519
 Jesus?

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.480
 How do

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.200
 you believe

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.740
 in Jesus?

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.720
 Well first,

00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.079
 the Father

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.779
 has to

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.440
 draw you

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.000
 to him.

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.980
 Switch back

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.299
 to the

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.660
 shepherd and

00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:43.000
 the sheep

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.460
 analogy.

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.299
 The Father

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:44.960
 has to

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.680
 make you

00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.240
 one of

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.700
 his sheep.

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 And if

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.220
 he does

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.660
 that to

00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.000
 you,

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.759
 if he

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.740
 draws you

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.440
 to Jesus

00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.319
 and makes

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.680
 you one

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:53.920
 of his

00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.140
 sheep,

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.440
 then you

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:54.779
 will come

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.140
 to him,

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.680
 you will

00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.160
 believe in

00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:57.379
 him,

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 you will

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 listen to

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 his voice,

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 and you

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 will know

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 him and

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 you will

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 be secured

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 in his

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 hands

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.340
 forever.

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 But if

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 he doesn't

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:06.519
 do that

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:06.940
 for you,

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 you won't

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 be any

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.140
 of those

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 things.

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 No one

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 can come

00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:15.700
 to me

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 unless the

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.400
 Father draws

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 them.

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 Now we

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 like to

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 think of

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 it being

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 the other

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 way around

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 because that

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 puts us

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 in charge,

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 doesn't it?

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 it puts

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:28.900
 us in

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 control,

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 whether we

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 choose to

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 believe in

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 Jesus or

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 not,

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 whether or

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 not we

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 come to

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 him.

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 The way

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 Jesus puts

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 it in

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 John 6

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 and in

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 our

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 passage

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 today,

00:18:37.340 --> 00:18:37.860
 John 10,

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.340
 puts the

00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:38.840
 Father in

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 charge.

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 He is

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 in control

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 of who

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 believes in

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 Jesus or

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 not,

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 of who

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 is a

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.580
 sheep or

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 not,

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 and

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 instinctively

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 when we

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 hear that,

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 we don't

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 like it.

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 But it

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 gets worse

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.279
 if you come

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 back to

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 John 10.

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 if not

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 being his

00:18:57.320 --> 00:18:58.440
 sheep is

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.220
 the opposite

00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.780
 of being

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 one of

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.560
 his sheep,

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 not only

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 do we

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 not listen

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 to him

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 and are

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 not known

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 by him

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.820
 and not

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:06.540
 follow him,

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.060
 we are

00:19:07.060 --> 00:19:07.540
 not given

00:19:07.540 --> 00:19:07.800
 to him

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.100
 by the

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 Father.

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 And we

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.700
 are not

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:10.900
 given

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 eternal

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.560
 life.

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 We are

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.560
 not safe

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:15.880
 in his

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.500
 hands and

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.160
 the Father's

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.480
 hands

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.820
 forever.

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 We will

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 exist

00:19:19.060 --> 00:19:19.660
 forever

00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.940
 beyond

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.900
 this body

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 and life

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 on this

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 earth

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 but not

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.440
 in a

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 way that

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.019
 you could

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.259
 call

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.659
 life

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:29.059
 in any

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.339
 way.

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.779
 What Jesus

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.519
 calls it

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:33.740
 here,

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.279
 he calls

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.480
 it

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.279
 perishing.

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 That's how

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.159
 you will

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.460
 exist.

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 And so

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:42.960
 again,

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.379
 let me say

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.619
 tonight,

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:43.980
 if you

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 recognise

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.059
 yourself

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.740
 as not

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.299
 being one

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.680
 of Jesus'

00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.159
 sheep,

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.200
 sheep,

00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:50.240
 that may

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.840
 well offend

00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:51.019
 you,

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:51.420
 mightn't it?

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 And that

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.100
 might well

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.900
 provoke you.

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.340
 Why can't

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.000
 you be the

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.340
 one who

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.840
 decides

00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.259
 whether or

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.360
 not you

00:19:59.360 --> 00:19:59.640
 are one

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.140
 of his

00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.400
 sheep?

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.340
 And if

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:03.800
 you can't

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.080
 be the

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.259
 one,

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.400
 then why

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.660
 do you

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:05.900
 seem to

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.480
 be responsible

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.980
 for that?

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.560
 Facing the

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:10.100
 prospect of

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.620
 eternal

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.420
 perishing

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.200
 rather than

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.519
 eternal

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:12.960
 life.

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.540
 And if

00:20:14.540 --> 00:20:14.779
 that is

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.259
 something that

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.019
 troubles you

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.720
 or confuses

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.180
 you or

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.840
 irritates

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.000
 you,

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 please,

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:18.959
 please,

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.220
 ask a

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.539
 question of

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.039
 me or

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.399
 one of

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:21.799
 the elders

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.379
 afterwards.

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.279
 But can I

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.639
 also say

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:25.899
 this?

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.659
 If you

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.119
 recognise

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:28.779
 yourself as

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.459
 not one

00:20:29.459 --> 00:20:29.859
 of Jesus'

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.240
 sheep

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.720
 tonight,

00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:33.480
 and your

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.399
 main reaction

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:34.740
 as you

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.199
 recognise

00:20:35.199 --> 00:20:35.539
 that,

00:20:35.699 --> 00:20:36.159
 it makes

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.579
 you really

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.139
 sad,

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:39.079
 because you

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.639
 would actually

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:41.339
 rather like

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.220
 to be one

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.500
 of his

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.799
 sheep.

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.619
 You would

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.019
 really like

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.359
 to be one

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.559
 of his

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:44.799
 sheep.

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:47.359
 has it

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.659
 ever

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.139
 occurred to

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:48.399
 you that

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.000
 that in

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.599
 itself might

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:49.940
 be the

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.539
 clearest

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:52.200
 indicator that

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.599
 you've had

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.000
 that the

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:55.480
 father is

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.440
 right now

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:56.980
 through the

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.500
 words of

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.119
 John 10,

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.960
 as God's

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.319
 word is

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.619
 preached,

00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:00.220
 it is

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.180
 drawing you.

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.700
 He is

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.419
 drawing you.

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.720
 He is

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.359
 drawing you

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.700
 to his

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:04.960
 son.

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.960
 He is

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.419
 making you

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.480
 into something

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.559
 that you

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:11.980
 are not

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.380
 yet,

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.240
 but may

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.680
 well be

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.220
 by becoming

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.559
 one of

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:16.720
 his

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.019
 sheep.

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.259
 The

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.579
 sheep,

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.900
 not his

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.140
 sheep,

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.519
 and then

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.299
 finally the

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.559
 shepherd.

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.799
 Again,

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.079
 there are

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.920
 five things

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.259
 that he

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.720
 says one

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.120
 himself,

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.279
 and all

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.500
 of them

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.000
 are massive.

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.920
 First of

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.079
 all,

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.360
 Jesus

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.960
 performs

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.700
 miracles.

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.539
 It's one

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.680
 of the

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:34.980
 things that

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.339
 Jesus is

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:35.839
 well known

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.519
 for doing,

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:36.860
 isn't it?

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.360
 But the

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.700
 fact is,

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.059
 he still

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.440
 did them.

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.640
 He healed

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.120
 a blind

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.460
 man,

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.079
 a paralyzed

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.620
 man.

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.140
 He fed

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.799
 5,000

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.480
 people in

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.779
 the next

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.140
 chapter.

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:46.779
 He will

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.519
 actually raise

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.920
 a dead

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.380
 man back

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.940
 to life.

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.759
 And those

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.759
 arguing with

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.180
 him in

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.900
 this passage

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:53.120
 don't dispute

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.640
 that he did

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:53.980
 any of

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.620
 those things.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.740
 They don't

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.120
 say you

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.720
 never did

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.420
 those things,

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.180
 you can't

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.720
 do them.

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.420
 They just

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:03.059
 don't like

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.940
 his assertion

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.700
 that he

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.360
 can only

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.960
 do it

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.420
 because God

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.819
 the Father

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.200
 is doing

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.500
 it through

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.759
 him.

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.000
 The

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.440
 miracles

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.160
 of

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.460
 Jesus,

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:12.860
 what do

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.180
 you make

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.460
 of them?

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.059
 What

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.940
 conclusion

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:18.680
 do they

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.880
 bring you

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.559
 to about

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.819
 him?

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.059
 The second

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.380
 thing that

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.920
 Jesus says

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.400
 about himself

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.799
 is that

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.599
 he and

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.180
 the Father

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.860
 are one.

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.680
 Verse 30,

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.099
 we've seen

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.460
 it already,

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.700
 I and the

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.380
 Father are

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.640
 one.

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.880
 And there's

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.279
 something very

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.019
 similar at

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.220
 the end

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.839
 of verse 38,

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.360
 the Father

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.160
 is in me

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.360
 and I

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.819
 in the

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.120
 Father.

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:41.399
 that is

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:43.139
 the only

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.719
 conclusion

00:22:43.719 --> 00:22:44.579
 Jesus says

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.959
 that you

00:22:44.959 --> 00:22:45.279
 should come

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.859
 to about

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.399
 his miracles.

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.979
 Not that

00:22:48.979 --> 00:22:49.219
 he and

00:22:49.219 --> 00:22:49.500
 the Father

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.739
 are the

00:22:49.739 --> 00:22:50.359
 same person,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.799
 but they

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.039
 are about

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.339
 the same

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.659
 thing.

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.359
 He and

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.699
 the Father

00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:55.099
 are on

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.739
 the same

00:22:55.739 --> 00:22:56.419
 page.

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.659
 They are

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.559
 eternally

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.500
 synchronised

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:01.259
 and united

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.659
 in their

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.299
 purpose and

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.699
 intention.

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.339
 That is a

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.959
 huge claim

00:23:03.959 --> 00:23:04.399
 for anyone

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.759
 to make

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.219
 about God.

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.839
 I and

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.339
 the Father

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.799
 are one.

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.900
 And that

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.120
 is why

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.460
 they actually

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.740
 want to

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.120
 kill him.

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.240
 Which

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.700
 means that

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.400
 for today

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.539
 all those

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.319
 who object

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.360
 and there's

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.799
 lots of

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.220
 ways,

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.519
 different ways

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.160
 to object

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.600
 to that

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.019
 claim,

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.160
 they are

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.779
 wrong if

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.279
 Jesus is

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.640
 right.

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.460
 If he

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.019
 and the

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.339
 Father

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.019
 are one,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.660
 totally

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.920
 united in

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.440
 purpose

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.319
 and in

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.839
 intention.

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.480
 And so

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.819
 that means

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.220
 Muslims

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.480
 are wrong

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.759
 about

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.099
 Allah

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.759
 if

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.039
 Jesus

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.220
 is

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.500
 right.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.619
 It means

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.259
 that

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.039
 atheists

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.980
 are wrong

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.439
 about

00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:47.220
 God's

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.679
 existence

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:48.179
 because

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.659
 there was

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.099
 once a

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.399
 human

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.939
 being

00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:50.159
 who

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.480
 walked

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.720
 this

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:50.960
 earth

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.220
 in

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.519
 history

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.899
 2000

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.200
 years

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.419
 ago

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:52.899
 whose

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.319
 existence

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.679
 was

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:53.960
 fully

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.419
 attested

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.299
 who

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.659
 did

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:55.879
 what

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.240
 only

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.599
 God

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.819
 can

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.059
 do.

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.279
 It

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.599
 means

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.200
 Buddhists

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.960
 are

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.419
 wrong

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.880
 and

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.320
 Hindus

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:03.660
 are

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:03.980
 wrong

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.200
 if

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.480
 Jesus

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.700
 is

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.019
 right.

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.940
 He

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.340
 and the

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:07.620
 Father

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:07.960
 are

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.400
 one.

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.259
 He

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.460
 is

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.779
 ruling

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.080
 out

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.560
 all

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:11.920
 other

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.620
 alternatives.

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.080
 The

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.340
 third

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.660
 thing

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.140
 is

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.820
 he

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.000
 is

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.420
 God's

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.660
 Son.

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.980
 He

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.120
 is

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.259
 not

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.440
 the

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.660
 same

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.220
 person

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.600
 as

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:21.779
 the

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.120
 Father.

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:22.860
 He

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.080
 is

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.279
 the

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.720
 Son

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.100
 of

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.440
 God

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:24.779
 the

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.120
 Father.

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.840
 But

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.000
 he

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.180
 is

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.460
 just

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.700
 as

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.000
 much

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.279
 God

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.120
 as

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.340
 the

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.640
 Father.

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.720
 the

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.019
 fourth

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.340
 thing

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.680
 he

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:33.900
 is

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.060
 the

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.259
 good

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.640
 shepherd.

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.019
 Sheep

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.880
 need

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.060
 a

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:38.360
 shepherd

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.100
 to

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:39.840
 thrive

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.340
 and

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.779
 survive.

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.200
 In

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.500
 fact

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.060
 all

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.420
 sheep

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.980
 need

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.140
 a

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.400
 shepherd

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.900
 regardless

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.300
 of how

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:46.779
 robust

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.160
 and

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.539
 self

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.860
 sufficient

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.120
 they

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.340
 are

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.060
 regardless

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.519
 of

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.680
 whether

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:49.860
 they

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.200
 believe

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.340
 in

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.440
 the

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.800
 existence

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.039
 of

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.160
 a

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.440
 shepherd.

00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:52.259
 They

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.460
 need

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.660
 one.

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.680
 And

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:54.820
 how

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.100
 good

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.220
 it

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.360
 is

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.500
 to

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.660
 know

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:55.820
 that

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.000
 the

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.380
 shepherd

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.700
 that

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.000
 God

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.160
 the

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.440
 Father

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.660
 has

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.080
 provided

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.320
 is

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.480
 a

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.700
 good

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.100
 shepherd.

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:01.099
 one

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.259
 who

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.500
 lays

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.659
 down

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:01.799
 his

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.039
 life

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.159
 for

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.259
 the

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.480
 sheep.

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.039
 And

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.159
 the

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.359
 fifth

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.539
 thing

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.679
 the

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:05.980
 last

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.159
 thing

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.439
 Jesus

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.779
 says

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:06.919
 about

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.279
 himself

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.500
 is

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.759
 he

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:07.939
 is

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.119
 the

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.419
 giver

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:08.579
 of

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.899
 eternal

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.299
 life.

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.939
 Because

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.439
 he

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.459
 voluntarily

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:14.839
 laid

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:16.119
 down

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.299
 his

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.719
 life

00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.759
 he

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:17.899
 was

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.039
 able

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.179
 to

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.299
 take

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.379
 it

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.480
 up

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.759
 again.

00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:20.399
 Have

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.539
 a look

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.639
 at

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:20.819
 verse

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.319
 18.

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.359
 Jesus

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.719
 says

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:22.980
 no

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.179
 one

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.459
 takes

00:25:23.459 --> 00:25:23.579
 it

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.799
 from

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.059
 me

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.519
 but

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.719
 I

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:25.919
 lay

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.019
 it

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.219
 down

00:25:26.219 --> 00:25:26.359
 of

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.480
 my

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.639
 own

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.019
 accord.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.299
 I

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.439
 have

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:27.980
 authority

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.299
 to

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.439
 lay

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:28.559
 it

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:28.879
 down

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.419
 and

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.519
 I

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.619
 have

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:30.720
 the

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.019
 authority

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.259
 to

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.419
 take

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.519
 it

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.619
 up

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:31.899
 again.

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.259
 Because

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.579
 Jesus

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:34.859
 had

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:34.980
 the

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.399
 authority

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.639
 to

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:35.819
 take

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:35.919
 up

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.039
 his

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.299
 life

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.679
 again

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.319
 authority

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.279
 over

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.879
 death

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:40.980
 he

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.359
 has

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.740
 through

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.000
 that

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.539
 victory

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.779
 eternal

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.240
 life

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.480
 to

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.839
 give.

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.079
 His

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.539
 resurrection

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.879
 is not

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.059
 just

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.480
 good news

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.679
 for

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.099
 him

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.179
 it

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.299
 is

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.480
 good

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.700
 news

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:50.859
 for

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.139
 others

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:54.200
 only

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.480
 because

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.700
 he

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:54.879
 is

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.460
 generous

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.819
 to

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.339
 share

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.559
 with

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.899
 others

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.179
 what

00:25:57.179 --> 00:25:57.379
 he

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.799
 himself

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.059
 has.

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.259
 verse

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.679
 28

00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:00.279
 I

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.619
 give

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.859
 them

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.179
 eternal

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.579
 life

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:03.559
 and

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.740
 they

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:03.940
 will

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.419
 never

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:05.039
 perish

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:07.139
 and

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.539
 no one

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.720
 will

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:07.960
 snatch

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.159
 them

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.319
 out

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.399
 of

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.539
 my

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.740
 hand

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:08.960
 my

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.460
 father

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.659
 who

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:09.819
 has

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.019
 given

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.179
 them

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.299
 to

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.440
 me

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.659
 is

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.159
 greater

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.440
 than

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.879
 all

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.179
 and

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.599
 no

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:12.960
 one

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.419
 is

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:14.859
 able

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.119
 to

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.419
 snatch

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:15.679
 them

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:15.940
 out of

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 the

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 father's

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 hand

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!

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 Jesus

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 gives

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 us

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 eternal

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 life

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 it's

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 not

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 that

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 he

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 gives

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 us

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 our

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 own

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 private

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 personalized

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 existence

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 but

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 he

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 draws

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 us

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 into

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 his

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 eternal

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 life

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 life

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 to

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 the

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 full

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 which

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 makes

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 him

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 not

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 just

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 a

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 good

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 shepherd

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 or

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 the

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 good

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 shepherd

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 but

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 makes

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 him

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 the

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 best

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 shepherd

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 that

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 anyone

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 can

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 have

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 and

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 that

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 leaves

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 us

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 with

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 this

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 one

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 question

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 doesn't

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 it

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 from

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 John

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 10

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 is

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 he

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 your

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 good

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 shepherd

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 are

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 you

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 one

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 of

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 his

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 sheep

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 or

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 not

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 let's

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 pray

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 some

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 Thank you.