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 And as we come to this section, before we get into it, I just want to ask you,

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 have you ever had one of those conversations with someone?

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 The conversation where you sense that they needed some urgent words of advice,

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 a person that you care about is about to go down the wrong path,

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 or to make a bad decision, and yet even as you speak to them,

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 it's as though your words just aren't getting through.

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 They're listening, maybe they're even nodding,

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 but you can tell by their response, by the things they say to you afterward,

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 that they just aren't really getting it.

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 And at the end of it all, they just went on ahead and did what they were planning on doing anyway,

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 to their own detriment.

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 Have you ever had a conversation like that with someone?

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 Maybe you felt some of the frustration of that, perhaps even heartbreak,

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 trying to get through to them, trying to help them see,

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 trying to spare them from facing consequences.

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 This is precisely what's happening right now between Jesus and the crowd in the temple courts

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 as he speaks to them.

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 From John 8, verse 36.

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 So if the Son sets you free,

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 you will be free indeed.

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 That's what Jesus just said to the crowd.

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 He just told the whole crowd that if they continue to listen to his word,

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 they will come to know the truth

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 and be liberated from bondage.

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 What do you mean, liberated?

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 They said to him.

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 We've never been slaves.

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 We're Abraham's descendants.

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 And Jesus told them,

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 everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

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 But, he said,

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 if the Son sets you free,

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 you will be free indeed.

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 Verse 37.

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 Jesus continues on.

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 He says,

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 I know that you are Abraham's descendants.

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 Yet you are looking for a way to kill me

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 because you have no room for my word.

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 So Jesus acknowledges the biological reality.

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 Yes, you are biologically descendants of Abraham.

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 And yet there's a big problem here.

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 There's something going on here with you that's terribly wrong.

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 He says,

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 you are seeking to kill me.

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 Now at this point,

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 it may be that Jesus' words are a little more directed to the religious leaders.

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 We know for sure that for some time,

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 they've been trying to put Jesus to death.

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 But probably at this point,

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 it's more than just the religious leaders.

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 Now it's probably some of the crowd as well.

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 Very likely,

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 some of these people

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 had earlier

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 had some pretty good thoughts about him,

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 but now maybe have changed their minds towards Jesus.

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 And Jesus points out two things

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 that really help us see what's going on here.

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 First,

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 and the most obvious,

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 he says to them,

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 you are looking for a way to kill me.

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 Notice the words,

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 looking for.

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 They are seeking for a way to get rid of Jesus.

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 plotting,

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 scheming

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 in their thoughts,

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 in their hearts,

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 perhaps even whispering

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 amongst others in the crowd

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 while Jesus is talking

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 about how they can take him out.

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 And the second thing that Jesus says

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 seems to be

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 the reason for why they want to kill him.

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 He says,

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 you're seeking to kill me,

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 you're looking for a way to kill me

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 because you have no room

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 for my word.

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 Some translations say

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 because my word makes no progress

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 in you.

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 Either way,

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 the problem is the same.

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 It's as though Jesus is saying,

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 I'm speaking to you,

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 but my words are not getting through.

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 Your hearts are not responding

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 in the way that they should

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 to my words.

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 Jesus is speaking to the people,

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 they are listening,

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 but they're not really hearing.

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 They're not receiving

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 and responding

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 to what he is saying to them

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 the way they should.

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 My word makes no progress in you,

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 says Jesus.

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 It's like your hearts are hard

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 to what I'm saying to you.

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 And then Jesus says this to them,

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 I am telling you

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 what I have seen

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 in the Father's presence.

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 And you are doing

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 what you have heard

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 from your Father.

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 That's a hugely loaded statement,

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 but let's look at the first part.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am telling you

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 what I have seen

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 in the Father's presence.

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 Literally,

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 with the Father,

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 from God.

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 God.

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 And so when your heart

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 has no room for my word,

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 it's not just my word

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 that you are rejecting

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 and shutting out,

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 but his.

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 It's what he himself

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 has given me to say to you

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 that you are rejecting.

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 If we kind of

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 put all this together

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 and read it from back to front,

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 it's as though

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 Jesus is saying,

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 God the Father

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 has shown me things.

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 And I am now

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 speaking to you

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 those things.

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 I am telling you

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 those things

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 with the words of my mouth.

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 But my words

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 are not getting through to you.

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 You are listening,

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 but you are not receiving.

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 You are not hearing

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 and responding

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 as you should be

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 to his words.

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 It's possible

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 to be thoroughly religious

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 and yet have a heart

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 that is hard

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 and unresponsive

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 to God.

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 It's possible

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 to go through the motions.

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 Living like a Jew

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 should live

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 or in our context

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 like a Christian

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 should live

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 and yet have a hard

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 and unresponsive heart

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 toward God.

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 Now I'm not here

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 to tell you

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 if that's you this morning,

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 but if it is

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 and you know it

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 and if God is bringing

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 conviction to your heart,

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 then I encourage you

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 to listen to him

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 and to take it

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 very seriously.

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 The mark of a true

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 child of Abraham

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 or child of God

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 or disciple of Jesus

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 is not just

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 outward conformity,

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 but inward receptivity.

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 the mark of whether

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 you are a true

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 child of God

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 is not only

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 whether you live

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 like a Christian

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 is supposed to live,

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 but whether you

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 listen with your heart

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 like a Christian

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 is supposed to listen.

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 Whether you respond

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 to the words of Jesus

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 from your heart.

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 And so I want to ask you

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 some questions

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 this morning.

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 When you read your Bible,

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 do you more often

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 feel cold

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 and unstirred

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 by the words

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 on the pages?

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 When you read

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 the words of Jesus

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 that are written

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 in your Bibles

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 and throughout

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 the Gospels,

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 what's happening

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 in your heart?

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 Are these words

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 just kind of

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 passing through

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 your mind?

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 Are you just

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 reading them

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 to kind of

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 check the box

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 on the Bible

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 reading plan

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 to be a good

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 Christian?

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 Or are these words

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 often and regularly

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 getting to your heart?

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 Stirring up a response

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 inside of you?

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 Do you entrust

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 yourself fully

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 to these words

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 of Jesus

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 and believe them

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 as much as you

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 can understand them?

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 Do you feel convicted

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 of sin in your life

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 when you read

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 the words of Jesus?

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 Do you feel joy

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 and hope

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 rising inside of you

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 when you hear

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 about the things

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 that Jesus

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 has promised

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 to those

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 who believe in him?

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 Or do these words

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 seem more or less

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 irrelevant?

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 Do you read

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 or reflect on them

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 at all?

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 Or have you got

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 other,

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 more important

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 things to do?

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 or have you got

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 to do?

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 Do you listen

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 to God?

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 Do you listen

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 like that when Jesus

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 is talking to you?

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 Are his words

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 getting through to you

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 regularly,

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 regularly?

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 Often.

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 The mark of a true

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 disciple of Jesus,

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 a true child of Abraham,

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 a true child of God

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 is a responsive heart

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 to his word.

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 Let's continue on

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 with what Jesus said.

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 He said,

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 I'm telling you

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 what I have seen

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 in the Father's presence.

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 And as we come

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 to the second statement

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 here,

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 there is a bit

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 of a translation issue.

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 I'm not going

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 to go into

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 all the details.

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 Some of you

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 may have a footnote

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 or have it in italics.

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 But just be aware

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 of that.

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 I'm going to go

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 with what most

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 of the English

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 translations say

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 in verse 38.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am telling you

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 what I have seen

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 in the Father's presence

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 and you are doing

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 what you have heard

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 from your Father.

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 It seems as if

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 Jesus is saying,

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 you know,

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 you and I have

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 something in common,

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 but we also have

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 something very different.

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 In the same way

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 that I'm speaking

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 to you the things

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 that I have seen

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 from my Father,

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 you are doing

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 the things that you

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 have heard from

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 your Father.

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 But there's a suggestion

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 that seems to be

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 coming out of

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 Jesus' words

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 that we don't share

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 the same Father.

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 The things that I am

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 doing and speaking

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 are different

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 than the things

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 that you are doing

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 and speaking

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 is what Jesus

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 seems to be

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 implying here.

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 Now the people

00:10:41.439 --> 00:10:42.259
 know that Jesus

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 has been claiming

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 that God

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 is his Father.

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 He's been claiming

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 to be sent by God,

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 to speak for God.

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 But now,

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 it seems as though

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 he's saying

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 they have a different

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 Father

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 other than God.

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 Jesus knows

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 what's really going

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 on in their hearts.

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 He knows

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 the ugliness

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 and the hardness

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 of their hearts.

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 He knows that

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 they are seeking

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 to kill him.

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 And this is probably

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 why the tension

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 often goes through

00:11:15.819 --> 00:11:16.379
 the roof

00:11:16.379 --> 00:11:17.979
 between Jesus

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 and the people

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 because he knows

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 that,

00:11:20.539 --> 00:11:21.299
 he sees that,

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 and he often

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 brings it to the surface

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 and exposes it.

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 In this case,

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 he tells them

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 where this

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 ugliness,

00:11:31.460 --> 00:11:32.560
 this hardness

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 is coming from.

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 He says,

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 it's because

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 you have a different

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 Father.

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 Now the people

00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:41.960
 at this point,

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 they seem to pick

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 this up

00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:44.200
 from Jesus' words.

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 I don't think

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 they liked it too much

00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:47.539
 what he said.

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 Abraham is our

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 Father,

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 they answered.

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 Verse 39.

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 They seem to hear

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 Jesus challenging

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 whether they're

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 true children

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 of Abraham

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 and they say

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 the same thing

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 that they said earlier.

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 We are Abraham's

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 offspring.

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 He is our Father.

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 We are his

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 descendants.

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 And Jesus

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 responds.

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 He looks them

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 in the eye

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 and says this,

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 which probably

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 surprised them

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 or shocked them.

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 He says,

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 if you were

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 Abraham's children,

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 then you would

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 do what

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 Abraham did.

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 As it is,

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 you are looking

00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:30.820
 for a way

00:12:30.820 --> 00:12:31.639
 to kill me,

00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:33.379
 a man who

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 has told you

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 the truth

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 that I heard

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 from God.

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 Abraham did

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 not do

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 such things.

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 You are doing

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 the works

00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:44.940
 of your own

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 Father,

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 says Jesus.

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 And you have

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 to know

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 that at this point

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 people's eyes

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 are probably wide

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 and there's

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 probably some

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 pretty telling

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 expressions

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 happening on

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 people's faces.

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 They just

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 told Jesus

00:12:58.500 --> 00:12:59.139
 for the second

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 time,

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 we are

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 children of

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 Abraham.

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 We are

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 his offspring

00:13:02.939 --> 00:13:03.519
 and Jesus

00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:03.980
 says,

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 if you

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 were

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 Abraham's

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 children,

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 you got to

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 know their

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 thinking.

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 What do you

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 mean if we

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 were?

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 Are you

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 telling us

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 that we

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 might not

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 be children

00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:20.300
 of Abraham,

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 children of

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 the promise,

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 children of

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 the covenant,

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 that we

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 might have

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 a different

00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:24.920
 father?

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 What they're

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 thinking kind

00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:30.980
 of comes out

00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:31.780
 in verse 41.

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 They say,

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 we are not

00:13:33.020 --> 00:13:33.879
 illegitimate

00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.400
 children.

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 We are

00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:38.360
 true children

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 of Abraham.

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 How dare you

00:13:40.540 --> 00:13:41.300
 insinuate

00:13:41.300 --> 00:13:42.140
 anything else?

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 Nevertheless,

00:13:46.540 --> 00:13:47.259
 it seems

00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.819
 pretty clear

00:13:47.819 --> 00:13:48.360
 from Jesus'

00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.080
 words that

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 he is

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 calling into

00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:50.519
 question

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.120
 whether they

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 are true

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 children of

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 Abraham.

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 Not whether

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 they're

00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:56.039
 biologically

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 descended from

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 Abraham,

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 but whether

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 they are

00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.299
 true children

00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.879
 of Abraham.

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 And Jesus

00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:02.980
 says in

00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.919
 verse 39

00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.600
 that the

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.360
 mark of a

00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.220
 true child

00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:06.779
 of Abraham

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:08.600
 is that he

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 or she

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 does what

00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.279
 Abraham did.

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 If you

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 were Abraham's

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:14.659
 children,

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 then you

00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:16.340
 would do

00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:17.420
 what Abraham

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 did.

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 You would

00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.420
 do the

00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:18.759
 deeds,

00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:19.139
 do the

00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:19.680
 works that

00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:20.680
 Abraham did.

00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:23.379
 And as of

00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:24.000
 right now,

00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:24.800
 you are not,

00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:25.960
 he says to

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 them.

00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.820
 It's evidence

00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.460
 that you are

00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:29.120
 not true

00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.800
 children of

00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:30.160
 Abraham.

00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:33.360
 You're looking

00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:33.780
 for a way

00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:34.540
 to kill me,

00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:36.200
 a man who

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.860
 has told you

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.300
 the truth

00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:37.740
 that I heard

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.240
 from God.

00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:38.680
 You're looking

00:14:38.680 --> 00:14:39.180
 for a way

00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:39.920
 to take out

00:14:39.920 --> 00:14:40.540
 the messenger

00:14:40.540 --> 00:14:41.100
 that God

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.720
 has sent to

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.300
 you to speak

00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:42.780
 to you.

00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.080
 That's not

00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:44.540
 the way that

00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:45.379
 Abraham acted.

00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:47.420
 And I

00:14:47.420 --> 00:14:47.759
 think it's

00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.399
 implied in

00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:48.660
 Jesus'

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.259
 words.

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:50.920
 You know,

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.560
 long ago,

00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.340
 God spoke

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:52.899
 to Abraham

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:54.120
 in a whole

00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:54.840
 variety of

00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:55.220
 ways.

00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:55.860
 And at

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.320
 least one

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:56.639
 of those

00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.100
 ways was

00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:57.759
 quite similar

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.100
 to the

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.480
 way that

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.019
 Jesus is

00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.519
 speaking to

00:14:59.519 --> 00:14:59.899
 them right

00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.240
 now.

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.800
 And what

00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:02.259
 did Abraham

00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:02.780
 do in

00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:03.440
 every case?

00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.680
 He believed

00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.300
 the words

00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:07.460
 of God.

00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.639
 He responded

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.139
 to them.

00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:11.840
 He obeyed

00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.040
 them.

00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:13.300
 That's what

00:15:13.300 --> 00:15:14.120
 Abraham did.

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.379
 But here

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:16.860
 and now,

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.019
 you in

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:19.100
 the crowd,

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.759
 says Jesus,

00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:20.519
 are responding

00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:20.960
 in the

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.840
 opposite way.

00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:24.039
 You have

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.620
 no room

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.039
 for my

00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:25.379
 word.

00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:26.679
 You're

00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:27.360
 not receiving

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:27.700
 it.

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.580
 Instead,

00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.080
 you're seeking

00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.580
 to kill

00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:30.860
 me.

00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:34.060
 This is

00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:34.700
 evidence that

00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.299
 you are not

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.299
 true children

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.539
 of Abraham,

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.000
 but are

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.419
 instead

00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:40.720
 children of

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.100
 a different

00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:41.519
 father.

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:44.879
 a true

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.480
 child of

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:45.799
 Abraham,

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.299
 a true

00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.120
 disciple of

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.460
 Jesus,

00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:47.899
 a true

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.460
 child of

00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:48.860
 God,

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.699
 has a

00:15:50.699 --> 00:15:51.159
 receptive

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.819
 and obedient

00:15:51.819 --> 00:15:53.480
 heart to

00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:53.840
 the word

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.340
 of God,

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.759
 just like

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.519
 Abraham did.

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.379
 Again,

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:58.819
 the people

00:15:58.819 --> 00:15:59.240
 try to

00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.539
 defend

00:15:59.539 --> 00:15:59.960
 themselves.

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.460
 This time

00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.819
 they come

00:16:00.819 --> 00:16:01.159
 at it from

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.539
 a different

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:01.860
 angle.

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.600
 Verse 41,

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.539
 they say

00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:03.939
 the only

00:16:03.939 --> 00:16:04.559
 father we

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.079
 have is

00:16:05.079 --> 00:16:05.340
 God

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:05.840
 himself.

00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:07.399
 Literally,

00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.399
 one father

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.079
 we have,

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.179
 God.

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.579
 And again,

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.419
 Jesus responds

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:16.819
 in a way

00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.120
 that would

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.299
 have been

00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:17.559
 utterly

00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.039
 shocking.

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.299
 He says,

00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:19.980
 if God

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.419
 were your

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.899
 father,

00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:23.519
 you would

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.100
 love me.

00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.720
 For I

00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:26.399
 have come

00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:27.120
 from God.

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.819
 I have

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.360
 not come

00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:29.699
 on my

00:16:29.699 --> 00:16:30.039
 own.

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.220
 God

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.000
 sent me.

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:36.019
 Those

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.519
 words,

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.259
 if God

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.799
 were your

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.240
 father,

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.360
 father,

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.620
 in other

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:41.919
 words,

00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.519
 he is

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:42.960
 not.

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.240
 But if

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 he were,

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 you would

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 love me

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 because I

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 have come

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 here from

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 him.

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 These

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 words are

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 so rich

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 and so

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 full.

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 Do you

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 hear the

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.000
 heart of

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 Jesus in

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 them?

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 He longs

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 for the

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.680
 people there.

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 He longs

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 for you,

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.799
 for me,

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 to accept

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 the truth

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 of who he

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 is.

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 If God

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 were your

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 father,

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 you would

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 love me.

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 You would

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 recognize that

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 I am the

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 one sent

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 from him.

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 We get

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 another mark

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.099
 of a true

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 child of

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 God here.

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 The second

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 one,

00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.259
 the mark

00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.700
 of a true

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 child of

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 God

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 is that

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 he or

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 she loves

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 God's

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 son,

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:36.620
 Jesus,

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 the one

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 God has

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 sent.

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 And

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 notice that

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 Jesus says

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 love.

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 If God

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 were your

00:17:46.939 --> 00:17:47.259
 father,

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 you would

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 love me.

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 Not just

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 like,

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 not just

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 agree with

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 or tolerate.

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 Many

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 people like

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 Jesus.

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 Lots of

00:18:03.739 --> 00:18:04.259
 people agree

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.939
 with Jesus.

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 and many

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.160
 more people

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.059
 tolerate

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 Jesus.

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 But the

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.460
 mark of a

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 true child

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 of God

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 is that

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.820
 he or

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 she loves

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 Jesus.

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 So I want

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 to ask you

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 this morning,

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 do you

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.360
 love Jesus?

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 Do you

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.779
 cherish

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.500
 Jesus?

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 do you

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 treasure

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.619
 him?

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:33.059
 If not,

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 by Jesus'

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.559
 own word,

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 you're not

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 a child

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:37.900
 of God.

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 Now,

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 this doesn't

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 mean I don't

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 think that we

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 should constantly

00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:45.119
 measure whether

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 we're in the

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 family of God

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 based on

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 how we

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 feel.

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 In a

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 fallen world,

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 such as we

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 live,

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 feelings are

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.339
 fickle

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.740
 things.

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 They come

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 and they

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 go.

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 They burn

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 hot and

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 they cool

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 off.

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 And we

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 know that,

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 right?

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 I mean,

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.059
 we all have

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 relationships

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 with people

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:04.740
 who we

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 love,

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 yes,

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.140
 truly love,

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 and yet it

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.740
 doesn't

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.220
 automatically

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.960
 mean that we

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 feel that

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.120
 way at

00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.819
 every moment

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.319
 of the day

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.039
 towards them.

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.220
 I think we

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.480
 need to

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.039
 remember that

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.460
 love is

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.140
 much more

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.559
 than just

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.059
 a feeling.

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 Feelings are

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.380
 part of it,

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.779
 yes,

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.000
 generally,

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.819
 often,

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.579
 but there

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.019
 are times

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.359
 when love

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.700
 is better

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.359
 described as

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.879
 an action

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 or a

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.399
 choice

00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:31.059
 or a

00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.439
 loyalty

00:19:31.439 --> 00:19:31.980
 sworn

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:34.119
 rather than

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 just a

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 burning for

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 a moment

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:37.039
 in the

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.419
 words of

00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:37.759
 one

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:39.000
 musician.

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.439
 Do you

00:19:41.439 --> 00:19:42.200
 love Jesus?

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.819
 Have you

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.319
 made your

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.259
 choice to

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.099
 give yourself

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.559
 to him

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.659
 through the

00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.179
 good times

00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.439
 and the

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:50.099
 hard times?

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.679
 does he

00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:51.980
 have the

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.439
 allegiance

00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:52.959
 of your

00:19:52.959 --> 00:19:53.379
 heart

00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:55.000
 regardless

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.419
 of what

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:55.579
 you're

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:55.839
 going

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.039
 through

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.480
 today?

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:59.000
 Are you

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.299
 committed

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.039
 to applying

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.379
 his words

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.759
 to your

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.279
 life and

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.839
 your life

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.259
 to his

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.679
 words

00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:04.219
 day after

00:20:04.219 --> 00:20:04.559
 day?

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.619
 Do you

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.019
 recognize

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.439
 that he

00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:08.719
 is the

00:20:08.719 --> 00:20:09.099
 one who

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.439
 has come

00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.000
 from God

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.939
 and speaks

00:20:10.939 --> 00:20:11.500
 for God?

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:12.579
 And do

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.439
 you value

00:20:13.439 --> 00:20:14.059
 him deeply

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.619
 because of

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:14.879
 that?

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.599
 There are

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.199
 many reasons

00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:18.679
 to love

00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:18.879
 him.

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.659
 Do you

00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:20.959
 love

00:20:20.959 --> 00:20:21.519
 Jesus?

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.379
 Love.

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:25.639
 Every

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.399
 true

00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:27.119
 child of

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.480
 God

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.740
 does

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.799
 according

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.500
 to Jesus

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.079
 and those

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.359
 who do

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.819
 not are

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.159
 children

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:33.459
 of a

00:20:33.459 --> 00:20:33.699
 different

00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.119
 father.

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.699
 And we'll

00:20:36.699 --> 00:20:37.179
 look at what

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.819
 Jesus means

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.279
 by that

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.000
 next Sunday.

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.419
 So let me

00:20:40.419 --> 00:20:41.159
 just recap.

00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:42.759
 We've been

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.199
 kind of looking

00:20:43.199 --> 00:20:43.619
 at some of

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.059
 the marks

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.480
 of a true

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.039
 child of

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.480
 God or

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.799
 a true

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.299
 disciple

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.899
 of Jesus.

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:49.600
 the first

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:49.900
 one that

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.340
 we saw

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:50.880
 a couple

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.519
 weeks back

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.860
 was that

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.460
 they remain

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:52.860
 in his

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.259
 word.

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.320
 Verse 31.

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.240
 If you

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.720
 hold to

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.360
 my teaching

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:56.780
 you are

00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:57.180
 really

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.700
 my

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.300
 disciples.

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.540
 Today

00:20:59.540 --> 00:21:00.280
 we saw

00:21:00.280 --> 00:21:00.900
 two more.

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.000
 A true

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.519
 child of

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.840
 God

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:05.259
 has a

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.720
 responsive

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.160
 heart

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.880
 to the

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.340
 words of

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:07.660
 God

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.640
 which

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:08.960
 Jesus

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.460
 speaks.

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.560
 And

00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:13.019
 a true

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.040
 child of

00:21:14.040 --> 00:21:14.380
 God

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.259
 loves

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.960
 the

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.180
 son

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.339
 of

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.680
 God

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.640
 Jesus.

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.140
 A true

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.740
 child of

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:21.960
 God

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.440
 loves

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.660
 his

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:22.900
 son

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.279
 Jesus

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.879
 and

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.059
 has

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.180
 a

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.660
 responsive

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.119
 heart

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.960
 to

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.180
 his

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.500
 word.

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.440
 We're

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.619
 going to

00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:32.019
 pray here

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.319
 in just

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.740
 a moment

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.900
 but

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.460
 before we

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.660
 do

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.039
 I just

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.319
 want to

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.539
 say

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.900
 if you're

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.019
 here

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.259
 this

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.599
 morning

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:38.700
 and

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:38.819
 you

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:38.980
 just

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.140
 need

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.359
 someone

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.559
 to

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.879
 talk

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.140
 to

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.700
 about

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:40.940
 your

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.539
 relationship

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.859
 with

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.220
 Jesus

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:44.059
 maybe

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.279
 you're

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.420
 not

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.660
 sure

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.220
 where

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.460
 it's

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.720
 at

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:45.880
 or

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.040
 you

00:21:46.040 --> 00:21:46.360
 don't

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:46.600
 feel

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:46.800
 like

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:46.960
 it's

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.120
 where

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.259
 it

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.460
 should

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.660
 be

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:47.900
 maybe

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.019
 you

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.200
 have

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.620
 doubts

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:48.820
 or

00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:49.160
 worries

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.400
 or

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.060
 concerns

00:21:50.060 --> 00:21:53.259
 I want

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.340
 to

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.620
 encourage

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:53.779
 you

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:53.980
 just

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.259
 to

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.000
 feel

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.340
 free

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.680
 to

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 come

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 talk

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 to

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 me

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 or

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 to

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 anyone

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 else

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 in

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 the

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 church

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 that

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 you

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 trust

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 we'll

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 do

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 our

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 best

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 to

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 listen

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 to

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 you

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 what's

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 going

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 on

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 in

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 your

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 heart

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 what

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 you've

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 been

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 thinking

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 to

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 pray

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 with

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 you

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 to

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 offer

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 encouragement

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 and

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 help

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 however

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 we

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 can

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 and

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 of

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 course

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 none

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 of us

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 has

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 all

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 the

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 answers

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 I've

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 always

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 liked

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 the way

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 that

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 C.S.

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 Lewis

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 said it

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 this is

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 a loose

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 paraphrase

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 but

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 he said

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 in many

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 ways

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 the church

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is like

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 a

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 hospital

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 and

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 we're

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 we're

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 all

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 patients

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 that

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 have

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 been

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 checked

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 in

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 to

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 the

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 care

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 of

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 Jesus

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 some

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 of

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 us

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 have

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 been

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 here

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 a

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 little

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 longer

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 and

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 might

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 know

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 our

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 way

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 around

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 some

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 of

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 the

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 hallways

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 a little

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 better

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 than

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 others

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 but

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 we're

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 all

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 in

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 need

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 of

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 the

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 Lord's

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 help

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 and

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 so

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 if

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 I

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 or

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 anyone

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 else

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 can be

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 an

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 encouragement

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 or

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 help

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 to

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 you

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 I

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 just

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 want

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 to

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 encourage

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 you

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 don't

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 hesitate

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 to

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 ask

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 feel

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 free

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 to

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 come

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 talk

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 to

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 me

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 or

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 to

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 someone

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 else

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 in

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 the

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 church

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 who

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 you

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 trust

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 let

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 us

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 know

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 how

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 you're

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 doing

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 and

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 know

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 that

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 following

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 Christ

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 is not

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 something

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 that

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 we're

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 meant

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 to

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 figure

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 out

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 all

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 by

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 our

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 self

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 it's

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 part

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 of

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 why

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 brought

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 speaking

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 these

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 words

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 to

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 us

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 and

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 we

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 do

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 pray

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 and

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 ask

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 have

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 the

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 responsive

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 heart

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 that

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 you

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 want

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 us

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 to

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 Lord

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 each

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 day

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 this

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 week

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 as

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 we

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 pick

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 up

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 our

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 Bible

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 to

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 read

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 cause

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 us

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 to

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 hear

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 hear

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 we

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 know

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 Lord

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 meant

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 to

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 make

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 changes

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 all

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 along

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 the

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 way

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 we

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 are

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 meant

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 to

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 make

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 decisions

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 all

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 throughout

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 life

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 based

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 on

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 what

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 we

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 hear

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 from

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 you

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 and

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 so

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 give

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 us

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 those

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 ears

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 that

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 hear

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 day

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 after

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 day

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 this

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 week

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 give

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 us

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 soft

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 hearts

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 increase

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 our

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 love

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 for

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 you

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 see

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 more

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 of

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 the

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 truth

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 of

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 who

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 you

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 are

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 and

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 why

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 you

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 are

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 so

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 worthy

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 of

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 our

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 total

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 devotion

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 and

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 allegiance

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 we

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 ask

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 this

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 a

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 which

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 can

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 the

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 the

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 important

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 show

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 the

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 one

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 follow

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 the

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 this

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 show

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 whatever