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 Well, good morning, those of you who are here in person and those who are online.

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 We're glad you have joined us.

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 Peter, thank you for those words.

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 I feel like we should just stop and meditate on those.

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 I don't need to preach.

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 I will anyway, but thank you for those.

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 I really appreciate them.

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 As we go to God's Word this morning, will you join me in prayer?

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 Lord, we thank you that as we gather this morning, Lord, we gather to know you more.

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 And we gather because you have been at work, Lord, being the loving Savior that we have just sung about.

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 Lord, we pray now that by your Spirit you would open our hearts and our minds to receive your Word.

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 Lord, I pray for your enabling power so that I might speak clearly.

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 And Lord, that you might use this time, Lord, to draw us closer to you.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So as Pastor Nick mentioned, it's Palm Sunday.

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 And on that day many, many years ago, the crowds gathered and lined the streets of Jerusalem

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 and laid down palm fronds and coats in honor of Jesus who rode in on a donkey.

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 The expectations were high.

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 People were looking for a king.

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 A king who would come and rescue them from Roman oppression.

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 A king who would come and free the nation of Israel to have independence again.

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 A king who would come like the king of old.

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 King David, the great shepherd king.

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 The one of whom it said in 2 Samuel 5,

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 It was you who led out and brought in Israel.

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 And the Lord said to you,

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 You shall be a shepherd of my people Israel.

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 And you shall be prince over Israel.

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 These people longed for someone who would come and lead them out and lead them in in victory.

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 One who would come to deliver them.

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 One that they could follow with confidence,

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 knowing that he would lead them to life and security.

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 I wonder if your heart resonates with that longing this morning.

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 Do you long for someone to come and to take you by the hand?

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 To raise you up?

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 To lead you out of darkness and into life and into light?

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 It's worth recognizing how easily our hearts look for this.

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 And how we latch on to things.

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 Sometimes we latch on to a religious leader.

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 Or a political head of state.

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 Sometimes we just latch on to the social leader of our high school group.

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 Or a mom's group.

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 We latch on to others to follow.

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 Because we know we need it.

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 Or maybe in this 21st century, we don't.

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 Because we are desperate to be the captains of our own ship.

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 And we latch on to ourselves to lead us into life.

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 And we deny our need for anyone else.

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 And yet, as this pandemic has so painfully shown many of us,

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 we end up suffering alone.

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 We don't choose well, often, when we look for leaders.

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 When we look for someone to follow.

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 When we look for someone to latch on to.

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 We don't know.

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 We don't know.

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 But we do need it.

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 And God has spoken into this human longing.

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 He has spoken by sending His Son, Jesus.

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 Which leads us to our text this morning.

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 We are in John.

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 The Gospel of John.

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 Chapter 10.

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 We are continuing in our series in the first 11 chapters of John.

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 Remember, last week, Pastor Nick preached on Jesus coming to the blind man and healing him.

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 Bringing sight to someone who had been blind from birth.

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 But then also, how that provoked controversy with the religious leaders.

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 Because Jesus did not fit into their paradigms.

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 Of how God would bring this life and light to the world.

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 In our passage this morning, in John 10, we see that Jesus alone is the good shepherd we need to lead us into life.

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 We'll look at this in two sections.

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 Verses 1 through 21.

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 Jesus being the good shepherd.

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 And verses 22 through 42.

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 How Jesus alone can be that for us.

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 So, let's look at these sections in sequence.

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 If you have your Bibles at home, or if you want to read along on the screen, we're going to read verses 1 through 21 first.

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 And reflect on that for a few minutes.

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 So, read along with me.

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 John chapter 1.

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 I'm sorry.

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 Chapter 10, verse 1.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.

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 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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 To him the gatekeeper opens.

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 The sheep hear his voice.

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 And he calls his own sheep out by name and leads them out.

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 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them.

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 And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

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 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of the strangers.

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 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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 So, Jesus said, again said to them, truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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 All who come before me are thieves and robbers.

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 But the sheep did not listen to them.

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 I am the door.

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 If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

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 I come that they might have life.

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 I have it abundantly.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees.

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 And the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

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 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 I know my own and my own know me.

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 Just as a father knows me and I know the father and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold.

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 I must bring them also and they will listen to my voice.

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 So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

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 For this reason, the father loves me because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

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 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.

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 I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it up again.

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 This charge I have received from my father.

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 And there was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

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 Many of them said, he has a demon and is insane.

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 Why listen to him?

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 And others said, these are not the words of a demon.

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 These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon.

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 Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

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 As we've seen in John, Jesus is using rich metaphors to try to help us understand who he is.

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 And he comes to us in this passage and he says, I am the good shepherd who leads us to life.

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 And we're going to walk through the passage and make some observations about what Jesus says.

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 Verses 1 through 5, Jesus simply paints a picture of what a sheepfold in the first century would look like.

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 It was often a pen or an enclosure.

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 Sometimes it would be a natural thing like a cave.

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 It might be put up against a house on the backside or on the side of a house with usually a single entrance.

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 And it might hold multiple flocks from multiple shepherds.

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 He describes how the sheep know their shepherd.

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 So that when a shepherd comes and he calls them out, they have a relationship and they know.

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 And the shepherd knows the sheep and the sheep know the shepherd.

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 And so the shepherd would come and give his whistle or his signal.

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 And his sheep would come out and the rest would stay.

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 And he says, and this is the relationship between healthy sheep and shepherds.

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 When people try to come in by another way.

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 Or people try to come and take other sheep that are not their own.

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 They're thieves and robbers.

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 And so helpfully, John in verse 6 points out, he used this as a figure of speech.

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 So we know this is a metaphor.

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 This is helpful.

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 John hasn't always told us that.

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 But here, it's very clear.

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 He uses the finger of speech to help us understand what a lot of Old Testament Jews would have already understood some of.

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 Because this image of shepherd and sheep is a very well established one in the Old Testament.

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 I want to spend a few minutes just laying out a few of the scriptures, not even exhaustively, that point to or use this imagery.

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 So back in Numbers 27.

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 So we're at the people of Israel have been wandering in the wilderness.

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 They've come to the edge of the promised land.

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 And God tells Moses, because of his disobedience and faithlessness, he is not going to enter into the promised land.

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 And Moses says this to God,

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 Let the Lord appoint a man over the congregation, who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as a sheep that have no shepherd.

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 Psalm 23 is a well-known psalm that many, many of us have heard.

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 The Lord is my shepherd.

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 I shall not want.

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 He makes me lie down in green pastures.

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 He leads me beside still waters.

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 He restores my soul.

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 He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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 In the prophets in Isaiah chapter 40, as Isaiah is beginning to look ahead to the renewing and what it will take for God to renew his people.

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 He says,

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 Say to the cities of Judah,

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 Behold your God.

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 He will tend his flock like a shepherd.

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 He will gather the lambs in his arms.

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 He will carry them in his bosom and gently lead those that are with young.

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 And as Andrew read earlier in Ezekiel 34,

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 this is in the context of judgment of the exile when God had come and removed Israel from the promised land because of their faithlessness and disobedience.

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 And yet he said,

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 and he specifically in that chapter is condemning the leaders of Israel because they had not led the people to worship God,

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 but it led them astray to worship other gods.

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 And he says,

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 Those shepherds have been faithless,

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 but I,

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 your God,

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 will be your faithful shepherd.

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 But then he says later in that chapter,

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 in verse 23 of Exodus 34,

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 And I will set up over them.

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 This is a prediction coming in the future.

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 I will set up over them one shepherd,

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 my servant David,

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 and he shall feed them,

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 and he shall feed them,

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 and be their shepherd.

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 And I,

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 the Lord,

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 will be their God,

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 and my servant David shall be prince among them.

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 I am the Lord.

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 I have spoken.

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 Now friends,

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 this was written long after David was dead and in his grave.

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 He was not talking about the resurrection of David.

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 He was talking about one in the line of David who would come and fulfill this.

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 So Jesus steps into this long history and says,

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 I am the good shepherd who has come to lead you to life.

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 And he says four things about him,

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 and I want to move quickly through these because there's a lot to go here.

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 First, he says,

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 I am the way to life.

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 I am the door.

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 In verses 7 through 10,

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 he says,

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 if anyone enters by me,

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 he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

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 But I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.

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 Jesus has come to lead his sheep to life.

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 When he leads them out to eat the grass,

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 that is their life.

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 If they don't eat,

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 they die.

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 Think about what Jesus has done to the people that he's encountered.

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 In chapter 9,

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 the blind man.

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 In chapter 5,

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 the cripple at the pool of Bethesda.

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 The crowds in chapter 6,

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 who he fed food,

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 bread from heaven,

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 manna,

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 and then reminded them of a greater food.

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 The Samaritan woman who comes out for water in the heat of the day.

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 Jesus offers a greater water.

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 When Jesus comes,

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 he brings life to his sheep.

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 He is reversing the curse of death.

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 He is fixing the fallenness of the world.

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 And he says,

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 following me will lead you to life.

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 In contrast to the leaders of the day,

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 in contrast to the Pharisees who are contending with him in chapter 9,

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 he says,

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 follow me and I will lead you to life.

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 That's the first thing he says.

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 The second thing he says is in verse 14.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 I know my own and my own.

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 Know me just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the good shepherd who knows who are mine.

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 And again,

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 in this context,

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 the Old Testament people of Israel,

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 the greatest privilege was to be God's people,

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 to be God's flock.

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 And Jesus says,

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 I know my flock

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 because I know the Father.

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 And he's being provocative when he says this.

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 He says,

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 if you don't know me,

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 you don't know my Father.

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 And these Jews were claiming to know him

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 and yet reject Jesus.

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 Claiming to know God

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 and yet rejecting Jesus.

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 So Jesus comes with this image to say,

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 I know them.

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 I know my own.

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 And if you're rejecting me,

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 don't fool yourself that you are my own.

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 But he says,

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 but to all who do listen,

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 to those who follow me,

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 they are my own.

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 And verse 3 reminds us,

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 I know them by name.

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 Friends,

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 do you know what it's like?

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 Do you remember what it's like

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 to walk into a room

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 and have someone know you by name?

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 To walk into school the first day

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 after a long summer

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 and for your friend to say,

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 hey, Matt,

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 it's great to see you.

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 To walk into a family reunion,

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 your in-laws family reunion

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 where you've never been before

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 and have the host come up and say,

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 wow, Matt,

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 it's great to have you here.

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 We're so glad you're a part of this family.

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 When you are welcomed

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 is one who is known.

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 There's a sense of belonging,

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 a sense of identity,

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 a sense of welcoming,

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 a sense of safety and of comfort.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the good shepherd

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 and I know my own.

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 The third thing that he says

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 in verse 16

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 is that he will gather

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 all of his own to himself.

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 And I have other sheep

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 that are not of this fold.

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 I must bring them in also

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 so that they will listen to my voice

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 so there will be one flock

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 and one shepherd.

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 And again,

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 the Jewish people thought

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 that they were,

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 because they were physically

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 the descendants of Abraham,

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 the special people.

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 And Jesus is reminding them

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 as he has in multiple other ways.

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 No,

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 the people of God

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 are going to come from

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 every tribe and tongue and nation.

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 It's not just going to come

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 from the people of Israel.

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 It's going to come from

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 everyone,

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 everywhere.

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 And they're not going to have

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 to come and find me

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 because I'm going to take

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 the initiative to go

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 and find them

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 and bring them in.

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 I'm going to find

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 the scattered people

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 throughout the world

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 and I'm going to call them in

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 to the people of God,

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 which will ultimately

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 be the church.

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 Friends,

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 wandering sheep

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 don't find their ways home.

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 Shepherds have to go

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 and find them

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 and bring them back.

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 And Jesus says,

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 I'm going to go

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 and find those of you

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 who are looking for me

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 and I'm going to draw you in

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 and I'm going to bring you back

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 with love and devotion

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 and sacrifice.

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 And my people will be one flock

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 and they will be led

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 by one shepherd.

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 Friends,

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 in the kingdom of God,

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 in Jesus,

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 under Jesus shepherding,

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 there is no insider,

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 no outsider.

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 There is no ethnic policy.

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 There is no income restriction.

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 There is no educational barriers.

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 All are welcome.

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 Finally,

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 the fourth thing

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 and the most important thing

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 that Jesus says

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 about his shepherding

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 is that he says

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 repeatedly throughout this

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 that he is a good shepherd

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 because he will lay down

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 his life for his sheep

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 so that they might live.

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 This is the extended contrast

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 in verses 11 through 18.

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 I will lay down my sheep.

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 He repeats it four times

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 in those verses.

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 And he contrasts it.

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 He contrasts it with hired hands.

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 A hired hand is someone

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 who is brought in

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 but doesn't know his sheep.

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 And he does not care for them.

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 And when they're out in the fields

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 and danger comes

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 and the wolves come

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 to attack the sheep,

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 the hired hand says,

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 well, this is too much.

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 I don't really care enough

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 about this sheep to die.

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 And the hired hand runs away

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 and the sheep are ravaged

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 by the wolves.

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 Jesus is not a hired hand.

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 Jesus comes

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 and with great love

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 he says,

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 I am willing to lay down

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 my life for the sheep.

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 I will trade my life

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 for yours.

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 This is a rebuke

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 of the leaders

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 who sought to consolidate

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 their own power

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 rather than receiving Jesus

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 who had come from God.

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 Jesus comes

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 and he says

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 to these people

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 on this day

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 and to us today,

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 I have come

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 to lay down my life

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 for you.

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 To rescue you

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 from the wolves.

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 To rescue you

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 from the false leaders

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 that will lead you astray

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 into paths

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 that are not life.

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 And even more so

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 to lead you

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 out of the darkness

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 of sin

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 and out of the slavery

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 to fear of death.

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 Your greatest enemies,

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 the wolves that most have

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 the ability

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 to destroy your soul.

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 I will come

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 and I will lay down

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 my life.

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 In the book of John

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 we are close

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 to the end.

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 The turning point.

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 If you've ever thought

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 through the map

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 of the book of John

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 the first 11 chapters

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 all happen

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 within like 3 years.

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 The last 11 chapters

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 have it in 7 days.

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 And it's all heading

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 towards the cross.

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 And Jesus knows that

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 and he's saying

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 I am coming

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 to lay down my life

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 at the cross for you.

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 I will die in your place.

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 I will die for your sin.

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 And I will rise again

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 to be eternally

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 your good shepherd

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 who can lead you to life.

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 Jesus declares

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 that he is

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 the good shepherd.

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 And he offers

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 an invitation.

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 Will you hear his voice?

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 Will you respond?

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 Will you come to him

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 and follow him?

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 And we see in verses

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 19 through 21

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 that the people

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 are divided.

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 Some people look at him

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 and say

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 you're crazy.

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 You are a possessed man.

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 Whatever you are thinking

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 that's ridiculous.

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 I'm not listening to you.

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 But others look

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 at his works

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 and say

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 could someone

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 who had healed

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 a blind man

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 be powered

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 by the devil?

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 That's not one

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 who brings

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 death

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 but life.

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 So Jesus

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 says

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 But he goes on

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 in this conversation

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 with the people

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 in verses 22

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 through 41

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 Jesus explains more

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 of the basis

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 on how he can be

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 the good shepherd.

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 Why he alone

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 is the good shepherd.

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 And it's linked

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 specifically

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 to his relationship

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 with God the Father.

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 So let's read

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 verses 22

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 through 41

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 together.

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 It will be

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 on the screen here

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 you can read it

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 along at home.

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 Chapter 10

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 verse 22.

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 At that time

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 the feast of dedication

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 took place in Jerusalem.

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 it was winter

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 and Jesus

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 was walking

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 in the temple

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 in the colonnade

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 of Solomon.

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 So the Jews

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 gathered around him

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 and said to him

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.519
 how long

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 will you keep us

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 in suspense?

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 If you are the Christ

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 tell us plainly.

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 And Jesus

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 answered them

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 I told you

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 and you did not believe.

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 The works

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 that I do

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 in my Father's name

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 bear witness

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 about me.

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 But you do not believe

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 because you are not

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:35.019
 part of my flock.

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 My sheep

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 hear my voice

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 and I know them

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 and they follow me.

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 I give them

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 eternal life

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 and they will

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 never perish

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 and no one

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 will snatch them

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.600
 out of my hand.

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 My Father

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 who has given

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 them to me

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 is greater

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 than all

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 and no one

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.380
 is able to

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.880
 snatch them

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.279
 out of the

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 Father's hand.

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 I and the

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 Father are one.

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 The Jews

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 picked up stones

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 again to stone

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 him.

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 Jesus answered

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.000
 them

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.940
 I have shown

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.660
 you many good

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.279
 works from the

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 Father.

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 For which of

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 these are you

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.279
 going to stone

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 me?

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 And Jesus

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.819
 answered them

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.960
 it is not

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.399
 for a good

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 work that we

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 are going to

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 stone you

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 but for

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.099
 blasphemy

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 because you

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 being a man

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 make yourself

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.059
 God.

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.960
 Jesus answered

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 them

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.240
 is it not

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.660
 written in

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.139
 your law

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 I said

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 you are

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 gods

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 if he

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 called them

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 gods

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 to whom

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 the word

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 of God

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 came

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:29.559
 and the

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.039
 scripture

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.759
 cannot be

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.099
 broken

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.079
 do you

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 say of

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 him

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 who

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 father

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 consecrated

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 and sent

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.279
 into the

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.619
 world

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.259
 you are

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.079
 blaspheming

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.899
 because I

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.379
 said I

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.679
 am the

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:39.019
 son of

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.399
 God

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.839
 if I

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.159
 am not

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.599
 doing the

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.019
 works of

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.539
 my father

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.919
 then do

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.439
 not believe

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:43.739
 me

00:22:43.739 --> 00:22:44.919
 but if I

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:45.559
 do them

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.219
 even though

00:22:46.219 --> 00:22:46.599
 you do

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.179
 not believe

00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:47.439
 me

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.039
 believe the

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.500
 works

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.339
 that you

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.659
 may know

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.339
 and understand

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.759
 that the

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.359
 father is

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.819
 in me

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:53.219
 and I

00:22:53.219 --> 00:22:53.839
 am in

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.379
 the father

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.879
 again they

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.319
 sought to

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.899
 arrest him

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.139
 but he

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.819
 escaped from

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.500
 their hands

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.419
 he went

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.099
 away across

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.619
 the Jordan

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.139
 to the place

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.659
 where John

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:01.979
 had been

00:23:01.979 --> 00:23:02.779
 baptizing at

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.119
 first

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.939
 and there

00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:04.639
 he remained

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.039
 and many

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.500
 came to

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.719
 him

00:23:05.719 --> 00:23:06.039
 and they

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.319
 said

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.679
 John

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.159
 did no

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.579
 sign

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.759
 but everything

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.239
 that John

00:23:09.239 --> 00:23:09.879
 said about

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.439
 this man

00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:11.099
 was true

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:12.299
 and many

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.879
 believed

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.519
 in him

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.039
 there

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:25.079
 in this

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.259
 in this

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.799
 interaction

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.279
 with the

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.559
 leaders

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.099
 Jesus is

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.539
 explaining

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.279
 how he

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.000
 can be

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.679
 and must

00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:31.159
 be the

00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.579
 only

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.639
 good

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.019
 shepherd

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.879
 for us

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.720
 the timing

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.279
 is a feast

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.940
 of dedication

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.639
 which is not

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.000
 a feast

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.500
 you will find

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.740
 in the

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.220
 Old Testament

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.660
 law

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.359
 but it

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.720
 comes from

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.139
 the history

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.379
 of the

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.579
 Jewish

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.019
 people

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.359
 when in

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.240
 173

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.879
 BC

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.440
 the Roman

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:44.819
 emperor

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.740
 Antiochus

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.379
 Epiphanes

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.799
 IV

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.740
 invaded

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.200
 Rome

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.859
 desecrated

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.440
 the temple

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.139
 sacrificed

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.519
 a pig

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.839
 on the

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.139
 altar

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:53.000
 and did

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.559
 great

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.200
 damage

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.639
 a few

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.160
 years later

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.480
 there was

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.039
 a rebellion

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.779
 the Maccabees

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.180
 rose up

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.859
 against Roman

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.279
 rule

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.960
 and pushed

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.440
 out the

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.879
 Romans

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.200
 and they

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.879
 rededicated

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.480
 the temple

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.440
 and when

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.580
 they

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.200
 rededicated

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.660
 the temple

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.140
 that's what

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.680
 he's talking

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.240
 about here

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.580
 it's the

00:24:07.580 --> 00:24:07.960
 feast of

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.440
 dedications

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.440
 also called

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.960
 the festival

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.420
 of lights

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.980
 which is also

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.280
 called

00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:11.720
 Hanukkah

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.100
 which is

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.340
 probably

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.760
 what many

00:24:12.760 --> 00:24:13.060
 of you

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.360
 know it

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.600
 as

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.480
 so this

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.800
 is where

00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:15.180
 we're at

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.560
 in the

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:16.400
 in the

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.640
 Jewish

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.060
 calendar

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.340
 in the

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:17.720
 year

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.160
 and the

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.360
 people

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.820
 come

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.240
 with a

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.640
 question

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.100
 are you

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.320
 the

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:22.120
 deliverer

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.120
 just as

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.760
 we celebrate

00:24:23.760 --> 00:24:24.060
 this

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.680
 deliverance

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:24.920
 from

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.200
 Rome

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.840
 are you

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.040
 the

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.540
 deliverer

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:26.820
 the one

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.180
 that God

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.780
 has anointed

00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:28.720
 the one

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.080
 that we

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.520
 are waiting

00:24:29.520 --> 00:24:29.960
 for

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.420
 and at

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.980
 the heart

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.279
 of his

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.759
 answer

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.420
 is verse

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:33.920
 30

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:36.140
 I

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.620
 and the

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:36.980
 father

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.039
 are one

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.019
 what does

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.880
 this mean

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:43.960
 well there's

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.500
 been a lot

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.860
 of ink

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.279
 spilled

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.600
 throughout

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.000
 history

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.380
 on this

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.640
 one

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.579
 theologically

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:49.059
 but let's

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.579
 make a few

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.140
 observations

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.019
 first of

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.380
 all

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:53.120
 the oneness

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.779
 includes

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.279
 both a

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.799
 distinction

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.819
 there's a

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.160
 father

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.799
 and there's

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.220
 Jesus

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.880
 and they're

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.400
 separate

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.180
 and yet

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.680
 he says

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.420
 we are

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.000
 one

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.900
 and there's

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.620
 an ongoing

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.300
 theological

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.920
 discussion

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.240
 throughout

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.680
 history

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.620
 about whether

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.120
 this is

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.880
 the unity

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.600
 of purpose

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.180
 or oneness

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.960
 of purpose

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.840
 or whether

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.200
 it's a

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.900
 oneness

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.480
 of a

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.820
 greater

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.259
 oneness

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.180
 of essence

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.360
 I'm not

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.540
 going to

00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:15.880
 answer that

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.200
 question

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.519
 today

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.620
 it's way

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.100
 too deep

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.500
 to try

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.800
 to get

00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.220
 into the

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.519
 weeds

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.060
 of it

00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:21.000
 but

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.840
 clearly

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.880
 Jesus

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.400
 is saying

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.780
 we have

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.240
 a oneness

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.880
 of purpose

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.960
 and I

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.480
 think that

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.740
 there's

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.079
 at least

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.900
 signs

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.759
 that he's

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.620
 pointing to

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.319
 what we

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.680
 would now

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.380
 understand to

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.620
 be the

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.099
 doctrine of

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.599
 the Trinity

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.940
 that God

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.720
 the God

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.339
 of the Bible

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.779
 is one

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.299
 God

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.000
 a unified

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.539
 God

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.500
 in three

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.140
 persons

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.460
 and those

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.220
 three persons

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.079
 are co-equal

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.940
 in value

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.019
 they have

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.980
 different roles

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.920
 in the Trinity

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:50.579
 but this is

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.019
 why we

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.359
 worship

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.279
 in the

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.599
 Christian

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:52.940
 church

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.559
 a triune

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:53.920
 God

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.940
 Bible verses

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.440
 like this

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.900
 where show

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.940
 clear distinction

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.620
 and yet

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.680
 absolute

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.279
 commitment

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.740
 to the

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.059
 unity

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.700
 of God

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.160
 as one

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:04.539
 and friends

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.120
 rather than

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.539
 trying to

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.080
 sort out

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.820
 the hairs

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.840
 I hope

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.220
 that this

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.480
 morning

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.900
 at least

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.279
 we can

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.740
 stop

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.820
 and revel

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.160
 in the

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.500
 mystery

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.799
 and the

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.080
 wonder

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.400
 of the

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.740
 word of

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:12.960
 God

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.220
 made

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.720
 flesh

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.480
 that we

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.900
 can think

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.480
 about this

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.240
 being God

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.860
 come to

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.080
 earth

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.660
 taking on

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.420
 human form

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.759
 so that

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.180
 he might

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.799
 accomplish

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.779
 a redemption

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.680
 for us

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.720
 that God

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.320
 had determined

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.860
 before the

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.360
 beginning of

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.899
 the world

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:27.279
 and that

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.619
 we would

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:27.959
 worship

00:26:27.959 --> 00:26:28.399
 him

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:30.559
 and one

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.699
 of the

00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:31.039
 reasons I

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.279
 don't want

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.539
 to spend

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.819
 all my

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.339
 time talking

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.679
 about that

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.059
 is that's

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.639
 not Jesus

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.379
 purpose in

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.979
 bringing this

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:35.319
 up

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.879
 Jesus purpose

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.339
 in bringing

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.799
 it up in

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.639
 this context

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.679
 is to say

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.359
 you want to

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.859
 know why

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.199
 I'm the

00:26:41.199 --> 00:26:41.740
 good shepherd

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.339
 why I'm

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.919
 the fulfillment

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.579
 of all those

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.059
 Old Testament

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.740
 prophecies

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.579
 it's because

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.319
 I'm from

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.839
 God

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.379
 he has sent

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.179
 me and he

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.659
 and I are

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.199
 one in

00:26:50.199 --> 00:26:51.059
 working together

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.959
 and he says

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.539
 three things

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.019
 about that

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.899
 first he appeals

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.420
 to his good

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.900
 works as

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.360
 proof

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:56.080
 you see

00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:56.460
 this in

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.280
 verse 25

00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:57.920
 and 32

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.780
 and 37

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.580
 and 38

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.580
 do you want

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.140
 to know

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.420
 who I am

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.920
 look at

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.340
 what I've

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.759
 done

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.560
 simply stop

00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:06.040
 and look

00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:06.540
 at what I

00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:07.120
 have done

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:10.900
 he says

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.440
 the source

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.320
 of my power

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:13.259
 is not

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.740
 demonic

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.480
 because I

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.240
 bring life

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.300
 to all

00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:17.000
 who interact

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.540
 with me

00:27:17.540 --> 00:27:19.340
 the source

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.780
 of my

00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.280
 goodness

00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:20.920
 as a good

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.300
 shepherd

00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:22.160
 is that I

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.600
 am one

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.000
 with the

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.360
 father

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.919
 you have

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.279
 seen

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.599
 these

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.179
 you cannot

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.679
 deny

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.119
 them

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:30.839
 and if

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.079
 you were

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.459
 here this

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:31.919
 morning

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:34.279
 you're

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.119
 exploring

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.799
 who Jesus

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.099
 is

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.459
 or you're

00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:36.859
 wondering

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.399
 who Jesus

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.919
 is

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:39.000
 I encourage

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.579
 you look

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.939
 at what

00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.639
 he's done

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:42.599
 and pay

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.019
 a lot of

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.459
 attention

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:44.379
 next week

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.639
 as we

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.059
 celebrate

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.299
 good

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.699
 Friday

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.299
 and as we

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.679
 celebrate

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.079
 Easter

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.740
 and we

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.199
 think about

00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:49.679
 his death

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:49.959
 and his

00:27:49.959 --> 00:27:50.419
 resurrection

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.240
 for these

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.500
 are the

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.899
 greatest

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.579
 works that

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.899
 Jesus

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.339
 will

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.639
 do

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:55.679
 and Jesus

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.279
 is preparing

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.819
 us to

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.419
 see those

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.859
 things

00:27:57.859 --> 00:28:00.179
 so that's

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.559
 the first

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.839
 thing he

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.019
 says

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.519
 the second

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.039
 thing he

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.500
 says

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.480
 is that

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.000
 my

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.460
 oneness

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.899
 with the

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.439
 father

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:06.579
 anchors

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.659
 the security

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.379
 of my

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.939
 sheep

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:11.000
 I am a

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.579
 good shepherd

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.319
 because I am

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.879
 one with the

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.259
 father

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.619
 so verse 28

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.240
 I give them

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.039
 eternal life

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.480
 and they will

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.159
 never perish

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.740
 and no one

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.220
 will statch

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.699
 them out of

00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:19.240
 my hand

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.220
 my father

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.579
 who has

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.079
 given them

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.480
 to me

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.019
 is greater

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.599
 than all

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.559
 and no one

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.180
 is able to

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.779
 snatch them

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.279
 out of the

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.759
 father's

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.180
 hand

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:29.180
 pastor

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.500
 John

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.140
 Piper says

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.960
 this about

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.740
 this passage

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:33.140
 speaking in the

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.559
 words of

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:33.839
 Jesus

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.380
 the father

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.660
 and I

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.079
 are one

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.660
 no one

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.240
 can take

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.740
 you from

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.079
 me

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.099
 because I

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.900
 am stronger

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.680
 than all

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.720
 and no one

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.299
 can take you

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.700
 from my

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.279
 father

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.120
 because my

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.700
 father is

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.539
 stronger than

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.059
 all

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.079
 when you

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.599
 are in

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.019
 my

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.659
 hand

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.319
 you are

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.839
 in his

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.359
 hands

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.240
 when you

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.659
 are in

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.000
 his

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.399
 hand

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.099
 you are

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.559
 in my

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.000
 hand

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.899
 our

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:55.039
 omnipotence

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.879
 and our

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.460
 unity

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.379
 are your

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.000
 safety

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.240
 and your

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.359
 salvation

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:05.059
 friends

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.980
 what great

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.519
 comfort

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.779
 this is

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.059
 to know

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.779
 Jesus as a

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.339
 good shepherd

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:12.139
 our relationship

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.659
 with God

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.359
 is secured

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.220
 based on

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.539
 his

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.079
 initiative

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.839
 him

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.579
 finding us

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.200
 and drawing

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.440
 us in

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.099
 him

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.879
 knowing us

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.500
 and calling

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.139
 us to be

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.599
 him

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.659
 because our

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.139
 salvation

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:24.019
 is dependent

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.619
 on his

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.099
 work in

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.819
 our hearts

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:29.659
 we have

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.500
 great security

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.259
 and great

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.700
 joy

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.279
 and great

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.799
 comfort

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:35.960
 the wonderful

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.639
 thing about

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.339
 this truth

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.799
 is that

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.339
 the confidence

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.839
 we have

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.279
 is not

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.879
 because this

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.200
 is an

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.740
 abstract

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.539
 system

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.899
 of logic

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.240
 and of

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.759
 theology

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.240
 but it

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.620
 is a

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.580
 trust

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:46.980
 in a

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.500
 person

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.780
 our good

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.120
 shepherd

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.360
 who has

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.840
 come to

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.560
 save us

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:53.620
 so in

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:53.920
 just a

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.240
 minute we

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.780
 will sing

00:29:54.780 --> 00:29:55.160
 when I

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.640
 fear my

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.160
 faith will

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.580
 fail

00:29:56.580 --> 00:30:00.580
 Christ will

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.920
 hold me

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.480
 fast

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.100
 when the

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.560
 tempter

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.519
 would prevail

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:06.019
 he will

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.460
 hold me

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.019
 fast

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.720
 I could

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.440
 never keep

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.160
 my hold

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:13.039
 through life's

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.819
 fearful path

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:15.000
 for my

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.440
 love is

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.900
 often

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.440
 cold

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:18.359
 he

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.819
 must

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.379
 hold me

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.039
 fast

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.359
 Jesus

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.639
 says

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.259
 because I

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.619
 am one

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.000
 with the

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.359
 father

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:28.339
 if you

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.160
 follow me

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.339
 as your

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.940
 good shepherd

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.299
 I will

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.740
 hold you

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.299
 fast

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:38.200
 the final

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.620
 thing that

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.059
 he says

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.400
 here

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.440
 the final

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.799
 thing that

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.340
 happens in

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.680
 this is

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.120
 that his

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.720
 claim to

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.100
 oneness

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.840
 provokes a

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.420
 response

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.360
 you see it

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.720
 in verse

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.200
 31

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.799
 they pick up

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.519
 stones again

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.220
 to stone

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.580
 him

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:51.140
 for blasphemy

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:52.059
 how dare you

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.799
 call yourself

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.240
 God

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.759
 and he

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.180
 challenges

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.620
 them

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.259
 and this

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.740
 doesn't seem

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.019
 like a

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.779
 great theological

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.160
 debate

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.640
 it actually

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.140
 seems like

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.580
 it might be

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:58.920
 a debate

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.380
 tactic

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.840
 to say

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.640
 well wait

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:00.940
 a minute

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.540
 in Psalm

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:01.980
 82

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.620
 6

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:05.080
 the

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.620
 psalmist

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.380
 refers to

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.760
 the people

00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:07.120
 of God

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.640
 who received

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.260
 the revelation

00:31:08.260 --> 00:31:09.020
 at Sinai

00:31:09.020 --> 00:31:09.480
 that's the

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.060
 context of

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.580
 that verse

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.540
 that they

00:31:11.540 --> 00:31:12.040
 are like

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:12.480
 gods

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.000
 little g

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.380
 gods

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.200
 and if

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.780
 God is

00:31:14.780 --> 00:31:15.280
 willing to

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:15.620
 do that

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:15.940
 in his

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.180
 word

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.760
 why are

00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:17.000
 you

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.420
 stoning

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.680
 me

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.200
 for calling

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.640
 myself

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.040
 the son

00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.540
 of God

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:20.280
 that doesn't

00:31:20.280 --> 00:31:20.780
 make any

00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.080
 sense

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.820
 at all

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:26.160
 as one

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.680
 commentator

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:26.940
 says

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.220
 in the

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.500
 heat of

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.640
 their

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.200
 opposition

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.580
 to what

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.900
 Jesus

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.560
 is saying

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.259
 they are

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.620
 partly

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.240
 right

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.280
 that is

00:31:32.280 --> 00:31:32.820
 he does

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.320
 make himself

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:33.780
 equal to

00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:34.100
 God

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.380
 they're

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.700
 partly

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.380
 wrong

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.980
 his

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.440
 equality

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.740
 with

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:36.940
 God

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.320
 does not

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:37.660
 make him

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.280
 a rival

00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:38.820
 to God

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.160
 which is

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.500
 what they

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.019
 think

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.800
 and they're

00:31:40.800 --> 00:31:41.259
 profoundly

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.880
 mistaken

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.640
 because they

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.460
 don't understand

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.220
 that the drift

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.140
 of their own

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.660
 scriptures

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.980
 reveals how

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.880
 he is the

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.380
 fulfillment

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.160
 of them

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.780
 and they have

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.220
 not known

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.820
 God well

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.240
 enough to

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.720
 perceive

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.160
 that this

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.720
 revelation

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.140
 that he

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.480
 is

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.940
 and brings

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.759
 in

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.900
 is continuity

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.320
 with

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.619
 and a

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.139
 capstone

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.559
 of the

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.960
 revelation

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.379
 that he's

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.899
 already

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.299
 provided

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.419
 that Jesus

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.139
 is the

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.599
 fulfillment

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.059
 of all

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.500
 the things

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.799
 that these

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.299
 people have

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.839
 been longing

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.339
 for

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.740
 and they're

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.439
 rejecting him

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.819
 because they

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.619
 don't understand

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.079
 them

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.399
 and again

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.899
 there is a

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.859
 divided response

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.779
 in verse 38

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.559
 they seek to

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.399
 arrest him

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.359
 verse 39

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.099
 I'm sorry

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:20.960
 verse 40

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.579
 through 42

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.200
 people come

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.579
 out

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.899
 though the

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.700
 religious leaders

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.519
 seek to

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.160
 squelch

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.600
 Jesus

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.860
 the people

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.360
 hear

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.700
 and they

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.100
 long

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.420
 and they

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.779
 say

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.160
 John never

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.759
 did a sign

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.240
 but this

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.980
 man he is

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.819
 everything that

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.340
 John said

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:36.880
 he would be

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:38.539
 he is the

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.180
 lamb of God

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.620
 who takes

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.059
 away the

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.460
 sin of the

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.799
 world

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.059
 he is the

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.519
 one to

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.279
 bring life

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:47.539
 and friends

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.259
 this is the

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.380
 this is then

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.880
 the question

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.539
 for all of

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:50.900
 us

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.700
 how do

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.460
 we respond

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:55.600
 Jesus

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.040
 in verse

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:56.800
 37 and

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.280
 38

00:32:57.280 --> 00:32:58.980
 says this

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.080
 look at the

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.620
 works that I

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:00.880
 do

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:04.160
 if I didn't

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.620
 do them

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:04.940
 then they'll

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.620
 believe in me

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.960
 but if I

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.300
 did

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:08.080
 see the

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.680
 father in

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:08.940
 them

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:10.120
 believe that

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.580
 I am one

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:10.920
 with the

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.160
 father

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.580
 and because

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.019
 I am one

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.340
 with the

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.620
 father

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.860
 I am a

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.960
 good shepherd

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.540
 and come

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:17.340
 and believe

00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:17.960
 in me

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.820
 for those

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.140
 of you who

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.460
 are here

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.000
 this morning

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.319
 and you

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.860
 have already

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.680
 said yes

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.420
 to Jesus

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.039
 know what

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.779
 great comfort

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.400
 it is

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:27.940
 to know him

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.519
 means that he

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.160
 knows you

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.640
 and if he

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.220
 knows you

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.819
 he will never

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.700
 let you go

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:33.559
 take great

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.079
 comfort

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:37.200
 in his love

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.720
 for you

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.620
 in his knowing

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.220
 your name

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.059
 and him

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.660
 holding you

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.120
 fast

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.779
 and the

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.200
 call

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.160
 the call

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.559
 for us

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.840
 who are

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.200
 seeking

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.660
 the call

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.160
 for us

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.660
 who are

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.980
 wondering

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.420
 who he

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.740
 is

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.299
 look at

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.779
 his words

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.240
 look at

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.720
 his works

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.640
 look most

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.180
 importantly

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.559
 at his

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.860
 death

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.100
 and

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:52.700
 resurrection

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:56.039
 because what

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.559
 we proclaim

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.279
 this morning

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.880
 is that the

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.440
 good shepherd

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.259
 has come

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.000
 and he

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.799
 calls us

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.319
 to turn

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.839
 to him

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.180
 and in

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.539
 faith

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.059
 come to

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.400
 him

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:06.360
 and find

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.920
 him to be

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.259
 our good

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.620
 shepherd

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.639
 let's pray

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.900
 lord we

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.300
 thank you

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.860
 this morning

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.820
 for this

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.179
 word

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.199
 we thank you

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.519
 for the

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.920
 encouragement

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.380
 that it

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.760
 is

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:17.420
 lord we

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.840
 pray that

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.380
 we would

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.980
 find comfort

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.640
 in you

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:21.780
 lord we

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.160
 pray for

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:22.559
 those who

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.119
 are seeking

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.720
 lord that

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.220
 they would

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:27.820
 lord behold

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.579
 your goodness

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:30.119
 and embrace

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.640
 you as their

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.220
 good shepherd

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.720
 we pray these

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.200
 things in

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.840
 jesus name

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.700
 amen

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.699
 very soon

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.159
 you

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.539
 thank you

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.480
 for the

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.980
 DP

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.119
 he is

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.019
 posting

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.679
 pictures