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 Good morning.

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 If you will turn with me to 1 John chapter 4.

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!

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 I'll be reading from 1 John 4, 7 through 12.

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 I know this is not a typical Advent passage,

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 but I know this is not a typical Advent passage,

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 but I'm sure you'll see that it does apply.

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 I'm going to be focusing on verse 9 and 10,

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 but I'd like to read it in its context

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 because it really all goes together.

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 So 1 John 4, beginning with verse 7.

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 Beloved, let us love one another,

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 for love is from God.

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 And whoever loves has been born of God

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 and knows God.

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 Anyone who does not love

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 does not know God

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 because God is love.

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

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 that God sent his only son into the world

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 so that we might live through him.

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 In this is love.

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 Not that we have loved God,

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 but that he loved us

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 and sent his son

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 to be the propitiation

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 for our sins.

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 Beloved,

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 if God so loved us,

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 we ought also to love one another.

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 No one has ever seen God.

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 If we will love one another,

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 God abides in us

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 and his love

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 is perfected

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 in us.

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 Father, thank you

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 for your word

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 that it is meat

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 to our souls,

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 that it is life,

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 that it is light.

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 And we pray today

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 that you,

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 by your spirit,

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 would take this word,

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 write it on our hearts,

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 and make us people

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 that truly glorify you

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 in love for one another.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 While like hope

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 and peace

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 and joy,

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 love

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 is at the very heart

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 of the Advent season

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 and the gospel.

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 This passage in 1 John

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 makes an important connection

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 between our love

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 for one another

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 and God's Advent love

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 for us

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 as observed

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 in the gift

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 of life

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 and the sending

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 of his son,

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 Jesus,

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 into the world.

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 Now, I know

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 the words gift

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 and Advent

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 are not mentioned

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 in this text,

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 but as I hope

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 you will see,

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 the gift of Advent

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 is exactly

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 what is being described here.

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 The connection

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 between Advent love

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 and God's gift

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 has a special significance

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 for us

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 with regard

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 to our traditions

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 at Christmastime.

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 Although the idea

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 of giving gifts

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 during the winter holidays

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 predates

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 the Christian celebration

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 of the birth of Christ,

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 giving fits in well

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 with the narrative.

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 On the one hand,

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 some very appropriate gifts

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 were given

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 to the newborn Messiah

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 and his family.

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 We are told that

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 Magi from the East

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 came to worship

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 the newborn king

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 and they presented him

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 with gifts of gold

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 and myrrh

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 and frankincense.

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 But even more importantly,

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 we understand

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 that that newborn baby,

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 that innocent child,

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 was and is

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 the most important gift

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 that has ever been given

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 in the history

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 of the world.

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 Now,

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 gift giving

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 is at

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 its peak level

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 during the season.

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 How many of you

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 are expecting gifts

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 in a few days?

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 How many of you

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 are giving gifts

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 in a few days?

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 I didn't see

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 very many hats.

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 What?

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 Yeah.

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 I know.

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 I guess the excitement

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 comes from the younger ones.

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 It's been calculated

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 that Americans

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 will spend

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 over a trillion dollars

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 in seasonal purchases

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 this year.

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 only slightly less

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 than last year

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 because of COVID.

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 And the majority

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 of that giving,

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 an average of about

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 $500 per person,

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 will be for gifts.

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 Giving gifts

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 is big business.

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 Giving is big business.

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 Organizations

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 and companies

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 want to know

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 how to glean

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 more of your generosity.

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 And as a result,

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 hundreds of studies

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 in the last 20 years

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 on the psychology

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 of giving

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 have been conducted.

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 And those studies

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 have focused on things

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 like biological connections

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 to giving,

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 the results of giving,

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 interpersonal,

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 intrapersonal factors,

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 and social and cultural

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 drivers to giving.

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 I won't bore you

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 with all the details,

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 but here's some highlights.

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 There's evidence

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 that links giving

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 to better overall health,

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 to the delay

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 of severe health problems

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 and mortality

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 in older volunteers,

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 to a greater sense

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 of well-being,

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 to better relationships,

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 and even to better chances

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 of finding a mate.

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 I hope that isn't the only thing

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 some of you

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 will take away

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 from this sermon.

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 Some studies have found

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 that giving,

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 even more than receiving,

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 produces similar

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 neural impulses

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 that bring pleasure

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 in the same way

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 that food and drugs

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 and, well,

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 you can imagine.

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 Researchers have surmised

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 that in spite of

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 a human propensity

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 for self-interest,

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 giving appears

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 to be hardwired

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 into the human brain.

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 Now, much of our giving

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 simply shows

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 affection or gratitude,

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 but not all of it

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 is altruistic.

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 We often give

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 to gain

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 or keep someone's affection.

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 Sometimes our giving

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 is motivated

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 by a sense of guilt

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 or obligation.

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 Other types of giving

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 like bribery

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 and grooming

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 are simply evil.

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 But the kind of giving

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 that flows

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 from Advent love

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 transcends

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 all human giving.

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 Its source

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 is God Himself.

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 It's the heritage

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 of those

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 who belong to Him.

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 In 1 John 4,

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 7 through 12,

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 it's the apostle's intent

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 to encourage

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 increased love

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 among believers.

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 And when he writes,

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 Beloved,

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 love one another

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 in verse 7,

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 we might assume

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 that we know

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 what he's talking about

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 because we know

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 so much about love already.

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 Right?

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 But it's possible

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 that we really don't.

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 In fact,

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 it appears that the reason

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 God inspired

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 these verses

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 is to help clarify

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 for us

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 what Christian love

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 in the church

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 is supposed to look like.

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 Verses 9 and 10

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 reveal the heart

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 of Advent love.

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 It's from the Father's

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 act of giving

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 that we understand love.

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 simply,

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 these verses

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 teach us

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 that the gift

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 of Advent love

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 reveals the reason

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 why

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 and the measure

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 how

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 we should love

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 one another.

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 What I believe

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 we'll see this morning

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 is that there's

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 a vital connection

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 between love

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 and giving

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 and that the Christian

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 life

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 of sacrificial giving

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 for the benefit

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 of others

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 is the intent

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 of Advent love.

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 Now,

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 the first part

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 of John's description

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 of love

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 in verse 9

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 focuses on the reason

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 the Father sent the Son.

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 In short,

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 we should love one another

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 because Advent love

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 has given us

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 a new life

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 that is characterized

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 by love.

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 Look at verse 9 again.

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 In this,

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 the love of God

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 was made manifest

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 among us

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 that God

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 sent His

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 only Son

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 into the world

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 so that we might

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 live

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 through Him.

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 Verse 9

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 is a

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 first part

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 of a two-part

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 argument

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 that supports

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 the exhortation

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 to love

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 in the previous

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 two verses.

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 That exhortation

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 by John

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 is simply

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 that the Christians

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 should love each other

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 because

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 we are intimately

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 related to God

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 who is the source

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 of love

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 and love itself.

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 That amazing

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 statement

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 at the end

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 of verse 8,

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 God is love,

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 is one of those

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 one of the most

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 profound

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 statements

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 in Scripture.

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 A modern

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 theologian

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 might seek

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 to explain it

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 by defining

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 the word,

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 looking at

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 its etymology

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 and so on,

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 or by providing

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 some kind

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 of philosophical

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 defense

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 supporting the

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 statement.

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 That's not

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 what the apostle

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 does here.

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 He simply

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 assumes that

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 it's true

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 and proceeds

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 to show

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 how this

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 wonderful love

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 has been

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 manifested

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 among us.

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 God is love

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 and what follows

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 is how

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 God has

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 shown us

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 this love

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 and that

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 is Advent.

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 He begins

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 with Advent.

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 God

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 sending his

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 son

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 into the

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 world.

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 Now,

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 the way

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 the apostle

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 refers to

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 the manifestation

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 of this love

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 is significant.

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 Literally,

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 he writes

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 that his only

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 son,

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 that his only

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 son sent

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 God

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 into the

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 world.

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 That's how

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 it reads in

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 the Greek.

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 It begins

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 with his

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 only son.

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 Now,

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 by using this

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 word order

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 for emphasis,

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 he draws

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 our attention

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 to the

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 uniqueness

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 of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 The person

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 that God

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 sent into

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 the world

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 was none

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 other than

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 the unique

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 son of

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 God,

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 the only

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 begotten

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 son of

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 God.

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 According to

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 John's

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 gospel,

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 this person,

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 our Lord

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 Jesus,

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 has been the

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 object of

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 the Father's

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 love,

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 sharing his

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 glory from

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 eternity.

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 see that

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 in his

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 high priestly

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 prayer in

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 John 17.

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 This beloved

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 son,

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 John tells

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 us,

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 a Father

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 sent into

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 the world,

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 into our

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 world,

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 a world

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 for the

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 most part

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 has rejected

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 God's rule

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 and his

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 will,

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 a world

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 that is

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 hostile

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 and harsh,

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 a world

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 that out

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 of envy

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 would inflict

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 on him

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 the worst

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 kind of

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 death.

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 and even

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 his entrance

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 into the

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 world was

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 far from

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 worthy of

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 his status

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 and desert.

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 He was

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 born in

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 a cave

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 where

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 animals were

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 kept.

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 He had a

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 feeding trough

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 for his

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 bed.

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 He had to

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 flee from

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 a murderous

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 king and

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 he lived

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 in exile

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 and obscurity

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 for many

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 years.

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 others.

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 But John

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 tells us

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 that his

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 being sent

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 to us

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 was God's

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 manifestation

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 of love

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 for us.

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 The last

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 part of

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 verse 9

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 continues by

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 stating the

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 specific reason

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 why the

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 Father sent

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 the Son

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 into the

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 world.

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 He sent

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 his Son

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 entirely

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 for your

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 benefit.

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 He writes

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 God sent

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 his only

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 Son into

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 the world

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 so that

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 we might

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 live

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 through

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 him.

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 Notice

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 that word

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 there

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 might

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 that

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 verb

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 might

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 live.

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 God

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 sent

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 his

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 Son

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 to give

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 you

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 the

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 gift

00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:40.780
 of

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 life.

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 Now

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 perhaps you

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 notice how

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 similar this

00:13:44.660 --> 00:13:45.560
 verse is to

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 John 3

00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:47.899
 16

00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:49.199
 more

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 famous

00:13:50.319 --> 00:13:50.939
 verse

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 for God

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 so loved

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 the world

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 that he

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 gave his

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 only Son

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 that whoever

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 believes in

00:13:56.939 --> 00:13:57.379
 him should

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 not perish

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 but have

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 eternal

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 life.

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 both of

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 these verses

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 are from

00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:04.500
 the same

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:04.980
 writer

00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:05.980
 approximately

00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.600
 the same

00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.179
 time

00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:08.259
 and they

00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:08.639
 both

00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.200
 communicate

00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:10.960
 the same

00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:11.600
 truth.

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 The

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.580
 Father's

00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:14.159
 love

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.100
 is somehow

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:16.139
 revealed in

00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:16.740
 the sending

00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.440
 of his

00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:17.799
 Son

00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:20.080
 so that

00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:20.399
 you

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.379
 might

00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:22.039
 live.

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 life.

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 In the

00:14:24.839 --> 00:14:25.179
 gospel

00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:25.659
 John

00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.099
 adds

00:14:26.099 --> 00:14:26.299
 the

00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:26.599
 word

00:14:26.599 --> 00:14:27.099
 eternal

00:14:27.099 --> 00:14:27.439
 to

00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:27.899
 describe

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.399
 life.

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 Now

00:14:30.939 --> 00:14:31.360
 when we

00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:31.939
 think of

00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.799
 eternal

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 we typically

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 think of

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 length of

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 time.

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 It's

00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:36.860
 normal

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.099
 it's

00:14:37.099 --> 00:14:37.480
 natural

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 and it's

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 part of

00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:38.860
 it.

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 After

00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:40.159
 the

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.019
 disobedience

00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:42.519
 of man

00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:42.779
 in the

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.019
 garden

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:43.579
 of Eden

00:14:43.579 --> 00:14:44.480
 the tree

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:44.959
 of life

00:14:44.959 --> 00:14:45.699
 was guarded

00:14:45.699 --> 00:14:47.199
 specifically

00:14:47.199 --> 00:14:47.879
 so that

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.259
 humanity

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:48.799
 would not

00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.199
 eat of

00:14:49.199 --> 00:14:49.360
 it

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:49.779
 and

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.740
 live

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.179
 forever.

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 Genesis

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 3.

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 And at

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 the other

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.519
 end of

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.059
 the scriptures

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.959
 in the

00:14:58.959 --> 00:14:59.159
 new

00:14:59.159 --> 00:14:59.839
 Jerusalem

00:14:59.839 --> 00:15:00.899
 the tree

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.259
 of life

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.179
 reemerges

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:03.179
 providing

00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:03.859
 healing

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 fruit

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 all year

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.379
 round

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.539
 enabling

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 God's

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 servants

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.859
 to

00:15:08.859 --> 00:15:09.939
 reign

00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:11.139
 forever.

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.899
 Revelation

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.639
 22

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.379
 1-5

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.959
 The word

00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:17.679
 eternal is

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.339
 helpful here

00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:18.899
 to describe

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.319
 life but

00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:19.839
 it still

00:15:19.839 --> 00:15:20.319
 can be

00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:21.000
 misunderstood

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.200
 if all

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.799
 we mean

00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:23.240
 by it

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.620
 is length

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 of time.

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 It's

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 also a

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 specific

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 kind

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.480
 of life.

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 Jesus

00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.639
 himself

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.419
 defines

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.639
 eternal

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.360
 life this

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.940
 way in

00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:37.500
 his last

00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:37.879
 prayer.

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 He says

00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.759
 and this

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.519
 is eternal

00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:41.120
 life

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:42.659
 that they

00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.379
 may know

00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.019
 you the

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.620
 only true

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.139
 God

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.360
 and Jesus

00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:46.919
 Christ

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.340
 whom you

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.039
 have sent.

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.419
 God

00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:50.679
 I think

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:50.919
 there's a

00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:51.259
 connection

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.799
 here between

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.500
 knowing God

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:52.719
 and what

00:15:52.719 --> 00:15:53.079
 we've read

00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.639
 in 1 John

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.039
 4.

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 John

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 further

00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:56.959
 refers to

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 this life

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 in chapter

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 3 of

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 his

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 epistle

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 where he

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 speaks of

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 it as

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 having

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 already

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 begun

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 and as

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 having

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 effect

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 on the

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 way we

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 live

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 right now.

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 he writes

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 in 1 John

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 3

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 14

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 we know

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 that we

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 have

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 passed

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 from

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 death

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 into

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 life

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 because

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 we

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 love

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 the

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 brothers

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 or

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 something

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 about the

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 gift of

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 life

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 that's

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 connected

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 to

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 love

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 life

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 for the

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 Christian

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 is much

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 more than

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 mere

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 existence

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 existence

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 John

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 refers

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 to

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 mere

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 existence

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 here

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 in

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 1 John

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 3

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 14

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 and he

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 calls

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 it

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 death

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 it

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 doesn't

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 matter

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 how

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 good

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 your

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 life

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 is

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 here

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 on

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 earth

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 if

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 it

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 isn't

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 the

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 gift

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 of

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 eternal

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 life

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 that

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 the

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 father

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 sent

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 the

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 son

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 to

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 give

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 it's

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 not

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 life

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 at

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 all

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 eternal

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 life

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 is a

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 different

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 kind

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 of

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 life

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 it's

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 a

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 life

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 born

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 from

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 the

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 divine

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 nature

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 it's

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 your

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 heritage

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 as a

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 child

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 of

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 God

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 it's

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 who

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 you

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 are

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 the

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 evidence

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 that

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 one

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 has

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 eternal

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 life

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 is

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 that

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 he

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 or

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 she

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 loves

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 the

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 children

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 of

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 God

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 life

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 then

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 is

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 the

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 gift

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 of

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 advent

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 love

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 love

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 and

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 advent

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 love

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 is

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 our

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 measure

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 of

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 why

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 we

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 should

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 love

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 one

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 another

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 so

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 to

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 summarize

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 the

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 first

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 point

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 verse

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 nine

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 we

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 should

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 love

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 one

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 another

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 because

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 advent

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 love

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.079
 has

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 given

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 us

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 a

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 new

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 life

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 that

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 is

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 characterized

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 by

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 love

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 but

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 advent

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 love

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 is

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 not

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 only

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 seen

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 in

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 the

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 birth

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 of

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 Christ

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 the

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 incarnation

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 involves

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 his

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 whole

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 life

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 he

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 is

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 Emmanuel

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 he

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 wasn't

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 just

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 born

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 to

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 us

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 he

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 lived

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 for

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 us

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 and

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 he

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 died

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 for

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 us

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 the

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 next

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 verse

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 verse

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 10

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 teaches

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 us

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 that

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 we

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 should

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 love

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 one

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 another

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 because

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 advent

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 love

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 has

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 demonstrated

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 what

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 God's

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 love

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 really

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 is

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 and

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 how

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 we

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 benefited

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 from

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 it

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 measure

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.279
 of

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 love

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 let's

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 look

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 at

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 verse

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 10

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 again

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 and

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:39.960
 this

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 is

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 love

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 not

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:43.879
 that

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.059
 we

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.200
 have

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.419
 loved

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 God

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 but

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.399
 that

00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:46.579
 he

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:46.939
 loved

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 us

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 and

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:48.819
 sent

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 his

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 son

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.720
 to

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 be

00:18:50.159 --> 00:18:50.799
 the

00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.859
 propitiation

00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:53.000
 for

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 our

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 sins

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 so

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:55.880
 verse

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.259
 10

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 continues

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.500
 John's

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.839
 argument

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 by

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 elaborating

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 on the

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 demonstration

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:00.880
 of

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.240
 God's

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.559
 love

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:01.960
 toward

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.480
 us

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.220
 while

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.380
 in

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.620
 verse

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.019
 9

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.279
 he

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.980
 highlights

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.240
 the

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.759
 purpose

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:06.980
 of

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.200
 God

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.519
 sending

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:07.720
 his

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:07.859
 son

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.019
 into

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.160
 the

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.380
 world

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:08.559
 and

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.400
 verse

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.940
 10

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.700
 he

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.339
 reveals

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:15.480
 the

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.180
 method

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.500
 his

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.120
 plan

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:20.640
 was

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:20.799
 to

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.380
 accomplish

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:25.520
 in

00:19:25.520 --> 00:19:26.140
 this

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.420
 is

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:28.320
 love

00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:29.540
 that's

00:19:29.540 --> 00:19:29.620
 how

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:29.780
 he

00:19:29.780 --> 00:19:30.380
 begins

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:31.360
 the

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.680
 sense

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:31.820
 of

00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.000
 that

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.440
 simple

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.080
 phrase

00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:33.420
 is

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:33.600
 that

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:33.840
 John

00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:33.980
 is

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.160
 now

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.380
 going

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:34.520
 to

00:19:34.520 --> 00:19:34.740
 show

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:34.940
 us

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.360
 love

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.020
 in

00:19:36.020 --> 00:19:36.200
 its

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.680
 highest

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.160
 form

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.260
 in

00:19:38.260 --> 00:19:38.700
 this

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:40.000
 is

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.540
 love

00:19:40.540 --> 00:19:41.360
 this

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:42.720
 is

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.580
 what

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.140
 love

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:45.120
 is

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:47.199
 the

00:19:47.199 --> 00:19:47.719
 definition

00:19:47.719 --> 00:19:48.459
 begins

00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:48.879
 in

00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:48.979
 the

00:19:48.979 --> 00:19:49.179
 form

00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.319
 of

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.859
 contrast

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:51.179
 not

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:52.279
 that

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.479
 we

00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:52.799
 love

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.379
 God

00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:55.619
 if

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:55.719
 you

00:19:55.719 --> 00:19:55.859
 want

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:55.959
 to

00:19:55.959 --> 00:19:56.319
 understand

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.519
 what

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:56.799
 love

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.139
 is

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.939
 don't

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 look

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.219
 to

00:19:58.219 --> 00:19:58.759
 yourself

00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:02.879
 don't

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.059
 do

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.399
 that

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 don't

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 look

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.919
 to

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 the

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 entertainment

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 world

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 around

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 you

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 don't

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 look

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 to

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 Whitney

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 Houston

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 don't

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 look

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.460
 to

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 your

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 feelings

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.740
 towards

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 one

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 another

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 but

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.659
 most

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 of

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 all

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 don't

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.680
 look

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 to

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 your

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 love

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.500
 for

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 God

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 because

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 your

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 love

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 does

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 not

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 demonstrate

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.720
 what

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 we're

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 talking

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 about

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 here

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 whether

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 it's

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 love

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 for

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 God

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 universally

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 all

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 of

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 mankind

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 or

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 individually

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 and even

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 the most

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 zealous

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 religious

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 sacrifice

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 and devotion

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 that has

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 been

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 seen

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 human

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 love

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 is not

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 the measure

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 of love

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 it's

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 always

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 inadequate

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 and

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 therefore

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 misleading

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 the verse

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 continues

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 but that

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 he

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 loved

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 us

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 so a

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 correct

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 definition

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.660
 of love

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 begins

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 with the

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 source

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.400
 of love

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 himself

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:07.019
 that

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.539
 contrast

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.960
 is

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 instructive

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 and think

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 of it

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 this way

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 it's

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 to

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 defiant

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 arrogant

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 powerless

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 poor

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 and needy

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 people

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.459
 who really

00:21:17.459 --> 00:21:17.839
 don't

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 love

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.539
 God

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.059
 that

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.259
 he

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.039
 demonstrated

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.480
 his

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 love

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.240
 to

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 love

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 by itself

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 is amazing

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.379
 love

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 to someone

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 who's

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 worthy

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 of love

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 is

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 one of

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 the best

00:21:33.679 --> 00:21:34.099
 feelings

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.500
 you can

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 imagine

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 but love

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 to the

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 unworthy

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:40.220
 love

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.759
 to the

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 unlovely

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:45.380
 this

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.740
 shows

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.140
 love

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 in its

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 highest

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.400
 splendor

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 the last

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 part of

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 the verse

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.660
 describes

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 that

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 splendor

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.779
 he

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.099
 loved

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 us

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 and he

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 sent

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:55.960
 his

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 son

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.339
 to be

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 the

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.380
 propitiation

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 for

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 our

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 sins

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:02.860
 it's

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 done

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:05.039
 in

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 order

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 to

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 make

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:05.700
 it

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.480
 possible

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 for

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 us

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.240
 to

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 have

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 life

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.180
 that

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:09.779
 defines

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.420
 what

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.740
 love

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.039
 really

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.519
 is

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.980
 he

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 sent

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 his

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 son

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:15.960
 to be

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 the

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 propitiation

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.120
 for

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 our

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 sins

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:20.079
 I

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 know

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.439
 in

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:20.639
 this

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 church

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.359
 you're

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 familiar

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 with

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 that

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.619
 word

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.339
 that's

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 a

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.639
 good

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 thing

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:28.279
 let's

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 look at

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 it

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 just a

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 little

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 bit

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 more

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.619
 here

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 we

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 should

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.359
 all

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 be

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:33.939
 familiar

00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:34.319
 with

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 this

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.819
 word

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.159
 because

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.460
 it's

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.819
 really

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.859
 the

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.059
 heart

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 of

00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:37.299
 the

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.659
 gospel

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:39.919
 the

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.240
 word

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.960
 translated

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.819
 propitiation

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.299
 here

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.619
 comes

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:42.839
 from

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 the

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 Greek

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.740
 word

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!

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.419
 some

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.139
 lexicons

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.140
 translated

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 generally

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.400
 as

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 the

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.020
 means

00:22:50.020 --> 00:22:50.200
 of

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.560
 forgiveness

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:52.220
 that's

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.480
 true

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.920
 but

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.080
 it's

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.240
 more

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.640
 specific

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.860
 than

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.100
 that

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.560
 in

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:55.660
 the

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 Greek

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.160
 world

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 at

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 the

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 time

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:56.860
 of

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 the

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.080
 New

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.480
 Testament

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.620
 the

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:58.860
 word

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.100
 was

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.960
 used

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.160
 to

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 signify

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 an

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.460
 offering

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.940
 a

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.320
 gift

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 that

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 was

00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.120
 given

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.820
 to

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 appease

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.680
 the

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.259
 gods

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:07.360
 one

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.540
 would

00:23:07.540 --> 00:23:08.180
 present

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.460
 a

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.680
 gift

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:08.880
 to

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.060
 gain

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.500
 favor

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.720
 to

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.259
 pacify

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.780
 anger

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:13.320
 or

00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:14.400
 to

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.680
 gain

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 some

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 kind

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.460
 of

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.640
 merit

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:20.079
 a

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.299
 better

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.900
 definition

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.160
 of

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 propitiation

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.340
 than would

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.819
 include

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.059
 the

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 putting

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.799
 away

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.180
 of

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 wrath

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.740
 the

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.079
 wrath

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.299
 of

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 God

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.819
 as

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.019
 the

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.400
 means

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.559
 of

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.039
 forgiveness

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.980
 but

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.380
 in

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.019
 amazing

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.819
 contrast

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.279
 to

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.460
 the

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.840
 pagan

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.640
 practice

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.779
 of

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.140
 seeking

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.420
 to

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.700
 gain

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:37.880
 the

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.259
 favor

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.539
 or

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.920
 appease

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.120
 the

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.539
 wrath

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:39.680
 of

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:39.840
 a

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.700
 capricious

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.420
 arbitrary

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.880
 bad

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.519
 tempered

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.220
 conceited

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.779
 deity

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:45.079
 our

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.559
 good

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.160
 holy

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.500
 and

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.839
 loving

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.180
 God

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.579
 sends

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.839
 his

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.240
 only

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.619
 son

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:48.859
 into

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.099
 the

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.519
 world

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.579
 to

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.059
 provide

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.279
 the

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.899
 necessary

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.859
 propitiation

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.740
 for the

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.160
 benefit

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.519
 of

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.000
 sinful

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.700
 rebellious

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.319
 self-centered

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.680
 men

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.160
 and

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.539
 women

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 if that

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 doesn't

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.319
 blow

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.500
 your

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.960
 mind

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.500
 wake

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.059
 up

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:07.559
 this

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.759
 was

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.139
 done

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:09.779
 not

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.000
 to

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.420
 change

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.879
 God's

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.460
 mind

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:13.880
 but

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.079
 to

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.640
 satisfy

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:14.960
 his

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.539
 justice

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.000
 as

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.400
 J.I.

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.840
 Packer

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 so

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 succinctly

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 describes

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 I want

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 to give

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 you

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 his

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.160
 quote

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 because

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 it's

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 right

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 on the

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 mark

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 he

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 says

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:23.960
 in

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 paganism

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.480
 man

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.360
 propitiates

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 his

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 gods

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:28.220
 and

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.840
 religion

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.519
 becomes

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.000
 a form

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.180
 of

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 commercialism

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 and

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.759
 indeed

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:31.960
 of

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 bribery

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.039
 in

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.579
 Christianity

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.120
 however

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.539
 God

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.340
 propitiates

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 his

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:36.960
 wrath

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 by

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 his

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.960
 own

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.620
 action

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.860
 he

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 sent

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.480
 forth

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.840
 Jesus

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.400
 Christ

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.620
 says

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.019
 Paul

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 to

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.580
 be

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.700
 a

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.400
 propitiation

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.640
 he

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:43.920
 sent

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.120
 his

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.500
 son

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.820
 says

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.300
 John

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:45.780
 to

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.060
 be

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:46.759
 the

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.640
 propitiation

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:47.960
 for

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 our

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.759
 sins

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 it

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:49.960
 was

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.240
 not

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 man

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 to

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 whom

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 God

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:51.780
 was

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 hostile

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 who

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.259
 took

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 the

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 initiative

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.180
 to

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.400
 make

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 God

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 friendly

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 nor

00:24:55.780 --> 00:24:56.080
 was

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.220
 it

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.540
 Jesus

00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:57.200
 Christ

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 the

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 eternal

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 son

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.860
 who

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 took

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 the

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 initiative

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 to

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 turn

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:00.759
 his

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 father's

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.580
 wrath

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.259
 away

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.560
 from

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 us

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.480
 in

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.000
 love

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.519
 but

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.080
 it

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.340
 was

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 God

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.640
 himself

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 who

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.120
 took

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 the

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:10.780
 initiative

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.299
 in

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.859
 quenching

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 his

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 own

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 wrath

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 against

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 those

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 who

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 despite

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 their

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 ill

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 desert

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 he

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 loved

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 and

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 had

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.539
 chosen

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.240
 to

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 save

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 beloved

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 love

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.180
 this

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.779
 love

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.579
 this

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.819
 is

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.779
 advent

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.700
 love

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:34.180
 we

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.680
 understand

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:34.899
 that

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.160
 God

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.539
 had

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.700
 to

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:35.839
 do

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:35.960
 it

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.160
 this

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.399
 way

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.599
 it

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:36.759
 was

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:36.980
 the

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.359
 only

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.839
 way

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.859
 because

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.119
 God

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.319
 is

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.700
 good

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:39.859
 he

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.039
 is

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.500
 righteous

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.279
 and

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.779
 just

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.220
 as

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.420
 well

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.619
 as

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.019
 loving

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.819
 because

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.019
 he

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.180
 is

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.480
 good

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.700
 he

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.119
 hates

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.660
 sin

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:45.960
 because

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.160
 he

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.319
 is

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.639
 good

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:46.859
 he

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.339
 must

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.160
 judge

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.700
 sin

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.180
 because

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.399
 he

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:49.559
 is

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:49.839
 good

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.019
 he

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.339
 cannot

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.839
 just

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.440
 overlook

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.680
 it

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.240
 look

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.379
 it

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.559
 and

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.920
 allow

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.139
 us

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.319
 to

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.539
 live

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.639
 in

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:53.759
 it

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.139
 forever

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.879
!

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.000
 good

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.500
 he

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.259
 is

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.019
 love

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.539
 as

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.000
 well

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.740
 and

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.019
 because

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.319
 he

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.480
 is

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.700
 good

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:00.859
 he

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.539
 acted

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.539
 mercifully

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.920
 and

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.619
 graciously

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:03.899
 and

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.460
 lovingly

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.619
 to

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:04.980
 make

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.200
 a

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.500
 way

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.740
 to

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.379
 satisfy

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.279
 his

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.680
 own

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.160
 justice

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.539
 and

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.940
 forgive

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.399
 us

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:12.319
 I like

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.500
 how

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.819
 John

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.160
 Piper

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.680
 put it

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.879
 the

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.180
 wisdom

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.399
 of

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.759
 God

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.299
 devised

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.639
 a way

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:16.819
 for

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.000
 the

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.200
 love

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.379
 of

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.700
 God

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:17.899
 to

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.279
 deliver

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.980
 sinners

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.319
 from

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.519
 the

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.799
 wrath

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:19.960
 of

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.240
 God

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.480
 while

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.759
 not

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.619
 compromising

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.319
 the

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.859
 righteousness

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.240
 of

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.660
 God

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:29.759
 now

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:29.900
 I

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.100
 know

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.320
 that

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.460
 some

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.720
 people

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:30.920
 have

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.519
 suggested

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.980
 there's

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.320
 really

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:32.560
 no

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.140
 connection

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.080
 between

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.740
 Advent

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.580
 and

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:36.720
 the

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:36.920
 death

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.080
 of

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.540
 Christ

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:40.580
 and

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:40.779
 every

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.060
 year

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:41.320
 they

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.680
 get a

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:41.800
 little

00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:41.980
 bit

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.420
 louder

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.680
 and

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:42.779
 they

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:42.920
 want

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.060
 to

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.320
 push

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.660
 those

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.060
 apart

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:45.779
 so

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.320
 called

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.279
 progressive

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.740
 Christians

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.000
 say

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.300
 that the

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:48.740
 incarnation

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.400
 is not

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:49.720
 about

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.100
 death

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.300
 it's

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:50.600
 about

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.220
 life

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.519
 it's

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.700
 not

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.079
 about

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.819
 death

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.000
 it's

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.259
 about

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.100
 liberation

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.500
 and

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.240
 justice

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.279
 not

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.360
 propitiation

00:26:58.360 --> 00:27:00.539
 I've

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.940
 come to

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.319
 expect

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.660
 such

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.220
 teaching

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.500
 from

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.079
 those

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.319
 from

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.600
 more

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.120
 liberal

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:05.360
 mainline

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:06.259
 denominations

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.559
 who have

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.980
 forsaken

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.160
 the

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.480
 authority

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.680
 of

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.120
 scripture

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:09.240
 but

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.519
 what

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.279
 has

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.700
 surprised

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.220
 me

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.480
 a little

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.740
 bit

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:11.940
 is

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.160
 the

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.539
 similar

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.140
 perspective

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.480
 coming

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.720
 from

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.039
 self

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.779
 proclaimed

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.360
 devout

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.720
 Bible

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.200
 believing

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.960
 Christians

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:19.059
 not

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.319
 far

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.980
 from

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.299
 here

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:22.740
 a

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.099
 neighborhood

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.899
 homeowners

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.779
 association

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.299
 gave

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.659
 notice

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:26.839
 to

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:26.980
 a

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.180
 home

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.460
 owner

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.680
 to

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.019
 remove

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.200
 the

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.519
 cross

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.680
 from

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:28.839
 their

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.159
 Christmas

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:29.759
 decorations

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.099
 under

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.579
 the threat

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.720
 of

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:30.819
 a

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.019
 hundred

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.279
 dollar

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.460
 a

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.599
 day

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.039
 fine

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:34.659
 when

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:34.799
 the

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.039
 home

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.379
 owner

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.899
 questioned

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:35.919
!

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.079
 the

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.619
 violation

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.399
 the

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.759
 board

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 members

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 many

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 claiming

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.259
 to be

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 Christian

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 board

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.759
 members

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.039
 of the

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.480
 HOE

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.940
 asked

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.139
 for

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 scripture

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 to

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 connect

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.359
 the

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.619
 cross

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.779
 to

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 Christmas

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 they

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 wrote

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 this is

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.539
 what the

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.779
 board

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.000
 wrote

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.160
 the

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.460
 board

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.059
 believes

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.220
 that

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.359
 the

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.619
 Bible

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:51.839
 is

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.059
 very

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.619
 clear

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:52.920
 on

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 the

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.759
 distinction

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.240
 between

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 these

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 two

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 major

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 events

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 in

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 Christ's

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 life

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.299
 on

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 earth

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.500
 the

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.839
 cross

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.000
 is

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.460
 appropriate

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 for

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.200
 display

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 during

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 the

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 Easter

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 season

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 but

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 not

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.359
 as

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.480
 a

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.980
 decoration

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.359
 during

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.519
 the

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.819
 Christmas

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.359
 season

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 well I

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 haven't

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.859
 been able

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.279
 to find

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.559
 where the

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.740
 Bible

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:08.980
 says

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.299
 anything

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.579
 about

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.160
 decorations

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.579
 but

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:13.380
 they

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 are

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 dead

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 wrong

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 about

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 the

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 connection

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:18.059
 it's

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 right here

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.640
 in

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 first

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.220
 John

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:21.779
 church

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 if you

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 want to

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.019
 truly

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.920
 understand

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.480
 Advent

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.759
 you

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.140
 have

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.319
 to

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.579
 see

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.700
 it

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:25.819
 in

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 its

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 full

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.380
 expression

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:31.059
 God's

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.799
 love

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 for you

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 God sent

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.759
 his only

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.380
 son into

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 the world

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.220
 so that

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.779
 you might

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.440
 live

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.799
 through

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.299
 him

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.220
 this

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.379
 is

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.240
 this

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 is

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.579
 where

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.759
 we

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.159
 see

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.639
 Advent

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.119
 love

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.200
 God

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.519
 sent

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.700
 his

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.940
 only

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.399
 son

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.879
 to

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 be

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.180
 the

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.039
 propitiation

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.399
 for

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.700
 your

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.240
 sins

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.019
 this

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.139
 is

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.299
 what

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.220
 defines

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.079
 Advent

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.480
 love

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.240
 you

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.680
 cannot

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.119
 do

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.259
 it

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.759
 yourself

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.359
 life

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.819
 and

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.259
 forgiveness

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.859
 is

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.299
 yours

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.919
 because

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.940
 God

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.379
 loves

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.700
 you

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.640
 we're

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.799
 going to

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.200
 be singing

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.720
 about it

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.080
 in just

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.539
 a moment

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:04.299
 so come

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.980
 though you

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.460
 have

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.100
 nothing

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:07.200
 come

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.080
 he

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:09.019
 is the

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.720
 offering

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.720
 come

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.740
 see what

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.519
 your God

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.920
 has done

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:19.200
 verse 11

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.640
 brings us

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:19.960
 back to

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 the

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.400
 beginning

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 beloved

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:23.019
 if God

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.720
 so

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.080
 that word

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 means

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.200
 in this

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.560
 way

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:27.800
 if God

00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:28.800
 so

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.740
 loved

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 us

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:32.500
 we also

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.019
 ought to

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.400
 love one

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 another

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 that's who

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 we are

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:40.940
 I mentioned

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.640
 earlier that

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.140
 the gift

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.940
 of Advent

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.380
 love

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.460
 reveals the

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.520
 reason why

00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:45.900
 and the

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.840
 measure how

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 we should

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.760
 love one

00:29:48.760 --> 00:29:49.080
 another

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.880
 first we

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.260
 ought to

00:29:50.260 --> 00:29:50.640
 love one

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.920
 another

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.400
 because we

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.380
 possess a

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.120
 life that

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.300
 is

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.780
 that is

00:29:54.780 --> 00:29:55.140
 love

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.700
 bought

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.780
 and that

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:56.960
 is

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.480
 characterized

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.420
 by love

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.560
 and second

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.000
 we should

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.380
 love one

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.660
 another

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.060
 because

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:01.540
 Advent

00:30:01.540 --> 00:30:02.000
 love

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.240
 has

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.900
 demonstrated

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.380
 to us

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.580
 what

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.020
 God's

00:30:04.020 --> 00:30:04.280
 love

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:04.680
 really

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.380
 is

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.920
 and we

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.480
 benefited

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.240
 from that

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.140
 our

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.640
 love for

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:09.840
 one

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.160
 another

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.640
 ought

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.180
 to

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.780
 reflect

00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:12.460
 the

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.940
 love

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.759
 that we

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.320
 have

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.860
 received

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:16.200
 now

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.700
 there's

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:16.880
 two

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.380
 practical

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.940
 factors

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.299
 that can

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.440
 be

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.100
 gleaned

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.340
 here

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:21.200
 from

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.600
 God's

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:21.779
 love

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.299
 for us

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.720
 one

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.880
 is

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.140
 self

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.840
 sacrifice

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:28.299
 and the

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.680
 other

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.140
 is

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.740
 action

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.140
 done

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.519
 for the

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.860
 benefit

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.160
 of

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.600
 others

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:35.900
 especially

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.500
 those who

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.660
 are

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.400
 unworthy

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.500
 love

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.519
 love

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:41.720
 one

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:41.940
 of the

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.400
 difficulties

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.640
 in

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:42.920
 preparing

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.100
 a

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.360
 message

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.660
 like

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:43.880
 this

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.000
 is

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.120
 that

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.200
 you

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.440
 become

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.700
 very

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.019
 aware

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.340
 how

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.980
 little

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.280
 you

00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:47.500
 really

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.900
 love

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:51.240
 but

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.580
 that's

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.180
 the

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.580
 reason

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.040
 for this

00:30:53.040 --> 00:30:53.800
 exhortation

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.960
 it's

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.139
 like

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.399
 God

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:56.799
 saying

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.019
 to

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.159
 a

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.539
 butterfly

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.559
 fly

00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:00.379
 that's

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.519
 what

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.799
 he's

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.519
 made

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.779
 to

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.220
 do

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.460
 don't

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.799
 stay

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.159
 there

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.440
 hook

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.639
 to

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:04.799
 the

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.440
 cocoon

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.799
 get

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.099
 up

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.619
 flap

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:06.899
 those

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.200
 wings

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.419
 and

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:07.720
 go

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.440
 he's

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.759
 saying

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.079
 to

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.599
 Christians

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.200
 born

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.619
 again

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.059
 with a

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.279
 new

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.839
 life

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.099
 that

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.599
 loves

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.619
 love

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:14.819
 one

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.200
 another

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:20.779
 we

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.059
 all

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.299
 need

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.420
 to

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.600
 take

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:21.740
 a

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:21.900
 good

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.120
 look

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.259
 at

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.700
 ourselves

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.299
 and

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.600
 truly

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.080
 live

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.299
 the

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.660
 life

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:25.840
 we

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:25.980
 were

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.299
 given

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:28.539
 in

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.799
 light

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:28.920
 of

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.100
 this

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.400
 season

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.660
 I

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.519
 I

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.680
 think

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.840
 we

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.059
 can

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.980
 see

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.259
 this

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.360
 in

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.480
 the

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.680
 form

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:32.840
 of

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.059
 gift

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.440
 giving

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:35.059
 I'm

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.220
 not

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.519
 talking

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.799
 about

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.779
 cool

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.220
 items

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.600
 wrapped

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:37.819
 in

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.200
 colorful

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.840
 paper

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.039
 and

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.160
 a

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.319
 big

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.600
 red

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:39.960
 ribbon

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.000
 I'm

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.259
 talking

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.600
 about

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.059
 a

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.620
 lifestyle

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:42.900
 of

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.120
 giving

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.319
 that

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.860
 reflects

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.120
 what

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.480
 we've

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.120
 received

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:49.239
 like

00:31:49.239 --> 00:31:50.239
 extending

00:31:50.239 --> 00:31:50.779
 forgiveness

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.119
 someone

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.359
 who's

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.659
 offended

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:52.979
 you

00:31:52.979 --> 00:31:54.439
 like

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:55.019
 reaching

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.419
 out

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.879
 to

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.279
 someone

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.059
 that

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.159
 you

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.419
 haven't

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:57.799
 seen

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.039
 or

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:59.219
 heard

00:31:59.219 --> 00:31:59.479
 from

00:31:59.479 --> 00:31:59.739
 in a

00:31:59.739 --> 00:32:00.039
 while

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.719
 reestablishing

00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:02.279
 a

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.979
 relationship

00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:08.599
 breaking

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.500
 an

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.519
 estrangement

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:13.339
 giving

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.899
 the benefit

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.279
 of the

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.599
 doubt

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.879
 to

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.439
 someone

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:17.179
 spending

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.939
 time

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.879
 with

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.399
 someone

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.299
 meeting

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.939
 urgent

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.679
 needs

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:23.419
 being

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.219
 hospitable

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:26.319
 praying

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.740
 for

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.199
 others

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:28.439
 visiting

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:28.759
 the

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.219
 sick

00:32:29.219 --> 00:32:30.519
 safely

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:34.259
 connecting

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.240
 with the

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.099
 persecuted

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.879
 church

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.939
 giving

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.480
 practical

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.099
 care

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.439
 disciple

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.820
 and so

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.100
 on

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:43.900
 free

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.200
 freely

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.320
 costly

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:47.460
 regularly

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:50.820
 as

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.059
 Amy

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.640
 Carmichael

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.160
 once said

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.500
 you can

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.920
 always

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.160
 give

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.460
 without

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.900
 loving

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:55.100
 but you

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.500
 can never

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.840
 love

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.160
 without

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.600
 giving

00:32:56.600 --> 00:33:00.059
 according

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.380
 to the

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.740
 bible

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.120
 this is

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.460
 who you

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.799
 are

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:06.039
 and may

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.379
 this

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.919
 guide

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.339
 your

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.819
 consideration

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.399
 of your

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.839
 future

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.279
 and your

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.700
 decision

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.139
 making

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.079
 and service

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:12.319
 and mission

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.819
 occupation

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:16.859
 one final

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.279
 thought

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.639
 before i

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.159
 close

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:22.399
 almost every

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.720
 year at

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.359
 this time

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:25.079
 since i've

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.480
 become a

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.139
 christian i've

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.220
 seen or

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.799
 heard the

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:29.159
 saying put

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:30.079
 christ back

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.099
 into christmas

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.879
 have you

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:31.879


00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:33.719
 heard

00:33:33.719 --> 00:33:34.159
 or seen

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.399
 that

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.919
 just about

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.579
 every year

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.579
 and that's

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.079
 it's a good

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.879
 reminder because

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.879
 it's so easy

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.500
 to get caught

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.919
 up isn't

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.119
 it

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.659
 to forget

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.980
 or to

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.679
 have him

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.199
 there but

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:46.000
 to still

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.119
 be focused

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:48.240
 on the

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.019
 commercialism

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.879
 around us

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:51.919
 i just saw

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.259
 a bumper

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.619
 sticker

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.719
 while i was

00:33:53.719 --> 00:33:54.359
 at costco

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.519
 that said

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.419
 put christ

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:56.859
 back in

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.319
 christmas

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.199
 it's a

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:58.519
 natural

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.159
 response

00:33:59.159 --> 00:34:00.459
 for christians

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.319
 but i would

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.079
 suggest something

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.180
 further than

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.279
 putting christ

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.740
 back in

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.440
 christmas

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.420
 i suggest we

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.860
 put the

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.519
 father back

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.079
 in christmas

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.960
 because you

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.720
 think of it

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.220
 why do so

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.740
 many people

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:13.220
 feel okay

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.659
 with the

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.280
 christmas story

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.139
 because it's

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.559
 an innocent

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.940
 child that's

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.920
 that's born

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.780
 there there's

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.039
 no action

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.119
 involved in

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.780
 the child we

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.599
 we already

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.480
 know that christ

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.260
 loves us in

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.599
 fact in the

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.340
 previous chapter

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:27.019
 of first john

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.340
 he does say

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.139
 very specifically

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.780
 in similar

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.440
 words in

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.220
 this is love

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.820
 that christ

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.360
 laid down

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.960
 his life

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.280
 for us

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.659
 so therefore

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.260
 we ought to

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.599
 love one

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.880
 another

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.760
 he's already

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.480
 covered that

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.880
 but but when

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.800
 we're considering

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.579
 the christmas

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.340
 story when

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.000
 we're considering

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:44.340
 advent the

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.559
 point isn't

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:47.679
 christ doing

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.400
 anything or

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.200
 loving us the

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:50.179
 point is

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.480
 father sent

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.000
 the son

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:55.300
 and so

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.740
 really

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:57.400
 we're going

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.179
 to put christ

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.619
 back into

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.220
 christmas we

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.819
 have to put

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.219
 the father

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:00.699
 back into

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.459
 christmas and

00:35:01.459 --> 00:35:01.859
 while we're

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.239
 at it we

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.599
 might as

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.139
 well put the

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.679
 holy spirit

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.139
 back into

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.739
 christmas as

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.039
 well

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.659
 huh

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:10.199
 i mean didn't

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.519
 he bring it

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.159
 to pass

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:15.839
 isn't wasn't

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:17.179
 he promised by

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.319
 christ to be

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.059
 with us

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:21.879
 right here with

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.819
 us right now

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:25.420
 and doesn't

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.480
 paul tell us

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.140
 that the love

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:28.100
 of god is

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:29.180
 shed abroad in

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.039
 our hearts by

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.700
 the spirit of

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.039
 god

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.960
 romans chapter

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.420
 five

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:37.740
 so let me

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.640
 conclude with

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:39.180
 a prayer

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:41.200
 and this prayer

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:42.340
 is from an

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.640
 italian itinerant

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.519
 preacher about

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.700
 13th century

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:47.379
 whose name

00:35:47.379 --> 00:35:48.199
 was francis

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:53.859
 and i i like

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.219
 this prayer

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.879
 because i think

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:55.719
 it really

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.739
 characterized what

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.299
 we're talking

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:58.519
 about a life

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:00.019
 of giving

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.119
 that's who

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.719
 we are

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:03.299
 and he's

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.819
 praying that

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.139
 it would

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:05.879
 be true of

00:36:05.879 --> 00:36:06.159
 him

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.799
 and i just

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.460
 say let's

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.299
 let's make it

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.899
 our prayer

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.519
 as well

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:13.199
 says lord

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.759
 make me an

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.539
 instrument of

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.139
 your peace

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:18.399
 where there is

00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:18.819
 hatred

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:20.719
 let me so

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.259
 love

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:22.839
 where there is

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.299
 injury

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:24.899
 pardon

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:26.559
 where there is

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.980
 doubt

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:28.599
 faith

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:30.179
 where there is

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.879
 despair

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:32.419
 hope

00:36:32.419 --> 00:36:33.980
 where there is

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.579
 darkness

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.939
 light

00:36:35.939 --> 00:36:37.339
 where there is

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:37.879
 sadness

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:39.399
 joy

00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:41.899
 oh divine

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:42.519
 master

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.179
 grant

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.519
 that i might

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.440
 not so much

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.199
 seek to be

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.059
 consoled

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.519
 as to

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.059
 console

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.779
 to be

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.319
 understood

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:53.279
 as to

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:54.039
 understand

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.500
 to be

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.039
 loved

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:58.219
 as to

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.699
 love

00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:00.599
 for it is

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.119
 in giving

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.639
 that we

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.299
 receive

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:04.719
 it is in

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.500
 pardoning

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.159
 that we

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.279
 are pardoned

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:08.599
 and it is

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.279
 in dying

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.419
 that we

00:37:10.419 --> 00:37:11.059
 are born

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:13.440
 to eternal

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.119
 life

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.559
 ending

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.559


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