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 Well, do open your Bibles to John 1. It's a new series that hopefully is going to take us through this academic year. John chapter 1.

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 We're looking at the first 18 verses. We could be here until Christmas, at least, in these verses, but I thought it would be good to get a kind of overview and to kind of really get into it.

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 Last month, there were 55 beached whales on a beach in Scotland. I don't know if you saw that news story.

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 There was one washed up in County Down yesterday afternoon, without wishing to be kind of like news round, but it's a tragedy, isn't it, when whales are washed up on the beach?

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 Beautiful things that thrive in the depth of the ocean. Magnificent, so powerful beings.

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 And yet on the beach, they're reduced to kind of wheezing, limp, cold, massive, rotting flesh.

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 A beached whale is a dying and dead whale. A whale thrives in the water, in the deep, but out of its natural environment, it dies.

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 And as we begin a new series in John's Gospel, John tells us his purpose for writing.

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 His purpose for writing, it's all about life and death. It's all about Jesus' life and his death.

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 He doesn't leave you in any doubt as to why he's written his Gospel.

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 John 20, verse 30, listen to what he says.

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 These things are written so that you, you are reading it, you are listening to it preached, may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

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 and that by believing, you may have life in his name.

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 That's John's purpose. Life in Jesus' name.

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 Life, I think, is the major theme of John's Gospel.

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 It comes up 37 times as a word, but many more times as a concept.

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 And having life is what John's Gospel is all about.

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 And what John shows you and I is that life is not what we often think it's about.

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 He shows us that life is actually all about knowing God.

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 Just before, in chapter 20, a few chapters before that,

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 John gives to us the words of the Lord Jesus.

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 In John 17, verse 3, we kind of eavesdrop, listen in on his prayer, and he prays this.

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 He says, this is eternal life, that you may know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you've sent.

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 So back to the whales for a moment.

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 The Bible teaches us, well, life teaches us, that those whales were made for the ocean.

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 And just like the whales, you and I as human beings, we were made for a relationship with God.

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 You and I were made to know God.

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 Human beings were made, the most important thing we can do in life is to glorify and enjoy God.

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 You were made to know God.

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 You were made to know that purpose that comes from knowing God.

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 That is the reason for your existence.

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 That's the reason you've been put on this planet.

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 It's the environment for which you were made.

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 Like a whale is made for the ocean,

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 you were made to have a relationship with your maker, to know God.

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 And that life is not just physical life that lasts in this world.

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 But the life that John's Gospel is offering you through the Lord Jesus

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 is a life that goes on into eternity in relationship with your creator.

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 The tragedy is this, isn't it?

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 If you're familiar with your Bible, you'll know this.

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 That is not the way life is now.

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 We were made for this relationship,

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 but actually what we've done, every single one of us,

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 is we've turned away from God.

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 We thought it was a burst for freedom.

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 We actually thought that to get God out of our lives

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 and for us to take control actually would be a removal of the shackles.

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 But what it actually is, is a beaching of ourselves,

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 apart from God.

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 The God for whom we were made.

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 And that is our world today.

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 A city that looks so alive

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 and so vibrant in so many ways,

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 in reality is desperate.

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 Gasping.

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 Gasping and in the throes of death.

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 Isaiah the prophet tells us

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 that we live in a world that is under the shadow of death.

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 In fact, biblically speaking,

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 we are all, by nature,

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 the moment we are born dead.

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 It's often said, well, like cut flowers.

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 You know, you get cut flowers.

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 And you give flowers to someone.

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 Outwardly, those cut flowers,

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 they look alive, don't they?

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 They look vibrant.

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 You see the colors, so beautiful.

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 Outwardly full of life.

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 But then they begin to droop.

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 They flourish,

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 and then they begin to decay

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 and rot.

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 And things begin to fall off them.

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 Outwardly full of life.

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 But in reality, they're cut off, aren't they,

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 those flowers,

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 from the source of life.

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 And that's what we're like.

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 Outwardly full of life.

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 Outwardly flourishing, maybe.

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 Outwardly very beautiful.

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 But the rot has set in.

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 You're about to decay.

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 Things might drop off.

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 Think about Adam and Eve in the garden.

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 God's curse on them.

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 Do you remember what God said to them?

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 God said to them,

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 on the day that you eat of it,

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 what was forbidden, that fruit,

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 on that day you will surely die.

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 And they did die as soon as they ate it,

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 but they were alive.

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 Because they died in the fact that they were cut off.

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 They were separate from God.

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 They were out of a relationship with God.

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 They didn't know God,

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 and therefore they were alive but dead.

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 Biblically, theologically, truly dead.

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 And that's our world.

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 That's our city.

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 A city that is beached.

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 A city that was made for something greater.

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 A city that is gasping for breath.

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 And that's where Jesus Christ comes in.

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 This is the great message of John's Gospel.

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 That Jesus has come into our world

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 to bring us back to life.

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 To give us life,

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 which is a relationship with God

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 that only comes in him and through him.

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 And in him alone.

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 That's what John's Gospel is all about.

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 It's about coming to know the Lord Jesus,

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 the giver of life.

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 Some of you, I hope, through this series,

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 as we go through it over this winter,

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 will come to know that for the first time.

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 That you will receive the life

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 that you desperately need.

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 But for most of us here,

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 who gather Sunday by Sunday,

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 we have this glorious life, isn't it?

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 And what I hope is that John's Gospel

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 will help you and I

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 to understand it more deeply

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 and more profoundly.

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 And we'll experience more richly

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 what we've been so graciously given

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 by the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that we may have life.

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 That is the purpose of this book.

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 Life that comes through Jesus Christ.

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 And that is where John begins

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 his account with Jesus.

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 It's an introduction.

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 It's an epic introduction.

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 It's more than that.

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 It's a prologue,

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 but it's greater than that.

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 It's an overture.

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 And it picks up the themes

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 that are touched on

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 at the start of John 1,

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 but will be filled out through the Gospel.

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 So what I want to do is draw that out.

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 Three headings

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 to help us understand

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 what John is saying about Jesus.

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 First of all,

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 Jesus' identity.

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 The question there is,

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 who is he?

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 His identity, who is he?

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 And then there's Jesus' mission.

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 Why has he come?

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 And then thirdly,

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 the response.

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 Our response.

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 How should we receive him?

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 So number one,

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 Jesus' identity.

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 Who actually is he?

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 And the answer is mind-blowing.

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 It's extraordinary.

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 Look at verse one.

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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 in the beginning with God.

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 And if you're into English literature,

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 you will recognize

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 that this is a literary masterpiece

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 in the way that John writes.

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 Notice Jesus isn't actually named,

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 is he,

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 until verse 17.

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 And so what happens is

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 there's this extraordinary build-up.

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 And finally,

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 there's this unveiling

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 of who the Word is.

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 This incredible character.

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 And so in the first three verses,

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 so much is packed in.

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 So much of what we know

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 about who Jesus is.

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 Just into a few words,

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 let me point out a few things.

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 First of all,

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 we learn that this Word is eternal.

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 He is eternal.

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 He starts off, doesn't he,

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 his Gospel,

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 in the beginning.

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 And that phrase

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 deliberately picks up,

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 it deliberately echoes

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 the first words of the Bible,

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 Genesis 1.1.

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 In the beginning.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 And what John is saying

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 was that in the beginning,

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 the Word,

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 this Word,

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 was there.

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 In the beginning

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 was the Word.

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 He was in the beginning

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 with God.

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 And so before there was anything,

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 before time itself,

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 before anything

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 came into existence,

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 while there was nothing,

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 God was there.

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 and so was this Word.

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 This Word is eternal.

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 He doesn't belong

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 in this world.

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 The Word exists

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 outside and beyond.

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 First, He's eternal.

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 Secondly,

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 He is divine.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 The Word was

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 with God

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 and the Word

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 was

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 God.

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 He's not some

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 lesser being,

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 a kind of

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 few inches

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 below God.

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 He's not a

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 subservient

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 angel.

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 He's not a

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 divinish

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 creature.

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 creature.

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 He's not a

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 creature made

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 by God

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 to do His bidding,

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 like the cults

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 tell you.

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 But the Bible

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 is very clear

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 that the Word

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 was God.

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 He's a person

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 distinct

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 from God,

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 yes,

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 but 100%

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 God.

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 An eternal

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 and divine

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 being.

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 Eternal,

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 divine,

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 but can you see

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 verse 2?

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 He's also

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 the creator.

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 All things

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 were made

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 through Him.

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 As John

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 so often

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 does

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 when we get

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 familiar with

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 the way that

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 he writes

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 as we study

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 his gospel,

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 he cuts off

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 any other

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 possibilities.

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 I love it

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 how John

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 writes.

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 He writes

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 the necessary

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 negatives.

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 It's written

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 for dummies

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 like me.

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 And so if I

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 was going to

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 say to you,

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 I'm going to

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 meet you at

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 the clock

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 at Waterloo,

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 you get to

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 Waterloo,

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 how many clocks

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 are there?

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 There's loads,

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 isn't it?

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 Which clock?

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 I love to

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 say to you,

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 not the

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 clock at

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 Platform 2,

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 not the

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 clock at

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 Platform 21,

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 the clock in

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 the middle

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 of the

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 concourse.

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 And so you

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 have to know

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 the necessary

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 negatives.

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 And John

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 gives that

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 all the

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 time,

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 we'll see

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 it.

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 People like

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 me need

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 the negative

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 explained to

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 them.

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 You sit

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 here,

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 not there,

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 but here.

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 Can you

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 see what it

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 says?

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 All things

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 were made

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 through Him

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 and without

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 Him,

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 nothing was

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 made.

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 there was

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 nothing that's

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 been made

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 that has not

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 been made

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 by Him.

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 Without Him

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 nothing was

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 made.

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 It was the

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 Word who was

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 with God

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 in the

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 beginning,

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 who spoke

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 life into

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 existence.

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 everything

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 from the

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 stars in

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 the sky

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 all the

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 way down

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 to the

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 depths of

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 the ocean.

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 And so

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 every person

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 in this

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 room,

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 every person

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 who has

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 ever existed,

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 who has

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 ever lived,

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 has come

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 through the

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 creative work

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 of this

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 Word.

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 He is

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 eternal,

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 He is

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 divine,

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 He is

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 the Creator,

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 but He's

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 also,

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 verse 4,

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 the source

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 of all

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 life.

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 Can you

00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:30.120
 see that?

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 In Him

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 was life.

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 And what

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 John is

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 saying is

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 not only

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 did He

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 bring all

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 things into

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 existence,

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 He is

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 the source

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 of all

00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:42.759
 life.

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 He is

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 the source

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 of all

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 life in

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 the beginning,

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 but He's

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 also the

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 sustaining

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 source of

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 life.

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 He's not

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 like my

00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.399
 watch,

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 I've got a

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 wind-up

00:13:54.060 --> 00:13:54.299
 watch,

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 I wind

00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.340
 it up in

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 the morning

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 and I

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 don't have

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 to do

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 anything

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 to it.

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 It just

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 ticks again

00:13:59.299 --> 00:13:59.680
 and then I

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 have to

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 wind it

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 up again.

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 God is

00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:00.980
 not like

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.320
 that with

00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:01.620
 our world.

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 It's not

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 that He

00:14:02.280 --> 00:14:02.700
 is the

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 source and

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 then just

00:14:04.040 --> 00:14:04.780
 lets it

00:14:04.780 --> 00:14:04.879
 go.

00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:05.060
 No,

00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:05.800
 He is

00:14:05.800 --> 00:14:06.280
 the

00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:06.759
 sustaining

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.340
 source of

00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:07.700
 our lives.

00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:08.259
 So this

00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:08.639
 says to

00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:08.820
 you,

00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:09.680
 you are,

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 whether you

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 like to

00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:10.600
 admit it

00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:10.900
 or not,

00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:11.440
 a dependent

00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:11.860
 being.

00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:12.560
 You

00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:12.840
 actually

00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.420
 know that.

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 You

00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:15.780
 cannot

00:14:15.780 --> 00:14:16.600
 exist in

00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:16.840
 and of

00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.280
 yourself.

00:14:19.420 --> 00:14:19.820
 We

00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.440
 depend on

00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:21.480
 others to

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:21.780
 keep us

00:14:21.780 --> 00:14:22.120
 going,

00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:23.460
 but ultimately

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 we are a

00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.020
 dependent

00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:25.620
 creature because

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 we've been

00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.060
 made by

00:14:27.060 --> 00:14:27.879
 the God

00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.379
 who is the

00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.759
 source of

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.180
 all things.

00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:33.120
 you and

00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.339
 I are

00:14:33.339 --> 00:14:33.699
 dependent

00:14:33.699 --> 00:14:34.159
 creatures,

00:14:34.959 --> 00:14:36.399
 but not

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.919
 so this

00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.299
 word.

00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.620
 This

00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:40.139
 word of

00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.579
 John 1,

00:14:40.699 --> 00:14:41.039
 He is

00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:41.799
 self-sustaining.

00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.399
 He doesn't

00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:42.879
 need you

00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:44.679
 to exist.

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:46.839
 He doesn't

00:14:46.839 --> 00:14:47.539
 depend on us

00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:48.299
 or anything

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:48.699
 else.

00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.679
 All physical

00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:50.339
 life, all

00:14:50.339 --> 00:14:50.899
 spiritual life

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.299
 comes from

00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:51.439
 Him.

00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:51.839
 He is

00:14:51.839 --> 00:14:52.319
 eternal,

00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:52.679
 He is

00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.059
 divine,

00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:53.599
 He is the

00:14:53.599 --> 00:14:54.000
 creator,

00:14:54.459 --> 00:14:54.979
 He is the

00:14:54.979 --> 00:14:55.500
 source of

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:55.939
 all life.

00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:56.500
 And did

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:56.900
 you see

00:14:56.900 --> 00:14:57.520
 verse 4,

00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:57.920
 He is the

00:14:57.920 --> 00:14:58.380
 source of

00:14:58.380 --> 00:14:59.060
 all light.

00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.240
 Verse 4,

00:15:01.760 --> 00:15:02.200
 in Him was

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.800
 life and

00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:03.160
 the life

00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:03.680
 was the

00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.360
 light of

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.680
 man.

00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:07.180
 The light

00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:07.820
 shines in

00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:08.380
 the darkness

00:15:08.380 --> 00:15:09.380
 and the

00:15:09.380 --> 00:15:10.000
 darkness has

00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:11.080
 not overcome

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.320
 it.

00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.040
 He is

00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:14.140
 getting

00:15:14.140 --> 00:15:16.040
 light.

00:15:16.260 --> 00:15:16.500
 I noticed

00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:16.879
 this morning

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.420
 sunrise at

00:15:17.420 --> 00:15:18.520
 6.15am.

00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:20.360
 It's

00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:20.860
 pitch black.

00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.040
 And then

00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:23.420
 you look

00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:23.600
 out,

00:15:23.640 --> 00:15:23.860
 don't you,

00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.100
 and you

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.920
 see the

00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:26.180
 sun just

00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:27.580
 peeping

00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:28.120
 its head

00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.360
 over the

00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:28.720
 horizon.

00:15:31.040 --> 00:15:31.640
 And then

00:15:31.640 --> 00:15:32.320
 very quickly

00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:33.580
 the darkness

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.580
 is dispelled,

00:15:34.780 --> 00:15:35.040
 it is

00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:35.520
 overcome,

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.360
 and the

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.640
 light

00:15:37.640 --> 00:15:38.420
 triumphs.

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:41.299
 Here we

00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:41.599
 get in

00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:41.819
 John's

00:15:41.819 --> 00:15:42.000
 Gospel,

00:15:42.099 --> 00:15:42.500
 the first

00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:44.299
 hint that

00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:44.860
 everything is

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.360
 not right

00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:45.719
 with our

00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:46.079
 world.

00:15:47.979 --> 00:15:48.319
 This

00:15:48.319 --> 00:15:49.139
 theme comes

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.699
 up again

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.259
 and again

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:50.759
 and again

00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:52.079
 in John's

00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.339
 Gospel.

00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:52.939
 It is this

00:15:52.939 --> 00:15:53.979
 theme that

00:15:53.979 --> 00:15:54.459
 the world

00:15:54.459 --> 00:15:54.860
 is in

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.659
 darkness.

00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.039
 Light

00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.659
 and darkness.

00:15:58.979 --> 00:15:59.219
 And the

00:15:59.219 --> 00:15:59.839
 darkness here

00:15:59.839 --> 00:16:00.360
 speaks of

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.059
 evil and

00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.379
 of ignorance.

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.079
 Just flick

00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:02.360
 over the

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.699
 page with

00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:02.919
 me to

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.639
 John 3

00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.059
 in verse

00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:04.539
 19.

00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:09.939
 So what

00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:10.319
 John writes,

00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:11.019
 this is

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:12.120
 the judgment

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.159
 that light

00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.879
 has come

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.339
 into the

00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:14.860
 world

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:17.339
 and people

00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:18.620
 loved the

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.319
 darkness

00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:20.939
 rather than

00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:21.419
 the light

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:22.099
 because their

00:16:22.099 --> 00:16:22.620
 words,

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.139
 because their

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.459
 deeds

00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:26.159
 are evil.

00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.319
 Their

00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:28.759
 works were

00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:28.980
 evil.

00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:32.339
 And so

00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:32.699
 here's the

00:16:32.699 --> 00:16:32.879
 truth,

00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.259
 the world

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.559
 is not

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.159
 neutral when

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:34.439
 it comes

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:34.860
 to God.

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.039
 It's a

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.319
 world that

00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:38.759
 has many,

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.279
 many good

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.959
 things but

00:16:39.959 --> 00:16:40.519
 the characteristic

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:40.980
 of this

00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.500
 world is

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:41.779
 that it

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.259
 is evil.

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.299
 It's a

00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:44.699
 world that

00:16:44.699 --> 00:16:45.659
 is deliberately

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:47.039
 and culpably

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.779
 ignorant.

00:16:49.719 --> 00:16:50.339
 But then

00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:50.839
 comes the

00:16:50.839 --> 00:16:51.319
 word, the

00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:52.139
 word that

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.100
 opposes the

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.519
 darkness.

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.480
 The light

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.579
 shines in the

00:16:55.579 --> 00:16:56.279
 darkness and

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.759
 the darkness

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.179
 has not

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.740
 overcome it,

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.360
 not smothered

00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:58.519
 it.

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.159
 Well,

00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.519
 these are

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.299
 epic verses,

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:03.679
 aren't they?

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.940
 Who is

00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.220
 he?

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.240
 And the

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:07.680
 answer is

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.240
 he is the

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.900
 word, but

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.540
 so much is

00:17:09.540 --> 00:17:10.060
 packed into

00:17:10.060 --> 00:17:10.279
 that.

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.220
 He is the

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.160
 eternal divine

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.940
 creator, the

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.860
 source of all

00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.860
 life and the

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:15.580
 source of all

00:17:15.580 --> 00:17:15.880
 light.

00:17:16.120 --> 00:17:16.519
 But did you

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.900
 see verse

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 14?

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 It's not

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 just that he's

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 the eternal

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 word,

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 he is,

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 verse 14,

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 the word

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 made flesh.

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 The word

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 became flesh.

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 John's gospel

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 is divided in

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 two, it's a

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 bit of a

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 rough division

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 really, but

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 if you think

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 of John's

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 gospel in

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 verses,

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 chapter 1

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 verses 1

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 to 18,

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 you've got the

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 introduction.

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 And then from

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 then on to

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 chapter 10,

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 you've got God

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 the Son coming

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 all the way

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 down, he is the

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 word from the

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 Father.

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 And then from

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 chapter 11 to

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 chapter 20,

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 it's the return

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 of the Son to

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 the Father,

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 with chapter 21

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 as the

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 conclusion.

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 And so that

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 first movement,

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 which we're

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 going to see

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 this term,

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 is all about

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 his coming

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 into the

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 world and

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 becoming

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 flesh.

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 John, the

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 writer,

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 introduces John

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 the Baptist

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 to us in

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 verse 6.

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 Did you see

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 him?

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 We'll find

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 out more

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 about him

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 next week.

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 But in

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 introducing

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 John the

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 Baptist to

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 us,

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 Jesus'

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 cousin,

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 John,

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 the author,

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 begins to

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 take us

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 from eternity

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 past,

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 and he brings

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 us right into

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 time,

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 into space,

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 and this

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 world.

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 And that

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 movement into

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 our world is

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 picked up on

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 in verse 9,

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 who was

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 coming into

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 the world.

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 And then

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 verse 10,

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 he was in

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 the world.

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 Verse 11,

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 he came to

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 his own

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 people.

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 And then

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 this epic

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 statement that

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 John zeroes

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 in on,

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 in verse 14.

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 This word,

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 this eternal,

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 divine,

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 supreme being,

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 is the one

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 who became

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 flesh.

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 I need to

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 dwell to

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 man.

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 He

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 dwelt

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 among us.

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 And we,

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 that's the

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 eyewitnesses,

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 have seen

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 his glory,

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 glory as

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 the only

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 son from

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 the father

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 full of

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 grace and

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 truth.

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 And in

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 those few

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 words,

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 John is

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 summarizing

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 the stupendous

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 truth of the

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 incarnation,

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 that God

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 became man,

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 that the

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.900
 word took

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 on flesh.

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 The word

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 became flesh.

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 What John

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 is saying to

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 you there is

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 that he

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 took on a

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 human nature.

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 He became

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 one of us.

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 The eternal,

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 divine,

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 the creator

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 of all

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 things,

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 the one who

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 flung stars

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 into space,

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 came down,

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 down,

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 down,

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 down,

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 down into

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 our world.

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 And so at

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 one point he

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 is the size

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 of a tiny

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 seed in his

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 mother's womb.

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 At another

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 point he

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 is the size

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 for strawberry

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 that you'll

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 eat for

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 dessert.

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 At another

00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:58.460
 point you

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 could have

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 held the

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.780
 eternal

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 word in

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 your arms

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 if he'd

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 been there.

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 Let me

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 read to you

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 these incredible

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.600
 words from

00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:08.200
 Thomas Watson.

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 He was

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 poor that

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 he might

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 make us

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.580
 rich.

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 He was

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 born of

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 a virgin

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 that we

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 might be

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.140
 born of

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.520
 God.

00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:15.360
 He took

00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:16.520
 our flesh

00:20:16.520 --> 00:20:17.280
 that he

00:20:17.280 --> 00:20:17.640
 might give

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.300
 us his

00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:18.600
 spirit.

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 He lay

00:20:19.439 --> 00:20:19.819
 in the

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.179
 manger

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.539
 that we

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.939
 may lay

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.119
 in

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.500
 paradise.

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.279
 He came

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.759
 down from

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.219
 heaven that

00:20:24.219 --> 00:20:24.500
 he might

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.919
 bring us

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.299
 to heaven

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.859
 that the

00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.379
 ancient of

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:26.859
 days should

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.379
 be born

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:28.039
 that he

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.939
 who thunders

00:20:28.939 --> 00:20:29.219
 in the

00:20:29.219 --> 00:20:30.179
 heavens should

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.779
 cry in the

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.599
 cradle that

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.279
 he who rules

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.000
 the stars

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.659
 should suck

00:20:33.659 --> 00:20:34.259
 the breast

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.879
 that a

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.579
 virgin should

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.139
 conceive

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:37.179
 that Christ

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.799
 should be

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.299
 made of a

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.159
 woman and

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:39.500
 of that

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.119
 woman which

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.059
 he himself

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.980
 made that

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.519
 the branch

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.959
 should bear

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:44.079
 the vine that

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.459
 the mother

00:20:44.459 --> 00:20:44.859
 should be

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.279
 younger than

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.679
 the child

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.179
 she bore

00:20:46.179 --> 00:20:46.740
 and the

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.379
 child in the

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:47.939
 womb bigger

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.299
 than the

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.580
 mother but

00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:49.980
 the human

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.740
 nature should

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.140
 not be

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.940
 God yet

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.440
 one with

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.700
 God.

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.200
 The miracle

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:57.279
 that the

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.940
 word became

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.460
 flesh.

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.000
 It's not

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.360
 that there was

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.860
 like a divine

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.299
 mixture.

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.240
 It's not like

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.080
 when you kind

00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:06.140
 of mix water

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.779
 and flour

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.859
 and it

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.319
 becomes

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.099
 I think the

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.759
 technical word

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.359
 is sludge

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:14.480
 but this

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.099
 baby

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:18.039
 is 100%

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.819
 man

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:20.759
 and 100%

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.099
 God

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.359
 at the same

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.779
 time.

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.200
 The Athanasian

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.839
 creed says

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.160
 that our

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.599
 Lord Jesus

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.180
 Christ the

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.759
 Son of God

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.399
 is God

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.039
 and man

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.000
 God of the

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.579
 substance of

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.039
 the Father

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.839
 begotten

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.299
 before the

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.720
 worlds

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.799
 and man of

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.339
 the substance

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.639
 of his

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:34.899
 mother

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.680
 born in

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.060
 the world

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.660
 completely

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.240
 God

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.759
 completely

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.120
 man.

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:40.740
 And though

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.540
 he is God

00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:42.120
 and man

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.660
 he is not

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.220
 two

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.360
 but he is

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:45.160
 one Christ.

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.460
 And if you're

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.100
 sitting here

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.880
 scratching your

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.380
 head

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.300
 you're doing

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:51.519
 the right

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.740
 thing

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:54.160
 because it

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.720
 is beyond

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.240
 our human

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.800
 understanding.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:59.099
 our small

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.799
 little

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.519
 creaturely

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.019
 minds

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.680
 cannot

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.399
 comprehend

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.740
 it

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:04.680
 but it

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.240
 is true

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.680
 and it

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.339
 is glorious

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:08.180
 and we

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.639
 will see

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:08.940
 it on the

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.419
 pages of

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.720
 John's

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.000
 Gospel.

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.480
 One who

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.919
 has the

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.319
 almighty

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.000
 power of

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.279
 God

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.619
 who can

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.339
 turn water

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.039
 into wine

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.339
 as we'll

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.639
 see in a

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:16.899
 couple of

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.240
 chapters

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.379
 who is

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.720
 able to

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.599
 be raised

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.419
 from the

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.940
 dead

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:24.019
 and yet

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.299
 at the

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.220
 same time

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.940
 a man

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.519
 who suffers

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.320
 and bleeds

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 and dies

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.360
 for his

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.620
 people.

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.440
 The eternal

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.140
 word

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.840
 taking on

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.320
 flesh.

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:36.160
 Flesh is a

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.460
 word that

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.820
 speaks of

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.420
 his humanity

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:40.039
 but also

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.539
 in John's

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:40.840
 Gospel

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.799
 it's got

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.440
 echoes of

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.980
 something more

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.400
 humble

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:45.000
 than that.

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.240
 It's kind

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.500
 of got

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.100
 connotations

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:48.019
 of him

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.740
 stooping

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.460
 down to

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.100
 our level

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:52.159
 taking

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.919
 on our

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.779
 weak and

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.359
 fragile

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.019
 humanity

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.459
 becoming

00:22:55.459 --> 00:22:55.839
 one

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.480
 with us.

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.179
 I've

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.339
 told you

00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.740
 this before

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.000
 but in

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.679
 1863

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:00.919
 the

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.240
 Catholic

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.599
 priest

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:01.939
 Father

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.500
 Joseph

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.039
 Damien

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.139
 he was

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.619
 inspired

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.019
 by the

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.319
 example

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.579
 of the

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:05.719
 Lord

00:23:05.719 --> 00:23:06.019
 Jesus

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.879
 to go

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.259
 and help

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.719
 lepers

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.299
 in a

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.539
 leper

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:09.959
 colony

00:23:09.959 --> 00:23:10.659
 on one

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:10.819
 of the

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.059
 islands

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.819
 of Hawaii.

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 The story

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.480
 is that

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.719
 these

00:23:14.719 --> 00:23:15.159
 lepers

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.459
 they'd

00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:15.599
 been

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.159
 banished

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.679
 from the

00:23:16.679 --> 00:23:16.980
 main

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.319
 island

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.819
 and the

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.199
 community

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:18.619
 because of

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:18.740
 their

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.119
 condition.

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.339
 no one

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.799
 would help

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.039
 them

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.299
 but

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.679
 Father

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.139
 Damien

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.579
 came to

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:23.939
 live with

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.099
 them.

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.240
 He buried

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.859
 their dead

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.419
 he helped

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.000
 cleanse their

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.779
 water system

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.539
 he built

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.079
 them homes

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.799
 he set up

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.359
 a school

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.679
 and a

00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:32.099
 hospital

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.539
 and two

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.959
 churches.

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.119
 And after

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.859
 22 years

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.299
 of working

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.779
 amongst those

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.119
 people in

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.759
 1885

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.619
 one morning

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.099
 the lepers

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.459
 were stunned

00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:41.039
 as he stood

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.599
 up to begin

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.099
 his sermon

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.919
 and he

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.359
 said

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.740
 we

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.279
 lepers

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:47.980
 because he

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.339
 too had

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.919
 become one

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.240
 of them.

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:51.219
 he'd

00:23:51.219 --> 00:23:51.679
 stooped

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:52.679
 down

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.059
 he'd

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.399
 stooped

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:53.839
 so low

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.219
 that he

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:54.759
 became

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.240
 one of

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.359
 them.

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.179
 The word

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:56.659
 became

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.500
 flesh

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.579
 the one

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.119
 who made

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.679
 everything

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.319
 came into

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.839
 our broken

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.219
 world

00:24:01.219 --> 00:24:01.480
 and he

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.819
 took on

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.259
 our weak

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.500
 human

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.839
 flesh

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.639
 and he

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.319
 was able

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.819
 and he

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.539
 is able

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.519
 to say

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.399
 to us

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:07.699
 now

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.199
 enthroned

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.559
 in heaven

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.019
 this morning

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.759
 we humans

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:12.519
 the word

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.839
 became

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.359
 flesh

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:15.399
 and dwelt

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.000
 amongst us

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.779
 literally the word

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.599
 is tabernacled

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.599
 and so

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:19.839
 if you're

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.359
 familiar with

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.639
 the old

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.000
 testament

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.879
 there's

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.459
 echoes

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:22.839
 aren't there

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.179
 here

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:25.019
 in exodus

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.459
 29

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:25.919
 God

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.699
 promised

00:24:26.699 --> 00:24:27.199
 to come

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:28.179
 and tabernacle

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.639
 to be

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.000
 with his

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.319
 people

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.899
 to come

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.519
 and dwell

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.779
 among his

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:32.959
 people

00:24:32.959 --> 00:24:33.240
 it's what

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.559
 happened

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.059
 all those

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.579
 years ago

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.719
 but if you

00:24:35.719 --> 00:24:36.059
 get to the

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.299
 end of

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.619
 exodus

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.059
 it's a

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.679
 distant

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:39.659
 impersonal

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:39.980
 way

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.219
 he dwelt

00:24:41.219 --> 00:24:41.500
 with his

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.719
 people

00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.119
 from a

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.559
 tent

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:44.119
 but now

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.579
 it's more

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.159
 profound

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.919
 and close

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.700
 and personal

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.379
 and intimate

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:49.859
 he came

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.159
 to us

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.399
 and he

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:50.759
 dwelt

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.419
 with us

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:53.740
 and think

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.059
 about it

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.679
 for a moment

00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:55.039
 the man

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.480
 who wrote

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.159
 this gospel

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.659
 John

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.299
 he was

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.200
 an eyewitness

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.819
 and he says

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.639
 in verse 14

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.440
 we've seen

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.259
 his glory

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:04.319
 I saw

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.740
 with my

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.619
 own eyes

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:05.980
 and the

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.440
 disciples

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.159
 and many

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.740
 many others

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.039
 saw

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.740
 the word

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.079
 became

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.500
 flesh

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.940
 and dwelt

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.659
 amongst us

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:13.480
 and verse 14

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.940
 we have

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.580
 seen his

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.040
 glory

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.500
 glory

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.140
 as of the

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.660
 only son

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.000
 from the

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.240
 father

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.560
 full of

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:17.759
 grace

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.200
 and truth

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:21.740
 he's

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.240
 describing

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.000
 the brilliance

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.480
 of God

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:26.240
 Moses

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.180
 he asked

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.480
 to see

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.759
 God's

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.040
 glory

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:28.340
 didn't he

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.660
 in Exodus

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.200
 33

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.460
 do you

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.580
 remember

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:29.860
 God

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.779
 put Moses

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.060
 in the

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.380
 cleft

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.660
 of a

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:31.920
 rock

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.140
 and he

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.440
 passed

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.980
 by him

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.259
 so that

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.759
 Moses

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.120
 could only

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.460
 see the

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.779
 back

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.340
 of God

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:36.720
 because

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.120
 nobody

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.560
 can see

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:37.900
 God's

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.240
 face

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.840
 and live

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.440
 and as

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.860
 he passed

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.100
 by

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.379
 God

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.740
 spoke

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.179
 to him

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:42.779
 and he

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.059
 spoke

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.199
 about

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.339
 his

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.839
 character

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.240
 and he

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.579
 revealed

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.859
 it to

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.099
 Moses

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.379
 and he

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.539
 said

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.719
 the

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:45.959
 Lord

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.139
 the

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.379
 Lord

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:46.519
 a

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.779
 God

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.359
 merciful

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.599
 and

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.059
 gracious

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.980
 slow

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.219
 to

00:25:49.219 --> 00:25:49.539
 anger

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.679
 abounding

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.459
 in steadfast

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:51.819
 love

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.019
 and

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.799
 faithfulness

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:56.159
 it's a

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.639
 glory

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.359
 which speaks

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.839
 of

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:59.779
 the

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.319
 godness

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.759
 of God

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:02.919
 of his

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.480
 brilliance

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.319
 his majesty

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.679
 as a

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.119
 creator

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.579
 his

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.159
 power

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:08.419
 above

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.839
 all

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.319
 powers

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.859
 but

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.179
 even

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.659
 Moses

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.099
 wasn't

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.419
 permitted

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.639
 to

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:11.899
 see

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.179
 him

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:13.379
 otherwise

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.619
 he

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:13.740
 would

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.099
 die

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:16.079
 but

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.299
 at the

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.539
 same

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.720
 time

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:16.859
 it

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.139
 speaks

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.299
 of

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.439
 his

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:17.939
 goodness

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:19.639
 that

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:19.839
 his

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.319
 character

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.799
 is one

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.079
 that is

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.519
 full of

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.919
 grace

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.659
 and truth

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.839
 and he's

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.539
 abounding

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.279
 in steadfast

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.759
 love

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.779
 and that

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.439
 glory

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.019
 the

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.600
 godness

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:29.779
 of

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.259
 god

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.480
 the

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.900
 goodness

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.220
 of

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.660
 god

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:31.880
 is

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.120
 seen

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.240
 in

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.360
 that

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.559
 one

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.860
 person

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.100
 Jesus

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.519
 Christ

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:35.220
 and that's

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.380
 who we

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.660
 have

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:38.240
 the glory

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.460
 of the

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.940
 only son

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.299
 from the

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.640
 father

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.880
 who for

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.360
 the first

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.960
 time in

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.220
 history

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.559
 could be

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.900
 seen

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:45.019
 the light

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.420
 who came

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.740
 into the

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.220
 world

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.140
 lit up

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.279
 the

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.660
 darkness

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:50.100
 the

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.460
 character

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.180
 of god

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.700
 who is

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.500
 overflowing

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.279
 with grace

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.140
 and overflowing

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.740
 with truth

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.299
 in a world

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.799
 of lies

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:59.240
 and John

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.819
 has seen

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.359
 his glory

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.900
 and his

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.400
 aim in

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.880
 writing this

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.299
 book is

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.539
 so that

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.859
 you would

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.180
 see it

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:07.680
 I think

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.039
 John's

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.619
 intention is

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.000
 to blow

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.400
 us away

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.720
 really

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.720
 with these

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.160
 themes

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.880
 and ideas

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:15.240
 that in

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.720
 this chapter

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.339
 they come

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.559
 to us

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.920
 with such

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.539
 an impact

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.220
 that they'll

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.740
 have to be

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.660
 expanded

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.079
 through the

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.400
 rest of

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.720
 the book

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.960
 but the

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.180
 first

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.680
 application

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.079
 is this

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.360
 isn't it

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.700
 we need

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.140
 to step

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.500
 back

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.019
 and be

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.500
 in awe

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.940
 of who

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.200
 Jesus

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.620
 is

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:32.860
 if you've

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.180
 been a

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.440
 Christian

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.839
 like I

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.160
 have for

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.759
 some time

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.559
 there is a

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.819
 risk

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.160
 isn't it

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.920
 that you

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.500
 like I

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.880
 have become

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.299
 far too

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.960
 over familiar

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.440
 with him

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:43.960
 but here

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.600
 John begins

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.079
 his gospel

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.519
 and he

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.220
 stops us

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.620
 and he

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.120
 slows you

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.519
 down

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.019
 and he

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.460
 says do

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.779
 you realise

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.120
 do you

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.660
 quite realise

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.140
 who you

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.620
 have in

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:51.980
 Jesus

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.980
 that this

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.340
 is not

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.720
 just

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.140
 Jesus

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.420
 meek

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.560
 and

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:55.800
 mild

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.060
 he's

00:27:56.060 --> 00:27:56.300
 not

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:57.320
 Jesus

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:57.600
 the

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.300
 swear word

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:58.820
 he is

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.160
 Jesus

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.840
 the eternal

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.259
 word

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.860
 who became

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.480
 flesh

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.180
 and so

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.779
 be in

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.180
 awe

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:06.779
 the identity

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.320
 of Jesus

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:08.400
 who he is

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.740
 he's the

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.080
 word made

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.380
 flesh

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.920
 but secondly

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.300
 what's his

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.480
 mission

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.740
 the last

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.040
 two points

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:11.340
 are quick

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:13.200
 what is his

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.500
 mission

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:16.120
 why did he

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.700
 come all the

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.060
 way from the

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.440
 glory of

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.040
 heaven into

00:28:18.040 --> 00:28:18.580
 our world

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.040
 well John

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:20.060
 20 verse 31

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.759
 gives us that

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.220
 clue doesn't

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.440
 it

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.000
 and we've

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.319
 been saying

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.639
 that right

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:23.919
 from the

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.240
 beginning

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.859
 so that by

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.659
 believing you

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.039
 might have

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.940
 life in his

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.359
 name

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.480
 and that makes

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.839
 sense doesn't

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.359
 it because look at

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.839
 verse 4

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.740
 in him was

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.059
 life

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:33.220
 he's the source

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.500
 of life

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.919
 he's come to

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.460
 give life

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:39.839
 he gives us

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:42.099
 life a

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.659
 relationship with

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.059
 God and in

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.039
 verse 12 to

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.740
 13 we get a

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.179
 little bit more

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.740
 colour of what

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.359
 that means

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:50.339
 but to all

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.720
 who did

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.420
 receive him

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.920
 who believed

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.180
 in his

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.519
 name he

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.059
 gave the

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.519
 right to

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.880
 become

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:55.059
 children of

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.539
 God

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:58.339
 what is

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.880
 his mission

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:01.259
 so that we

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.920
 might enter

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.480
 the family

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.039
 of God

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:06.120
 you might

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.420
 have seen

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.940
 the famous

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.960
 photograph of

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.660
 JFK

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.059
 Jr

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.259
 if you haven't

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.759
 seen it's a

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.819
 total waste of

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.160
 time telling

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.740
 this story but

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.420
 anyway I

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.880
 should have

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.660
 put the

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.180
 photograph here

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.279
 but JFK

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.839
 Jr he's the

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.400
 son of

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.099
 President

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.359
 JF Kennedy

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.759
 JF Kennedy

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.660
 is in the

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.420
 Oval Office

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.920
 the office of

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.240
 the President

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.740
 of the USA

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:29.200
 it's the most

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.839
 important room

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.200
 isn't it in

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.500
 terms of

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.960
 politics

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.339
 and power

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.940
 in the world

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.380
 certainly at

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.839
 that time

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:36.039
 and JFK

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.420
 is sitting

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.059
 behind his

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.819
 desk as the

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.259
 President of

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.819
 the US

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.900
 but at his

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.400
 feet

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.180
 underneath the

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.019
 desk is a

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.539
 little boy

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.279
 cheekily

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.399
 playing and

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.000
 messing around

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.379
 under his

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.720
 father's

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.000
 desk

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:48.480
 he's the

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.039
 President of

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.559
 the USA

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.319
 the most

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.960
 important man

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.399
 in the world

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.240
 in many ways

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:54.099
 but his

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.559
 son is at

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.940
 his feet

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.480
 messing about

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.839
 under the

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.119
 desk

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:58.700
 because as

00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:00.259
 the son of

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.700
 the President

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.460
 as the son

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.720
 of the

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.220
 father he

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.500
 had a right

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.940
 to be there

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.259
 didn't he

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:05.819
 he had an

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.319
 authority

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.399
 to be there

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:10.379
 no one

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.740
 else

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.899
 could have

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.299
 been messing

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.599
 about

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.919
 under the

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.119
 desk

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.299
 of the

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.559
 President

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:16.079
 but JFK

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.379
 Jr.

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.639
 could be

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.099
 relaxed

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.779
 because he

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.379
 was secure

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.599
 in the love

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.200
 and acceptance

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.700
 of his

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.139
 father who

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.339
 was the

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.659
 President

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:25.200
 do you see

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.559
 what John

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.940
 is saying

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.159
 here

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.799
 John is

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.119
 saying

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.680
 that this

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:27.960
 is what

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.220
 Jesus

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.579
 has come

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.019
 to bring

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:31.440
 he's come

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.799
 to bring

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.279
 life

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.839
 which means

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.240
 being a

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.740
 child of

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.099
 God

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:36.539
 that you

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:36.919
 can come

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.180
 to the

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.419
 eternal

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.700
 God

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.139
 and call

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.299
 him

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.619
 our

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.079
 father

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.599
 in heaven

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:42.339
 you can

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.699
 live in

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.220
 his presence

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.539
 with the

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.819
 assurance

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.279
 of his

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.559
 love

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.379
 knowing

00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:46.839
 that you

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.419
 have been

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.980
 accepted

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.899
 as his

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.359
 child

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.919
 and you

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.279
 don't have

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.559
 the right

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.779
 to do

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:51.939
 that

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.279
 and neither

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.779
 do I

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.960
 by nature

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:55.659
 Jesus is

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.299
 the only

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.079
 natural

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.619
 son of

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:57.819
 God

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.119
 isn't it

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:59.019
 we become

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.819
 sons and

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.240
 daughters of

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.480
 God

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.079
 through

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.579
 adoption

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:03.720
 through his

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.139
 death

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.519
 which we'll

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.919
 learn more

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.240
 about in

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.679
 these pages

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.159
 to come

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:08.100
 and that

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.400
 is something

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.019
 that happens

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.779
 to us

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.300
 rather than

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.660
 something that

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.120
 we achieve

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.900
 for ourselves

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.560
 did you see

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:12.800
 that in

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.440
 verse 13

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.480
 it comes

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.220
 through birth

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.800
 or rebirth

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:15.800


00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.840
 You can't

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.380
 give yourself

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.680
 to it

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.380
 you can't

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.720
 try and

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.620
 force yourself

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.160
 into God's

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.440
 family

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.080
 it's impossible

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:25.580
 and that's

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:25.860
 what's being

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.259
 said in

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.720
 those verses

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.519
 it's not

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.040
 of born

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:28.580
 of blood

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.080
 which means

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:30.940
 not becoming

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.519
 a child of

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.920
 God because

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.300
 you belong

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.820
 to a certain

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.279
 race of

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.600
 people

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.200
 in this

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.540
 case the

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:34.740
 Jewish

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.080
 people

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:36.019
 not because

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.240
 of the

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.519
 will of

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.740
 the

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.119
 flesh

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.420
 it's not

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.720
 something to

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:37.879
 do with

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.220
 your own

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.660
 strength

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.240
 and ability

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.819
 as a human

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.180
 being

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.079
 not by the

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.379
 will of

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.740
 man

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.740
 it's not

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.180
 something that

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.619
 other people

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.099
 can do for

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.160
 you

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.579
 I can't

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:44.839
 do it for

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.220
 you

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:47.400
 but it's

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.000
 from God

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.639
 life that

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.119
 comes

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:53.819
 from God

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:56.400
 not from the

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.119
 ground up

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.819
 but from

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.759
 God and

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.420
 his grace

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.900
 coming down

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.279
 and giving

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.559
 you the

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.900
 life that

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.279
 you need

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:03.720
 we touch

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:03.960
 on the

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.379
 identity

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.500
 of Jesus

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.859
 who he

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.019
 is

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.259
 he's

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.420
 the

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.740
 word

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:06.940
 made

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.200
 flesh

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.440
 we've

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.200
 we've

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.380
 touched

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.660
 on his

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:08.940
 mission

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.240
 that he

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.740
 came to

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.240
 give you

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.940
 life and

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.460
 relationship

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.119
 with God

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.579
 to become

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.000
 a child

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.420
 of God

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.220
 and finally

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.680
 he shows you

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:14.940
 the right

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.480
 response

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.680
 and interestingly

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.299
 again John

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.880
 shows you the

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.619
 right response

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.519
 by showing you

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.859
 the wrong

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.440
 response

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.799
 look at verse

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.099
 10

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:24.880
 he was in

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.660
 the world

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:27.180
 and the world

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.539
 was made

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.980
 through him

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.519
 and yet the

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.420
 world did

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.740
 not

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.720
 know him

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:33.100
 I wonder

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.400
 if you know

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.779
 the story

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.380
 of Jesse

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.880
 Owens

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.339
 Jesse

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.620
 Owens

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.180
 was the

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.920
 star of

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.000
 the 1936

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.039
 Berlin Olympics

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:44.059
 history records

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.600
 that he

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.360
 embarrassed

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.720
 Hitler

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.559
 he beat

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.120
 all

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.559
 Hitler's

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.980
 athletes

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.259
 in the

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.759
 long jump

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.100
 and the

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.620
 sprints

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:52.140
 much to

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.460
 Hitler's

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.759
 disappointment

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.400
 there's a

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.880
 reel that

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.279
 you can see

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.460
 on the

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.900
 internet

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:57.540
 of Hitler

00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:58.580
 storming out

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.800
 of the

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:59.180
 stadium

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.740
 when Jesse

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.019
 Owens

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.340
 won one

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.500
 of the

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.800
 sprints

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:02.240
 in disgust

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:03.640
 in disgust

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.140
 that Jesse

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.500
 Owens

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.960
 had become

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.600
 so prolific

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.160
 that a

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.600
 black man

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.040
 could beat

00:33:07.040 --> 00:33:07.500
 Hitler's

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.960
 athletes

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:10.700
 Jesse

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:10.920
 Owens

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.340
 after the

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.519
 Olympics

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.940
 went back

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.400
 to Atlanta

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.960
 in the

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.440
 deep south

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.720
 to his

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.040
 hometown

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:16.320
 and there

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:16.519
 was a

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.160
 huge civic

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.560
 dinner

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.460
 that was

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.880
 put on

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.120
 in his

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.360
 honour

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.160
 all the

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.580
 good and

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:20.980
 the great

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.440
 of Atlanta

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.820
 Georgia

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.320
 were there

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:23.660
 in their

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.200
 white ties

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.019
 and at

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.200
 that

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.420
 dinner

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.779
 Jesse

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.080
 Owens

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.259
 was

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.700
 presented

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.140
 with his

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.600
 award

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:27.860
 he was

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.240
 given a

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.720
 standing

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.080
 ovation

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.420
 by a

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.620
 huge

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.039
 crowd

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.380
 but as

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.640
 soon as

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:31.779
 the

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.259
 formalities

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.799
 were over

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.160
 Jesse

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.539
 Owens

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.019
 was sent

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.240
 out of

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.360
 the

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:34.660
 room

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:37.740
 he was

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.059
 made to

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.259
 eat

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.640
 dinner

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.340
 out of

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.440
 the

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.580
 room

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:39.900
 on his

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.140
 own

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.360
 in the

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.539
 cold

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.819
 because

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:40.980
 the

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.400
 officials

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:41.660
 did

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:41.819
 not

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.019
 want

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.240
 to be

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.440
 seen

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.660
 eating

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:42.920
 dinner

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.039
 with

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.140
 a

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.340
 black

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:43.640
 man

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:47.259
 the

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.620
 man

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:47.740
 who

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:47.880
 was

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.039
 the

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.420
 reason

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.640
 for

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.740
 the

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:48.960
 whole

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.480
 thing

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:51.460
 was

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.019
 shunned

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.200
 by

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.600
 those

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.379
 who

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.559
 should

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.659
 have

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:53.980
 received

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.240
 him

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:56.539
 as we

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.819
 read that

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.039
 it makes

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.519
 us sad

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.740
 it makes

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.219
 us angry

00:33:58.219 --> 00:33:58.500
 doesn't

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.599
 it

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.819
 that's

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.139
 such a

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.539
 tragedy

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.899
 but it's

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.219
 a far

00:34:00.219 --> 00:34:00.539
 greater

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.079
 tragedy

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.779
 that the

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.059
 one who

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.519
 made all

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.899
 things

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.299
 who came

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.659
 into this

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.079
 world

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.799
 instead of

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.379
 being received

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.000
 was rejected

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.519
 and that's

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.960
 what's meant

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.539
 by John

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.339
 here he says

00:34:12.339 --> 00:34:12.679
 he came

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:12.980
 into his

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.219
 own

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.719
 into the

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:14.920
 world

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.219
 but the

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.460
 world

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.860
 did not

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.059
 know

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.279
 him

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:17.880
 it's

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.279
 not a

00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:18.719
 neutral

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.400
 ignorance

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.960
 and what

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.360
 John is

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.719
 saying is

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.059
 the world

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.440
 did not

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.920
 want to

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.099
 know

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.299
 him

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.960
 did not

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.280
 want to

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.539
 have a

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.940
 relationship

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.380
 with him

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.019
 the one

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.260
 who is

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.780
 the reason

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.400
 for everything

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.960
 is sent

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.300
 out of the

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.460
 room

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.780
 in fact

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.460
 far worse

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:30.180
 he's

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.480
 killed

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.280
 our world

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.580
 did not

00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:32.840
 know him

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.160
 he came

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.400
 to his

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.680
 own

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:33.920
 people

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.100
 the

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:34.360
 Jewish

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.680
 people

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.240
 and one

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.440
 of the

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.840
 great

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.580
 tragedies

00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:37.120
 is that

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:37.740
 his own

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.220
 people

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.700
 did not

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.120
 receive

00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:39.480
 him

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:42.260
 and so

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.620
 as we

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.400
 close this

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.720
 morning

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.140
 right at

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.500
 the beginning

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.800
 of the

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.160
 gospel

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:48.740
 can you see

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.039
 the right

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.780
 response there

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.080
 in verse

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.500
 12

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:53.039
 but to

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.519
 all who

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.900
 did

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.440
 receive

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.699
 him

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:56.199
 who

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.760
 believed

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.199
 in his

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.579
 name

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.500
 he gave

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.880
 the right

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.260
 to become

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.639
 children of

00:34:59.639 --> 00:34:59.760
 God

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.079
 that's the

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.199
 right

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.659
 response

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:03.000
 it's not a

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.199
 doing

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.619
 it's not a

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.079
 trying hard

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.219
 eye

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.579
 it's not

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.199
 gritting

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.760
 your teeth

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:07.119
 it's not

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.480
 doing your

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.980
 best

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:11.659
 it's receiving

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:11.940
 isn't it

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.239
 it's what you

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.579
 do with a

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:12.860
 gift

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:15.659
 receiving

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.539
 welcoming

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.199
 believing

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.539
 it's not

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 difficult

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 it's

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 entrusting

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 our life

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 into his

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 hands

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 if you're

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 caught in a

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 fire in

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 your house

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 or your

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 school

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 you don't

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 just believe

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 that a

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 fireman

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 is there

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 in theory

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 you don't

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 just believe

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 that the

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 fireman

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 who's turned

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 up

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 well he's

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 a good

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 guy

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 thank you

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 for coming

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 what you're

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 doing is

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 really helpful

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 I can see

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 that there's

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 a fire

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 and then you

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 sit down

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 and carry

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 on with

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 your dinner

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 you don't

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 do that

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 it's one

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 type of

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 belief

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 isn't it

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 I suppose

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 it's

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 theoretical

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 but the

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 kind of

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 belief

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 that John

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 is speaking

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 about

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 is

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 receiving

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 it is

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 putting

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 your

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 life

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 into the

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 fireman's

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 hands

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 into the

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 rescuer's

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 hands

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 and that's

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 what John

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 will expand

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 on in this

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 gospel

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 the right

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 response

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.920
 the coming

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 of the

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 source of

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 all life

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 it's to

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 embrace him

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 and receive

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 him

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 and to

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 give your

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.900
 whole life

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 and put it

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 into his

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 hands

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 and there's

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.840
 so much

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 more to

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 see even

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.779
 in these

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.059
 verses

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.619
 that we've

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:18.920
 not touched

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.159
 on

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 but to

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.340
 know Jesus

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.820
 Christ

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:25.719
 to know

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.420
 that those

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.880
 who believe

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.340
 him and

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.019
 receive him

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.880
 and enjoy

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.300
 you what he

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.579
 has come

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:30.960
 to bring

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:33.519
 and so my

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.880
 prayer

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.739
 that this

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.380
 series will

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.920
 mean that we

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.599
 are more

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.820
 compelled by

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.079
 him

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:41.420
 that we as

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.019
 a congregation

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.519
 would be

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.079
 more

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.139
 enamoured

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 and amazed

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.519
 by him

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 and that we

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.920
 would receive

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.159
 him

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:50.099
 and make

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.400
 him known

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 let's pray

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