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 Well, good evening, folks. It is wonderful to see you as we dive into this very great but massive topic together.

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 We live in a world that is obsessed with love.

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 Wet, wet, wet sang, love is all around.

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 The Bee Gees sang, how deep is your love.

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 Whitney Houston sang, I will always love you.

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 And Meat Loaf said, I will do anything for love, but I won't do that.

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 Our world is obsessed with love.

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 The songs that we listen to, the conversations we have, the movies we watch.

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 Love is a big theme. It's something that we chase after and it is something that we want.

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 But love is also something that is massively misunderstood.

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 See, people can think of love as a fuzzy feeling that is there one second, but gone the next.

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 We use the words so flippantly that it seems to have lost all meaning.

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 We say things like, I love burgers.

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 I love that jacket on you.

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 I love that color or that shade of blue.

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 We say we love our friends when we put down the phone.

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 We say we love our spouses and we say we love God.

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 The way we use the word and how often we use it shows that we don't really understand what love is.

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 We can't properly know what love is until we know God.

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 God is the one who needs to inform our understanding of love, not the culture around us.

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 Because when we let our culture define love and define God's love, we might be tempted to think that we need to earn God's love.

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 Or that it's dependent on our devotion to him.

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 The truth is that God's love for his people never changes.

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 It is a constant because God never changes.

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 He is constant.

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 Now this evening we have the impossible task of tackling two massive attributes of God in one night.

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 We're going to think about how God is the very definition of love and how he is faithful.

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 But why take on this mammoth task of doing both of those attributes of God together?

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 Well because God's immense love cannot be separated from his unwavering faithfulness.

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 And because God's unwavering faithfulness is a perfect extension, an outward expression of his immense love.

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 So let's look at these two truths together and be blown away by how awesome our God is.

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 The first thing I want us to see is that God's love is immense and unchanging.

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 So contrary to popular belief that love is a fuzzy feeling, it's an emotion, that's just not true.

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 Love isn't determined by the size of gift you get on Valentine's Day.

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 The number of friends you have on social media.

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 Or by the amount of validation and compliments you get in any given day.

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 None of those things are bad.

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 But they are nothing compared to real love.

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 Love is only properly understood in terms of God.

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 Because God is love.

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 So here's how the Bible defines love in 1 Corinthians 13.

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 Love is patient.

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 Love is kind.

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 Love does not envy.

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 It does not boast.

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 It is not proud.

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 It does not dishonor others.

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 It is not self-seeking.

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 It is not easily angered.

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 It keeps no record of wrongs.

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 Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.

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 It always protects.

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 Always trusts.

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 Always hopes.

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 Always perseveres.

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 Love never fails.

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 Love never fails.

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 Love never fails.

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 There is no way.

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 Any of us here tonight could live up to that standard of love.

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 just take that last part love never fails

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 we won't have to think hard

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 or long for us to remember times where we have failed loved ones

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 our attempts to love fail

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 all the time

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 but the love of God never fails

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 we could never

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 really love someone in this way as 1 Corinthians 13 says because

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 it's impossible that's the whole point because when we read this

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 list we shouldn't think of our own love but it should point us to the love of

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 God

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 1 Corinthians 13 is God's own description of love

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 he is the only one who can properly define what love is because

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 as was read at the beginning of this service John 1 John 4 8

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 tells us that God is himself love

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 but looking at those descriptions

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 of what love is

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 it is easy to see how the father fulfills them

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 isn't it

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 see the whole of creation is a product of the perfect love of God

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 God's love

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 is seen in him creating and sustaining the world

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 God's love is seen in the fact that he

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 has continued since sin entered the world

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 to call a sinful creation

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 back into a right relationship with him

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 not because he needs us

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 because he wants us

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 love means wanting the best for the other person

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 God's love this world so much that he went out of his way

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 to express that love

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 to see God's love we could open any part of the Bible and see it clearly

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 but I'm just going to focus in on the nation of Israel to help us grasp just how deep God's love is for his people

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 so the nation of Israel were a people who constantly rebelled against God

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 from the very beginning God made them his people and yet every single turn they rebelled against him

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 how did God respond

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 out of deep love

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 for them he sent prophets to them over and over again to call them back into a relationship with him

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 God put them first

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 think back to Egypt

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 the nation of Israel in the beginning of Exodus

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 crying out to God in their slavery and misery

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 working under the cracking whip of oppressors

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 abused and mistreated

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 they cry out to God

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 and how does he respond

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 not as a distant God who doesn't care

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 or who is far removed from their suffering

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 Exodus 3 verse 7

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 God reveals himself to Moses and says

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 I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt

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 I have heard them crying out

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 because of their slave drivers

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 and I am concerned about their suffering

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 listen to that language

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 I have seen

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 I have heard

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 and I am concerned

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 does that sound like the words of an apathetic distant God

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 no

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 it sounds like a God who is invested in his people

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 who wants their best

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 a God who loves them

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 and so God intervenes in a mighty act

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 and delivered them out of Egypt

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 out of slavery and into freedom

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 and yet they still doubt

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 they still question his love

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 they were miraculously delivered by God out of Egypt

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 and still on the border to the promised land

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 they doubt and rebel against God again

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 and so God gives them over to the consequences of their sin

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 and they wander in the wilderness

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 and still

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 out of his immense and unchanging love

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 God provides for this rebellious people in the wilderness

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 I remember they've been

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 walking in the desert

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 the middle of nowhere

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 Sabino and I spent a night in the desert

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 in the Middle East a few years ago

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 and there is

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 nothing

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 no water

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 no food

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 just barren wasteland

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 for miles

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 and miles

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 and yet out of

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 his great love

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 God provides

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 some kind of bread

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 for his people to eat

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 called manna

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 and he was with them

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 that whole time

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 but look at their response

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 in Numbers 11

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 verse 4

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 again the Israelites started wailing

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 and said

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 if only we had meat to eat

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 we remember the fish we ate in Egypt

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 at no cost

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 also the cucumbers

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 melons

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 leeks

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 onions

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 and garlic

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 but now

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 we have lost our appetite

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 we never see anything

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 but this manna

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 they think that it was better

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 under slave masters

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 than being

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 with a God who loves them

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 and what brought about

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 this kind of thinking

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 well

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 basically it was a desire

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 for fish and chips

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 they remembered cucumbers

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 and salads

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 they seemed to think

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 that they were sipping

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 watermelon cocktails

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 on the bank of the river Nile

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 instead of the reality

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 of forced labour

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 that they were under

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 now I'm all for

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 leek and potato soup

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 I love copious amounts

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 of garlic and onion

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 but it isn't enough

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 for me to choose

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 a life

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 of slavery

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 and yet throughout

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 the whole Old Testament

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 God repeatedly

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 calls his rebellious people

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 back into a relationship

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 with him

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 but every time

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 they rebel

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 they reject

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 and they refuse

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 to follow him

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 if I was the recipient

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 of such behaviour

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 I would walk away

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 I'm human

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 so out of anger

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 I would refuse

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 to care for a people

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 who refuse to return

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 such immense love

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 put yourself

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 in God's shoes

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 have you ever tried

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 to love someone

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 who keeps hurting you

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 who keeps rejecting you

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 it is draining

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 it is tiring

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 and it's not something

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 we would keep up

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 for very long

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 but that is the treatment

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 that God has been getting

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 from the nation of Israel

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 from the very beginning

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 and yet God moves

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 towards them

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 and every time

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 he does that

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 they give him

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 the cold shoulder

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 if any of us

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 were in God's shoes

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 we would probably

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 have walked away

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 and abandoned them

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 years ago

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 thankfully God

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 is more gracious

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 than we are

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 because he constantly

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 goes towards

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 his people

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 even when they

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 reject him

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 he calls them

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 back to follow him

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 because he knows

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 that that is

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 what is best for them

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 that is true

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 unfaltering

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 immense

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 unchanging

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 love

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 so if we really

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 want to understand

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 love

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 we must look

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 to God

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 because he is

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 the very definition

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 of love

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 and the topic

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 of God's love

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 is much much

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 bigger than we have

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 space for tonight

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 but the main thing

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 to remember

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 is that God's love

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 is immense

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 and

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 it is personified

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 in Jesus Christ

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 John 3

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 16

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 says this

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 for God

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 so loved the world

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 that he gave

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 his one and only son

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 that whoever

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 believes in him

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 shall not perish

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 but have

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 eternal life

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 so the subject

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 of God's love

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 is this world

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 God didn't wait

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 for a world

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 to love him

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 first

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 instead

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 he sent his son

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 into the world

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 that was still

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 in sin

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 and rebellion

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 against him

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 Jesus is the

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 expression

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 and gift

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 of God's love

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 God didn't just

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 feel sorry

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 for a rebellious

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 world

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 and was incapable

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 to do anything

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 about it

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 he is all

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 powerful

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 and he sent

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 his son

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 to express

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 his immense

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 love to us

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 a wayward

00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.279
 people

00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:06.560
 and the recipients

00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:07.840
 of God's love

00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.279
 are the

00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:10.580
 whoever believes

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 see God loves

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 this world

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 but they only

00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.620
 see the fullness

00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:15.480
 of that love

00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:16.060
 when they believe

00:13:16.060 --> 00:13:16.740
 in Christ

00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:19.800
 and only then

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 are they welcomed

00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:21.840
 back into that

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 loving relationship

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 with a God

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 who wants

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 to be with

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 them

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 that was the

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 life we were

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 created to live

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 and what is the

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 result of God's

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 love

00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:34.180
 well it is that

00:13:34.180 --> 00:13:35.259
 whoever believes

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 in him shall

00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:36.539
 not perish

00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:37.700
 but have

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 eternal life

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 Jesus is the

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 ultimate expression

00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:44.000
 of God's love

00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:44.519
 to this world

00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.060
 if we want to

00:13:45.060 --> 00:13:45.759
 know how much

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.460
 God loves

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 the world

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 look at how

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.940
 Jesus spent

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 time with the

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 outsider

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 look at how

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 he cared for

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 people

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 how he mourned

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 at the effects

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 of sin

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 how he was

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 grieved at

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 the pains of

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 others and

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 ultimately how

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 he was nailed

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 to a cross

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 even though he

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 was innocent

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 so that we

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 sinful people

00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.740
 could be back

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 in a right

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 relationship with

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 God and know

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 his love in

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 all of its

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 fullness

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 and yet don't

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 you feel like

00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.740
 Israel every

00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.539
 single day

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 I know I do

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 we so easily

00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:24.659
 fall into

00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.459
 sin we're so

00:14:25.459 --> 00:14:26.159
 easily dragged

00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:26.899
 back into

00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.759
 that life

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 and we

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 romanticize

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 the things

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 that used

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 to bring us

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 pleasure

00:14:32.079 --> 00:14:33.279
 and we forget

00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:33.879
 the torment

00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.559
 that they brought

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 us and how

00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:35.879
 they ensnared

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 us in our

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 sin

00:14:37.219 --> 00:14:40.259
 and in those

00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:40.879
 moments the

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.639
 devil creeps

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.500
 into our minds

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.519
 and says that

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 we're beyond

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 God's love

00:14:44.959 --> 00:14:47.639
 because Satan

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.299
 knows how to

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:49.019
 trip us up

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 but he is

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 the father

00:14:51.199 --> 00:14:52.340
 of lies

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:55.240
 whatever Satan

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:56.019
 is telling you

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.439
 this evening

00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:57.299
 do not trust

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 it

00:14:57.579 --> 00:14:59.860
 he will only

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.600
 sow darkness

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.480
 and deception

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.079
 but God

00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:02.879
 brings light

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.980
 and truth

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:06.019
 the Bible

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.500
 makes it

00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.059
 abundantly

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:07.539
 clear that

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 God loves

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 his people

00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.059
 and that

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 includes

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 you

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 regardless

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 of what

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 you've done

00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.460
 regardless

00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:16.879
 of what

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.439
 you're struggling

00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:17.960
 with this

00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.240
 evening

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.440
 you are not

00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.860
 alone

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:21.220
 but God

00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.600
 is with

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 you

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 and he

00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.300
 loves you

00:15:23.300 --> 00:15:26.320
 the promise

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.900
 of God's

00:15:26.900 --> 00:15:27.600
 immense and

00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:28.120
 unchanging

00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.639
 love

00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.620
 is that it

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.440
 never goes

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:30.800
 away

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 but because

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 we're so

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 influenced by

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 the culture

00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.360
 around us

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:35.820
 we think

00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.259
 that God's

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.580
 love is

00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:36.940
 like a

00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:37.580
 light switch

00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:38.200
 that is

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:38.720
 turned off

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.060
 the minute

00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:39.580
 we sin

00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.160
 that is

00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:40.820
 not true

00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:42.320
 God never

00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.180
 leaves his

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 people

00:15:43.560 --> 00:15:44.340
 God's love

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.680
 for his

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 people is

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 not determined

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 by their

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 actions

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.779
 by their

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 wins

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.579
 or their

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 failures

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:50.019
 or by

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:50.219
 their

00:15:50.219 --> 00:15:50.579
 religious

00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:51.299
 acts

00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:54.579
 friends if

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:54.899
 you're here

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.539
 tonight and

00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.459
 you are a

00:15:56.459 --> 00:15:57.039
 Christian you

00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.459
 need to

00:15:57.459 --> 00:15:58.479
 know that

00:15:58.479 --> 00:15:58.959
 God loves

00:15:58.959 --> 00:15:59.479
 you so

00:15:59.479 --> 00:16:01.459
 much that

00:16:01.459 --> 00:16:02.019
 Jesus went

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.599
 to the cross

00:16:02.599 --> 00:16:03.219
 for you

00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:04.719
 that doesn't

00:16:04.719 --> 00:16:05.120
 mean you have

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.939
 a license to

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:08.039
 sin but it

00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:08.399
 should bring

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:08.819
 about a

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.439
 change in

00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:10.079
 our life

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:12.039
 because as

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.399
 we are

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.299
 confronted with

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.059
 this immense

00:16:14.059 --> 00:16:14.979
 and unchanging

00:16:14.979 --> 00:16:15.879
 love of God

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.340
 the only

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:17.500
 right response

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.100
 is to love

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.779
 him back

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:20.000
 to worship

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.639
 him to be

00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.320
 in awe of

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 him and to

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.580
 want to

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.240
 follow him

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.980
 with all

00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:24.299
 of our

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 lives

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.899
 see the

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.419
 topic of

00:16:28.419 --> 00:16:28.960
 God's love

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.519
 shouldn't only

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:29.980
 fill our

00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.580
 minds but it

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.159
 should change

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.000
 our hearts

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.419
 it should

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.200
 challenge our

00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.840
 thinking it

00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.500
 should impact

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.820
 our lives

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:39.940
 the immense

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.879
 and unchanging

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.580
 love of God

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:44.039
 should blow our

00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.620
 minds because

00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.539
 as Romans 5

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.120
 8 says

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.120
 God demonstrates

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.840
 his love

00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.940
 his own love

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.539
 for us in

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:50.860
 this while we

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.340
 were still

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.379
 sinners Christ

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.779
 died for us

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:56.580
 so God didn't

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.139
 wait till you

00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:57.779
 were perfect

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:59.940
 God didn't say

00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:00.560
 get your life

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.480
 sorted and then

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.220
 come to me

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:04.259
 God made the

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.980
 first move

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:07.000
 God promised

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.440
 from the very

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.200
 beginning of the

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.859
 Bible that he

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.440
 would make it

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.400
 possible for a

00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.240
 rebellious people

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.579
 like us to be

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.279
 made right with

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.579
 him and that

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.139
 truth should

00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:15.740
 humble us

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.779
 every single

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:19.079
 day because

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.980
 the living God

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.439
 the one who

00:17:20.439 --> 00:17:21.240
 flung the stars

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.639
 into space the

00:17:22.639 --> 00:17:23.519
 almighty and

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.220
 all powerful

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:27.339
 one saw fit to

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.119
 take sinners like

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.960
 ours and call us

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.500
 family

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:34.599
 the topic of

00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.240
 God's love is

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.179
 much much bigger

00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:37.559
 than we have

00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:38.439
 space for tonight

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.740
 but the main

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.600
 thing to remember

00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:41.200
 is that God's

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.080
 love is immense

00:17:42.080 --> 00:17:43.940
 and that it is

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:45.660
 personified in

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:48.180
 Christ and I

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.840
 know it's cheesy

00:17:48.840 --> 00:17:50.360
 but I'm sure we've

00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.140
 all sat in kids

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.799
 talks when the

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.400
 kids are asked

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.240
 how much does

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.320
 God love his

00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:54.799
 people they

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.500
 stretch out their

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.320
 arms as far as

00:17:56.320 --> 00:17:56.840
 they can and

00:17:56.840 --> 00:17:57.400
 they say this

00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.820
 much it's cheesy

00:18:00.820 --> 00:18:01.620
 but it's true

00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:04.940
 God's love is

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.799
 cross-shaped

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.139
 Jesus hanging

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:08.919
 on a tree

00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:09.799
 pierced and

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.259
 broken

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.839
 beaten and

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.259
 mocked

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.940
 bruised and

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.259
 bleeding

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.440
 every drop of

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:14.799
 blood

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.599
 falling to the

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.000
 ground

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.859
 is a physical

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:20.480
 demonstration of

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.259
 God's love for

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:21.519
 you

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.259
 every moment of

00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.079
 pain as he hung

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.740
 on that cross

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.859
 is a testimony to

00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:28.000
 the fact that you

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.799
 are loved with a

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.960
 never lasting love

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.019
 that will never

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.559
 fail

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.859
 that will never

00:18:32.859 --> 00:18:33.859
 run out

00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:37.899
 Jesus is love

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.679
 personified

00:18:38.679 --> 00:18:41.439
 showing us the

00:18:41.439 --> 00:18:42.519
 immense love of

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.599
 God by dying in

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.740
 our place and

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.459
 that should lead us

00:18:45.459 --> 00:18:46.279
 to worship God

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:47.059
 all the more

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:51.199
 the second thing I

00:18:51.199 --> 00:18:51.879
 want us to think

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.539
 about this evening

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.119
 is God's

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:54.019
 unwavering

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:56.259
 never ending

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.559
 faithfulness

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:59.619
 now the word

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:01.000
 the NIV often

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.779
 translates as

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.699
 faithfulness is the

00:19:02.699 --> 00:19:03.379
 Hebrew word

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.980
 hesed

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:06.220
 it can also be

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.100
 translated as

00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:08.200
 steadfast love

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.080
 or the ESV

00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:11.080
 often translated as

00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:12.160
 God's loving

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.940
 kindness

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:15.160
 and the key idea

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.360
 that it communicates

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.540
 is that God is

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 loyal within

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 the bounds of a

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 relationship

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 it means that God

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 is faithful

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 that he is true

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 that he is committed

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 that he is invested

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 in and loving

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 towards his

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 people

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 faithful

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 it means that he

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 is totally

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 trustworthy

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 and perfectly

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 faithful

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 and is bound up

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 with his character

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 because being

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 completely trustworthy

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 and faithful

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 means that God

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 cannot lie

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 there is no

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 falsehood in him

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 how much of a

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 contrast is God's

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 faithfulness

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 with our

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 flakiness

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.359
 forgiveness

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 how many times

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 have you promised

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 to do something

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 or you've been

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 the recipient of

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 a promise

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 and you've based

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 your plans on

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 it

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 maybe you've been

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 looking forward to

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 it rearranged your

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 week because of it

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 and yet you are left

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 with the sting of

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 disappointment

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 you're left deflated

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 as the person isn't

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 faithful to their

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 promise and it

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 hurts

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 that will never

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 happen with God

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 whatever he promises

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 to do in the Bible

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 he will do it

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 it may not be in the

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 way we think

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 it may not be in the

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 timescale we have in

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 mind or we want

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 but he is perfectly

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 faithful and it will

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 happen

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 looking throughout the

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 Bible this truth is

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 abundantly clear

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 time and time again

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 God makes amazing

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 promises to his

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 people and he will

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 always come through

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 on them even when

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 they are rebellious

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 and not deserving of

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 that loving kindness

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 and faithfulness

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 one of the main

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 reasons one of the

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 main ways sorry we

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 see God's faithfulness

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 in action is in

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 Jesus

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 see right at the

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 beginning of the

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 world when sin

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 entered the world

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 God promised to

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 send the serpent

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 crusher

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 Genesis 3 15

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 and from that moment

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 on throughout the

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 whole book of

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 Genesis and the

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 whole Old

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 Testament people

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 were looking for

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 signs of this

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 Messiah because they

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 know that God is

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 faithful

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 so Isaiah 25

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 verse 1 says this

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 oh Lord you are my

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 God I will exalt you

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 and praise your name

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 for in perfect

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.680
 faithfulness you have

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 done wonderful

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 things things planned

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 long ago

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:45.420
 God's faithfulness to

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 the nation of Israel

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 was one of the reasons

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.399
 they praised him

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 because they knew

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 that even if they

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 were not true to the

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.859
 promises they had

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.659
 made with God

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 he would be

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 and that faithfulness

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 meant that God

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 would not abandon

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 his people

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:02.059
 no matter how many

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 times they rebelled

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 against him

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 Deuteronomy 4 31

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 says this

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 for the Lord your God

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 is a merciful God

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 he will not abandon

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 or destroy you

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 or forget the covenant

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 with your ancestors

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 which he confirms to

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 them by oath

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 now if you look

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 through Israel's

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 history God had

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.319
 every right to

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 destroy them

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:26.500
 for their lack of

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 faith

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 for their rebellion

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 for their constant

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 questioning of him

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 and yet because of

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 his unwavering

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.519
 never ending

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.680
 faithfulness to his

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 covenant promises

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:39.259
 he didn't

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 no matter how

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 much Israel

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.519
 pushed God

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.059
 away and

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 rejected him

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 he always

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.660
 called them

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.299
 back because

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 he loved them

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 and he had

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.339
 made promises

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.779
 to be with them

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 and to be their

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 God

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:55.619
 ultimately we see

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 God's faithfulness

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.799
 personified

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:59.119
 in Jesus

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 it is through

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.079
 Jesus and his

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.079
 death on the cross

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 that God

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.460
 is being faithful

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.299
 to his promise

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.160
 to forgive

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.059
 wickedness

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:10.259
 rebellion

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.279
 sin

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:14.879
 that gives us

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.359
 confidence

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.119
 because when we

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.960
 turn to God's

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.740
 word and we hear

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 what God the

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:19.599
 Father says

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:21.159
 when we hear

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:22.179
 what God the

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.980
 Son says

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.379
 Jesus

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 when we hear

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.919
 what the authors

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:26.639
 of the books

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.279
 of the Bible

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.960
 say as they are

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.779
 inspired through

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.460
 God the Holy

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.839
 Spirit

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.720
 we know

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 that it is all

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.700
 based on the

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.379
 faithfulness of

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.940
 God that does

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.579
 not waver

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.700
 and that does

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.379
 not falter

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:39.400
 we could spend

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 weeks looking

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 at different

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.300
 examples throughout

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:43.000
 the Bible that

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.640
 point us to

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.480
 God's faithfulness

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.060
 but the main

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.900
 thing to remember

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.400
 is that God's

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.720
 faithfulness is a

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.160
 guarantee

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:51.740
 it is unwavering

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.540
 it is perfect

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.300
 and it is

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:54.020
 personified

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:55.560
 in Jesus

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:57.800
 see God

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.300
 isn't only

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:58.880
 faithful to

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.660
 Israel time

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.020
 and time

00:24:00.020 --> 00:24:00.380
 again

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:02.880
 so often

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.600
 we reject

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.000
 God

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:06.460
 we rebel

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.240
 against him

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.540
 we sin

00:24:08.540 --> 00:24:09.540
 we live

00:24:09.540 --> 00:24:10.220
 contrary to

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.740
 God's word

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.380
 we do things

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.980
 wrong and we

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.620
 mess up

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.580
 and it is

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.680
 God's faithfulness

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:16.020
 that calls us

00:24:16.020 --> 00:24:16.660
 back to him

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:19.900
 this topic

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.380
 of God's

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.840
 faithfulness

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.400
 shouldn't only

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.140
 fill our minds

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.560
 but it should

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.260
 change our

00:24:23.260 --> 00:24:23.840
 hearts

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:26.140
 challenge our

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.820
 thinking and

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.700
 impact our

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.300
 lives

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:30.899
 God being

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.639
 faithful means

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.079
 that we can

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.680
 trust his

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.119
 promises

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.659
 we can

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.980
 trust that

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.519
 he is

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.440
 God

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.059
 we can

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.519
 trust that

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.220
 what he has

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.940
 revealed in

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.720
 the Bible is

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.960
 absolutely true

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.680
 and trustworthy

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.740
 and we can

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.180
 base our

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.700
 lives on

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:44.879
 it

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:48.019
 it also

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.460
 means that

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.899
 you can have

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.659
 confidence

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:51.220
 that whatever

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.200
 life throws

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.779
 your way

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.319
 sufferings

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.119
 and trials

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.940
 hardships

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.919
 and struggles

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.859
 you can know

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.959
 that God is

00:24:58.959 --> 00:24:59.579
 with you

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.619
 through it

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:02.319
 even if it

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.839
 doesn't feel

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.299
 like it

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.779
 but he

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.819
 is there

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.319
 he will

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.740
 never

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.399
 leave

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:07.419
 and he

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:07.979
 will never

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.819
 abandon

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.139
 you

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:09.619
 that is

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:09.779
 his

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.259
 promise

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:12.240
 God's

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.779
 faithfulness

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.179
 means that

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.839
 our salvation

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.559
 through Jesus

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.539
 is complete

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:17.579
 it means that

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.859
 for the

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.279
 Christian

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.259
 the eternal

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.079
 future in the

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.599
 presence of

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.359
 Jesus is a

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.839
 guarantee

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.899
 that we should

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:25.459
 eagerly anticipate

00:25:25.459 --> 00:25:26.339
 and look forward

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.699
 to

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:29.259
 and the

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.740
 flip side

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.220
 of that

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.699
 is that

00:25:31.699 --> 00:25:32.000
 God's

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.539
 faithfulness

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.939
 means that

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.279
 he will

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.500
 also judge

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.959
 those who

00:25:34.959 --> 00:25:35.319
 do not

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.939
 repent and

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.240
 put their

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.799
 trust in

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.259
 Jesus

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:39.779
 God is

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.359
 faithful to

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.919
 his promises

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.559
 both to

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.139
 save

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:43.799
 and to

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.240
 judge

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.699
 that should

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.319
 impact

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:50.299
 what we

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.819
 do with

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.299
 God the

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.019
 knowledge of

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.439
 who God

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:52.819
 is

00:25:52.819 --> 00:26:04.059
 God's

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.899
 unwavering

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.700
 never ending

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.539
 faithfulness

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.980
 is the

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.559
 perfect

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.279
 expression

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.200
 and extension

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.419
 of God's

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.919
 immense

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.679
 love

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:13.619
 no greater

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.839
 love has

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 this world

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.960
 ever known

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.299
 than the

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.720
 love of

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 God for

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.799
 his people

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 and so

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.279
 whatever

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.960
 Satan is

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.259
 telling

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 you

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 God's

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:26.279
 faithfulness

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.000
 isn't based

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.440
 on your

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.899
 feelings

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:29.259
 or on

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.980
 his lies

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 God's

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.919
 faithfulness

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.339
 is based

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.680
 on his

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 character

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 and who

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.839
 he is

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.399
 the

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.099
 faithfulness

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.579
 and love

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.079
 of God

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.220
 that you

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.740
 read about

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.019
 in the

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.460
 passages

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.899
 of the

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.240
 Bible

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:43.200
 the exact

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.700
 same way

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.079
 he thinks

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.519
 about you

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.940
 today

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:48.880
 we live

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.080
 in a

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.320
 world

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.559
 that

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.080
 focuses

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:51.080
 and

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.400
 talk

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.640
 so

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:51.960
 much

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.340
 on

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.700
 about

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.160
 love

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.400
 and yet

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.740
 a world

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:54.900
 that

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.840
 misunderstands

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.360
 love

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.100
 so much

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:59.519
 wet wet wet

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.379
 sang love

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.539
 love is

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.039
 all around

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.779
 the Bee Gees

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.559
 sang how

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.039
 deep is

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.420
 your love

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.720
 Whitney

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.220
 Houston

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.559
 sang I

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.180
 will always

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.700
 love you

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.319
 and Meatloaf

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.900
 sang I'll

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.460
 do anything

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.980
 for love

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.299
 but I

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.740
 won't do

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.039
 that

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.359
 but here

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.660
 is what

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.160
 God says

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.759
 about love

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.039
 God

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.700
 demonstrates

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.339
 his own

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.779
 love for

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.099
 us

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.579
 in this

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.379
 while we

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.879
 were still

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.379
 sinners

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.420
 Christ

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.079
 died for

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.440
 us

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:23.900
 the love

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.559
 and faithfulness

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.859
 of God

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.460
 is a vast

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.099
 topic that

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.920
 we will

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.740
 never be able

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.279
 to fully

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.779
 comprehend

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.500
 or understand

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:31.279
 but it is

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.759
 important

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.759
 I'll end

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.480
 with just a

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.119
 little story

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.859
 Carl Barth

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.460
 one of the

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.700
 20th century's

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.660
 most well

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.279
 known and

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.880
 respected

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.799
 theologians

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.299
 was asked

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.000
 by a student

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.880
 during a

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.859
 Q&A session

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:45.059
 what the

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.779
 most important

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.680
 doctrine was

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.039
 and the

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.819
 greatest thing

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.359
 he'd learned

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.599
 after so many

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.140
 years of

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.200
 studying the

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.539
 Bible

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.079
 that was his

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.319
 job

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.640
 it's what he

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.059
 did full

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.440
 time

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:55.640
 and after a

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.519
 short pause

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:58.079
 he looked at

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.519
 the student

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.059
 and said

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:00.779
 Jesus loves

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.039
 me

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.819
 this I

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.079
 know

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.179
 because the

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:04.000
 Bible tells

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.480
 me so

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.879
 friends God's

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.259
 love and

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.960
 faithfulness are

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.659
 fundamental

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.940
 to our

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.559
 understanding

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.599
 of who God

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.819
 is and they

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.319
 are great

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.619
 causes for

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.339
 us to praise

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.839
 him with all

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.559
 of our lives

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.440
 let's pray

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.879
 together

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:23.039
 heavenly father

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.539
 we thank you

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.159
 so much

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:25.559
 for your

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:25.960
 love

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.399
 for the

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.920
 love that

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.399
 is immense

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.420
 for the

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.899
 love that

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:32.659
 is unwavering

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:35.099
 for a love

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:37.059
 that meant

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.440
 you sent

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.960
 your son

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.579
 into this

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:38.940
 world

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.960
 to die

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.460
 for sinners

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.079
 like us

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.259
 so that we

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.899
 could go from

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:44.059
 darkness to

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.519
 light

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.619
 from death

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.619
 to life

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:48.919
 and for

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.099
 your

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.899
 faithfulness

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:53.039
 that we

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.479
 can know

00:28:53.479 --> 00:28:53.819
 you will

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.359
 never leave

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.719
 us

00:28:54.719 --> 00:28:57.679
 heavenly

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.159
 father we

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.799
 ask you

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.019
 to forgive

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.519
 us for the

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.119
 times that we

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.619
 think about

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.099
 these things

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.679
 so glibly

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:05.319
 would you

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.739
 help our

00:29:05.739 --> 00:29:06.439
 minds be

00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.159
 transformed

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.939
 would you

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.519
 help our

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.339
 hearts to

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.119
 be softened

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.519
 and would you

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.159
 help our

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:14.219
 hands to get

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:14.879
 to the work

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.200
 you have

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.740
 called us

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.140
 to do

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:18.200
 in Jesus

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.020
 name we

00:29:19.020 --> 00:29:19.280
 pray

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:20.640
 amen