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 We're in 1 John chapter 3, starting in verse 11, going all the way to chapter 4, verse 6.

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 And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brothers righteous.

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 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.

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 We know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brothers.

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 Whoever does not love abides in death.

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 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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 By this we know, love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him,

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 how does God's love abide in him?

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 Little children, let us not love in word or talk, but in deed and in truth.

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 By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and we assure our heart before him.

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 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

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 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.

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 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

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 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another,

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 just as he has commanded us.

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 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him.

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 And by this we know that he abides in us by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.

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 For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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 By this you know the Spirit of God.

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 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

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 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

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 This is the Spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

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 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them.

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 For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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 They are from the world, therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

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 We are from God.

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 Whoever knows God listens to us.

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 Whoever is not from God does not listen to us.

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 By this we know the Spirit of truth and the Spirit of error.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 In last week's passage, John wrote about how we can distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil.

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 And the basis for distinguishing that was whether or not we practice righteousness.

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 And Matt helpfully explained to us last week that insofar as we are abiding in Christ,

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 remaining in him through faith and obedience, that we can't keep on, we cannot keep on sinning.

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 For that reason, a person's righteousness or wickedness is evidence of the person's genuine faith or lack thereof.

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 And so chapter 3 verse 10 concluded the passage by saying this,

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 Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

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 So he added at the end there the provision about loving one's Christian brother.

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 And that's inclusive of the Christian sister as well.

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 And that's because our love for one another is a defining characteristic of the Christian.

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 A defining characteristic is something that characterizes all the members of a single group

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 and is sufficiently distinctive that it can be used to determine a person's membership in that group.

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 So you might have a lot of characteristics that overlap with other Christians,

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 but if you don't have this characteristic, this defining characteristic,

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 you cannot rightly claim to be a Christian.

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 And in this passage that we just read, John elaborates on two defining characteristics of the Christian.

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 And that's this, that as followers of Christ who laid down his life for us,

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 we should be characterized by our faith in Jesus and our love for one another.

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 That's the two defining characteristics.

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 So first we're going to talk about our love for one another in verses 11 to 22, chapter 3.

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 And then we'll talk about faith in Jesus Christ from chapter 3, verse 23 to chapter 4, verse 6.

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 He first explains that our love for one another is an indispensable mark of the Christian.

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 He begins in verse 11.

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 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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 He emphasizes that this is the command that we have heard from the beginning.

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 So from the beginning of the audience's Christian journey of following Christ,

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 from the beginning of Jesus' earthly ministry,

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 the disciples who followed him heard this command,

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 and the command was to love one another.

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 Jesus' message to us, his command to us, didn't evolve over time.

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 It didn't vary.

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 It didn't change.

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 It was consistent from the beginning, and that is we should love one another.

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 And this is a key theme in all of Apostles John's writings,

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 and this is the first of six references to Jesus' command to love one another in this letter alone.

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 And John explains this further by first giving us a negative example of hating one's brother in verses 12 to 15.

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 And then he gives us a positive example of loving one's brother in verses 16 to 22.

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 He says in verse 12,

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 John's alluding to Genesis chapter 4,

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 According to the narrative in Genesis,

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 the Lord did this because Abel, as a shepherd,

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 offered, it says,

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 the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions.

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 So Abel brought to God the best, the first of his flock, the best of his flock.

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 But Cain, as a farmer, did not offer the firstfruits of the produce.

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 And later in the Old Testament,

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 this ideal of bringing the firstfruits as an offering to God is codified in the law.

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 And so to summarize it,

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 Abel brought his cream of the crop,

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 and Cain brought his crumbs to God.

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 Abel brought something that was truly second.

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 Cain brought what he could sell.

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 But Cain, whose own,

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 out of envy and anger,

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 murdered Abel, his brother,

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 whose deeds were righteous.

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 And then John continues in verse 13,

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 Do not be surprised, brothers,

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 that the world hates you.

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 In the same way that Cain hated his brother,

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 Abel,

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 were evil and his brother was righteous,

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 the sinful, unbelieving world will hate us.

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 Jesus said in John 7, verse 7,

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 The world hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.

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 Jesus also said in John 15, verses 18 to 19,

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 If the world hates you,

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 know that it has hated me before it hated you.

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 If you were of the world,

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 the world would love you as its own.

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 But because you are not of the world,

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 but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore the world hates you.

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 The world is in rebellion against God.

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 They recognize that Christians live by a code of a different kingdom.

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 And that fuels their hatred because the world hates aliens.

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 Those were not like them.

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 By living according to the word of God,

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 we testify to the world that their works,

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 which is contrary to the word of God,

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 are evil.

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 And the world hates that testimony.

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 By claiming the exclusivity of Jesus Christ

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 and saying that salvation is found in Him alone,

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 we testify to the world that their religions and philosophies

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 and worldviews,

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 which contradict the word of God,

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 are false and inadequate.

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 And the world hates that testimony.

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 So we should not be surprised when the world hates us.

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 I think often we can be surprised by the vitriol

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 or the persecution we receive from the world.

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 And I think too many Christians try to fit in and please the world

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 and in doing so,

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 water down the message of Jesus Christ

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 and trying to kind of bend you over backwards

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 and trying to make it seem like

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 we don't have anything unique and different to offer to the world.

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 As if we are just like them.

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 We fit in.

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 Nothing different about us.

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 That's not true.

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 The message we offer is necessarily different.

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 It necessarily contrasts us from the world.

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 And when that's the case,

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 it's not a surprise when the world hates us.

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 If we live faithfully and righteously,

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 the world will hate us

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 for the same reason Cain hated Abel.

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 In contrast,

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 here's what assures us of our eternal life.

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 Not the world's love for us,

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 but this,

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 verse 14,

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 we know that we have passed out of death into life

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 because we love the brothers.

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 Whoever does not love abides in death.

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 Christians are here described as

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 those who have passed out of death into life.

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 This is a reference to eternal life,

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 not coming into ultimate judgment.

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 And so we have assurance of salvation,

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 eternal life through our faith in the word of Christ,

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And the basis for our confidence in this status

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 as those who possess eternal life

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 is our love for the brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 Whoever does not love, however,

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 it says they abide in death.

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 Since this is contrasted with eternal life,

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 it likely refers to eternal spiritual death.

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 And we know from the context of this letter

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 that there were those who had denied Jesus

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 and separated themselves from the church

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 that John is addressing here in this letter.

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 So he likely has those people in view

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 when he says this.

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 They, in contrast to you who love one another,

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 they may have no confidence

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 that they have eternal life.

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 In fact, they may rest assured

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 that they abide in death

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 because by seceding from the body of Christ,

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 they give evidence

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 that they do not love the brothers.

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 How can you, basically, John is saying,

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 how can you claim to love the brothers and sisters

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 whom you have forsaken?

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 That's evidence not of love but hatred.

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 And so John argues in verse 15,

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 everyone who hates his brother is a murderer.

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 And you know that no murderer

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 has eternal life abiding in him.

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 Generally, people like to think

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 that they are pretty good people.

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 And they say something when you ask them,

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 how good do you think you are?

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 Do you think you should get into heaven?

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 They say something along the lines of,

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 well, you know, I've done some bad things,

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 but I mean, I haven't killed anyone.

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 You know, I'm not a murderer, right?

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 I mean, that's kind of like the bottom, right?

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 That's like the pit.

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 It's just the worst thing

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 that people can imagine you can do.

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 And that's the same in John's time.

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 So he says,

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 you know that no murderer

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 has eternal life abiding in him.

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 We know this.

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 No murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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 But the surprising thing here

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 is that John associates hatred with murder.

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 And he learned this lesson from Jesus.

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 Jesus taught in Matthew 5, 21 to 22,

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 you have heard that it was said to those of old,

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 you shall not murder

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 and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.

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 But I say to you

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 that everyone who is angry with his brother

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 will be liable to judgment.

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 In the same way,

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 a murderer is liable to judgment.

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 A person who is sinfully angry

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 and hates his brother

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 will be liable to judgment.

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 Jesus taught that murder

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 is the blossom that grows

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 on the bud of hatred,

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 on the bud of anger.

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 Cain envied and hated his brother Abel

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 and that produced murder.

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 Do you envy

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 your brother or sister in Christ?

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 Do you wish you had the favor

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 or blessing that they enjoy

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 or do you begrudge

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 their happiness?

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 Are you harboring anger

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 or resentment toward anyone

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 of your brother or sister in Christ?

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 If that's the case,

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 that's not something to take lightly

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 but something to deal with

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 urgently and immediately

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 because harboring hatred,

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 festering anger

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 is the root of murder.

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 Of course,

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 the fear of the consequences

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 and the societal pressures

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 might keep us

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 from the physical act

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 but we may commit

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 many murders in our hearts

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 and God sees it all.

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 And if hatred of one's brother

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 leads to killing him,

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 love of one's brother

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 leads to dying for him.

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 That's what John now turns to,

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 the positive example in verse 16.

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 By this we know love

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 that he laid down his life for us

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 and we are to lay down our lives

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 for the brothers.

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 We like to use a lot of kind of vague slogans

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 about that include the word,

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 the idea of love

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 but we rarely define love.

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 We rarely can precisely express

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 what it looks like

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 but John tells us

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 exactly what love looks like,

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 what the definite standard of love is

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 and he says this,

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 that Jesus laid down his life for us

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 and we are to lay down our lives

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 for the brothers.

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 Jesus, the eternal son of God,

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 took on a human nature

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 and became a son of man

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 so that he could share in our infirmities

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 so that he might bear our sins on the cross.

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 Jesus, the eternal word of life

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 took on our mortal nature

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 and experienced death in our place.

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 Many of us have heard this gospel message many times

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 and it's easy to just let it slip through our ears

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 but think about that

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 and let that sink in for a moment.

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 Maybe it would be helpful to think about it this way.

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 When we hear in the news that a baby,

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 a baby which is in life and innocence

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 is brutally and violently murdered

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 or when you hear in the news

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 that a nun,

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 which is a symbol of chastity,

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 is raped,

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 it repulses us, doesn't it?

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 It makes us sick to our stomach.

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 That kind of same reaction

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 should be present when we hear

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 that Jesus Christ died on the cross for us

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 because the word of life

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 was subjected to death.

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 The righteous one,

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 the one who always spoke truly

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 and always acted righteously,

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 was killed as a criminal

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 and as a sinner.

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 That should have never happened.

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 That should have never been.

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 Our Lord should have never

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 been subjected to such humiliation

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 but He endured it for our sake.

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 He endured it so that we might trust in Him

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 for salvation and live

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 and that's how we know what love is.

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 That God became a Son of Man.

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 The Son of God became a Son of Man

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 and died for us

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 and nobody forced Him to do this.

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 Jesus said this in John 10

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 verses 7 and 18,

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 I lay down my life

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 that I might take it up again.

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 No one takes it from me

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 but I lay it down of my own accord.

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 I have authority to lay it down

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 and I have authority to take it up again.

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 This charge I have received

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 from my Father.

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 Pilate did not force Jesus to die.

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 Caesar didn't force Jesus to die.

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 Even God the Father

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 did not force Jesus to die.

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 Jesus died

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 out of His willing obedience

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 to His Father.

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 He voluntarily laid down His life

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 that He might save us.

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 And it's in that sacrifice

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 that we know

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 what love is.

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 And since Jesus,

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 our elder brother

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 in the family of God,

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 laid down His life for us,

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 it follows that

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 we ought to

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 lay down our lives

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 for the brothers.

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 Unless we get lost

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 in these kind of

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 high, noble,

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 abstract ideals

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 but fail to grasp

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 the concrete

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 and tangible

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 ramifications of this command,

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 John continues

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 with the more specific

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 implication of this

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 in verses 17 to 18.

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 But if anyone

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 has the world's goods

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 and sees his brother

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 in need,

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 yet closes his heart

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 against him,

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 how does God's love

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 abide in him?

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 Little children,

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 let us not love

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 in word or talk

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 but in deed

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 and in truth.

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 A brother in need

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 calls for a love

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 in deed,

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 not just word.

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 How can you say

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 that God's love

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 resides in you

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 when you don't have

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 love for your brothers

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 and sisters

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 who are the object

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 of God's special affection?

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 People that God

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 purchased

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 with the precious blood

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 of His own Son.

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 How can you say

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 God's love abides in you

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 when you don't love

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 your brothers

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 and sisters?

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 And how can you claim

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 to love your brother

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 or sister

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 when despite seeing

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 their need,

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 you close your heart

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 against him or her?

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 We cannot claim

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 to be ready

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 to lay down our lives

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 for our brothers

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 and sisters

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 when we don't even

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 share the world's goods,

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 material goods,

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 physical goods

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 with one another.

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 James chapter 2

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 verses 15 to 16

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 offers a close parallel.

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 It says,

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 If a brother or sister

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 is poorly clothed

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 and lacking

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 in daily food

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 and one of you

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 says to them,

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 go in peace,

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 be warmed

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 and filled

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 without giving them

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 the things

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 needed for the body,

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 what good is that?

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 When we refuse

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 to feed a hungry

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 brother or sister,

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 when we refuse

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 to nurse

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 a sick brother

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 or sister,

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 when we refuse

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 to clothe

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 a poorly clothed

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 brother or sister,

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 and we don't do it,

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 our religion

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 is useless.

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 We demonstrate

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 by our actions

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 that our words

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 mean nothing to us.

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 We prove

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 that God's love

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 does not abide in us.

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 I was just reading

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 in the news yesterday

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 about Don Giussupi

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 Berardelli.

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 I don't know if you guys

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 saw this story.

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 He was a 72-year-old

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 Christian priest

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 in Lombardi, Italy

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 and one of the areas

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 hardest hit by COVID-19.

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 He caught COVID-19

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 and he was in the hospital

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 on a ventilator.

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 He actually owned

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 this ventilator.

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 It was his personal ventilator

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 that his church members

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 had purchased for him

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 because he already had

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 a respiratory illness

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 and needed one.

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 And so even though

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 hospitals didn't have enough,

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 he had one.

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 but he recognized

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 that there were others

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 in the room

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 and especially

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 there was a younger person

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 who desperately needed

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 a ventilator

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 and was about to die

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 and so he gave up

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 his own ventilator,

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 one that he owns,

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 so that this person

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 might live

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 and then he died

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 shortly thereafter.

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 There is no greater love

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 than this

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 than the friend

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 lays down his life

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 as Jesus did.

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 He was following

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 in the footsteps

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 of the Savior

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 that he served

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 for 70 or so years

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 of his life.

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 And right now

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 is a great opportunity

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 for us

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 as a church

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 to demonstrate

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 our love

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 for one another.

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 It's possible

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 that some of us

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:35.060
 will get sick

00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:35.880
 with COVID-19

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 in the coming days

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 and weeks.

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 It's possible

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 that some of us

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 will get very sick.

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 Some of us

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.860
 might even lose

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 loved ones.

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 In the last two weeks alone,

00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:52.000
 not only health-wise,

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:53.340
 but 10 million people

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.840
 in the U.S.

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.220
 have filed

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 for unemployment.

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 Just a staggering number.

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 One of our own members

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.500
 is also recently unemployed

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.459
 due to COVID-19.

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 And we expect

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.819
 that there will be

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.619
 more needs

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.699
 in the coming weeks

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.319
 and months

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.559
 in our church.

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.659
 But if anyone

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:12.139
 hath the world's goods

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.779
 and sees his brother

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.399
 in need,

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:16.019
 yet closes his heart

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.619
 against him,

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:18.139
 how does God's love

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.579
 abide in him?

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.719
 This is not the time

00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:24.419
 for us to close

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:24.779
 our hearts

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.279
 to one another.

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:32.219
 describing the early church,

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.259
 it says in Acts

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.919
 chapter 4

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:35.399
 verses 34 to 35,

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:38.659
 there was not

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.879
 a needy person

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.500
 among them.

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.559
 For as many

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.419
 as were owners

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.079
 of lands

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.459
 or houses

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:50.240
 sold them

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:52.000
 and brought

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.839
 the proceeds

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:54.939
 of what was sold

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:57.880
 and laid it

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.980
 at the apostles' feet

00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:01.519
 and it was

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.940
 distributed

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.539
 to each

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.660
 as any

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.480
 had need.

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:11.120
 So long as

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:12.120
 any of us

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.980
 has a roof

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.140
 over our head,

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.700
 our brothers and sisters

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.200
 in Christ

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.200
 should not be homeless.

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.620
 So long as

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.220
 any of us

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.740
 has food

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.440
 on our tables,

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.720
 our brothers and sisters

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.440
 should not be

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.320
 going hungry.

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.899
 so long as

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.480
 any of us

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.099
 have money

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:27.339
 to spend,

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.299
 our brothers and sisters

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.000
 should not

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.240
 be begging.

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.759
 Because this is

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.339
 our family,

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.779
 this is God's

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.259
 family.

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.319
 Thank you.

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.659
 To this end,

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:47.879
 we created a fund

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.359
 this week

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.200
 called the

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.859
 COVID-19 Relief Fund.

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:53.899
 In addition

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.299
 to our

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.319
 general church fund,

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:57.359
 we're going

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.139
 to use this fund

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.759
 to provide

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.240
 urgent

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.419
 temporary aid

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:01.399
 to church members

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.579
 who have lost

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.000
 income

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.519
 due to the

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.619
 COVID-19 pandemic.

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.799
 And we're

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.219
 asking you

00:24:08.219 --> 00:24:09.000
 to give to that

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.199
 over and above

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.699
 your normal

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.679
 tithes and offerings.

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.659
 And you can

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.240
 do that on our

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.659
 website.

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.119
 Go to

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.859
 bit.do

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.579
 trinitygive

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.199
 and choose

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:17.979
 the COVID-19

00:24:17.979 --> 00:24:18.599
 Relief Fund.

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.639
 We can

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:19.980
 kind of

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.279
 tell you

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.500
 on the

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.759
 chat

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.619
 after how

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.000
 to do

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.319
 that.

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:24.199
 And please

00:24:24.199 --> 00:24:24.939
 let us

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.459
 know of

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.279
 any needs

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.819
 that arise.

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:27.459
 Don't keep

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.099
 it to yourself.

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.219
 If you

00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:30.799
 feel badly

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.099
 about

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:33.459
 telling us

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:33.959
 in person

00:24:33.959 --> 00:24:34.480
 about the

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.779
 needs that

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.059
 you have,

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.519
 just fill out

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.939
 that online

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.219
 survey.

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.959
 Tell us

00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:37.759
 what you're

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.279
 going through

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.719
 so that we

00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.240
 can walk

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.740
 through this

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.379
 time with

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.659
 you.

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.659
 This is

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.339
 when the

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.719
 body of

00:24:42.719 --> 00:24:43.359
 Christ must

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.799
 bond

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.259
 together

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.799
 and care

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.159
 for one

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.419
 another.

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:49.400
 Any

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.000
 surplus

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.580
 money that

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.519
 we might

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.580
 have from

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.039
 that fund

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.400
 will be

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.820
 used to

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.460
 aid other

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.620
 gospel-centered

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.240
 churches in

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.640
 the area

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.180
 that are

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.660
 experiencing

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.140
 critical

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.560
 financial

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.000
 hardship

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.019
 if there

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.360
 is any

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.840
 surplus.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.820
 I was

00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:02.340
 speaking with

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:02.900
 a pastor

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.300
 friend of

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.620
 mine in

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.019
 New Jersey

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.640
 and he

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.100
 shared with

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.420
 me that

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:05.900
 his church

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.640
 this past

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.180
 week cut

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.940
 five staff

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.320
 members,

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.100
 including

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.360
 one of

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.860
 the pastors

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:11.539
 because their

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.460
 regular tithes

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.800
 and offerings

00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:13.180
 have taken

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.820
 such a hit

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.360
 from not

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.800
 gathering

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.440
 week to

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.680
 week.

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.480
 I think

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:20.919
 our love

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.460
 for one

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.960
 another should

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.859
 extend an

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.559
 overflow out

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.799
 of our

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.139
 own local

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.559
 church as

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.019
 well when

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.279
 we are

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.659
 able.

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.559
 In the

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.059
 same way

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.539
 in Acts

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:29.119
 11 when

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.359
 prophet Agabus

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.200
 prophesied of

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.579
 a great

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.220
 famine that

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.619
 was coming

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.099
 over the

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.539
 whole region,

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.059
 it says

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.579
 that the

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.039
 disciples

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.720
 determined

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.399
 everyone

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.039
 according to

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.559
 his ability

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.460
 to send

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.200
 relief to

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.639
 the brothers

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.419
 living in

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.899
 Judea.

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:44.780
 on a

00:25:44.780 --> 00:25:44.980
 couple

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.280
 different

00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:45.820
 occasions

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.400
 recorded in

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.519
 the New

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.880
 Testament,

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.519
 believers

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.280
 from other

00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:48.700
 regions

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.500
 gathered funds

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.880
 to send

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.200
 to the

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.500
 churches

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.259
 in Jerusalem

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.120
 because it

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.460
 seems that

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.680
 they were

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.100
 particularly

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.920
 impoverished.

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:58.960
 And when

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.480
 we love

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.800
 one another

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.100
 in this

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.360
 way,

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.840
 when our

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.220
 love is

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.740
 demonstrated

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.519
 in deed,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.380
 that gives

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.240
 us assurance

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.200
 before God,

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.840
 this passage

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.460
 teaches us.

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.300
 John writes

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:10.660
 in verses

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.019
 19 to 22,

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:37.660
 These verses

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:39.980
 are difficult

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.599
 to interpret.

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.740
 It's yielded

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.360
 many different

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.019
 interpretations.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.319
 In order to

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.900
 understand it

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.120
 rightly,

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.819
 we have to

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.259
 pay close

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.880
 attention to

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.460
 its immediate

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.220
 context.

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.680
 First,

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.440
 note the

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.039
 repetition of

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.360
 the word

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.120
 heart in

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.700
 this passage.

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.140
 First,

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.039
 in verse 17,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.880
 John told us

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.440
 that God's

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.380
 love does

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.200
 not abide

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.960
 in anyone

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.819
 who has

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.519
 the world's

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.039
 goods and

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.539
 sees his

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.039
 brother in

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.220
 need,

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.940
 yet closes

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.940
 his heart

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.980
 against him.

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.640
 That's the

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.200
 first instance

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.620
 of the word

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.099
 heart there.

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:09.419
 So we

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:09.779
 shouldn't

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.399
 close our

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.319
 heart against

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.779
 our brothers

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.199
 and sisters

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:12.779
 in Christ.

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.899
 Then verse

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.959
 19 tells us

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.819
 how we can

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:17.299
 reassure our

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.419
 heart before

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:18.779
 God.

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:19.959
 How we

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.379
 might have

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.599
 confidence in

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.879
 our heart

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.500
 before God,

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:22.980
 in his

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.399
 presence,

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.359
 that we are

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.079
 of the truth,

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.639
 that we belong

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.039
 to him.

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.379
 So this is

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.119
 the thesis of

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.879
 verses 19 to

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.299
 22.

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.039
 And then in

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.039
 verses 20

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.980
 and verse 21,

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.559
 John gives us

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.639
 two kind of

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:37.660
 opposing scenarios

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.660
 that are

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.240
 parallel to

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.580
 each other.

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.820
 It's an

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.500
 antithetical

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.880
 parallel.

00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:42.580
 They oppose

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.020
 each other,

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.420
 but they

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.980
 match each

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.400
 other in

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.960
 structure.

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.860
 So this

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.320
 gets a

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.620
 little bit

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.060
 lost in

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.400
 translation,

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.080
 but both

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.800
 verse 20

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.340
 and verse

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.420
 21 begin

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.300
 with if

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:53.220
 in the

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.480
 original

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.940
 language.

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:54.860
 It says,

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.740
 if our

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.060
 heart

00:27:56.060 --> 00:27:56.920
 condemns us,

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.340
 God is

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:57.920
 greater than

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.400
 our heart,

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:58.860
 and he

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.100
 knows

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.580
 everything.

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.759
 Beloved,

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.500
 if our

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.920
 heart does

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.580
 not condemn

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:02.900
 us,

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.180
 we have

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.700
 confidence

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.420
 before God.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.779
 So you

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.380
 notice the

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.580
 parallel

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:05.980
 structure

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.279
 there.

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:07.960
 Remember

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.600
 what John

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:08.960
 told us

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.560
 in verse 19.

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:09.980
 He's trying

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.380
 to teach

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.060
 us how

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.500
 we can

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.120
 reassure

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.620
 our heart

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.300
 before God,

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.920
 how we

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.180
 can have

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.660
 confidence

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.340
 before God.

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.460
 Verse 20

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.279
 is a

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.700
 negative

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.300
 scenario,

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.220
 a situation

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.860
 in which

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.940
 one cannot

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.800
 reassure

00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:22.759
 one's heart

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.380
 before God.

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.800
 And verse

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.640
 21 is a

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.060
 positive

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.480
 scenario,

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.039
 a situation

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.539
 where one

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:30.100
 can reassure

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.840
 one's heart

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.560
 before God.

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.560
 And so with

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:33.519
 that overall

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.019
 structure in

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.160
 mind,

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.400
 we can

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.680
 better

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.180
 understand

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.500
 the meaning

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.640
 of

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:35.920
 verses.

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.220
 Let's

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.480
 look at

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.060
 verse 20.

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.120
 It says,

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.660
 for whenever

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.200
 our heart

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.700
 condemns

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.100
 us,

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.620
 God is

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.160
 greater than

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.660
 our heart

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.900
 and he

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.620
 knows

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.200
 everything.

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.500
 So this

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.779
 is a

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.100
 negative

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.580
 scenario

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.440
 where our

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.000
 heart

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.920
 condemns

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.200
 us.

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.040
 We have

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.860
 closed our

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.880
 heart against

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.300
 our brother

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:53.740
 or sister.

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.560
 And because

00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:56.080
 of that,

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.620
 our heart,

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.000
 our own

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.400
 hearts

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.320
 condemn us.

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.519
 And as a

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.940
 result,

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.759
 we can't

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.460
 convince our

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.040
 own hearts

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.200
 that we

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.599
 have done

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.940
 what is

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.920
 right in

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.519
 withholding

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.299
 material support

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.859
 from our

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.139
 Christian

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.599
 brothers and

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:08.899
 sisters.

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.279
 And when we

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.599
 have done

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:10.819
 that,

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.799
 how can we

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.779
 reassure our

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.240
 heart before

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.680
 God?

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.359
 Since God's

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.180
 greater than

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.759
 even our

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.119
 heart.

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.059
 And he

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.259
 knows

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.740
 everything.

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.779
 We might

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.159
 try to

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:23.539
 rationalize our

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.299
 lack of love

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.819
 for our

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.279
 brothers and

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.779
 sisters and

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.059
 try to

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.539
 convince

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.200
 ourselves,

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.879
 convince our

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.420
 own hearts

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.980
 by saying,

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.900
 well, I

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.339
 need this

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.860
 food just

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.240
 as much

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.519
 as he

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.860
 does.

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.819
 I need

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.360
 this money

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.900
 just as

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.259
 much as

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.839
 she does.

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.420
 Giving

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.140
 stuff to

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.620
 him is

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.180
 not the

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.700
 best thing.

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.019
 It might

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.339
 make him

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.000
 dependent and

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.620
 complacent.

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.779
 You know,

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.160
 she should

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.480
 have worked

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.220
 harder and

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.019
 prepared better

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.500
 for these

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.940
 kinds of

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.360
 emergencies.

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.200
 We might

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.539
 say all

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.920
 kinds of

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.339
 things trying

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.079
 to persuade

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.759
 our hearts,

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.779
 to convince

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.160
 our hearts,

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.920
 reassure our

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.579
 hearts in

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.220
 light of having

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.700
 closed our

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.120
 hearts against

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.620
 our brothers.

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.980
 But our

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.740
 hearts won't

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.319
 let us off

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.759
 the hook

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.359
 that easily

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.359
 and our

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.079
 heart condemns

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.480
 us.

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.579
 And what

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.960
 John is

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.400
 saying is

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.019
 when even

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.900
 our own

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.720
 sinful

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.339
 heart

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.359
 condemns

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.740
 us,

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.660
 there is

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.539
 no chance

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.039
 that we

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.779
 can reassure

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.240
 our heart

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.859
 before God.

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.059
 Because God

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.720
 is greater

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.599
 than our

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.740
 heart and

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.359
 he knows

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.220
 everything.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.759
 We might

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.519
 fool ourselves

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.180
 but we can

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.019
 never fool

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.980
 God because

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.859
 he sees

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.779
 the hidden

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.819
 motivations and

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.480
 murmurs of

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.900
 our heart

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.839
 that we

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.440
 ourselves are

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.779
 not even

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.380
 aware of.

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.079
 16th century

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.019
 pastor and

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.839
 Protestant

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.599
 reformer John

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:38.140
 Calvin concurs

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.759
 with our

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.319
 interpretation.

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.120
 He says

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.440
 this,

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.240
 For if

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.920
 anyone is

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.700
 conscious of

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.279
 guilt and

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.940
 is condemned

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.700
 by his own

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.860
 heart, much

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.599
 less can he

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.220
 escape the

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.680
 judgment of

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.019
 God.

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.680
 It hence

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.360
 follows that

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.039
 faith is

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.960
 subverted by

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.220
 the disquiet of

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.640
 an evil

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.240
 conscience.

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.440
 God is

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.000
 greater than

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.400
 our heart

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.920
 with reference

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.500
 to judgment

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.920
 that is

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.299
 because God

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.920
 sees much

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.680
 more keenly

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.019
 than we

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.779
 do and

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.599
 searches more

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.680
 minutely and

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.440
 judges more

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.920
 severely.

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.519
 To the same

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.299
 purpose is what

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.940
 immediately follows

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.359
 that God

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.079
 knoweth or

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.660
 sees all

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.120
 things.

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.200
 For how can

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.700
 those things

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.539
 be hid from

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.640
 him which

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.420
 we who in

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.039
 comparison with

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.559
 him are dull

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.220
 and blind are

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.940
 constrained to

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.240
 see?

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.900
 The meaning

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.579
 is now clear

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.299
 that since the

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.039
 knowledge of God

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.240
 penetrates deeper

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.920
 than the

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.599
 perceptions of

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.460
 our conscience,

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.220
 no one can

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.019
 stand before

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.700
 God except

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.539
 the integrity

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.980
 of his

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.539
 conscience

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.500
 sustains him.

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.159
 In

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.819
 contrast,

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.899
 verses 21

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.379
 to 22

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.740
 say,

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.220
 if our

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.859
 heart does

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.599
 not condemn

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.119
 us,

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.379
 if we have

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:43.859
 opened up

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.319
 our hearts

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.700
 toward our

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.039
 brothers and

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.500
 sisters in

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.740
 need,

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.420
 we have

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.059
 confidence

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.099
 before God

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:49.240
 and whatever

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.159
 we ask,

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.019
 we receive

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.899
 from him.

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.859
 because we

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.599
 keep his

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.059
 commandments

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.059
 and do

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.139
 what pleases

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.440
 him.

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.819
 If we

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.399
 share the

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.879
 world's

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.839
 goods with

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.399
 our brothers

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.799
 and sisters

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.119
 when we

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.420
 see them

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.859
 in need,

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.519
 our heart

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.980
 does not

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.579
 condemn us

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.440
 and as a

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.859
 result,

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.519
 because of

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.019
 our integrity,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.819
 we have

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.480
 confidence

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.200
 before God

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.059
 and when we

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.720
 have confidence

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.279
 before God,

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.659
 our hearts

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.240
 are reassured

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.839
 before him

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.379
 and we

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.879
 can ask

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.339
 for him

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.599
 and we

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.319
 receive from

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.700
 him our

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.000
 prayer,

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.559
 answers to

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.039
 our prayers

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.079
 because it

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.399
 says we

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.940
 keep his

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.319
 commandments

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.839
 and do

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.759
 what pleases

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.139
 him.

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:24.640
 A clear

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.240
 conscience

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.880
 before God

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.480
 this means

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.400
 produces

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.300
 confidence

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.900
 before God

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.320
 in prayer.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.800
 Conversely,

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.300
 there's ample

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.940
 evidence in

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.440
 scripture that

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.960
 sin separates

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.640
 us from God

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.720
 so that it

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.060
 says in

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.800
 Isaiah 59

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.300
 verse 2,

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.800
 he does

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.460
 not hear.

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.620
 Psalm 66

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.340
 18 says,

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.820
 if I had

00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:44.180
 cherished

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.780
 iniquity in

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.160
 my heart,

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.560
 the Lord

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.000
 would not

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.600
 have listened.

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:55.699
 God

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.439
 delights

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:57.240
 to answer

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.939
 those who

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.639
 obey him

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.439
 because

00:32:59.439 --> 00:33:00.039
 obedience

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.939
 is the

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.519
 evidence

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.500
 of faith

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.519
 and God

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.179
 answers

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.719
 prayers

00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:05.519
 of faith.

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.659
 So when

00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:07.099
 we obey

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.599
 God in

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.039
 loving one

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.359
 another,

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.779
 it says

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.059
 we have

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.639
 confidence

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.359
 before God

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:11.059
 and whatever

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.599
 we ask

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.119
 we receive

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.539
 from him

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.980
 because we

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.480
 keep his

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.879
 commandments

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.439
 and do

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:15.259
 what pleases

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.539
 him.

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.000
 And then

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.720
 in verses

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.759
 23-24,

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.119
 John reiterates

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.319
 exactly what

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.200
 this commandment

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.539
 of God

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.339
 is that we

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.619
 are to

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:24.900
 obey.

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.019
 He says,

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.599
 and this

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.200
 is his

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.700
 commandment

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.379
 that we

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.180
 believe in

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.539
 the name

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.819
 of his

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.339
 son Jesus

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.819
 Christ

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.559
 and love

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.359
 one another

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.500
 just as

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.019
 he has

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.480
 commanded

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.900
 us.

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.700
 Whoever

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.539
 keeps his

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.119
 commandments

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.019
 abides in

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.779
 God and

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.279
 God in

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.579
 him.

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.579
 And by

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.119
 this we

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.559
 know that

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.240
 he abides

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.740
 in us

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.200
 by the

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.940
 spirit whom

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.559
 he has

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.519
 given us.

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:48.099
 In verses

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:49.639
 22-24,

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.440
 John uses

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.019
 the plural

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.679
 commandments,

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.139
 but in

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.759
 verse 23,

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.299
 he uses

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.839
 the singular

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.799
 commandment,

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.539
 and by

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.139
 doing that,

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.819
 John tells

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.460
 us that

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.019
 while these

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.899
 two commandments

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:01.039
 are distinguishable,

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.759
 they are

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.500
 inseparable.

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.679
 Because our

00:34:04.679 --> 00:34:05.339
 fellowship with

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.899
 our brothers and

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.460
 sisters in

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.339
 Christ depends

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.420
 on and slows

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.360
 from our

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.299
 fellowship with

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:10.940
 God through

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.619
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.719
 God

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.659
 because receiving

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.239
 the love

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.920
 of Christ

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.900
 who laid

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.359
 down his

00:34:16.359 --> 00:34:16.880
 life for us

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.079
 is the

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.719
 foundation,

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.579
 the basis

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.460
 for our

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.059
 love for

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.440
 one another

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.839
 and laying

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.139
 down our

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.579
 lives for

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.039
 one another.

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.940
 And so we

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.400
 believe in

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.000
 the name of

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.559
 his son Jesus

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.339
 Christ and

00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:28.079
 love one

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.319
 another.

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.759
 These are

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.099
 the two

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.839
 distinguishing

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.920
 marks of

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.440
 the Christian

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:33.440
 that John

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.339
 emphasizes over

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.679
 and over

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.039
 again.

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.319
 And that's

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:36.699
 where I get

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.139
 the main

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.779
 point that

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.779
 as followers

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.460
 of Christ

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.880
 who laid

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.339
 down his

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.780
 life for

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.000
 us,

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.600
 we should

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:41.740
 be

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.059
 characterized

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.539
 by our

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.140
 faith in

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.680
 Jesus and

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.200
 our love

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.660
 for one

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:44.980
 another.

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.140
 Faith and

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.320
 love.

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.860
 If we have

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.360
 these two

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.800
 things,

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.600
 we know that

00:34:48.600 --> 00:34:49.240
 God abides

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.840
 in us by

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.539
 the Spirit

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.480
 whom he

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.220
 has given

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.559
 us,

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.940
 it says.

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:54.660
 I should

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.059
 note here

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.440
 that to

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.039
 believe in

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.460
 the name

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.880
 of his

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.280
 son Jesus

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.860
 Christ is

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.440
 not merely

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.300
 to assent

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.180
 mentally to

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.740
 the fact that

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.280
 Jesus is

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.920
 God's son

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.200
 and the

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.579
 Christ,

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.760
 the promised

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.220
 Messiah.

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.400
 It doesn't

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.000
 mean merely

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.539
 to confess

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.980
 his name

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.460
 verbally.

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.860
 It means

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.579
 pledging

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.179
 allegiance

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.960
 to him.

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.900
 It means

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.599
 to align

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.099
 yourself,

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.059
 to come

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.860
 under the

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.659
 authority and

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.579
 the power and

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.400
 the purposes and

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.159
 the priorities of

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.880
 his name.

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.760
 And so when we

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.440
 believe in the

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.880
 name of his

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.539
 son Jesus Christ

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.260
 in this way,

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.039
 the Bible

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.699
 promises that we

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.420
 receive the

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.079
 Holy Spirit

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.039
 from God the

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.460
 Father so that

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.679
 God himself,

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.099
 the triune

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.480
 God,

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.460
 through his

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.500
 spirit abides

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.300
 in us and

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.960
 dwells in

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.320
 us.

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.960
 We abide in

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.579
 God by

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.760
 believing in

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.900
 Jesus and

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.820
 loving one

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.460
 another and

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.719
 God abides in

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.659
 us through his

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.300
 Holy Spirit.

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.019
 Brothers and

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.219
 sisters,

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.940
 that's the

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.820
 unspeakable

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.639
 honor and

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.599
 privilege of

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.099
 being a

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.480
 Christian.

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.960
 Think about

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.079
 it.

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.539
 Though we

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.260
 are weak

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:59.519
 and frail,

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.559
 God Almighty

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.400
 dwells in

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.800
 us.

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.019
 Though we

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.699
 are sinful,

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.659
 the Holy

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.639
 One dwells

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.419
 in us.

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.659
 The King

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.739
 deigns to

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.279
 dwell among

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.000
 his subjects.

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.299
 The Creator

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.839
 makes his

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.779
 home within

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.579
 his creatures.

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.399
 That's the

00:36:15.399 --> 00:36:16.099
 unfathomable

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.659
 reality that

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.079
 he's speaking

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.359
 of.

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.379
 I have been

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:19.259
 crucified with

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.819
 Christ, Paul

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:20.119
 said in

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.159
 Galatians 2.20.

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.059
 It is no

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:23.099
 longer I who

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:24.199
 live but Christ

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:25.000
 who lives in

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.980
 me and the

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.679
 life I now

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.299
 live in the

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.579
 flesh.

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.339
 I live by

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:29.159
 faith in the

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.699
 Son of God

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.699
 who loved me

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.239
 and gave

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:32.279
 himself for me.

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:34.460
 That's what

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.140
 it means to

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.720
 live as a

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.080
 Christian.

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.500
 Abide in

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.920
 God, to

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.160
 let him

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.760
 abide in

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.200
 us, to

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.600
 keep in

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:40.140
 step with

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.580
 the Spirit,

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.900
 to live

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.680
 every waking

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:44.140
 moment with

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.740
 the understanding,

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.040
 with the

00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:45.920
 awareness that

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.600
 the Lord God

00:36:47.600 --> 00:36:49.180
 himself indwells

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:50.700
 us and

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.540
 lives in

00:36:51.540 --> 00:36:51.820
 and through

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.240
 us.

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.019
 And then

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.560
 having taught

00:36:56.560 --> 00:36:57.100
 us that when

00:36:57.100 --> 00:36:57.880
 we believe in

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.320
 the name of

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.580
 his Son

00:36:58.580 --> 00:36:59.300
 Jesus Christ,

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.960
 God himself

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.460
 abides in

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.720
 us through

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.220
 the Spirit,

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.239
 John proceeds

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:02.879
 to explain

00:37:02.879 --> 00:37:03.379
 what it's

00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:03.799
 like to

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.319
 receive the

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.939
 true Spirit

00:37:04.939 --> 00:37:05.259
 of God

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.639
 in chapter

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.299
 4, verses

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:07.099
 1-6.

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.359
 He says

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:08.659
 in chapter

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.159
 4, verse

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.559
 1,

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.299
 Beloved,

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:10.719
 do not

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.699
 believe every

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.980
 spirit, but

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.679
 test the

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.099
 spirits to

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.480
 see whether

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.839
 they are

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.359
 from God,

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.439
 for many

00:37:16.439 --> 00:37:17.119
 false prophets

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.480
 have gone

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.859
 out into

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:18.279
 the world.

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.519
 Not

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.659
 everyone who

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.279
 claims to

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:22.019
 have received

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.699
 the Spirit

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.239
 of God

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:24.899
 actually has

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.299
 the Spirit

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:25.739
 of God.

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.439
 They need

00:37:27.439 --> 00:37:27.980
 to be tested

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.779
 because many

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.679
 false prophets

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.279
 have gone out

00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:30.779
 into the world.

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.120
 There are

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.700
 people in

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:32.080
 the world

00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:32.700
 who claim

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.260
 to speak

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:34.000
 for God,

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.920
 but in

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.220
 fact,

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.820
 do not.

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.300
 This is a

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.980
 needful warning

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.360
 because false

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.760
 prophets,

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.200
 the Bible

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.960
 describes them

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.040
 as being

00:37:44.040 --> 00:37:44.840
 insidious,

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.640
 subtle.

00:37:48.140 --> 00:37:48.600
 They are

00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:49.480
 stealthy and

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.280
 deceptive.

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.760
 Matthew

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.440
 chapter 7,

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:53.080
 verse 15,

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:54.080
 Jesus warns us

00:37:54.080 --> 00:37:54.840
 that false

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.600
 prophets come to

00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:56.360
 us in sheep's

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.000
 clothing, but

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.960
 inwardly they are

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.560
 ferocious,

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.740
 ravenous wolves.

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:01.039
 Similarly,

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.379
 2 Peter 2,

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.379
 verse 1 warns

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:03.919
 us that false

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.459
 prophets and

00:38:04.459 --> 00:38:05.079
 false teachers

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:06.299
 will secretly

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:07.039
 bring in

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.659
 destructive

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.399
 heresies,

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.459
 even denying

00:38:09.459 --> 00:38:10.139
 the Master

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:11.099
 who bought

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.419
 them.

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:14.199
 False teachers

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:15.019
 don't come to

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.719
 us announcing

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.439
 themselves just

00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:16.959
 as wolves

00:38:16.959 --> 00:38:17.659
 don't enter

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.399
 the sheepfold

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:19.479
 announcing their

00:38:19.479 --> 00:38:20.019
 presence.

00:38:20.899 --> 00:38:21.619
 They are

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.819
 rather secretive,

00:38:22.979 --> 00:38:23.199
 they are

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.899
 stealthy,

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.379
 they are

00:38:24.379 --> 00:38:25.059
 insidious,

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.840
 they introduce

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.579
 their false

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.619
 teachings secretly,

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.420
 imperceptibly

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.759
 even,

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.860
 gradually.

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.559
 They dress

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.199
 themselves up

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.820
 as one of

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.480
 God's own,

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.239
 one of God's

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.480
 sheep,

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.279
 when in fact

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.719
 they are there

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.679
 only to pray

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.679
 on the

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.659
 sheep of

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:38.940
 God.

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.599
 And here's

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.199
 the test

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.779
 that we are

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:42.259
 to use to

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.639
 see whether

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.179
 the spirits

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.539
 that are

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.299
 inspiring these

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:45.360
 people to

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.079
 speak are

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.779
 from God

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.159
 or not.

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.759
 Verses 2 to

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:47.940
 3,

00:38:47.940 --> 00:39:05.639
 If one truly

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.280
 has the

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.659
 spirit of

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:06.940
 God,

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.780
 that person

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.539
 will confess

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.820
 the incarnate

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.539
 word,

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:12.099
 Jesus Christ,

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.960
 son of God

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.400
 who took on

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.159
 human flesh.

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.539
 But anyone

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.519
 who refuses

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.260
 to confess

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:18.120
 Jesus Christ

00:39:18.120 --> 00:39:19.420
 is animated

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.200
 not by the

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:20.560
 spirit of

00:39:20.560 --> 00:39:21.040
 God but by

00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:21.460
 the spirit

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.740
 of the

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.380
 Antichrist.

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.320
 Please heed

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.820
 this lesson

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.260
 brothers and

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.520
 sisters.

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.200
 It doesn't

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.580
 matter how

00:39:28.580 --> 00:39:29.440
 eloquent the

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.180
 person is,

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.980
 how learned

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.900
 the person

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.300
 is,

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.440
 how respectable

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.600
 the person

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:35.900
 is,

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.300
 it doesn't

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.960
 matter how

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.680
 many true

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.280
 and good

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.200
 things that

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.860
 person has

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.860
 taught and

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.240
 done,

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.140
 it doesn't

00:39:42.140 --> 00:39:42.780
 matter how

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.680
 nice that

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:44.560
 person seems,

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.960
 if he denies

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.700
 Jesus Christ,

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.160
 he's a

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.899
 false teacher,

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.460
 a false

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.879
 prophet.

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:53.259
 Deuteronomy

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.000
 chapter 13

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:55.000
 is a helpful

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.739
 illustration of

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.000
 this,

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.879
 verses 1-4,

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.659
 if a prophet

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.920
 or a dreamer

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.420
 of dreams

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.339
 arises among

00:40:00.339 --> 00:40:01.059
 you and

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.679
 gives you a

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.339
 sign or a

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.719
 wonder,

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.679
 and the sign

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.159
 or a wonder

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.799
 that he tells

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:05.480
 you comes to

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.960
 pass,

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.940
 and if he

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.299
 says,

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.960
 let us go

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.539
 after other

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.739
 gods which

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.319
 you have not

00:40:10.319 --> 00:40:10.960
 known and

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.599
 let us serve

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.000
 them,

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.859
 you shall not

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:14.779
 listen to the

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.299
 words of that

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:16.139
 prophet or that

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.579
 dreamer of

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.920
 dreams.

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:18.000
 For the

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.339
 Lord your

00:40:18.339 --> 00:40:18.819
 God is

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.559
 testing you

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.139
 to know

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.599
 whether you

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.059
 love the

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.399
 Lord your

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.819
 God with

00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:22.339
 all your

00:40:22.339 --> 00:40:22.799
 heart and

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:23.299
 with all

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:24.000
 your soul.

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.119
 You shall

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.859
 walk after

00:40:25.859 --> 00:40:26.500
 the Lord your

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.019
 God and

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.119
 fear him and

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.699
 keep his

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.420
 commandments and

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.079
 obey his

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.980
 voice and

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.299
 you shall

00:40:31.299 --> 00:40:32.239
 serve him and

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.179
 hold fast to

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.460
 him.

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:36.599
 Jesus is

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.059
 our Lord.

00:40:37.899 --> 00:40:38.579
 Jesus is

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.099
 our King.

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.859
 He is our

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.159
 Savior.

00:40:40.339 --> 00:40:41.119
 He is our

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.539
 Master.

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.480
 He is our

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.859
 God.

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.360
 God and

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.480
 you

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.760
 shouldn't

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.579
 let anyone

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.640
 not your

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.200
 parents,

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.539
 not your

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.019
 pastors,

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.099
 not your

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.620
 teachers,

00:40:50.120 --> 00:40:50.740
 not your

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.320
 presidents,

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.800
 you should

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.200
 not let

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:54.200
 anyone lead

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:54.900
 you away

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.500
 from him,

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.079
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:58.840
 Don't let

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.559
 anyone tell

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.099
 you that as

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.680
 long as we

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.820
 try to love

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.599
 people and

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.340
 try to live a

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:03.860
 good life,

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.599
 we don't need

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.579
 to make a

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.200
 total commitment

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.859
 to Jesus.

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.939
 Every spirit

00:41:12.939 --> 00:41:13.519
 that does not

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.259
 confess Jesus

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:15.919
 is not from

00:41:15.919 --> 00:41:16.659
 God.

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.019
 It is instead

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.759
 the spirit of

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.579
 the Antichrist.

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.359
 But John

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:22.939
 doesn't stop

00:41:22.939 --> 00:41:23.219
 with the

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.519
 warning.

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.299
 He concludes

00:41:24.299 --> 00:41:24.799
 the section

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:26.559
 with a

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:26.939
 follow-up

00:41:26.939 --> 00:41:27.519
 encouragement,

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.739
 once again

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.299
 addressing

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:31.779
 God's people

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.759
 affectionately as

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.439
 little children.

00:41:33.859 --> 00:41:34.399
 He says in

00:41:34.399 --> 00:41:34.819
 verse 4,

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:35.820
 you are

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:37.039
 from God

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.580
 and have

00:41:38.580 --> 00:41:39.260
 overcome

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.720
 them.

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.059
 For he

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.019
 who is in

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:43.000
 you is

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.840
 greater than

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.680
 he who is

00:41:44.680 --> 00:41:45.160
 in the

00:41:45.160 --> 00:41:45.519
 world.

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:48.059
 Your faith

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.460
 in Jesus

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:49.019
 Christ and

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.380
 your love

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.680
 for one

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:50.039
 another,

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:50.900
 they attest

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.200
 to the

00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:51.800
 reality,

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.400
 the spiritual

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.000
 reality,

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.600
 that God

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:55.180
 abides in

00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:55.420
 you.

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.559
 And so

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.360
 remember then

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:57.980
 that he

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.700
 who is in

00:41:58.700 --> 00:41:59.360
 you is

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:00.019
 greater than

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.580
 he who is

00:42:00.580 --> 00:42:00.920
 in the

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.180
 world.

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.460
 This is

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.900
 similar to

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.559
 what Jesus

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.000
 said in

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.660
 John 16

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.319
 verse 33,

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.879
 in the

00:42:05.879 --> 00:42:06.579
 world you

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.039
 will have

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.719
 tribulation,

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:08.899
 but take

00:42:08.899 --> 00:42:09.299
 heart,

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.139
 I have

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.699
 overcome

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.879
 the world.

00:42:12.839 --> 00:42:13.539
 Because the

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.159
 one who has

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.920
 overcome the

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.639
 world dwells

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.440
 in us.

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.599
 You,

00:42:18.799 --> 00:42:19.199
 we have

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:20.000
 already overcome

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.759
 those who

00:42:20.759 --> 00:42:21.339
 are in

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:22.219
 the world.

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:23.920
 And so

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.379
 it shouldn't

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:25.239
 surprise us

00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:26.460
 when people

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.119
 reject the

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.500
 message of

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.119
 Jesus Christ

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.480
 when we

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.899
 share it

00:42:28.899 --> 00:42:29.359
 with them.

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.379
 It says

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:31.139
 in verse 5,

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.579
 they are

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.400
 from the

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:32.779
 world.

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.960
 Therefore,

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.539
 they speak

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.019
 from the

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.359
 world and

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:35.719
 the world

00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.379
 listens to

00:42:36.379 --> 00:42:36.619
 them.

00:42:37.319 --> 00:42:37.659
 These people,

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.420
 the world,

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:38.879
 people of

00:42:38.879 --> 00:42:39.059
 the world,

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.599
 they belong

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:39.900
 to the

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.099
 world.

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:40.599
 They speak

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.019
 from the

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.500
 viewpoint,

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.299
 the perspective

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:42.719
 of the

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:42.960
 world.

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.299
 And so

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:43.599
 it's no

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.139
 surprise

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:44.920
 that they

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.839
 listen to

00:42:45.839 --> 00:42:46.599
 the world.

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.679
 The world

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.359
 listens to

00:42:48.359 --> 00:42:48.619
 them,

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.079
 they listen

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.339
 to the

00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:49.539
 false

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:50.039
 prophets.

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.440
 They find

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.920
 the false

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.359
 teaching

00:42:53.359 --> 00:42:53.980
 acceptable.

00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:54.379
 In

00:42:54.379 --> 00:42:54.980
 contrast,

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.579
 verse 6

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:55.879
 says,

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.700
 We are

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:57.599
 from God.

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.240
 Whoever

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:59.059
 knows God

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.700
 listens to

00:42:59.700 --> 00:42:59.940
 us.

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.200
 Whoever

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.660
 is not

00:43:00.660 --> 00:43:01.119
 from God

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.599
 does not

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.099
 listen to

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.340
 us.

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:03.240
 By this

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.720
 we know

00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:04.260
 the spirit

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:04.760
 of truth

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.119
 and the

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.400
 spirit

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:06.160
 of error.

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:08.019
 We should

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.420
 not be

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.980
 surprised that

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.380
 some people

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.880
 reject the

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.260
 message of

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.820
 Jesus because

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.680
 Jesus himself

00:43:12.680 --> 00:43:13.280
 was rejected

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.960
 many times

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.280
 during his

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:14.700
 lifetime.

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:15.660
 And it's

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:16.320
 only those

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.559
 who are

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.180
 guided by

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:17.619
 the spirit

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:18.099
 of truth

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.519
 that will

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.119
 believe in

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.420
 Jesus.

00:43:22.140 --> 00:43:23.059
 The gospel

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:24.280
 is music

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.900
 that only

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.300
 those who

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.840
 are guided

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.380
 by the

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.960
 spirit of

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.680
 God can

00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:28.920
 hear and

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.720
 respond to

00:43:29.720 --> 00:43:31.059
 and dance

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.400
 to in

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.960
 this life.

00:43:35.120 --> 00:43:35.420
 And as

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:37.240
 long as

00:43:37.240 --> 00:43:38.740
 we are

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:39.360
 abiding in

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.360
 God through

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:40.980
 faith in

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.660
 Jesus and

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.120
 love for

00:43:42.120 --> 00:43:42.559
 one another,

00:43:43.120 --> 00:43:43.960
 we can rest

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.620
 assured no

00:43:44.620 --> 00:43:45.660
 matter what

00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:46.360
 might come,

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.880
 no matter how

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:48.840
 reviled we

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.440
 are by the

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.760
 world, no

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.160
 matter what

00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:50.960
 persecutions

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.480
 come, no

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.960
 matter how

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.600
 hated,

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.079
 despised we

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.380
 are, no

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.960
 matter how

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.960
 no matter

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.659
 what happens

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:57.380
 to us

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:58.519
 in this

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:59.179
 world, that

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.980
 ultimate

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:01.340
 victory is

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.820
 ours in

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.099
 Jesus.

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.539
 We have

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.780
 already overcome

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:06.320
 the world

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.760
 and eternal

00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:08.599
 life will be

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.920
 soon our

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.659
 full possession.

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.199
 And so

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:13.119
 please hope in

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.619
 that brothers and

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.720
 sisters as you

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:14.920
 go.

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.960
 Take a moment

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:18.400
 to reflect on

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:19.159
 what I've been

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.639
 sharing about

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:20.579
 what happened

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:25.619
 what I've been

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.500
 going on to

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.039
 explore the

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.659
 karat is

00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:27.819
 2

00:44:27.819 --> 00:44:28.339
 isso

00:44:28.339 --> 00:44:28.799
 whatever

00:44:28.799 --> 00:44:29.019
 time

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.679
 to

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:30.619
 live

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:35.379
 on시면

00:44:35.379 --> 00:44:35.619
 k evil