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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 It is an honor and a privilege to be here this morning at Southwood.

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 Thank you so much for having me.

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 And I also want to mention, he's exiting the stage here to the right,

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 not only did George and Kathy Mayer play a big part in my life,

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 but Blake Stewart, who is here in your worship group,

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 was very instrumental in helping me start a church, plant a church in Madison, Mississippi.

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 It's a suburb of Jackson.

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 And I remember he was with us in the very early days,

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 and we were desperate for people who could sing.

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 And I remember when he came and visited us the first time,

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 and I found out that not only was he from Alabama, but that he could sing.

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 I knew I had to do everything I possibly could to keep him at our church plant.

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 So I'm very grateful for Blake and what he meant to Madison Heights

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 in the early years of helping start the church.

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 It's great to be in Huntsville.

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 I grew up down the road in Gadsden.

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 My uncle worked here and lived here for many years,

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 played Westminster in basketball many times,

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 was beat every single time.

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 So those are not fond memories.

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 But most importantly, I remembered as I was sitting there with my wife

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 that one of our first dates almost 20 years ago

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 was to Huntsville when we were students at Samford.

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 I brought her to the Space and Rocket Center.

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 No, I'm just kidding.

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 We came to a play.

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 So it's good to be here.

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 Again, thank you for having me.

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 Our text this morning is 1 John 4, verses 7 through 19.

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 1 John 4, verses 7 through 19.

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 Let us hear the word of the Lord.

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 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God,

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 and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

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 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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 In this the love of God was made manifest among us,

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 that God sent his only Son into the world,

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 so that we might live through him.

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 In this is love.

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 Not that we have loved God, but that he loved us

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 and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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 Beloved, if God so loved us,

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 we also ought to love one another.

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 No one has ever seen God.

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 If we love one another, God abides in us,

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 and his love is perfected in us.

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 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us,

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 because he has given us of his Spirit.

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 Verse 14.

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 And we have seen and testified that the Father has sent his Son

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 to be the Savior of the world.

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 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God,

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 God abides in him and he in God.

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 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.

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 God is love.

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 And whoever abides in love abides in God,

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 and God abides in him.

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 By this is love perfected with us,

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 so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment,

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 because as he is,

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 so also are we in the world.

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 There is no fear in love,

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 but perfect love casts out fear.

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 For fear has to do with punishment.

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 And whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

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 We love,

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 because he first loved us.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades,

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 but the Word of our God will stand forever.

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 Before I started the Mid-South Church Planting Network,

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 I planted a church,

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 as I told you earlier,

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 in Madison, Mississippi,

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 and was the pastor there for nine years.

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 And before we bought land and built,

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 we met in a Catholic school.

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 And in the beginning,

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 we met in a very ugly,

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 just really distasteful gym.

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 Thankfully,

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 the school built a wonderful performing arts center,

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 and we were able to move the church

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 into the performing arts center.

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 Now, it was not designed like a sanctuary.

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 It was designed like a place that you would go to see a play.

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 And so there was a middle aisle,

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 and you could enter the auditorium at the halfway point,

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 and you could make your way down the middle aisle

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 before almost anyone in the auditorium would notice.

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 But those who were on the stage

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 would see a person come in immediately.

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 Well, it was one Sunday morning,

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 and my wife's uncle was gravely ill.

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 And we had worked out a plan

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 whereby if she got a call

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 that she needed to drive to Tupelo,

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 she would take my daughter,

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 who was three years old at the time,

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 and would immediately leave.

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 If I saw her leave from the sanctuary,

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 I would know that I needed to wrap things up

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 and that I needed to get on the road to Tupelo.

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 So I'm preaching,

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 and I see my wife get up and leave with my daughter.

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 So I know what is going on.

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 A few minutes passed,

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 and the doors of the back of the auditorium

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 suddenly open.

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 And a curly-haired, brown-eyed little girl

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 comes walking in the back.

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 And she is afraid,

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 and she is scared.

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 You can see it written all over her face.

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 And she comes running down the middle aisle

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 with her arms outstretched to me.

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 The next thing I know,

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 I look down at the stage,

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 and I see these little fingers

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 on the edge of the stage,

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 and I hear,

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 Dad!

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 Daddy!

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 Daddy!

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 Well, I do what any father would do.

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 I reach down,

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 and I pick her up,

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 and I keep preaching.

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 Now,

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 guess what my sermon was on that day?

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 The Father's love.

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 Every woman in the auditorium

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 was wiping her eyes.

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 And every man in the auditorium said,

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 I can't believe that he staged this.

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 But I promise you,

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 it wasn't staged.

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 She was lost,

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 and she was scared,

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 and she was afraid,

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 and what did she want

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 more than anything in the world?

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 She wanted her dad.

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 And so I held her,

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 and I loved on her,

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 and I kept preaching

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 until our youth director came

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 and got her from me.

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 Isn't that true of us?

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 Now look,

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 I know that there are some big,

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 strong,

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 strapping men

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 in this congregation.

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 But isn't it really true

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 of all of us

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 that because we live

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 in a broken,

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 and fallen,

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 and sinful world,

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 we are like a small child.

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 We are afraid,

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 and we are scared,

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 and we are lost,

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 and what do we need

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 more than anything?

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 The Father's love.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father and our God,

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 we thank you for this opportunity

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 to be here this morning.

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 Lord, we pray that

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 you would reach down

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 into the very depths

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 of our soul,

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 and that you would plant

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 your word there.

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 Father, help us not to hear this

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 merely as information,

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 but help us to hear

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 you and you only.

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 Father, may we leave this place

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 this morning,

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 not only with a greater desire

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 for your word,

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 but a greater passion

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 for your Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Lord, let your Spirit

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 work in us

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 so that we look more

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 and more like

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 our older brother.

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 Father, give us eyes to see

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 and ears to hear.

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 Do not let your word

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 return void.

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 Father, I pray that you would

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 be with us this morning.

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 May your presence

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 sit heavy upon us.

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 Father, forgive the one

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 who speaks,

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 for my sins are great.

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 Set me aside

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 as you speak

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 this morning.

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 For the glory of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Our text this morning is

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 from, excuse me,

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 I just drew a blank there,

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 from 1 John chapter 4,

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 7 through 21.

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 We're not going to go

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 verse by verse

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 through this text.

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 There are a couple of things

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 that I want us to look at,

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 and there are two questions

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 that I want us to ask

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 as we reflect

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 on 1 John.

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 The first question is this.

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 How special

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 is the gift

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 of God's perfect love?

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 How special

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 is this gift?

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 God desires

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 for us

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 to know

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 and experience

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 the perfect love

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 that exists

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 between the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 He longs for us

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 to enter into

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 that perfect communion.

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 I want you to think

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 about that.

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 In the throne room

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 of heaven,

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 the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 exist

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 in this perfect,

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 perfect,

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 eternal

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 relationship

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 of love

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 and fellowship.

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 And what they want

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 more than anything

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 is for us

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 to be a part of that,

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 to experience that,

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 to know that,

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 to understand

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 that truth.

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 And so,

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 God gives us

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 a special gift

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 of love

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 by making that

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 a promise

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 that is certain

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 But I think

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 sometimes

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 we fail to realize

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 the lengths

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 that our God

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 has gone to

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 to give us

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 this gift.

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 gift.

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 So let's

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 focus in

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 on verse 9.

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 In this,

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 the love of God

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 was made manifest

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 among us

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 that God

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 sent His only

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 Son into the world

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 so that we

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 might live

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 through Him.

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 How special

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 is this gift

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 of God's

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 perfect love?

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 It is so special

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 that the Father

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 loves us

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 and He serves

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 us

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 by giving up

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 His Son.

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 Now,

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 we are moving

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 into the time

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 of year

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 where we will

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 begin to think

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 more often

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 about the coming

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 of our King.

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 But do we

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 really understand

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 what God

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 the Father

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 has done

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 for us

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 in giving up

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 His Son?

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 do we really

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 get it?

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 So,

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 my father

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 died of cancer

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 when I was

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 one.

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 I don't know

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 that I thought

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 much about that

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 as a child.

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 But I do

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 remember

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 the first time

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 that I thought

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 about it.

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 I was

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 five years

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 old

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 and I played

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 soccer

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 for the first

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 time.

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 and I

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 specifically

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 remember

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 running out

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 onto the

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 soccer field

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 and noticing

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 that something

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 was different.

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 That most

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 of the other

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 little boys

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 on my team

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 not only

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 had mothers,

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 but they

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 had fathers.

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 And I

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 never thought

00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:21.200
 about that

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 before.

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 And I

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 remember

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 that.

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 Looking

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 around

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 and seeing

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 fathers

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 cheer on

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 their sons

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 and thinking

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 to myself,

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 I want

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 that.

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 I want

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 that.

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 So a few

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 months ago,

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 we signed

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 my son up

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 to play

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 soccer.

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 He's in

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 children's

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 church this

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 morning.

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 His name

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 is John

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 Hunter.

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 I am

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 Hunter

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 Townsend

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 Brewer.

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 He is

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 Hunter

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 Townsend

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 Brewer

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 Jr.

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 Why we

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 call him

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 John Hunter

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 is a long

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 story.

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 And I

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 remember

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 taking him

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 to his

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 first game.

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 And I

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 can't tell

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 you how

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 emotional

00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:15.059
 that was

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 for me.

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 I remember

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 one of my

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 good friends

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 at the game

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 looking at

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 me going,

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 I know he

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 had to be

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 thinking,

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 it's just a

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 five-year-old

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 soccer game.

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 He didn't

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:28.720
 know the

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.379
 back story.

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 It was a

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 very emotional

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.639
 moment for

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 me to

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.299
 watch my

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 little guy

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.200
 run out

00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:37.639
 onto that

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.480
 soccer field

00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:39.240
 with his

00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:39.960
 shorts hanging

00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.659
 down to his

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 ankles,

00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.320
 with shin

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 guards underneath

00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:45.100
 those shorts

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 somewhere,

00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:48.299
 sitting on the

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 ball more

00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:49.419
 often than he

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 kicked the

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 ball.

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 You're a

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 wonderful group

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 of people.

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 And I know

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 some of you.

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 And I

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 don't mean

00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.159
 this to be

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 offensive.

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 I don't go

00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.580
 around offending

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 people.

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 That's not

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 me.

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 I hope you

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 will understand

00:15:09.439 --> 00:15:10.120
 this in the

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 right tone.

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 But I'm

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 not sacrificing

00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:17.720
 my son for

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 any of you.

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 I'm not

00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.919
 thinking about

00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.019
 it for a

00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.740
 nanosecond.

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 I wouldn't

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 do it.

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 No way.

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 now,

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.919
 think about

00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:32.500
 the father.

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 He gives

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:36.439
 up his

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 only

00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:38.299
 begotten

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:38.879
 son

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 for a

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 group of

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.600
 rebellious

00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.799
 people

00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:45.539
 who wanted

00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.500
 nothing to do

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.179
 with him

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:48.339
 and his

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 word.

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 A group of

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 people that

00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.639
 turned their

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.480
 backs on

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:54.940
 him.

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:58.019
 A group of

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:59.000
 people who

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.740
 would murder

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.820
 his son.

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.860
 In the throne

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.639
 room of heaven,

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.899
 God the father

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.740
 looks to the

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.820
 son and he

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.220
 says,

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:08.879
 go.

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 Because I

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:11.899
 want them

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:13.279
 to experience

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:14.519
 and to know

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 and to be a

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.779
 part of this

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:18.360
 fellowship and

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:19.240
 this communion

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.500
 that we

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:20.960
 have.

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 I want

00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:22.280
 them to

00:16:22.280 --> 00:16:23.180
 be integrated

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:24.420
 into this

00:16:24.420 --> 00:16:25.300
 relationship.

00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.340
 I want

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.800
 them to

00:16:26.800 --> 00:16:28.200
 receive all

00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:29.320
 the blessings

00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:30.180
 of the

00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:30.620
 covenant.

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.600
 I want

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.480
 this for

00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:32.900
 them.

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:35.800
 And so

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.680
 you must go

00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.420
 and you

00:16:37.420 --> 00:16:38.300
 must be

00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:38.820
 sacrificed.

00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:44.379
 That is

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.759
 who our

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.639
 father is

00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.460
 and that

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:46.840
 is what

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.340
 he has

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.420
 done for

00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.940
 us.

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:50.720
 But we

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.580
 also see

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.100
 the son

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.740
 at work

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:54.500
 in giving

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.180
 us this

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:56.080
 perfect gift

00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.540
 of love.

00:16:56.780 --> 00:16:57.260
 Not only

00:16:57.260 --> 00:16:57.660
 is the

00:16:57.660 --> 00:16:58.720
 father involved

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.380
 but the

00:16:59.380 --> 00:16:59.980
 son is

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.360
 involved.

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.180
 Look at

00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:01.700
 verse 10.

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.440
 And this

00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.059
 is love.

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.100
 Not that

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.480
 we have

00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.279
 loved God

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:07.019
 but that

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.840
 he loved

00:17:07.840 --> 00:17:08.680
 us and

00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:09.680
 sent his

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.720
 son to

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.140
 be the

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.160
 propitiation

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.460
 for our

00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:14.240
 sins.

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:14.920
 Let's go

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.480
 back to

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:15.900
 the throne

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.340
 room of

00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:16.700
 heaven.

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.480
 And the

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.279
 father asked

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.819
 the son

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.500
 to go.

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.360
 And the

00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:23.960
 son willingly

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.700
 goes knowing

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.900
 that he is

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.740
 going to be

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:29.200
 the propitiation

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:30.240
 for our

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.059
 sins.

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:34.220
 I love

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.920
 reading the

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.579
 gospels.

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.380
 I love

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:36.940
 going through

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.380
 Matthew,

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:37.799
 Mark,

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.140
 Luke,

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.740
 and John

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.599
 and seeing

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.140
 all the

00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.920
 examples

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:42.200
 when Jesus

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.920
 says that

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.819
 I am here

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.759
 to do the

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.579
 will of

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.259
 my father.

00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:46.920
 He was

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.819
 so obedient.

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.740
 He was

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:51.140
 perfect in

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.319
 his

00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:52.000
 obedience.

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:58.140
 The cross

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.579
 is a

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:58.860
 terrible

00:17:58.860 --> 00:17:59.240
 thing.

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.140
 The cross

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:01.680
 is a

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.500
 horrible

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.279
 instrument

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.380
 of death.

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.480
 But you

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.059
 need to

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.980
 understand

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:09.700
 that

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.860
 it's not

00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:11.880
 the physical

00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.779
 violence

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.400
 that's

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.259
 inflicted

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.660
 upon

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.180
 Jesus

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:16.560
 that makes

00:18:16.560 --> 00:18:17.360
 the cross

00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:18.700
 so difficult.

00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.240
 That is

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.840
 not why

00:18:21.840 --> 00:18:22.320
 Jesus

00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:23.200
 fell to

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.820
 his knees

00:18:23.820 --> 00:18:24.180
 in the

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.720
 garden of

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.380
 Gethsemane

00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.240
 and sweated

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.680
 blood.

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.960
 The reason

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.779
 the cross

00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:30.299
 is so

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.960
 difficult

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:32.019
 is because

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.600
 he is the

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.600
 propitiation.

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.980
 Because on

00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.840
 the cross

00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:39.740
 all of

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.220
 our

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:41.259
 punishments

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.539
 the punishments

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.419
 of all

00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:43.959
 of God's

00:18:43.959 --> 00:18:44.339
 people

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:45.319
 for all

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:45.980
 eternity

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.119
 at that

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.019
 very moment

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.500
 those

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:51.220
 punishments

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.000
 are placed

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.099
 on Christ.

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.959
 So he

00:18:54.959 --> 00:18:56.059
 experiences

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.079
 hell

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:58.339
 for us

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:59.740
 right there

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.559
 on

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.839
 Calvary.

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:06.119
 it's

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.500
 hard to

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.859
 get your

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.119
 mind

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.480
 around

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:08.220
 to be

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.619
 truthful.

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.859
 The

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.339
 internal

00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:12.939
 punishment

00:19:12.939 --> 00:19:13.539
 that we

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.179
 deserved

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.399
 for sin

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.799
 and rebellion

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.439
 and treachery

00:19:18.439 --> 00:19:21.639
 is placed

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.359
 on Christ

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.059
 and he

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:24.099
 fills it

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 and he

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 experiences

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 it

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 and he

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 knows it

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 and even

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 though from

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 an earthly

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 perspective

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 it's only

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 a moment

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 from

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 a kingdom

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 perspective

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 he fills

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 the eternal

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 wrath.

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 So not

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 only is

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 the father

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 involved in

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 giving us

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 this perfect

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 gift of

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 love

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 but we

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 see in

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 verse 10

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 that the

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 son

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 is intimately

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 involved

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 in giving

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 his life

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 so that we

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 can have

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 this perfect

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 gift.

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 we

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 know what

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 our creeds

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 and our

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 confessions

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 say

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 that our

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 God is

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 three

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 in one

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 that is

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 why

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 it's so

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 important to

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 know what

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 you believe

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 not only is

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 the father

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 involved

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 not only is

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 the son

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 involved

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 but guess

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 what

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 the spirit

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 is involved

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 the holy

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 spirit

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 is involved

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 in giving

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 us this

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 perfect

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 gift

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 look at

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 verse 13

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 by this

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 we know

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 that we

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 abide in

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 him

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 and he

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 in us

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 because he

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 has given

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 us of

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 his spirit

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 the spirit

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 loves and

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 serves us

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 by giving

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 us

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 new life

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 that is

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 holy

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 spirit

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 power

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 it's

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 something

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 frankly

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 that we

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 don't talk

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 enough about

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 as those

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 who belong

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 to the

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 reformed

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 tradition

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 those who

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 are

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 presbyterian

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 we talk

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 about the

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 father

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 and we

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 talk about

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 the son

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 but we'll

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 let others

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 talk about

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 the holy

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 spirit

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 we can't

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 do that

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 because the

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 holy

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 spirit

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.600
 is god

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:22.040
 and the

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 holy

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.100
 spirit

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:24.880
 gives us

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 new life

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:28.440
 the holy

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 spirit

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.800
 rescues

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 us

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 and changes

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 us

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 and enables

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 us to see

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 and to hear

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 and to know

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 and to believe

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 without the

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 holy

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.180
 spirit

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.759
 working

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 in us

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 we can't

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.200
 enter into

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.220
 that perfect

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.340
 love relationship

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:51.259
 we cannot

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.860
 walk

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.779
 boldly

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.600
 into the

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.120
 throne room

00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:54.920
 of grace

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:57.460
 without the

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 holy

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.420
 spirit

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.259
 we cannot

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.820
 know

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:01.019
 that perfect

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.900
 communion

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.900
 it takes

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.660
 the father

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.600
 and it takes

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.380
 the son

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.480
 and it takes

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.240
 the holy

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.100
 spirit

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:12.039
 our

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 triune

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.179
 god

00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:13.659
 goes

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.159
 to

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:15.000
 great

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.059
 lengths

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.179
 to rescue

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.659
 us

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.619
 and redeem

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.219
 us

00:22:19.219 --> 00:22:19.859
 and to

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.740
 make us

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.819
 his own

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.419
 are you

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.379
 overwhelmed

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:23.980
 by that

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 this morning

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.579
 holy

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 i hope

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 you are

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 i hope

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 you are

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 i hope

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.700
 you leave

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.539
 this place

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 and you

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.299
 go throughout

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.920
 your week

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 and you

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.079
 reflect on

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 and you

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.259
 pray about

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.500
 and you

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.039
 worship

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.960
 the fact

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:49.099
 that your

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.599
 god

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.519
 has done

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.220
 something

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.359
 incredible

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.519
 for you

00:22:53.519 --> 00:23:01.759
 first question

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.139
 was

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:04.079
 what

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.719
 links

00:23:04.719 --> 00:23:06.019
 does

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.319
 our

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.719
 god

00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:07.459
 go to

00:23:07.459 --> 00:23:08.679
 to give

00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.279
 us the

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.679
 perfect

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:09.979
 gift

00:23:09.979 --> 00:23:10.479
 of love

00:23:10.479 --> 00:23:11.719
 second

00:23:11.719 --> 00:23:12.179
 question

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.799
 is this

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:14.399
 what

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.759
 is our

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.439
 response

00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:16.539
 what

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.719
 do we

00:23:16.719 --> 00:23:16.959
 do

00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:17.139
 with

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.519
 this

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:19.460
 what

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.579
 do

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:19.779
 we

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.379
 do

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.700
 knowing

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.440
 what

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.839
 god

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.079
 has

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.359
 done

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.680
 for

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.039
 us

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.099
 in

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.759
 christ

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.460
 by the

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.799
 power

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.119
 and the

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.379
 work

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:27.660
 of the

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.879
 holy

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.299
 spirit

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.839
 look

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.000
 at

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.400
 verse

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.859
 19

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.460
 of

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.779
 chapter

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.139
 4

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:33.500
 this

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.900
 is one

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.180
 of those

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.879
 kindergarten

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.379
 verses

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.960
 one of

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.099
 those

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.440
 verses

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.779
 that you

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.160
 learn in

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.599
 vacation

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.039
 bible

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.500
 school

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.240
 but it's

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.680
 one of

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:39.940
 those

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.339
 that you

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.700
 need to

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.240
 highlight

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.799
 and

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.799
 underline

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.559
 fold

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 the page

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 down

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 because

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.680
 this is

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.119
 one of

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.319
 those

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.660
 verses

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.460
 that you

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.279
 go back

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.640
 to

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.200
 over

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.540
 and

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:50.060
 over

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:50.580
 and

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.080
 over

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.560
 again

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.259
 during

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.500
 the

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.680
 more

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.300
 difficult

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.900
 times

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.080
 of

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.519
 life

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.860
 we

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.519
 love

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:58.820
 because

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.240
 he

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.620
 first

00:23:59.620 --> 00:23:59.920
 loved

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.360
 us

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.779
 we

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.400
 love

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.800
 because

00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:05.220
 he

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.759
 first

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.600
 loved

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:07.040
 us

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:09.019
 so

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.220
 what

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.360
 is

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:09.620
 our

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.200
 response

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.519
 to

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.720
 this

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.240
 perfect

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.700
 gift

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.259
 of

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.600
 love

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.040
 what

00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:13.120
 do

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.279
 we

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.660
 do

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:13.840
 with

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.019
 the

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.360
 fact

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.720
 that

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:14.900
 from

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.240
 all

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.840
 eternity

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.339
 God

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.639
 has

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.119
 loved

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.619
 us

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.039
 and

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.199
 he

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.339
 has

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.500
 been

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.019
 thinking

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.519
 about

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.980
 us

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.359
 and

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.500
 he

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.720
 put

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:20.879
 a

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.339
 plan

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.619
 in

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.159
 place

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.639
 to

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.199
 rescue

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:23.720
 us

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.099
 from

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.559
 sin

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.779
 and

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.039
 death

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.299
 what

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.359
 do

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.439
 we

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:25.539
 do

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.659
 with

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.000
 that

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:28.359
 what

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.439
 do

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:28.539
 we

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.839
 do

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.259
 well

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.419
 the

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:30.699
 text

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:30.980
 is

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.679
 very

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.159
 clear

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:33.419
 it

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:33.879
 says

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:35.339
 we

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.779
 love

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:37.679
 we

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.019
 love

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:40.159
 we

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.379
 will

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.879
 love

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:42.359
 our

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 family

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 members

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 we

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 will

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 love

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 those

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 in

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 our

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 family

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 that

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 are

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 difficult

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 to

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 love

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 we

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 will

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 love

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 our

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 neighbors

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 we

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 will

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 love

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 our

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 co-workers

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 we

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 will

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 love

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 our

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 community

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 known

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 as

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 a

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 people

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 who

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 exude

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 the

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 love

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 because

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 we

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 understand

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 the

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 rescue

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 mission

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 that

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 has

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 been

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 carried

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 out

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 for

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 us

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 when

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 we

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 realize

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 how

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 great

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 the

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 Father's

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 love

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 is

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 how

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 great

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 the

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 Son's

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 love

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 is

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 how

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 great

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 love

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 is

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 our

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 hearts

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 will

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 break

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 let me

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 explain

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 that

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 you

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 probably

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 all

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 heard

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 this

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 our

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 hearts

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 because

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 we

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 live

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 in a

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 fallen

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 and

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 sinful

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 and

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 broken

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 world

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 tend

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 to

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 produce

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 idols

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 they

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 manufacture

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 idols

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 our

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 default

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 mode

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 is that

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 we

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 want to

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 be

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 our

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 own

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 God

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 high

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 and

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 exalted

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 in

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 charge

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 we

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 think

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 we

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 know

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 best

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 and

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 our

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 hearts

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 are

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 busy

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 producing

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 idols

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 and

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 so

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 when

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 we

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 fall

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 desperately

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 in

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 love

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 with

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 and

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 we

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 understand

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.980
 the

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 love

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 of

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 the

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 Father

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 here's

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 what

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 happens

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 to

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 our

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 heart

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 it

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 is

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 so

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.960
 filled

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 with

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 love

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 that

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 it

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 cannot

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 be

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 contained

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 and

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 it

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 breaks

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 and

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 the

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 love

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 of

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 Christ

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 spills

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 out

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 everywhere

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 in

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 all

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 directions

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 God's

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 love

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 will

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 consume

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 us

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 and

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 so

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 we

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.539
 will

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.920
 love

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 the

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 people

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 in

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 this

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 room

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 we

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.420
 will

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 love

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 the

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 people

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 in

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 this

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 room

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 because

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 these

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 are

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 our

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 brothers

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 and

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 sisters

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 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 we

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.639
 will

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 love

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 starting

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 churches

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 because

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 new

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 churches

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 reach

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 people

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 who

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 are

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 not

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 in

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 church

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 and

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 they

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 don't

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.759
 know

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:08.980
 the

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 love

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.400
 of

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 Christ

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:11.200
 we

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.400
 will

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.819
 love

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 this

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.819
 community

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 and

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 we

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:13.840
 will

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.059
 go

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 out

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 into

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 this

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 community

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 and

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 we

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 will

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 tell

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 people

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 about

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 Jesus

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 because

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 he

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 is

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 our

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 only

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 hope

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 desperate

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 we

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.519
 are

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.779
 going

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 to

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 be

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 so

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 filled

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 with

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 love

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 going

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 to

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 do

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 radical

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 things

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 this

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 challenges

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 me

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 because

00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.920
 I

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.200
 know

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.539
 more

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.039
 often

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 than

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 not

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 that

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 I'm

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 not

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 consumed

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.980
 with

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.159
 the

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.399
 love

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.579
 of

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 God

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.460
 for

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 others

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.799
 God

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.139
 help

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.299
 me

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.460
 to

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.659
 be

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.180
 overwhelmed

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.440
 by

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.639
 your

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.000
 love

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:51.799
 help

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.019
 me

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.299
 to

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.559
 be

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.399
 overwhelmed

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.759
 by

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:54.980
 your

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 love

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 mentored

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.920
 by an

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.240
 older

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.779
 pastor

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.460
 and

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.779
 I

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.099
 asked

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.259
 him

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.519
 one

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.899
 day

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.819
 after

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 50

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.139
 years

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.160
 of

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.940
 ministry

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.440
 what

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.619
 is

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:09.940
 one

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.160
 of

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.339
 the

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.740
 things

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.000
 that

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.180
 is

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.940
 most

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.099
 surprising

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.859
 to

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.279
 you

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.619
 he

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:16.920
 looked

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.079
 at

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.279
 me

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.420
 and

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.559
 he

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:17.759
 said

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:17.940
 oh

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.339
 that's

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.579
 that's

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.039
 easy

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:24.180
 how

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.599
 few

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.200
 people

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.079
 are

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.859
 actually

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.940
 consumed

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.240
 and

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.700
 blown

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.240
 away

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.700
 by the

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:31.980
 love

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.160
 of

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.400
 Jesus

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.120
 Christ

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:39.559
 that

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.740
 was

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.339
 challenging

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.940
 to me

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:43.880
 made me

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.559
 examine

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.940
 my own

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.460
 heart

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:50.160
 I hope

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.720
 this morning

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.599
 that we

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.299
 will all

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.900
 approach

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.539
 the cross

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 of Christ

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 and that

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 we will

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 dig down

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 deep

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 into the

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 dirt

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 at the

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 base of

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 the cross

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 that we

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 will offer

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 up our

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 hearts

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 and our

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 lives

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 to King

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 Jesus

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 and that

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 we will be

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 consumed

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 with him

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 and that

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 we will love

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 others

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 because we

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 rightly

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 understand

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 all that

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 he has

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 done

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 for us

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 this is not a

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 ten point

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 profound

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 theological

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 sermon

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 this is a

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 nuts

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 and bolts

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 heart

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 issue

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 sermon

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 think about

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 how

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 amazing

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 his

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 love

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 truly

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 is

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 and let

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 it wash

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 over you

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 this week

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 let's pray

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 our father

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 and our

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 God

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 we thank

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 you

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 that your

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 love

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 for us

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 is so

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 real

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 and so

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 active

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 and so

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 powerful

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 and so

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 lasting

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 father

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 God

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 and Holy

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 Spirit

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 we

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 we stand

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 amazed at

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 all that

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 you have

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 done

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 to save

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 your people

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 to rescue

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 us

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 to redeem

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 us

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 to adopt

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 us

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 may we

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 worship

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 you

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 with a

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 greater

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.640
 intensity

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 and may

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 we love

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 others

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 so that

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 you receive

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.360
 all the

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.740
 glory

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 may your

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 spirit

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 be at

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 work

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 changing

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.019
 us

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 and

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.259
 drawing

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 us to

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 you

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:06.640
 Lord

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:06.920
 Jesus

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 help us

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.900
 to drink

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.380
 deeply

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 from

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 the

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 fountain

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 of

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 grace

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 it's

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 in your

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 name

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 we

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