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 Good morning. Well, open up your copies of God's Word to John 17.

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! For those of you who have been praying for me this morning, I'm really grateful.

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! The two hours of sleep are slowly being overtaken by pre-workout and Jesus,

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 to which all pre-workout would be worthless.

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 So I drank the most potent stuff I could find this morning, so here I am. We're ready.

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 But usually when I'm tired, one of the first things to go are my reading out loud ability for some reason.

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 So show me a lot of grace today if you can find it in your heart.

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 So for those of you who are new on the scene, last week we began a three-week series on John 17,

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 which is known as the true Lord's Prayer or the high priestly prayer of Jesus.

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 And it is a passage that I've been enthralled by for many years.

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 Truly, I don't just say that like I really mean that.

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 It's one that just kind of stands out and tucked away in the pages of Scripture.

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 And so for a long time I've been wanting to hopefully encourage other people with how my soul has been blessed by this prayer.

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 We know that our Lord was in constant prayer.

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 We know that He was completely devoted to prayer and communing with the Father.

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 But the content of Jesus' prayers are not really out there for the most part.

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 But John 17, we get a peek, we get a glimpse of what it looked like for Jesus to talk to the Father.

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 And you feel almost like you're eavesdropping on a very, very intimate conversation.

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 And many people throughout the history of the church, many people have been awed by John 17.

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 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon, not a stranger to this crowd.

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 He said,

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 And so what's been commonly again referred to as the Lord's Prayer.

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 It has about 650 words in it.

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 It just takes a couple minutes to read, but there's enough depth in this prayer for you to spend eternity just diving into.

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 So what I'm able to preach in three weeks won't even come close to tapping in to what's really here.

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 So I encourage you to seek this passage out in your own study and ask the Lord to teach you from it.

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 So Martin Luther, the reformer, he said about this prayer,

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 It sounds so honest, so simple, yet it is so deep and so rich and so wide that no one can fathom it.

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 This prayer does stand out as preeminent in God's Word.

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 Philip Melanchthon, who was a friend of Luther's, another hero, if you would, of the Reformation.

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 Before he passed away, before he died, he gave a final lecture to his students.

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 And this was the passage that he preached on, John 17.

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 And he stated this,

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 And again, I feel very inadequate to explain or to reveal or try to expound on all that is in this.

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 So please go and allow God just to work in your heart as you read it.

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 But before we turn to the passage,

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 I think it would be really important to understand one of the roles that our Lord Jesus plays in our life,

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 a role that he fulfills, particularly exemplified in John 17,

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 is that of the high priest, the great high priest.

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 See, as sinners who are wretched, unclean, broken, and guilty before God,

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 we are like in desperate, dire need of someone to come and intercede on our behalf before a holy God.

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 So, praise be to God, that role is being fulfilled by our Lord Jesus.

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 Scripture has much to say about Christ being our eternal, perfect high priest.

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 The writer of Hebrews particularly goes at length to talk about how all the ministries of the Old Covenant,

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 the tabernacle, the temple, the priesthood, the sacrifices,

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 all these things were imperfect representations pointing toward a greater fulfillment.

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 And we all know that all those things were brought to completion in Christ.

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 Turn, if you would, just to Hebrews 7.

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 But hold your hand, John 17, Hebrews 7.

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 You see, all the animal sacrifices,

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 all the high priests that were appointed in the Old Covenant,

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 were imperfect in many, many ways.

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 No animal sacrifice was good enough,

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 because it couldn't suffer for human sins ultimately.

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 It had no moral life.

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 It couldn't bear the guilt of man.

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 And sinful priests who served in the temple

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 had to first make atonement for their own sins

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 before they atoned for the other people's sins.

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 So, they were imperfect,

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 and they couldn't remain either because they were mortal.

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 They died.

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 And so, all these things, this imperfect system,

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 was pointing toward a greater fulfillment in Christ.

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 So, if you look at Hebrews 7, look at verse 23.

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 It says,

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 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest,

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 holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners,

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 and exalted above the heavens.

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 He has no need, like those high priests,

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 to offer sacrifices daily,

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 first for his own sins,

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 and then for the sins of those of the people,

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 since he did not once for all,

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 excuse me,

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 for he did this once for all when he offered up himself.

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 For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests,

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 but the word of the oath,

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 which came later than the law,

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 appoints a son,

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 whom has been made perfect forever.

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 So, Jesus fulfilled all these things.

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 He was sinless,

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 so he had no need to offer a sacrifice for himself.

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 This is what our passage teaches.

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 So, he became the final sacrifice.

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 Furthermore, he was immortal.

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 He never had to be replaced.

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 So, he is the one eternal mediator between man and God.

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 And lastly, he became human,

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 so he could bear the sins of humans.

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 And so, the writer goes on to say,

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 in chapter 8, verses 1 and 2,

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 Now, the point that we are trying to make is this.

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 We're trying to tell you this.

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 Do we have such a high priest,

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 one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven,

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 a minister in the holy places,

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 in the true tent that the Lord set up,

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 and not man.

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 So, Christ is interceding on our behalf.

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 Can you imagine going to a courtroom of God,

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 being utterly guilty before him,

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 and having no one to plead your cause?

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 Jesus is doing this.

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 For those of us who are found in him,

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 he is our high priest.

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 Paul echoes this sentiment,

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 this idea, this truth in Romans 8.

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 Something that most of us might look over,

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 because Romans 8 is so familiar,

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 we're always trying to get to the end of Romans 8,

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 which is like the big, you know, huge punch at the end.

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 But have you ever noticed,

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 in Romans 8, 33, it says,

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 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect?

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 It is God who justifies.

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 Who is to condemn?

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 Christ Jesus, the one who died.

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 And here it is.

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 More than that.

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 Who was raised at the right hand of God?

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 Who indeed is interceding for us?

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 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

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 So Christ is our great, eternal, sympathetic high priest.

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 And that's why John 17 is such a huge glimpse

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 of his intercessory work.

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 Think about this.

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 He's only moments from being betrayed,

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 arrested, beaten,

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 treated so unjustly,

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 and crucified.

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 All that's right in front of him.

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 So if you were praying,

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 what would you mainly be praying for

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 in that time?

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 God help me.

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 God help me.

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 God help me.

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 Probably.

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 But isn't it amazing

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 that the bulk of this prayer,

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 probably three quarters of it,

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 is him interceding for his disciples

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 and for us?

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 It's not for his own.

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 He's not trying to pray for his own sake.

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 He understands what is coming.

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 So we see a glimpse of the heart of Jesus

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 for his people

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 as he's interceding for them

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 in John 17.

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 So what a Savior,

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 an intercessor,

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 we have on our behalf.

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 John wrote in his letter,

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 Little children,

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 I'm writing these things to you

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 so that you may not sin.

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 But then he throws in there,

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 but if anyone does sin,

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 don't panic.

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 It's okay.

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 Because you have an advocate

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 with the Father,

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 Jesus Christ the righteous.

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 So Jesus is standing in that gap

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 praying for us.

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 And as I said last week,

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 the magnitude of this,

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 and next week we'll look at

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 the final section of this

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 where Jesus is actually praying

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 for us today.

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 All those who would come

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 to believe in him.

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 That is astounding to me.

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 Robert Murray McShane,

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 a young Scottish pastor

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 in the 1800s,

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 he died at a young age

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 of tuberculosis,

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 so lung problem,

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 so I have a lot in common with him,

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 because I probably would have died

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 about the same age

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 that he did from lung issues

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 had I not had a transplant.

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 But something that he said,

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 he preached a sermon on John 17,

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 and I'll repeat this next week

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 because this is such a powerful statement to me.

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 He says,

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 If I could hear Christ praying for me

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 in the next room,

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 I would not fear a million enemies.

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 Yet distance makes no difference.

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 He is praying for me.

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 I pray that

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 that just resonates in us.

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 So, today we'll look at

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 the second section of

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 John 17.

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 Just because it's just a few verses,

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 I'll read 1-5,

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 and this is

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 the outline of the prayers

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 in 1-5,

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 Jesus is praying

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 for himself

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 and talking about

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 the Father's glory

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 and his own glory.

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 That's what we looked at last week.

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 We did a huge introduction

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 to this last week,

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 so you can go back

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 and listen to that.

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 And then the second part

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 of his prayer,

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 which we'll look at today,

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 is 6-19,

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 and he's praying for his disciples.

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 And the key word in this

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 is this idea of preservation.

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 And then next week,

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 the idea of future believers.

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 verse 1 says,

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 when Jesus has spoken these words,

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 he lifted up his eyes to heaven

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 and said,

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 Father,

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 the hour has come.

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 Glorify your Son,

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 that the Son may glorify you,

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 since you have given him authority

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 over all flesh,

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 to give eternal life

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 to all whom you have given him.

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 And this is eternal life,

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 that they know you,

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 the only true God,

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 and Jesus Christ,

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 whom you have sent.

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 I glorified you on the earth,

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 having accomplished the work

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 that you gave me to do.

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 And now,

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 Father,

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 glorify me in your own presence

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 with the glory that I had with you

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 before the world existed.

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 I have manifested your name

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 to the people

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 whom you gave me

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 out of the world.

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 Yours they were,

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 and you gave them to me,

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 and they have kept your word.

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 Now they know that everything

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 that you have given me

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 is from you.

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 For I have given them

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 the words that you gave me,

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 and they received them,

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 and have come to know in truth

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 that I have came from you,

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 and they have believed

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 that you sent me.

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 I am praying for them.

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 I am not praying for the world,

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 but for those that you have given me,

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 for they are yours.

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 All mine are yours,

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 and yours are mine,

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 and I am glorified in them.

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 And I am no longer in the world,

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 but they are in the world,

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 and I am coming to you.

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 Holy Father,

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 keep them in your name,

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 which you have given me,

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 that they may be one,

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 as we are one.

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 While I was with them,

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 I kept them in your name,

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 which you have given me.

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 I guarded them,

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 and not one of them

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 has been lost,

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 except the son of destruction,

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 that the scripture

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 might be fulfilled.

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 But now I am coming to you,

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 and these things

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 I speak in the world,

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 that they may have my joy

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 fulfilled in themselves.

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 I have given them your word,

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 and the world has hated them,

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 because they are not of the world,

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 just as I am not of the world.

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 I do not ask

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 that you would take them

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 out of the world,

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 but that you would keep them

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 from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world,

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 just as I am not of the world.

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 Lord,

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 sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 so I sent them into the world.

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 And for their sake,

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 I consecrate myself,

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 that they may also

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 be sanctified in truth.

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 Pray with me, please.

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 Lord, we,

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 upon looking at these words,

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 and just are amazed

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 at how much you care

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 about your people.

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 And Lord,

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 I just ask that you would

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 teach us in this time

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 that we wouldn't walk away

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 from this hour the same,

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 that you would renew our hearts,

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 our minds,

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 refresh our souls to go out

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 and to live for you

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 with the confidence

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 of knowing that you pray for us.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So,

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 a few things

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 we're going to look at.

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 We're going to break them down

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 into the two statements,

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 and then underneath

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 those two statements,

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 a couple of things.

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 I'll give them to you first, though.

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 The first one is,

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 Jesus affirms them

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 as genuine apostles.

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 Jesus affirms them

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 as genuine apostles.

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 That's the first thing

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 that we see.

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 And then secondly,

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 Jesus prayed

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 that they be kept

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 by His Father.

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 Okay, so those are

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 the two main points.

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 And underneath those two,

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 we're going to have

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 a couple others.

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 But to the first point,

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 Jesus affirms them

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 as genuine apostles.

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 So, underneath that,

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 we see in verses 7 and 8,

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 if you'll look at 7 and 8,

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 we see that it's because

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 because of their faith

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 in Him as the Son.

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 Because of their faith

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 in Him as the Son,

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 He affirms them

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 as genuine apostles.

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 So, though they had been

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 with Jesus for several years,

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 they had followed Him,

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 they had seen Him

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 work miracles,

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 they had heard Him preach,

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 they saw how He lived,

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 He walked with them

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 on a daily basis.

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 They had some understanding

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 of who He was

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 and the mission He was on.

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 But, and then there were occasions

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 where they kind of revealed that,

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 that they knew who He was.

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 But the full measuring

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 of who He was

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 had not yet been revealed to them.

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 But in this case,

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 as we see in verse 7,

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 He's like,

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 now they know

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 that everything you have given Me

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 is from you.

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 So they were beginning

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 to really clearly understand

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 who He was.

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 and they believed,

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 they believed in Him

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 as the Messiah.

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 And they believed

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 that He came down

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 from the Father

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 to be the Savior.

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 And Jesus,

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 while He was with them,

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 He says,

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 I manifested

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 who you were, Father,

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 to them.

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 One, because He was

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 the Son of God incarnate.

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 He was walking among them.

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 He was the visual

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 representation of the Father.

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 Jesus said in John earlier,

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 if you have seen Me,

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 you have seen the Father.

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 And putting Himself

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 pretty much

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 on the level of God.

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 So He walked among them.

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 He manifested His name to them.

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 And they believed.

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 And they obeyed.

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 And they kept His Word.

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 They followed Him.

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 So that's the first reason

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 they are affirmed

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 to genuine apostles,

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 because of their faith in Him.

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 But,

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 one that we will spend

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 some more time on

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 underneath this,

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 so part B, if you would.

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 Because they were given to Him

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 by the Father.

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 Alright?

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 They were affirmed

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 as real, genuine apostles

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 because they were given to Him

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 by the Father.

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 So look at verse 6.

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 He says,

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 I've manifested Your name

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 to the people

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 who You gave Me

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 out of the world.

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 Yours they were,

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 and You gave them to Me.

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 And they have kept Your Word.

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 And if you jump down

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 to verse 9,

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 I am praying for them.

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 I am not praying

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 for the world,

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 but those whom You have given Me,

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 for they are Yours.

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 All Mine are Yours,

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 and Yours are Mine,

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 and I am glorified in them.

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 So,

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 there's another reason

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 this idea

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 that being genuine disciples

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 is affirmed.

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 In fact,

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 it's really the source

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 of the first reason.

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 So,

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 notice really carefully here

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 that these words

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 that are used,

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 the disciples receiving,

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 knowing,

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 and believing in Jesus

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 that you see

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 in verses 7 and 8.

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 Notice how 7 and 8

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 is kind of sandwiched

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 in between

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 verses 2 and 6,

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 9 and 10,

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 which revealed

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 that the Father

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 has chosen,

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 elected a people

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 out of the world

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 and has given them

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 to the Son

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 to manifest Himself to.

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 Now,

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 I know that

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 now that some of the hair

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 is standing up

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 on some of your necks,

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 things,

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 I want to just go ahead

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 and throw out there

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 that though I believe

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 that in this passage

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 elsewhere in Scripture

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 that the doctrines

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 of election

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 and particular atonement

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 are here

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 before us today,

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 that's not the only point

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 of this message.

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 And I'm not going to just

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 make that a soapbox,

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 but it is here,

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 so we are going to deal

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 with it,

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 but my calendar is open

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 for if you'd like

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 to hang out

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 and just talk about

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 this stuff

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 and look at God's Word.

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 But what Jesus

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 is saying here,

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 in other words,

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 is that their faith

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 in Him

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 is the result of,

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 evidenced of,

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 the Father's choosing them

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 and giving them

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 to the Son.

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 This is what we see

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 in our text.

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 It's repeated three times

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 in this whole prayer.

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 This idea of the Father

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 giving a people

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 to the Son.

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 So earlier in John 15,

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 Jesus said to His disciples,

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 You did not choose Me,

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 but I chose you

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 and appointed you

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 to go and bear fruit.

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 And remember,

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.059
 their faith in Him,

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.440
 again,

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 a result of the Father's

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 electing them.

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 Earlier in Matthew 16,

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 this is very clearly shown.

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 Simon Peter,

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 Jesus is asking people,

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 Who do people say

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 that I am?

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.779
 And He threw out

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 some things

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 and then He asked,

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 Who do you say I am?

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 And Simon Peter said to Him,

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 You are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 And Jesus answered him

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 and said,

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 Blessed are you,

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 Simon Barjona,

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 for flesh and blood

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 has not revealed this to you.

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 You didn't figure this out,

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 in other words.

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 But my Father,

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 who is in heaven,

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 has revealed this to you.

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 So,

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 the truth that God

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 has graciously,

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 emphasized that word,

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 graciously,

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 mercifully,

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 chosen a people

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 to give to the Son

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 to save,

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 is repeated three times

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 in John 17.

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 And again,

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 it's not the focal point

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.919
 of this whole prayer,

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 but it's a big part

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 of this prayer.

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 So,

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 you may think,

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 wait a minute,

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 these verses have to do

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.539
 with the disciples

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 being chosen

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 and given to the Son.

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 So,

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 surely that doesn't mean

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 that all believers

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 come to faith

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 in the same way.

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 that's not true

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 for all Christians.

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 I used to argue that way

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 until I read the rest

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.820
 of the prayer

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 in verse 20,

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 where Jesus turns

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.120
 His attention

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:40.440
 to all believers,

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 like you and I,

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 and He says

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.340
 in verse 24,

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 Father,

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 I desire that they also

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:49.540
 whom You have given Me.

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 So,

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.520
 this is

00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:52.960
 all of us.

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 It was God's

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.720
 eternal plan

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.759
 to mercifully

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.920
 call out a people

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 for salvation,

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.920
 to give them

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.740
 eternal life

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.600
 through the ministry

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:04.059
 of His Son.

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.660
 So,

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.799
 remember that

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.420
 as you read

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.880
 the Scripture,

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:10.380
 think of the idea

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.039
 that redemption

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.600
 is a Trinitarian effort.

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 It wasn't just

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.259
 the Father,

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.799
 it wasn't just

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.240
 the Son,

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.400
 and it wasn't

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.019
 just the Spirit.

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.860
 It was all three

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.579
 of them playing

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.640
 a unique role

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.440
 in our redemption.

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.279
 And the Father's

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.079
 role in this

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.660
 was that He

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.940
 planned,

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.320
 ordained,

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.100
 the plan

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:30.140
 of redemption.

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.820
 He chose

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:33.140
 those whom

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.820
 He would give

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:35.040
 to the Son.

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:36.940
 The Son came

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.120
 and He died

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.820
 on behalf

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.620
 of those people.

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.259
 And the Spirit

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.519
 now regenerates

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.380
 those people.

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.600
 It is,

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:47.000
 He applies

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.660
 the work

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.519
 of the Trinity,

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.340
 the Holy Spirit.

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.740
 So,

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.779
 you may again

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.040
 say,

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.540
 wait a minute,

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.500
 doesn't Jesus

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:56.460
 love the world.

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.759
 Right?

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.660
 John 3,

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.420
 16.

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.740
 Very,

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.420
 very clever.

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:02.819
 So,

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.880
 I've heard

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.839
 many people say,

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:07.339
 Jesus loves

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.000
 the entire

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.160
 world.

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.380
 He loves

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.119
 all people,

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.140
 even from

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.900
 Adolf Hitler

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.920
 to Mother Teresa.

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.420
 Jesus,

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.799
 their love

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.619
 is no different.

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:19.419
 So,

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.239
 I would just

00:25:20.239 --> 00:25:21.119
 argue with you

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:23.159
 humbly,

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.859
 like no,

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.619
 no,

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.619
 Jesus did not

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:28.119
 come to save

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.799
 every single

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:30.439
 person in the

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:30.759
 world.

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.500
 And though God

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.339
 does have a

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.059
 certain care,

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:35.199
 a certain love

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:36.799
 for the world

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.519
 in general,

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.039
 He has a

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:41.199
 very specific,

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:42.419
 very unique

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.379
 care for

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.619
 His people.

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:46.099
 right?

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.879
 The special

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.679
 fellowship that

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.559
 exists between

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.139
 the Savior

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:50.219
 and those He

00:25:50.219 --> 00:25:50.979
 came to save.

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.500
 So,

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:54.199
 what I'm trying

00:25:54.199 --> 00:25:54.739
 to tell you

00:25:54.739 --> 00:25:55.379
 is that Jesus'

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.459
 atonement was

00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:57.099
 an exact

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.699
 atonement,

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:59.479
 not a potential

00:25:59.479 --> 00:26:00.239
 atonement.

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.879
 Can you imagine

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.539
 the Father

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:04.139
 sending His

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.719
 Son to the

00:26:04.719 --> 00:26:06.059
 earth to

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.699
 die a

00:26:06.699 --> 00:26:07.339
 terrible,

00:26:08.459 --> 00:26:08.659
 wretched

00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:09.179
 death,

00:26:10.239 --> 00:26:10.619
 shedding

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:12.119
 His precious

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.579
 blood,

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:14.299
 and then

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.799
 just saying

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.319
 to Jesus,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.339
 I hope

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.859
 some people

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:21.359
 make the

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.740
 most of

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.339
 this sacrifice

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.939
 you made.

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.779
 I really

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.179
 hope they

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:25.419
 do.

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.179
 No.

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.359
 No.

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.059
 The blood

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.699
 of the Son

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.519
 is far too

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.559
 precious to be

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:33.939
 wasted.

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.480
 And so,

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.500
 we all believe

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.019
 that the

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.679
 atonement of

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:39.139
 Jesus is

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.819
 limited in

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.359
 some way.

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:42.299
 we know

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.819
 according to

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.279
 the Scripture,

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.599
 and indeed

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.039
 just looking

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.539
 at our own

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.039
 lives,

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.199
 that not all

00:26:47.199 --> 00:26:48.539
 people will

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.019
 have eternal

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.419
 life.

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.719
 We know

00:26:49.719 --> 00:26:50.079
 that some

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.439
 will be

00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:50.859
 separated

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.579
 from God

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.699
 because of

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.639
 their willful

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.379
 sin and

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:54.779
 rebellion.

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.039
 We know

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.240
 that.

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.559
 We know

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.919
 that some

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.379
 people are

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.079
 going to

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.479
 perish.

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.519
 So,

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.079
 if you

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.740
 believe that

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.139
 Christ's

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.740
 atonement was

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.059
 for the

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.819
 entire world,

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.259
 for every

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.119
 single person

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.579
 ever to

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:05.919
 walk,

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.740
 then it

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.240
 was limited

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.699
 in its

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.139
 power.

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.199
 because it's

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.899
 not going

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.339
 to save

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.779
 everybody.

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.240
 But I

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.740
 believe the

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:15.979
 Scripture

00:27:15.979 --> 00:27:16.539
 teaches,

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.879
 not as here

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.639
 in John 17,

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:20.039
 but everywhere,

00:27:21.219 --> 00:27:22.240
 that the

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.000
 atonement was

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.819
 limited not in

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.519
 its power,

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.539
 but its

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.979
 extension.

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:28.019
 It was given

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.359
 to save those

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.319
 exactly who it

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.759
 was meant to

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.079
 save.

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.740
 The blood of

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.299
 Christ made

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.039
 an exact

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.759
 purchase.

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.099
 It wasn't

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.199
 wasted on

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:37.819
 some and

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.279
 then made

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.740
 much of

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.720
 by others.

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.380
 I believe

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.559
 that the

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.819
 Father

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.779
 honored the

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.559
 sacrifice of

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.180
 His Son and

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.500
 gave Him a

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.120
 people to

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.759
 become His

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.079
 bride to

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.440
 save.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.059
 And again,

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.819
 if you look

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.099
 at Romans 9,

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.859
 read Romans 9,

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.480
 there's an

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.839
 argument,

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.779
 this idea of

00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.480
 that's not

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.000
 fair.

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.620
 God is

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:04.400
 being unjust.

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.160
 He's being

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.640
 not right in

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.240
 doing that.

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.240
 if He's

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.640
 going to

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.160
 save people,

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.440
 He needs

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.759
 to save

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.200
 us all.

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.839
 Well,

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.859
 first of all,

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.599
 know that

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.519
 sinful man is

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.079
 in no

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.660
 position to

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.359
 accuse God

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.680
 of being

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.200
 unjust.

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.740
 I am

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.019
 not.

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.500
 I wouldn't.

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.019
 I can't

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.299
 imagine me

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.779
 pointing a

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.380
 finger at God

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.680
 and saying,

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.700
 you are

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.400
 unjust and

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.960
 I am

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.339
 right.

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.880
 And that's

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.259
 an argument

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.620
 that Paul

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:30.960
 makes.

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.660
 Who are

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.099
 you,

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.700
 oh man,

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.059
 to talk to

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.779
 God that

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.119
 way.

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.519
 But I

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.879
 want to

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.399
 paint the

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.919
 picture for

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.279
 you this

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.579
 way.

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.399
 In our

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.819
 Western

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.579
 democratic

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.039
 minds,

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.419
 we have

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:43.679
 a skewed

00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.299
 view in

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.859
 some ways

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.159
 of what

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.539
 justice

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.980
 means.

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.480
 But in

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.980
 the ancient

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.299
 and the

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.559
 medieval

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.000
 world,

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.220
 this was

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.220
 very clearly

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.700
 seen.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.740
 But we

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.480
 know that

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.879
 a king

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.259
 or an

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.579
 emperor

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.279
 would also

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.879
 serve as

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.559
 a judge

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.720
 over his

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.039
 people.

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.419
 And many,

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.159
 many times,

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.619
 like there are

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.019
 examples of

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.440
 the Bible

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.000
 of this.

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.880
 I could

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.259
 give you a

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.500
 lot of

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.940
 examples of

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.220
 history,

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.500
 but you

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.740
 would all

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.420
 fall asleep.

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.620
 But there

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.259
 are examples

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.840
 when a

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.320
 king or

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.680
 an emperor

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:11.960
 would be

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.360
 presented

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.340
 with a

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.980
 whole band

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.519
 of rebels

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.259
 or criminals.

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.180
 All guilty.

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:21.480
 All have

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.220
 come against

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.700
 the king.

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.460
 And sometimes

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.940
 this is what

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.380
 would happen.

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.720
 The king

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.120
 would say

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.799
 something along

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.259
 the lines

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.620
 of,

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.299
 all of you

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.779
 have rebelled

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.299
 against me.

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.980
 All of you

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.740
 are guilty.

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.140
 None of

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.980
 you deserve

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.240
 to live.

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.900
 True,

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.319
 right?

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.740
 They're all

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.039
 guilty.

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.480
 But then he

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.740
 would say

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.259
 something like

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.599
 this,

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.839
 but because

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.900
 I am a

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:46.220
 merciful king,

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.620
 because I

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.160
 desire to

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.660
 show my

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.259
 people that

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.640
 I am

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.079
 merciful,

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.279
 I will

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.079
 pardon you

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.740
 and you,

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.240
 but the

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.660
 rest of

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.720
 you get

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.220
 the sword.

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.519
 Because I

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.180
 also need to

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.539
 show my

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.940
 people that

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.579
 I am not

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.259
 a pushover

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.000
 and that

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.379
 I take

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.960
 this sin

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.420
 very

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.220
 seriously.

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.740
 And so

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.039
 at that

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.819
 same time,

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.259
 that king

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.500
 would have

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.079
 demonstrated

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.619
 his justice

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.799
 and his

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.420
 mercy with

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.980
 one act.

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.119
 And can

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.839
 you imagine

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.420
 the ones

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.680
 who were

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.379
 spared just

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.819
 standing there

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.200
 trembling,

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.680
 saying,

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.259
 why me?

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.599
 Like,

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.220
 why was I

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.619
 spared and

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:18.980
 not this

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.200
 other?

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.799
 And that

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.079
 is the

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.660
 position that

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:21.960
 we are

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.259
 in.

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.079
 If you

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.599
 think that

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:23.940
 you could

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.460
 walk up to

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.839
 God and

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.099
 be like,

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.859
 I deserve

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.539
 mercy.

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.559
 This person

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.159
 deserves

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.659
 mercy.

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.240
 None of

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.639
 you would

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:33.519
 stand.

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.099
 None of

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.339
 us would

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.719
 make it.

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.240
 The king

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.039
 is merciful.

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.459
 So we

00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:37.899
 are not

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.219
 in the

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.819
 position of

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.599
 an innocent,

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.559
 sweet,

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.219
 deserving

00:30:41.219 --> 00:30:43.159
 child of

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.779
 God's mercy.

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.179
 We are

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:45.059
 all rebels,

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.179
 criminals,

00:30:46.959 --> 00:30:47.879
 all deserving

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.500
 justice.

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:48.859
 But,

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.679
 because he

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.759
 is merciful,

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.799
 he has

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.179
 showed us

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.559
 justice,

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.219
 or showed

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:53.740
 us mercy.

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.459
 So,

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.879
 a lot

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.259
 in all

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.619
 of that.

00:30:58.219 --> 00:30:58.500
 But what

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.619
 I am

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:58.980
 trying to

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.379
 say is

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.740
 that Jesus

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.480
 came here

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.839
 to die

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:03.139
 for those

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.419
 that the

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.179
 Father had

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.719
 given him.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.699
 Right?

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:07.379
 It is all

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.779
 in John

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.619
 17 and

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.219
 other places

00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.539
 in the

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.000
 Gospel of

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.219
 John.

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.539
 So,

00:31:11.719 --> 00:31:12.099
 that is

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.740
 the first

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.059
 part.

00:31:13.219 --> 00:31:13.500
 Jesus

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.659
 affirms

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.219
 them as

00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:15.659
 genuine

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.859
 disciples.

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.439
 And he

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.799
 does it

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.359
 because of

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.039
 their faith

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.439
 in him,

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.799
 but even

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.099
 underneath

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.519
 that,

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.019
 because the

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.619
 Father had

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.339
 given them

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.899
 to him

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:25.019
 as a

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.339
 gift.

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.660
 This

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.039
 brings us

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.400
 to our

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.859
 second

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.279
 point.

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:30.980
 We see

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.480
 this in

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.299
 verses 11

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.200
 through 16,

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.240
 that Jesus

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.819
 prays that

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.160
 they be

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.079
 kept by

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.559
 his Father.

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.319
 So,

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.740
 underneath

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.259
 this,

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.319
 this idea

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.619
 of being

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.059
 kept by

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.539
 the Father,

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.879
 he prays

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.359
 for a

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.720
 couple of

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.039
 things.

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.799
 First,

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.220
 spiritual

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.900
 protection.

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.379
 Spiritual

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.200
 protection.

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.580
 11

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.380
 through 16,

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.080
 he identifies

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.580
 two

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.980
 enemies,

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.080
 two things

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.259
 that are

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.880
 going to

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.380
 come against

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.660
 them.

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:02.180
 The first,

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.920
 he says,

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.340
 is the

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.759
 world,

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.160
 the

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.680
 cosmos,

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.360
 the

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.840
 established

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.460
 order.

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.019
 It's not

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.620
 speaking of

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.660
 like the

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.120
 beauty of

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.720
 creation or

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.160
 the order

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.600
 that God

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.299
 has created

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.740
 in the

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.220
 universe.

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.200
 It's not

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.500
 what it's

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.720
 saying.

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.140
 The world

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.500
 in this

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.900
 way is

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.420
 being used

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.960
 in a

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.460
 way of

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.480
 displaying

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.420
 ungodly

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:22.519
 ideology,

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.039
 things that

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.019
 have alienated

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.940
 itself from

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.720
 its creator.

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.079
 It's a

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:29.000
 way of

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.140
 fallen,

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.840
 sinful,

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.860
 organized

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.559
 system of

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.799
 human

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.299
 civilization

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.960
 that sets

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.319
 itself

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.900
 against

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:36.079
 God.

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.600
 And that's

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.220
 all around

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.420
 us.

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.660
 We just

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:38.860
 got to

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.279
 open our

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.680
 eyes and

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.960
 see how

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.420
 the world

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.180
 is against

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.180
 God,

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.860
 against

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.360
 everything

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.960
 we stand

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.279
 for.

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.160
 That's

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.299
 the

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.779
 cosmos,

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.400
 is this

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.559
 idea of

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.240
 everything,

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.360
 being against

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.840
 God,

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.559
 a world

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.920
 hostile to

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.480
 its creator.

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.980
 So,

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.059
 he prays

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.880
 for their

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.620
 protection from

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.079
 the world.

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.299
 Something I

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.279
 might not have

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.680
 mentioned a

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.600
 second ago was,

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.880
 do you notice

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:06.420
 that Jesus

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.100
 says in this

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.380
 prayer,

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.059
 I am not

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.579
 praying for

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.039
 the world?

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.000
 He said

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.400
 twice.

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.680
 I'm not

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.220
 praying for

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.759
 every single

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.220
 individual,

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.620
 but I'm

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.000
 praying for

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.420
 those that

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.779
 you gave

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.900
 me out

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.140
 of the

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.500
 world.

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.740
 So,

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.079
 he's not

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.440
 praying for

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.080
 the cosmos.

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.360
 And then

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.840
 secondly,

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.720
 we see he

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.299
 talks about

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:26.220
 protecting them

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.580
 from the

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.299
 evil one.

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.940
 Satan,

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:31.180
 the adversary

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.539
 who prowls

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.480
 around like a

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.720
 roaring lion,

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.160
 seeking someone

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.980
 to devour.

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.640
 The devil,

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.420
 which means the

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.140
 slanderer,

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.580
 the accuser,

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.420
 who hurls up

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.559
 accusations at

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.220
 us and at

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.559
 God.

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.400
 But one name

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.800
 that kind

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.300
 of stands

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:49.800
 out of

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.320
 Satan's

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.960
 that I

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.340
 think is

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.680
 really

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.720
 important,

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:54.740
 at least

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.259
 according to

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:56.000
 John 17,

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.360
 is that he

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.940
 is called in

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.740
 Revelation the

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.860
 accuser of

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.400
 the brethren

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.000
 who brings

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.620
 up charges

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.460
 against us

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.200
 day and

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.519
 night.

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.259
 That's

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.540
 Revelation 12,

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:07.980
 10.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.360
 And so,

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.780
 though we

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.079
 know,

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.680
 if you keep

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.180
 reading in that

00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:11.480
 chapter,

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.139
 that Satan

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.579
 no longer

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.280
 has access

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:13.960
 to God's

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.360
 presence,

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.080
 we do get

00:34:16.080 --> 00:34:16.700
 a picture

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.180
 of who he

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.480
 is.

00:34:17.560 --> 00:34:18.120
 It betrays

00:34:18.120 --> 00:34:18.740
 Satan as

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:20.640
 the anti-intercessor.

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.220
 So if Jesus

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.220
 is interceding

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:23.700
 for us,

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.420
 Satan was

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.300
 accusing us,

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.240
 saying he

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.660
 has done

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.019
 this,

00:34:27.560 --> 00:34:28.000
 she has

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.620
 done this,

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.960
 right?

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.519
 So he's

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.820
 like the

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.940
 anti-intercessor

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:34.320
 in this way.

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.540
 So,

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.300
 but again,

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.840
 Christ is

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.380
 pleading our

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.000
 cause and

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.720
 the Father

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.660
 listens to

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.240
 his Son.

00:34:42.540 --> 00:34:43.060
 Awesome.

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.740
 And so,

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.519
 it talks

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.019
 about the

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.300
 world and

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.780
 the devil

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.440
 hating,

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.040
 hating them.

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.320
 That is

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.420
 this idea

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.800
 of like

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.120
 someone

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:54.100
 pursuing

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:54.720
 another with

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.200
 great,

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.820
 intense

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.220
 hatred.

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.240
 Like so

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.680
 hateful that

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.000
 you're going

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.360
 to like

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.860
 go after

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.220
 them,

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.660
 hatred.

00:35:00.580 --> 00:35:01.240
 A detest

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:03.019
 to detest.

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.960
 And Jesus

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.720
 knows that

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.340
 their love

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.580
 and their

00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:07.240
 obedience to

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.600
 him is

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:08.940
 going to

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.660
 collide with

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.100
 the world

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:10.600
 that hates

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:10.960
 God.

00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:12.019
 He knows

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.320
 that.

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.740
 Hold your

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:13.960
 hand,

00:35:14.040 --> 00:35:14.580
 John 17,

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:14.900
 and flip

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.380
 back two

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.640
 chapters to

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:17.480
 John 15.

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:19.320
 So Jesus

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.700
 has been

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.280
 telling them

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.620
 this.

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.740
 He's been

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.540
 doing a lot

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.100
 to prepare

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.380
 them.

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.420
 John 15,

00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:27.460
 verse 18.

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:30.360
 He says,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.960
 if the world

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.699
 hates you,

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.139
 know that

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.519
 it hated

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.619
 me before

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.079
 it hated

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.440
 you.

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.840
 If you

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.360
 were of

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.920
 the world,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.360
 the world

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.860
 would love

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.199
 you as

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.679
 its own,

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.720
 but because

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.059
 you are

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.679
 not of

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.179
 the world,

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.079
 but I

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.840
 chose you

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.440
 out of

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.940
 the world.

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.099
 Therefore,

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.539
 the world

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.099
 hates you.

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.559
 Remember

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.139
 the word

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.460
 that I

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.900
 said to

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.119
 you,

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.820
 a servant

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.440
 is not

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.820
 greater

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.800
 than his

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.179
 master.

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:54.480
 If they

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.119
 persecute

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.440
 me,

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:56.599
 they will

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.119
 also

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.940
 persecute

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.239
 you.

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.739
 If they

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.139
 kept my

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.539
 word,

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.480
 they would

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.019
 also keep

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.480
 yours.

00:36:03.399 --> 00:36:04.119
 But all

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.759
 these things

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.339
 they do,

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.099
 do to you

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.699
 on the

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.159
 account of

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.739
 my name

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.460
 because they

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.859
 do not

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.500
 know him

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.000
 who sent

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.239
 me.

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:12.779
 So,

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.819
 Jesus had

00:36:13.819 --> 00:36:14.299
 been warning

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.519
 them,

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.960
 this is going

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.379
 to come.

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.399
 So he was

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:17.000
 telling them

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.359
 that,

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.339
 you know,

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.259
 horizontally,

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.480
 and now he's

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.019
 praying about

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.559
 it vertically.

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.460
 This is going

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.839
 to come.

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.059
 So,

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.440
 Lord,

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.539
 Father,

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.640
 protect them

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:27.160
 against the

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:27.720
 persecution

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.780
 that is

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.120
 coming.

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.559
 So,

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.220
 but what does

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.700
 this mean?

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.019
 Jesus isn't

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.539
 praying.

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.180
 He says

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.519
 right there

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.700
 that,

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.019
 I'm not

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.440
 praying that

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.620
 they will

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:36.140
 be taken

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:37.000
 out of

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.440
 the world.

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.900
 So he's

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.800
 not in

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.300
 a position

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.680
 of an

00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:42.620
 overindulgent

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.480
 parent trying

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.039
 to protect

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.620
 their child

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:45.079
 from any

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.400
 kind of

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.740
 trouble

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.200
 in the

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.539
 world.

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.539
 That's

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.260
 not how

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.440
 he's

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.780
 approaching.

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.700
 He knows

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.559
 that persecution

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.160
 will come.

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.559
 Rather,

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.440
 he's praying

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.820
 that they

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.000
 would

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.700
 persevere,

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.059
 remain

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:58.000
 steadfast

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.440
 in him,

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.860
 and then

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.820
 triumph in

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.120
 him.

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.800
 So real

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.579
 genuine love

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.100
 for Christ

00:37:04.100 --> 00:37:05.100
 will incur

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:06.539
 opposition

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.000
 from the

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.300
 world.

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.900
 Paul wrote,

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.300
 indeed,

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.180
 all those who

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.780
 wish to live

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.320
 a godly

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.579
 life in

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.240
 Christ Jesus

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:14.180
 will be

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.240
 persecuted.

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.399
 persecuted.

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.259
 So it's

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.899
 not an

00:37:17.899 --> 00:37:18.959
 overindulgent

00:37:18.959 --> 00:37:19.399
 protective

00:37:19.399 --> 00:37:19.819
 parent.

00:37:19.979 --> 00:37:20.959
 It should

00:37:20.959 --> 00:37:21.319
 be more

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.759
 seen as

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:24.199
 a general

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.739
 who loves

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.479
 and cares

00:37:26.479 --> 00:37:27.839
 about his

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.319
 soldiers,

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:30.799
 but he

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.319
 sends them

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:32.079
 out on a

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.839
 really dangerous

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.500
 mission because

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.099
 that mission

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.699
 is so

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.319
 important.

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.739
 But yet he

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.439
 equips them

00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:38.519
 for that

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.839
 mission,

00:37:38.959 --> 00:37:39.259
 gives them

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.679
 all they

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:39.959
 need,

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.279
 and then

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.759
 promises

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.299
 them that

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.879
 they will

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:42.579
 have victory

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.159
 in the end,

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:44.019
 that this

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.460
 is not a

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.139
 losing battle

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.199
 that they

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.659
 are fighting.

00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.199
 And in

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.519
 fact,

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.279
 he's not an

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.759
 armchair

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.480
 general either.

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.159
 He's actually

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.619
 leading the

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.960
 way by

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.779
 going himself

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.719
 first to

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.239
 the cross.

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.299
 So he's

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.960
 prepared that

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.460
 way, going

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.139
 before them,

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.239
 showing them

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:02.179
 that example.

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:04.420
 So that's

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.980
 the prayer he's

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.420
 making, that

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.779
 they will

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.719
 persevere,

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.099
 they will

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.679
 remain

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:09.179
 steadfast,

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.500
 and that he

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.099
 prays that his

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.799
 father would

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.359
 keep them.

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.519
 He says the

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.259
 only person

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:14.539
 that was

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:16.139
 lost was

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:17.119
 Judas Iscariot,

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.480
 if you see

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.940
 that in our

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.380
 passage.

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.119
 So on

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:22.000
 several occasions

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.380
 though, so

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.960
 know this, I

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.480
 heard a preacher

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.360
 on radio many

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.199
 years ago talk

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.840
 about how we

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.500
 could lose

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:30.000
 our salvation,

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.619
 and he was

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.280
 using Judas

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.159
 as an example.

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.320
 And that is,

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.920
 it's like, have

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.440
 you read the

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.079
 rest of John

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.559
 where Jesus

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.519
 repeatedly says,

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.139
 this one does

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.860
 not belong to

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.059
 me?

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.460
 Like it's very

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:41.259
 clear that Judas

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.680
 never belonged

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.460
 to Jesus.

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.780
 Though salvation

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:47.580
 is secure for

00:38:47.580 --> 00:38:48.320
 true believers,

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:50.640
 scripture warns

00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:53.920
 that faith that

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.780
 many people have

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.380
 in Christ is

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.020
 not genuine,

00:38:56.540 --> 00:38:57.000
 and that it

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.940
 won't persevere,

00:38:58.080 --> 00:38:58.680
 especially under

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:59.140
 a trial.

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.260
 And so Jesus

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:02.100
 says that Judas

00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:03.700
 did this in

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.340
 fulfillment of

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.660
 scripture.

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:07.000
 Psalm 41,

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:08.000
 9 and others

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:09.420
 talk about how

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.940
 the Messiah

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.360
 would be

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:10.980
 betrayed.

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.420
 But Jesus

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.980
 is saying he

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.680
 never belonged

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.099
 to me in the

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.720
 first place.

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.340
 So he didn't

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:16.519
 have it, and

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.240
 then lost it, he

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.880
 never had it in

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.500
 the first place.

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.940
 So Jesus told

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.480
 them earlier,

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.800
 if you continue

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.579
 in my word,

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:24.760
 then you're

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:25.240
 truly my

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.680
 disciples.

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.559
 Judas did not

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.800
 persevere.

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.539
 And so,

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.940
 again,

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.840
 understand that

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:36.000
 God's electing

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.440
 and choosing

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:40.139
 is so key

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:42.480
 to us

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.260
 keeping our

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:43.800
 salvation.

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.239
 All right?

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.059
 I want you to,

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.119
 I want to unpack

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.960
 this for you a

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.420
 little bit.

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.940
 Their spiritual

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.639
 protection, the

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.880
 disciples and

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:54.920
 ours, is not

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:57.119
 based on our

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.840
 resolve, our

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.739
 willpower, but

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.820
 fully on God's

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.659
 redemptive work.

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.239
 Jesus repeats

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.119
 that twice in our

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.500
 text.

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.679
 He says, keep

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.599
 them, guard

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:08.760
 them in your

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.260
 name.

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.940
 So there are

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.639
 two things in

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:11.840
 this.

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.059
 He says, by the

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.900
 power of your

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.260
 name.

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.920
 In the ancient

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.780
 world, a person's

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.519
 name stood for

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.219
 who they were

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.420
 and what they

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.980
 represented.

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.800
 And so,

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:23.059
 someone like

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.880
 Caesar, his

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.699
 name would be

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.559
 powerful and

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.900
 would provide a

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.800
 ton of protection

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.639
 for those under

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.159
 that name.

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:33.119
 So, but

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.840
 there's no more

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:36.340
 powerful name in

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:37.160
 the universe or

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:38.160
 in existence in

00:40:38.160 --> 00:40:39.079
 God's name.

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:41.180
 Proverbs 18.10

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:42.000
 says, the name

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.880
 of the Lord is

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:44.160
 a strong tower.

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.320
 The righteous

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.300
 man runs to

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.980
 it and is

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.300
 safe.

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.079
 So he says,

00:40:49.160 --> 00:40:49.820
 keep them safe

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.860
 by the power of

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.460
 your name.

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.860
 And then

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.559
 secondly, and I

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.340
 think this is so

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:56.059
 cool, that Jesus

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.660
 says that they

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.380
 will be protected

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:59.019
 by their being

00:40:59.019 --> 00:41:01.059
 one, spiritually

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:03.220
 unified in him.

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:04.959
 we see in

00:41:04.959 --> 00:41:05.819
 various ways

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.539
 throughout this

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:08.179
 prayer, the

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.959
 indwelling of

00:41:08.959 --> 00:41:09.719
 believers by the

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.279
 Father and the

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.539
 Son.

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:12.879
 So, if you

00:41:12.879 --> 00:41:14.119
 can, just look at

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.939
 John 17 and try

00:41:14.939 --> 00:41:15.659
 to follow this.

00:41:17.439 --> 00:41:18.959
 21 and 23

00:41:18.959 --> 00:41:20.599
 indicate that the

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:22.359
 Father is in

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:23.059
 the Son.

00:41:24.299 --> 00:41:24.719
 And then you

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.379
 add to that

00:41:25.379 --> 00:41:26.179
 verse 21,

00:41:26.899 --> 00:41:27.659
 where it says

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.679
 the Son is in

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.119
 the Father.

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.799
 And also in

00:41:31.799 --> 00:41:32.440
 verse 21,

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:34.299
 believers are in

00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:35.319
 the Father and

00:41:35.319 --> 00:41:35.859
 the Son.

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.719
 And then you

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.759
 add, 23 and

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:40.519
 26, the Son is

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.719
 in all believers.

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.359
 You see that?

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.919
 It's just like

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:46.039
 this indwelling,

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:47.000
 this unity, us

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.919
 being united to

00:41:47.919 --> 00:41:48.579
 the Father and

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.019
 the Son.

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.639
 If that is true,

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.699
 that is a safe,

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:53.799
 secure, impenetrable

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.679
 place to be.

00:41:55.399 --> 00:41:56.440
 That is our

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:58.239
 unity to Christ.

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.399
 The faith that

00:41:59.399 --> 00:41:59.960
 we have that

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.799
 unifies us to

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.199
 Christ.

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:04.619
 So, all being

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.619
 kept by God's

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.980
 power.

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.480
 And this is what

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:08.039
 I was getting

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.879
 at a second ago.

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:11.419
 If salvation is

00:42:11.419 --> 00:42:12.819
 synergistic,

00:42:12.899 --> 00:42:13.719
 meaning that we

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:15.379
 cooperate with

00:42:15.379 --> 00:42:16.779
 God, he comes

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.359
 to the table,

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.980
 presents his

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:20.019
 deal, and says,

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.199
 look, you're in

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.480
 trouble.

00:42:22.399 --> 00:42:23.419
 And here's my

00:42:23.419 --> 00:42:23.679
 deal.

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:25.159
 So, if you

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:27.299
 take my son, I'll

00:42:27.299 --> 00:42:27.759
 save you.

00:42:27.899 --> 00:42:28.379
 But you probably

00:42:28.379 --> 00:42:29.919
 have to be, you're

00:42:29.919 --> 00:42:30.539
 going to have to be

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:31.940
 humble and wise to

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.759
 probably take my

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.059
 son.

00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:34.460
 So, but that's the

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.159
 deal I'm presenting

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.440
 you.

00:42:36.819 --> 00:42:37.779
 Take it or leave

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:37.940
 it.

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.639
 If you take it, I

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.619
 reward you with

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.179
 salvation.

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:43.219
 The problem,

00:42:43.359 --> 00:42:45.239
 though, is that

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.940
 though God would

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.779
 keep his end of

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:48.899
 the bargain, man

00:42:48.899 --> 00:42:50.199
 can surely violate

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.619
 his.

00:42:51.759 --> 00:42:52.639
 His end of the

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.279
 contract.

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.599
 Might not be

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:55.059
 upheld.

00:42:56.259 --> 00:42:57.119
 So, therefore,

00:42:57.399 --> 00:42:58.319
 this idea of

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.940
 us discussing

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:01.139
 the ultimate

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.859
 security of the

00:43:01.859 --> 00:43:02.440
 believer, it

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:02.980
 lies in the

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.259
 Father.

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.799
 Do you see that?

00:43:04.859 --> 00:43:05.379
 If salvation

00:43:05.379 --> 00:43:06.059
 really is a

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.960
 cooperation with

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.500
 God, at some

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:09.239
 point, we can

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:09.980
 screw that up.

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.940
 If it was up to

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.819
 me to cooperate

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.779
 with God for

00:43:13.779 --> 00:43:15.659
 being saved, I

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.039
 think I would

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.559
 lose it every

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:16.819
 day.

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:18.820
 God's

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.200
 faith in the

00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:19.200


00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:20.120
 Thankfully, again,

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.300
 our eternal

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:22.580
 security rests in

00:43:22.580 --> 00:43:23.320
 the unconditional

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:24.420
 election of the

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:24.740
 Father.

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.500
 All right, look at

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:28.160
 John 10.

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:28.700
 This is the last

00:43:28.700 --> 00:43:29.220
 place I think you

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:29.920
 have to flip, but

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.620
 John 10.

00:43:31.080 --> 00:43:31.860
 Trying to keep you

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.559
 in John all I

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:32.800
 can.

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:35.559
 So, but I want

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.360
 you to see this.

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:40.260
 John 10, verse

00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:40.860
 24.

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:45.260
 And that is a

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:46.519
 consistent theology

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.260
 that many have

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:48.079
 held, a consistent

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.880
 theology that says

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:50.260
 if you have the

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:51.180
 ability and the

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:52.980
 right to choose

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.900
 Jesus, you also

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.860
 possess that same

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:57.160
 ability and right

00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:58.140
 to walk away from

00:43:58.140 --> 00:43:58.480
 Jesus.

00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:00.880
 That's a correct

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:02.360
 thinking, but

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.860
 unbiblical.

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.559
 Right logic, I

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:05.920
 should say.

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:07.420
 Look at John 10,

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.180
 verse 24.

00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:11.660
 So the Jews

00:44:11.660 --> 00:44:12.340
 gathered around

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.900
 him and said

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:14.260
 to him, how

00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:15.340
 long will you

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:16.059
 keep us in

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.660
 suspense?

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:18.360
 If you are the

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:19.300
 Christ, tell us

00:44:19.300 --> 00:44:20.059
 plainly.

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:22.019
 Listen to this.

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.700
 Jesus answered

00:44:22.700 --> 00:44:24.260
 them, I told

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:25.680
 you and you

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.360
 don't believe.

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:28.019
 The works that I

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.420
 do in my

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:29.059
 Father's name

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.599
 bear witness

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:30.240
 about me.

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.400
 Now listen to

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:32.140
 this, verse 26.

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:33.240
 But you do not

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:35.120
 believe because

00:44:35.120 --> 00:44:35.940
 you are not

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.780
 among my

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:37.139
 sheep.

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:39.159
 He doesn't say

00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:39.780
 you are not my

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:40.360
 sheep because you

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:41.019
 don't believe.

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:43.659
 He says you

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:44.159
 don't believe in

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:44.820
 the first place

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.240
 because you

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:46.500
 don't belong to

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:46.700
 me.

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.300
 But read on.

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.599
 Then he says,

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:53.579
 my sheep, those

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.260
 the Father has

00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:54.780
 given me.

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.360
 My sheep hear

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.000
 my voice.

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:58.000
 I know them

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.880
 and they

00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.460
 follow me.

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.940
 I give them

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:02.079
 eternal life

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.719
 and they will

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:03.619
 never perish

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:05.199
 and no one

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:05.820
 will snatch

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:06.519
 them out of

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:07.199
 my Father's

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.460
 hand.

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:09.079
 My Father

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.679
 who has given

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:10.380
 them to me

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:10.960
 is greater

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.699
 than all

00:45:11.699 --> 00:45:12.800
 and no one

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.400
 is able to

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.960
 snatch them

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.679
 out of my

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:15.500
 Father's hand.

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:17.139
 I and the

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:17.840
 Father are

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.219
 one.

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.739
 You see that?

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:20.460
 This idea of

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:21.639
 like belonging

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:23.500
 to the Father

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:24.019
 and how that

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.940
 secures us

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.500
 for eternity

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.360
 that no one

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:27.480
 can take them

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.199
 from my

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:29.199
 Father's hand.

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.039
 So obviously

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.539
 if you really

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:33.259
 do believe

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.739
 that your

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:35.000
 salvation is

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:35.559
 eternally

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:36.099
 secure,

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:38.880
 that should

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.380
 disrupt,

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:40.119
 like erupt

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:41.219
 into joy.

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.480
 As we see

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.519
 in verse 15,

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.679
 he's praying

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:45.480
 for their joy,

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.019
 praying that

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:47.539
 their joy

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:48.000
 will be

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.579
 fulfilled

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:49.900
 in themselves.

00:45:50.759 --> 00:45:51.280
 It points

00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:51.860
 back to John

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.599
 15, 11

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:53.000
 where he's

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.500
 talking about

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:53.840
 joy.

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.160
 There,

00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:54.720
 they may

00:45:54.720 --> 00:45:55.720
 have his

00:45:55.720 --> 00:45:56.260
 joy in

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:56.720
 all its

00:45:56.720 --> 00:45:57.019
 fullness.

00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:58.539
 So,

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:00.700
 believe me,

00:46:01.140 --> 00:46:01.860
 words like

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:03.340
 joy and

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:03.980
 peace would

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.840
 not exist

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:05.900
 in the New

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.620
 Testament if

00:46:06.620 --> 00:46:07.320
 we could lose

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:07.640
 what the

00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:08.059
 Father has

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:08.500
 given us.

00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:10.220
 Those are

00:46:10.220 --> 00:46:11.280
 the outflow,

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.140
 the overflow

00:46:12.140 --> 00:46:13.480
 of our

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:13.900
 eternal

00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:14.640
 security

00:46:14.640 --> 00:46:15.820
 with the

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.100
 Father.

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:17.800
 So,

00:46:18.620 --> 00:46:19.480
 that's A,

00:46:19.600 --> 00:46:19.980
 praise for

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:20.640
 their spiritual

00:46:20.640 --> 00:46:21.360
 protection.

00:46:22.260 --> 00:46:22.519
 And then

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:23.000
 lastly,

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.780
 lastly,

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:25.300
 and in

00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:25.679
 closing,

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.219
 he prays

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:27.659
 for their

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.619
 sanctification.

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.800
 See that

00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:30.119
 in verses

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:31.119
 17 through

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:31.599
 19.

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.059
 So,

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:33.900
 he says,

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.840
 sanctify them

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.099
 in your

00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:35.460
 truth.

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:36.139
 Your word

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:36.860
 is truth.

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.300
 And this

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:38.800
 is in

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.400
 terms of

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:39.940
 being set

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.719
 apart from

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:41.199
 sin,

00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:42.340
 being set

00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:43.519
 apart from

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.219
 evil in

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:44.760
 the world

00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:45.780
 for a

00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:46.539
 holy purpose.

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:46.659
 sin.

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.320
 So,

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:49.360
 that's why

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:49.559
 he's

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:50.199
 praying this.

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.360
 Jesus is

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:51.679
 saying,

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.679
 you sent

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.139
 me into

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:53.559
 the world,

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:53.900
 Father,

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.579
 I'm about

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:55.579
 to send

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.440
 them into

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:56.940
 the world.

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:58.259
 And so,

00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:59.199
 holiness is

00:46:59.199 --> 00:46:59.759
 key to

00:46:59.759 --> 00:47:00.360
 mission here.

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.759
 He understands

00:47:01.759 --> 00:47:02.519
 that them

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.860
 living holy

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:04.599
 lives will be

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.300
 very important

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:06.000
 to them going

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.699
 out into the

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:08.000
 world to

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.659
 live before

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.259
 a broken

00:47:09.259 --> 00:47:10.440
 world.

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:11.599
 So,

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:13.159
 think about

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:13.820
 our mission

00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:14.300
 that we

00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:14.619
 have.

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:14.820
 Are we

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:15.460
 living holy

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.179
 lives before

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.559
 people?

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:17.579
 That doesn't

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.000
 mean too

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.400
 good,

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.559
 snotty,

00:47:19.740 --> 00:47:20.300
 legalistic

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:20.800
 people.

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:21.220
 It just

00:47:21.220 --> 00:47:21.840
 means free

00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:23.000
 people that

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:23.240
 have been

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:24.260
 liberated by

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:25.860
 Jesus and

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.599
 living for

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:27.019
 Jesus.

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.380
 So,

00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:29.880
 without holy

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:30.260
 living,

00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:30.820
 our mission

00:47:30.820 --> 00:47:31.360
 will be

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:31.860
 hindered.

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:33.119
 So,

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:34.019
 Christians are

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.820
 not of the

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:35.179
 world,

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:36.000
 right?

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.380
 It says here

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:38.079
 in our text.

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:39.480
 So then,

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:39.940
 but Jesus

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.420
 makes us

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.200
 point of

00:47:41.200 --> 00:47:43.980
 him sanctifying

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.539
 himself.

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.480
 What does

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:45.900
 that mean?

00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:47.099
 Well,

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.559
 it doesn't

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:48.400
 mean that

00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:49.400
 he's trying

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:49.800
 to become

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.519
 more holy

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:51.400
 because we've

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:52.059
 already established

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:52.559
 that he was

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.119
 the perfect,

00:47:53.680 --> 00:47:54.079
 sinless

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.720
 son of

00:47:54.720 --> 00:47:55.039
 God.

00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:56.280
 Rather,

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:57.200
 it does

00:47:57.200 --> 00:47:58.480
 mean that

00:47:58.480 --> 00:47:58.960
 Jesus has

00:47:58.960 --> 00:47:59.519
 set himself

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.119
 apart to

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.440
 do the

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:00.860
 Father's

00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:02.119
 will and

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.539
 his will

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:02.960
 alone.

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:03.940
 And that

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.539
 includes

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:05.039
 going to

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.639
 the cross,

00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:06.599
 however

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:07.340
 repulsive

00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:07.880
 that might

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.619
 be to

00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:08.940
 him.

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:10.059
 He does

00:48:10.059 --> 00:48:10.380
 this for

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:10.739
 the sake

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:11.000
 of his

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.440
 disciples

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:12.059
 and really

00:48:12.059 --> 00:48:12.779
 for us

00:48:12.779 --> 00:48:13.299
 as well.

00:48:13.900 --> 00:48:14.360
 He goes

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:15.079
 before us

00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:16.159
 to be

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:16.579
 secure.

00:48:16.799 --> 00:48:16.960
 So,

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:18.519
 so Paul

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:19.900
 says in

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.799
 1 Thessalonians

00:48:20.799 --> 00:48:21.199
 5,

00:48:21.259 --> 00:48:21.679
 23,

00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:23.279
 talking about

00:48:23.279 --> 00:48:24.239
 sanctification

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:25.599
 and also

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:25.599


00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:25.959
 us

00:48:25.959 --> 00:48:26.839
 persevering.

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:28.639
 Now,

00:48:28.699 --> 00:48:29.000
 may the

00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:29.659
 God of

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:29.939
 peace

00:48:29.939 --> 00:48:30.419
 himself

00:48:30.419 --> 00:48:31.059
 sanctify

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:31.579
 you

00:48:31.579 --> 00:48:32.279
 completely

00:48:32.279 --> 00:48:33.659
 and may

00:48:33.659 --> 00:48:34.119
 your whole

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:34.719
 spirit and

00:48:34.719 --> 00:48:35.179
 soul and

00:48:35.179 --> 00:48:35.659
 body be

00:48:35.659 --> 00:48:35.979
 kept

00:48:35.979 --> 00:48:36.639
 blameless

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:37.000
 at the

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.359
 coming

00:48:37.359 --> 00:48:38.439
 of our

00:48:38.439 --> 00:48:38.899
 Lord Jesus

00:48:38.899 --> 00:48:39.399
 Christ.

00:48:40.279 --> 00:48:40.899
 He calls

00:48:40.899 --> 00:48:41.179
 you,

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:41.779
 he who

00:48:41.779 --> 00:48:42.239
 calls you

00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:42.839
 is faithful

00:48:42.839 --> 00:48:43.199
 and he

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:43.759
 will surely

00:48:43.759 --> 00:48:44.399
 do it.

00:48:45.399 --> 00:48:46.000
 So,

00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:46.579
 I pray

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:46.939
 that

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:49.159
 your hearts

00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:50.079
 are rejoicing

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:50.820
 that Christ

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.599
 does stand

00:48:51.599 --> 00:48:52.039
 on our

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:52.400
 behalf

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.119
 interceding

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:54.599
 for us

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:55.280
 before the

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:55.659
 throne of

00:48:55.659 --> 00:48:55.980
 God.

00:48:57.260 --> 00:48:57.659
 I,

00:48:57.780 --> 00:48:58.740
 I'm just

00:48:58.740 --> 00:49:00.780
 blessed,

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:02.179
 overwhelmed

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:02.760
 to know

00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:03.920
 that a

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:05.039
 sinful man

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.700
 like me,

00:49:05.740 --> 00:49:05.920
 and I

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.220
 don't say

00:49:06.220 --> 00:49:06.679
 that with

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:07.159
 any false

00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:07.639
 humility,

00:49:08.159 --> 00:49:08.599
 I'm a

00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:09.179
 wicked man.

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:09.480
 I mean,

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:10.559
 I feel a

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:10.920
 verse that

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:11.340
 just comes

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:11.619
 to my

00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:12.420
 mind a lot

00:49:12.420 --> 00:49:12.980
 is Peter

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.280
 when he

00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:13.820
 tells Jesus,

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.340
 go away

00:49:14.340 --> 00:49:14.720
 from me,

00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:15.000
 I'm a

00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:15.619
 sinful man.

00:49:16.319 --> 00:49:17.000
 I feel

00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:17.379
 that,

00:49:17.859 --> 00:49:18.339
 but to

00:49:18.339 --> 00:49:18.759
 know that

00:49:18.759 --> 00:49:19.199
 he has

00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:20.519
 accepted

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:20.879
 me,

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:22.319
 saved me,

00:49:22.379 --> 00:49:22.599
 and is

00:49:22.599 --> 00:49:23.319
 now changing

00:49:23.319 --> 00:49:25.159
 me for

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:25.879
 some reason,

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:26.879
 I don't

00:49:26.879 --> 00:49:27.399
 know why,

00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:28.819
 but he's

00:49:28.819 --> 00:49:29.239
 doing that

00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:29.619
 for all

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:29.879
 of us,

00:49:29.899 --> 00:49:30.179
 and he's

00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:30.480
 standing

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:31.059
 before the

00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:31.359
 Father

00:49:31.359 --> 00:49:32.059
 saying,

00:49:32.799 --> 00:49:33.219
 I died

00:49:33.219 --> 00:49:33.679
 for them.

00:49:34.419 --> 00:49:35.000
 My life

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:35.599
 belongs to

00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:35.779
 them,

00:49:35.879 --> 00:49:36.319
 my death

00:49:36.319 --> 00:49:36.919
 belongs to

00:49:36.919 --> 00:49:37.139
 them.

00:49:37.819 --> 00:49:38.099
 So they

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.859
 are right

00:49:38.859 --> 00:49:39.439
 before,

00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:39.899
 or we

00:49:39.899 --> 00:49:40.399
 are right

00:49:40.399 --> 00:49:41.000
 before the

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.299
 Father.

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:43.159
 Look at

00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:45.319
 I'm a

00:49:45.319 --> 00:49:45.699
 part of

00:49:45.699 --> 00:49:47.159
 this in

00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:48.019
 our text

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.339
 where he

00:49:48.339 --> 00:49:48.960
 calls him,

00:49:49.019 --> 00:49:49.599
 Jesus calls

00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:50.359
 him Holy

00:49:50.359 --> 00:49:51.599
 Father.

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:53.399
 That's

00:49:53.399 --> 00:49:54.139
 echoing this

00:49:54.139 --> 00:49:54.819
 assertion of

00:49:54.819 --> 00:49:55.619
 God's awesome

00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:56.079
 purity,

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:56.960
 his otherness

00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:58.559
 that's described

00:49:58.559 --> 00:49:59.019
 in the Old

00:49:59.019 --> 00:49:59.399
 Testament.

00:49:59.619 --> 00:49:59.920
 But listen,

00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:00.339
 this is the

00:50:00.339 --> 00:50:00.980
 only time in

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:01.219
 the New

00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:01.879
 Testament this

00:50:01.879 --> 00:50:02.379
 title is

00:50:02.379 --> 00:50:02.759
 used for

00:50:02.759 --> 00:50:03.059
 God.

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:04.279
 And I

00:50:04.279 --> 00:50:05.139
 just sort

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:05.359
 of think

00:50:05.359 --> 00:50:05.960
 that's worth

00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:06.679
 pointing out

00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:07.179
 that Jesus

00:50:07.179 --> 00:50:08.480
 has this

00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:08.859
 unique

00:50:08.859 --> 00:50:09.519
 relationship,

00:50:10.379 --> 00:50:11.119
 very unique

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:11.440
 with the

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:11.699
 Father,

00:50:11.819 --> 00:50:12.000
 where he

00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:12.339
 can say

00:50:12.339 --> 00:50:12.739
 Holy

00:50:12.739 --> 00:50:13.139
 Father,

00:50:13.299 --> 00:50:13.539
 I'm

00:50:13.539 --> 00:50:14.039
 praying on

00:50:14.039 --> 00:50:14.619
 behalf of

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:15.259
 these people,

00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:16.659
 listen to

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:16.939
 me.

00:50:17.919 --> 00:50:18.539
 And as we

00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:18.819
 know,

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:19.419
 the Father

00:50:19.419 --> 00:50:20.939
 honors what

00:50:20.939 --> 00:50:21.299
 his Son

00:50:21.299 --> 00:50:21.739
 says.

00:50:22.959 --> 00:50:23.439
 So,

00:50:24.259 --> 00:50:25.879
 let's pray

00:50:25.879 --> 00:50:26.299
 together.

00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:27.819
 A lot to

00:50:27.819 --> 00:50:28.299
 chew on,

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:29.500
 but I pray

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:30.039
 that your soul

00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:30.679
 is rejoicing

00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:31.139
 in the fact

00:50:31.139 --> 00:50:32.099
 that he

00:50:32.099 --> 00:50:32.459
 has showed

00:50:32.459 --> 00:50:33.000
 us mercy

00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:33.500
 and that we

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:33.859
 have an

00:50:33.859 --> 00:50:34.199
 advocate

00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:34.719
 before the

00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:35.000
 Father.