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 Good morning, Sir Pauls. I join you live from the living room of the rectory.

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 Well, actually, it's not live. This was filmed last week.

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 Right now, James and I are in Indianapolis for the Gospel Coalition National Conference.

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 We met with the brothers and sisters at Mosaic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, yesterday

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 to look at what they do as a multi-ethnic church.

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 So we send you our love from the United States, and we're praying for you

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 that you're having a great morning of fellowship as you gather

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 and discovering joy in the Lord.

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 That may not also be the case because there was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald

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 a couple of years ago that was just titled, Cheer Up Sydney.

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 The article suggested that we Sydneysiders possess a legendary preference for complaint.

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 Whether it's property prices, Saturday morning traffic, or the cost of living,

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 few things appear to escape the gloomy outlook through which we as citizens see the world.

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 A recent survey concluded that Sydney is not only unhappy with present circumstances,

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 but quite cynical about the future.

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 Things like the cost of living and traffic and housing affordability were the most pressing concerns,

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 and yet nearly one-third suggested it was just a general frustration with the pace and the stress of life

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 when you've got things like laundry and children to raise.

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 Ironically, Sydney, however, is ranked as among the ten most liveable cities in the world

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 by a whole range of different organisations.

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 There's a lot to love about our city.

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 There are more jobs and higher wages and good education opportunities and strong support services.

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 And then there's the cultural bounty.

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 Maybe not quite as much as Melbourne, but we've got festivals and beaches and parks and sport.

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 It is, in fact, objectively Australia's number one city.

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 Psychologist Susie Green, who's the CEO of the Positivity Institute,

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 says that Sydneysiders have plenty of reasons to cheer up, and she put it really simply.

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 She says, we live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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 We're not living in a war-torn country.

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 So it can be a little confusing that we live in one of the top ten liveable cities in the world,

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 yet we appear to be pretty much a miserable bunch of people.

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 What about you?

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 Is your life characterised by joy?

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 If circumstances are the issue, that's how we get joy,

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 then we should be, frankly, happier than most,

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 and yet the reality is we're not.

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 And I'm pretty sure this morning that no matter where you are on the joy scale,

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 none of us would complain about getting a little bit more joy in our life.

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 I'm pretty sure all of us would be keen to increase in some level of joy.

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 So we'll see in John 16 today

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 that encountering the resurrected Jesus guarantees joy.

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 In chapters 14, 16, and 17 of John,

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 Jesus is repeatedly telling his disciples that he has a joy to give them.

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 Now, this is just before his execution, and he knows it's coming.

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 And this is when his disciples are distraught with the news that Jesus is leaving them.

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 So this is a profound joy in the midst of dark circumstances.

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 So this morning, there are three things that I want us to see from John 16.

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 Firstly, the promise and reality of joy.

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 Secondly, the nature of joy.

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 And thirdly, how is it possible that we might be growing in joy?

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 So firstly, the promise and reality of joy.

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 And I've got these outlines in your St. Paul's app, if you can open that up now.

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 Jesus Christ says that if you meet me and come to know me,

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 you'll have a joy that is deep and powerful and is now.

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 He says that joy is inevitable when you meet him.

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 Notice in the text, in verses 16 to 19, we have this phrase,

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 in a little while.

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 It's repeated a number of times.

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 And it's all to do with what Jesus says in verse 16.

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 In a little while, you will see me no more.

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 And then after a little while, you will see me again.

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 Now, there's a few different layers of meaning here.

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 But essentially, Jesus is talking to his disciples about his death,

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 his burial in a tomb, and resurrection on the third day.

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 He's saying, I'm going to die, and you're going to be distraught.

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 But when you see me again as the resurrected Lord,

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 you will rejoice.

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 All of them.

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 Not just the more emotional ones of them,

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 or the ones with the better lives.

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 But all of them will rejoice.

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 Let me just emphasize something here.

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 Just bear with me for a little bit.

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 Jesus isn't saying that you rejoice at my second coming,

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 although they will.

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 He isn't saying when you die and you go to heaven,

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 you will then rejoice,

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 although they will.

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 Jesus is saying when you see me resurrected,

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 you will rejoice.

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 This is not just a promise for the first disciples.

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 This is for us now, today.

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 This is so essential.

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 Just indulge me just a little bit more.

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 You may not be aware of this,

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 but to this day,

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 no one knows the location of the tomb

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 where Jesus was laid for three days after his crucifixion.

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 No one.

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 There's a few guesses.

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 By 120 AD,

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 Christians were not even sure where it was anymore.

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 Why is that?

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 Why is it when the tombs of every religious founder and prophet

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 have been venerated and turned into a shrine,

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 that is,

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 they are places of pilgrimage to this day,

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 why is it that we don't know Jesus?

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 When Osama bin Laden was finally found and killed,

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 he was immediately buried at sea

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 because the United States government

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 didn't want his burial location

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 turned into a shrine,

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 a pilgrimage place

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 for radical Islamists.

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 So how come the Christians forgot about the tomb of Jesus?

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 The reason is,

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 when you have Jesus,

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 you don't need his tomb.

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 In the same way that

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 when I have my daughters,

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 their rooms,

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 their things,

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 their artwork,

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 and it's just,

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 it's not as important.

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 If I've got my daughters,

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 their shoes and their clothing and their toys

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 and their exercise books

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 are just not as important.

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 If, however,

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 one of my daughters goes away

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 or leaves for a very long time

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 or dies,

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 then all of a sudden

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 their scribblings become important.

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 The photos,

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 the exercise books,

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 the letters,

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 their favourite toys,

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 all of a sudden

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 they take on

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 a great more meaning

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 because it's all I've got left.

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 The reason the tomb

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 didn't matter to the early Christians

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 is because they had Jesus.

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 Real Christianity

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 is to meet

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 the risen,

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 reigning Lord Jesus.

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 Friends,

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 we don't need a relic

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 because we have him.

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 There is an alive

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 and active relationship

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 with Jesus now

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 available to everyone.

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 See,

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 Christianity doesn't just promise

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 incredible joy at the end,

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 pie in the sky if you like.

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 It promises it now.

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 When you meet the risen Lord,

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 you rejoice.

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 This is as true for us now

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 as it was for the first disciples.

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 In fact,

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 the illustration of the woman

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 giving birth

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 in the middle of the text

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 declares it too.

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 Jesus says,

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 Joy is like a woman in labour.

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 When the time has come,

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 she has the child.

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 Now,

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 I've watched a woman

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 give birth

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 on three separate occasions.

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 It's Natalie,

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 just in case I need

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 to clarify that.

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 Now,

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 one thing I do know

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 about childbirth

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 is that when it's time,

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 it's time.

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 There's no stopping it.

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 Now,

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 and I'm pretty sure

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 that I would have suffered

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 physical violence

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 if I had said,

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 can you just hold on,

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 honey,

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 until tomorrow?

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 You know,

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 like I'm looking

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 for an early night tonight.

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 Just,

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 you know,

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 put it off until tomorrow.

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 The reality,

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 you can't even hold it

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 for five minutes.

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 I remember running to cars

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 and running through hospitals.

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 When it's time,

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 it's time.

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 And what Jesus is saying here

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 is that if you meet him,

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 you will have joy.

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 It's inevitable.

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 It's got to be there.

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 We are not Christians

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 without this joy.

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 I wonder

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 whether,

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 if you've ever noticed

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 how much the Bible,

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 in fact,

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 speaks of joy.

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 Here's a,

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 here's a sample.

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 I won't give you

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 all the references,

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 but here's just a sample.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 And again,

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 I say,

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 rejoice.

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 The statues of the Lord

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 are right,

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 rejoicing the heart.

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 Serve the Lord

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 with gladness.

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 You shall go out with joy

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 and be led forth with peace.

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 The Lord will rejoice

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 in doing you good.

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 Rejoice,

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 for your names

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 are written in heaven.

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 I bring news

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 of great joy.

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 These things I speak,

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 that your joy

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 might be full.

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 The disciples

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 were filled with joy

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 and the Spirit.

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 Rejoice in hope.

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 We rejoice

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 in our sufferings.

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 The joy of the Lord

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 is your strength.

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 The fruit of the Spirit

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 is joy.

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 What is the essence

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 of Christianity?

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 What does it mean

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 to be part

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 of God's kingdom?

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 Paul tells us

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 in Romans 14,

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 verse 17,

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 what the mark

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 of being

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 in the kingdom

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 of God are.

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 It's,

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 strangely,

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 not what you eat,

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 it's not how you dress,

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 not rules you keep.

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 He says,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is not a matter

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 of eating

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 and drinking,

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 but of righteousness,

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 peace,

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 and joy

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 in the Holy Spirit.

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 So Jesus says

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 to his disciples

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 in verse 20,

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 you will grieve,

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 but your grief

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 will turn to joy.

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 Joy is the inevitable

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 when we meet

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 the resurrected Jesus

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 who is alive

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 and reigning

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 now.

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 Jesus promises

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 joy.

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 It's real.

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 If joy,

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 therefore,

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 is inevitable

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 for the Christian,

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 how can it be

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 that so many Christians

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 are just morose?

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 Remember in Luke 1

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 when the pregnant Mary

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 and the pregnant Elizabeth

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 come together

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 and at the sound

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 of Mary's voice,

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 the baby John

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 the Baptist

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 in Elizabeth's womb,

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 it says,

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 jumped for joy.

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 Just at the sound

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 of her voice.

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 Psalm 96

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 says that when

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 Jesus Christ

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 comes back,

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 the trees of the forest

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 will sing for joy.

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 So if the trees

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 and the babies

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 in the womb

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 and anything else

00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.360
 that gets near Jesus

00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.399
 leap and sing

00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.279
 for joy,

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 then why aren't we?

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 joy is like a tree.

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 The Bible

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 isn't commanding us

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 to have a feeling here.

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 It isn't calling us

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 to force our feelings.

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 The Bible's not saying

00:12:28.819 --> 00:12:29.459
 two plus two

00:12:29.459 --> 00:12:30.219
 equals five.

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 The Bible is,

00:12:31.939 --> 00:12:32.099
 however,

00:12:32.219 --> 00:12:33.120
 searching us.

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 Is there something

00:12:35.199 --> 00:12:36.439
 that we are doing

00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:38.120
 that's stopping joy

00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.819
 in our life?

00:12:40.079 --> 00:12:41.059
 There are certainly

00:12:41.059 --> 00:12:42.120
 times of grief.

00:12:43.319 --> 00:12:45.259
 But joy is like a tree.

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 It's not always green.

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 It's not always flourishing.

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 Joy can grow

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 in the drought

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 in the same way

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 a tree can grow

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 in the drought.

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 But is there something

00:12:58.539 --> 00:12:59.759
 that is stopping you

00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:00.759
 from seeing

00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.759
 what you have

00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.679
 in Jesus?

00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:04.960
 Is there a

00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:05.679
 comparatively

00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.559
 small thing

00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:08.659
 causing you

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 to be upset

00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.840
 and stopping you

00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.340
 to see

00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:11.960
 what you have

00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:12.500
 in Jesus?

00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:14.440
 is something

00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.039
 else

00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:15.940
 more important

00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:16.639
 than Jesus

00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.240
 to you?

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 This leads me

00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.679
 to the second point.

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 What is the nature

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:23.000
 of Christian joy?

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 Have a look

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 at what Jesus

00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:26.500
 says about Christian

00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:27.519
 joy in verse 21

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 of John 16.

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 A woman

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 giving birth

00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:33.620
 to a child

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 has pain

00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.259
 because her time

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 has come.

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 But when her baby

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 is born,

00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.419
 she forgets

00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:40.100
 the anguish

00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.259
 because of her joy

00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:42.779
 that a child

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.259
 is born

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.659
 into the world.

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 It doesn't say

00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:50.080
 that the anguish

00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:51.019
 is gone.

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 When the child

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 is born,

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.039
 the pain

00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.799
 isn't gone.

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 It hasn't just

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 all of a sudden

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 stopped.

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 It hasn't just

00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.600
 disappeared.

00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:02.080
 It says here

00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:02.980
 she remembers

00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.759
 the pain

00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.439
 no more.

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 It's similar.

00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.100
 In Isaiah

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 43 verse

00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.659
 25,

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.440
 God says,

00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.379
 I,

00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:13.220
 even I,

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:13.899
 am he who

00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.519
 blots out

00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:15.720
 your transgressions

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 and for my

00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.539
 own sake

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.600
 and remembers

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.799
 your sins

00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.139
 no more.

00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:22.960
 What does it

00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.680
 mean that God

00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:24.519
 isn't aware

00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.580
 of our sin?

00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:27.600
 Has God

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.080
 got some sort

00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:28.659
 of divine

00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:29.539
 amnesia

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.180
 and just

00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:30.799
 momentarily

00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.700
 forgotten it?

00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:32.660
 No,

00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.540
 he is fully

00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:34.160
 aware of my

00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:34.780
 sin and yours

00:14:34.780 --> 00:14:35.300
 but my

00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:35.900
 sin and yours

00:14:35.900 --> 00:14:36.780
 doesn't control

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.379
 the way he

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:38.900
 reacts to

00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:39.460
 me and to

00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:39.740
 you.

00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.240
 Love has

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.840
 captured his

00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.180
 heart,

00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:43.120
 not my

00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.540
 sin.

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:44.980
 So here is

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.520
 this woman

00:14:45.520 --> 00:14:46.259
 who has

00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:46.980
 given birth,

00:14:47.180 --> 00:14:47.780
 she's all

00:14:47.780 --> 00:14:48.480
 beaten up,

00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.400
 but she

00:14:49.400 --> 00:14:50.020
 isn't in

00:14:50.020 --> 00:14:50.400
 denial.

00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.660
 She isn't

00:14:51.660 --> 00:14:52.060
 saying,

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.700
 ah doctor,

00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:53.240
 I'm fine,

00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:53.640
 don't need

00:14:53.640 --> 00:14:54.660
 any painkillers,

00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.040
 you know,

00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.580
 don't feel a

00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:56.820
 thing,

00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.320
 it's all,

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.220
 pain's all

00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:58.420
 gone.

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 Instead,

00:15:01.079 --> 00:15:01.419
 she is

00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.019
 furiously

00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:03.579
 and lovingly

00:15:03.579 --> 00:15:04.219
 looking at

00:15:04.219 --> 00:15:05.299
 the child

00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.179
 and she

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:06.740
 forgets her

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.079
 pain.

00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.599
 She's not

00:15:08.599 --> 00:15:09.219
 denying it,

00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:10.399
 she's still

00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:10.779
 hurting,

00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:11.779
 but she

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.599
 isn't being

00:15:12.599 --> 00:15:13.819
 controlled by

00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.459
 the pain.

00:15:14.939 --> 00:15:15.599
 The pain

00:15:15.599 --> 00:15:16.259
 can't get

00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:16.860
 her down

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.319
 and it

00:15:17.319 --> 00:15:17.939
 can't keep

00:15:17.939 --> 00:15:18.459
 her down.

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 You see,

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.279
 the nature

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.740
 of Christian

00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.599
 joy is

00:15:21.599 --> 00:15:22.159
 that you've

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.259
 located your

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.879
 greatest beauty

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.599
 and joy

00:15:25.599 --> 00:15:26.399
 in God.

00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.639
 He is

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.399
 your beauty

00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:29.459
 He is

00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:29.939
 the greatest

00:15:29.939 --> 00:15:30.679
 source of

00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.179
 joy,

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.519
 more so

00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.100
 than anything

00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.579
 else in

00:15:33.579 --> 00:15:34.039
 life.

00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.259
 And so

00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:35.740
 Christian

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.220
 joy

00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:38.679
 coexists

00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.319
 with

00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:40.360
 suffering

00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:41.240
 and sorrow.

00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:42.279
 The

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.539
 Christian

00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:42.980
 is very

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.480
 realistic

00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:43.819
 about

00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.259
 suffering

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:44.879
 and grief

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.360
 and sorrow,

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:45.759
 but it

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.740
 doesn't

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.480
 control

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:47.779
 them.

00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:48.980
 Worldly

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.360
 joy

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.139
 has to

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.480
 avoid

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:50.939
 suffering

00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:51.100
 and

00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.419
 hardship

00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:51.799
 or

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.659
 alternatively

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.199
 deny it

00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:53.659
 altogether.

00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:55.620
 Christian

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:55.840
 joy

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.379
 coexists

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:56.720
 with

00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.220
 suffering

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:57.960
 and is

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.360
 in fact

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.860
 enhanced

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.600
 by it

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.320
 because

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.860
 it helps

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.240
 us to

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.740
 see

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.280
 where

00:16:02.280 --> 00:16:02.780
 true

00:16:02.780 --> 00:16:03.180
 joy

00:16:03.180 --> 00:16:03.400
 can

00:16:03.400 --> 00:16:03.960
 actually

00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.220
 be

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.740
 found.

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.560
 When

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:05.759
 our

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.080
 joy

00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.320
 is

00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:06.879
 located

00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.100
 in

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.220
 the

00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:07.660
 resurrected

00:16:07.660 --> 00:16:08.300
 Jesus,

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.740
 circumstances

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.460
 can't

00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:10.800
 even

00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.420
 touch

00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:11.680
 it.

00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:12.980
 Verse

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.620
 22,

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:15.560
 now is

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.180
 your time

00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.700
 of grief,

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.120
 but I

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.860
 will see

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.580
 you again

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.139
 and you

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.900
 will rejoice

00:16:19.900 --> 00:16:21.660
 and no

00:16:21.660 --> 00:16:22.139
 one

00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:23.040
 will take

00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:23.399
 away

00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.779
 your

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.279
 joy.

00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:26.860
 On a

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.079
 supper,

00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:27.439
 this is

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:27.819
 why I

00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.099
 think

00:16:28.099 --> 00:16:28.879
 Christians

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.379
 should be

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:29.919
 the least

00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.279
 sentimental

00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:30.939
 people in

00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:31.439
 the world.

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.459
 Christians

00:16:32.459 --> 00:16:33.059
 should never

00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:33.819
 be denying

00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.679
 their own

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.319
 pain.

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.679
 They should

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.399
 never be

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.120
 denying

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.699
 what the

00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:39.159
 world is

00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:39.599
 painful.

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.019
 They should

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.439
 never really

00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:41.839
 be super

00:16:41.839 --> 00:16:42.539
 stoic.

00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:43.679
 And Christians

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.159
 should never

00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:44.819
 be afraid

00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:45.299
 of getting

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.120
 empathetic

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.419
 and involved

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.219
 with people

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.220
 who are

00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:49.800
 suffering.

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.259
 Why?

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.639
 Because

00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:53.200
 Christian

00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:53.620
 joy

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.720
 coexists

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.259
 with

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:55.820
 suffering.

00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:56.759
 Christians

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.120
 have a

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.500
 joy that

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.259
 goes deeper

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:59.620
 with sorrow.

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:00.800
 Christian

00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:01.220
 joy

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.139
 grows

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.960
 brighter

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:04.019
 when things

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.940
 are darkest.

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.180
 So hopefully

00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.799
 by now

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.420
 you're wanting

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.019
 to know

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.759
 how is it

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.440
 possible to

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.000
 get such

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.279
 joy,

00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:12.779
 especially when

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.059
 I'm living

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.480
 in such a

00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:13.700
 miserable

00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:14.240
 place like

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.559
 Sydney.

00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:16.480
 Try visiting

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.980
 Arkansas.

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.680
 Maybe you're

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.480
 thinking you

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.000
 can't do

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.380
 this.

00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.640
 Maybe you've

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.460
 been miserable

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.400
 for 40 years

00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:24.779
 and you're

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.559
 settled with

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.000
 it and you're

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.700
 just given

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.640
 up trying.

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.339
 The good

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.059
 news is

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:31.420
 it's not a

00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:31.740
 matter of

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.140
 trying.

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.839
 When Jesus

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.600
 is telling us

00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:35.200
 about this

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:35.839
 woman giving

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.640
 birth in

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:38.039
 verse 21,

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:40.240
 who is she?

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.920
 Who does

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.539
 she represent?

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.539
 Let me

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.420
 just show

00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:45.680
 you.

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:47.160
 Verse 21

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.740
 says,

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.519
 A woman

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.120
 giving birth

00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.660
 to a child

00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.359
 has pain

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 because her

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 time has

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 come.

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 Now there

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 is a deeper

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 meaning in

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 the words

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 her time.

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 The word

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 in the

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 original

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 language is

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 her hour.

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 This woman

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 is in all

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.700
 this pain

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 because her

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.480
 hour has

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 come.

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 That little

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 word hour

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 is very

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 important in

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.279
 John's

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 gospel.

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 It has a

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 very specific

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 meaning in

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 chapter 7

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 verse 30,

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 820,

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 1223 and

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 27,

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 131 and

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 171.

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 Even in

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 chapter 2,

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 when Mary

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 tells Jesus

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 that they

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.480
 need more

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.119
 wine at the

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 wedding of

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 Cana,

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 Jesus says

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 to her,

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 it's not

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 my hour.

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 So what is

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 the hour

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 referring to

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 in John's

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 gospel?

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 it's the

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 hour when

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 darkness

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.799
 descended on

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.339
 the cross

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 and Jesus

00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.460
 Christ calls

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 out from

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 the cross,

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 my God,

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 my God,

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 why have

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 you forsaken

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 me?

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 Friends,

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 in those

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 days,

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 first century

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 Palestine,

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 when women

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 gave birth,

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 this is before

00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.720
 gas and

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 epidurals and

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.579
 other

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.220
 anesthetics,

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.639
 and every

00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.059
 woman who

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.740
 gave birth

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.519
 was not

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.000
 only in

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 incredible

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:04.920
 agony,

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 but also on

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.460
 the verge of

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 losing her

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 own life,

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 and many

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.659
 did in the

00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.159
 process of

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 giving birth.

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 Jesus is

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.900
 saying here

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.759
 that this

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 woman in

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.019
 labor is

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.640
 illustrating

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 him.

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 The pain

00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:17.079
 and the

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.359
 agony of

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.900
 the cross

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.500
 was his

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.059
 hour,

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 and there

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.400
 was no

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:21.960
 stopping it.

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 The time

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.240
 had come.

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.720
 It was the

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.099
 will of the

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.420
 Father.

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 His agony

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.920
 was the

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.799
 spiritual agony

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.480
 of carrying

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 the sin of

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.720
 the world.

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.519
 His agony

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.579
 was facing

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.180
 the judgment

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.819
 of God

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.200
 in our

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.700
 place.

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.120
 The only

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.980
 way for a

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.420
 woman to

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.099
 give birth,

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.720
 give birth,

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.299
 a baby

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.920
 the joy

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.660
 of life,

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.559
 is to

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.039
 lose her

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.819
 own joy

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:46.259
 momentarily.

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.980
 She has

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.299
 to give

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.740
 away her

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:50.140
 joy and

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.660
 suffer,

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.819
 and at

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.640
 times she

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.079
 even gives

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.640
 away her

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.400
 own life

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.420
 in order

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.180
 to bring

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.980
 life to

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.599
 a child.

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 And Jesus

00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.799
 says,

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.400
 he's

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.160
 departing,

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.599
 his disciples

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:03.960
 will be

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.680
 filled with

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.120
 grief,

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.620
 but so

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.079
 will he.

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.559
 They will

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.160
 momentarily

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.720
 lose their

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.080
 joy.

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.540
 He is

00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:12.060
 surrendering

00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:12.580
 his.

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.920
 He will

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.840
 lose his

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.500
 life to

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.240
 bring joy

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.200
 to them

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.140
 and many.

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:20.960
 You see,

00:20:21.040 --> 00:20:21.320
 Jesus

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.840
 eternally

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.460
 existed in

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.100
 perfect joy

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.500
 with the

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.980
 Father and

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.340
 the Son

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:24.600
 and the

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.300
 Holy Spirit.

00:20:26.300 --> 00:20:26.960
 As the

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.740
 Son with

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.000
 the Holy

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.340
 Spirit and

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:28.580
 the Father.

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.240
 And together

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.380
 they created

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.080
 the world

00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.920
 and humanity

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:33.000
 to participate

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.099
 in their

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.940
 perfect joy

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.559
 relationship.

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.759
 They made

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.119
 us to

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.700
 share their

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.220
 joy,

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.339
 but we

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.720
 rebelled

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.099
 and we

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.799
 rejected it.

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.779
 And so

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.200
 Jesus

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:44.099
 lost his

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.500
 so that we

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.880
 could be

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.559
 brought back

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.619
 into it.

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.900
 Hebrews 12

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.599
 2 says

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.380
 that for the

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.200
 joy that

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.140
 was before

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.640
 him,

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.440
 he,

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.079
 Jesus,

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.900
 endured the

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.279
 cross.

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.619
 What was the

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.319
 joy he was

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.880
 looking forward

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.180
 to?

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.440
 What was the

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.900
 woman's joy

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.340
 in John

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.900
 16?

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.279
 The baby

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.799
 was the

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.080
 joy.

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.259
 New life.

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.259
 What Jesus

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.279
 got out of

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.960
 the incredible

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.759
 agony of

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.440
 his death

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.880
 and losing

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.580
 his joy

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:12.940
 on the

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.940
 cross was

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.620
 us and

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.039
 us being

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.860
 included in

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.440
 his joy.

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.559
 We were the

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.299
 only thing

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.559
 that he

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.000
 didn't have.

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.220
 He had

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.559
 everything

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.019
 else.

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.400
 He didn't

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.120
 have us.

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.480
 In Isaiah

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.440
 53 we are

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.000
 told that the

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.759
 result of his

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.539
 suffering is

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.039
 that he will

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:29.259
 see and be

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.720
 satisfied.

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.360
 He has

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.980
 linked his

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.620
 heart to

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.100
 us.

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:33.960
 He has

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.779
 made us

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.620
 his treasure.

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.920
 American

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.559
 theologian

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.360
 Jonathan Edwards

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.400
 wrote this a

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.799
 couple hundred

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.400
 years ago.

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.259
 Christ has

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.860
 his delight

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.539
 most truly

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.200
 and properly

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.880
 in obtaining

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.759
 our salvation.

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.940
 Not merely

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.640
 as a means

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.420
 conducive to

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.059
 his joy and

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.080
 delight but

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:51.019
 as what he

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.420
 actually rejoices

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.759
 in and is

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.740
 satisfied in

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.759
 directly and

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.180
 properly.

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.860
 As the

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.420
 bridegroom

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.559
 rejoices over

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.200
 the bride,

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.980
 so shall

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.680
 our God

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.640
 rejoice over

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.000
 thee.

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.840
 We are

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.700
 his jewels,

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.340
 we are

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.319
 his treasure.

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:09.059
 Our joy

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.100
 grows simply

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.980
 by seeing

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.580
 what Jesus

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.660
 did and

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.100
 that he

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.720
 did it to

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.279
 make us

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.059
 his joy

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.319
 and that

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.039
 will change

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.279
 you.

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.220
 When we

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.779
 see him

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.600
 locating his

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.220
 joy in

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.640
 us,

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.259
 ultimately

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.900
 it melts

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.299
 us.

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.680
 He will

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.360
 become all

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.660
 that we

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.080
 want.

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:27.559
 You see,

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.039
 it's not

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.819
 Jesus plus

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.119
 health,

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.500
 it's not

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.019
 Jesus plus

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.339
 a good

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.639
 life,

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:30.980
 it's not

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.460
 Jesus plus

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.920
 wealth,

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:32.960
 it's not

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.399
 Jesus plus

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:33.960
 anything.

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.059
 In him we

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.240
 have

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.879
 everything.

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.180
 Samuel

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.779
 Rutherford was

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.240
 a Scottish

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.859
 minister who

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.379
 was born

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:42.059
 around 1600,

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.500
 became

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.139
 Presbyterian

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:45.500
 minister in

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.019
 a little town

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.759
 in 1627 and

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.119
 when the

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.379
 Anglicans

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.899
 gained the

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.619
 power over

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.159
 the Scottish

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.779
 church,

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.879
 Rutherford was

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.680
 imprisoned for

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.879
 two years in

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:56.259
 Aberdeen for

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.299
 nonconformity.

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:59.000
 He survived

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.099
 to preach

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.680
 again and

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.379
 to serve on

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.980
 the council

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.819
 that ultimately

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.420
 wrote the

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:05.119
 famous Westminster

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:06.000
 Confession of

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.379
 Faith.

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.619
 But while he

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 was in prison

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 in Aberdeen,

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 he wrote

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 lots of

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 letters and

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 about 220

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 of those

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 letters are

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 preserved from

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 those two

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 years.

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 And the

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 spirit of

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 them is

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 just radiant

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 with the

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 glory of

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 God and

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 the all

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 supremacy of

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 Christ and

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 joy.

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 On his

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 way to

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 prison,

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 he had

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 said,

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 I go to

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 my king's

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 palace at

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 Aberdeen.

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 Tongue,

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 pen and

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 wit cannot

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 express my

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 total joy.

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 Wow,

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 this is a

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 joy that

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 just overflowed.

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 One person

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 said that

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 Rutherford was

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 impatient of

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 earth,

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 intolerant of

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 his sin,

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 wrapped in

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 the continual

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 contemplation of

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 one unseen

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 face and

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 finding his

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 joy in

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 that face's

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 returning smile.

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 his joy

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 flowed out

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 of his

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 absorption

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 in Christ

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 the

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 resurrected

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 Jesus

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 and

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 Jesus

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 promises

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 us

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 when we

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 see him

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 we will

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 rejoice.

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 Jesus

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 He