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 And it claimed that the man initially accused his wife of infidelity,

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 but then when the paternity test revealed that this was truly his children,

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 his wife then confessed that she had had a complete plastic makeover worth about $100,000,

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 which was the result of, which is what resulted supposedly in these children.

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 And the story was circulated along with this picture of two, I mean, really beautiful couple,

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 and then three admittedly not so pretty children.

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 It was circulated, but it turns out the story was an urban legend,

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 and the picture was not of a real family.

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 Rather, the two parents were actually models, which is why they were so good-looking,

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 and the children were Photoshopped to look suspiciously ugly.

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 And it was actually originally an advertisement of a Taiwanese plastic surgery center,

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 complete with the tagline,

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 the only thing you'll ever have to worry about is having to explain it to the kids.

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 So this appalling story, it's funny now that we know that it's fictional,

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 but it teaches us not only an important lesson about checking your sources,

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 whether you're a news agency that covered it or people who are reading it,

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 but even more, it illustrates the principle of paternity.

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 This story was plausible to us because we know instinctively,

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 we know from experience that children are supposed to resemble their parents.

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 They're supposed to look like their parents.

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 They're supposed to act like their parents.

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 And in this passage, we find the Jewish leaders and Jesus debating about the true paternity of the Son,

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 and saying, who is truly the Son of God?

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 And the question is of the utmost importance,

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 because it is only the true Son of God who can reveal God the Father to us.

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 And Jesus demonstrates convincingly in this passage

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 that He is the true Son of God who liberates those enslaved to sin and death.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 And He proves this with four things.

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 At first, He bears the Father's witness.

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 Second, He speaks the Father's words.

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 Three, Jesus does the Father's works.

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 And finally, He shares the Father's oneness.

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 So in these four proofs, Jesus demonstrates that He's the true Son of God

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 who liberates those enslaved to sin and death.

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 The Father's witness, Father's words, Father's works, and the Father's oneness.

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 And the first proof is that Jesus bears the Father's witness.

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 And Jesus makes this incredible claim in verse 12,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

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 And we know from chapter 7 that this setting is during the Feast of the Tabernacle,

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 or the Feast of Boots.

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 And during the celebration of the Jews,

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 they had an elaborate ceremony involving water and light.

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 And the light part, they lit four huge lamps in the temple courts,

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 and people danced and sang through the night while holding torches in their hands.

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 And the witnesses, ancient witnesses of this festival wrote that you could see the light

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 emanating from the temple precinct to all of Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles.

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 And this would go on for days.

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 And moreover, Zechariah 14, 5-7, prophesied,

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 and this passage was actually a part of the liturgy,

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 the passage that they read during this feast.

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 And it prophesied that there will be on the last day no more day or night

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 because the light of God will shine.

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 And so in light of this loaded context, Jesus says,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 So it's an audacious claim to say the least.

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 And so the Pharisees confront him in verse 13.

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 You are bearing witness about yourself.

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 Your testimony is not true.

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 And they're referring to what Jesus himself said earlier in chapter 5,

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 where he said,

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 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.

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 There is another who bears witness about me,

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 and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.

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 So they're kind of quoting Jesus' words back to him,

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 saying, You're bearing witness about yourself, so this can't be true.

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 And what they're saying, in essence, is,

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 I mean, you could make up whatever you want about yourself, right?

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 You could invent stories.

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 I mean, so it's not really verifiable if you say it for yourself,

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 but if someone else corroborates it, then there's some weight.

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 It could hold water.

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 That's what they're saying.

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 And that's why we need, when we apply for jobs or colleges,

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 references to go along with resumes that we submit.

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 And so there is something futile about praising oneself,

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 bearing witness to oneself.

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 So the Pharisees jump on that, and they say to Jesus,

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 you're bearing witness about yourself, and so it's not true.

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 And Jesus answers them in verses 14 to 15.

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 Follow along with me.

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 Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true,

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 for I know where I came from and where I'm going.

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 But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

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 You judge according to the flesh.

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 I judge no one.

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 So Jesus is not playing by their rules here.

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 So he says, in effect,

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 So what?

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 What if I am bearing witness about myself?

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 The fact that you cannot verify what I said doesn't mean that it's not true,

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 because in fact it is true, Jesus says.

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 And he says,

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 the reason he gives for this is,

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 So this is not unlike, you know, in court when a witness is being cross-examined,

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 and the lawyer questions the witness saying,

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 well, how do you know that happened?

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 What do you know about this?

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 How can you say that?

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 And the witness simply responds,

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 well, I was there.

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 I mean, I was there.

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 I saw it with my eyes.

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 And Jesus is, in fact, saying,

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 I was there.

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 I was with the Father in heaven,

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 and now I'm going back to him soon,

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 to the glory and dominion I had before I came.

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 But you, on the other hand,

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 haven't a clue about the heavenly realities of which I speak.

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 So therefore, I can bear witness about myself, says Jesus.

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 And he continues,

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 You judge according to the flesh.

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 I judge no one.

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 Judging according to the flesh means that they were,

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 had the limitations incumbent on all human beings.

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 Their knowledge is finite.

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 Their character is flawed.

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 Therefore, their judgment also is fallible.

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 But Jesus says he doesn't judge like that.

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 He judges accurately.

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 And it's not saying here that he doesn't judge at all,

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 because he does judge.

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 But he's saying that he's not judging in an ultimate,

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 final sense at this time.

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 Because as he said in chapter 3, 17,

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 God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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 Jesus will come again to judge the world,

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 but this time around,

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 he has yet come to save the world.

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 And so he says,

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 You judge according to the flesh.

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 I judge no one.

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 But Jesus doesn't stop there.

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 He tells them that even by their own standards,

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 Jesus is not bearing witness to himself alone.

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 He does have someone that's corroborating his witness.

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 He says in verse 16,

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 Yet even if I do judge,

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 my judgment is true,

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 for it is not I alone who judge,

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 but I am the Father who sent me.

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 And he continues,

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 In your law it is written

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 that the testimony of two people is true.

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 I am the one who bears witness about myself,

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 and the Father who sent me

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 bears witness about me.

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 Now, the Father bore witness to Jesus at his baptism

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 when he spoke and said,

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 This is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased.

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 The Father also continually bears witness to his son

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 with his presence.

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 It says in verse 29,

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 And he who sent me is with me.

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 He has not left me alone.

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 The Father is with the Son at all times.

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 But the Jews who are arguing with Jesus

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 is not satisfied with that answer.

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 Because they don't see the Father with their own eyes.

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 And so they ask him in verse 19,

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 Where is your Father?

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 And Jesus answers,

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 You know neither me nor my Father.

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 If you knew me,

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 you would know my Father also.

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 The reason Jesus gives

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 for why the Jewish leaders don't recognize his Father

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 is because they don't know him.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 in fact,

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 that his family resemblance

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 is so obvious,

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 so plain,

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 that he resembles the Father,

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 God his Father,

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 that the fact that these Jews

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 don't recognize him

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 is a sure evidence

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 that they do not even know the Father.

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 Which is,

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 of course,

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 very offensive to the Jews.

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 And so they say in verse 20,

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 they wanted to arrest him,

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 but they could not.

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 Because his hour had not yet come.

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 So this is the first proof.

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 Jesus bears the Father's witness.

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 And the second proof Jesus offers

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 for his true sonship

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 is that he speaks the Father's words.

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 In verse 26,

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 26,

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 When you have lifted up the Son of Man,

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 then you will know that I am he,

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 and that I do nothing on my own authority,

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 but speak,

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 just as the Father taught me.

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 We know that he is the true Son of God

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 because he speaks precisely the words

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 of his own Father.

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 And he can do this

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 because he has heard the Father.

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 He's been with the Father.

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 And he's,

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 because he's from above,

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 from the heavenly realm of God,

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 as opposed to from the earth below,

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 like these Pharisees,

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 the creation that's in rebellion against God.

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 And what is the Father's word

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 that Jesus speaks?

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 It's in verse 23 and 24.

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 You are from below.

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 I am from above.

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 You are of this world.

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 I am not of this world.

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 I told you

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 that you would die in your sins.

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 For unless you believe

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 that I am he,

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 you will die in your sins.

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 That's the word of the Father,

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 the word of salvation

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 that Jesus had been proclaiming

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 from the beginning,

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 that Jesus was sent by the Father

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 to rescue us from our sin.

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 That's why he says,

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 unless you believe

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 that I am he,

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 you will die in your sins.

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 Now, this is a really

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 interesting way to phrase that

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 because what does I am he mean?

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 There's no context.

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 He just says,

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 I am he.

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 Who is he?

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 Who is Jesus speaking of?

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 And that's,

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 he says it twice

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 in verse 24 and 25

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 and also in verse 28.

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 And the Jews apparently

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 had the exact same question

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 because they say to him,

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 who are you?

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 He said, I am he.

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 Who are you?

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 Tell us.

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 And this phrase,

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 I am he,

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 is an allusion to

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 Isaiah 43,

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 verses 10 to 13,

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 where God says to Israel,

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 his people,

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 you are my witnesses

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 and my servant

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 whom I have chosen,

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 that you may know

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 and believe me

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 and understand

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 that I am he.

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 Before me,

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 no God was formed,

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 nor shall there be

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 any after me.

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 I,

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 I am the Lord

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 and besides me,

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 there is no savior.

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 He declared

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 and saved

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 and proclaimed

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 when there was

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 no strange God

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 among you

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 and you are my witnesses,

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 declares the Lord.

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 And I am God

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 and henceforth,

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 I am he.

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 There is none

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 who can deliver

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 from my hand.

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 So,

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 it's kind of confusing

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 at first listen

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 because he goes

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 back and forth

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 with the first person pronoun

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 and third person pronoun.

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 And the reason why

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 God does that

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 is because he's declaring

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 that he is the only God.

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 No one existed,

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 no God existed before him,

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 no God exists after him.

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 He's the one

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 who always is.

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 He is.

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 And though the Israelites

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 had worshipped idols

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 in the past

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 and though they had

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 sought other gods,

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 the only God

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 that they had ever needed,

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 God declares,

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 I am he.

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 And Jesus

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 now appropriates

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 that

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 powerful claim

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 to divinity

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 for himself.

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 The savior

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 you've been waiting for.

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 The Messiah

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 you've been looking for.

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 The God

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 whom you've been calling out to.

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 I am he,

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 says Jesus.

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 And so,

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 the only way

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 we can escape

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 dying for our sins

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 is to believe in him

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 and entrust ourselves

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 to him.

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 And that's

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 what he's referring to

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 when he says,

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 when you have lifted up

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 the Son of Man.

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 The language of lifting up

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 refers to being lifted up

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 on the cross,

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 Jesus' death

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 on our behalf

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 for our sins.

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 And this is

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 the message we proclaim

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 week in and week out,

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 but this is not something

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 that we can take for granted.

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 There was a study

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 published by

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 Ligonier Ministries.

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 It was commissioned

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 by,

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 they commissioned it

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 and had

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 Lifeway Research

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 conducted it.

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 And they surveyed

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 3,000 Americans

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 to see what their

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 theological beliefs were.

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 And 45% of Americans

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 believe

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 that there are

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 many ways

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 to get to heaven.

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 And what's

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 even more alarming

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 is that 11%

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 of self-proclaimed

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 evangelicals,

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 people who

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 profess to believe

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 say that they also

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 believe that there

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 are many ways

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 to get to heaven.

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 It's 1 in 10,

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 which means

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 if that holds

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 for this group,

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 that's about four of us

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 sitting here right now

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 believe that.

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 There are many ways

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 to get to heaven.

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 But Jesus says

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 very clearly,

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 there's only one way

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 to get to heaven

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 and that is through Him.

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 Unless you believe

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 that I am He

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 who will die

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 in your sins,

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 Jesus says,

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 we will die

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 in our sins.

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 This may sound

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 exclusive

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 to some of us,

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 especially in Cambridge

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 where we like to

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 a diversity of ideas,

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 we like to learn

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 from different cultures,

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 we like to read

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 different news sources

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 and glean insights

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 from everyone.

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 But when it comes

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 to salvation,

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 when it comes

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 to belief in God,

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 there's only one

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 salvation.

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 As C.S. Lewis

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 writes about it

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 in his book

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 Mere Christianity,

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 that the question

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 of religion

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 is much like

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 arithmetic in this sense.

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 He writes,

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 there's only one

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 right answer

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 to a sum

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 and all other

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 answers are wrong.

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 So don't believe

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 someone when they say

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 what you believe

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 is true

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 but what I believe

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 is also true.

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 You can get to heaven

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 that way

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 but you could also

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 get to heaven

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 this way.

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 it's more

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 intellectually honest

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 to admit

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 that sometimes

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 the beliefs

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 that we hold

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 undermine

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 and contradict

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 other people's beliefs

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 and then we can

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 truly have

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 a meaningful conversation

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 and Jesus does

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 exactly that.

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 He is the true

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 son of God

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 who liberates people

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 who are enslaved

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 to sin and death.

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 And it says

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 in verse 30

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 when he said

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 these things

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 many believed in him

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 which is encouraging

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 because Jesus

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 has not had

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 a good track record

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 up to this point.

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 Many believe in him

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 but apparently

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 we can't quite

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 be encouraged by that

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 because it's

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 a superficial faith.

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 It seems to be

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 a faith

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 that's a simple

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 mental ascent

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 but there's no

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 real commitment

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 to Jesus

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 because if you

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 read along

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 we see that

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 these people

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 who believed in him

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 were also the same

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 people who

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 are seeking to kill him.

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 The same people

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 who are still dying

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 in their sins

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 as Jesus says.

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 So

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 when Jesus says

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 in verse 31

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 if you abide

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 in my word

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 you are truly

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 my disciples

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 and you will know

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 the truth

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 and the truth

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 will set you free

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 that foreshadows

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 what is to come.

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 It's not enough

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 to simply believe

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 in a mentalist

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 and you need to

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 abide in his word

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 and to abide

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 is to remain in it

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 to hold on to it.

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 and maybe some

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 of you guys

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 have been to

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 Mount Rushmore

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 in South Dakota.

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 I've not been there

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 myself

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 but I've read

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 about this

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 is that

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 there's apparently

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 two million

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 over two million

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 visitors every year

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 but as

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 that many people

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 go through

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 only few of them

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 understand the fact

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 that

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 the monument

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 doesn't just

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 stay that way

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 without effort.

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 There needs to be

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 rigorous maintenance

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 work each year

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 and so

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 workers have to

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 inspect the entire

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 face of the mountain

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 to remove bird nests

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 and then pull shrubs

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 growing in the crevices

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 of the rocks

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 and then they also

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 have to most importantly

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 fill the cracks

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 that form naturally

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 on the surface

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 of the mountain

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 because if they don't

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 fill that

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 with a special mixture

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 of granite dust

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 and linseed oil

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 I think that's

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 flaxseed oil

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 and white lead

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 and then it will

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 erode

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 when snow

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 and rain

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 seep in

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 and then freeze

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 it will shatter the rock

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 the image of the face

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 of the presidents

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 so we don't see

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 all the work

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 that's going in

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 we just simply enjoy

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 this monument

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 when we visit

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 and our faith

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 likewise

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 must be tended to

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 and maintained

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 we must abide

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 in God's word

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 and persevere

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 in our faith

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 because the world

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 the flesh

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 and the devil

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 have a wearing effect

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 on us

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 adversities

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 that we face

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 the disappointments

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 the gradual decay

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 of our hopes

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 and loves

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 the chronic temptations

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 that rear their ugly head

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 again and again

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 these have a wearing effect

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 on us

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 and that's one of the reasons

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 why it's so important

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.500
 to gather as the body

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 of believers

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 each week

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 to be renewed

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 in our commitment

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 to be refreshed

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 and reminded

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 of the truth

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 and the same survey

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 I quoted earlier

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 also notes

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 high level of correlation

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 between church attendance

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 and theological

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.319
 orthodoxy

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 that's why Jesus says

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 if you abide

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.480
 in my word

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.860
 you are truly

00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:13.140
 my disciples

00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:14.279
 and you will know

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.900
 the truth

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 and the truth

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:17.160
 will set you free

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 and the Jews

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 respond to Jesus

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 in verse 33

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 we are offspring

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 of Abraham

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 and have never been

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 enslaved to anyone

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 how is it that you say

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 you will become free

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 and they're taking offense

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 at the suggestion

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 that they might

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 potentially be enslaved

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 because they're proud people

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 who boasted of the fact

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 that they were descendants

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 of Abraham

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 and so their spiritual heritage

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 is really

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 something

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.740
 that no one else

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.240
 can claim

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 and so for that reason

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 they never thought

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.620
 of themselves

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 as being spiritually enslaved

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 and they're referring

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.779
 to spiritual enslavement here

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 because politically

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 I mean there was not

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.680
 a major power

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 in the ancient world

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 that they had not

00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.579
 been enslaved

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:01.039
 they've been enslaved

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 by a lot of people

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.339
 right

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 I mean Egypt

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.279
 Roman Empire

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.720
 Syria

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.180
 Babylon

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.799
 Greeks

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.339
 everyone

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.380
 and so they're talking

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.920
 about spiritual enslavement

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.680
 and Judaism taught

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 that if you study

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 the Torah

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 which is the first

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 five books

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 of the Bible

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 that it would make

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.599
 you free

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:20.000
 so it's surprising then

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.119
 that to these Jews

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.699
 who had dedicated

00:19:21.699 --> 00:19:22.299
 their lives

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.319
 to studying the Torah

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 Jesus says

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 that suggests

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:27.159
 that they are enslaved

00:19:27.159 --> 00:19:28.099
 presently

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.699
 that they need

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 to be free

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 and in doing so

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 he's of course

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.099
 saying something

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 about himself

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 that he's the one

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 that the law

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 was pointing to

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 he's the one

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 the truth

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 that can set them free

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 and so he explains

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 this further

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 in verse 34

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 truly truly

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 I say to you

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 everyone who practices

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 sin

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 is a slave

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 to sin

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 while it is true

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.480
 that they are

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 biologically offspring

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.339
 of Abraham

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 they are not spiritually

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.440
 the offspring

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.420
 of Abraham

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 so they can't put

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 their confidence

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 in their heritage

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 and likewise

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.619
 for us

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 it doesn't matter

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 whether we have

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:02.599
 believing parents

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 or whether we grew up

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:03.980
 in the church

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.980
 maybe even our parents

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.539
 are pastors

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:07.099
 that's not enough

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:07.379
 for us

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.399
 we need to believe

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 so we need to be set free

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:11.059
 from our own sin

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 and as I was preparing this

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 I was reminded of

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:16.039
 a show on the

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.859
 Discovery Channel

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:18.159
 called Moments of Impact

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 are you guys family with?

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 this is not

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 it's not like

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.960
 an ongoing show

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.279
 I think

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 it's like older

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 it's

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 and there's a video

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 that I saw

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 on it one time

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 it showed

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 a teenager

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 with his friends

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 because

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 videoing themselves

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 because they had

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 a pet lion

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 which is

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 I mean really cool

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 I mean if you're a teenager

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 so he had a pet lion

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 and of course

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.200
 they want a record of it

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 so they seem to have

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.600
 fixed the tripod

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:45.440
 and they were recording this

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 and there's three of them

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 just patting away

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.799
 at this lion

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.880
 and then

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:51.259
 all of a sudden

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.819
 the lion

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:54.120
 turns his head

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 and then bites

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.720
 the arm

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.799
 of the teenage boy

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 and then starts

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.720
 pulling him

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.360
 away

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:01.340
 and so everybody

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.200
 is now up in arms

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.059
 all the adults come

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:04.019
 they try to pull him away

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.779
 but the lion

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.720
 is stronger than all of them

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.140
 put together

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.519
 keeps pulling him away

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.200
 and so

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.700
 the tug of war

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.440
 of life

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.200
 and death

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.819
 begins

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 and this

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.879
 and it's a fully grown lion

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 too

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:19.039
 a 500 pound lion

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 and so

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.720
 everyone in that situation

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.879
 and people watching it

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.559
 are shocked

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.779
 right

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.920
 oh I can't believe

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.400
 that happened

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.359
 but really

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.359
 should we be shocked

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.799
 at all

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:29.279
 I mean this is

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.960
 a lion

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 a lion is not a pet

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.879
 right

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 and it's

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:36.220
 lions are apex predators

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.519
 right

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.519
 they hunt

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.299
 and kill

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.339
 that's their instinct

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.100
 that's what they've been

00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:40.860
 trained to do

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 and it's not

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.039
 a freedom to enjoy

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.759
 to have a lion

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.180
 as a pet

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.920
 that's rather

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.779
 terrorizing

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.400
 that's something

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.380
 that's a tyranny

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.059
 to live under

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:52.039
 and sin

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.360
 is like that as well

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:55.960
 we think

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.799
 that we can

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.360
 indulge in sin

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.480
 indulge our flesh

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.160
 we think

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.380
 that we can tame sin

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.019
 and tell it to

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.660
 sit

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.519
 and stay

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.380
 and roll over

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:07.040
 but sin

00:22:07.040 --> 00:22:08.380
 always

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.620
 eventually

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:11.120
 consumes us

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:15.920
 sin is by nature

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.760
 enslaving

00:22:16.760 --> 00:22:20.460
 and that's

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.060
 the slavery

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.780
 that we should be

00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:22.840
 most concerned

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.360
 about

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:24.520
 and

00:22:24.520 --> 00:22:27.800
 this is

00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:29.040
 especially hard

00:22:29.040 --> 00:22:29.460
 for us

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.860
 to remember

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:32.000
 because we live

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.620
 in the so-called

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.600
 land of freedom

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:35.419
 but when we remember

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.799
 we can consider

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.879
 this slavery to sin

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.740
 really we live

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.819
 in a land of slavery

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:42.679
 and Dr. Eric Foley

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.679
 who's the head

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:45.019
 of the Voice of the Martyrs

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.439
 Korea

00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:46.240
 which is

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.059
 Voice of the Martyrs

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.519
 is an organization

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.959
 that brings attention

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.619
 to Christians

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.240
 being persecuted

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.019
 throughout the world

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.839
 and tries to provide

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.619
 practical aid

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:55.019
 and he once did

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.399
 an interview

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.039
 on a radio

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.740
 and said

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.839
 this about

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:59.259
 North Korean Christians

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.319
 he asked

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.019
 he told them

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.459
 one time

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.819
 hey

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.759
 you know

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.600
 that the American

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.319
 church is praying

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.720
 for you

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.220
 praying for Christians

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.860
 in North Korea

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.720
 and then they

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.720
 responded this way

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:10.480
 you pray for us

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.000
 we pray for you

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:14.240
 that's the problem

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.600
 with

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.120
 with

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.920
 the American

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.400
 Christians

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.140
 and South Korean

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.519
 Christians

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:19.600
 you have so much

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.700
 and you put your

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.160
 faith

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.880
 in your money

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.640
 and in

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.500
 your freedom

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.640
 in North Korea

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.319
 we have neither

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.680
 money nor freedom

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.740
 but we have

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.360
 Christ

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.399
 and we've found

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.899
 he is sufficient

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:33.539
 they don't pray

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.179
 for the freedoms

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:34.919
 that we have

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:36.299
 because freedom

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.679
 in Christ

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.019
 they believe

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.719
 can't be taken

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.639
 away from them

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.539
 they don't pray

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.639
 for regime change

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.399
 they pray

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.199
 they don't pray

00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:42.619
 for freedom

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.139
 and money

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.519
 they pray

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.639
 for more of Christ

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.479
 in their lives

00:23:45.479 --> 00:23:46.119
 to experience

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.719
 this freedom

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:47.359
 that they have

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.459
 in him

00:23:48.459 --> 00:23:49.179
 and that's

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.699
 in a country

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.399
 that's on the top

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.799
 of the list

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.419
 every year

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.159
 for persecution

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.939
 of Christians

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:54.500
 being executed

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.399
 for their faith

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:56.559
 and being sent

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.259
 to internment

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.679
 camps

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.220
 Christians

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.440
 experiencing

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.420
 true freedom

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.860
 in Christ

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.539
 and that's

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.259
 the spiritual

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.700
 freedom

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.420
 that's promised

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.039
 to us

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.920
 by Christ

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:08.720
 and Jesus

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.600
 alone is able

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.279
 to provide

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.980
 that freedom

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.000
 because he alone

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.120
 is the true son

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.120
 he says in

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.980
 verses 35

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.600
 to 36

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.400
 the slave

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.420
 does not remain

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.000
 in the house

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.400
 forever

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.360
 the son

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.320
 remains forever

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:21.940
 so if the son

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.779
 sets you free

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:24.160
 you will be free

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.820
 indeed

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:26.680
 in this culture

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.220
 a slave

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.839
 was a hired

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.200
 hand

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.180
 they owed

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.799
 some kind

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.120
 of debt

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.500
 so they

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.220
 become a slave

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.079
 and until they

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.440
 pay that

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.860
 they work

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.640
 and once they

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.480
 pay that debt

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.360
 they're free

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.799
 to go

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.960
 and so they

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.039
 are not a permanent

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.079
 member of the household

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.140
 but on the other hand

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.759
 the son

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.620
 who belongs

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:41.940
 to the

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:43.319
 who's part

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.019
 of the owner's

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.559
 family

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:46.240
 is part of the

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.940
 household forever

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.620
 and so on that

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.220
 basis Jesus

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.600
 says

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.759
 it's only the son

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.740
 who can liberate

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.900
 slaves

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.720
 for good

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.339
 and notice

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.759
 the word

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.240
 remain

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.559
 he says

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.920
 the son

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.600
 remains

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:57.880
 forever

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.279
 that's the

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.019
 very same

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.440
 word that

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.960
 Jesus used

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.500
 earlier to

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.700
 say

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.240
 if you

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.839
 abide

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.240
 in my

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.620
 word

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.460
 you are

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.819
 truly

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.160
 my

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.700
 disciples

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.460
 we must

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.900
 abide

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.539
 in Christ's

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.779
 word

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.299
 because he

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.600
 alone

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:07.900
 is the

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.360
 true son

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.140
 who abides

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.620
 forever

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.539
 in God's

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.140
 house

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:13.380
 and in

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.779
 this world

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.319
 as we live

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.620
 we might

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.079
 follow

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.319
 you know

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.200
 the patterns

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.539
 of this

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.839
 world

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.180
 we might

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.579
 think

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:18.940
 that

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.759
 there's

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.840
 power

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.259
 in

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.340
 the devil's

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.840
 rule

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.460
 and authority

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.120
 exercised

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.420
 here

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.120
 in this

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.360
 world

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.779
 we might

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.340
 indulge

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.759
 our sinful

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.160
 flesh

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.660
 and follow

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.120
 that

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:29.039
 because we

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.320
 think

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.640
 that those

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.880
 things

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.519
 will remain

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.400
 with us

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:34.860
 but only

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.480
 the son

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.400
 remains

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:38.200
 only the

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.840
 son is a

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.120
 permanent

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.660
 member of

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.080
 God's

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.980
 household

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.920
 and so he

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.360
 says

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.960
 when the

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.779
 son sets

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.279
 you free

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.920
 you will

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.480
 be free

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.900
 indeed

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.799
 and Jesus

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.380
 is the

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.820
 true son

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.220
 of God

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.259
 who liberates

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.440
 those enslaved

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.039
 to sin

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.240
 and death

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:54.120
 so Jesus

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.700
 bears the

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.039
 father's

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.420
 witness

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.980
 Jesus

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.620
 speaks the

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:56.960
 father's

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.319
 words

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.880
 and now

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.200
 Jesus

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.819
 also

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.500
 does

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.000
 the

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.620
 father's

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.440
 works

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:04.279
 in stark

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.720
 contrast

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.319
 the Jews

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:07.079
 who

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.839
 in this

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.339
 passage

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:10.140
 are seeking

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.579
 to kill

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.799
 him

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.160
 verses

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.759
 39

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.660
 to 41

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.360
 Jesus

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:13.779
 says to

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:13.960
 them

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.620
 if you

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.819
 were

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.480
 Abraham's

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.799
 children

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.240
 you would

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.680
 be doing

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.380
 the works

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.940
 Abraham

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.380
 did

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.240
 but now

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.680
 you seek

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.160
 to kill

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.340
 me

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.759
 a man

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.080
 who has

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.500
 told you

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.000
 the truth

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.259
 that I

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.660
 heard from

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:22.940
 God

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.680
 this is

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.320
 not what

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.740
 Abraham

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.080
 did

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.779
 you are

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.100
 doing

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.759
 the works

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.759
 your father

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.500
 did

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:31.779
 so Jesus

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.120
 is saying

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.600
 that true

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.220
 paternity

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.420
 true heritage

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.039
 comes not

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.900
 from biological

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.460
 descent

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.120
 rather we

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.620
 must do

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.160
 the works

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.440
 of our

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.820
 father

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.660
 and Jesus

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.279
 does the

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.620
 works of

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.940
 the father

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.240
 which is

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.900
 to save

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.600
 and to

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.080
 liberate

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.740
 enslaved

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.080
 those who

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.480
 are enslaved

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.840
 to sin

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.220
 and death

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.819
 but these

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.140
 Jews

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.440
 are doing

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.819
 the works

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.240
 of their

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.740
 father

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.519
 in seeking

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.500
 to kill

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.860
 him

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:51.059
 and so

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.620
 they object

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.360
 in verse 41

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:53.039
 we were not

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.940
 born of sexual

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.559
 immorality

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.640
 we have one

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.160
 father

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.500
 even God

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:59.200
 now that kind of

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.819
 seems to come out of

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.120
 the blue

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.480
 doesn't it

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.079
 why are they

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.700
 talking about

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.539
 sexual immorality

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.400
 in this situation

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:05.319
 and the reason

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.120
 there might be

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.160
 two different

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.480
 reasons

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.140
 and the first

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.539
 is

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:10.660
 they might be

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.460
 making a snide

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.960
 remark

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.180
 being cheeky

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.460
 here

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.960
 referring to

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.380
 Jesus

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.539
 birth

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.480
 because you

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.920
 know he

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.680
 was conceived

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.279
 by virgin

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.700
 Mary

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.240
 and which

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.779
 to the

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.220
 unbelieving

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.539
 eyes

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.079
 looks very

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.600
 much like

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.059
 you know

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.779
 illegitimate

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.200
 child

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.519
 you know

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.900
 marriage

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:27.360
 infidelity

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:28.140
 and so

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.819
 they might be

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.200
 a cheeky way

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.460
 of saying

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.539
 well we

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.120
 were not

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.779
 born of

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.140
 sexual

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.700
 immorality

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.980
 we have

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.640
 one father

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.279
 even God

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.779
 and a

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.059
 second

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.779
 reference

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.200
 maybe to

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.180
 a Samaritan

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.819
 folklore

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.000
 Samaritans

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.559
 as you know

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.500
 were considered

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.939
 by Jews

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.299
 to be

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.599
 racial

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.319
 half-breeds

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.799
 and political

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.200
 rebels

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.980
 who had

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.759
 adulterated

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.159
 religion

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.779
 that's how

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.179
 the Jews

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.619
 viewed the

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.099
 Samaritans

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.599
 and the

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.039
 Samaritans

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.700
 returned the

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.179
 animosity

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.759
 and so

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.000
 they did

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.460
 not get

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.779
 along

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.179
 with each

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.439
 other

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.700
 and they

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.079
 both

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.859
 circulated

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.259
 these

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.939
 slandering

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:01.119
 stories

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.839
 about the

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.359
 biological

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.819
 origin

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.419
 of Jews

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:04.220
 and Samaritans

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.819
 and the

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.159
 one that

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.659
 Samaritans

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.039
 liked to

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.480
 throw around

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.839
 was that

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.579
 these Jews

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.799
 were not

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.480
 actually descended

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.099
 from Abraham

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.259
 but that

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.859
 they were

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.679
 descended

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.459
 Abraham

00:28:13.459 --> 00:28:14.559
 was descended

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.219
 from Seth

00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:15.959
 son of Adam

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:16.980
 but they said

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.599
 that Satan

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.619
 seduced Eve

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.759
 and gave birth

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.299
 to Cain

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.179
 and that they

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.500
 are actually

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.079
 descended from

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.500
 Cain

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.740
 the line

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.439
 evil line

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:24.859
 not the

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.339
 promised line

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.879
 so this was

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.259
 a rumor

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.879
 that the

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.279
 Samaritans

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.579
 had been

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.959
 spreading

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:28.699
 so the

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.679
 Pharisees

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.059
 might be

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.459
 thinking of

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:30.740
 that

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.179
 and thinking

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.819
 oh Jesus

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.240
 is taking

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.740
 side with

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.419
 the Samaritans

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.039
 so they're

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.379
 saying no

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.959
 we're not

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.339
 born of

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.939
 sexual immorality

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.299
 we have

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.099
 one father

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:38.579
 even God

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:40.379
 but of

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.579
 course

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.919
 they're

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.240
 missing

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.759
 the point

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:43.220
 because

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.559
 Jesus

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.000
 isn't

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.319
 speaking

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.559
 about

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.179
 biological

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.720
 heritage

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.000
 he's

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.259
 speaking

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.460
 about

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.159
 spiritual

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:48.039
 heritage

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.339
 which is

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.659
 the only

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.059
 kind

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.819
 that counts

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.399
 for him

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:51.639
 so read

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.000
 verses

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.319
 42 to

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.859
 47

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.859
 with me

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:57.019
 if God

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.539
 were your

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.959
 father

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.379
 you would

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.879
 love me

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.299
 for I

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.919
 came from

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.299
 God

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.759
 and I

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.219
 am here

00:29:01.219 --> 00:29:02.079
 I came

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.519
 not of

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.959
 my own

00:29:02.959 --> 00:29:03.359
 accord

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.039
 but he

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.659
 sent me

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.919
 why do you

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.539
 not understand

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.099
 what I say

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.719
 it is because

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.259
 you cannot

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.479
 bear to hear

00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:11.000
 my word

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.399
 you are

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:12.919
 of your

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.339
 father

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.639
 the devil

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:16.159
 and your

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.979
 will is to

00:29:16.979 --> 00:29:17.859
 do your

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.479
 father's

00:29:18.479 --> 00:29:18.919
 desires

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:20.159
 he was a

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.740
 murderer from

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.199
 the beginning

00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:21.839
 and does not

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.879
 stand in the

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.679
 truth because

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.079
 there is no

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.779
 truth in

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.039
 him

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.759
 when he

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.220
 lies he

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.819
 speaks out

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.039
 of his

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.279
 own

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.720
 character

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.059
 for he

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.359
 is a

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.639
 liar

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.000
 and a

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.279
 father

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.500
 of

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.879
 lies

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.599
 but because

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.960
 I tell

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.500
 the truth

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.859
 you do

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.439
 not believe

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:32.699
 me

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:34.419
 whoever is

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.039
 of God

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.740
 hears the

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.199
 words of

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.460
 God

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.019
 the reason

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.359
 why you

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:37.679
 do not

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.220
 hear them

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.519
 is that

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.019
 you are

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.480
 not

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.199
 of

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:41.039
 God

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.539
 Jesus

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.579
 lays bare

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.199
 the unbelieving

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.859
 hearts of

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.319
 the Jews

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.000
 right so he

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.740
 says that

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.339
 they are

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.579
 just

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.619
 their father

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:51.279
 as

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.099
 evidenced by

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.839
 their actions

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.460
 is the

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.819
 devil

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:55.059
 who deceived

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.539
 Adam and

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.899
 Eve

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:57.379
 and led

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.720
 them to

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.099
 death

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.659
 he was a

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:58.960
 murderer

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.480
 and a

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.759
 liar

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:02.879
 but unlike

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.539
 these pseudo

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.119
 children

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:05.419
 of God

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.579
 Jesus does

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.639
 the father's

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.399
 works

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.019
 he is without

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.659
 sin

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.399
 as he says

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.359
 which one of you

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.099
 convicts me of

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.319
 sin

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.939
 no one can

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.819
 Jesus is the

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.460
 true son of

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.819
 God who

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.519
 liberates

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.700
 those enslaved

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.240
 to sin

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.179
 and death

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:20.519
 and now

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.259
 after

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.420
 imagine this

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.759
 is a long

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.100
 back and

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.539
 forth between

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.940
 the Jews

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.740
 and Jesus

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.000
 the Jews

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.000
 that are arguing

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.320
 with Jesus

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:27.920
 are by this

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.660
 point fully

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.160
 incensed

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.740
 they are

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.920
 extremely angry

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.920
 they say to

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.620
 him in verse

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.060
 48

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.820
 are we not

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.380
 right in

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.759
 saying that

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.380
 you are a

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.980
 Samaritan

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.720
 so that's

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.320
 referring back

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.299
 to the

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.720
 accusations

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.120
 they thought

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.560
 Jesus was

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.980
 leveling at

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.140
 him

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.039
 are we not

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.560
 right in

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:41.880
 saying that

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.279
 you are a

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.740
 Samaritan

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.259
 and have

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.860
 a demon

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:45.539
 and Jesus

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.819
 says

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.299
 I do not

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.639
 have a

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:46.859
 demon

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.179
 but I

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.939
 honor my

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.219
 father

00:30:48.219 --> 00:30:48.539
 and you

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.399
 dishonor me

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:49.919
 that I

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.219
 do not

00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:50.719
 seek my

00:30:50.719 --> 00:30:50.939
 own

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.299
 glory

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.579
 there is

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.979
 one who

00:30:51.979 --> 00:30:52.439
 seeks it

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:52.819
 and he

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.299
 is the

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.779
 judge

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:55.579
 and this

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.039
 riles up

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.459
 the Jews

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.240
 even more

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.619
 and they

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:57.959
 say well

00:30:57.959 --> 00:30:58.539
 now we

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.199
 know

00:30:59.199 --> 00:30:59.839
 that you

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.259
 have a

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.559
 demon

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.599
 Abraham

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.279
 died

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.599
 as did

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:02.719
 the

00:31:02.719 --> 00:31:03.159
 prophets

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.539
 yet you

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.879
 say

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.439
 if anyone

00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:05.179
 keeps my

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.500
 word

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.799
 he will

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.039
 never

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.359
 taste

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.719
 death

00:31:06.719 --> 00:31:07.819
 are you

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.319
 greater

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.740
 than our

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.059
 father

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.439
 Abraham

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:10.179
 who died

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.699
 and the

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:11.079
 prophets

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.619
 died

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.659
 who do

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.119
 you make

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.500
 yourself

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.139
 be

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.699
 and they

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.099
 can't

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.639
 possibly

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.199
 explain

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:17.619
 such

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.240
 audacity

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.899
 without

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.459
 resorting

00:31:19.459 --> 00:31:19.859
 to the

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.039
 fact

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.179
 that

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.599
 Jesus

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.119
 must be

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.619
 insane

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.359
 he must

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.819
 be possessed

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.199
 by a

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.439
 demon

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:26.759
 and then

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.000
 Jesus

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.719
 answers them

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:28.459
 again

00:31:28.459 --> 00:31:29.859
 verses

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.479
 54

00:31:30.479 --> 00:31:31.179
 and 56

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:32.059
 if I

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.619
 glorify

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.099
 myself

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.819
 my glory

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.559
 is nothing

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.219
 it is my

00:31:35.219 --> 00:31:35.859
 father who

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.740
 glorifies me

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.500
 of whom

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.059
 you say

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.639
 he is our

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:38.979
 God

00:31:38.979 --> 00:31:39.979
 but you

00:31:39.979 --> 00:31:40.459
 have not

00:31:40.459 --> 00:31:41.059
 known him

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.979
 I

00:31:41.979 --> 00:31:43.199
 know him

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:46.080
 and he

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.480
 says later

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.019
 your father

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.460
 Abraham

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.000
 rejoiced

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.240
 that he

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.680
 would see

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.140
 my day

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.640
 he saw

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.840
 it

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.620
 and was

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.000
 glad

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.120
 now notice

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.400
 the parallel

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.680
 here

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.059
 because in

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.019
 verse 50

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.220
 Jesus had

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.840
 said of

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.240
 God the

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.539
 father

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.180
 that he

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.680
 is the

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.380
 one who

00:31:59.380 --> 00:31:59.880
 seeks

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.400
 glory

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.220
 he is

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.860
 the one

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.380
 who seeks

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.840
 glory

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.519
 but now

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.059
 here in

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.940
 verse 54

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.640
 he says

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.100
 the father

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.640
 seeks

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.440
 the son's

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.759
 glory

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.859
 the father

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.700
 is glorifying

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.180
 the son

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.420
 and so

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.879
 in saying

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.339
 that Jesus

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.240
 is making

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.900
 a unique

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.960
 identification

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.480
 with the

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.720
 father

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.859
 the father

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.180
 is the

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.019
 only one

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.700
 who seeks

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.359
 glory for

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.680
 himself

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.440
 who can

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.799
 seek

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.119
 rightly

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.379
 seek

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.579
 glory

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.079
 for himself

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.519
 yet

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.879
 this

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.339
 same

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.660
 self

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:23.900
 same

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.160
 father

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.420
 seeks

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.740
 glory

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.180
 for

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.700
 the

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.140
 son

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.279
 so

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.460
 he's

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.740
 speaking

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.059
 of their

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.480
 unity

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.379
 he shares

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.059
 the father's

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.920
 oneness

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:32.400
 and the

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.920
 Jews are

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.980
 incredulous

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.359
 and so

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.879
 they scoff

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.160
 at him

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.420
 in verse

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.920
 57

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.620
 you are

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.080
 not yet

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.840
 50 years

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.220
 old

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:39.380
 and have

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.840
 you seen

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.380
 Abraham

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:42.120
 and Jesus

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.940
 responds

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.320
 authoritatively

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:44.779
 truly

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.060
 truly I

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:46.539
 say to

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.880
 you

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:48.000
 before

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.560
 Abraham

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:49.220
 was

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.740
 I

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.480
 am

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:52.460
 Jesus

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.820
 doesn't

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.300
 simply say

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.660
 before

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.019
 Abraham

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.500
 was

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.279
 I

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.700
 was

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.660
 that would

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.120
 simply mean

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.420
 that he's

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.940
 really old

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.880
 but no

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.240
 he says

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.640
 I

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.259
 am

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:03.740
 he is

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.840
 the God

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.539
 who said

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.180
 I am

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.639
 who I

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:06.940
 am

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.440
 in Exodus

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.799
 3

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.259
 14

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.759
 the eternal

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.240
 God

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.180
 the God

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.700
 who always

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.059
 is

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.379
 the God

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.700
 who is

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.259
 sovereign

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.500
 and not

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.279
 accountable

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.740
 to or

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.099
 dependent

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.319
 on anything

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.659
 or anyone

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.720
 he is

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.200
 that sovereign

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.339
 God

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.139
 he shares

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:22.200
 the father's

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.079
 oneness

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.819
 and that's

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.339
 why he's

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.700
 the true

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.279
 son who

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.899
 can liberate

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.240
 us

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.799
 liberate

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:27.960
 those

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.399
 enslaved

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:29.000
 to sin

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.859
 and death

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:32.139
 and I

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.519
 hope

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.099
 this morning

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.359
 and I

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.819
 pray this

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.059
 morning

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.679
 that every

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.139
 single one

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.379
 of you

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.859
 come to

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.139
 terms

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.599
 with the

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.259
 full force

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.740
 of what

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:37.980
 Jesus

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.379
 is saying

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.119
 the claims

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.480
 that he

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.000
 is making

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.919
 because if

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.399
 I were to

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.859
 stand here

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.159
 and make

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.480
 the same

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.940
 claims

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.480
 that Jesus

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.319
 is making

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.000
 I hope

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.399
 you say

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.700
 that I'm

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.139
 a lunatic

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:47.179
 I hope

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.440
 you say

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:47.700
 that I'm

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.019
 possessed

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.480
 by a demon

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.099
 because that's

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.519
 the right

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.059
 assessment

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.859
 if he

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.159
 doesn't

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.519
 back it

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.779
 up

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:53.740
 and that's

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.220
 what C.S.

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.740
 Lewis talks

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.159
 about in his

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.419
 book

00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:56.240
 he says

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.599
 I am

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.220
 trying here

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.700
 to prevent

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.139
 anyone

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.599
 saying

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.359
 the really

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.700
 foolish

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.000
 thing

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.519
 that people

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.119
 often say

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.619
 about him

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.739
 I'm ready

00:34:02.739 --> 00:34:03.279
 to accept

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.619
 Jesus

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.279
 as a great

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.959
 moral teacher

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:06.019
 but I don't

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.559
 accept his

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.119
 claim to be

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.500
 God

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:09.839
 that is the

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.359
 one thing

00:34:10.359 --> 00:34:10.880
 we must not

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.179
 say

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.599
 a man who

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.119
 was merely

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.619
 a man

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.179
 and said

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.659
 the sort

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.079
 of things

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.799
 Jesus said

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.519
 would not

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.219
 be a great

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.980
 moral teacher

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.559
 he would

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.960
 either be

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.599
 a lunatic

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.420
 on the level

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.920
 with the man

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.380
 who says

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.759
 he is a

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.440
 poached egg

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.319
 or else

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.679
 he would be

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.139
 the devil

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.579
 of hell

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.819
 you must

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.259
 make your

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.699
 choice

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.799
 either this

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.440
 man was

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.159
 and is

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.599
 the son

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.059
 of God

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.699
 or else

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.420
 a madman

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.000
 or something

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.579
 worse

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.799
 you can shut

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.079
 him up

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.799
 for a fool

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.639
 you can spit

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:35.960
 at him

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.340
 and kill

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.819
 him as a

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.119
 demon

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.900
 or you can

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.719
 fall at

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.440
 his feet

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.279
 and call

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:41.079
 him Lord

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:42.219
 and God

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:44.000
 but let us

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.880
 not come

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.340
 with any

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.059
 patronizing

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.500
 nonsense

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.400
 about his

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.960
 being a

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.779
 great human

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.239
 teacher

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.559
 he is not

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.299
 left that

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:52.159
 open to us

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.380
 he did not

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.019
 intend to

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:58.920
 so who

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.300
 do you

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.739
 say

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.440
 Jesus

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.880
 is

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:04.300
 Jesus

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.679
 claimed

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.920
 that he

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.139
 is a

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.380
 true

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.679
 son

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.039
 of God

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.179
 who

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.599
 liberates

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.780
 those

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.139
 enslaved

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.420
 to sin

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.960
 and death

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.259
 and do

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:08.759
 you believe

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.079
 that

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:11.340
 the ultimate

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.980
 proof of

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.480
 that he

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.259
 gave when

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.739
 he died

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.159
 for our

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.380
 sins

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.039
 and rose

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.420
 again

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.940
 from the

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.219
 dead

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.980
 as the

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.619
 first fruit

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.219
 of resurrection

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.739
 life that

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.380
 he promises

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.340
 us

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.759
 and when

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.320
 you believe

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.759
 him we

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.340
 will have

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.599
 life

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.000
 we'll have

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.539
 the light

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.199
 that gives

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.760
 life as

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.420
 Jesus promised

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.940
 in verse

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.860
 12

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:30.659
 so if

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:30.860
 you're

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.659
 not a

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:31.940
 believer

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.239
 then I

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.420
 want to

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.739
 exhort you

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.239
 this morning

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.920
 to consider

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.500
 this before

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.920
 you leave

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.159
 talk to

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.820
 someone before

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.340
 you leave

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.340
 and if you

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:39.440
 are a

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.679
 believer

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.099
 then I

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.519
 encourage

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.800
 you

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:42.059
 to live

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.579
 in light

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.860
 of the

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.159
 freedom

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.639
 that Christ

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.159
 won for

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.280
 you

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:46.740
 abide

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:48.820
 abide

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.200
 in his

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.500
 work

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:51.180
 because

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:51.700
 he's the

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:52.120
 only one

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.380
 who can

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.780
 liberate

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.120
 us

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:54.080
 from sin

00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:54.480
 and death

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.420
 let's pray

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.820
 together

00:35:55.820 --> 00:36:10.600
 God as we

00:36:10.600 --> 00:36:13.280
 remember

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:15.500
 your

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.059
 incredible

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.559
 claim

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:18.200
 you are

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.640
 the true

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:18.980
 son of

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.140
 God

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:19.640
 who saves

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.240
 us

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:23.039
 Lord we

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.599
 can't help

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.000
 but be

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.439
 thankful

00:36:24.439 --> 00:36:26.079
 that you

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.619
 have revealed

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.039
 this to

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.479
 us

00:36:27.479 --> 00:36:28.899
 the one

00:36:28.899 --> 00:36:29.359
 way of

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:29.879
 salvation

00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:33.559
 the one

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.139
 and only

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.579
 son

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.159
 of God

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.959
 we pray

00:36:38.959 --> 00:36:39.459
 God you

00:36:39.459 --> 00:36:39.899
 would help

00:36:39.899 --> 00:36:40.439
 us as a

00:36:40.439 --> 00:36:40.979
 church to

00:36:40.979 --> 00:36:41.579
 live in

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.899
 light of

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:42.500
 this reality

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.959
 and make

00:36:43.959 --> 00:36:44.599
 us bold

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.459
 in proclaiming

00:36:45.459 --> 00:36:46.039
 this truth

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.459
 to those

00:36:46.459 --> 00:36:47.039
 who do not

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.539
 yet know

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.839
 you

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:50.019
 so that

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.440
 you may

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.120
 be glorified

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.480
 so that

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.880
 you may

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.360
 be all

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.940
 in all

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.720
 in Jesus

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.380
 name we

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.620
 pray

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.340
 amen