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 Now, if you turn with me to John chapter 17, page 1085, we return to this prayer, often

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! known as the High Princely Prayer of Jesus. And we hear him in verse 2 and 3 pray about eternal life.

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 We'll again read the first five verses. After Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven and prayed,

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 Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him

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 authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.

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 Now, this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

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 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father,

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 glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

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 So, we're thinking about eternal life. And let's paint a picture as much as we can to create a

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 sense of longing, to build anticipation, and to give focus. It's something we do in everyday life. We

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 have summer holidays coming soon, perhaps. So, at some point, we will look at the holiday brochures,

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 we will check TripAdvisor, or we're going to the cinema. So, we might find ourselves looking at the

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 reviews of new films, watching trailers, or maybe we've got just a day trip planned. So, we'll check

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 the weather. We'll make sure we've got our picnic supplies. There are things that we do that create

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 longing, that build anticipation, that give focus. And it's really important for us as Christians that

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 we do that with eternal life. This really lies at the heart of our faith. So, what is eternal life?

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 At one level, it's the promise, the reality of a happy life forever. A life where there are no

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 troubles or fears, where there will be no losses, there'll be no unmet longings, there will be no

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 intermissions or intervals to break our perfect happiness forever. It is also going to be a

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 glorious life forever. It is a future reality without disease or death. There will be no aching joints or

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 chronic ailments. Every single person will have a perfect, glorified body, and that picture will never

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 fade forever. Eternal life also speaks to us of a loving life forever. It is a community where there

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 will be no envy, no gossip, no arguments. Nobody will ever be misunderstood. No one will ever be slandered.

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 We will never find ourselves crossing the street to avoid that awkward neighbor. Rather, everyone will be

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 sharing perfect, open, loving relationships. Even as we begin to paint the picture, who doesn't want this?

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 There is a goodness to this that we all recognize, and the book of Ecclesiastes tells us why.

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 Speaking of God, the author says, you have set eternity in our hearts. That's why we ache

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 for joy like this. That's why we find ourselves searching. That's why we have sadness when those

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 good things go in this life. And Jesus says to us that when we find our joy in Him, we find joy that

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 lasts forever. But we need to push further in our picture of eternal life and give it greater focus,

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 because the Bible also says eternal life will be a holy life forever. It will be a life forever set

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 free from sin. When we've been called and set apart for God and His worship, and we will find our joy

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 in living perfectly in His ways forever. And we'll have no sense that that limits our freedom or our joy.

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 eternal life will also be a God-centered life forever. The Lord Jesus, God our Father, they will always be the

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 object of our love and joy and delight. They are what make heaven heaven for His people. When we come to

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 know in a whole new way, we know in a whole new way that He alone, Psalm 73, can truly satisfy our souls.

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 And the truth is that made in God's image as we are, nothing else truly satisfies except life in Jesus.

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 So when Jesus prays about eternal life, we need to recognize that He is praying for our eternal

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 and ultimate joy. Jesus loves us, and so He prays for us. And what He prays for us is for our ultimate

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 good. Just to remind ourselves of the logic of Jesus' prayer, so we began remembering the wonderful

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 promise that Jesus prays for us. He is our mediator between us and God, and He's also our role model.

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 He teaches us how to pray, but He prays for us and for our good. And we were thinking last week,

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 as Jesus was praying about glory, that through His death on the cross, glory would come to Himself,

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 God the Son, for completing the work of salvation. And in so doing, glory would also come to God the

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 Father through the saving work of Jesus on the cross. And Jesus prayed that He would return to His

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 rightful place of glory in heaven because He is the God of eternal glory. Well, this week,

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 we see that glory belongs to Jesus because He is the one who gives the gift of eternal life to His people.

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 Glory belongs to Jesus because He brings us into life with God Himself.

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 And again, we'll never understand Christianity and its goal without Jesus' prayer.

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 We need to recognize the concern of Jesus here. His concern for our good is so great

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 that nothing less than our perfect eternal joy is His aim. And to understand that He prays this prayer

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 heading towards the cross, He will go to the cross to purchase in His death our eternal life.

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 So, Jesus works and Jesus prays so that you and I, by God's grace and through faith, might enjoy

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 relationship with God today and to enjoy that perfectly in heaven for all eternity.

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 So, two things, and they're very much related, and then a couple of points of application at each point.

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 First of all, Jesus gives eternal life. Look at chapter 17, verse 2.

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 For you granted Him authority. That's Jesus speaking of Himself. The Father granted Jesus authority over all

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 people that He might give eternal life to all those you have given Him. So, we're thinking about eternal life.

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 So, let's begin here with the reality that God is eternal. Psalm 90, from everlasting to everlasting,

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 You are God. And within this prayer, we're reminded that Jesus, as the Son of God, He is also eternal.

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 So, verse 5, glorify me with the glory I had before the world began. He is the Alpha and the Omega,

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 the beginning and the end. In verse 2, we're also reminded that Jesus has been given authority over all

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 people. So, we're getting that sense that through His death on the cross, then His resurrection and His

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 return to heaven, He is going to be appointed King of kings and Lord of lords. We've already heard Him say

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 that the Father has given Jesus authority to judge all people. So, He is the King and the judge overall,

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 whether we recognize it or not. And Jesus goes on to say that from that position of authority,

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 He grants eternal life to all those that the Father gave to Him. And so, we have the wonderful

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 interconnection between the Father and the Son. So, the Father and the Son planned an eternity past,

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 the way of salvation. And an eternity past, the Father knows that the Son is going to come

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 and Jesus will be obedient to His Father all the way to death. And because of Jesus' loving obedience,

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 the Father grants Him authority, a wonderful authority to then be the giver of eternal life.

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 And He is given this privilege because He lays down His life for us. So, His giving of eternal life

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 is rooted in the fact that He goes to His hour, He goes to suffer and die in our place for our sins.

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 And this gift of eternal life is a gift of God's grace given by Jesus to those given to Him by God,

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 His Father. It's gift all the way along. Salvation is a work of God. And so, here is Jesus praying that

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 glory will come to God the Father, glory will come to Him as the Son, as His chosen people trust Him,

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 and as they receive this gift of eternal life.

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 So, God is eternal and His Son is eternal. The plan of salvation is eternal.

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 But we also need to recognize that when Jesus is praying about eternal life,

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 it reminds us that we too, we're not eternal, but we are made to live forever.

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 C.S. Lewis captured it in a really striking way when he said,

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 there are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.

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 And Jesus in John's gospel gives us a lot of teaching about eternity.

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 And from the standpoint of eternity, Jesus will say, basically, there are two types of people.

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 So, we heard Him in John chapter 5.

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 There are those people who hear Jesus and they believe.

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 Or in chapter 10, the image is the same.

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 It's there are sheep who belong to Jesus and they hear and they obey His voice.

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 But there are also those who are not His sheep.

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 There are those who don't hear and believe.

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 But from eternity's standpoint, there's basically those two types of people.

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 And we've been hearing from Jesus, there are two different eternal destinies,

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 but both are eternal destinies.

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 So, John 3.16.

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 There is the wonderful prospect of eternal life in the presence and the joy of Jesus.

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 But chapter 3.16, John chapter 10, also speaks about a different destiny.

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 The destiny, the destiny of eternal perishing in the misery of the judgment of Jesus.

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 Two types of people and two eternal destinies.

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 Turn with me to John chapter 10 and let's look at it more closely.

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 The context for what Jesus is saying, verses 22 to 24, Jesus is surrounded by opponents.

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 Nehemiah this morning, surrounded by opponents.

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 So is Jesus.

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 They have a question.

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 If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.

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 But they want to trap Him because they've already decided He's not sent by God.

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 He is a false Messiah and so they're seeking a reason to kill Him.

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 Jesus knows this.

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 Look at Jesus' answer.

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 Jesus answered, on the question of Messiah, I did tell you, but you do not believe.

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 The works I do in my Father's name testify about me.

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 So Jesus is saying to them, every time I did a miracle,

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 every leper that was healed, every paralyzed person that walked, every blind person that

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 was made to see, every sinner that was granted forgiveness is an indication from God Himself,

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 a testimony that Jesus really is God's chosen Messiah, Savior, King.

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 Every miracle was a powerful, wonderful work of God to display the glory of God and to give

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 a window into the kingdom of God.

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 That world free of sin and sickness and death and suffering.

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 We get a glimpse in Jesus' ministry.

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 But Jesus said to them in verse 26,

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 But you do not believe because you are not my sheep.

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 Some of us are familiar with the idea of common grazing.

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 There's land where many flocks or cattle can be there to graze.

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 And so if a farmer comes and he gives the command to his sheep to come,

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 well, the rest will not bother because they don't recognize that farmer.

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 They don't recognize his voice.

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 Now, Jesus is saying there are some who do not recognize me, who do not listen to my voice.

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 But why do some listen to Jesus?

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 Why do some become his sheep?

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 He goes on, verse 27,

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 My sheep listen to my voice.

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 I know them and they follow me.

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 I give them eternal life.

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 Jesus gives eternal life.

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 It is God's grace at work in a person's heart that causes them to be able to hear and to respond to the voice of Jesus.

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 It's a gracious work of God.

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 It's that work promised in the Old Testament.

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 Jeremiah 31, the new covenant.

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 That great open heart surgery that God would do in the gospel that he would take our hearts of stone,

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 unwilling and unable to choose to respond towards God, to do what is good,

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 to take out our heart of stone and give us a heart of flesh,

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 to give us the willingness to listen and to obey,

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 to place his spirit within us,

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 to write and to inscribe his law on our hearts,

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 to hear the voice of Jesus and to respond.

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 That's not natural.

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 It's a wonderful work of God.

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 It's a miracle of God's grace.

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 Achieved by Jesus' death on the cross,

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 that new covenant in his blood.

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 Left to ourselves,

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 we would never listen.

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 We would never follow.

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 We would never obey.

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 Rather, to use the language of R.C. Sproul,

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 we are those who violate his holiness.

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 We insult his justice.

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 We make light of his grace.

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 These things can hardly please him.

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 Like the Pharisees in Jesus' day,

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 we can easily flatter ourselves.

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 We're not that bad.

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 We don't really need a savior,

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 or we don't merit God's wrath.

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 And when we do that,

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 we ignore God's holiness.

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 We ignore the depth of our own rebellion.

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 But Jesus, when he says he gives eternal life,

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 presents us with that humbling,

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 but also wonderful reality

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 that he has come to give that gift.

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 So we need the work of our good shepherd,

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 and he has come,

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 and he has completed the work of the good shepherd

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 in laying down his life for us.

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 We need him to do that.

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 We need him to break the chains of sin and death,

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 and he is willing to do that

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 if we will trust him

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 and ask him to do it in our hearts.

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 He is the one who has come to exchange that stubborn heart

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 for a heart made willing to love and follow him.

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 He must act in power

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 so that we would become his sheep

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 and listen to his voice,

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 and he is willing,

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 he is ready and willing to act in power.

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 So there is a connection that Jesus must die

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 so he might receive the gift of eternal life.

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 And so Jesus looks at the hour of the cross,

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 and he is willing to go there

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 because he knows it will bring us salvation.

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 So that instead of death,

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 we might know life.

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 Now, death is not something

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 that we like to think about very much.

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 The Bible is really clear.

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 It is our last great enemy.

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 Death brings with it real fear,

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 and it brings with it real sadness.

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 But it is something we need to use

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 to go back to Ecclesiastes.

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 It's better to go to the house of mourning

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 than the house of laughter.

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 It's really important for us to think about eternity.

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 Now, as a society,

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 we don't like to think about death.

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 We certainly don't like to think about eternity,

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 so we treat it as that taboo thing.

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 We spend a lot of time and energy

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 trying to be distracted from

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 the great realities of life and death.

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 Or we try and make light of death.

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 We turn funerals into celebrations

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 rather than times of mourning.

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 And in this context,

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 the church must be different.

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 We must both live in light of eternity,

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 but also be willing to speak about death and eternity.

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 And when we do,

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 for us as the people of God,

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 I would suggest that there are two things that follow.

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 As we think about the fact

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 that Jesus gives eternal life,

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 as we think about eternity and eternal life,

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 it leads us to worship.

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 I'm thinking about it this week.

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 It's one of the things that makes Christian funerals

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 really special.

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 Because there we find ourselves

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 at a place of sorrow and grieving,

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 but also a time of worship.

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 We're praising the sovereign God

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 who is faithful in life

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 and faithful into eternity.

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 That collectively as God's people,

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 we grieve, but we grieve with hope.

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 We find hope as we claim the promises of the gospel,

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 the promise of resurrection and of new creation.

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 We worship as we recognize Jesus,

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 the one who left eternal glory,

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 to become one of us,

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 to give God glory by granting his people eternal life.

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 The one who paid the ultimate cost

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 to give his bride the ultimate gift.

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 That Jesus came into this world

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 and he suffered and died

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 and then he returned to the glory of heaven

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 to prepare for us

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 an eternal home,

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 an eternal joy

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 that we can scarcely imagine.

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 And so there's a wonderful source of worship

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 that are truths to make our hearts sing,

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 to give us hope

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 even in the depths of sorrow

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 as we consider the promise of eternal life.

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 But here's the second thing

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 that I think considering eternal life does for us.

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 It does something in terms of our mission.

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 I spent part of Monday afternoon

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 on a prayer walk around the neighborhood

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 and doing that at the same time

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 as asking God to be glorified in this community.

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 Thinking about the various types of people

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 that live here, thinking about the various churches.

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 But when you're thinking about eternity,

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 doesn't it give a sense of weight

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 to our mission

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 and a sense of urgency

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 to our mission

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 as we represent the one who came

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 to give the gift of eternal life?

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 Does it give us a motivation

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 for that ongoing task of making Jesus known?

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 I was reminded of C.T. Studd's words,

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 one of the missionaries to China.

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 He put it very poetically.

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 He said,

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 Some wish to live within the sound of church

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 or chapel bell.

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 I want to run a rescue shop

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 within a yard of hell.

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 For C.T. Studd,

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 the realities of eternity

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 drove his mission,

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 caused him to leave behind

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 affluent England

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 to go to China

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 to minister there,

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 to seek,

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 to make Jesus known.

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 The realities of eternity

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 are so important

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 for fueling our kingdom mission.

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 And it's important for us,

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 I think,

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 then regularly to ask,

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 What is God leading me to do

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 for his kingdom?

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 Maybe not like C.T. Studd

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 to go to China,

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 maybe,

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 but what is he asking us to do

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 as we share the gospel?

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 We share the gospel,

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 the good news

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 that while we are made

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 in the image of God

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 and we are made for relationship,

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 but that tragically and persistently

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 we sin and rebel,

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 God loved us

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 and he sent his son,

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 and Jesus laid down his life

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 as a sacrifice for us.

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 And through his death

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 on our behalf,

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 we can know forgiveness

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 and peace

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 and adoption

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 and eternal life

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 with never-ending glory.

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 We have good news

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 and we have really important news.

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 And so we pray

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 and so we proclaim

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 and we ask people,

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 Will you believe?

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 Will you hear Jesus' voice?

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 And will you follow?

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 Because Jesus is the one

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 who gives us eternal life.

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 Second thing to think about,

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 and as I said,

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 it's related,

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 is that Jesus gives us life with God.

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 Look back at John 17, verse 3.

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 Jesus says,

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 Now 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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 So the beauty of eternal life

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 is that it's not just a quantity,

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 but it's also a quality.

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 It's the gift of knowing

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 and being known by God himself.

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 Jesus gives us everlasting life

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 with the everlasting God of love.

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 And this knowing that Jesus speaks of,

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 it's not a mere head knowledge,

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 well, I know about God.

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 I've read the Bible.

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 I've come to church.

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 I know about Him.

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 I know about the Trinity.

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 I know that Jesus died on the cross.

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 I know that God is.

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 It's a personal experience

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 of a personal relationship.

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 It says,

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 I know Him

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 as my Father.

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 I've come to know that He is good

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 and that He is for me

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 and I trust Him

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 and I listen to Him.

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 He loves me

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 and He leads me

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 and He listens to me

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 when I pray

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 and He looks after me every day.

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 It's a different quality of knowing.

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 It's the knowing

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 of personal relationship.

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 Let me use this

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 by way of a poor analogy.

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 It's a difference maybe

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 sometimes you might see

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 in an airport.

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 So imagine

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 you're in a busy airport

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 and you're waiting

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 for a loved one.

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 Maybe you haven't seen them

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 for weeks or for months

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 and you know

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 the plane is about to arrive.

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 And so while you're waiting

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 at the arrivals gate

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 eager to be reunited,

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 you see a celebrity

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 and you know that celebrity.

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 But I imagine most of us,

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 unless we're slightly extreme,

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 the most we're going to do

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 is maybe give an awkward smile.

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 Maybe if we're really confident,

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 we might ask for a selfie.

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 But the difference between

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 that knowing of the celebrity

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 where we kind of keep our distance

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 and then the knowing

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 when we see our family member

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 and we run to embrace them

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 and there's joy

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 and there's tears.

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 That's the kind of knowing

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 that Jesus brings for us

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 with our God.

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 That we are known

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 and loved deeply.

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 That we enjoy

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 a deeply personal relationship

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 with God the Father,

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 with Jesus the Son,

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 through the Spirit,

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 forever.

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 And so as Jesus prays

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 about eternal life,

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 Jesus is really asking

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 that we would shift attention

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 from temporary pleasures

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 that can take up so much attention

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 but will always leave us restless

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 to the eternal enjoyment

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.920
 of God that brings rest.

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 Jesus came to give eternal joy

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 to His people

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 as we are welcomed

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 into the loving arms

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 of our everlasting God.

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 So let's explore two things

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.779
 about eternal life

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 with God together.

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 First, let's think about

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.320
 the protection

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 that Jesus talks about.

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 Back to John chapter 10

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:54.779
 and verse 28 to 30.

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 I'm just going to read them again

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 and listen to how definite

00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:00.619
 and definitive Jesus is.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.359
 There is no room for doubt

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 in His words.

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 I give them eternal life

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 and they shall never perish.

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 No one will snatch them

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.119
 out of my hand.

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:14.599
 My Father who has given them to me

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:16.059
 is greater than all.

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:18.059
 No one can snatch them

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.440
 out of my Father's hand.

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:22.079
 I and the Father are one.

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 Did you hear it?

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 Jesus, what's the strongest force

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:28.099
 in the universe?

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 The strongest force

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.939
 in the universe

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:33.399
 is the hands of God

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:35.379
 and those hands of God

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.539
 keep us safe

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.339
 from here

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.759
 to eternity.

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.919
 That's what Jesus prays

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:42.699
 and that's what Jesus works for.

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.339
 So the promise

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.359
 of eternal life

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.359
 that Jesus gives to us

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.579
 is secure.

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.079
 Our salvation

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.639
 salvation is secure

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.799
 because not only

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.419
 is it the work of God

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:55.259
 but also that we are kept

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.259
 by God the Father

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 and God the Son.

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.379
 Think about Jesus

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.259
 in His ministry.

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.859
 The same Jesus

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.720
 who took Peter

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.720
 by the hand

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:07.720
 when He was going

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.799
 under the water

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.359
 as His faith was shaken

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:12.619
 and raised Him up to safety.

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:14.399
 The same Jesus

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:16.059
 who took Jairus' daughter

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:17.179
 by the hand

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.700
 and raised her from death

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:21.000
 is the same Jesus

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.660
 who grips and guards

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.519
 His people

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.600
 in His power

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:27.080
 and in His love.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.519
 He is the good shepherd

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:31.440
 and He makes sure

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.560
 that His sheep listen

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:34.920
 and He never loses one.

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.820
 Last weekend

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.460
 we took a trip

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.519
 to Dalscon Farm.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.900
 I recommend

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.500
 if you like farms

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.299
 and farm parks.

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:45.480
 A couple of things

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.279
 as I was sort of

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.519
 thinking about this text

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.940
 and then thinking

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.480
 about Dalscon.

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.139
 One point in the middle

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.619
 of the afternoon

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.759
 so Dalscon's full of

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:53.159
 lots of very cute

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:54.079
 baby goats

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.119
 baby lambs

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:57.000
 some cute baby donkeys

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.500
 as well

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.839
 really busy

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.619
 full of animals

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.419
 but there's one point

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.379
 where I was looking

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:03.079
 and I saw the farmer's wife

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:05.639
 and she spotted something

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:07.779
 and she jumped over a fence

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.399
 and then she signaled

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.000
 to her husband

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.099
 and he also jumped

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.779
 over the fence

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.139
 and so I was immediately

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.960
 interested in what

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.579
 was happening

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.500
 and they were looking

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.379
 to sort of corral

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:18.399
 and catch this one sheep

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.220
 and the reason why

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.539
 they were looking

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.500
 to catch that one sheep

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.139
 was because it had got

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.240
 a horn tangled

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.639
 in some bailing rope

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.500
 and so they were keen

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.420
 to set it free.

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.359
 That's what shepherds do.

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.200
 Also

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:32.460
 on that farm park

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.740
 some of us will know

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.980
 the story of Fiona

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.619
 the loneliest sheep

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.180
 in the world.

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.639
 Remember that story

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.099
 the sheep

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:40.099
 near Brora

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.959
 fell off a cliff

00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:42.019
 was there for ages

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.240
 until it got kind of

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.699
 airlifted up

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:46.179
 had lived in isolation.

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:46.879
 Do you know what

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:48.039
 Fiona's not lonely anymore?

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.659
 She's got two lambs

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.519
 with her this year

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.519
 and again

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.419
 why is that?

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.919
 Because of the love

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.779
 and care

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.859
 of the farmers

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.740
 at Dalscon.

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:59.980
 Just tiny windows

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.859
 whenever we look

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:02.059
 at a good shepherd

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.039
 or a good farmer

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.859
 into the much greater

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.819
 love and goodness

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.399
 of Jesus

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.399
 our good shepherd.

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.180
 God

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:10.160
 and what he promises

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.220
 to us

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.820
 here in John 10

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:14.580
 is that we are

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.960
 entirely safe

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.880
 and secure

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:18.440
 in the double grip

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.019
 of God.

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.540
 Now Hollywood

00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:22.259
 loves

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.720
 and it's great

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.580
 the tension

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.600
 and the drama

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.880
 that you see

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.580
 so often

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:29.019
 usually in some

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.820
 kind of action movie

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.480
 maybe there's been

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.380
 a car crash

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.300
 and the car is heading

00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:33.340
 towards the cliff

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:34.300
 and the person

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:35.620
 gets out just in time

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.899
 and they're grabbing

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:38.339
 on by their fingertips

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.379
 and you ask yourself

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.879
 are they going to

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.699
 survive or not

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.379
 and maybe somebody

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.699
 comes and catches

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.199
 their hand

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:44.399
 and still the question

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.119
 remains

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:46.719
 is it going to

00:29:46.719 --> 00:29:47.379
 turn out okay

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.859
 or not?

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.919
 And you know

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.419
 from whether it's

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.939
 a good character

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.500
 or a bad character

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.199
 how it's going to go.

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.919
 Hollywood loves

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.359
 the tension

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.939
 and it makes

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:56.059
 for great TV

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.559
 but we need

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.139
 to understand

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.759
 it makes

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.939
 for terrible theology

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:02.539
 because when we

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.200
 respond in faith

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.940
 to the call

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.500
 of Jesus

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.900
 we have the promise

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.019
 that he holds us

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.799
 firm

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:10.759
 he will not

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.600
 lose one

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.400
 of those

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.920
 that have been

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.680
 given to him

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:15.160
 the father

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.559
 assures us

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.500
 that he will not

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.640
 lose his grip

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:20.039
 look at verse 30

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.600
 Jesus says

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.460
 I and the father

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.160
 are one

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.200
 they are one

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.960
 because they're both

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.200
 God

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.820
 but they're also

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.700
 one in purpose

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.480
 and their purpose

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.360
 is to protect

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.019
 Christians

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.440
 until we fully

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:31.099
 enjoy eternal life

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:36.160
 Jesus prays

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:38.400
 for the gift

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.359
 of eternal life

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.960
 to be given

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.539
 and he will

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.359
 shortly lay down

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.900
 his life

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.680
 to secure it

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.519
 for us

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:46.279
 and he continues

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.220
 to work for us

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.559
 now

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.660
 holding us

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:50.059
 in his grip

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:51.799
 so that none

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.319
 of us

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.279
 who are trusting

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.599
 in him

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.660
 will ever be lost

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:56.180
 the hands

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.960
 that hold us

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.480
 firm

00:30:57.480 --> 00:31:00.000
 are the hands

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.500
 that were nailed

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.539
 to our Roman cross

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.480
 to bear away

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.099
 our guilt

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.759
 and shame

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:06.240
 to secure

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.380
 our reconciliation

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.920
 to God

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:10.720
 to pay in full

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.559
 our record

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.220
 of debt

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.819
 and with him

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.680
 that is the gift

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.740
 of eternal life

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.539
 so there is

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.640
 protection

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:21.240
 we are secure

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.460
 in the eternal life

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.900
 we're given

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.559
 by Jesus

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.799
 and so the second

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.279
 thing

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:28.359
 as we think

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.079
 about Jesus

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.799
 giving us life

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.379
 with God

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.700
 is to think

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.679
 about praise

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:34.440
 now I wonder

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.980
 as we think

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.919
 about eternal life

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.740
 if we were

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.839
 being honest

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:40.119
 does eternity

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:41.440
 ever sound

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:43.220
 a little bit

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.559
 dull

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.799
 do we ever

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.440
 find ourselves

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.460
 asking the question

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.200
 won't we get

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.179
 tired of it

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:49.559
 you know we're so

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.259
 used to things

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.139
 being temporary

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.660
 the idea of

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.060
 something that

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.720
 lasts forever

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.240
 that's really

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.060
 hard to imagine

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:57.200
 our capacity

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.100
 for joy

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.600
 in God

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.300
 our hearts

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.860
 as it were

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.800
 are so

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.400
 limited

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.560
 that it

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:03.920
 may not

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.560
 excite us

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.920
 like it

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.220
 should

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.660
 the reality

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.400
 of eternity

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.279
 millions

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.700
 billions

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.259
 trillions

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.920
 of years

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.000
 to enjoy

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.440
 Jesus

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.900
 and to

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.460
 worship him

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.900
 together

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.480
 one day

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.839
 we might

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.180
 find that

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.420
 to be

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.740
 the most

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.799
 mind-blowing

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.279
 and exciting

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.019
 reality in the

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.220
 world

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.440
 and the

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.900
 very next

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.279
 day

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.279
 it might

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.559
 seem

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.140
 so

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.200
 mundane

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:25.440
 I think

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.059
 to help

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.660
 us

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:30.000
 we are

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.720
 to remember

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.680
 who it

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.140
 is that

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.940
 is praying

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.519
 for the gift

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.019
 of eternal

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.559
 life

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:37.440
 here is

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.240
 Jesus

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.980
 the eternal

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.460
 son of

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.799
 God

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.340
 who has

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.080
 spent all

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.660
 eternity

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.380
 enjoying

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.320
 life with

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:45.840
 his father

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.620
 sharing the

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.200
 glory of

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.759
 his father

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.779
 sharing of

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.539
 perfect goodness

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.340
 and glory

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.920
 and beauty

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.460
 and truth

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.539
 nothing lacking

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.279
 in eternal

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.880
 life

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:56.259
 and it's

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.799
 as the

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.480
 eternal

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.539
 and powerful

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.160
 son of

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.519
 God

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:01.039
 he prays

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.099
 the one

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.960
 with infinite

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.659
 wisdom

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.339
 and power

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.200
 and goodness

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.619
 he prays

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.740
 wanting the

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.659
 very best

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.159
 that he could

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.960
 ever give

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.619
 to his people

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.859
 he prays

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:13.500
 desiring that

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.940
 we would have

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.799
 life and life

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.420
 to the full

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.659
 he prays

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.680
 that we would

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.339
 know eternal

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.960
 life

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.299
 with him

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.279
 forever

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:24.200
 and for that

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.659
 to capture

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.240
 our hearts

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.779
 I think we need

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.099
 to keep

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.099
 considering the

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.779
 Jesus that we

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.240
 meet in the

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.039
 gospels

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.960
 the nature

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.279
 of the

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.799
 friendship

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.240
 that he

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.819
 shared with

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.519
 his disciples

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.480
 the transformation

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.440
 he worked

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.099
 in people's

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.460
 lives

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.539
 the love

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.899
 that he

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.740
 demonstrated

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.460
 that changed

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.119
 people's

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.899
 identity

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.940
 and destiny

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:44.480
 that the

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.759
 one who

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.399
 prays for us

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.879
 is the one

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.680
 who is

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.339
 love

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:49.039
 and he

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.519
 prays

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.759
 and he

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.099
 works

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.359
 so we

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.819
 can share

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.339
 this love

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.779
 of God

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.359
 forever

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:55.000
 as

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.700
 Christians

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.079
 Jesus

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.420
 has

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.099
 destined

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.659
 us

00:33:58.659 --> 00:34:00.079
 for eternal

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.740
 happiness

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:02.039
 there is

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.740
 an eternal

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.299
 weight

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.399
 of glory

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:05.619
 beyond

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.259
 compare

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.480
 there is

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.079
 a life

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.559
 free

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.299
 of sin

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:09.980
 and sickness

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.500
 despair

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.420
 and death

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.279
 a life

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.880
 lived

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.579
 with

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.039
 Jesus

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.519
 and as

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.420
 he prays

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.839
 he invites

00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:18.159
 us to

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.799
 turn from

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.259
 sin

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:21.239
 to know

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.679
 him

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:23.099
 to trust

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.579
 him

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:25.460
 to live

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.839
 in light

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:26.400
 of eternity

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.960
 to live

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.460
 lives

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.079
 of eternal

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.900
 significance

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.840
 to live

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.260
 lives

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.159
 of joyful

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.099
 praise

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.559
 because

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.000
 Jesus

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.780
 has invited

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.039
 us

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.460
 into

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.039
 eternal

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.599
 life

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:39.380
 to know

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.280
 the only

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.159
 true God

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:42.500
 and Jesus

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.159
 Christ

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.000
 the one

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.400
 whom he

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.699
 sent

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:46.440
 well in that

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.740
 spirit

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.400
 let's pray

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.940
 together

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.099


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