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 for the last few chapters of John.

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 So we're reading the whole of chapter 17,

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 although we'll be concentrating on the first verses in the sermon.

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 Starting at verse 1, chapter 17.

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 When Jesus had spoken these words,

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 he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,

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 Father, the hour has come.

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 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,

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 since you've given him authority over all flesh

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 to give eternal life to all whom you've given him.

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 And this is eternal life,

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 that they know you, the only true God,

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 and Jesus Christ, whom you've sent.

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 I glorified you on earth,

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 having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

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 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence

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 with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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 I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world.

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 Yours they were,

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 and you gave them to me,

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 and they have kept your word.

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 Now they know everything that you've given me is from you.

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 For I have given them the words that you gave me,

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 and they have received them,

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 and have come to know in truth that I came from you,

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 and they have believed that you sent me.

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 I am praying for them.

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 I'm not praying for the world,

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 but for those whom you have given me,

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 for they are yours.

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 All mine are yours,

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 and yours are mine,

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 and I am glorified in them.

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 And I am no longer in the world,

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 but they are in the world,

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 and I am coming to you.

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 Holy Father,

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 keep them in your name,

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 which you've given me,

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 that they may be one,

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 even as we are one.

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 While I was with them,

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 I kept them in your name,

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 which you've given me.

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 I've guarded them,

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 and not one of them has been lost,

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 except the son of destruction,

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 that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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 But now,

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 I'm coming to you,

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 and these things I speak in the world,

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 that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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 I've given them your word,

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 and the world has hated them,

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 because they're not of the world,

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 just as I'm not of the world.

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 I do not ask that you take them out of the world,

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 but that you keep them from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world,

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 just as I'm not of the world.

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 Sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 so I have sent them into the world.

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 And for their sake,

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 I consecrate myself,

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 that they also may be sanctified in truth.

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 I do not ask for these only,

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 but also for those who believe in me through their word,

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 that they may all be one,

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 just as you,

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 Father,

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 are in me,

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 and I in you,

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 that they also may be in us,

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 so that the world may believe that you've sent me.

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 The glory that you have given me,

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 I've given to them,

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 that they may be one,

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 even as we are one.

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 I in them,

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 and you in me,

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 that they may become perfectly one,

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 so that the world may know that you sent me,

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 and loved them,

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 even as you loved me.

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 Father,

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 I desire that they also,

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 whom you've given me,

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 may be with me where I am,

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 to see my glory,

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 that you have given me,

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 because you loved me,

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 before the foundation of the world.

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 O righteous Father,

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 even though the world does not know you,

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 I know you,

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 and these know that you have sent me.

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 I've made known to them your name,

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 and I will continue to make it known,

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 that the love with which you have loved me,

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 may be in them,

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 and I in them.

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 Amen.

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 All right, good morning.

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 If I haven't met you before,

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 my name is Rob,

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 and I'll be speaking for the next three weeks,

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 on the prayer,

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 on Jesus' prayer.

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 So it's going to be split up into three parts,

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 just so you're aware.

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 If you are new,

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 we have actually been going through the book of John as well,

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 and we've picked it up again this term,

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 and have been going through the last few chapters,

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 and we're up to this point now.

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 So if you have a Bible,

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 then please open it to John chapter 17,

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 and we will be focusing on verses 1 to 5.

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 I think it's been really helpful,

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 how the service was introduced by Matt,

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 and how Alex has prepared us for this passage with the kids talk.

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 Isn't it great how the kids talk really kind of opens things up for us,

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 even our adult minds?

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 And I think one of the things you might have noticed is that

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 there's something unexpected going on in this section of the Bible.

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 There's kind of a missing in communication between two different groups.

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 Now, I've been married for 24 years,

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 nine months,

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 and 23 days,

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 and I can tell you,

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 I can have a whole conversation with my wife,

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 and come away with very different expectations

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 of what was decided in that conversation.

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 I don't know about you.

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 Yes? No?

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 But the expectations that you carry into a conversation

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 very strongly shape what you expect as the outcome,

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 or what you think the outcome is.

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 There's all kinds of different ways this plays out.

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 I read some research recently that said that

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 when people test new flavours for potato chips,

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 what they discovered is

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 that the suggested flavour that they give you

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 when you taste the chip

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 strongly influences how you perceive that taste,

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 so much so

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 that your perception

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 is actually much closer to the taste

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 that they tell you at times

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 than it is to the taste

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 that it actually is.

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 We are so strongly wired

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 to kind of expect

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 and look for

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 the outcome that we desire,

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 or the outcome that we're fed,

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 that we actually anticipate

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 that's going to happen.

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 And that's what we find here

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 in this section of John.

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 Let me just recap by saying

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 that this has been a big week

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 for the disciples.

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 A big week in the sense

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 that they were hoping

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 and anticipating for.

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 It's festival week.

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 That's where they've arrived in Jerusalem.

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 At the beginning of festival week

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 and it began with a triumphal entry.

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 And you can read about that in John 12, 12.

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 The whole city gathered outside

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 to welcome Jesus

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 and threw their cloaks on the road.

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 And Jesus came in

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 from a particular entry point

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 that meant that he came down

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 from a hill that overlooked Jerusalem.

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 So not only could he see Jerusalem

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 laid out before him,

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 but the whole of Jerusalem

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 could look back up

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 and see this procession.

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 This noise,

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 this cacophony of noise

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 as people celebrated Jesus come in.

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 And as they did,

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 that crowd declared Jesus to be king.

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 Jesus agreed with the crowd

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 that it was time for him to be glorified,

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 but not in the way that they expected.

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 There seemed to be a disconnect

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 between what the people expected

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 on the one hand

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 and what Jesus meant on the other.

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 And so we have this festival week

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 playing itself out

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 and then we actually have the culmination

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 of that in festival night.

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 And this actually began

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 with a role reversal.

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 We all need to be washed by Jesus.

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 Do you remember that scene?

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 If you're not familiar

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 with the Gospel of John,

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 Jesus got down on his feet

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 and did something that the slave,

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 the house slave would do.

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 He washed the feet of his disciples.

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 And in doing that,

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 he taught them

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 that we all need to be washed by Jesus.

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 He then taught them

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 that all his disciples

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 will suffer like Jesus.

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 He promised that all his disciples

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 would receive the Holy Spirit.

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 But then he also said something

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 that was really contrasting

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 with what their expectations were.

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 You see,

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 Jesus,

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 who was supposed to be

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 the forever king,

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 told them that he must die.

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 So this conversation

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 keeps playing out

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 and it's frustrating, isn't it?

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 Because we know the ending.

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 We've had the spoilers.

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 We know what happens.

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 And we're listening

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 and reading what these disciples

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 are thinking and saying

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 and just thinking,

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 wow,

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 there's still this disconnect

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 between what the disciples expect

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 and what Jesus is actually saying.

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 And even as we have this,

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 the development of this,

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 this triumphal entry,

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 this festival period,

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 at the beginning of chapter 17,

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 we get a transition point,

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 a major transition point

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 in Jesus' life.

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 And John signals this transition

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 in verse 1.

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 So if you've got your Bible open

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 or your app open,

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 here it is,

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 verse 1 of chapter 17.

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 When Jesus had spoken these words,

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 and that's the words that,

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 the teaching that Catherine said

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 that he'd just been finished doing

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 before he prayed.

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 So even when Jesus had spoken

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 these words,

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 he lifted up his eyes to heaven

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 and said,

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 Father,

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 the hour has come.

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 This is a major transition point

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 in Jesus' ministry.

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 Up until this point,

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 he's been saying,

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 my hour has not yet come.

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 It's a repeated refrain

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 throughout the gospel.

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 In fact,

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 if you read in chapter 2,

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 verse 4,

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 4,

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 verse 21,

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 4,

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 verse 23,

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 5,

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 verse 25,

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 and 28,

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 7,

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 verse 30,

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 and 8,

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 verse 20,

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 then you'll see

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 that that's what Jesus says.

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 It's not my time.

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 My hour has not come.

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 And what that does

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 is it builds anticipation

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 for this hour.

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 When John says in verse,

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 chapter 12,

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 verse 23,

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 as he enters,

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 you know,

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 as he's entered Jerusalem,

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 he says,

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 the hour has come.

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 Jesus' entry into Jerusalem

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 is the transition.

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 The focal point

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 of Jesus' ministry

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 is now.

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 But there's this disconnect

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 between what the disciples

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 expect that to mean

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 and what Jesus means

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 as he says it.

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 So we have this transition point

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 in Jesus' ministry,

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 this pivotal point

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 that come,

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 that distills right down

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 to this transition point

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 in the evening.

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 Remember Simon said

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 as he led us last week,

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 he introduced this

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 as the longest night

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 in the Bible

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 in terms of how many chapters

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 are applied to it.

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 It is the longest night

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 in that sense.

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 Bear in mind

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 that the Jews

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 actually determined

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 the days

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 by sunset,

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 not sunrise.

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 So for the Jews,

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 this was actually the longest,

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 this would have been

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 the longest day.

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 It would have been

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 a part of the next day,

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 which we'll discover

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 what happened

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 on that day,

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 on that whole day,

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 shortly.

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 But there's this disconnect

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 between,

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 still,

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 between what the disciples

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 expect

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 and what Jesus is saying.

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 And as we've watched

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 that conversation unfold,

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 we've seen in that confusion

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 that the disciples

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 barely cling

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 to the bare bones truth

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 that Jesus is from God.

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 They don't understand

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 what he's going to be doing,

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 but they can barely

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 hang on to that.

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 And even that belief,

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 if you know how

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 the story unfolds,

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 even that belief

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 will be tested

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 to breaking point

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 within the next few hours.

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 So Jesus prays.

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 Now, I don't know about you,

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 but I know that

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 if I was to consider

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 the things that I pray for

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 as Matt urged us to do

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 at the beginning

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 of the service,

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 and I was to consider

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 how I would like

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 to see my life unfold

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 into the future,

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 I've got to say

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 that there's a whole bunch

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 of stuff in my life

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 that I wouldn't have written in.

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 There's a whole bunch

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 of stuff that challenges

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 my understanding

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 of the goodness of God,

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 his loving care,

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 his fatherly concern

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 for me as an individual,

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 my expectation

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 of what it means

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 to be a beloved children

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 of the all-powerful

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 one true God.

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 Friends, if you have

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 any of those kind of

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 disconnects in your life,

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 then this prayer is for you

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 because this prayer

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 helps us to understand

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 who God is,

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 what he's about,

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 and why his way

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 is so much richer

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 than ours.

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 So Jesus prays,

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 and that prayer

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 has three parts.

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 First, Jesus prays

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 for himself

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 in verses 1 to 5,

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 and that's the bit

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 we'll be looking at today.

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 Second, he prays

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 for his disciples,

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 and that's in verses

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 6 to 19.

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 And then thirdly,

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 he prays for the believers

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 to come,

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 and that's in verses

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 20 to 26.

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 But for himself,

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 just in a nutshell,

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 Jesus prays

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 that the surprising glory

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 of God

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 would be revealed

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 in him.

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 Jesus prays

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 that the surprising glory

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 of God

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 would be revealed

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 in him.

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 Prayer means petition

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 or request.

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 And Jesus only asks

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 for one thing,

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 one request,

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 to receive glory.

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 glory.

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 He says in verse,

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 the second part

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 of verse 1.

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 So turn back

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 to chapter 17,

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 verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Father,

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 the hour has come.

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 Glorify your son

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 that the son

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 may glorify you.

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 That one request?

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 Glorify your son.

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 Now glory,

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 that means

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 to

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 clothe in splendor,

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 to make great,

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 to exalt,

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 to raise up high.

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 You could even say

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 glory,

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 to glorify someone

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 means to worship them.

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 Now I think,

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 as we think about that,

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 I think we take it

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 a little bit too literally.

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 So when we read

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 to clothe in splendor,

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 we start,

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 you know,

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 some of us really

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 spend a lot of time

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 on our appearance.

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 You know who you are.

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 Some of us actually

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 seek glory or greatness

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 for ourselves

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 and pursue

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 pathways that we believe

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 will actually fulfil that,

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 will deliver on that.

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 And some of us,

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 when we're thinking

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 about raising up,

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 if it's not ourselves

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 we're wanting to see exalted,

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 we're raising up

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 the wrong things in life,

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 making central

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 and vital

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 to our happiness

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 and satisfaction

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 things that just

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 can't deliver.

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 If we dig into this concept

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 of glory a little bit deeper,

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 as we think about

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 how we're misapplying it

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 and how we should apply it,

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 what I want to say to you

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 is this,

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 glory is a state

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 that can be seen

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 and glory is a status

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 that can be given.

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 There's two different aspects

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 in terms of how

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 the word works.

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 If someone is glorious

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 then we can see it

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 when we look at them.

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 If someone is glorious,

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 has glory,

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 then they can actually

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 give glory to others.

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 So let's think about

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 the state perspective,

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 seeing it in someone.

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 And I want to point you

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 back to an illustration

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 the Bible uses

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 because I think that's

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 one of the best ways

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 of seeing this.

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 In Exodus chapter 33

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 verses 18 and following,

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 Moses actually asks God

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 if he can see his glory.

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 Let me read out

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 these verses for you.

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 They're up on the screen

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 so you don't have to

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 flick back and look at it.

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 Moses said,

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 please show me your glory.

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 This is on top

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 of Mount Sinai

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 as he's having the conversation

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 about receiving

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 And God says to him,

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 I will make all my goodness

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 pass before you

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 and will proclaim

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 before you my name,

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 the Lord.

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 And I will be gracious

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 to whom I will be gracious

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 and show mercy

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 on whom I will show mercy.

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 But he said,

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 you cannot see my face

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 for man shall not see me

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 and live.

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 And the Lord said,

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 behold,

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 there is a place by me

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 where you shall stand

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 on the rock

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 and when my glory

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 passes by,

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 I will put you

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 in a cleft of the rock

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 and I will cover you

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 with my hand

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 until I have passed by.

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 Then I will take away

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 my hand

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 and you shall see my back

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 but my face

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 shall not be seen.

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 What we discover here

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 is that God is glorious

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 by nature.

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 So glorious

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 that we cannot

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 look at him

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 and live

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 unless

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 he places himself

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 in the way

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 as we do see him.

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 So glory is a state

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 that we can see

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 and it's a status

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 that can be given.

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 It can be shared

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 with others.

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 God only allowed

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 Moses,

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 if we go on to that

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 and read that story

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 further on

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 when that event

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 actually does happen

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 so that's God

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 telling him

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 what he's going to do

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 and then shortly

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 afterwards

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 God actually does it.

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 God only allowed

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 Moses to get

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 that filtered glimpse

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 but it had an effect.

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 When Moses came down

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 off the mountain

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 where he saw

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 this glimpse of God

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 he glowed

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 and not just a little bit

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 so much so

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 and we can read

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 about this

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 in Exodus 34

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 verse 29

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 and following

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 if you'd like to

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 but so much so

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 that when the people

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 saw Moses

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 they ran from him

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 in terror.

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 He had to call them back

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 say no it's just me

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 and even that wasn't enough

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 then you know

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 him speaking Moses voice

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 and saying yeah

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 it's me

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 don't worry

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 calm down

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 they actually had to

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 introduce a rule

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 to cope

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 with his glowing

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 his glowiness

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 for want of a better word.

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 after Moses had been

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 up on the mountain

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 in God's presence

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 and when he came

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 back down again

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 from the mountain

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 he had to wear a veil.

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 God's glory can be seen

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 and in the presence

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 of God's glory

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 it actually pervades

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 the things around him

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 it pushes back darkness.

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 I can only imagine

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 what it must have been

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 like for Adam and Eve

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 actually walking

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 in the unfiltered

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 presence of God

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 what they must have

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 what life must have

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 been like for them.

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 What we read here

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 is that God's glory

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 can be seen

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 and it can be shared

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 with others.

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 But if Jesus is God

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 why is he praying

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 for glory?

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 Surely he has a right

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.640
 to it.

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 He could have taken it

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 if he wanted.

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 And if we think back again

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 this is what Satan

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.559
 tempted Adam and Eve

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 to in the Garden of Eden.

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 Not accepting the glory

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 that God gave them

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.080
 as his image bearers

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 in the world

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 as his vice regents

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 to rule over the world

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 under him.

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 Not accepting that

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 but desiring

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 and taking more.

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 And this is what

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.420
 Satan tried to tempt

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 Jesus to

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 in the wilderness

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.019
 as well.

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 Not accepting

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.820
 the Father's will

00:19:53.820 --> 00:19:54.360
 for him

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 but establishing

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.220
 a kingdom of his own

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 under Satan instead.

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 And friends

00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.539
 this is what Satan

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.480
 is tempting you to

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.240
 every day.

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.580
 Not accepting

00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:05.420
 the Father's will

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.980
 for you

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 but thinking

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.480
 that your plan

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.279
 is better.

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 The source

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.759
 of glory

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 if glory can be given

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 the source of glory

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 is vitally important.

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 And John makes

00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.519
 this point

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 in a little narrator's

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 insert in John

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 chapter 12

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 verses 36 to 43.

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 So he observes

00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:27.480
 that many people

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 believed in Jesus

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 but kept it secret.

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 why?

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 Because they love

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 the glory that comes

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 from man

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 more than the glory

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 that comes from God.

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 We read in chapter 12

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 verse 43.

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 They love the glory

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 that comes from man

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 more than the glory

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 that comes from God.

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 Where do you get

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.600
 your glory from?

00:20:51.540 --> 00:20:52.660
 Jesus had a right

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.100
 to glory.

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 He could have taken it

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.980
 if he wanted.

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 But by praying

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.279
 for glory

00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:00.259
 Jesus chose

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 to be dependent

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.299
 on the Father

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.720
 for glory

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 rather than

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.759
 seeking his own.

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.720
 To be guided

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.420
 by the Father

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.680
 toward true glory

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:11.039
 rather than

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.839
 finding his own.

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.599
 One request

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.000
 Jesus had

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.640
 in that prayer

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.559
 in that first part

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.839
 of the prayer

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 for himself

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:22.179
 that God

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:23.179
 would glorify him.

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 But even

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:27.079
 as he asks

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.019
 to be glorified

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 Jesus had

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.419
 his eyes

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:30.859
 on something

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.700
 beyond that.

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:33.139
 His ultimate goal

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:34.379
 wasn't receiving glory.

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 He was all about

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.299
 giving it.

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.720
 As surely

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.220
 as he had

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.839
 one request

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.720
 he had one goal

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 and that was

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 to give glory.

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 And we read about it

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:45.079
 in that verse

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 we just read

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 earlier

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 the second half

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 of verse 1.

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 Father the hour

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.079
 has come

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 glorify your son

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 that the son

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 may glorify you.

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.799
 Even in receiving

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.279
 glory

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.980
 Jesus' goal

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.059
 was to give glory.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.939
 Receiving

00:21:59.939 --> 00:22:00.859
 was his means

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.299
 of giving.

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 So in this

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.379
 request

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.960
 what we get

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.139
 is more than

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.699
 a glimpse

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:08.439
 into the relationships

00:22:08.439 --> 00:22:09.220
 within the Trinity.

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:11.279
 Father glorifying

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.799
 the son

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.119
 son glorifying

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.799
 the father

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:15.199
 neither seeking

00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.980
 what was rightfully

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.500
 theirs

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.539
 both seeking

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.240
 to give

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.939
 to share.

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:21.220
 father

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.679
 son

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.099
 and holy

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.460
 spirit

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.139
 raising each

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.659
 other up

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:25.119
 exalting

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 each other

00:22:25.699 --> 00:22:27.240
 devoted

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.379
 to glorifying

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.079
 each other.

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 Friends

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.099
 this has been

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.419
 the goal

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:32.059
 since the world

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:33.019
 before the world

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.460
 existed.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.220
 It's just

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.500
 that

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:40.139
 all of time

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:41.939
 all of time

00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.480
 itself

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.659
 has actually

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.159
 been moving

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:45.059
 toward this

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.339
 specific hour

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.859
 when that

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.139
 glory

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.459
 would be

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:48.899
 revealed.

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:50.379
 This moment

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.679
 in Jesus'

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.220
 life

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.679
 this moment

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.159
 in world

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.599
 history

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.240
 and it's

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.659
 here

00:22:55.659 --> 00:22:56.079
 in these

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.539
 verses.

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.679
 Think about

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.639
 Jesus praying

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.159
 this prayer

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:05.059
 and think

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.319
 about the

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.139
 kind of

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:07.339
 ministry

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.679
 that they've

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.240
 actually seen

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.319
 him in terms

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.960
 of how his

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:12.039
 ministry unfolds

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.460
 and what

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.960
 happens when

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.599
 he prays

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.019
 and when

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.539
 he prays

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.939
 prayers

00:23:14.939 --> 00:23:15.379
 prays.

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.439
 I don't

00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:16.659
 know about

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.059
 you but

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.159
 we have

00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:18.859
 this tradition

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.139
 where we

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.599
 say grace

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:22.259
 before meals

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.980
 and there

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.399
 are certain

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:25.460
 times like

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.259
 Christmas dinner

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.839
 or things like

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.000
 that.

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.359
 I can remember

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.000
 as a child

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.039
 it was such

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.799
 a trial

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.599
 to sit

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.179
 through grace.

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.439
 Ever since

00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:32.839
 I've been

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.980
 I can

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.359
 remember

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.419
 I think

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:35.759
 there's a

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.000
 difference

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.419
 between grace

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:36.879
 and prayer

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:38.439
 and that

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.799
 is that

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.179
 grace is

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:39.480
 only like

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.079
 two sentences

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.939
 long or less

00:23:40.939 --> 00:23:42.279
 and anything

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.699
 longer than

00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:42.939
 that is

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.319
 prayer.

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.139
 Grace is

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.539
 what belongs

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.980
 before a

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:47.079
 meal and

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.079
 you'd be

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.579
 sitting there

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.319
 waiting for

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.679
 this meal

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.079
 to happen

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.539
 and someone

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.179
 because it

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.699
 was a special

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.240
 occasion would

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.619
 take that

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.099
 moment to

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.500
 launch into

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.359
 this huge

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.839
 prayer and

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.039
 you'd just

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.439
 be wanting

00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:55.879
 to open

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.240
 your eyes

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.139
 and look

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.359
 at the

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.699
 food and

00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:57.980
 perhaps

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.579
 even steal

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.679
 some which

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.079
 I used

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.519
 to do

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.919
 because prayers

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.279
 couldn't get

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.659
 that long

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.040
 that I could

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:03.519
 actually finish

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.220
 chewing before

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.540
 people even

00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:05.960
 noticed.

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.700
 There are

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.240
 times when

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.779
 someone is

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.180
 praying and

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.019
 you're looking

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.660
 beyond it to

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.519
 the gloriousness

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.500
 that's to

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.040
 come and

00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:13.420
 you've got to

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.840
 wonder what

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.120
 did these

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.960
 disciples think?

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.440
 Were they

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.240
 expecting something

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.700
 to happen

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.380
 here and

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.600
 were they

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.380
 almost tempted

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.000
 to open

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.440
 their eyes

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.740
 and see

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.500
 Jesus is

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.980
 praying for

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.980
 himself to

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.700
 be glorified?

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.360
 What in

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.740
 the world

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.000
 is going

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.400
 to happen?

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.500
 The people

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.000
 already wanted

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.519
 Jesus to be

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.840
 king.

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:35.100
 We want

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.600
 Jesus to be

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:35.840
 king,

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.019
 they're

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.279
 thinking.

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.120
 Let's see

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.660
 what Jesus

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:40.000
 does as

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.960
 he prays

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.480
 his prayer.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.060
 I've got to

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.400
 tell you now

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.779
 that it's even

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.120
 better than

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.360
 what they

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.820
 hope for.

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.759
 This is more

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.019
 than a

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.420
 New Year

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.140
 firework

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.640
 show to

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:51.019
 watch and

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.480
 be wowed

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.700
 by.

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:54.000
 This mutual

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.880
 glorification

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:57.279
 is also

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.279
 an invitation

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.140
 to us.

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.759
 in the

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.240
 Trinitarian

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.980
 relationship

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.720
 we're getting

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.360
 a glimpse

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.200
 at something

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.120
 that we're

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.720
 actually being

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.580
 invited into.

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.000
 It's not

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.300
 all about

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.900
 Jesus becoming

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.360
 king.

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.380
 It's about

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.800
 what that

00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:13.700
 king does

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:15.040
 as a ruler

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.360
 of our

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.740
 lives.

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.740
 See we have

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.540
 one request

00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:18.980
 which is to

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.880
 Jesus be

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.520
 glorified and

00:25:20.520 --> 00:25:20.740
 we have

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:23.120
 one goal

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.660
 for Jesus

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.040
 to actually

00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:24.520
 give that

00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:25.080
 glory to the

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.540
 father as

00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:25.980
 much as the

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.400
 father gives

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.920
 it to him.

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.720
 And then we

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.120
 have this

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:30.120
 plan behind

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.640
 that glory

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.080
 which starts

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.620
 to unfold

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:31.960
 in these

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.580
 next verses.

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.140
 And that's

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.720
 to know

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.400
 this glorious

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.860
 God.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.759
 There's a

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.440
 plan behind

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.060
 this display

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.600
 of glory.

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.480
 Yes we

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.240
 should look

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.580
 at this

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.140
 extraordinary

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.080
 God and

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:50.880
 marvel but

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.340
 there's more

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.820
 to it.

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.240
 There's a

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.860
 plan behind

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.120
 Jesus'

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.820
 request that

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.240
 all of

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.860
 history has

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.360
 been moving

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.860
 toward.

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.200
 That we

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.240
 might know

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.220
 this God

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.759
 of glory.

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.940
 Jesus begins

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.539
 to speak about

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.100
 this plan in

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.640
 verse 2 and

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.220
 he says this

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.380
 since you

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.720
 have given

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.300
 him authority

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:07.920
 over all

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.080
 flesh to

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.660
 give eternal

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.519
 life to all

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.840
 whom you

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.180
 have given

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.480
 him.

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.320
 Jesus'

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.920
 request for

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.440
 glory is

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.960
 based on

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.180
 God's

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.440
 eternal

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.800
 plan.

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:15.500
 He's asking

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.840
 for that

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.759
 plan to

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.460
 be fulfilled

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.060
 in him.

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:18.880
 So let

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:20.140
 us look at

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.460
 the requests

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.640
 of verse

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.380
 1 and the

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.000
 basis,

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.779
 the since

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.560
 or because

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.339
 of verse

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.679
 2.

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:29.159
 I think I've

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.500
 got that

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:31.480
 in a slide.

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:31.799
 Have I?

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.539
 Is it going to

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.879
 show up?

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.500
 Nope, it's got

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.059
 boxes on it.

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.639
 That's the one.

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.039
 Yeah, okay.

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.139
 So there you

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.500
 can see,

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.259
 glorify your

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.519
 son that the

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.359
 son may glorify

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.960
 you on one

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.279
 side.

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:42.960
 And then you

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.299
 have you've

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.619
 given him

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.259
 authority over

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.119
 all flesh on

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.980
 the other to

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.500
 give eternal

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.200
 life to all

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.759
 whom you have

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.279
 given him.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:55.680
 glory on the

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.180
 basis that the

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.740
 plan has

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.619
 always been

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.879
 that God

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.500
 has given

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.119
 him authority

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.579
 over all

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.539
 flesh to

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.599
 give eternal

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:05.139
 life to all

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:06.279
 whom the

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.680
 father has

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.099
 given him.

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.819
 When Jesus

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.539
 asks for glory,

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.859
 he doesn't

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.259
 simply ask for

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.839
 something he

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.299
 wants.

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:16.119
 He asks in

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:17.139
 line with

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.500
 what the

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.139
 father has

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.819
 planned.

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.960
 It's a lesson

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.519
 we can learn

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.839
 there, isn't

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.200
 there, about

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.779
 prayer from

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.379
 that example.

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.139
 And the

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:28.559
 plan in

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:30.139
 verse 2 is

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.639
 to grant

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.619
 eternal life

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.799
 to those the

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.279
 father has

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.700
 given him.

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.859
 If they can

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.059
 understand this,

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.419
 then they'll

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.500
 understand what

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.159
 Jesus does

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.559
 next.

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.659
 It makes

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.399
 sense of what

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.960
 he's about to

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.200
 do.

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.919
 Where he's

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.379
 about to

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.700
 go.

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.039
 And why

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.599
 that has

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.440
 anything to

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.740
 do with

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.059
 glory.

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.460
 And just

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.899
 in case

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.180
 they're not

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.379
 quite

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.899
 understanding,

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.440
 Jesus takes

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.000
 a moment to

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.819
 clarify things.

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.359
 And he

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.099
 actually explains

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:57.019
 what eternal

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.680
 life is in

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.200
 verse 3.

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.279
 He says

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.859
 these words,

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.119
 And this

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.139
 is eternal

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.700
 life,

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.960
 that they

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.799
 know you,

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.139
 the only

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.119
 true God,

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.839
 and Jesus

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.519
 Christ,

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.419
 whom you

00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:11.919
 have sent.

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.039
 life.

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.759
 Did you

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.860
 notice how

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.320
 the life

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.220
 Jesus gives

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.700
 is expressed

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.519
 in terms of

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.039
 quantity,

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.820
 eternal life?

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.160
 But the

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.000
 definition that

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.779
 Jesus gives

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:28.340
 is expressed

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.140
 in terms of

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.640
 quality.

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.220
 It's a life

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.820
 of knowing

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.220
 God.

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.339
 life.

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.079
 It's the

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.680
 fullness of

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.100
 life that

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.779
 Jesus spoke

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.400
 of back in

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.900
 John chapter

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.480
 10 verse

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.400
 10 when he

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.559
 says,

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:40.920
 I have

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.259
 come that

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.539
 you may

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.120
 have life

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.400
 and have

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.600
 it to

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.079
 the full

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.880
 abundantly.

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.720
 It's the

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.140
 thing that

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.120
 Satan stole

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:50.559
 that Jesus

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.240
 is offering

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.839
 back.

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.059
 Perhaps

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.640
 Jesus speaks

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.140
 in terms of

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.740
 eternity to

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.000
 give his

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.059
 disciples a

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.900
 bigger perspective

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.799
 of his imminent

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.220
 death.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.620
 Like this

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.460
 particular day

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.100
 he will die.

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.139
 Perhaps he

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.819
 uses the word

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.480
 eternal this

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.879
 time rather

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.399
 than abundant

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.799
 as he did

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.339
 last time

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.059
 because he

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.459
 wants to

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:07.899
 help them

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.279
 through the

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.740
 next three

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.240
 days.

00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.619
 But the

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.000
 bottom line

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.539
 is this,

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.059
 eternal life

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.559
 is about

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.279
 knowing God,

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.879
 knowing the

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.379
 one true

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.659
 God and

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.519
 Jesus Christ

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.879
 whom he

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.199
 sent.

00:29:21.719 --> 00:29:23.079
 God is

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.699
 about making

00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:24.779
 himself known

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:27.179
 and the

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.519
 point at

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.819
 which we

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.500
 see God

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.500
 in all

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.019
 his glory

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.599
 is at

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.119
 the cross.

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.359
 One

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.859
 request,

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.460
 one goal,

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.359
 one plan

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.139
 and one

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.700
 result that

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.299
 God is

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:40.039
 glorified at

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.579
 the cross.

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.799
 Jesus

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.400
 fulfills the

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.099
 father's plan

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.700
 when he dies

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.240
 for us.

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.480
 When Jesus

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.220
 prays God

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.079
 glorify me,

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.119
 he's praying

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.099
 bring on

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.759
 the cross.

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:52.859
 cross.

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.299
 And when

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.000
 Jesus dies

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.299
 on that

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.680
 cross,

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.799
 we get

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.119
 God for

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.619
 eternity.

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.720
 But more

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.220
 than that,

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.779
 we actually

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.680
 see God

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.099
 more clearly

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.900
 than we

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.599
 ever have

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.339
 done before.

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.500
 Throughout

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.099
 all of

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.460
 history,

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.400
 this is the

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.720
 point when

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.299
 we see God

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.900
 most clearly.

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.140
 Through this

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.680
 moment in

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:18.920
 history,

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.720
 we see who

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.319
 God is

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.720
 with

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.399
 absolute

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.960
 clarity.

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.579
 In verse

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:24.899
 4,

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.559
 Jesus

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.099
 prays,

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.359
 he goes

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.579
 on to

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.819
 pray,

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.059
 I glorified

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.399
 you on

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.599
 earth,

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:28.839
 having

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.299
 accomplished

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.679
 the work

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:29.899
 that you

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.279
 gave me

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.720
 to do.

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.399
 And just

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.779
 think about

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:33.960
 this,

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.200
 because though

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.679
 it's past

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.019
 tense,

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.639
 what Jesus

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.019
 is doing

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.299
 is actually

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.700
 speaking of

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.139
 his whole

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.519
 ministry

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.879
 here.

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.379
 It's

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.599
 literally

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.220
 hours away

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.599
 from being

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.079
 completed.

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.599
 So he's

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.139
 speaking about

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.579
 it as if

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:43.960
 it's all

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.220
 done,

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.759
 as an

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.139
 entire

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.599
 completed

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.099
 work.

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:50.959
 And in

00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:51.500
 its entire

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.919
 completed

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.359
 work,

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.399
 it can be

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.839
 summed up

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.399
 as this,

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.719
 a life

00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:57.099
 lived to

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.980
 glorify the

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.299
 Father.

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.179
 The cross

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.839
 is Christ

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.500
 glorified.

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.119
 At the

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.639
 cross,

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.599
 we come to

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.959
 know the

00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:04.379
 one true

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.859
 God like

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.679
 never before

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.240
 or since.

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.039
 The way

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.259
 God

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.839
 describes

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.879
 himself to

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.319
 Moses

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.599
 comes to

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.379
 life in

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.699
 Jesus.

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.099
 If we

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.559
 look back

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.879
 at that

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.700
 moment,

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.619
 Moses did

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.079
 get that

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.619
 glimpse of

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:22.039
 God back

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.440
 in Exodus

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.319
 chapter 34.

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.059
 We read

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.579
 these words,

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.399
 Exodus 34,

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.139
 6 and

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.419
 following.

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.319
 This is

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.799
 who God

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.259
 declares

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.799
 himself to

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:29.940
 be.

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.220
 He says

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.519
 this,

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.599
 the Lord,

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.200
 the Lord,

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.019
 a merciful

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.940
 and gracious,

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.940
 slow to

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.019
 anger and

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.899
 abounding in

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.659
 steadfast love

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.419
 and faithfulness,

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.200
 keeping

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.940
 steadfast love

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.700
 for thousands,

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.099
 forgiving iniquity

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.899
 and transgression

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.419
 and sin,

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.220
 but who will

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.220
 by no means

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.660
 clear the

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.019
 guilty,

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.960
 visiting the

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.500
 iniquity of

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.920
 the fathers

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.240
 on the

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.720
 children and

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.319
 the children's

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.259
 children to

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.779
 the third

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.160
 and the

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.420
 fourth

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.019
 generation.

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.180
 The way

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.940
 God describes

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.480
 himself to

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:01.500
 Moses comes

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.819
 to life in

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.240
 the person

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.880
 of Jesus.

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.640
 Merciful and

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.000
 gracious,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.740
 slow to

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.019
 anger,

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.220
 abounding in

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.880
 steadfast love

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.760
 and faithfulness,

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:14.100
 keeping

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.920
 steadfast love

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.580
 for thousands,

00:32:15.780 --> 00:32:16.300
 forgiving

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:18.120
 iniquity and

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.740
 transgression,

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.340
 but who will

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.620
 by no means

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.360
 clear the

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.660
 guilty.

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.680
 It sounds

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.980
 like a

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.400
 contradiction,

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:23.980
 doesn't it?

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.760
 But friends,

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.220
 even as we

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.660
 talk about

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:28.920
 this,

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.580
 when you

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.100
 think about

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.560
 glory,

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.720
 is this

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.200
 where your

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.920
 mind goes?

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.260
 When you

00:32:34.260 --> 00:32:34.700
 think about

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.560
 being raised

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.320
 up high or

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.780
 exalted,

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:39.039
 when you

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.440
 think about

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.079
 being clothed

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.819
 in splendour,

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.339
 when you

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.759
 think about

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.879
 the greatness

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:45.000
 there could

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.619
 possibly be

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.200
 in life,

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.139
 even when

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.420
 you think

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.779
 about the

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.319
 greatness of

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.759
 God,

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.779
 is the

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.639
 crucifixion

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.119
 seeing what

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.660
 you imagine?

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.259
 Is the

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.940
 cross there

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.220
 in your

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.539
 thinking?

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.819
 Every day

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.220
 I walk

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.279
 our dog

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.759
 on Redhead

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.119
 Beach.

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.059
 I've got a

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.399
 picture of

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.700
 the last,

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.120
 this is the

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.519
 last walk

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.780
 I went

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.019
 on.

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.820
 Every day,

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.420
 it's different,

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.480
 it's just a

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.040
 different version

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:12.500
 of beautiful.

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.620
 Every day

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:17.300
 that scene

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:18.160
 tells me

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.720
 something

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.660
 about the

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.160
 character of

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.420
 God.

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.860
 But the

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.440
 cross,

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:26.740
 the cross

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.680
 introduces me

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.120
 to him

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.700
 personally.

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.600
 Jesus

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.160
 wanted us

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.500
 to know

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.720
 God

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.280
 personally.

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.420
 So Jesus

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.180
 wanted

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.160
 the glory

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.460
 of the

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.779
 cross.

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.759
 He prayed

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.299
 for it.

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.519
 He asked

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.840
 for it

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.220
 because it

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.920
 glorified the

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.860
 father and

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.560
 it rescued

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.299
 us.

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.720
 Only in

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:48.060
 his work at

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:48.460
 the cross

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.100
 can he say

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.960
 in verse

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.400
 five,

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.660
 and now

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.160
 father,

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.480
 glorify me

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.799
 in your

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.400
 presence

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.320
 with the

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:55.840
 glory that

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.320
 I had

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:56.860
 with you

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:58.019
 before the

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.220
 world

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.680
 existed.

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:02.620
 glorify me

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:02.920
 in your

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.140
 own

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.480
 presence

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.759
 with the

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.120
 glory that

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.340
 I had

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.660
 with you

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.160
 before the

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.320
 world

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.740
 existed.

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.460
 You know,

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.860
 later in

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.420
 John's life,

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.800
 he actually

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.180
 got the

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:11.500
 privilege of

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.820
 getting a

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.800
 glimpse into

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.200
 the throne

00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:13.539
 room of

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.860
 God.

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.900
 It's in

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.300
 Revelation

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.119
 chapter five

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.180
 that it's

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.599
 recorded.

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.400
 A part of

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.019
 that vision

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.559
 is recorded.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:22.440
 in it,

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.460
 in that

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.039
 throne room,

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.639
 he saw a

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:28.179
 lion who

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.079
 looked like

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.139
 a lamb

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.500
 who had

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.139
 been slain.

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.099
 Friends,

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.799
 Jesus,

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.400
 God the

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.759
 Son,

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.920
 still bears

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.799
 the marks

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.500
 of his

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.940
 glory.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.840
 And thank

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.299
 God that he

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.699
 does.

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.440
 Because it's

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.019
 only through

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.579
 the cross that

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.960
 we get to

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.340
 know him for

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.760
 eternity.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.980
 Jesus

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.300
 prayed for

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.800
 glory.

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.200
 He chose

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.860
 the cross.

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.400
 We struggle

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.079
 through life

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.820
 enduring things

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.200
 that we,

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:01.740
 you know,

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.180
 we find

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.720
 almost impossible

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:04.360
 to bear at

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.820
 times.

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.600
 Jesus chose

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:09.800
 the worst

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.720
 possible death.

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.740
 And he

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.320
 chose it

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.559
 to show us

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.260
 God's glorious

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.740
 nature.

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:21.280
 he chose

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.860
 it as the

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.340
 means of

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.920
 ransoming

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.400
 us.

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.860
 Friends,

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:28.180
 that glorious

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.900
 cross is an

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.600
 invitation to

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:29.960
 know God

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.519
 personally.

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.180
 And as we

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.820
 reflect on it,

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.100
 when our

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:36.079
 lives approximate

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.940
 the life that

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.880
 Jesus lived

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:40.039
 and the glory

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.059
 and the glory

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.039
 and the glory

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.079
 sought,

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:43.320
 then God is

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.980
 glorified in

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.500
 us too.

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.980
 Think about

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.140
 this.

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.500
 If this were

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.059
 to shape our

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.340
 lives,

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.940
 to recognize

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.300
 that there

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.720
 is just

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.619
 one way

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:54.019
 in this

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.619
 life to get

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.000
 back into

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.760
 relationship with

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.079
 God.

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.780
 How much we

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.280
 would treasure

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.099
 Christ and the

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.579
 work that he

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.920
 did on our

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.420
 behalf.

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:04.400
 How tightly we

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.860
 would hold to

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.280
 that as a

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.920
 center point of

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.440
 our lives.

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.180
 How much it

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.800
 would shape how

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.599
 we live toward

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.159
 each other.

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.340
 No longer

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.340
 grasping for

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.860
 glory, no

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.539
 longer seeking

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.079
 greatness,

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.059
 desiring to

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.940
 exalt ourselves

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.200
 or putting

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:18.220
 our worth in

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.659
 things that are

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:20.000
 just so empty,

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:22.619
 but delighting in

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.180
 him alone.

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:28.119
 no longer

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:30.359
 grasping, but

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:30.960
 giving.

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.460
 I've got to

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.099
 tell you that

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.099
 one of the

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.559
 things that I've

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.519
 noticed as a

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.319
 pastor is how

00:36:37.319 --> 00:36:38.579
 difficult it is

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:40.059
 to walk with

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.799
 someone through

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:42.819
 a situation where

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.559
 forgiveness is

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:45.159
 required, where

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:46.000
 one person is

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.879
 wounded and

00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:47.739
 another person

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:49.879
 is responsible

00:36:49.879 --> 00:36:50.500
 for it.

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:52.739
 it is just

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.639
 so, so

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.119
 difficult.

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.539
 But imagine

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.360
 if we had the

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.019
 mind of Christ

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.480
 in this.

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.519
 Imagine if our

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.079
 lives were

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.179
 shaped by the

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.940
 glory that he

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.300
 sought.

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.199
 Imagine if our

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.940
 absolute and

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:08.739
 utter delight is

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.219
 in being

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:11.059
 reconciled, our

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.920
 willingness to

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.960
 overlook any

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.860
 hurt or grief

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.860
 or grievance

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.599
 that we have.

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:18.400
 not to ignore

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.880
 it, but to

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.500
 deal with it in

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.219
 the context of

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:21.059
 someone who so

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:22.639
 wants to get

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:24.099
 beyond it and

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.980
 back to loving

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.679
 that person,

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.380
 that that is

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.079
 what fills their

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.380
 vision.

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.880
 Wouldn't it be

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.759
 wonderful if we

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.539
 as a church

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.980
 shaped our lives

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.059
 on this kind of

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.679
 glory seeking,

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.440
 as we serve

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.940
 each other,

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:44.420
 as we eagerly

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.059
 and earnestly

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:46.360
 desire to see

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.900
 each other

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.579
 raised up?

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.960
 What a

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.559
 wonderful thing

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.139
 that would be.

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.480
 Friends, the

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.720
 cross, the

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.740
 cross itself is

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:58.099
 the son glorified.

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.440
 The cross is

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.019
 the father

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.720
 glorified.

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.619
 And when our

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:05.500
 lives approximate

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.700
 the life that

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:08.900
 Jesus lived and

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.579
 the glory that

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.440
 Jesus sought,

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.220
 then God is

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:13.099
 glorified in us

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.380
 too.

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.380
 Christ, let's

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.019
 drink.

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.180
 Thank you.

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.280
 Thank you.

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:47.260
 Thank you.