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 If you would open up your Bibles to John chapter 5, specifically if you would open up your Bibles to page 1058.

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! Let me ask you a question, especially the men in the room.

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 What's your favorite musical?

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 I've had the privilege of seeing a number of musicals.

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 I've seen Shrek the musical as part of a streaming.

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 Gentlemen, if you're not used to seeing musicals, that's the place I'd start.

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 The pot of humor is phenomenal.

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 Dear Evan Hansen, seen it.

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 The Notebook, seen it.

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 Newsies, seen it.

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 That changed, that was my opening to musicals.

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 And I'm so glad to have seen Newsies.

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 And then there's Hamilton.

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 Now, before you judge me for being a musical fan,

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 before you judge me,

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 you've got to understand something about Hamilton.

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 Hamilton is set at the time of our country's founding.

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 And one of the reappearing characters is King George, who is hilarious.

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 And what we see unfolding in this musical

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 is our forefathers asking one essential question.

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 Who gave King George the right to govern us?

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 To rule us?

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 To tax us?

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 To determine our future as a nation?

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 To hold out to us either life or death?

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 Who gave King George the right?

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 Who gave him the right to judge us?

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 Our forefathers rose up against this mere man, King George,

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 and threw off the yoke of his tyranny,

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 and we're going to be celebrating that this summer, 250 years ago.

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 This morning in John 5, 19 through 20,

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 we see another king.

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 Not a tyrannical King George.

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 Not a mere man.

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 Totally God.

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 Totally man.

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 The Son of God.

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 The Son of Man.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And he's been given all authority,

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 not just to give life as our Savior,

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 but to judge all people everywhere

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 as the judge.

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 So let me just get something,

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 a question in your mind.

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 What will you say to him

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 on the day you stand before him?

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 Could you imagine this?

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 Some person standing before the risen and reigning

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 all-glorious Christ on Judgment Day.

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 Jesus, who gave you the right to judge me?

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 Who gave you the right to judge me?

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 Sounds crazy, doesn't it?

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 We are not to rise up

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 and throw off the authority of Jesus.

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 It's quite the opposite.

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 We are to humble ourselves

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 and come under his life-giving authority.

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 He is both our Savior and Judge.

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 And at great cost to himself,

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 he was condemned in our place

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 so that we could pass from death to life.

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 And so let me read John 5, 19 through 29.

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 You can read along with me.

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 Listen as I read God's Word.

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 the Son can do nothing of his own accord,

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 but only what he sees the Father doing.

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 For whatever the Father does,

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 the Son does likewise.

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 For the Father loves the Son

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 and shows him all that he himself is doing.

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 And greater works than these will he show him

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 so that you may marvel.

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 For as the Father raises the dead

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 and gives them life,

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 so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

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 For the Father judges no one,

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 but he has given all judgment to the Son,

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 that all may honor the Son

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 just as they honor the Father.

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 Whoever does not honor the Son

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 does not honor the Father who sent him.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 whoever hears my words

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 and believes him who sent me

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 has eternal life.

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 He does not come into judgment,

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 but has passed from death to life.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 an hour is coming and is now here,

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 when the dead will hear the voice

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 of the Son of God

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 and those who hear will live.

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 For as the Father has life in himself,

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 so he has granted the Son also

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 to have life in himself.

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 And he has given him authority

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 to execute judgment

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 because he is the Son of Man.

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 Do not marvel at this,

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 for an hour is coming

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 when all who are in the tombs

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 will hear his voice

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 and come out.

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 Those who have done good

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 to the resurrection of life

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 and those who have done evil

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 to the resurrection of judgment.

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 Who gives Jesus the right to judge us?

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 Jesus, what gives you the right to judge me?

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 So I want to help you see

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 three aspects of the authority of Jesus

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 to judge this morning.

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 The nature of his authority,

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 the effect of his authority,

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 and the scope of his authority.

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 John 5, in its entirety,

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 is about the authority of Jesus.

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 Last week, we saw his authority

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 to heal on the Sabbath.

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 And this week,

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 it's his authority to judge.

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 So, let's look at the nature

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 of his authority.

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 It's in verses 19 through 23.

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 And the first thing you need to see here

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 is a little phrase Jesus likes to use.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you.

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 It's a little phrase

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 that Jesus alone uses.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you.

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 What he's saying is literally,

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 amen, amen.

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 So be it.

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 So be it.

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 Here's what he's doing.

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 He's saying, listen carefully.

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 Truly.

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 Because what I am about to do you,

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 tell you, explain to you,

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 is something of life importance.

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 And in our passage,

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 there are three truly, trulies.

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 I'd also like you to notice

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 who he's talking to.

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 In verse 19, it says,

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 Jesus said to them.

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 And then later in verse,

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 I think it's 20,

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 when he says,

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 so that you may marvel,

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 it's a y'all,

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 he's not talking to his disciples here.

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 He's talking to the very people

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 who want to kill him,

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 to his opponents,

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 to those who are judging him

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 for blasphemy.

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 He's speaking to them.

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 And so remember,

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 in verse 19,

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 that Jesus has just been charged

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 with blasphemy.

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 These people,

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 these religious leaders,

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 want to kill him.

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 And now he's saying to them,

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 truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 and let's pick it up there.

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 What's the foundation

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 for this authority to judge?

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 The first thing I want you to notice,

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 it's a shared authority.

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 It's a shared right.

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 Throughout these verses,

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 verses 19 through 23,

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 we have this little coupling

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 of two names,

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 son, father,

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 son, father,

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 son, father.

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 And what that's getting at

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 is the father and son of God.

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 We are now wading into

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 the Christian doctrine

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 of the Trinity.

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 And you can summarize the Trinity

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 with three statements.

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 God has eternally existed

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 as three distinct persons.

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 Each person's fully God.

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 There is one God.

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 You hold those together,

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 you're orthodox.

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 And so what we have here

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 is a statement Jesus is making

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 about the nature of the Trinity.

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 It's the foundation

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 for his authority.

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 But if you notice,

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 the father and son,

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 well, they share divine essence.

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 Jesus will say in John 10, 30,

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 I and the father are one.

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 But there's also this distinction.

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 There's the son and the father.

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 It's a specific kind of relationship.

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 They have the same essence

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 of godness,

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 yet there's a distinction

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 when it comes to role.

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 And the son is very clear

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 on what his role is.

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 In verse 19, he says,

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 I can do nothing.

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 The son can do nothing

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 of his own accord,

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 but only what he sees

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 the father doing.

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 And what he's saying there is,

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 hey, I have not come.

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 The father has not sent me

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 for me to do whatever I want.

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 I have come in submission

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 to my father's will

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 to accomplish his plan.

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 And so what we see in verse 19

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 is that the son sees

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 what his father is doing

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 and he submits himself

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 to the father's will.

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 He's not going to do anything

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 except what the will

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 of his father is.

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 Shared essence,

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 full Godhead,

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 distinction of roles.

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 So what this means is

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 the father and the son

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 are in lockstep together

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 to accomplish the purposes

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 of the father.

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 And it would apply

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 to the Holy Spirit as well.

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 They're here to accomplish

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 what God the father

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 has ordained.

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 And so I just want to say,

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 help you to see right here

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 that what establishes

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 his authority to judge

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 is his shared essence

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 as being God.

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 But it's also part

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 of a shared plan.

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 In verses 19 through 20,

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 you can see it.

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 There's this repeated

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 do and doing.

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 the son can do nothing

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 of his own accord,

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 but only what he sees

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 his father doing.

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 For whatever the father does,

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 that the son does likewise.

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 For the father loved the son

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 and shows him all

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 that he himself is doing.

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 All of this doing

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 is getting at a plan.

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 Shared essence,

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 shared plan.

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 And it's the plan

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 of God the father

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 that was established

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 before the foundation

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 of the world,

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 a plan for the fullness of time.

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 I preached a sermon on this

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 a few months ago

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 on Ephesians chapter 1,

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 verses 3 through 14,

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 talking about this plan

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 this triune plan.

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 It is a big plan.

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 It's a Christocentric plan.

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 It's a people-moving plan.

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 And it's a glory plan.

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 It's the plan of salvation.

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 And what we have going on here

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 is what the son

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 sees his father doing,

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 the son is doing likewise.

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 And do you know what that is?

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 The plan of salvation.

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 That's what they are doing.

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 Another area that establishes

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 Jesus' authority

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 is shared power.

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 21 and 22.

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 Power is the ability

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 to accomplish something.

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 I need power to mow my lawn.

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 But in this case,

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 it's power to accomplish a plan.

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 And what kind of power

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 are we talking about?

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 Would you just look at verse 21?

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 For as the father raises the dead

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 and gives them life,

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 so also the son gives life

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 to whom he will.

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 That is an interesting kind of power.

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 power.

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 That's resurrection power.

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 That's raising people

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 from the dead power.

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 Now that's power.

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 That's God power.

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 This past week,

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 your pastor was minding

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 his own business in his office.

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 Kelly Schneeberger comes by

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 and she says,

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 hey, can you help me with something?

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 I said, of course,

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 because I'm a servant.

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 Of course.

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 And then she said something

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 about a bat.

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 A bat.

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 She led me to an undisclosed room

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 in this building.

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 And she pointed up

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 to an HVAC unit

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 and said,

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 bat.

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 And right next to

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 the HVAC unit

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 was this little dark thing.

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 Now,

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 I have experience with bats,

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 believe it or not.

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 So I took an extended,

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 lengthy item,

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 poked it,

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 nothing happened.

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 I ascended

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 into a very,

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 it was very dangerous, folks.

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 I ascended upon high

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 and I had gloves on

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 and I reached up

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 to that bat

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 and I grabbed it

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 and it crumpled.

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 And so I pulled it down

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 and I spoke,

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 live bat, live!

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 Do you know what happened?

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 It just crumpled more.

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 No life.

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 I don't have the power

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 to give life to the dead.

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 Anybody in the room?

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 This is unique God power.

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 And this power

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 to give life

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 is also the power

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 to condemn forever.

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 If you look at verse 22,

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 for the Father judges no one,

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 but has given all judgment

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 to the Son.

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 this is a judgment.

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 If we're talking about

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 eternal life

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 and raising from the dead

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 on one side,

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 this kind of judgment

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 is,

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 has to do with eternal death.

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 Judgment,

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 being cast out

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 into darkness

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 where there's

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 weeping and gnashing

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 of teeth.

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 And what we have here

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 is the Son

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 has not just been

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 given the authority,

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 the power

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 to be able to give life,

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 He has the power

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 to condemn

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 for eternity.

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 shared essence,

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 shared plan,

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 shared power,

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 and the last thing

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 I want you to see

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 is shared honor.

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 in verse 20,

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 we read,

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 in greater works

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 than these

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 will He show Him.

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 Will the Father

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 show the Son?

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 And just think of

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 John 11's coming

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 where Jesus

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 raises Lazarus

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 from the dead.

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 Greater works.

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 And then He says,

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 so that you may marvel.

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 Remember who He's speaking to.

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 He's speaking to His enemies.

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 Greater works are coming, guys,

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 so that you will marvel.

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 So that you will be amazed

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 and that you will give me

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 the honor due me

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 and the Father

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 will be honored as well.

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 Look down now

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 at verse 23,

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 that all may honor the Son

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 just as they honor the Father.

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 Whoever does not honor the Son

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 does not honor the Father

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 who sent Him.

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 this honoring

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 is reverencing.

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 It's being in awe of.

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 It's deep respect.

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 It's acknowledging

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 that Jesus

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 is the judge of all

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 and that He was given

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 that responsibility

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 by the Father

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 and He's to be honored as well.

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 which for His enemies,

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 the Jews hearing this,

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 this is what that means.

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 If you don't honor the Son,

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 even though you say

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 you're honoring the Father,

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 you're not.

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 This is the kind of honor

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 and marveling

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 that results in submission

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 to the one

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 who has the authority.

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 Recognizing

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 that this one

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 has eternal life

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 and can condemn

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 to eternal death.

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 He has the right to judge.

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 Jesus,

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 what gives you

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 the right to judge me?

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 You're God.

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 You're executing God's plan.

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 You are going to honor God

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 in all that we do.

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 And you have God power.

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 So,

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 when we're talking about

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 the nature

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 of the Son's authority,

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 it starts with Him

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 being fully God.

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 shared essence.

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 The second

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 aspect

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 of the authority

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 of the Son

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 I want you to see

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 is the effect

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 of His authority.

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 And we see that

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 in verse 24.

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 And it's queued up

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 with another

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 truly, truly.

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 whoever hears my voice

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 and believes Him

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 who sent me

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 has eternal life.

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 He does not come

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 into judgment,

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 but He has passed

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 from death

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 to life.

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 What Jesus

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 is providing

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 for us here

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 is the major

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 criteria

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 for His

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 judging us

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 at the end

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 of the age.

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 It's whether you

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 hear and believe

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 His word.

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 His word.

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 His word about

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 who He is.

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 His word about

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 His Father

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 who sent Him.

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 His word about

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 the reason

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 why He was sent.

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 To save.

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 I know that

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 many of you

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 can say,

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 John 3, 16,

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 from heart,

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 for God so loved

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 the world

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 that He gave

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 His one-of-a-kind

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 Son

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 that whoever

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 believes in Him

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 hears and believes

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 shall not be

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 condemned for eternity

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 apart from God

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 shall not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 Live.

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 What Jesus is saying

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 is if you believe

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 what He is saying

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 about Himself,

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 about God,

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 about why He came,

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 why He was sent,

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 if you believe that

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 to be true,

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 if you see your need

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 to be rescued,

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 if you see that

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:27.019
 Jesus is the only

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.279
 solution to your

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:29.240
 biggest problem

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 the moment you believe

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 you are given

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 eternal life.

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 He's not under judgment.

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 No longer under judgment.

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 The moment you believe

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 you have passed

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 from death

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 to life,

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 you're not under judgment,

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 you're no longer

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 condemned.

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 What Jesus is talking about

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 is your conversion.

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 So let me spell that out

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 for you a little bit.

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 What happens

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.840
 the moment you believe

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:55.820
 that Jesus is

00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:58.360
 God in the flesh

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 who was sent by the Father

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 to take away our sins?

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 It's immediate life.

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 Immediate eternal life.

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 There's this misconception

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:11.000
 that those who believe

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 in Jesus

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.580
 that eternal life

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.860
 begins when you die.

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 it begins

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.879
 when you believe.

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.659
 The moment you believe

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 you are given

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 eternal life.

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 I can show you

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 right from the text.

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 Truly, truly,

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.279
 I say to you,

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.419
 whoever hears my word

00:20:27.419 --> 00:20:28.119
 and believes him

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 who sent him

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 has eternal life.

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 That's a present

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 tense verb

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 saying it's now.

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 It's what it means

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 to be born again.

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 To become a new creation.

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 The moment you believe

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.400
 in what Christ has done,

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:48.119
 that moment you believe.

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 And so the first aspect

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.660
 of this eternal life

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.599
 is that it's immediate.

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.000
 Second aspect of it,

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.900
 it's secure.

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 It's irrevocable.

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 This life

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 that is granted to us,

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.299
 given to us

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.380
 by the Son,

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 it's unsnatchable.

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.240
 You want to flip

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 in your Bibles with me

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.079
 a couple pages

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 to your right

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 to John chapter 10.

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 I can't wait

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 to preach

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 John 10.

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 Man,

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 it's going to be awesome.

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 Not my preaching,

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 the passage

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 is going to be awesome.

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:24.319
 In John chapter 10,

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 in verse 27,

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 he says,

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 this is Jesus speaking,

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 my sheep

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 hear my voice

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 and I know them

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 and they follow me.

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 I give them

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 eternal life

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 and they will never perish

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 and no one

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.299
 will snatch them

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.139
 out of my hand.

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 So just think about

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.579
 what we just read

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:45.139
 about who Jesus is.

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.960
 Shared essence,

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.539
 right?

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:49.019
 Shared power,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.639
 shared honoring

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.619
 with God.

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.200
 There's another

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.039
 shared something.

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:56.099
 He has you

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:57.359
 in his hand.

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.819
 He's given you

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.740
 eternal life.

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:03.000
 This eternal life

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.000
 that starts immediately

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.980
 is irrevocable.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.039
 No one can snatch you

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.000
 out of his hand,

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.620
 but it doesn't stop there.

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.460
 Look at verse 29.

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.720
 My Father

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.779
 who has given them

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.380
 to me

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.759
 is greater than all

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.500
 and no one is able

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.099
 to snatch them

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.299
 out of the Father's hand.

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.400
 You're in a double

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:24.059
 divine vice

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.880
 if you're a believer

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.519
 in Jesus

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.880
 and this eternal life

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.660
 has begun

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.980
 instantaneously

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:32.500
 that it's irrevocable.

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.380
 You're unsnatchable.

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.900
 that means

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.980
 you can't even

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.040
 pry off

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:39.040
 the fingers

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.520
 of God

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:40.440
 that grip you.

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.840
 Secure.

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.960
 I and the Father

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.520
 are one.

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.000
 Here's one

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.700
 that you need to hear.

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:52.860
 Something about

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.800
 this eternal life.

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:56.200
 This eternal life

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.020
 that's immediate

00:22:57.020 --> 00:22:58.740
 and unsnatchable

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.500
 from us

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:01.640
 is experiential.

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:06.080
 this eternal life

00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:08.520
 which God gives us

00:23:08.520 --> 00:23:09.740
 the moment we believe,

00:23:11.020 --> 00:23:12.820
 it has real effects.

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:17.800
 Real life-changing effects.

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.300
 It changes the way

00:23:19.300 --> 00:23:20.240
 that we live.

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:23.400
 It changes us.

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:25.400
 How, you ask?

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:27.000
 First and foremost.

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.559
 it changes

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.380
 who you live for.

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.940
 Instead of living

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.819
 for yourself,

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.160
 this eternal life

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.680
 is going to be

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.720
 pushing yourself

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.400
 out to the perimeter

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:42.619
 and bringing Jesus

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.700
 into the center

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:45.779
 so that you're living

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.599
 with Jesus Christ

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.299
 as the controlling

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.779
 center of your life.

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.480
 The one who is life

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.519
 ends up

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.920
 ruling your life,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.200
 controlling your life.

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.319
 life.

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.660
 There's another passage

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.559
 that I want you

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.160
 to turn to.

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.220
 It's John 15.

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.840
 I can't wait

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:03.000
 to preach John 15.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.539
 It's awesome.

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.759
 This is where Jesus

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.480
 calls himself

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.160
 the vine

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.100
 and we are the branches.

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.559
 It's an interesting

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.900
 organic relationship.

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:15.440
 A branch can't

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.019
 bear fruit

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.759
 on its own.

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.200
 It can only bear fruit

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.319
 if it's attached

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:21.620
 to the vine.

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:24.339
 And when you're

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.699
 attached to the vine,

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.539
 you bear fruit.

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:30.059
 In John 15.

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.979
 5 we read,

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.000
 I am the vine,

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.919
 you are the branches,

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:35.099
 whoever abides in me

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.479
 and I am.

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.879
 Another way to say it

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.619
 is when Jesus

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.539
 is the controlling

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.619
 center of your life,

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:41.819
 the all-governing

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.000
 reality of your life,

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.779
 the one consuming

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.759
 passion of your life,

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.259
 the one whom

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.159
 you depend on,

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.679
 when you are

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.739
 trusting in him,

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.459
 he it is that

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:51.219
 bears much fruit

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.039
 for apart from me

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.700
 you can do nothing.

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.400
 Verse 8,

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.640
 by this my father

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.480
 is glorified

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.980
 that you bear much fruit

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.980
 and so prove to be

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.920
 my disciples.

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.279
 And in all of this

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.900
 fruit talk,

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.120
 look at verse 12,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.539
 this is my command.

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.700
 Here is the

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.680
 principal fruit

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.799
 that I am going

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.940
 to produce in you,

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.940
 that you love

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.360
 one another

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.160
 as I have loved you.

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.920
 You see,

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.059
 eternal life

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.680
 has real effects.

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:21.400
 it changes

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.980
 the way we,

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.860
 who we live for.

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.880
 We go from living

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.620
 for ourselves

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.740
 to living for Jesus

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.560
 and when we're

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.259
 living for Jesus

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.120
 he begins to

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:31.299
 bear fruit in us.

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.980
 Fruit in which

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.240
 we're living for Christ,

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.080
 we're living

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:36.640
 dependent on Christ

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.779
 and we're bearing fruit

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.980
 that is a lot

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.860
 like Christ.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.940
 One more passage

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.740
 for you to turn to.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.320
 John 13.

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.200
 And you know what?

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.000
 I can't wait

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.559
 to preach

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.920
 John 13.

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.620
 In John 13,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.860
 34, 35,

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.779
 a new commandment

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.460
 I give to you

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.140
 that you love

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.580
 one another

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.759
 just as I have loved you,

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.680
 you also are

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.380
 to love one another.

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.860
 By this all people

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.160
 will know

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.580
 that you are

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.240
 my disciples

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.640
 if you

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.319
 bite each other

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.180
 and beat each other

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.580
 up.

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.819
 No,

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.240
 if you have love

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.960
 for one another,

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:13.140
 Christ-like love

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.740
 for one another.

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.460
 You see,

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.640
 here's what happens.

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.660
 You receive

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.360
 eternal life.

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.920
 It's immediate.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.300
 And then Jesus

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:20.680
 starts to change you.

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.680
 You stop living

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.240
 for yourself

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.780
 because you're like,

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.580
 that stinks.

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.400
 I don't like that.

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.759
 Jesus doesn't like that.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.540
 And when you start

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.259
 living for Jesus,

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.580
 you're like,

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:28.759
 boy,

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.340
 this is really,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:31.220
 I enjoy this.

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.920
 And then you start

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:34.240
 loving people

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.880
 the way that

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.820
 God in Christ

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.660
 has loved you.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.560
 It is such

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.220
 a game changer.

00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:41.240
 It changes

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.900
 the way

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.820
 that you treat

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.379
 people.

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.700
 Here's another way

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.220
 to say it.

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.139
 When you become

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.579
 a Christian

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:50.019
 and eternal life

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.700
 takes root

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.279
 in you,

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.679
 you go from

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.539
 being seeing

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.559
 people as

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.879
 what can I

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.419
 get

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.879
 to seeing

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.740
 people as

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.819
 how can I

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.159
 give them

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.500
 Jesus?

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.779
 What can I do

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.200
 for them to

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.619
 bring glory

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.019
 to Jesus?

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.899
 It's a radical

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.419
 change.

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.259
 This eternal

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.039
 life business,

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.379
 it's not

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.960
 some kind

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.659
 of add-on

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.139
 when you

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.559
 die.

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.079
 This radically

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.819
 reorients

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.220
 to who you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.700
 live for.

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.720
 There's one

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.159
 more piece

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.559
 of this,

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.139
 of eternal

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.500
 life,

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:28.980
 and it's

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.339
 forever.

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.899
 We will be

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.500
 living with

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.220
 Jesus Christ

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.579
 as the

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.980
 controlling

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.559
 center of

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.139
 our lives

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.579
 forever.

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.700
 on this

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.319
 side of

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.799
 Christ's

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.180
 return,

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.839
 our experience

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.299
 of this

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.000
 eternal life

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.700
 is limited

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.220
 because of

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.940
 our sinfulness.

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.399
 We still

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:47.859
 sin,

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.720
 but when

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.139
 he comes

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.559
 back,

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.379
 we will

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:52.460
 be unencumbered

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.920
 by our

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.519
 own sinful

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.359
 nature and

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.079
 living in

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.740
 a creation

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.180
 that's been

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.819
 subjected

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.940
 to decay.

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.599
 It's going

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:00.779
 to be

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.299
 glorious.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.220
 And just

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.899
 to help you

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.279
 make the

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.659
 connection,

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.980
 this is

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.819
 the effect

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.960
 of the

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.480
 authority

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.139
 of Jesus

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:10.259
 as both

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.259
 Savior and

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.720
 judge.

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.659
 When you

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.399
 believe his

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:14.859
 word,

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.659
 Jesus,

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.259
 who gives

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.579
 you the

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.079
 right to

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.679
 judge me?

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.639
 Look what

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:20.980
 he's able

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.439
 to do.

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.119
 The last

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.919
 area I want

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.299
 you to see

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.000
 about his

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.480
 authority

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.779
 is what he

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.259
 says about

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.819
 his authority,

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.639
 and that's the

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.480
 scope of his

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.839
 authority,

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.379
 and it's the

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.200
 last truly,

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.539
 truly in this

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:36.859
 passage.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.299
 In verses

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.619
 25-29,

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.119
 Jesus says,

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.480
 truly,

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:40.839
 truly,

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.399
 I say to

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.700
 you,

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.819
 an hour is

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.240
 coming and

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.819
 is now here

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.159
 when the

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.639
 dead will

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.019
 hear the

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.379
 voice of

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.659
 the Son

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:46.980
 of God

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.420
 and those

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.819
 who hear

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.379
 will live.

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.720
 Look down

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:48.960
 at verse

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.440
 28.

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.200
 Do not

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.639
 marvel at

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:50.819
 this,

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.159
 for an

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.759
 hour is

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.220
 coming when

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.720
 all who

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.559
 are in

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.059
 the tombs

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.500
 will hear

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.079
 his voice.

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.899
 What Jesus

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.379
 is doing

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:57.819
 here is

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.119
 he's like,

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.319
 hey,

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.960
 let me clue

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.519
 you in on

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.059
 reality.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.460
 Let me

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.899
 bring you

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.960
 into how

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.639
 things really

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:04.920
 are,

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.259
 truly,

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.659
 truly,

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.620
 so be

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.800
 it,

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.540
 this is the

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:07.860
 way it

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.259
 is.

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.060
 And then he

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.560
 talks about

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.080
 the scope

00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.400
 of his

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.040
 authority in

00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:12.680
 terms of

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.980
 two different

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.620
 hours.

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.940
 A now

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.900
 hour and

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.259
 a then

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.660
 hour.

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.360
 The now

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.860
 hour is

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.620
 verse 25,

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.080
 the then

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.700
 hour is

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.640
 verse 28,

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.660
 and they're

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.840
 two different

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.440
 hours.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.500
 hours.

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.799
 So let's

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.120
 look at the

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.720
 now hour,

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.680
 verse 25

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.340
 to 27.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.519
 You can

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.980
 also say

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.360
 it's the

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.840
 already

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.420
 hour.

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.100
 Truly,

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.340
 truly,

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.840
 I say to

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.000
 you,

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.500
 an hour is

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.820
 coming.

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.500
 There's,

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:40.960
 let's see,

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.220
 one,

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.420
 two,

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.660
 three,

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:41.900
 four,

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.580
 four words.

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.320
 Can everybody

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.779
 say those

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.240
 four words

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.519
 together?

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.640
 Let me

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.000
 just set

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.220
 you up

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.420
 again.

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.160
 Truly,

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.559
 truly,

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.600
 I say to

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:48.820
 you,

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.779
 an hour is

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:51.360
 coming and

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.400
 is now

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.200
 here.

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:55.340
 the hour

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.080
 has already

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.460
 begun.

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.120
 It's this

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.960
 present age

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.440
 we're living

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.720
 in.

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.759
 We're living

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.279
 in the

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.539
 now hour,

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:05.600
 this present

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.000
 age.

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.100
 And then

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.660
 Jesus starts

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.420
 talking about

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.960
 dead people

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.980
 made alive.

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:15.100
 When the

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.740
 dead will

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.200
 hear the

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.600
 voice of

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:16.860
 the Son

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.240
 of God

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.620
 and those

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:17.980
 who hear

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.620
 will live,

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.460
 those who

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.220
 hear will

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.059
 pass from

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.000
 death to

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.519
 life.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.480
 Jesus is

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.279
 talking,

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.160
 not talking

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.819
 about those

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.099
 who are

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.579
 physically

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.960
 dead.

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.460
 He's talking

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.900
 about those

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.240
 who are

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.859
 spiritually

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.279
 dead,

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.500
 who are

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.900
 living in

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.900
 their sin.

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.339
 When they

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.180
 hear his

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:39.240
 voice and

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.759
 they believe

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.480
 his word,

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.740
 what he

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.180
 says about

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.920
 himself and

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.960
 about his

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.440
 father who

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.000
 sent him and

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.440
 why he

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.700
 came,

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.420
 when they

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.180
 hear that

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.920
 and they

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.779
 believe that,

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.879
 they pass

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.840
 from death

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.560
 to life.

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.040
 And in

00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.800
 verses 26

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.500
 through 27,

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.140
 Jesus just

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.380
 reiterates that

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.700
 he's been

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.440
 given the

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.180
 authority to

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.820
 live, to

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.380
 give life,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.600
 26, he's

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:01.900
 the Son

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.120
 of God, and

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.640
 he has the

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.260
 authority to

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:05.800
 execute judgment

00:31:05.800 --> 00:31:07.100
 because he's

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.620
 the Son of

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:07.940
 Man.

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.800
 These are two

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.520
 huge titles.

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.820
 The Son of

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.460
 God is getting

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.000
 at his

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.860
 godness,

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.860
 and the Son

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.820
 of Man is

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:17.760
 getting at his

00:31:17.760 --> 00:31:18.640
 executive

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.940
 kingship.

00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:21.640
 It's coming

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.060
 out of

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:23.380
 Daniel chapter

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:25.360
 7, where

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.100
 we have the

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.560
 Son of Man

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.020
 who goes to

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:27.340
 the Ancient

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.759
 of Days,

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.240
 and the Ancient

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.820
 of Days gives

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.220
 the Son of

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.040
 Man a

00:31:30.040 --> 00:31:30.759
 kingdom that's

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.259
 forever.

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.220
 People from

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.759
 every tribe,

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.140
 tongue, and

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.520
 nation are

00:31:33.520 --> 00:31:34.040
 part of this

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:34.940
 kingdom, and

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:37.220
 he will reign

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.360
 over this

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:39.500
 kingdom.

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.840
 He determines

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.480
 who's in and

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.980
 who's out.

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.079
 God.

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.480
 So what we

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.960
 have in the

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.380
 now hour is

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:54.039
 Jesus, who

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.460
 is bringing

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.079
 people from

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.599
 death to

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.120
 life by his

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.519
 word.

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.680
 Those, some,

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.079
 he's giving

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.799
 life because

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.339
 he's God.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.279
 Others, he's

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.099
 condemning to

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:08.039
 eternal judgment

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.640
 because he's the

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.180
 Son of Man.

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:12.900
 in other

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.500
 words, Jesus

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.799
 has all

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.180
 authority right

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.519
 now to

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.660
 give eternal

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.200
 life to

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.380
 whoever he

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:23.400
 sees fit, and

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.560
 to condemn

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:25.880
 all those who

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.580
 reject him.

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:27.600
 And it

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.039
 raises a

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.420
 question.

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.360
 How is

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.940
 Jesus speaking

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.200
 now?

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.440
 Well, now

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.320
 he is speaking

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:36.320
 through his

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.660
 church.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.560
 When you

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.940
 got a guy

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.820
 like me who

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.600
 is seeking

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.320
 to faithfully

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:43.840
 proclaim God's

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:45.720
 word, it's

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.519
 Jesus speaking.

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.140
 Jesus speaking

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.680
 through his

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.200
 word.

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.299
 When you

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.840
 are talking

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.539
 to someone

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.420
 over coffee

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.380
 about who

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.080
 Jesus is,

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.900
 why God

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.259
 the Father

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.920
 sent him,

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.920
 he's speaking

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.539
 his word.

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.000
 Think of

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.380
 the church

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:07.019
 as God's

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.480
 kingdom

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.279
 embassy.

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:10.819
 on earth.

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.460
 We are

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.799
 his

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.460
 ambassadors

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:14.339
 speaking his

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.700
 words on

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.859
 his behalf,

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.779
 and those

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.500
 who believe,

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.980
 he brings

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.500
 them from

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.779
 death to

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.279
 life.

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.559
 And this

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.379
 is all that's

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.059
 happening in

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.759
 the now

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.740
 hour, the

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.539
 already

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.259
 hour.

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.379
 And he

00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:30.920
 is speaking

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.740
 all across

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.279
 the globe

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.940
 right now

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.779
 to every

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.539
 tribe, tongue,

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.180
 and nation,

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.019
 and he's

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.740
 gathering

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.659
 himself a

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:39.680
 people who

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.180
 all are

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.240
 living with

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.759
 him as the

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.139
 controlling

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.759
 center of

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.200
 their lives.

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.200
 That's the

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.720
 now hour.

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.399
 We're in it.

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.359
 The then

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.079
 hour is in

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.759
 verses 28 and

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.180
 29, the

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.779
 not yet

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.159
 hour.

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.180
 In verse

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.299
 28 we read

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.299
 an hour is

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.099
 coming, but

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.940
 there's no

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.859
 qualification to

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.019
 it.

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:04.460
 there is

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.559
 and is now

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.819
 here.

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.440
 There's none

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.819
 of that.

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.000
 What he's

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.780
 talking about

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:11.920
 is an hour

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.980
 yet to come,

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.639
 the already

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.159
 hour.

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.360
 In Jesus,

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.980
 in verse

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.079
 28 and

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.759
 29, what

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.159
 he's getting

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.800
 at is at

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.500
 the end

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.380
 of time,

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.460
 there is

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.019
 going to be

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.360
 one great

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.659
 judgment of

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.519
 all people.

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:32.679
 and he

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.500
 starts talking

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.139
 about

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:36.219
 people who

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.780
 were dead.

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.380
 And now

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.880
 he's talking

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.420
 about people

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.719
 who are

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.099
 physically

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.420
 dead.

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.300
 It's all

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.500
 people from

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.599
 all time who

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.900
 have died

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.900
 and are in

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.739
 the tombs,

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.719
 in the grave.

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.840
 Check this

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.559
 out for power.

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.920
 In one

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.639
 utterance,

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.300
 all who've

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.079
 been dead

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.619
 for all

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.519
 time will

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.579
 be raised

00:34:59.579 --> 00:34:59.980
 from the

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.360
 dead to

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.799
 judgment.

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.559
 Do not

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.039
 marvel at

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.420
 this, for

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.920
 an hour is

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.380
 coming when

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.039
 all who are

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.360
 in the

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.840
 tombs will

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.539
 hear his

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:11.119
 voice, the

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.639
 voice of the

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.119
 Son of God,

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.719
 the voice of

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.179
 the Son of

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.139
 Man, God

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.860
 incarnate.

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.500
 They will

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.079
 hear his

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:18.599
 voice and

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.460
 come out

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.380
 of their

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.820
 graves.

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.599
 Those who

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.920
 have done

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.760
 good to

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.220
 the resurrection

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.900
 of life,

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.599
 those who

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.920
 have done

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.800
 evil to

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.440
 the resurrection

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.679
 of the

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.900
 dead.

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.199
 And so

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.980
 Jesus, at

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.380
 the end

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.019
 of the age,

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.960
 will call

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.920
 forth a

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.380
 resurrection

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.320
 of all,

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.900
 and all

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.500
 people will

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.139
 be brought

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.340
 to him,

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.320
 before him,

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.179
 and he will

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.619
 not just

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.380
 raise them

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.720
 up, he

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.079
 will then

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.679
 divide them

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.000
 out.

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.440
 This is

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.559
 Matthew 25.

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.880
 When Jesus

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.460
 comes back,

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.940
 he will sit

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.260
 on his

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.059
 glorious throne,

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.159
 and the

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:50.139
 angels will

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.159
 reap, and

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.759
 all of

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.159
 people will

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.599
 be put in

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:52.840
 front of

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.000
 him, and

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.159
 he will

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.059
 separate them

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.579
 out as

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.920
 sheep from

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.360
 the goats.

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.719
 Judgment.

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.380
 The first

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.340
 group is

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.159
 those who've

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.739
 done good,

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.259
 and they

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:03.500
 will be

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.000
 raised to

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.539
 a resurrection

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.400
 of life.

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.119
 Think about

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.059
 the good

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.380
 that they're

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.719
 doing.

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.320
 It's not

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.920
 good to

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.820
 earn their

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.320
 resurrection

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.900
 to life.

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.820
 It is the

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.320
 good that

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.099
 results from

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.860
 Jesus giving

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.400
 them eternal

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.840
 life.

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.039
 These are

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.719
 the folks that

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.779
 have born

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.840
 fruit over

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.440
 time that

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.920
 is pleasing

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.280
 to the

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.920
 Father, and

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.260
 they've been

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:23.200
 raised up

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:25.400
 unto the

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.340
 resurrection of

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.980
 eternal life.

00:36:27.060 --> 00:36:27.320
 They will

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.980
 spend eternity

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.600
 with Jesus.

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.160
 The second

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:30.580
 group are

00:36:30.580 --> 00:36:31.060
 those who've

00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:31.740
 been raised

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.019
 from the

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.340
 dead to

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.860
 the resurrection

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.600
 of judgment

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.860
 because of the

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.460
 evil they have

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.320
 done, because

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.040
 they have not

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:37.420
 put their

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.960
 trust in

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.420
 Jesus.

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.400
 They will

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.920
 be condemned

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.420
 forever.

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.700
 The scope

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:46.100
 of Jesus'

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.700
 authority

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.439
 authority is

00:36:48.439 --> 00:36:50.199
 now and

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.719
 then.

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.819
 He has

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:53.399
 authority over

00:36:53.399 --> 00:36:54.739
 it all.

00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:58.899
 Jesus, what

00:36:58.899 --> 00:36:59.359
 gives you the

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:00.119
 right to

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.719
 judge me?

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.960
 In these

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.679
 three truly,

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.279
 truly, I

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.699
 say to you

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.099
 statements,

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.960
 Jesus makes

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.899
 clear his

00:37:10.899 --> 00:37:12.519
 nature of

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.639
 his authority,

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.980
 the effect of

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.480
 his authority,

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.679
 the scope of

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.240
 the authority,

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.119
 and here's

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.659
 the point.

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:21.039
 Jesus is

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.039
 both our

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:23.980
 Savior and

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:25.360
 our judge.

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.980
 He's both

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:29.380
 our Savior

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.699
 and our

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.079
 judge.

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.659
 We need to

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.679
 hold both of

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.519
 those together.

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.059
 So how do we

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.440
 respond?

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.460
 How do we

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.980
 respond to

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.639
 Jesus being

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:42.280
 both Savior

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.940
 and judge?

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.700
 Well, if

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:44.940
 you're a

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.460
 non-believer

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.860
 in the room,

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.840
 if you've

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.320
 yet to put

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.780
 your faith

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.320
 in Jesus,

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.860
 if you've

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.240
 yet to

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.780
 submit to

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.039
 him,

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.099
 if you

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.400
 haven't

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.860
 taken his

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.360
 words to

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.659
 heart,

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.139
 you need to

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:56.099
 understand he

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:57.019
 is ready to

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.760
 rescue you.

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.579
 He is

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.480
 poised to

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.920
 give you

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.659
 eternal life.

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:05.220
 He wants

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:06.079
 to give you

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.019
 eternal life.

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.119
 life.

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:10.159
 He wants

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.880
 to cause

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:12.099
 you to

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.860
 go from

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:14.000
 death

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.960
 to life.

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.519
 How can

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.739
 he do

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.039
 that?

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.719
 Because as

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:23.420
 God, he

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.860
 died the

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.239
 death that

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.820
 you deserved.

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.840
 And he

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.239
 alone can

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:29.039
 give you the

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.840
 life you

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.579
 are in such

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.420
 desperate need

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.699
 of.

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:31.799
 life.

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:34.179
 He offers

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.839
 you this.

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.439
 This life,

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.399
 this immediate,

00:38:37.899 --> 00:38:40.299
 this secure,

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.759
 this experiential,

00:38:41.879 --> 00:38:42.500
 this forever

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.659
 life in a

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.960
 relationship with

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.279
 him.

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.519
 So if you

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.199
 haven't decided

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.119
 to trust in

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.759
 Jesus, let me

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.480
 urge you to do

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.619
 that.

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.059
 This past

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:53.099
 week I had a

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.799
 conversation with

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.339
 a young man,

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:56.419
 and I love

00:38:56.419 --> 00:38:57.279
 this young man,

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.079
 and I asked

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.319
 him, hey,

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.159
 have you put

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.699
 your faith in

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.119
 Jesus yet?

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.619
 Have you become

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.279
 a Christian yet?

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:02.980
 He says, no,

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.420
 and I'm like,

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.119
 okay, why not?

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.839
 And he goes,

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.179
 I don't think

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.500
 I'm ready.

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.139
 I'm like, well,

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:07.639
 when do you

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.900
 know you're

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.079
 ready?

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.460
 And he's like,

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.880
 I don't know.

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.319
 So I asked

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.839
 him, well, do

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:13.679
 you believe this

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.539
 gospel to be

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:14.799
 true?

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.339
 He said, yeah,

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:15.940
 I believe it's

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.199
 true.

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.519
 I'm like, and

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.859
 do you see your

00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:20.400
 need for the

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.699
 gospel?

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.299
 Do you see your

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.779
 need to be

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.339
 forgiven of your

00:39:22.339 --> 00:39:22.500
 sin?

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.920
 He says, yes,

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.259
 I do.

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.179
 And then I

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.799
 asked him, are

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.400
 you willing?

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.239
 And what I

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.759
 meant by that

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.679
 is, are you

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.519
 willing to

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.500
 stop living for

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.780
 the things that

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.320
 are the cause

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.000
 of your death

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.320
 and start

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.920
 living for

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.179
 Jesus as the

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.880
 controlling center

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.579
 of your life?

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:43.000
 He wasn't

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.639
 ready to answer.

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.179
 Do you believe

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.719
 this is true?

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.420
 Do you see the

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.259
 need in yourself?

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:57.600
 are you willing to

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:59.460
 come under his

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.020
 authority?

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:01.780
 That's the

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.200
 question.

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.140
 And when you're

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:05.860
 ready, when you're

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:07.240
 willing, at that

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:08.720
 moment you believe

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:11.380
 you will pass from

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.280
 death to life.

00:40:13.520 --> 00:40:14.240
 And by the way,

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.920
 if you're a

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:19.540
 Christian, he is

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.699
 your life.

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:23.099
 John 15, your

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.420
 vine.

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.719
 So you respond to

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.739
 him as Savior that

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:28.360
 way, and what

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.159
 about him being our

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.500
 judge?

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.599
 Now if you're a

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.239
 Christian in the

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.440
 room, you might have

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.380
 some sweat on your

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:34.000
 brow right now.

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.800
 Wait, hold on a

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:34.980
 second.

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.739
 Hold on a second,

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.219
 hold on a second,

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.719
 hold on a second.

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:40.039
 Do I need to be

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.519
 afraid of that?

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.019
 Christian, you do

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.139
 not need to be

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.699
 afraid of being

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.319
 condemned.

00:40:48.379 --> 00:40:49.920
 Because Jesus bore

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.139
 all of God's wrath

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.440
 for all of your

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:54.019
 sin upon the

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.559
 cross.

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.400
 Because your

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:58.599
 judge is your

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:59.179
 Savior.

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:01.379
 That's really good

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.819
 news.

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.719
 But you will still

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.579
 stand before him.

00:41:06.879 --> 00:41:08.279
 2 Corinthians 5.10,

00:41:08.379 --> 00:41:09.400
 we will all stand

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.179
 before the judgment

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:10.940
 seat of Christ.

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:14.159
 And let me just

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:15.119
 urge you in light of

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.359
 that.

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.319
 Let me just compel

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:22.659
 you in light of the

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.420
 parable of the

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.440
 talents in Matthew

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:26.960
 24, to take what

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.380
 God has entrusted to

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:30.519
 you and to invest

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:32.699
 it into what matters

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.259
 most.

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.359
 And what matters

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:38.119
 most is kingdom, is

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:39.139
 the glory of Jesus.

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:41.519
 It's marveling at him

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.619
 in the honor due his

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.000
 name.

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:47.079
 Give yourself to that

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:49.280
 Christian in light of

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.000
 the judgment to come.

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:51.239
 You don't need to fear

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:53.380
 your judge because he's

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.860
 your Savior.

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:55.500
 But oh, seek to please

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.920
 him now.

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:58.559
 And if you're a non-Christian

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.480
 in the room, I just have a

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.119
 question for you.

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.820
 Do you really want to

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.960
 stand before the all

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:05.780
 authoritative judge after

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:07.000
 you've rejected him as

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.380
 your Savior?

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.480
 Savior?

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.940
 You don't.

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:12.500
 So let me just urge you to

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.340
 trust him now.

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:19.880
 This summer, we as a

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:21.099
 nation will be celebrating

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:22.840
 250 years of independence,

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.579
 our forefathers throwing

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:26.420
 off the yoke of King

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:28.059
 George's tyranny.

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:30.400
 What gave you the right

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:31.119
 King George?

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:35.239
 We don't throw off the

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:36.059
 authority of Jesus

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.539
 Christ.

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:39.380
 He's our Savior and

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:39.719
 judge.

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:43.659
 We, by faith, come under

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:46.539
 his authority and we

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.039
 live.

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:50.699
 We experience this eternal

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:52.500
 life that Jesus died to

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.059
 give us.

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.159
 us.

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:59.440
 We throw off the tyranny

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:01.400
 of ruling our own lives

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:05.099
 so that he can rule us

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:06.880
 for the honor of his name.

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.159
 Let's pray.

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.759
 Lord Jesus, would you have

00:43:10.759 --> 00:43:11.699
 your way in us?

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:14.159
 Would you cause us by your

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.759
 spirit to experience this

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:16.960
 life in greater and greater

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.440
 abundance?

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:21.380
 God, we want to live for

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.719
 you.

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:24.839
 would you help us to put

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:25.859
 aside the things that

00:43:25.859 --> 00:43:29.059
 grieve you and live with

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:31.339
 you more and more as the

00:43:31.339 --> 00:43:32.539
 center of our lives?

00:43:32.939 --> 00:43:34.239
 Because you are worthy of

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:34.439
 that.

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:35.659
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:36.539
 Amen.