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 Brilliant, thanks Beno.

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 All friends, hands down,

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 my favourite chapter in all of the Bible.

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 If we can get our heads around this,

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 if you're new here today and you don't know who this Jesus is,

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 then you have picked a fantastic week to join us today

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 because if you grasp who this man Jesus is and what he can do,

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 then it's got the power to change absolutely everything.

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 Now, a friend of mine once made an observation

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 about how we live our lives as human beings

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 and I want to bounce it off you today to see what you make of it.

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 They said this, they said,

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 isn't it funny how we spend our youth trying to get riches

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 and then when we get older,

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 we spend our riches trying to get youth.

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 You having that this morning?

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 Right, and this is the point in the service

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 where I try not to make eye contact with anyone,

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 but wherever you find yourself on that timeline today,

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 you've got to say that there is an element of truth

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 in what my friend was saying.

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 Right, if some of you were around in the 80s,

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 again, looking at my script,

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 German pop band Alphaville, do you remember them?

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 Sang back in the 80s,

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 we want to be what?

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 Help me out.

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 Want to be forever young.

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 Yeah, do you remember that song?

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 We want to be forever young.

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 And there's something deep inside of us

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 that wants to be forever young.

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 In fact, I was reading just the other day

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 about a 45-year-old American tech entrepreneur

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 called Brian Johnson.

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 You heard of him?

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 Brian Johnson.

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 He spends, and get this,

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 an estimated $2 million a year

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 on the perfect blend of 100 vitamins and supplements

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 as prescribed for him by his specialist team

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 of doctors and nutritionists

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 to try and keep him feeling,

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 and get this, like he's 18.

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 $2 million a year he spends on this.

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 And as human beings,

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 we kind of make our peace

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 with this whole concept

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 of the circle of life,

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 as Elton John sang,

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 the circle of life that moves us all.

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 But the problem is

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 that every time we experience death,

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 it doesn't feel natural at all, does it?

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 And you've got to say,

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 as human beings,

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 even in the year 2023,

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 with all the advancements in technology

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 and medicine that we have at our disposal,

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 we've got to hold our hands up

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 and say that we still do not have an answer

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 to our biggest problem.

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 And into our coffin-shaped conundrum

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 steps this man, Jesus,

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 who at a funeral of all places

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 flips the entire way of the world

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 on its head.

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 Spoiler alert,

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 verse 44,

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 a dead man came out.

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 Which means

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 that C.S. Lewis was right

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 when he said,

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 Christianity, if fogs,

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 is of no importance.

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 But if true,

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 it's of infinite importance.

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 The only thing that it cannot be

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 is moderately important.

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 And so the invitation

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 that this same Jesus extends to us today

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 is to get him in our lungs,

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 whatever is going on in your life today.

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 And I know some of you

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 are going through some stuff, okay?

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 Whatever is going on in your life today,

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 get him

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 in your lungs.

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 And take his hand

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 and let him teach you

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 three

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 wonderful things

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 about

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 him.

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 And here is the first one.

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 This is teaching us

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 that we can trust fully

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 in his perfect timing.

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 Now come with me

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 to the text.

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 No word of Scripture

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 is ever wasted.

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 There are so many details

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 in here

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 that I'd never really seen before,

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 before I really stopped

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 and studied this.

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 We pick up the narrative

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 at verse 1.

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 We learn

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 that one of Jesus' friends

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 called Lazarus

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 is

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 sick.

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 Now Lazarus lives

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 with

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 his two sisters,

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 Mary and Martha,

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 in a town

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 called

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 Bethany.

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 Bethany.

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 None of these details

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 are wasted, right?

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 This is

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 historical fact.

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 You can find

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 Bethany on a map.

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 Presumably you could

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 meet Mary and Martha

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 if you were to try

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 and find them.

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 They would have told you

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 this story,

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 which is why

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 John records it all.

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 Verse 5,

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 John wants us to know

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 and see this.

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 Verse 5,

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 that how did Jesus

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 feel about this family?

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 He

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 loved

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 them.

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 So he's telling us

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 right up top

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 that everything

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 that is about

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 to happen

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 flows from

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 Jesus'

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 deep love

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 for this

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 family.

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 Lazarus is sick

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 though,

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 prognosis

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 critical.

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 And in desperation,

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 do you see

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 how the sisters,

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 they send

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 word to

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 Jesus?

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 At verse 3,

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 they say

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 the word

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 is come

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 and see

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 our brother.

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 Right?

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 You're the only one,

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 Jesus,

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 who can help.

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 Would you come?

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 Would you come

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 with your presence?

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 Would you come

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 with your healing

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 power?

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 And they say,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 we need you to come

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 because we love you,

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 you love us,

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 we need you here.

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 Now,

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 question,

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 how would you

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 respond to

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 something like

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 that?

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 You know,

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 I remember when

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 my uncle died

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 at Christmas time,

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 as soon as I

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 learned that we

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 were talking

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 hours,

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 not days,

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 that very quickly

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 moved to we

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 were talking

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 minutes,

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 not hours,

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 I jumped in the

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 car and I

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 went.

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 Went.

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 So what we

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 would do,

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 but incredibly,

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 Jesus,

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 upon hearing

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 this news

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 about the

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 people he

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 loves,

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 says,

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 verse 5,

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 I'm staying

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 here two

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 more days,

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 which means

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 this is

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 24,

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 sorry,

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 48 hours

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 of no

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 show.

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 And his

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 reason,

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 verse 4,

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 is so that

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 his glory

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 might be

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 displayed,

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 that they

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 might see

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 something

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 utterly

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 transforming

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 about who

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 he

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 is.

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 And that's

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 what he

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 means when

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 he says

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 verse 14,

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 I'm glad

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 I wasn't

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 there,

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 so that

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 you would

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 believe.

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 Believe what?

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 Believe in

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 him.

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 You see,

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 this God

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 is in the

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 words of

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 Isaiah

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 chapter 25,

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 this God,

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 his ways

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 are not

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 our ways.

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 Our

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 father,

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 his thoughts

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 are higher

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 than our

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 thoughts.

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 And this

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 God,

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 his heart

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 towards his

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 children

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 is steadfastly

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 and it's

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 wonderfully

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 good.

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 And you

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 need to know

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 that here

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 today if your

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 faith is in

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 him,

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 whatever is

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 going on in

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 your life

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 today,

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 his fatherly

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 perfect heart

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 towards you

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 is steadfast

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 and perfect.

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 Because

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 Jesus so

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 loves us

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 and he so

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 loves this

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 family

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 that he

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 uses the

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 darkest

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 moment in

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 their lives

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 to do the

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 deepest work

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 in their

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 hearts

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 in order

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 to draw

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 them

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 closer

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 to his

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 perfect

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 heart.

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 You see,

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 here's my

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 confession as I

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 come off the

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 back of this.

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 I think,

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 as I've

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 studied this

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 this week,

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 that I've

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 grossly

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 underestimated

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 Jesus'

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 commitment

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 to me.

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 And can I

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 put it to

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 you,

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 there's

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 something that

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 I want you

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 to bask

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 in today.

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 Do not

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 be in

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 any doubt,

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 no matter

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 what's going

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 on in your

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 life just

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 now,

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 of his

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 utter

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 commitment

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 to you.

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 This

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 Jesus is

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 way more

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 committed to

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 us than I

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 think.

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 we think

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 he is.

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 Well,

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 let us

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 not be

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 quick to

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 dismiss the

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 possibility

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 that the

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 Lord,

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 out of

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 his love

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 for us,

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 is teaching

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 us lessons

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 in seasons

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 of life

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 that don't

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 seem to

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 make much

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 sense to

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 us.

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 We were

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 at a

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 wedding

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 yesterday,

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 sitting next

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 to a

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 man called

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 Leonard.

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 Leonard was

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 telling me

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 about how

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 his youngest

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 daughter,

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 she was born

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 six weeks

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 prematurely,

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 and rushing

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 from

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 Kirkcaldy to

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 the sick

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 kids when

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 it was over

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 there just

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 by the

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 meadows,

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 and being

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 told the

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 story about

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 how his

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 daughter,

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 one of her

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 lungs had

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 collapsed and

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 the other

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 one was just

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 about to

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 go,

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 and the

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 doctor's

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 saying,

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 there's

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 nothing more

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 we can

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 do,

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 and he's

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 looking at

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 the stats

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 on the

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 vent

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 machine

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 that said

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 98,

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 which he

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 then figured

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 out meant

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 this machine

00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:13.580
 was running

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 at 98%

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 capacity,

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 there's not

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 a lot more

00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:16.899
 we can do

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 for her,

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 and he said

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 in that

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 moment I

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 had to

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 come to

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 grips with

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 the fact

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 that I

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 wasn't

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 holding her

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 life in

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 my hands,

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 the doctors

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 weren't

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 holding her

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 life in

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 their hands,

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 it was like

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 some kind

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 of guess who

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 where all

00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:31.899
 the tiles

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 had gone

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 down,

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 and he

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 said for

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 the first

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 time in

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 my life

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 I wasn't

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 in control,

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 but it

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 was as if

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 God stepped

00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:40.340
 in at that

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 point and

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 said,

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 I am.

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 In the

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 bed next

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 to them

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 with some

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 other little

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 girls was

00:10:47.319 --> 00:10:47.759
 a devout

00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.120
 Christian

00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:48.600
 family,

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 and the

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 two of

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 them have

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 remained

00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:51.340
 lifelong

00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:52.080
 friends ever

00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:52.519
 since,

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 because in

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 that moment

00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:54.080
 he said

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 it was like

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 God brought

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 people into

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 my path,

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 and the

00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:58.419
 doctor said

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 there's nothing

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 more we can

00:10:59.360 --> 00:10:59.500
 do,

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 and all of

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 a sudden

00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:00.299
 they came

00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:00.639
 back an

00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.059
 hour later,

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 you won't

00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:01.819
 believe it,

00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:02.279
 actually that

00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:02.659
 figure's

00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:03.039
 dropped,

00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.779
 again an

00:11:04.779 --> 00:11:05.159
 hour later,

00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:05.679
 actually that

00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:06.019
 figure's

00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:06.659
 dropped again,

00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:08.579
 and actually

00:11:08.579 --> 00:11:09.240
 the long story

00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:09.600
 short,

00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:10.379
 this girl is

00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:11.100
 now celebrating,

00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:11.600
 not without

00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.039
 her health

00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:12.659
 difficulties,

00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:13.120
 understand,

00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:13.740
 she's now

00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:14.399
 celebrating her

00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:15.279
 21st birthday

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 really soon,

00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.339
 and he said

00:11:17.339 --> 00:11:17.919
 nothing has

00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:18.360
 changed my

00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.059
 perspective on

00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:19.500
 life like

00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:19.959
 going through

00:11:19.959 --> 00:11:20.360
 that,

00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:22.860
 oh that the

00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.059
 Lord,

00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:23.759
 he teaches

00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:24.360
 us out of

00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:24.740
 his love

00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:25.399
 for us,

00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.399
 lessons about

00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.100
 life that we

00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:30.720
 would not learn

00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.539
 any other way,

00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:33.899
 never doubt

00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:34.839
 his commitment

00:11:34.839 --> 00:11:36.240
 to you,

00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:36.799
 dear friends,

00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:37.459
 in the words,

00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:38.000
 and some of

00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:38.379
 you remember

00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:39.039
 this old hymn

00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:39.620
 by William

00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.139
 Cowper,

00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:40.860
 judge not

00:11:40.860 --> 00:11:41.439
 the Lord,

00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:42.879
 by feeble

00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:43.419
 sense,

00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.379
 but trust

00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:45.899
 him for

00:11:45.899 --> 00:11:46.839
 his grace,

00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:49.240
 behind a

00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:49.740
 frowning

00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:50.459
 providence,

00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:51.659
 he hides

00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:53.480
 a smiling

00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:53.919
 face,

00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:54.779
 Jesus invites

00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:55.439
 us today to

00:11:55.439 --> 00:11:56.079
 know that we

00:11:56.079 --> 00:11:56.679
 can trust

00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:58.620
 fully in

00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:59.340
 his perfect

00:11:59.340 --> 00:11:59.779
 timing,

00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:02.399
 and secondly,

00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:03.039
 he wants us

00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:03.560
 to know that

00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:04.340
 we can lean

00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:05.259
 fully into

00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:06.000
 his gentle

00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:06.560
 heart,

00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:08.080
 you see,

00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:08.620
 back in the

00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.039
 story,

00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:11.659
 another 48

00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:12.259
 hours have

00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:12.700
 passed,

00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:14.940
 which means

00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:15.519
 by the time

00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:16.019
 that Jesus

00:12:16.019 --> 00:12:16.419
 and his

00:12:16.419 --> 00:12:16.840
 disciples,

00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:17.639
 they get to

00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.179
 Bethany,

00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:19.399
 you see John

00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.220
 underscore it,

00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:21.659
 Lazarus has

00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:22.860
 been dead

00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:24.500
 for four

00:12:24.500 --> 00:12:25.080
 days,

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 now presumably

00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.299
 that's to

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 underscore the

00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:28.819
 fact that

00:12:28.819 --> 00:12:30.039
 Lazarus is

00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.759
 dead,

00:12:31.699 --> 00:12:31.919
 right,

00:12:31.939 --> 00:12:32.259
 you read

00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:32.839
 around this

00:12:32.839 --> 00:12:33.079
 and there

00:12:33.079 --> 00:12:33.399
 are some

00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:33.699
 kind of

00:12:33.699 --> 00:12:34.279
 myths doing

00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:35.159
 the rounds

00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:35.719
 in the day

00:12:35.719 --> 00:12:36.759
 that a

00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.219
 person's

00:12:37.219 --> 00:12:37.979
 spirit hovers

00:12:37.979 --> 00:12:38.740
 over them

00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:39.240
 three days

00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.799
 after they're

00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.159
 dead,

00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.000
 and so some

00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.599
 people think

00:12:41.599 --> 00:12:42.059
 there is the

00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:43.299
 possibility of

00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.219
 resuscitation,

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 and so four

00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.059
 days could well

00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:46.719
 be the fact

00:12:46.719 --> 00:12:47.159
 that Jesus

00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:47.599
 is saying,

00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:47.759
 no,

00:12:47.819 --> 00:12:48.519
 this man

00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.179
 is dead,

00:12:49.979 --> 00:12:50.659
 he's dead,

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 and when they

00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:53.240
 reach Bethany,

00:12:53.319 --> 00:12:53.799
 do you see

00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.299
 how Jesus

00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:54.699
 and his

00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:55.179
 disciples,

00:12:55.319 --> 00:12:56.039
 they encounter

00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.679
 this scene

00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:57.359
 of deep

00:12:57.359 --> 00:12:57.819
 grief,

00:12:58.979 --> 00:12:59.699
 of people

00:12:59.699 --> 00:13:00.319
 weeping,

00:13:00.459 --> 00:13:00.919
 of pouring

00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:01.620
 their hearts

00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:01.819
 out,

00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:02.059
 they're

00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:02.759
 consoling

00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:03.259
 each other,

00:13:03.359 --> 00:13:03.979
 they're mourning

00:13:03.979 --> 00:13:04.719
 the loss

00:13:04.719 --> 00:13:05.099
 of their

00:13:05.099 --> 00:13:06.139
 friend Lazarus,

00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:08.679
 and right in

00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:09.120
 the middle of

00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:09.559
 it are these

00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:10.279
 two sisters,

00:13:10.419 --> 00:13:11.019
 they're utterly

00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:12.059
 shell-shocked

00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:12.839
 by the painful

00:13:12.839 --> 00:13:13.859
 reality that's

00:13:13.859 --> 00:13:14.559
 just played out

00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.199
 in front of

00:13:15.199 --> 00:13:15.379
 them,

00:13:16.239 --> 00:13:17.179
 and here's

00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:17.939
 what I love,

00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:19.199
 and I'd never

00:13:19.199 --> 00:13:19.679
 thought about

00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.239
 this before

00:13:20.239 --> 00:13:20.919
 until I saw

00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:21.599
 it this week,

00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:23.399
 look at the

00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:23.859
 text,

00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:25.220
 do you

00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:27.139
 see how

00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:27.600
 when

00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:28.580
 eventually

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.240
 Mary and

00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:29.639
 Martha

00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:30.980
 see Jesus,

00:13:31.300 --> 00:13:31.639
 do you

00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.200
 see how

00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:33.440
 it's made

00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.519
 so clear

00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.879
 that they

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.539
 ask him

00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:37.480
 the exact

00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.539
 same

00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:40.019
 question?

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:42.060
 Martha

00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:42.580
 at verse

00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.399
 21 and

00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:43.840
 then Mary

00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.279
 at verse

00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:44.879
 32,

00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.340
 do you

00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:45.879
 see it's

00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:46.820
 the exact

00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:47.840
 same

00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.820
 question?

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.300
 Lord,

00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:50.220
 if you

00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:50.639
 had been

00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:50.879
 here,

00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:51.420
 my brother

00:13:51.420 --> 00:13:51.840
 would not

00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.540
 have died,

00:13:52.680 --> 00:13:53.320
 so Jesus

00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:53.940
 has taken

00:13:53.940 --> 00:13:54.840
 this question

00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:56.320
 from both

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 of them,

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 but if you

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 think about

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 it,

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 it's not

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 a question

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 because it's

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 not a point

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 that's meant

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 to invite

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 deep discussion,

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 it's a point

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 that's meant

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 to convey

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 to Jesus

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 their utter

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 pain at

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 what's going

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 on in

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 this moment.

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 Where were

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 you,

00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:10.040
 Jesus?

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 I thought

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 you loved

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 us.

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 How could

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 you have

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 let this

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 happen?

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 We sent

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 word to

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 you,

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 we know

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 that you

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 got the

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 message.

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 Who even

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 are you

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 Lord?

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 Have you

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 been there?

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 If you

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 have,

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 I want

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 you to

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 see what

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 comes next

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 because isn't

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 it incredible

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 that Jesus

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 responds to

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 their exact

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 same question

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 in profoundly

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 different ways?

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 Could it

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 be,

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 and here's

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 what I want

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 you to

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 listen to,

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 could it

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 be that

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 Jesus

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 perceives

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 that

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 Martha's

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 biggest

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 need

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 in this

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 moment

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 is to

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 know

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 that

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 he's

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 in

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 control?

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 And

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 this

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 same

00:14:59.500 --> 00:14:59.840
 Jesus

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.540
 perceives

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 that

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 Mary's

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 biggest

00:15:01.560 --> 00:15:01.860
 need

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.000
 in

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 this

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 moment

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 is

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 to

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 know

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 that

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 he

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 cares.

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 And

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 dear

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 friends,

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 we have

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 a Jesus

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 who

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 excels

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 in

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 both.

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 love.

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 Because

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 do you

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 see

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 Martha

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 who

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 has

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 some

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 understanding

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 verse 24

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 of

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 the

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 resurrection

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 on the

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 last

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 day.

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 And I

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 take it

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 she's

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 taking that

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 from the

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 words of

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 Job.

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 Job would

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 say,

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 I know

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 my

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 redeemer

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 lives.

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 Jesus

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 says,

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 I am,

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 and he's

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 using the

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 divine title

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 there of

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 God

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 himself.

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 He

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 says,

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 I

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 am

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 the

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 resurrection

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 and the

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 life.

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 And what

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 he's

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 doing is

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 he's

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 taking the

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 knowledge,

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 the hope

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 that she

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 has,

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 the longings

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 that she

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 has in

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 an event,

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 and he's

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 taking it

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 and he's

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 connecting it

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 to himself.

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 Everything

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 that you

00:15:56.339 --> 00:15:56.919
 hope for,

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 everything

00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:57.839
 that you

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 long for,

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 you'll find

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 it in

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 me.

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 So that

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.799
 her faith

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 is no

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.659
 longer in

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:05.079
 an event.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no,

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 he wants

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 to transfer

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 that

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.179
 faith

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:08.340
 fully

00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:08.899
 to him.

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.939
 Martha's

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 biggest need

00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.740
 in this

00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.439
 moment is

00:16:12.439 --> 00:16:12.919
 to hear

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 Jesus say,

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 as it

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 were,

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 I've

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 got him

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 and I've

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 got you

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 and I've

00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:20.919
 got your

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 sister.

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 And then

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.059
 we get

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 Mary and

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 here's what

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.699
 I love

00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:24.460
 about Mary.

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 Do you

00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.039
 see verse

00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.460
 20,

00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.019
 how Martha

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.620
 hears this

00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:29.399
 news about

00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:30.000
 Jesus is

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.240
 near?

00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:30.759
 What's

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.200
 Martha's

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.600
 reaction,

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.179
 verse 20?

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 What does

00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:32.879
 she do?

00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:33.779
 She runs

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.259
 to him,

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:35.939
 right?

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.700
 But what

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:36.900
 does

00:16:36.900 --> 00:16:37.880
 Mary do?

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:38.820
 Do you

00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:39.180
 see it?

00:16:39.400 --> 00:16:39.700
 What does

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.160
 she do?

00:16:40.880 --> 00:16:41.640
 She stays

00:16:41.640 --> 00:16:42.060
 at home.

00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:42.440
 Now,

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.840
 can I read

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.220
 between the

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.540
 lines a

00:16:43.540 --> 00:16:43.720
 little?

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.940
 Could it

00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.300
 be that

00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:47.820
 Mary is

00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.400
 just so

00:16:48.400 --> 00:16:49.340
 disillusioned

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:49.820
 with Jesus?

00:16:50.900 --> 00:16:51.520
 She's so

00:16:51.520 --> 00:16:51.880
 angry,

00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.620
 unupset,

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.020
 and feels

00:16:53.020 --> 00:16:53.480
 let down

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:53.940
 by him

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:55.480
 that she

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.020
 cannot bear

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.460
 to go?

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.960
 And in

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.720
 verse 28,

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.100
 Martha

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.639
 says to

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:02.879
 her,

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.240
 the

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.819
 teacher

00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:06.119
 is

00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:06.420
 asking

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.019
 for you.

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.160
 Jesus

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.839
 has drawn

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.440
 her out

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.000
 here

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:15.660
 to him.

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.559
 He knows

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.480
 precisely the

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.900
 pain and

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.519
 the questions

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:19.779
 that are

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.220
 going on

00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:21.539
 in her

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.619
 heart.

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:25.000
 And he

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.199
 says,

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.479
 I want

00:17:25.479 --> 00:17:25.739
 you to

00:17:25.739 --> 00:17:26.099
 come to

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.559
 me with

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:26.839
 that.

00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:29.879
 And in

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.379
 a flash,

00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:30.579
 do you

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.199
 see how

00:17:31.199 --> 00:17:32.399
 Mary's

00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:33.119
 running for

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.579
 him?

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.199
 And I

00:17:34.199 --> 00:17:34.439
 take it

00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:34.819
 that's why

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.500
 others notice

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:35.719
 it.

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:35.979
 It must

00:17:35.979 --> 00:17:36.179
 have been

00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:36.679
 such a

00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.459
 sprint that

00:17:37.459 --> 00:17:37.859
 she's just

00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.199
 up and

00:17:38.199 --> 00:17:38.639
 she's at

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:38.839
 it and

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.259
 she's out.

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.599
 as she

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.220
 falls at

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.720
 his feet

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.099
 and the

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:42.799
 floodgates

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.460
 open and

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.940
 it all

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.440
 comes

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.220
 bursting

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.519
 out of

00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:46.779
 her.

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:47.420
 And for

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.079
 the eggheads

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.660
 out there,

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:50.240
 what follows

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.680
 is the

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.119
 shortest

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.879
 verse in

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.359
 the Bible.

00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:53.359
 Right?

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.420
 But make

00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.160
 no mistake,

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.140
 boy is it

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.599
 one of the

00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:58.119
 most profound.

00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.460
 In response

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.180
 to seeing the

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:02.200
 utter devastation

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.160
 which Lazarus'

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.839
 death has

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.359
 brought upon

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:04.819
 those who

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.359
 he loves,

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.000
 do you see

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.519
 those two

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:06.920
 words?

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.160
 Jesus

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:11.259
 wept.

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.380
 Now is

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:15.720
 that not

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.259
 incredible?

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.100
 That

00:18:20.100 --> 00:18:21.800
 Jesus would

00:18:21.800 --> 00:18:22.259
 come,

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.180
 he would

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.880
 enter our

00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.420
 world and

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.620
 that he

00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:26.340
 would stoop

00:18:26.340 --> 00:18:28.039
 and here

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.519
 he is

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.340
 crying at

00:18:29.340 --> 00:18:29.700
 the death

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.000
 of his

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.320
 friend.

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.200
 Why is he

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.519
 crying?

00:18:33.580 --> 00:18:33.800
 I've thought

00:18:33.800 --> 00:18:34.140
 about this

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.440
 all this

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:34.600
 week.

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.140
 Why is he

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.440
 crying?

00:18:35.600 --> 00:18:35.920
 Was he

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.220
 deeply

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.880
 moved by

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.200
 the loss

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.440
 of his

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:37.680
 friend?

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:38.280
 Absolutely.

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.900
 Does Jesus

00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.600
 know the

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.100
 sorrows and

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.640
 the scars

00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.300
 which each

00:18:43.300 --> 00:18:43.580
 of his

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 people bear?

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 Definitely.

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 But if you

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 think about

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 it,

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 if the only

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.280
 reason that

00:18:50.280 --> 00:18:50.760
 his tear

00:18:50.760 --> 00:18:51.700
 ducts opened

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.380
 was that he

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:53.080
 simply misses

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 his friend,

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 well he's

00:18:54.260 --> 00:18:54.760
 just got to

00:18:54.760 --> 00:18:55.680
 wait five

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.300
 minutes and

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 he knows

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.260
 himself that

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 that one is

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.020
 going to be

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 over pretty

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 quick.

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 Which strikes

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.180
 me as a

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.840
 classic case

00:19:02.840 --> 00:19:03.400
 of crocodile

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.000
 tears.

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.200
 But what we

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.700
 need to see

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.160
 here is that

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.440
 there's

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.140
 something

00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:08.060
 bigger

00:19:08.060 --> 00:19:10.019
 going on

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:11.519
 here.

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:14.000
 As Jesus

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.340
 watches death

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.900
 wield its

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.540
 teeth,

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.420
 the death

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:19.800
 that's in

00:19:19.800 --> 00:19:20.279
 our world

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.840
 because of

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 our sin

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.259
 and our

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 rebellion

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 against our

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.400
 creator,

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 the death

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.500
 that is here

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.080
 that's causing

00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.940
 chaos in

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.860
 people's lives,

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 this Jesus

00:19:30.060 --> 00:19:31.200
 cries because

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 he is

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 incensed.

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 These are

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.859
 tears that

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.920
 are a

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.759
 concoction

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 of love,

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 of determination

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.700
 and of

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 outrage at

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 what's

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 happened in

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 front of

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 his eyes.

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 Are you not

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 grateful for a

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 Jesus like

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 that?

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 Can you

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.519
 imagine if

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:56.059
 Jesus were

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.859
 stone cold

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.299
 at this

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.680
 point?

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 if he

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 wasn't moved

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 at all

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:03.000
 with compassion

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.200
 by the

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.060
 trials and

00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:05.860
 the pain of

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 his people?

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 Imagine if he

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.259
 was some

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.500
 kind of

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.120
 James Bond

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.299
 figure taking

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.259
 instructions from

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.640
 M.

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.580
 What is it M

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.519
 always says

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.820
 to Bond?

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 Don't get

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.640
 too what?

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.039
 Emotionally

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.880
 caught up

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.860
 in the mission

00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:19.519
 because if you

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.440
 do then you're

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:20.720
 going to

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.360
 jeopardize

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:22.240
 potentially the

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.960
 whole thing.

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.920
 If Jesus was

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.420
 like that would

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:24.900
 you want to

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.460
 worship him?

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 I know I

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.120
 wouldn't.

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 A God who

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 cares not to

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.500
 hoots for

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 what you and

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.700
 I are going

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.180
 through in

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.539
 life.

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 But I want

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.240
 you to know

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.059
 here today that

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.700
 we do not

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.500
 have an

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:41.000
 arm's length

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.819
 Jesus.

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.319
 Jesus

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.779
 wept and

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.160
 what his

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.720
 tears are

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.579
 proof of

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:51.819
 is the

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.299
 truth that

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.819
 this is not

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.319
 the way that

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.599
 it was

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.139
 supposed to

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 be.

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 And I

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.619
 think the

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.159
 problem that

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:59.419
 I face and

00:20:59.419 --> 00:20:59.859
 I'm sure we

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.480
 all face is

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.079
 that we have

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.939
 got so good

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.259
 in our

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.019
 culture at

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.899
 pretending it

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.200
 is.

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.299
 You know

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.740
 there's so many

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.679
 stereotypes about

00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:09.399
 British people.

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.799
 One of them is

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.119
 that they were

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.859
 particularly good

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.519
 at doing the

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.399
 stiff upper

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:15.000
 lip.

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.379
 Right?

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.779
 Some of you

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.439
 might remember

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:19.240
 Chaz and Dave

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.799
 back in the

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.339
 80s.

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.679
 What was their

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.079
 song?

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.919
 Mustn't

00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.939
 grumble.

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:24.960
 Right?

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.019
 Just get on

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.379
 with it.

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.539
 Keep on

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.859
 going.

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.579
 It's what we

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:28.960
 Brits do.

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.379
 We just get

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.139
 on with life.

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.099
 But here is

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:32.199
 Jesus giving us

00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:33.359
 permission to

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.839
 know what we

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.919
 instinctively know

00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:36.639
 to be true

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.579
 deep down at

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.439
 every single

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.259
 funeral that we

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.699
 attend.

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.439
 Every time we

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.179
 see a friend

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:43.139
 who's suffering

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.059
 and in need.

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.240
 And every

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.179
 single time we've

00:21:46.179 --> 00:21:47.379
 tried to process

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:49.020
 the tragedies

00:21:49.020 --> 00:21:49.740
 that befall

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.660
 us in this

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.120
 world

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.680
 that this

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.800
 isn't

00:21:53.800 --> 00:21:55.020
 right.

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.600
 And it's

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.600
 just like the

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.220
 time when a

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.840
 warning light

00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.460
 goes on on

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.060
 your car

00:22:00.060 --> 00:22:00.820
 dashboard.

00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:03.660
 And it's

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.240
 your car's

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.880
 way of telling

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.280
 you that

00:22:05.280 --> 00:22:06.280
 something is

00:22:06.280 --> 00:22:06.860
 not right.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.420
 Do you not

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.060
 find that every

00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.620
 time we go

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.160
 through this

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.760
 that the

00:22:09.760 --> 00:22:11.540
 death light

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:12.120
 as it were

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.740
 goes on in

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.420
 our hearts

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.740
 on the

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.420
 dashboard of

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.140
 our lives

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.400
 and says

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.060
 something's

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.700
 not right.

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:19.840
 You see

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.519
 death according

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.120
 to the Bible

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.700
 is an

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.560
 unwelcome

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.640
 intruder in

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.759
 God's good

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.519
 creation.

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.660
 And what that

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.300
 means is that

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.980
 Christians of

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.640
 all people

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.460
 should not be

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.500
 people who

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.380
 bottle it.

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.220
 Our world

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.920
 doesn't know

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.900
 how to mourn.

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:36.420
 There's no

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.940
 grid.

00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:37.420
 There's no

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.620
 way to process

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.080
 it.

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.220
 But Jesus

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.019
 gives us

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:43.740
 here a

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.400
 way to

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.720
 of processing

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:47.200
 our grief.

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.019
 Jesus

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.780
 gives us

00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:49.620
 here permission

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:51.040
 to join

00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:52.220
 him in

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.460
 crying over

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.060
 a broken

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:55.180
 world.

00:22:55.780 --> 00:22:56.180
 And I

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.540
 think that

00:22:56.540 --> 00:22:56.980
 means that

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.519
 as Christians

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.940
 we should

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.220
 be the

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.940
 people who

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.780
 have got

00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.360
 a full

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:01.160
 understanding

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.740
 of what

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.500
 grief and

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.440
 death is.

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.460
 And it

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.900
 gives us

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.580
 permission to

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:05.940
 be able to

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.720
 feel the

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.320
 depths of

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.200
 it because

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.860
 we join

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.540
 him here

00:23:09.540 --> 00:23:10.440
 in crying

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.519
 knowing

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.800
 that death

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.980
 is not

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.980
 right.

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.759
 And I

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.019
 wonder if

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.279
 some of

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.480
 us here

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.740
 we need

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.240
 to come

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.779
 to Jesus

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:21.720
 today not

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.259
 to bottle

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.480
 it.

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.819
 Some of

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.059
 us are

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.680
 maybe angry

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.079
 at him.

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.420
 Some of

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.700
 us don't

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:24.980
 know what

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.400
 to do

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.779
 with him.

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.360
 But Jesus

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.839
 if that's

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.140
 you here

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.660
 today hear

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.059
 his call

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.599
 to you

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:30.299
 like it

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.640
 was to

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:32.160
 Mary to

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.779
 come to

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.059
 him.

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.620
 You see

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.160
 Jesus wants

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.579
 us to know

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.059
 that we can

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.980
 lean fully

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.680
 into his

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.559
 gentle heart

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.899
 and then

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.099
 just

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.599
 lastly

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:42.480
 he wants

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.740
 us to

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.019
 know that

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.299
 we can

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.240
 rely fully

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.799
 on his

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.240
 powerful

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.720
 words.

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.559
 Come with

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:47.879
 me to

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.740
 verse 43.

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.440
 You see

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.139
 Jesus in a

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.679
 spirit of

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.500
 defiance he

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.179
 calls for

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.899
 the stone

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:56.000
 in front of

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.579
 Lazarus'

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.779
 tomb to

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.539
 be rolled

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.919
 away.

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.460
 Now I

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.220
 love Martha's

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.899
 instinctive

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.679
 response to

00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:03.059
 that particularly

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.659
 as you get

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.019
 it in some

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.559
 of the older

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.659
 translations of

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.220
 the Bible.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.500
 She says

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.200
 Lord by

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.880
 this time

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.819
 surely he

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.599
 stinketh.

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.640
 He's been in

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:12.980
 the tomb

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.839
 four days.

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.779
 The odour,

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.480
 the smell,

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.180
 what are you

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.000
 doing to us

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.319
 Jesus?

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.259
 And when you

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.759
 think about it

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.460
 what a hugely

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.420
 insensitive thing

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.220
 for Jesus to

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.519
 say.

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.599
 Talk about

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.240
 things that you

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.099
 don't say at

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.579
 a funeral.

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.140
 This line has

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.940
 got to be right

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.640
 up the top

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.319
 there has it

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.559
 not?

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.460
 Everyone stop

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.740
 what you're

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.079
 doing,

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.380
 let's have

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:34.859
 that coffin

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.519
 lid off and

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.220
 let's see if

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.660
 we can do

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.480
 something about

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.799
 it.

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.519
 That's

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.339
 effectively what

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.900
 Jesus is

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.460
 saying here

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.680
 right?

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.259
 And yet

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.860
 Jesus is

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:45.059
 deadly serious.

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.339
 None of

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.600
 us would

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.160
 want a God

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.640
 who didn't

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.000
 care.

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.259
 Neither can

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.860
 I suggest

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.400
 would any

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.860
 of us want

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.319
 a God

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.299
 who couldn't

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.180
 do anything

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.900
 about it.

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.440
 Like some

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.900
 kind of lucky

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.539
 mascot you

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.039
 have in an

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.660
 exam when you

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.059
 were young.

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.420
 I mean

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.579
 honestly what

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.860
 use was

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.259
 that?

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.759
 Well very

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.259
 much in

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.799
 keeping with

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.119
 how it

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.879
 started at

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.379
 the beginning

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.759
 of the

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.559
 Bible story

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:11.279
 and there

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.639
 was a group

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.240
 of us who

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.599
 met this

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.159
 week and I

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.779
 loved thinking

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.379
 about this

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.980
 again.

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.720
 It starts

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.359
 with God

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.579
 and what

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.059
 does he do

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.559
 with Adam?

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.980
 He breathes

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.639
 the breath of

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.139
 life into

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.799
 his lungs.

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.859
 It's lovely

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.899
 intimate language

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.440
 about this

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.740
 God who's

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.240
 intimately

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.899
 involved with

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.500
 his creation.

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.519
 He breathes

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.079
 life into

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.859
 Adam and

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.740
 just like

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.119
 that as

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.839
 Adam becomes

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.220
 a living

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.960
 being is

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.299
 God breathes

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.740
 breath of

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.220
 life into

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.440
 him.

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.000
 Jesus speaks

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.160
 into the

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.180
 abyss, into

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.860
 the chaos,

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.559
 into the

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.220
 darkness and

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.700
 this must have

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.019
 been the

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.039
 weirdest thing

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.680
 if you were

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.039
 there to

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.740
 see this.

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.680
 And he

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.220
 breathes

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.740
 life into

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.339
 Lazarus.

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.779
 And the

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.200
 man who

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.220
 was verifiably

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.420
 dead, again

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.880
 this man

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.480
 wasn't in need

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.460
 of resuscitation,

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.600
 this man was

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.039
 in need of

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.579
 resurrection,

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.960
 this man,

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.919
 his hands

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.339
 and feet

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.039
 still bound

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.099
 with cloths,

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.519
 he hobbles

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.799
 out.

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.679
 That's some

00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:10.159
 kind of comedy

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.740
 sketch, isn't

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:10.919
 it?

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.039
 Hobbles out.

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.359
 And Jesus

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.000
 says, do you

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.659
 notice the last

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.299
 words there at

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.359
 verse 44?

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.279
 He says,

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.939
 let him go.

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.419
 The question

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.899
 for you,

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.659
 who's Jesus

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.259
 speaking to

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.519
 there?

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.059
 Yeah, he's

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.639
 speaking to his

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.139
 disciples.

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.700
 I take it

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:31.980
 those in

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.640
 earshot who

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.100
 can hear

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.759
 exactly what's

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.280
 going on,

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.980
 let him go.

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.600
 But who

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.080
 else in a

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.720
 more deeper

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.860
 profound way

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.740
 is Jesus

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.500
 speaking to?

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.740
 Who needs

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.240
 to let him

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.540
 go?

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.220
 Who no

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.840
 longer has

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.220
 a claim

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.720
 on him?

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.440
 Death

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.040
 itself.

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.280
 Let him

00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:51.520
 go.

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.800
 And so

00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:53.160
 here's the

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.740
 top story

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.040
 on your

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.460
 Bethany

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.920
 News at

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.320
 six.

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.560
 Lazarus

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:57.960
 lives.

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.900
 And as

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.520
 wonderful as

00:27:02.520 --> 00:27:02.940
 this moment

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:05.500
 is, joy,

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.460
 celebration,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.380
 dancing,

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.560
 delight, as

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.800
 special a

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.200
 moment as

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.740
 this is, the

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.420
 thing is that

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.000
 one day

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.820
 Lazarus will

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.500
 die again.

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.759
 It's not like

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.820
 he somehow

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.400
 obtains

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.160
 immortality from

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.220
 this point on.

00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:20.700
 No, no, he

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.560
 will die again,

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.259
 but boy, would

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.780
 that have been a

00:27:22.780 --> 00:27:24.040
 different funeral.

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.580
 Would you not

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.160
 love to have been

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.740
 at Lazarus'

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.500
 second funeral?

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.019
 I don't

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.579
 imagine the

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.980
 sense of

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.940
 loss was any

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.359
 deeper.

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.380
 It would have

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.980
 been just as

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.380
 deep, the

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.740
 sense of

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.120
 grief and

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:37.240
 loss, but

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.900
 boy, would I

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.420
 imagine the

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.839
 sense of

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.279
 hope would

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.640
 have been

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:41.299
 phenomenally

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:43.660
 more because

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.319
 of this

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.279
 episode.

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.859
 Because I

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.279
 know the

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.079
 one who

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.579
 speaks and

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.079
 he brings

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.740
 life back

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.120
 from the

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.500
 debt.

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.059
 And what

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.640
 was wonderfully

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.480
 foreshadowed

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.160
 here was a

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.600
 day that was

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.160
 coming not

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.620
 so long

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.180
 after this

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:59.220
 one, when

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.940
 another stone

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.200
 would be

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.700
 rolled away

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.060
 from the

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.300
 tomb.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.759
 And another

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.279
 man who

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.300
 was verifiably

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:06.540
 dead would

00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:07.140
 walk out,

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.880
 except there's

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.500
 a difference.

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.019
 Because unlike

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.720
 Lazarus who

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.200
 would die

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:14.120
 again, Jesus,

00:28:14.300 --> 00:28:14.920
 dear friends,

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.120
 the one who

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.920
 loves us, the

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.740
 one who holds

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.240
 us, the one

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.700
 who knows

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.940
 us, he

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.259
 will never

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.900
 die again.

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:24.540
 So the

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.340
 same question

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.160
 that Jesus

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.300
 asks Martha

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:28.720
 is the one

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.600
 he asks us

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.300
 today as we

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:33.000
 close, is

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.340
 do you

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.820
 believe?

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.100
 Will you

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.480
 put your

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.940
 faith in

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.200
 me?

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.840
 Even when

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.160
 you don't

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.720
 understand,

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.759
 even when it

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.320
 looks like all

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.960
 is lost, do

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.500
 you trust me

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.800
 that I've

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:44.420
 got you and

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.740
 I've got

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.180
 this?

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.300
 Because I

00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:48.560
 am the

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:49.340
 resurrection and

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.759
 the life.

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.279
 you know,

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.720
 just as we

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.160
 close, can I

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.500
 tell you about

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.140
 a chat that I

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.660
 had recently

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.000
 with my

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.660
 eldest daughter?

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.920
 So the

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.720
 moment we're

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:01.900
 potty training

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:04.779
 Eve, it's

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:07.740
 messy, but

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.400
 Chloe's watching

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.000
 on one day

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:11.720
 and she's

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.319
 laughing at

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.519
 it.

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.400
 And I

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.759
 say to her,

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.059
 listen, I

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.539
 remember what

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.920
 it was like

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.400
 when you were

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:18.500
 that age and

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.059
 I was changing

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.680
 your nappy,

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.920
 we were

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.180
 trying to

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.400
 get you

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.019
 off nappies,

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.420
 trying to

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.700
 get you

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.279
 onto the

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.740
 potty.

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.779
 When you

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.460
 were really

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.000
 little, I

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.500
 was helping

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.060
 you go to

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.519
 the toilet.

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.860
 And then I

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.200
 tried to

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.580
 teach her a

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:29.980
 little life

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.860
 lesson and

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.259
 I said, the

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.720
 funny thing

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.279
 about life

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.720
 is that, see

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.080
 when I'm

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:34.720
 old, you

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:34.880
 will be

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.180
 doing the

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.740
 exact same

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.180
 thing for

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.460
 me.

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.519
 And her

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.900
 eight-year-old

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.240
 brain, she

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.039
 processed it and

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.600
 eventually she

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.500
 got what I

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.920
 was saying.

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.180
 And I

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.759
 said to her,

00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:45.200
 I said,

00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.039
 listen, will

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.620
 you look after

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.019
 mummy and

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.480
 daddy when

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.940
 we're old?

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.799
 And she

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:51.360
 said, I

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.039
 guess so.

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.600
 Which

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.299
 admittedly wasn't

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.259
 the reassurance I

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.680
 was looking

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.059
 for.

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.779
 But it got me

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.360
 thinking on this

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.180
 passage as well.

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.640
 See when you

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:05.680
 and I are

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.160
 our weakest

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.840
 moments in

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.160
 life.

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.420
 Where will we

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.680
 turn?

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:12.080
 where will we

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.340
 go?

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.240
 What do we

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.039
 need to know

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.240
 most when our

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.519
 physical energy

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.740
 fails us?

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:22.299
 Who do we

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.799
 need to know

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.740
 most on those

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:25.060
 days when we

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.860
 are mentally

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.299
 done?

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.860
 Who do we

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.360
 need to know

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.080
 when the bad

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.960
 news comes

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.740
 that, as you

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.480
 like, it rips

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.140
 the rug out

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.779
 from underneath

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.539
 our feet and

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.920
 we have got

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.640
 nowhere else

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.080
 to go?

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.279
 Who do we

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.900
 need to know

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.720
 in our

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.120
 weakest

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.780
 moments in

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:40.080
 life?

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.180
 We need to

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.440
 know the

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.120
 Jesus here

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.700
 who invites

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.160
 us to

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.580
 know that

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:47.180
 because of

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.700
 our faith

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.140
 in him,

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.740
 in the

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.080
 weakest

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.759
 moments of

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.440
 our lives

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.380
 when nothing

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.940
 seems to

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.740
 make sense,

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:55.100
 that we're

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.880
 held by

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:57.120
 and loved

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:58.540
 by the

00:30:58.540 --> 00:30:59.320
 strongest

00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:00.640
 and most

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.100
 loving

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.799
 of saviors.

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.379
 Jesus says,

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:07.399
 I am the

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.980
 resurrection

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.419
 and the

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.719
 life.

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.579
 So why don't

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.059
 we pray?

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.139
 And just

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.639
 before I

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:17.419
 pray, let's

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:18.179
 respond to

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.319
 this rightly.

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.299
 And I know

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.919
 some of us,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.059
 this is really

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.699
 raw what we

00:31:22.699 --> 00:31:23.179
 thought about

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.579
 today.

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.359
 And if

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.579
 you've,

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.199
 anything that

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.719
 we've said

00:31:26.719 --> 00:31:27.879
 or thought

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.399
 about today

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.719
 that you

00:31:28.719 --> 00:31:29.079
 would love

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.519
 to pray

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.819
 about,

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:30.759
 we would

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.179
 love to

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.460
 do that

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.779
 with you

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.339
 after the

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.779
 service.

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.599
 It should

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.839
 be the

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.399
 most natural

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.859
 thing that

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.099
 we do

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.659
 together as

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.000
 a church

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.439
 family.

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.399
 But perhaps

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.759
 in the

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.699
 silence now,

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.480
 friends,

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.879
 you need to

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.299
 run to

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.919
 him like

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.240
 Mary.

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.059
 He invites

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.799
 you to

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.799
 come to

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.039
 him.

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.059
 Maybe your

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.559
 prayer is

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.139
 one that

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.139
 Martha

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.799
 experienced

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.399
 and knows,

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.659
 Lord,

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.039
 help me

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.379
 know that

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:52.720
 you're in

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.139
 control.

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.500
 So why

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.720
 don't we

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:56.299
 pray and

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.799
 just in the

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.119
 silence,

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.579
 bring your

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.019
 own heart

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.639
 before this

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:58.980
 Jesus,

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.460
 who knows

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.740
 us and

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.259
 loves us.

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.480
 And then

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.919
 we'll finish

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:02.240
 and we'll

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.639
 stand to

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.099
 sing our

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.699
 closing

00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:04.220
 songs.

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.659
 Brothers

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.179
 and sisters,

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.740
 we do not

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.179
 want you to

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:13.119
 be uninformed

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:14.859
 about those

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.480
 who sleep

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.119
 in death,

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:18.059
 so that you

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.879
 do not grieve

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.519
 like the rest

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.199
 of mankind

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.879
 who have no

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.299
 hope,

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.859
 for we

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.539
 believe that

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.539
 Jesus died

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.559
 and he rose

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.980
 again,

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.480
 and so we

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.259
 believe that

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.639
 God will

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.080
 bring with

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.460
 Jesus,

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.940
 those who

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.720
 have fallen

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.100
 asleep with

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.480
 him.

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.220
 Therefore,

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.120
 encourage one

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.840
 another with

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:38.160
 these words.

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.240
 And so,

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.440
 Father,

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.320
 I pray that

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:41.840
 your spirit

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.280
 would be at

00:32:42.280 --> 00:32:42.759
 work in our

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.460
 lives right

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.820
 now.

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.240
 Would you

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.980
 help us

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:49.640
 grasp and

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:51.040
 know this

00:32:51.040 --> 00:32:51.680
 Jesus,

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:54.480
 who shows us

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.180
 here that he

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.920
 is in the

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.920
 control,

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:59.360
 and he is

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.779
 one who

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.500
 completely

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.160
 cares.

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.860
 So,

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.080
 Father,

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.700
 whatever is

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.240
 going on in

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.660
 our lives

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.019
 today,

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.299
 Lord,

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.779
 as a

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.200
 church

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.900
 family,

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.320
 we would

00:33:07.320 --> 00:33:08.080
 bring our

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.860
 prayers to

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.299
 you,

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.120
 and that we

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.900
 ask that by

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.580
 your spirit

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.380
 that he would

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.080
 be at work

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.720
 in our

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.220
 hearts,

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.340
 bringing that

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.799
 knowledge of

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.720
 this Jesus.

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.580
 Father,

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.440
 we just thank

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.299
 you today for

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.159
 your commitment

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.960
 to us,

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.099
 your people.

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.000
 Father,

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.519
 what a

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.460
 wonderful,

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:30.359
 mind-blowing

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.180
 chapter of

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.619
 the Bible.

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.339
 Father,

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.720
 would you

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.599
 massage it

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.139
 home to

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.720
 our hearts

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.099
 now,

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.759
 and would

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.480
 the message

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.960
 of the

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.000
 risen Jesus

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:42.379
 go forth

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.240
 in our

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.659
 hearts into

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.319
 the rest of

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.819
 this week,

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.319
 we pray,

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.639
 in his

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.460
 lovely and

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.819
 in his

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.619
 worthy name.

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.039
 Amen.

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.200
 Amen.