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 I was interviewed by The Citizen this week.

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 A 50-minute long interview from a woman by the name of Jennifer.

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 I think she normally publishes under the name Jennifer Jackson,

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 but I think that byline is going to be changed soon to Jennifer Green

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 because she's been recently married.

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 And I guess there was a bit of telephone tag,

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 this woman wanting to talk to me to set up an interview,

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 so I knew she wanted to talk to me and interview me.

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 My wife and I talked about it.

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 I was very uneasy about being interviewed by a reporter of The Citizen.

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 The press aren't often friends of people like myself

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 and many of you who hold our views on some issues of the day.

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 But after praying about it and discussing it with my wife,

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 I decided I'd do the interview.

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 So on Thursday morning, she said she'd like to talk to me for 20 to 30 minutes,

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 and she interviewed me for 50 minutes.

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 And she talked to me about our network membership,

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 about us withholding apportionment,

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 about a lesbian priest,

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 a woman married to another woman who's a priest in the Diocese of Ottawa,

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 and my role in an open letter about that,

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 about essentials.

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 We covered the whole gamut.

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 The article didn't come out on Saturday, yesterday.

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 That means it's, I think, coming out this coming Saturday or Sunday.

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 You can pray for her as she writes.

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 I ended up thinking that she was quite fair-minded,

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 and so just pray that as she thinks this week

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 about how she's going to write that article,

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 that she will be fair-minded about how she portrays us.

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 One of the reasons, as you know, I'd be nervous about interviews,

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 because once you're interviewed,

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 I mean, you're just complete,

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 we're completely helpless.

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 I'm helpless.

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 You know, she can make me look really bad

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 or make me look good or somewhere in between.

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 But, you know, I can't replay for you the entire interview,

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 not that I could remember it,

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 but early on in the interview, I said to her,

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 I said, you know, if there was a verse

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 which really described my heart,

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 where my heart is,

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 and where I'd like my heart to grow more and more,

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 and I think it describes the heart of this congregation,

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 it is these words of Jesus,

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 Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

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 for I am gentle and lowly of heart,

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 and you will find rest for your souls,

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 for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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 And I said, that's my heart,

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 and that's the heart of this congregation.

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 And before I could start to explain it,

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 she said to me, she said,

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 that's beautiful.

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 Where is it from?

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 And so I told you,

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 I told her Matthew 11, 28 to 30,

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 it's the words of Jesus,

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 and I said, you know,

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 we're a broken people.

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 We at St. Albans don't view ourselves as being the pure,

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 the holy, the mighty, the strong,

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 the good, the blessed,

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 or any of these types of things.

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 We are ones who are born broken,

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 and we need a savior,

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 and we need to come to Jesus,

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 and we need to take his yoke upon us.

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 That's what we need.

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 That's what everybody needs.

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 And I said to her,

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 I said, you know,

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 it's far more important to me

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 that people come to Jesus,

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 and start to learn to take his yoke upon them

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 than they deal even with their sexuality.

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 It's always more important to come first to Jesus.

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 That's my heart.

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 And then as we were talking as well later on,

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 I said, you know,

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 at the heart of this dispute

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 and this crisis in the church,

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 it can be talked about as a crisis of authority,

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 but really it's ultimately about

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 whether the Bible is the Bible,

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 whether the Bible has authority in our lives.

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 You see, it's really about

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 two completely and utterly different views

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 as to what the Christian faith is.

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 Is the Christian faith the story

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 and the invitation of how God

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 has broken from outside the created order

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 and broken into our created order,

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 reaching down to us human beings

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 to bring salvation to us,

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 and we, in a sense,

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 are to open our arms and to receive it?

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 Or is the Christian faith

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 about human beings' attempts

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 to image God,

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 frame God,

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 reach out to God,

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 create God?

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 Is it all about ultimately

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 us human beings reaching up to God,

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 or is it all about God

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 reaching down to us?

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 And I said,

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 they're completely and utterly different faiths,

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 and I believe,

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 and the people at St. Albans believe,

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 that Christianity is about God

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 reaching down to us

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 and us receiving that

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 which only God can do.

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 This is not just some clever idea of mine.

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 This is, in fact,

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 what Jesus teaches us

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 in the Gospel today.

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 And so if you turn in your Bibles

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 to page 919,

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 page 919,

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 Luke,

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 sorry, Luke,

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 if you turn to Luke,

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 it'll be wrong.

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 John chapter 1,

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 verses 43 to 51.

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 I know some people bring their own Bibles,

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 don't use the Pew Bibles,

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 and that's good.

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 John 1,

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 43 to 51.

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 And the story goes,

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 you know,

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 continues like this.

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 The following day,

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 Jesus wanted to go to Galilee,

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 and he found Philip

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 and said to him,

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 follow me.

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 Now Philip was from Bethsaida,

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 the city of Andrew and Peter.

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 Philip found Nathanael

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 and said to him,

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 we have found him

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 of whom Moses in the law

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 and also the prophets wrote,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the son of Joseph.

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 I just want to pause here.

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 There's a couple of interesting things here,

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 just about verse 45.

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 Years and years ago,

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 when I was in university,

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 decades and decades ago

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 when I was in university,

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 I tried to read a Russian novel

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 by myself for the first time.

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 I tried to read Dostoevsky's

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 Crime and Punishment.

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 And some of you may have heard this before.

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 I was about a third

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 to a halfway through the book.

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 I was really struggling with this book.

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 I was reading it

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 because it's supposed to be

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 great literature.

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 And I wanted to try to read

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 great literature

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 and learn and become wise

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 and learn it

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 and all of that stuff.

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 And I'm slogging through this

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 and slogging through this

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 and slogging through this.

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 And I can't remember

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 if it was somebody who told me

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 or if I finally figured it out

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 for myself.

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 But Russians

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 have all sorts of different names.

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 And so I had been thinking

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 there were about

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 12 characters in this book

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 when there were only four.

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 Because they'd keep naming

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 the same person

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 and sometimes it would be

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 their nickname

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 and sometimes it would be

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 the full name

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 and sometimes it would be

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 this other name.

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 And I kept thinking

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 there were all these

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 different characters

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 trying to wonder

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 how on earth these guys

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 seem to be coming in and out.

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 And then I finally figured that out.

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 And so I went back to the book

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 and read the book

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 from the beginning,

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 now very carefully following

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 the names of the characters

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 and keeping the same guy

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 straight all the way through.

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 Jewish people

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 had lots of different names,

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 especially Galileans

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 at the time of Jesus.

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 They'd have sort of like

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 more Greek sounding names

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 and Jewish names

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 and a variety of names.

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 So Nathaniel is Bartholomew

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 in case you're wondering.

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 In case you're looking

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 at some of the other

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 lists of the disciples

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 and you say,

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 I don't see Nathaniel

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 there anywhere.

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 Nathaniel is probably Bartholomew.

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 And so Philip,

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 who's from Bethsaida,

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 he comes and finds Nathaniel.

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 And one of the things

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 that Philip does here

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 is really cool.

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 It's a real encouragement for us.

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 He says,

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 we have found him

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 of whom Moses and the law

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 and also the prophets wrote,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the son of Joseph.

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 Now the thing which is

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 so neat about this

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 is that Philip gets

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 half of it wrong.

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 Okay, this is a real

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 encouragement to you and me.

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 Like when it comes time

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 to witness about Jesus,

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 don't ever say to yourself,

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 I have to wait

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 until I've figured out

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 everything perfectly

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 before I can witness

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 about Jesus.

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 Philip gets half of it wrong.

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 Jesus is not from Nazareth.

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 He was from Bethlehem

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 and he's not the son of Joseph.

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 He was, I mean,

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 in a sense,

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 the stepson of Joseph.

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 He got two of the things wrong,

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 but he was just full of enthusiasm

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 to tell Nathaniel,

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 his buddy Nathaniel,

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 about Jesus.

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 And so he does it.

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 And it's really neat

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 because, see,

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 God always honors

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 our hearty desire

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 to share Jesus.

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 God doesn't sort of

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 look down at heaven

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 and says,

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 oh, dang it,

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 there's George

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 attempting it again.

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 You know,

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 when's he going to

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 finally smarten up?

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 Like, when's he going to

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 start reading better books?

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 You know,

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 you know,

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 God takes

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 our faltering,

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 stumbling attempts

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 to witness to Jesus

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 and he just throws a party

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 and the angels

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 are singing hallelujah

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 and God says,

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 you know,

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 I can handle

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 his foolishness.

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 You know,

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 I can work through this.

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 And so Philip

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 is filled with this.

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 He gives sort of

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 two of the things,

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 he says some of the things wrong

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 and Nathaniel says to him,

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 and this is the other thing,

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 you know,

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 verse 46,

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 and Nathaniel said to him,

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 can anything good

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 come out of Nazareth?

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 Philip said to him,

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 come and see.

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 Now,

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 there's sort of two

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 interesting things about this.

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 You know,

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 we're from Ottawa

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 and at least we live in Ottawa

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 and maybe we're not from Ottawa

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 but we live in Ottawa

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 and it's easy for urban people

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 to look down the nose

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 at rural people

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 and, you know,

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 but rural people

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 look down their noses

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 sometimes at other rural people

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 because, like,

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 from an Ottawa perspective,

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 rural Canada

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 is sort of anything

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 in Ontario

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 other than southern Ontario

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 and Ottawa.

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 Like,

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 the rest of it's sort of,

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 like,

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 rural or small town,

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 you know?

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 But,

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 you know,

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 with people there,

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 they can look down

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 their noses at things

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 just like we think

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 it's something special

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 to be from Ottawa

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 but Toronto knows

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 they're the centre

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 of the universe

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 and if you're from New York

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 they know that they're

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 really the centre

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 of the universe

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 and Paris knows

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 that they're really

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 the centre of the universe

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 and so you can always

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 find people

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 who look down their noses

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 at other people.

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 When I was in my rural parish

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 in Eganville,

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 I did the funeral

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 of this woman

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 and lived in Killaloo.

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 Now,

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 Killaloo

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 has a population

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 of 600 people

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 and people

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 were telling me

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 about this woman

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 and they said

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 that one of the things

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 that characterised

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 her life for many years

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 is that she looked

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 down her nose

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 at people

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 from Tremor.

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 Now,

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 Tremor,

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 there's nothing

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 in Tremor.

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 It's a bend

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 and a road

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 with an old school

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 and a church.

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 That's Tremor

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 and people

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 from Tremor,

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 often now

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 people who go

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 to that church

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 are from expensive

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 cottages

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 on Round Lake

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 but years and years

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 ago,

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 I guess,

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 this woman

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 thought that people,

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 she lived in a town

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 of 600 people

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 and she thought,

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 well,

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 the people

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 who live

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 and who go

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 to Tremor,

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 they're hillbillies

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 but I live

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 in the village

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 of Killaloo.

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 So,

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 here's Nathaniel

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 from Bethsaida

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 like a little hole

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 in the wall

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 saying,

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 can anything good

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 come from Nazareth?

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 You know,

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 like they have

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 the wrong accent,

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 they're not very

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 well educated

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 and,

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 you know,

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 the fact of the matter

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 is that often

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 in this world

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 we have to deal

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 with prejudice

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 and one of the prejudices

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 that Nathaniel had

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 was just literally

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 he was so big

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 on thinking

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 that being from

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 this little hole

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 in the wall

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 Bethsaida is important.

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 Nathaniel's,

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 I mean,

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 in Nazareth

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 there's a smaller

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 hole in the wall

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 so they could look

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 down their noses

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 on Nazarite

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 and people

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 from Nazareth

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 and that,

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 at first,

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 that sort of

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 just honest prejudice

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 comes out

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 and it's so neat

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 because Philip

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 doesn't,

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 in a sense,

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 deal with the prejudice

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 he said,

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 just come and see him.

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 Just come and see him.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 one of the things

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 that we can do

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 is,

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 because often

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 when we're trying

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 to share the gospel

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 or talk about

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 the Christian faith

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 is we can be,

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 people can be filled

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 with prejudice

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 about the Christian faith,

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 they can be filled

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 with prejudice

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 maybe about Christians

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 or even you

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 or the people

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 who would come

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 to this church

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 or some other church

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 and the thing is,

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 is in a sense

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 not to be deflected

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 from it,

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 to be conscious of it,

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 but just say,

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 yeah,

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 come and see.

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 Like,

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 why don't you come

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 and read the Bible

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 with me?

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 Like,

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 why don't you come

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 and meet some

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 of the people

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 who love Jesus?

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 Like,

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 just come and see.

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 Like,

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 a brilliant response

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 to it.

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 So the story continues.

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 Nathaniel said to him,

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 can anything good

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 come out of Nazareth?

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 Philip said to him,

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 come and see.

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 Now,

00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.579
 Jesus saw Nathaniel

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 coming toward him

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 and said of him,

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 behold,

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 an Israelite indeed

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 in whom is no guile.

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 It was a bit prejudiced,

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 but there's no hypocrisy

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 in him.

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 He's no guile.

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 And Nathaniel said to him,

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 how do you know me?

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 Jesus answered

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 and said to him,

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.360
 before Philip called you

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 when you were under

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 the fig tree,

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 I saw you.

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 Nathaniel answered

00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:02.720
 and said to him,

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 Rabbi,

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 you are the son of God.

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 You are the king of Israel.

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 Now,

00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:12.420
 this sounds a little bit

00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:13.320
 incommensurate

00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:14.659
 of a response to us

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 from a very simple

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 observation of Jesus.

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 This is a simple miracle

00:13:20.500 --> 00:13:21.700
 that Jesus performs.

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 And John,

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 as we're going to see

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 in a moment,

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 not in a moment,

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 but next week,

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 John has organized

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 his gospel

00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:30.920
 around a series

00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:32.680
 of significant miracles

00:13:32.680 --> 00:13:35.019
 and John draws out

00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:36.060
 the significance

00:13:36.060 --> 00:13:36.860
 of the miracle

00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.220
 for who Jesus is

00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:40.440
 and our deepest human needs.

00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:42.120
 And here we see

00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:43.800
 John just sharing

00:13:43.800 --> 00:13:44.899
 a simple miracle

00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:45.440
 of Jesus

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 but making no comment

00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:47.540
 about it whatsoever.

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 And this is the miracle.

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 This is why,

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 like it wasn't as if,

00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.680
 you know,

00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:55.100
 Jesus is walking

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 down the aisle

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 and he turns to the left

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 and he sees one of you

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 sitting to his left

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 and then later on

00:13:59.060 --> 00:13:59.340
 he says,

00:13:59.399 --> 00:13:59.500
 well,

00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.000
 I noticed you

00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.420
 when you were sitting.

00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:01.259
 It's not like that at all.

00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:03.060
 Nathaniel was somewhere

00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:03.460
 where,

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.500
 humanly speaking,

00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:05.379
 Jesus could not

00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:06.639
 possibly have seen him.

00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:10.240
 And so,

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.460
 Jesus begins

00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:12.800
 by making an observation

00:14:12.800 --> 00:14:14.659
 about Nathaniel's character.

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:17.080
 He meets Nathaniel

00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:18.019
 for the first time

00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:18.980
 and he says something

00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:20.040
 about the soul

00:14:20.040 --> 00:14:20.680
 and the mind

00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:21.240
 and the heart

00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:21.879
 and the will

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.840
 of Nathaniel.

00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:24.620
 And it is probably

00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:25.980
 something that Nathaniel

00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.620
 has been really

00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.980
 maybe deeply praying about

00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:29.279
 and deeply working on

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.139
 and as soon as he says it

00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:31.539
 about,

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:33.580
 as soon as he says this

00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:34.399
 about Nathaniel,

00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.899
 Nathaniel says in a sense,

00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:36.600
 like,

00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:37.560
 how on earth do you know

00:14:37.560 --> 00:14:38.240
 that about me?

00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:39.180
 And Jesus says,

00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:41.100
 I saw you under the fig tree.

00:14:41.180 --> 00:14:42.259
 And maybe that was a time

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.899
 when Nathaniel

00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:44.519
 was maybe deep in prayer

00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.480
 asking God

00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:46.940
 to have less guile

00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:47.860
 and hypocrisy

00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.440
 in his life

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:49.740
 and more wholehearted

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.580
 pursuit of the truth.

00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.420
 Maybe that was what

00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.039
 he was doing

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.220
 in that private moment

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:54.159
 under the fig tree.

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.059
 But Jesus says something

00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:57.740
 that humanly speaking,

00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:58.740
 physically speaking,

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.379
 there's no way

00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.519
 that Jesus could possibly

00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.860
 have seen Nathaniel.

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.799
 And Nathaniel recognizes

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:05.100
 that if Jesus is able

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.139
 to do this miracle

00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:07.000
 of sight,

00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.480
 that it's in fact

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.600
 connected somehow

00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.000
 or another

00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.699
 to the miracle

00:15:10.699 --> 00:15:11.839
 of Jesus piercing

00:15:11.839 --> 00:15:13.779
 beneath the facade

00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.500
 of Nathaniel

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:16.279
 and seen into Nathaniel's heart.

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.659
 And because of

00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:19.000
 the miracle of sight,

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.639
 Nathaniel recognizes

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.860
 that Jesus is one

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.959
 who can see into heart

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.800
 and he goes,

00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.500
 you are the true teacher.

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.879
 You are the son of God.

00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.980
 You are the king of Israel.

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.560
 You know,

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.160
 the son of God,

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.740
 one of the things

00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.220
 that we'll see

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:35.320
 as we read the gospels

00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:36.379
 is that often people

00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.259
 speak of Jesus

00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.200
 more than they know.

00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:39.840
 And the word son of God

00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.700
 is one of those words

00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.280
 that it can have

00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:42.080
 a double meaning.

00:15:42.780 --> 00:15:44.139
 And in some context

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.960
 it can just mean

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.920
 like the Messiah

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 and in other contexts

00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:47.860
 it can mean

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 something ontological,

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 something about

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 the actual being.

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 and Nathaniel maybe

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 is just thinking of it

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 as a messianic thing.

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 He doesn't realize

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 that he says

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 more than he knows,

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 that he picks a word,

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 a phrase,

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 that speaks not only

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 of Jesus being the Messiah

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 but also of him

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 being ontologically

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 God's son.

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 He could not possibly

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 have made that leap

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 but it's just funny

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 how those things

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 happen,

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 this double meaning

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 of this single word.

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 and so

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 Jesus is able

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 to see

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 what cannot

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 humanly be seen

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 and that means

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 he can see

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 right into the heart

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 of Nathaniel.

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 He can see

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 into your heart

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 and mine.

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 He can see us

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 when nobody else

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 can see us.

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 In fact,

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 you know,

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 one of the things

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 which is so important

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 for us to recognize

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 as we come here

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 to worship

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 is that we are coming

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 into the presence

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 of the living God

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 and we are coming

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 into the presence

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 of Jesus

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 who is the Savior

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 and his eyes

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 have been upon you

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 all week.

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 His eyes are upon you

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 right now

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 and as he looks

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 upon you

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 and looks deep

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 within you

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 he only looks

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 with eyes of love.

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 He only looks

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 with eyes of love

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 and every time

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 we come to worship,

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 every time we come

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 to be in the presence

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 of Jesus

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 we can come

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 confident

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 that God

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 is not going

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 to shame us

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 but only desires

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 to bring us healing

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 by drawing us

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 closer to himself.

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 Ultimately,

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 he wants to bring

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 you salvation

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 and we can come

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 expecting

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 to meet with God

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 and have

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 God touch us

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 and pray

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 as you come here

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 that your heart

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 and that my heart

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 that our hearts

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 will be open

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 to the presence

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 and the touch

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 of the God

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 who loves us.

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 But then Jesus

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 continues.

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 I mean,

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 Nathaniel has been

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 blown away

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 by this simple miracle

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 that it's in a sense

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 a miracle

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 so insignificant

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 that in the gospel

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 John is not going

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 to even in a sense

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 spend any time

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 reflecting upon it

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 but in verse 50

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 Jesus answered

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 and said to him

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 because I said to you

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 I saw you under

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 the fig tree

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 do you believe?

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 You will see

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 greater things

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 than these.

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 And Jesus said to him

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 and here we see

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 this verily, verily.

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 It's the first time

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 it comes in

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 John's gospel.

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 As David talked

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 about a bit

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 last week

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 any time you see

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 in this version

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 I'm using

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 it's most assuredly

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 if you use

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 the King James

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 version of the Bible

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 it's verily, verily

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 it means

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 amen, amen

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 so be it, so be it.

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 It means that

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 something important

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 is coming up

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 so Jesus is trying

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 to get our attention

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 by speaking louder

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 in capital letters

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 or something

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 and we should listen up

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 because something

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 important is about

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 to be said

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 and this is what he says

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 verily, verily

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 most assuredly

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 I say to you

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 hereafter

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 you shall see

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 heaven open

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 and the angels

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 of God

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 ascending

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 and descending

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 upon the

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 Son of Man

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 verily, verily

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 I say to you

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 hereafter

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 you shall see

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 heaven open

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 and the angels

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 of God

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 ascending

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 and descending

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 upon the

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 Son of Man

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 this

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 this is that

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 John has written

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 his gospel

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 in such a way

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 that this is

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 in a sense

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 the end of the

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 introduction

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 and in John

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 chapter 2

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 the book

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 is going

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 to change

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 we're going

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 to be launched

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 into a series

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 of significant

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 miracles of Jesus

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 which John

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 probes beyond

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 the reality

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 of the miracle

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 to what the miracle

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 points to

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 about who Jesus

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 is and who we

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 as human beings

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 are and who God

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 is and what

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 our need is

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 and what we are

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 called to do

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 and then after that

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 there is to be

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 the long

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 description

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 of the

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 last supper

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 and Jesus

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 with his disciples

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 and then the

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 crucifixion

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 and John

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 chapter 1

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 this is in a sense

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 the end of the

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 introduction

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 and Jesus

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 and John

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 ends the end

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 of the introduction

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 with this statement

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 of Jesus

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 this true statement

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 of Jesus

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 verily

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 verily

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 and he says

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 that there are

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 two things

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 that Nathaniel

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 is going to see

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 and the first

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 thing he says

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 he's going to see

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 heaven opened

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 and that is

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 in a sense

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 a coded way

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 of Jesus saying

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 I have come

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 to bring salvation

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 heaven is closed

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 to us

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 as human beings

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 and

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 we are

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 broken people

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 we are fallen

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 people

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 we are people

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 who fall short

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 and heaven

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 is far off

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 God is far off

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 and we are

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 alienated

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 and separate

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 from him

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 and we cannot

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 open the gate

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:22.980
 of heaven

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 ourselves

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 we cannot reach

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 up to God

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 ourselves

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 we cannot

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 know God

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 truly by ourselves

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 none is righteous

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 no not one

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 and I have

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 come to

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 open heaven

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 so that you

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 can come in

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 I have come

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 from God

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 to bring salvation

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 I have come

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 from God

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 to do that

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 which no human

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 being can do

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 by themselves

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 or in and of

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 themselves

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 they are neither

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 worthy of it

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 nor do they

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 have the power

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 I have come

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 to open heaven

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 and secondly

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 I have come

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 and you will see

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 the angels

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 of God

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 ascending

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 and descending

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.539
 upon the

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 son of man

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 and we will

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 look at what

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 the son of man

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 means more

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 in the coming

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 weeks

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 it is Jesus

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 title about

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 himself

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 but what we

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 see here

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 is that he

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 has come

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 to bring

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 true knowledge

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 of God

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 he has come

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 to bring

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 so that

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 in a sense

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 the angels

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 can ascend

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 and descend

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 that there

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 is true

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 knowledge

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 that comes

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 from God

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 through Jesus

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 to us human

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 beings

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 and that our

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 true knowledge

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 of God

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 himself

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 in a sense

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 us going

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.059
 back up

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 towards God

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 that that

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 can ascend

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 and as there's

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 the knowledge

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.240
 of God

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.119
 that descends

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 and our

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 heartfelt prayer

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 and our

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 conversation

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.440
 and our

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 hearts

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 and our

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 minds

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 and our

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 longings

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 and our

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 yearnings

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 and even

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 our bodies

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 being able

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 to ascend

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.420
 through Jesus

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 to God

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 himself

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 true words

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 of God

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 that descend

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 and our

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 true need

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.079
 to talk

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.480
 to God

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.859
 that can

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.339
 ascend

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.319
 Jesus

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.799
 is the

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.059
 one

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 who will

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 bring

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 revelation

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 remember

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 earlier on

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 I said

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 that at

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 the heart

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 of the

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 difference

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 in this

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 continuing

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:02.159
 crisis

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:03.159
 that it

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 faces the

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 Anglican

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 Church of

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 Canada

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 it's not

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 over

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 people who

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 experience

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 same-sex

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 attraction

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 I mean

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 friends

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 every single

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 one of us

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 here is

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 sexually

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 broken

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 every single

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 one of us

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 here is

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 in need

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 of grace

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:20.300
 the crisis

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 is over

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 whether this

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 statement

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.660
 of Jesus

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 is true

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 or not

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 is it

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 true

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 or is it

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.640
 not

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 is in fact

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 Jesus

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 the one

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 who has

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 come from

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 God

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.080
 breaking

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 into our

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 human order

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 to open

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 the gate

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 and the

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 door of

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 heaven

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.060
 so that

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 we might

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.820
 enter

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 in other

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 words

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 is he

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 the one

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.380
 who brings

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.019
 a salvation

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.200
 from God

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.720
 that only

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.380
 God can

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.759
 offer

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.220
 and only

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 God

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.060
 can bring

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 and that

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.880
 we must

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.560
 receive

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:45.500
 or is

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.940
 salvation

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.519
 something

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.019
 that through

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.500
 our own

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.920
 effort

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.420
 our own

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.200
 cleverness

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.300
 our own

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 definition

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.000
 our own

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.500
 power

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.920
 that we

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 somehow

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.000
 achieve

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.740
 and create

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.920
 is

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.560
 Jesus

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.080
 the one

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.580
 who brings

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:58.360
 true knowledge

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.920
 of God

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.480
 and the one

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.960
 that allows

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.320
 us to

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:01.259
 truly speak

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.840
 to God

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.180
 and

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.680
 communicate

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.620
 with God

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.779
 or is he

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.340
 just one

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.820
 who brings

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.279
 us some

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.440
 more

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.160
 metaphors

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.279
 some more

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.960
 similes

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.860
 some more

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.600
 allegories

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.880
 some more

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.680
 little pieces

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.340
 of the puzzle

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.900
 for us to

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.440
 put together

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.060
 ourselves

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:18.319
 Jesus

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.940
 says he

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.200
 is the

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.519
 one who

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.960
 has come

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.519
 to open

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.899
 heaven

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.720
 and to

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.259
 bring true

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.839
 revelation

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.539
 of God

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.220
 to us

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.700
 fallen

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 human

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.279
 beings

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.740
 and this

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 means

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.960
 that what

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.259
 he has

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.659
 come is

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.119
 not just

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 something

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.980
 which is a

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.819
 curious fact

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.279
 that can be

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.879
 put in the

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.419
 news of the

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.899
 world or

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.839
 national inquire

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.299
 or people

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.940
 magazine

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.960
 oh by the

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.399
 way do you

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:37.679
 know that

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.139
 there's somebody

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.619
 who's come

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:38.940
 who can

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.539
 open heaven

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.379
 and bring

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.899
 revelation

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.759
 it's not

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.200
 just some

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.960
 idle fact

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.700
 to tickle

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.580
 our curiosity

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.720
 we are to

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.420
 come to him

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:48.360
 we are to

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.100
 come to him

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:50.880
 and since he

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.740
 comes from God

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.320
 and brings that

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.460
 which only God

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.100
 can do

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.800
 and that we

00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.540
 are powerless

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.180
 in and of

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.240
 ourselves to do

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.620
 it means that

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.300
 the words of

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.140
 Jesus come

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.920
 unto me all

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.480
 who labor

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.040
 and are heavy

00:24:02.040 --> 00:24:02.340
 laden

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:03.019
 I will give

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.500
 you rest

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.600
 take my

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.220
 yoke upon

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.820
 you and learn

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.300
 from me

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:06.740
 for I am

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.320
 gentle and

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:07.960
 lowly of heart

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.360
 and you will

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.900
 find rest

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.660
 for your soul

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.779
 for my yoke

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.360
 is easy

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.720
 and my

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.340
 burden is

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.600
 light

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.200
 it means that

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.840
 we are come

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.500
 to Jesus

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.660
 to know

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.300
 salvation

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:17.200
 we are come

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.720
 to come

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.200
 to Jesus

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.660
 to know

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.019
 God

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.820
 and that

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.140
 when we

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.680
 come to

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.060
 Jesus

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:22.220
 he takes

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.700
 us upon

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:22.920
 him

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.580
 he takes

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:23.900
 us to

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.320
 himself

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.700
 and he

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.080
 places

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:25.680
 his yoke

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.320
 upon us

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:28.420
 so that

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.920
 we can be

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.540
 made whole

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:30.700
 and we

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.019
 can be

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.680
 made free

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.519
 and

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.420
 we can

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.880
 be fit

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.400
 for heaven

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.720
 let's bow

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.000
 our heads

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.420
 in prayer

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:57.480
 Jesus

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.539
 we thank

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.080
 and praise

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.519
 you that

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.039
 you are

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.300
 so patient

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:01.840
 with us

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.220
 and so

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.580
 loving

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.259
 we thank

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.800
 and praise

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:04.340
 you that

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.779
 we are all

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.920
 Nathaniels here

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:08.019
 and you

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.539
 see us

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.860
 as we

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.100
 walk

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:10.720
 and sleep

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.060
 and go

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.400
 about our

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.500
 24-7 day

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.420
 and you

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.980
 see us

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.539
 perfectly

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.940
 and you

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.340
 see right

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:16.720
 into the

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.140
 depths of

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.380
 who we

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.000
 are perfectly

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.820
 and still

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.340
 you love

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:19.700
 us

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:21.259
 and still

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.900
 you desire

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.400
 us to

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.820
 come to

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.279
 yourself

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.840
 that you

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.480
 desire us

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.980
 to come

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.480
 to you

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.740
 to know

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.080
 you

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.539
 and to

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.539
 have your

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.180
 yoke upon

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.420
 us

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.740
 that you

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.180
 desire

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.720
 seeing us

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.019
 as we

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.480
 really are

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.060
 not to

00:25:33.060 --> 00:25:34.039
 condemn us

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.539
 but to

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.399
 grant us

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.379
 true rest

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.859
 for our

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.279
 souls

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.960
 Jesus

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.579
 we invite

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.940
 and give

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.099
 you

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.519
 permission

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.180
 to reach

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.399
 out

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.920
 even now

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.379
 in this

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.740
 place

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.180
 to reach

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.539
 out and

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.180
 touch us

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.440
 and draw

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.960
 us closer

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.720
 to yourself

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.940
 Jesus

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.599
 we invite

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:48.940
 and give

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.500
 you permission

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.099
 to pour

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.500
 out your

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.460
 Holy Spirit

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:53.039
 the very

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.480
 love

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.059
 and life

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.779
 and health

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.700
 and of

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.980
 God

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.519
 himself

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.720
 God

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.240
 himself

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.680
 pour out

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.099
 your Holy

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.399
 Spirit

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.039
 upon us

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.740
 draw us

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.379
 to yourself

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.040
 and through

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.440
 yourself

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.920
 bring us

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.260
 to the

00:26:04.260 --> 00:26:04.620
 Father

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.880
 this we

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.300
 ask in

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.640
 your name

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:06.900
 alone

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.300
 Jesus

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.220
 Amen