WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.980 John chapter 14. 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:29.980 And we're looking at a section in John's Gospel which covers chapter 13 through to chapter 17, which is a lot, but is actually a record of the last 24 hours Jesus has with his disciples. 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:43.679 Before he goes to the cross and he's gently preparing the disciples for his departure and what life will be like when Jesus is gone. 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:56.799 So we're going to continue looking through that. We're going to read from John chapter 14 verse 15 to the end of the chapter. John 14 starting in at verse 15. 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:02.199 This is Jesus speaking to his disciples. 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:10.620 If you love me, keep my commands. 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:19.060 And I will ask the Father and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. 00:01:19.620 --> 00:01:21.540 The Spirit of Truth. 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:29.100 The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:36.459 But you know him for he lives with you and will be in you. 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:40.119 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:42.359 I will come to you. 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:48.280 Before long the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:52.899 Because I live, you also will live. 00:01:52.900 --> 00:02:03.540 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:09.960 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:19.879 The one who loves me will be loved by my Father and I too will love them and show myself to them. 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:26.599 Then Judas, not Judas Iscariot, that's the one who betrayed Jesus, said, 00:02:27.799 --> 00:02:33.199 But Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world? 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:35.879 Jesus replied, 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:40.120 Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. 00:02:41.139 --> 00:02:45.340 My Father will love them and we will come to them and make our home with them. 00:02:46.359 --> 00:02:50.419 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. 00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:53.780 These words you hear are not my own. 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:56.680 They belong to the Father who sent me. 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:01.859 All this I have spoken while still with you. 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:05.760 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, 00:03:06.480 --> 00:03:08.680 whom the Father will send in my name, 00:03:09.160 --> 00:03:10.960 will teach you all things 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.620 and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:17.740 Peace I leave with you. 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:20.480 My peace I give you. 00:03:21.300 --> 00:03:23.760 I do not give to you as the world gives. 00:03:25.040 --> 00:03:27.560 Do not let your hearts be troubled 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.920 and do not be afraid. 00:03:32.740 --> 00:03:34.080 You heard me say, 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:37.379 I am going away and I am coming back to you. 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:39.420 If you loved me, 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:43.060 you would be glad that I am going to the Father. 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:45.920 For the Father is greater than I. 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:49.620 I have told you now before it happens 00:03:49.620 --> 00:03:51.620 so that when it does happen, 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:53.360 you will believe. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.960 I will not say much more to you 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.640 for the Prince of this world is coming. 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:02.960 He has no hold over me. 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.260 But he comes so that the world may learn 00:04:07.260 --> 00:04:09.640 that I love the Father 00:04:09.640 --> 00:04:13.860 and do exactly what the Father has commanded me. 00:04:14.980 --> 00:04:17.319 Come now, let us leave. 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:21.280 Well, let's pray. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:27.520 Holy Spirit, 00:04:28.379 --> 00:04:32.220 will you be our teacher this morning? 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:35.819 May you take the words 00:04:35.819 --> 00:04:38.580 that are written down for us 00:04:38.580 --> 00:04:44.100 and speak those words into our hearts 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:47.680 so that we see Jesus 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:50.040 in all his greatness 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.460 and all his beauty 00:04:52.460 --> 00:04:56.840 that we will see his love for us 00:04:56.840 --> 00:04:59.540 so that in response 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:01.819 we love him. 00:05:02.820 --> 00:05:05.520 So help us now for our good 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:08.340 and for our blessing. 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:10.480 In Jesus' name. 00:05:11.400 --> 00:05:11.840 Amen. 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:16.239 Well, growing up, 00:05:16.299 --> 00:05:18.959 I had a very close relationship 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:20.479 with my brother, Philip. 00:05:20.659 --> 00:05:21.799 Some of you know him. 00:05:22.599 --> 00:05:24.500 Although he's six years older, 00:05:25.060 --> 00:05:26.799 we were the best of friends 00:05:26.799 --> 00:05:28.019 and still are. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.279 We shared the same bedroom together. 00:05:31.479 --> 00:05:32.519 We played football. 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:33.479 We went fishing. 00:05:34.139 --> 00:05:36.199 And we annoyed our sister. 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:39.459 I couldn't imagine a life 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:42.099 without my brother. 00:05:43.159 --> 00:05:45.279 And then came the terrible news. 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:47.779 My brother was leaving 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:49.579 to go to university. 00:05:50.579 --> 00:05:51.899 I was devastated. 00:05:52.899 --> 00:05:55.139 I was in first year in secondary school 00:05:55.139 --> 00:05:58.300 and I remember crying deeply. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:02.020 Yes, I could talk to him on the phone. 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:04.819 But that was nothing compared 00:06:04.819 --> 00:06:06.860 to being with him. 00:06:07.960 --> 00:06:10.079 Not having my brother around 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:12.120 was devastating. 00:06:13.460 --> 00:06:16.040 Well, the disciples were struggling 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:17.420 with something similar 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:19.699 but much deeper. 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:22.660 They had spent the last three years 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:23.280 with Jesus. 00:06:23.780 --> 00:06:25.240 They had left everything 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:26.439 to follow Jesus. 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:27.959 They had gone with him 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:29.019 wherever he went. 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:31.199 They had been learning from him. 00:06:31.579 --> 00:06:33.079 They had been watching the miracles. 00:06:33.719 --> 00:06:35.259 They had been to weddings with him. 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:36.860 They had been to funerals with him. 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:39.079 They had gone on long walks together. 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.360 And then came the devastating news. 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:45.560 I'm leaving. 00:06:46.939 --> 00:06:49.500 I'm going back to the Father. 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:52.420 And they were devastated. 00:06:52.420 --> 00:06:56.980 So Jesus seeks to reassure them 00:06:56.980 --> 00:06:58.480 and comfort them 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.699 and to reassure us 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:02.720 and to comfort us as we read 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:06.100 that he is with us forever. 00:07:07.580 --> 00:07:11.840 Look at chapter 14, verse 1. 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:14.280 Jesus says to them, 00:07:15.139 --> 00:07:18.040 Do not let your hearts be troubled. 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:22.520 He says the same in the end of verse 27. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:26.379 Do not let your hearts be troubled 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:28.900 and do not be afraid. 00:07:30.020 --> 00:07:31.220 You heard me say, 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:32.360 I am going away 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.620 and I am coming back to you. 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:36.640 If you loved me, 00:07:37.320 --> 00:07:38.360 you would be glad 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:39.820 that I am going to the Father 00:07:39.820 --> 00:07:41.820 for the Father is greater 00:07:41.820 --> 00:07:43.620 than I. 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:46.300 Or we could imagine 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:47.180 the disciples 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:48.420 thinking to themselves, 00:07:48.939 --> 00:07:50.680 Well, that's great for you, Jesus. 00:07:50.860 --> 00:07:52.240 You're going to the Father. 00:07:52.740 --> 00:07:54.199 But what about us? 00:07:54.300 --> 00:07:55.660 What are we going to do? 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:57.439 And how are we going to have 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:58.699 a relationship with you 00:07:58.699 --> 00:07:59.840 now that you're going? 00:08:04.180 --> 00:08:05.860 You see, from our perspective, 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:09.340 Jesus has already returned 00:08:09.340 --> 00:08:10.420 to the Father. 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:12.340 At this point, 00:08:12.460 --> 00:08:13.800 in talking to the disciples, 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:15.420 Jesus was yet to die 00:08:15.420 --> 00:08:17.080 and rise and ascend. 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:18.860 But we now look back 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:20.160 on a time when Jesus 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:21.580 has died, 00:08:21.960 --> 00:08:22.960 has risen, 00:08:23.520 --> 00:08:24.960 and is now ascended. 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:26.879 But our question 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:28.160 can still be the same. 00:08:28.520 --> 00:08:29.900 How do you and I 00:08:29.900 --> 00:08:31.439 relate to Jesus? 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.060 Because we can't see him physically. 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:36.379 How do we enjoy 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:38.000 a relationship with Jesus 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.139 now? 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:42.139 Well, the answer, 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:44.679 partly, 00:08:45.299 --> 00:08:47.240 is reciprocal love. 00:08:48.599 --> 00:08:50.079 It will be a relationship 00:08:50.079 --> 00:08:52.939 of loving one another. 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:55.459 We can love Jesus 00:08:55.459 --> 00:08:56.519 now. 00:08:57.459 --> 00:08:59.179 And Jesus loves us 00:08:59.179 --> 00:09:00.079 now. 00:09:00.939 --> 00:09:02.279 Look at verse 21, 00:09:03.479 --> 00:09:05.500 which is really a key verse 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:06.860 in this section. 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:07.860 saying, 00:09:07.860 --> 00:09:09.620 whoever has my commands 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:11.620 and keeps them 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:13.620 is the one who 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:14.860 loves me. 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:16.879 And the one who 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.360 loves me 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.220 will be loved 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:21.480 by my Father. 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:23.200 And I too 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:24.560 will love them 00:09:24.560 --> 00:09:26.300 and show myself 00:09:26.300 --> 00:09:27.039 to them. 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:28.419 You see, 00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:29.279 although we cannot 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:30.259 see Jesus 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:31.300 physically, 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:32.720 although we can't 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:33.420 go out and have 00:09:33.420 --> 00:09:34.740 a coffee and a chat 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.440 with Jesus, 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:37.080 we can still 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:38.580 enjoy and 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:40.480 experience a deep, 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:42.399 loving relationship 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.279 with Jesus. 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.139 A relationship 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:47.100 where we 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:48.399 love him 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.240 and he 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.139 loves us. 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:53.840 So, 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:55.340 two big ideas 00:09:55.340 --> 00:09:56.220 from this text 00:09:56.220 --> 00:09:57.259 we're going to look at. 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:57.659 first, 00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:59.220 we love Jesus 00:09:59.220 --> 00:10:00.200 by our 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:00.939 obedience 00:10:00.939 --> 00:10:02.980 and second, 00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:04.480 Jesus loves us 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:05.840 by his 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:06.799 promise. 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:08.460 So, 00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:08.840 first, 00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:10.439 we love Jesus 00:10:10.439 --> 00:10:12.600 by our 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:14.000 obedience. 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.679 Look at verse 15. 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:22.419 If you love me, 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:24.360 keep my 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:25.039 commands. 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:27.000 Now, 00:10:27.059 --> 00:10:27.559 in case we 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:28.259 missed the point, 00:10:28.459 --> 00:10:29.159 Jesus says it 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:29.860 twice more. 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:31.019 Look at the 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:31.579 beginning of 00:10:31.579 --> 00:10:32.579 verse 21. 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:34.679 Whoever has 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:35.639 my commands 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.000 and keeps 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:37.360 them 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.759 is the one 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:39.620 who loves me. 00:10:40.699 --> 00:10:41.219 And Jesus 00:10:41.219 --> 00:10:41.899 repeats it 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:42.379 again in 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:43.120 verse 23. 00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:44.819 Anyone who 00:10:44.819 --> 00:10:45.980 loves me 00:10:45.980 --> 00:10:47.639 will obey 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:48.139 my 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:49.120 teaching. 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:50.759 Now, 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:51.459 you might think 00:10:51.459 --> 00:10:52.139 that doesn't 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:53.079 sound very much 00:10:53.079 --> 00:10:54.500 like a fun 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:55.240 relationship. 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:56.159 It sounds like 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:56.639 a lot of 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:57.299 rules and 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:57.860 obedience. 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:00.000 Well, 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:00.919 obedience 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:02.759 is good 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:04.080 and it's 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:04.679 the mark 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:05.059 of a 00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:05.580 healthy, 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:06.399 loving 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:07.120 relationship. 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:08.039 Look at 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:08.860 how Jesus 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:09.700 enjoys 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:10.440 his 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:11.200 relationship 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:12.179 with the 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:12.580 Father. 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:13.600 Look at 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:14.299 verse 30. 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:16.460 I will 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:17.039 not say 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:17.639 much more 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.220 to you 00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:19.220 for the 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:19.799 prince of 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:20.399 this world 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:20.960 is coming. 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:21.879 The prince 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:22.200 of this 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:22.759 world is 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.600 talking about 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.580 the devil 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:25.320 or Satan 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:25.840 who would 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:26.320 seek to 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:26.980 derail 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:27.519 Jesus 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.680 from going 00:11:28.680 --> 00:11:29.080 to the 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:29.600 cross. 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.159 But Jesus 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:31.840 says he 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.340 has no 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:33.240 power over 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:33.580 me. 00:11:34.540 --> 00:11:35.000 But he 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.779 comes 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.940 that the 00:11:36.940 --> 00:11:37.700 world may 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:38.220 learn 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.620 that I 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.580 love the 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.220 Father 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:42.659 and do 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:43.580 exactly 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:44.279 what my 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:45.060 Father has 00:11:45.060 --> 00:11:45.600 commanded 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:45.980 me. 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:47.399 Do you 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:47.740 see it 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:47.920 there? 00:11:48.060 --> 00:11:48.399 Jesus 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:49.379 demonstrates 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:50.139 his love 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.620 for the 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:51.159 father 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:52.559 through 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:53.799 obedience. 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:55.819 Now 00:11:55.819 --> 00:11:56.460 parents and 00:11:56.460 --> 00:11:56.899 children 00:11:56.899 --> 00:11:58.319 can enjoy 00:11:58.319 --> 00:11:58.899 a similar 00:11:58.899 --> 00:11:59.559 relationship. 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:00.139 Parents 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:00.379 have 00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:00.980 commands 00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:02.080 and teach 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:02.360 their 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:02.759 children 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:03.500 obedience 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:05.039 but not 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:05.699 to harm 00:12:05.699 --> 00:12:06.240 them but 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:06.639 to do 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:07.460 them good. 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:08.580 In the 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:09.080 same way 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:09.699 as children 00:12:09.699 --> 00:12:10.460 obey their 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:11.080 parents 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.259 they learn 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:13.699 to experience 00:12:13.699 --> 00:12:14.519 the love 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:15.080 of the 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:15.500 parent. 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:16.860 So a 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:17.360 parent who 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:17.720 gives a 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.379 good command 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:19.159 and a 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:19.820 child who 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:20.720 obeys the 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.179 command 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:22.559 enjoys a 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:23.159 healthy 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:24.179 loving 00:12:24.179 --> 00:12:25.500 relationship. 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:27.639 Well Jesus 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:28.139 and the 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:29.019 Father love 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:29.600 one another 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:30.259 and the 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:31.059 way Jesus 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:32.080 expresses his 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:32.539 love to 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:33.039 the Father 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:34.139 is look 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:34.320 at the 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:34.620 end of 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.379 verse 31 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:37.519 by doing 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.580 exactly 00:12:38.580 --> 00:12:40.139 what my 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:40.720 Father 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:41.899 has 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:42.480 commanded 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:42.860 me. 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:44.299 You see 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:44.759 there's no 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:45.500 hint that 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.279 obedience 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:47.419 to Jesus 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:48.819 and keeping 00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:49.199 his 00:12:49.199 --> 00:12:49.919 commands 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.480 are 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:51.399 bothersome 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:52.379 or tiresome. 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.120 It's the 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.799 mark of a 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.319 healthy 00:12:54.319 --> 00:12:55.179 loving 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:56.039 relationship. 00:12:58.779 --> 00:12:59.659 Some of 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:00.179 you might 00:13:00.179 --> 00:13:00.779 know of 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.399 or even 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:01.980 read 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.059 the book 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:03.600 called 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.319 The Five 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:04.939 Love 00:13:04.939 --> 00:13:05.779 Languages. 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:06.620 Anybody 00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:06.919 of you 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.539 heard that 00:13:07.539 --> 00:13:07.879 or read 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:08.139 it? 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:08.779 A few 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.360 nods 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:09.600 here. 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.299 Well if 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:11.720 you read 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.159 it it will 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:12.600 tell you 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:13.059 how to 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:13.740 express 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.500 your love 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.320 to your 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:15.940 spouse. 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:17.159 So here 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:17.440 are the 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:18.080 five love 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:18.539 languages. 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:19.200 Words of 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:20.000 affirmation, 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:21.240 quality 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.840 time, 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.019 receiving 00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:23.700 gifts, 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:24.840 acts of 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:25.379 service, 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:26.740 and physical 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.360 touch. 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:28.759 So each 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.379 person 00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:30.639 will lean 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.279 to one 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:31.960 of these 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:32.600 five. 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:33.720 And so 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:34.200 the more 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:34.620 that we 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.480 understand 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:36.039 the love 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:36.799 language of 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:37.180 the other 00:13:37.180 --> 00:13:37.779 person, 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:38.700 the more 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:39.080 we will 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:39.799 know how 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:40.360 to love 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:40.700 them and 00:13:40.700 --> 00:13:41.240 the deeper 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:42.060 the relationship 00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:42.779 goes. 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.779 Well the 00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.139 love 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:46.980 language in 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.240 our 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:47.899 relationship 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.379 with 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:49.000 Jesus 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.799 is 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.419 obedience. 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.159 It's 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:53.399 through 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:54.220 listening to 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:54.460 his 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:55.000 commands, 00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.740 by reading 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:58.039 his word 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.740 and doing 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.620 what Jesus 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:02.539 says, 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.379 that we 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.539 enjoy a 00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:07.100 healthy and 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:07.720 loving 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:09.039 relationship. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:11.039 So first, 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:12.399 we love 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:14.340 Jesus by 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:14.899 our 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:16.039 obedience. 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.120 Second, 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.740 Jesus 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:21.059 loves us 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:22.919 by his 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.500 promise. 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.759 He loves 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.360 us by 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.019 his promise. 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:26.879 He made 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.659 a promise 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:29.120 to his 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.600 disciples 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.500 that has 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.259 now been 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.879 fulfilled. 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:32.860 Look with 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.059 me, 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:34.000 verse 16. 00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:35.980 Jesus 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:36.319 says, 00:14:36.439 --> 00:14:36.659 I will 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.360 ask the 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:37.779 Father 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:39.259 and he 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:39.740 will give 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.720 you another 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:42.139 advocate to 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.939 help you 00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:44.059 and be 00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:44.519 with you 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.100 forever, 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:46.779 the Spirit 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.500 of Truth. 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.079 Jesus is 00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.959 promising them 00:14:49.959 --> 00:14:50.559 the Holy 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:51.120 Spirit. 00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:51.860 You see, 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.519 as Jesus 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.720 goes, 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.799 so the 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.139 Spirit 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:56.220 comes. 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.559 As Jesus 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:58.459 ascends to 00:14:58.459 --> 00:14:58.959 the Father, 00:14:59.319 --> 00:14:59.819 so the 00:14:59.819 --> 00:15:00.519 Spirit will 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:02.120 descend to 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.120 his disciples. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.840 Now, 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.220 if we're 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:05.919 Christians 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.659 today, 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.299 that promise 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:09.200 has already 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.200 been fulfilled. 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.120 Jesus 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.240 has returned 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.720 to the 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.080 Father 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:14.060 and the 00:15:14.060 --> 00:15:14.820 Spirit has 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:15.200 now 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.019 come. 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.679 That's what 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.299 Jesus is 00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:18.980 referring to 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:19.460 in verse 00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.139 20. 00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:23.159 On that 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:23.659 day, 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:24.960 the day 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.460 when the 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:25.740 Spirit 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.460 comes, 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.620 you will 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.460 realize 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.500 that I 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.100 am in 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:30.879 my Father 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.179 and you 00:15:32.179 --> 00:15:32.639 are in 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.080 me 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:34.419 and I 00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:34.779 am in 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.139 you. 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.939 So what 00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.340 Jesus 00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:39.399 promised to 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:39.679 his 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:40.279 disciples, 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.700 we now 00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.259 get to 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.960 experience 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.759 if we 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.500 are trusting 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.279 him. 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.679 So what 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.039 can we 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.639 expect 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.360 from the 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.639 Holy 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.100 Spirit? 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.120 What 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.439 experience 00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.259 should we 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:52.740 have? 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:53.980 Well, 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.320 there are 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:55.259 four things 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:55.700 we can 00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.340 experience 00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.059 that will 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:58.279 lead to 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.059 a healthy, 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.019 loving 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:00.779 relationship. 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.820 four things 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.639 that will 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.039 lead to 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.600 a healthy, 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.200 loving 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.259 relationship. 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.019 First of 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.320 all, 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.279 we have 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.080 the 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.879 presence 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.860 of 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.399 Jesus. 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.360 Look 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:13.779 again what 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.159 it says, 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.080 verse 16. 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:17.799 I will 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.340 ask the 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:18.799 Father 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.299 and he 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:20.879 will give 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.360 you 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:22.879 another 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:24.299 advocate, 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:26.639 a helper. 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.240 Some of 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.399 your 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.039 translations 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.720 might say 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.500 counselor, 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:32.159 or comforter. 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.679 But the 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.259 focus here, 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:34.679 I think, 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.399 is on 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.500 another 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.899 advocate. 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.120 In other 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.340 words, 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:39.980 the Spirit 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.840 is not a 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.580 replacement 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.580 for Jesus, 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.000 but another 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:45.379 one just 00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.480 like 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.299 Jesus, 00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.840 who will 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.340 be with 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.100 you forever. 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.919 So Jesus 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.740 says in 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.559 verse 18, 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.960 I will 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.740 not leave 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.360 you as 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.980 orphans. 00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:59.860 I will 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.500 come to 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:00.860 you. 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.920 But how 00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:05.039 can Jesus, 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:06.200 who is 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.140 departing and 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.599 going to 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.599 the Father, 00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:11.039 be present 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.039 with us 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.120 at the 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.880 very same 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.579 time? 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.019 Well, 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:16.640 Jesus is 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:17.559 present with 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.440 us by 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.599 the person 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.740 of the 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.720 Holy Spirit. 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.220 verse 17. 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.220 Jesus 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.579 says, 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.160 the world 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:26.640 cannot 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:27.339 accept 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.120 him, 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.680 because it 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:29.980 neither 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.039 sees him 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.120 nor knows 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:32.500 him. 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.539 But you 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.400 know him, 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.259 for he 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:36.180 lives with 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.180 you and 00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:37.759 will be 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.559 in you. 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.360 You see, 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:39.960 the Spirit 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.740 is not an 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:42.140 it or 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.779 a thing. 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.160 The Holy 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.980 Spirit is 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.779 the presence 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.620 of Jesus, 00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:47.799 not just 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.680 with us, 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.339 but, 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.000 as it says 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.259 at the 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.559 end of 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.359 verse 17, 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.059 he is 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.200 in you. 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.079 We can't 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:57.019 see Jesus, 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.079 we can't 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.839 hug Jesus, 00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.799 we can't 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.400 invite him 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:00.839 round for 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.200 dinner, 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.519 but Jesus 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.440 is living 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.279 in us, 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.240 and therefore 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.180 he is 00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.299 with us 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.380 wherever we 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:09.019 go and 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.839 whatever we 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.160 do. 00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:10.960 There is 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.700 never a 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.299 time when 00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:13.039 Jesus is 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.460 not with 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.039 us. 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.359 You see, 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.400 being with 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.359 us and 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.299 in us 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.019 is an 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.759 expression 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.759 of the 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.159 deep 00:18:23.159 --> 00:18:23.819 love that 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.399 he has 00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:26.219 for us. 00:18:27.959 --> 00:18:28.339 Jesus 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:29.379 is present 00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:30.659 in the 00:18:30.659 --> 00:18:31.240 disciples, 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.000 in the 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.679 believer's 00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.219 life, 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:35.240 by the 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.659 Spirit. 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.679 And he 00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:38.659 is continually 00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.879 present 00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:41.339 with us. 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.599 So we 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.079 have the 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.659 presence 00:18:44.659 --> 00:18:45.979 of Jesus. 00:18:47.479 --> 00:18:48.019 Second, 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.500 actually I 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.859 don't have 00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.059 this, 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.400 this was 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:50.839 an added 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.220 extra 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.940 later in 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:53.339 this morning, 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:53.940 and if 00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.379 you're using 00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:54.920 notes you 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.379 don't have 00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:55.500 it, 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.480 but it's 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.160 number two 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.599 anyway. 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.519 We have 00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.400 the assurance 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.700 of Jesus. 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.139 Not just 00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:02.819 the presence 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.440 of Jesus, 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.420 but the 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.299 assurance of 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.639 Jesus. 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.559 Jesus 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.440 promises 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.579 to keep 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.700 us in 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.299 relationship 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.920 with him. 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.139 Look at 00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:13.000 verse 19. 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:15.940 before 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.680 long 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.359 the world 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.880 will not 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.579 see me 00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.559 anymore. 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:21.720 They'll 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.180 not see 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.839 him because 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.579 Jesus is 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.059 going to 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.640 the Father. 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.200 But you 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.900 will see 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.279 me. 00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.180 Because I 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.759 live, 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.500 you also 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.279 will live. 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.599 Jesus is 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.099 saying because 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.720 I live, 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:37.000 because I 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.460 will be 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.019 going through 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.700 my death 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.819 and resurrection, 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.960 you also 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.700 will live. 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:44.279 And how 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.599 will they 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:44.980 live? 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.000 Because of 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.599 the Spirit 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.700 in you. 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.539 Yes, 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.000 you will 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.500 see me 00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:49.920 again, 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.720 but how 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.359 can Jesus 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:51.940 be so 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:53.039 sure that 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.799 the disciples 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:55.000 will physically 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.200 be with 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.859 Jesus and 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.480 see him? 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.140 Because of 00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.720 the Holy 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.700 Spirit within 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.220 us. 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.180 Just one 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.220 quick cross 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.880 reference. 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.019 Jump 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.740 forward to 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.559 Romans 8 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:09.500 verse 11. 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.519 Romans 8 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.259 verse 11. 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.440 So it's 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.940 John 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:16.160 Acts 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.180 Romans. 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:22.079 Romans 8 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.400 verse 11. 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.339 So we're 00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.059 thinking here 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.380 of the 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.000 assurance 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.859 that Jesus 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:32.519 gives to 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.319 the believers 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:35.539 because the 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.440 Spirit is in 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.920 you, you 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.579 will live. 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.359 So look 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.659 what it 00:20:38.659 --> 00:20:38.959 says, 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.699 chapter 8 00:20:39.699 --> 00:20:40.439 verse 11. 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:47.100 And if 00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:47.880 the Spirit 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.720 of him 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.460 who raised 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.360 Jesus from 00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:51.980 the dead 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.740 is living 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.460 in you, 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.519 he who 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.740 raised Christ 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.200 from the 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.620 dead 00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:59.400 will also 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.200 give life 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.880 to your 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.900 mortal bodies 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.120 because of 00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:04.080 his Spirit 00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:04.920 who lives 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.539 in 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.600 you. 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:08.779 did you 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.480 get that? 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.240 The Spirit 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.119 that raised 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.159 Jesus from 00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:13.759 the dead 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:15.439 is the 00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:16.519 same Spirit 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.399 that lives 00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:18.099 within the 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:19.000 believer's 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.139 life so 00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.779 that we 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:22.059 too will 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.740 rise. 00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:24.139 Go back 00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.719 to John 00:21:24.719 --> 00:21:26.019 chapter 14. 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.459 You see, 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.359 Jesus is 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.019 reassuring us 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.959 that though 00:21:30.959 --> 00:21:32.019 he is gone, 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.819 yes, 00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.659 he is present 00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.419 with us by 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.000 his Spirit, 00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:35.779 but there 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.240 will come 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.680 a day 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.400 when we 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.019 will rise 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.840 and we 00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.880 will see 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.740 him and 00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.800 physically be 00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:43.340 with him. 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.840 Because I 00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.480 live, 00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:47.980 you also 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.060 will live. 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.000 So we 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.380 have the 00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.500 presence of 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.920 Jesus, 00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.759 the assurance 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:56.060 of Jesus, 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.980 and third, 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.019 that's second 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.880 on the screen, 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:03.300 we have 00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.139 the love 00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:05.059 of Jesus. 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.480 You see, 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.279 Jesus makes 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.720 an even 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.919 greater promise. 00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.759 Look down 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.119 at verse 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.799 23. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.980 Jesus said, 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.619 anyone who 00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.879 loves me 00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:17.359 will obey 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.359 my teaching, 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.099 my Father 00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:21.019 will love 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.599 them, 00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.559 and we 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.139 will come 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.680 to them 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.460 and make 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.079 our home 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.240 with them. 00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.720 So it's 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.480 not just 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.440 Jesus who 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.819 is going 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.579 to be present 00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.319 with us, 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.399 it's 00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.000 Jesus 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.619 and the 00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.159 Father 00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:37.259 who is 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.960 in us. 00:22:39.439 --> 00:22:40.139 Before 00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.779 Kirsty and 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.240 I got 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.720 married, 00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:42.859 we lived 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.779 in separate 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.220 homes. 00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:46.220 We loved 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.759 each other 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.119 and we 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.679 enjoyed 00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.220 spending 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.759 time 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.259 together, 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.299 but when 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.899 we got 00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.460 married, 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.960 we moved 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.980 in 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.919 together. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.279 It would 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.759 be a very 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.859 strange thing 00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.460 for someone 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.899 to get 00:22:58.899 --> 00:22:59.359 married, 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.259 but to 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.639 remain 00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.419 apart and 00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:01.779 to live 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.279 in different 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.859 homes. 00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.199 Well, 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.719 when we 00:23:04.719 --> 00:23:05.579 believe in 00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:05.939 Jesus, 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.479 when we 00:23:06.479 --> 00:23:06.839 commit 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.299 ourselves 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.979 to Jesus, 00:23:08.479 --> 00:23:09.019 it's like 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.559 we enter 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.159 into a 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:10.579 marriage 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.379 relationship. 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.740 God, 00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.399 by his 00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.959 spirit, 00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.559 moves 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.619 into 00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.879 our 00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.579 lives. 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.019 As an 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.559 expression 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.259 of love, 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.219 verse 23, 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.579 God the 00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.179 Father 00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:26.679 and God 00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.339 the Son 00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.879 make us 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.879 their 00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.319 home. 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.439 God 00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:33.899 moves 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.919 in 00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.939 to our 00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.480 life. 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:37.779 Now, 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.339 you can't 00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.939 get closer 00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.699 than that, 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.819 but more 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.319 than that, 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.059 deeper than 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.359 that, 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.619 Jesus wants 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.019 us to 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.000 experience 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.220 the love 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.939 of the 00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:48.359 Father 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.319 and the 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.740 love of 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.179 the Son 00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.699 that they 00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.259 enjoy 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.959 together. 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.240 Look back 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.559 at verse 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.220 21. 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.579 Whoever 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.359 has my 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.939 commands, 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.960 and keeps 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.299 them, 00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.100 is the 00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.500 one who 00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.820 loves 00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.120 me. 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.820 The 00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.440 one who 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.019 loves 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.500 me 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.820 will be 00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.380 loved 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.220 by my 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.860 Father 00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:07.220 and I 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.860 too will 00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.519 love them 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.380 and show 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.120 myself 00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:11.480 to them. 00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.519 You see, 00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.720 before time 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.380 begun, 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.740 the Father 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.900 and the 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.320 Son 00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:19.259 and the 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.680 Spirit 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.680 have been 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.460 enjoying 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.740 a continued 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.820 loving 00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.640 relationship 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:24.840 relationship 00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.840 with one 00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.280 another. 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.100 Before this 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:29.020 universe came 00:24:29.020 --> 00:24:29.920 into existence, 00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.040 before you 00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:31.420 and I 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.060 were born, 00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.320 the Father, 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.900 the Son, 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.240 and the 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.820 Spirit were 00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.660 relating to 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.240 each other 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.740 in perfect 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.880 love. 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.980 So when 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.780 God makes 00:24:41.780 --> 00:24:42.340 his home 00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:43.160 within us 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.100 by the 00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.540 Spirit, 00:24:44.800 --> 00:24:45.740 he's inviting 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.480 you and I 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.100 to share 00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.540 in that 00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.259 eternal, 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.320 perfect, 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.259 loving 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.420 relationship. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.680 relationship, 00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.740 the love 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.220 that the 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.900 Father has 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.300 for the 00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:56.279 Son and 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.779 the love 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.340 the Son 00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.840 has for 00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.460 the Father, 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.720 we get 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.620 to experience 00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.420 it and 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.420 share in 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.820 it. 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.560 We get 00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.220 to enjoy 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.900 the love 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.560 of God 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.620 by the 00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.300 indwelling 00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:09.980 person of 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.500 the Holy 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.000 Spirit. 00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:14.220 After a 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.640 couple of 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:16.000 years of 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.700 our marriage, 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.380 we had 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.180 two children 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:21.220 and because 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.779 Ethan and 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.560 Rebecca are 00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.340 our children, 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.860 they get 00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.500 to share 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.980 in the 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.440 love that 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.080 Kirstie and 00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.700 I have 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.460 for one 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.820 another. 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.840 They share 00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.519 in that 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.060 love. 00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.480 To not 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.080 love them 00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.700 would be a 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.220 tragedy. 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.299 Well, the 00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.100 amazing thing 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.820 about God 00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.720 is he comes 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.380 into our 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.279 life by the 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.000 Holy Spirit 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.120 so that we 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.900 may know 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.799 and enjoy 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.440 his love. 00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.660 He shares 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.580 his love 00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:48.060 with his 00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:48.740 children. 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.920 an eternal 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.440 perfect love 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.440 that never 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:55.100 fails and 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.640 will never 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.620 leave us. 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.180 His love 00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.400 is steadfast 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.299 and loyal 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.440 and faithful 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.660 and keeps 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.860 on loving 00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.980 and pursuing 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.080 us even 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.640 when we 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.460 don't do 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.299 things that 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.039 are unloving. 00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.420 Jesus 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.799 loves us 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.560 by enabling 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.200 us to 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.000 experience 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.980 his love 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.079 by the 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.680 presence 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.859 of the 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.660 Holy Spirit. 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.880 So we 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.259 have the 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.079 presence of 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.579 Jesus, 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.099 the assurance 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.680 of Jesus, 00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.599 the love 00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.240 of Jesus, 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.019 and then 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.480 we have 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.039 fourth 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:35.259 the peace 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.420 of Jesus. 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.859 Being with 00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.619 Jesus for 00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.339 the disciples 00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.039 was both 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.619 comforting 00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:43.640 and reassuring. 00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.820 but now 00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.580 Jesus is 00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.240 going and 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.000 departing to 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.560 the Father, 00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.300 they're 00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:49.060 troubled and 00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.500 afraid. 00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.280 So Jesus 00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:52.040 makes a 00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.980 further promise. 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.500 Look at 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.460 verse 27. 00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.740 Peace 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:59.020 I leave 00:26:59.020 --> 00:26:59.320 you, 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.040 my peace 00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.759 I give 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.020 you. 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.340 I do 00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.920 not give 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.259 to you 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.620 as the 00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.920 world 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.360 gives. 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.640 Do not 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.240 let your 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.940 hearts be 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.380 troubled 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.940 and do 00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.480 not be 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.980 afraid. 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:12.599 now how 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.059 many of 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.279 us 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.860 experience 00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.660 fear 00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.740 in life? 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.000 We fear 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.339 what's 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.680 happening 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.400 around us, 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.839 what we 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.240 see on 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.700 the news. 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.700 We fear 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.360 the future 00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.900 and wonder 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.920 if everything 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.440 is going 00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.779 to be 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.180 alright. 00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.960 Perhaps 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.480 we even 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.000 fear, 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.599 as I 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.380 often do, 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.099 is my 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.759 relationship 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.480 with God 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.019 going to 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.559 continue? 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.279 What if 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.960 I fail 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.299 and it 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.920 breaks? 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.339 But listen 00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.839 to what 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.500 Jesus is 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.939 saying. 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.899 End of 00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.859 verse 27. 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.259 Do not 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.859 let your 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.599 hearts be 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.079 troubled 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.599 and do 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.119 not be 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.779 afraid. 00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.179 Well, 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.539 how are 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.000 we not 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.679 to fear? 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.319 Well, 00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.899 jump back 00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.399 to verse 00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.439 26. 00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.019 Here's 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.419 how we 00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.839 don't 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.279 fear. 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.039 But the 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.720 advocate, 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.339 the Holy 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.039 Spirit, 00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.159 whom the 00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.740 Father will 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.279 send in 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.980 my name, 00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.059 will teach 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.619 you all 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.440 things and 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.679 will remind 00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.220 you of 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.460 everything I 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.159 have said 00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:15.539 to you. 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.899 You see, 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.139 we experience 00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.980 the peace 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.639 of Jesus 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:23.299 as we 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.940 listen to 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.819 the words 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.919 of Jesus. 00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:29.000 The peace 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.619 of Jesus 00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.500 becomes our 00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.279 experience 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.500 as we 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.220 listen to 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.839 the words 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.440 of Jesus. 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.700 Now, 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.159 how do we 00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.539 hear the 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.039 words of 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.339 Jesus? 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.500 Jesus, 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.539 we pick 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.919 up the 00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.339 Bible 00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.279 and we 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.079 read it. 00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.000 The 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.519 apostles 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.339 heard the 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.779 word of 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.119 Jesus 00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.919 and they 00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.439 wrote it 00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:45.819 down, 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.519 and so 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.039 as we 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.639 read it, 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.779 we hear 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.759 the words 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.399 of Jesus. 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.980 And the 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.199 Spirit reminds 00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.699 us and 00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.759 brings peace 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.559 into our 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:55.939 life. 00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:56.919 The peace 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.559 that tells 00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.819 us, 00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.619 verse 18, 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.679 that we 00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.199 are not 00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:01.220 left as 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.759 orphans, 00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.220 but he 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.759 is with 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.299 us. 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.500 Or the 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.859 end of 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.640 verse 19, 00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.599 because Jesus 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.119 lives, 00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.119 we will 00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.599 live. 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.660 And verse 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.220 23, 00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.980 because the 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.839 Father loves 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.180 us, 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.379 we know 00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.940 that he 00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.900 will stay 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:18.259 with us. 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.460 You see, 00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.819 as we 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.539 read the 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.359 promises and 00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.299 assurances of 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.740 Jesus, 00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:23.980 the Spirit 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.799 brings to 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.480 our minds 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.500 all these 00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.000 wonderful 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.599 truths. 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.399 So in 00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.000 our fears 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.379 and in 00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.559 our 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:29.980 troubles, 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.219 the Spirit 00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:32.119 brings 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.459 peace. 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.819 So Jesus 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.879 loves us. 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.399 He loves 00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.939 us by 00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:41.000 his promise. 00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.459 We now 00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:42.939 have the 00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.480 Spirit who 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.139 enables us 00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.039 to experience 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.859 a loving 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.079 relationship 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:48.000 with Jesus. 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.179 We have 00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.959 his presence, 00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.419 his assurance, 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.959 his love, 00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.959 and his 00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.579 peace. 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.480 Jesus 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:58.480 loves you. 00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.860 He really 00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.420 does. 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.120 Now the 00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.720 big question 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.339 we need to 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:06.299 ask as we 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.259 conclude and 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.140 think about 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:10.180 this is 00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.019 how do I 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.839 actually get 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.759 to experience 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.900 this love 00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.400 for myself? 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.339 How can I 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.680 experience this 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.339 loving 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.059 relationship? 00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.799 How do we 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.799 receive the 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.500 Holy Spirit? 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.440 Well that 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.000 seems to be 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.660 the question 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.680 Judas is 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.400 asking in 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.259 verse 22. 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.920 Look with 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.220 me at 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.940 verse 22. 00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.779 Then Judas 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.339 said, 00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.059 but Lord, 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.779 why do you 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.400 intend to 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.079 show yourself 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.059 to us 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:41.400 and not 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.720 to the 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.180 world? 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.079 In other 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.400 words, 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.519 if you are 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.339 promising the 00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.940 Spirit to 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.299 us, 00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.299 what about 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.859 everybody 00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.539 else? 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.400 Can they 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.299 experience 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.859 him too? 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.259 Well look 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.619 at how 00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.059 Jesus 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.799 responds, 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.059 verse 23. 00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.740 Jesus 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.400 replied, 00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.379 anyone who 00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.319 loves me 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.680 will obey 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.579 my teaching. 00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.220 My Father 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.819 will love 00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.879 them and 00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.279 we will 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.779 come to 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.980 them and 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.579 make our 00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.039 home with 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.359 them. 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.180 And anyone 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.940 who does 00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.579 not love 00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:17.180 me will 00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.920 not obey 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.740 my teaching. 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:20.700 Now we 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.200 need to be 00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.059 crystal clear 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.620 about this 00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:22.880 or we'll 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.400 get very 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.180 confused. 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.160 Jesus 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.000 does not 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.799 mean that 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.880 through our 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.599 obedience 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.019 we earn 00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:34.099 the Spirit. 00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.180 So if I 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.960 obey all 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.559 the commands 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.099 of Jesus, 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.140 I will 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.359 get the 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.720 Spirit. 00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.660 No, 00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.140 that would 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.579 be a 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.359 contradiction 00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.779 to everything 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.900 Jesus has 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.640 taught. 00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:48.840 the gift 00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.259 of the 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.000 Spirit is 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.660 given the 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.300 moment 00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:51.940 someone 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.740 believes 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.380 and trusts 00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.000 in Jesus. 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.040 So back 00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.460 in verse 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.120 16, 00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:57.800 Jesus says, 00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.180 I will 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.759 ask the 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.180 Father 00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.400 and he 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.380 will give 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.900 you 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.900 another 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.420 advocate. 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.100 It's a 00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.940 gift. 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.400 It's not 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.080 something we 00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.580 earn. 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.540 It's a 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:09.920 gift to 00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.920 those who 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.560 believe. 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.399 and the 00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.159 moment we 00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.799 trust and 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.379 believe in 00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.740 Jesus, 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.299 we receive 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.240 the Holy 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.720 Spirit. 00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.259 But, 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.779 it's 00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.559 through our 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.279 obedience 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:26.179 that we 00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:27.440 experience 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.159 the Spirit. 00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.480 Did you 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.119 see that in 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.879 verse 23? 00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.519 Anyone who 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.460 loves me 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:35.179 will obey 00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:36.099 my teaching 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.539 and my 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.200 Father will 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.700 love them 00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.019 and we 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.440 will come 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.839 to them 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.200 and make 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.639 our home 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.140 with them. 00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.620 We don't 00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.880 earn the 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.420 Spirit, 00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.200 but we 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.560 experience the 00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:50.440 Spirit through 00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.020 our 00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:52.180 obedience. 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.040 As we 00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.160 love Jesus 00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.540 by our 00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.180 obedience, 00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.500 so we 00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.700 experience the 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.200 love of 00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.000 Jesus for 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.340 us. 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.840 Obeying 00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.840 is 00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.800 experiencing. 00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:07.480 So if we 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.940 want to 00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.960 experience the 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.900 Spirit's work 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.240 in our 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.540 life, 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.020 today, 00:33:12.020 --> 00:33:12.540 well, 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:12.840 if you 00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.259 are not 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.680 yet a 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.100 Christian, 00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.700 then you 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.080 need to 00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.800 trust him, 00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:18.240 to commit 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.860 your life 00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.380 to him, 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.940 to ask 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.320 him to 00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:22.000 change you, 00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:23.120 and if you 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.380 do, 00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.100 the Spirit 00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.800 will enter 00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.420 your life 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.960 at that 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.960 very moment, 00:33:27.020 --> 00:33:27.840 right now, 00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.740 and he 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.080 will be 00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:31.020 present with 00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:31.320 you, 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.820 and assure 00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.540 you that he 00:33:33.540 --> 00:33:34.300 will be yours 00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:34.740 forever, 00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.480 and you 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.860 will have 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.560 peace, 00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.680 and you 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.460 will experience 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.460 his love. 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.340 As we 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.200 obey his 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.819 commands, 00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.220 as we 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.900 enter into 00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.600 this loving 00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.319 relationship, 00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.460 so we 00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:50.140 experience all 00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:51.360 that he 00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:51.920 has to 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.579 give us. 00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.480 Jesus 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.140 welcomes, 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.079 he welcomes 00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.880 you and I, 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.720 and invites us 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.299 into that 00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.779 loving, 00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.620 eternal 00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.420 relationship, 00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:05.120 where we 00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:06.180 love Jesus, 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.860 and Jesus 00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.440 loves us, 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.900 where we 00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.340 know his 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.059 presence, 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.880 his assurance, 00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.340 his peace, 00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.500 and his 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.960 love. 00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.480 Let's 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.440 keep obeying, 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.980 and encouraging 00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.760 one another 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.900 to follow 00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.280 him. 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.780 Let's 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.059 pray. 00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.139 Amen. 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.139 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.139 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.139 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.139 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:37.760 thank you, 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.220 Jesus, 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.920 for your 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.579 promise, 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.340 that the 00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.920 Father would 00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.800 send the 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.180 Spirit, 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.579 and would 00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.300 indwell 00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:51.159 every single 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.760 person 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:53.800 who trusts 00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.200 you, 00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.760 and loves 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.059 you. 00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.980 Thank you 00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.519 that we 00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.039 can know 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.680 the Spirit 00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.240 today, 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.019 living in 00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.480 us, 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.699 never 00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.579 departing, 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.759 helping us 00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.639 to enjoy 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:11.639 and experience 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.759 a loving 00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.420 relationship 00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.059 with you. 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.739 Would you 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.539 help us 00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.940 as we go 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.480 into this 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.940 week to 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.500 be people 00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.300 who obey 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.599 your word, 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.679 not because 00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.460 we have 00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.780 to, 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.579 but because 00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.340 we delight 00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.840 in you, 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.519 and to 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.340 enjoy you. 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.160 Father, 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.360 impress upon 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.920 us all 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.300 that you 00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.880 have done, 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.260 that we 00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.900 might love 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:40.340 you as 00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.340 you love 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.079 us. 00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.260 In 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.579 Jesus' 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.079 name, 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.420 Amen. 00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:49.880 Well, we're 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.360 going to sing 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.940 together a 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.800 reminder of 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.920 the assurance 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.740 of God's 00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.440 great love 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.920 for us. 00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.599 Blessed 00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.639 assurance, 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.579 Jesus is 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.019 mine. 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.240 Let's stand 00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.700 together, 00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.980 and as we 00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.300 sing, 00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.840 and if this