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 Well, I'd like to begin by thanking those of you who let us, Pastor David and I, spend the last several days, Wednesday, Thursday, Thursday, and Friday at the Together for the Gospel Conference.

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 Of godly men and hear gifted communicators expound on the scriptures.

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 In many ways, it was a humbling experience, but also a blessed experience.

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 So thank you for letting us get away.

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 Any of you who have spent time away from home, whether you're a mom or whether you're a dad, understand that when one of the two of you are gone, sometimes there's some misbalance in the house.

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 Things aren't quite the way that they should be.

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 You know, there's a stabilizing force that comes when either mom or dad are both together.

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 And so riding back in the car yesterday reminded one of the pastors that was riding with us was just sharing with me some of the challenges that were happening in his own home because he was away.

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 And then also being reminded of some of the challenges my own wife had with our children.

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 And just sometimes the hardship of that.

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 Dealing with kids when mom or dad are not around.

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 You know that as a parent, there's a desire for there to be joy for your kids.

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 That's the end game, right?

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 Your desire is to introduce to them the kinds of experiences that are going to lead them to wholesome and lasting joy.

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 You want to help in their behavior, but that's secondary to the ultimate goal of helping them be more like Christ.

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 And so what that means is in your desire for joy for your family, sometimes there are those seeming moments of contradiction.

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 Where someone who was looking from the outside would say,

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 Whoa! Are you really looking for joy in your home?

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 Is that really the objective?

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 Because that sure didn't seem very joy worthy, that moment in your family.

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 But you know that if you have a love for your kids, and if that love is true and deep,

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 that sometimes it brings you to the point of saying,

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 Stop! Don't put your hand on that stove!

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 It's too hot.

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 You're going to burn yourself.

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 Or you're walking across the street, and there have been moments where we're making our way to a restaurant,

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 and one of the kids is moving ahead, and you see the car coming.

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 He's like, Wait! Stop!

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 And in that moment, there is the severity of the instruction and the sounding of the warning that goes out.

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 It's a sounding of warning because of a deep love for your child.

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 And what seems to be severe, what seems to be harsh, what seems to be a bit strong in its force,

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 is coming because of the ultimate desire for the preservation and the joy of that child.

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 Well, this past week, there were some moments in our home of trying to preserve joy.

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 And it was interesting, yesterday, and it's hard not to be specific.

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 Oh well, poor little guy is going to get sold out again.

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 You find that in moments of severity, it is in the moments of severity that often lead to the fullest joy.

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 Yesterday, Timothy was watching a show, a cartoon.

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 And it's a cartoon that kind of the life stories of Jesus, and the story was about Bethlehem.

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 And he asked me the question, What does Bethlehem mean, Daddy?

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 And I says, Well, Bethlehem is the house of bread.

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 And he said, Well, that's really interesting because Jesus says, I am the bread of life.

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 And he was born in Bethlehem.

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 And I just sat back and, Wow, where did that come from?

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 What a connection!

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 How did that happen?

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 And it was because in the previous day, through a disciplined moment,

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 the question posed for my wife was, What are some of the names of Jesus?

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 What are some of the things you know about him?

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 And one of those names that came up was, I am the bread of life.

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 It is through the, sometimes the severe moments of correction and punishment,

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 the hard words that seem to pierce, are the moments that lead to the fullest joy.

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 Last week, our introduction in 1 John introduced us to a couple of purpose statements of this apostle for us.

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 So if you would, please open your Bibles to 1 John chapter 1.

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 I want to just read through verses 1 through 4 as an introduction.

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 And then we'll move into verses 5 to 10 as we begin our study.

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 But I want to remind us of some things so that we know what John's heart is.

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 Because from this point on, in our study of the gospel, of this letter of 1 John,

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 it will be one hard thing after the other.

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 It will leave us wondering, John, do you really care about us?

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 I thought you were the apostle of love.

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 I thought you cared about our joy.

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 And John will say, that's exactly why I'm doing this.

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 That's exactly why I'm sharing these hard words with you.

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 It's because I want your joy.

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 So let me read for us verses 1 to 4.

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 Here's what it says.

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 That which we have seen and heard.

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 Proclaim to you.

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 So that you too may have fellowship with us.

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 And indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

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 There are two of the four purpose statements in this letter.

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 Two of the purpose statements are found in those three verses.

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 John wants us to understand front and center why he is writing this letter to this church of Ephesus.

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 Why he writes this letter to us.

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 What is the point?

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 What is the Holy Spirit trying to accomplish in your life and in my life through the instruction that He'll give through this letter?

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 The first purpose statement is there in verse 3.

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 Notice what it says.

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 That which we have seen and heard.

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 We proclaim to you.

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 Why?

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 What does it say?

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 That you may have fellowship with us.

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 And indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 I write this to you because I want you to enjoy and experience true fellowship.

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 Without Jesus Christ, there can be no community.

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 Without Jesus Christ, there can be no genuine fellowship.

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 Without Jesus Christ, your hopes for a relationship that will last, that will go any deeper than the surface,

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 you have no hope of that kind of relationship apart from Christ.

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 But with Christ, you can have true fellowship.

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 True fellowship with God and true fellowship with God's people.

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 That's what Christ came to do.

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 He came to restore what was broken in the fall.

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 Jesus came to correct the sin, the damage that Adam and Eve did in Genesis chapter 3.

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 He came to correct all of those things for us so that the isolation and the rejection,

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 the alienation that we rightly deserved and experienced,

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 the hostility of God on sin,

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 He came to correct that issue.

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 He came to make things right with God.

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 He came to reconcile us and to make us new with Him

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 so that we could experience fellowship.

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 Are you experiencing fellowship with God today?

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 Not just some casual relationship.

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 Not just some, I talk to God once in a while kind of thing.

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 But would you qualify your relationship with God as something that's intimate?

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 Something that's sweet?

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 Something that is continual?

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 Like, I just can't get enough of Him.

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 That's the spirit you get from John.

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 Even though Jesus was now in heaven at this point of the writing,

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 He was so caught up with the experience of Jesus,

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 He just can't help but explain the enthusiasm that He has to the church of Ephesus.

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 It is the kind of experience that He had because He was able to touch and hear and see and behold Him.

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 But in a way, He wants this church to understand what He had in practicality,

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 what He had in the physicality,

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 can also be experienced spiritually with Him today.

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 Even though the church of Ephesus would never come to know Jesus personally

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 in terms of a physical relationship,

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 it was something that they could know.

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 Something that they could have for themselves.

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 And He wants them to taste of that,

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 to know that, and to have that.

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 That's the purpose,

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 one of the purposes of writing this letter.

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 I want you to know the sweetness and intimacy of knowing our Savior.

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 The second purpose statement is there in verse 4.

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 It says,

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 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

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 John wants you to experience joy.

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 Not superficial joy.

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 He wants you to experience enduring, lasting, hope-filled joy.

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 The kind of joy that will carry you through.

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 The kind of joy that will overcome the various circumstances of life.

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 Maybe not surprisingly,

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 the time where Jesus talks about joy the most

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 happens to be the night before He is crucified.

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 Of the eight times that He mentions joy in the Gospel of John,

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 seven of them occur in John 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

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 This time where He's spending the last final moments with His disciples

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 before His crucifixion.

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 How can anyone talk about joy in a time like that?

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 How can anyone promise future joy to a group of disciples

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 who in a very short period of time

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 are going to walk through some sorrow, some grieving,

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 some departure of the one that they loved?

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 And that this is the moment,

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 the very moment where Jesus chooses

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 to select out this special topic

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 to talk about joy and to promise joy to them.

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 It's because joy comes from the Spirit.

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 Joy comes from God Himself.

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 And so joy overcomes any of the circumstances

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 or situations in which you find yourself.

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 And as John is reflecting on his experience with Christ,

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 and as he's looking at this church,

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 what he wants for them is to experience joy.

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 Not just knowledge of God through some academic exercise,

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 but he wants them to know true fellowship with God

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 through this intimate experience with Him and with His people.

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 But it's through this fellowshipping experience,

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 it's cultivating this joy that just overflows from their life.

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 The satisfaction that they can't get any other way.

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 And with that in mind,

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 that leads us now into a more difficult topic

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 that we're going to begin to find in verses 5 to 10.

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 Throughout the course of this message,

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 what I want to do is,

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 I want to demonstrate,

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 or maybe I should say,

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 I want to ask for God throughout the course of this message

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 to really do a work in our lives,

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 to help make His Word abundantly clear.

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 So I'm just going to pause at this time.

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 I'm going to pray for us.

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 We're going to move from one point to the next

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 and probably use prayer as a way,

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 as a hinge,

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 to get us from one point to the next.

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 So let me pray for us,

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 and we'll move to this next point.

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 Amen.

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 God, it is our desire this morning

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 to lift up the glory of Christ,

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 to be people who are pursuing passionately

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 an experience with You,

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 a fellowshipping experience with You

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 that is cultivated with You

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 and flows into our relationships with one another.

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 Lord, we want to enjoy fellowship that comes from God.

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 This unity of experience

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 because of having been placed into Christ,

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 the work of Your Holy Spirit

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 in making us one,

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 one people.

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 And Lord, we also want to understand

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 and know Your joy.

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 We want it to be personal.

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 We want it to be practical from day to day.

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 We want it to carry us, Lord,

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 just like it carried Jesus Christ,

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 who for the joy set before Him endured the cross.

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 And so whatever our experiences are this morning, Lord,

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 I pray that Your joy would be tangible,

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 would be real,

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 would be personal,

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 and that it would be such a radiant testimony

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 in this world

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 that it beckons others

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 to want the same hope that we have.

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 So Lord, as we look into Your Word,

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 as we understand where You want us to be,

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 You want us to be in fellowship,

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 and You want us to be people

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 who are experiencing joy.

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 So now, Lord, help us

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 as we look at Your Word,

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 know how that joy comes.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So verse 5

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 carries us to our first point this morning.

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 It's what it says.

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 It says,

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 This is the message we have heard from Him

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 and proclaimed to you

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 that God is light

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 and in Him is no darkness at all.

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 What does a life of fellowship with God look like?

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 What does an abiding life produce?

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 How do we enter into fellowship with God?

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 How do we experience the joy that He has for us?

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 Well, we must first understand

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 the supreme standard of fellowship.

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 What is the supreme standard of fellowship?

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 That's our first point this morning.

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 John says,

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 This is the message we have heard

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 and proclaimed to you

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 that God is light.

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 Those are the words you would have expected to see there?

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 Maybe we fit better.

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 God is love, right?

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 Isn't that what we need to know?

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 That God is love?

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 Certainly that's what Jesus came to demonstrate.

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 For God so loved the world

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 that He gave His only begotten Son.

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 And that is important.

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 John will not miss that point later on.

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 That's coming in 1 John 4, 8, 9, and 10.

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 God is love.

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 But the first words,

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 pen to ink,

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 coming from Apostle John,

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 is not God is love.

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 The first thing I want you to understand

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 is there is a standard here.

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 There is a supreme standard of purity.

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 I want you to know

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 this is not something you deserve.

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 I want you to recognize

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 the unapproachable nature of God.

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 The unapproachable nature of God.

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 That's where He begins.

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 Are you gripped

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 with the unapproachable,

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 unapproachableness,

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 of your God this morning?

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 Are you blown away

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 by the fact that He is

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 so immense

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 and so pure

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 and so holy

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 that you couldn't even begin

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 to have a relationship with Him

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 if He had not bridged the gap?

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 Are you gripped

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 by your own personal standing

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 of where you are

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:54.599
 in this whole mix?

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 Do you understand

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.500
 the significance

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 of the fact

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 that God is light

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 and in Him

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 is no darkness at all?

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 The Greek here

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 actually wants to emphasize this.

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.000
 He says,

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 there is no darkness,

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 not even a hint.

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 It is only purity,

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 only radiance,

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.679
 only majesty,

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.959
 only holiness.

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 That's our God.

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.220
 John.

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 I think why he is so

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 amazed

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:33.600
 at the accessibility

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 of God

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 because he has come

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 to appreciate

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:38.180
 the unapproachableness

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.799
 of God.

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.519
 John wants us

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.180
 to understand

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.140
 the impossible

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:46.160
 standard

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.480
 of his moral excellence.

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 And there is not

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 a subtle shift

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 that takes place

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 between verses 1 and 4

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 and now in verses 5 to 10.

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 It's clear

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 in verses 1 to 4

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 that John is talking

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.060
 about Jesus.

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 He's talking about

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 that which we have heard

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 and seen

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 and looked upon.

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 That's Jesus.

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 He's there

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 in flesh and blood.

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 We can see Him.

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 We can experience Him

00:21:15.540 --> 00:21:16.280
 personally.

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 But now he wants

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.880
 to make a dramatic shift

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 in verse 5

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 instead of just talking

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.460
 about Jesus.

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 Now he wants us

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 to recognize

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 the true character

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 of God Himself.

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 The desire

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 is here

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 to make a clear

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.680
 connection

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 that he's going

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 to continue to address

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 throughout the rest

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 of this letter.

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 That God is

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 distinct from us.

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 Don't imagine

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.200
 that fellowship

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.680
 with God

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.400
 can be achieved

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.940
 on your own.

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:46.440
 God is

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.259
 unapproachable.

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.700
 John is so

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.640
 caught up with this

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.920
 He actually begins

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.900
 His gospel

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.560
 in much the same way

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.660
 calling attention

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.960
 to the life

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.680
 and the light

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 of Christ.

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 He says in

00:22:00.780 --> 00:22:01.740
 John 1.4

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 In Him was life

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.740
 and the life

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.900
 was the light

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.560
 of men.

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:09.080
 The light shines

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.740
 in the darkness

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.420
 and the darkness

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.759
 has not overcome it.

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 He is untouchable

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.940
 in this quality

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.580
 of light.

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 light.

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.159
 And as we make

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.899
 our way through

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.419
 this letter

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:20.980
 we'll see

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.199
 the distinguishing

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:22.759
 marks

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.019
 of the light

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.679
 that God

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:26.299
 will produce

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.259
 in the lives

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.299
 of His people

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 if there's

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.439
 genuineness

00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:30.919
 to them.

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.980
 If there's

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.679
 authenticity

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:34.379
 in their lives.

00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:36.960
 Why the connection

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.799
 between life

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.299
 and light?

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.500
 I think it's

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.000
 because

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:43.000
 as John

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.480
 is thinking

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.079
 about what

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.599
 does a true

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.259
 life look like.

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.480
 Jesus lived

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.679
 the life

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.559
 that He

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.319
 intended

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.379
 for all of us.

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.179
 He was the

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:56.240
 true life

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.379
 that was set

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.099
 in front of us

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.399
 as the model

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.839
 for how to live

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.779
 and how to really

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.679
 experience

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:04.059
 the kind of joy

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.740
 and power

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.379
 that comes

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.980
 from those

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.879
 who are walking

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.599
 with God

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:09.279
 and surrendered

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.299
 to the Holy Spirit.

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.939
 That is life.

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:14.080
 the only life

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.759
 really lived

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.440
 since Adam

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.920
 and Eve.

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.720
 Every other

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.299
 life is a life

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.080
 that is given

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:20.400
 to death

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.120
 and given

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.779
 to darkness.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.080
 Jesus'

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.140
 was the only

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.820
 life that was

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.360
 pure

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.779
 in every way.

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.519
 That is the life

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.120
 He wants us

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:30.080
 to experience.

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.420
 Life

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:32.960
 and light

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.920
 of Christ.

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.559
 Not only

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.180
 is Jesus

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.880
 the creator

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.480
 of life

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.039
 but He is

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.960
 the embodiment

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.400
 of life

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.019
 and He is

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.920
 the giver

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:44.240
 of true

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.920
 spiritual

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.779
 life.

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.380
 You want to

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:48.220
 experience life?

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.319
 You got to go

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.920
 to the source.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.600
 You got to go

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.200
 to God

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.579
 as the source

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.200
 of life

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.180
 and light.

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.640
 So there is

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.299
 an unapproachable

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.180
 nature of God

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.160
 but there is also

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.500
 the unblemished

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.779
 life of Christ.

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.460
 The unblemished

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.200
 life

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.480
 of Christ.

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.400
 That's our next point.

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.759
 we just spent

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.519
 several years

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.380
 walking through

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.580
 the gospel

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.140
 of John

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.820
 and seeing

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.340
 the life

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.920
 of Christ

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.600
 up close.

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.600
 Several years

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.000
 ago

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.640
 there was

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.560
 the movie

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.120
 The Passion.

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.400
 Any of you

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.860
 have watched

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.460
 that movie

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:27.180
 there are so

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.580
 many things

00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:28.080
 to be said

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:29.240
 about that movie

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.960
 just the

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.840
 grotesqueness

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:34.420
 of the crucifixion.

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.500
 But what my

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.039
 own heart

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.759
 was gripped

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.660
 over

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:39.220
 was the

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.859
 purity

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.740
 of Christ

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.339
 through

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.339
 that entire

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.279
 experience.

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.180
 No other

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.980
 period in

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.240
 Jesus'

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.039
 life

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.259
 was the

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.960
 details

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.440
 of those

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.539
 final events

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.299
 chronicled

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.119
 in such

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.720
 a way.

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.059
 We have

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.440
 more

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.640
 about the

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.480
 last 24

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.079
 hours of

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.319
 Jesus'

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.920
 life

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.500
 than any

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.839
 of his

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.279
 previous

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.119
 ministry.

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.199
 history.

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.159
 And as I

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.779
 look at the

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.479
 chronicle of

00:25:06.479 --> 00:25:06.939
 his life

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.619
 I wonder

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.299
 for myself

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.119
 how long

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.379
 would I

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.000
 have lasted

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.579
 even in

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.479
 that 24

00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:12.239
 hour cycle

00:25:12.239 --> 00:25:13.359
 before something

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.719
 would have

00:25:13.719 --> 00:25:14.419
 snapped in

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:14.619
 me.

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.219
 Think about

00:25:17.219 --> 00:25:18.299
 all that

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.619
 Jesus

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.659
 experienced

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.299
 in that

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.459
 last 24

00:25:21.459 --> 00:25:21.959
 hours.

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.359
 There he

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.799
 is in

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.279
 the upper

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.719
 room

00:25:24.719 --> 00:25:26.599
 bending

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.319
 down to

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.439
 wash the

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:28.919
 feet of

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.379
 those

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.239
 disciples

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.519
 who

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.380
 continued

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.700
 to

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.140
 compete

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.359
 with

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.539
 one

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.839
 another

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.319
 about

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.500
 who

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.660
 is

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:33.880
 more

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.259
 important.

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.279
 I

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.500
 think I

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.000
 wouldn't

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.160
 even

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.539
 last

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.720
 into

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.019
 that.

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.640
 And

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:40.940
 then there's

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.339
 Judas

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.900
 who thinks

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.400
 he's full

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.220
 in Jesus

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.720
 Christ

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.680
 about what

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.079
 he has

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.539
 in mind.

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.500
 And

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.880
 Jesus

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.740
 dismisses

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.019
 Judas

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.380
 and says

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.140
 go do

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.420
 what you're

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.620
 going to

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:52.759
 do

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.120
 Judas.

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:53.900
 Go

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.120
 ahead.

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.059
 Get

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.339
 busy.

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.859
 And

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.140
 there's

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.400
 the

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.339
 protesting

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.819
 Peter.

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:00.159
 No

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.500
 Jesus

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.720
 you're

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:00.839
 not

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:00.960
 going

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.039
 to

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.339
 wash

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.659
 my

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.039
 feet.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.019
 Oh

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.259
 really

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.559
 Peter

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.839
 who do

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:03.919
 you

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.119
 think

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.299
 I

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.599
 am?

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.079
 Who

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.599
 are you

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:06.980
 talking

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.299
 to

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.639
 Peter?

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:09.899
 Or

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.179
 they're

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.659
 on

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:10.799
 the

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.179
 way

00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:11.579
 to

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.519
 the

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.879
 garden

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.079
 of

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.639
 Gethsemane

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.859
 and

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.919
 those

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.700
 conversations

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.119
 that are

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 taking

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.839
 place

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.019
 and

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.939
 the

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.379
 disciples

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.720
 don't

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 have

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.039
 a

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.359
 clue

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.659
 what's

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.039
 coming.

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:21.859
 Jesus

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.099
 had

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.419
 told

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.740
 them

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.500
 many

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.139
 times

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.759
 what

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.179
 to

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:25.759
 anticipate.

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.319
 They

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.799
 finally

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.220
 get to

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.399
 the

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.740
 garden

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.059
 and

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:30.140
 there

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.359
 they

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.640
 are

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:30.799
 and

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.120
 Jesus

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.440
 is

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.720
 just

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.180
 having

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 a

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.539
 heart

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.680
 to

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:32.880
 heart

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.599
 conversation

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:33.839
 with

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 them

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.019
 and

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.160
 says

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.799
 can

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:34.920
 you

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.099
 just

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.599
 pray

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.980
 for

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.460
 a few

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.960
 moments

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.259
 here.

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 He

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.299
 goes

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.620
 away

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.779
 to

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:40.960
 pour

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.160
 his

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.460
 heart

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.700
 out

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.019
 before

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.220
 the

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.579
 father.

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:43.839
 He

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.120
 comes

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.539
 back

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.759
 and

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.720
 they're

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:45.839
 all

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.359
 asleep.

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 This

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 happens

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.500
 on

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 three

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.079
 different

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.599
 occasions

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:50.940
 and

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.440
 not

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.980
 once

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.200
 does

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.900
 Jesus

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:54.299
 demonstrate

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.779
 any

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.539
 carnality

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.859
 of his

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.180
 heart.

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:58.060
 just

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.500
 continues

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.820
 to

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 faithfully

00:26:59.660 --> 00:26:59.840
 and

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 lovingly

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.220
 encourage

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.500
 them

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.799
 to

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:01.920
 the

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.340
 task.

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.180
 And

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.299
 there

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.660
 comes

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:04.860
 this

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.320
 band

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.620
 of

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.880
 those

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.039
 who

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.200
 would

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.400
 think

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.620
 they're

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:07.740
 going

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:07.820
 to

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.539
 manhandle

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.960
 Jesus.

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:09.820
 And

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.100
 with a

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.380
 word

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.120
 they all

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.500
 fall on

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.640
 their

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.140
 backs.

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.400
 But

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.680
 Judas

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.320
 still has

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:14.500
 the

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.060
 audacity

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.620
 to come

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.420
 and kiss

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.420


00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.820
 Jesus

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.160
 on the

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.600
 face

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:19.320
 right there

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.580
 in front

00:27:19.580 --> 00:27:19.779
 of them

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.000
 all.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.619
 And

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:21.839
 there's

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.099
 Peter

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.480
 again

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.079
 flying

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.299
 off

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.400
 the

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.759
 handle

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.859
 cutting

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.119
 off

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.539
 ears

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.359
 and

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.619
 in a

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:27.900
 tender

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.380
 moment

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:28.880
 Jesus'

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.539
 willingness

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.819
 to reach

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.119
 down

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.559
 scoop

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.799
 up

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.200
 Malchus'

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.539
 ear

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.819
 and

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.039
 have

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.140
 a

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.259
 little

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.640
 healing

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.200
 ceremony

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.500
 right

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.839
 there

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.880
 on the

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.059
 way

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.240
 to

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.660
 his

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:39.380
 trial.

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.779
 Standing

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.299
 in front

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.759
 of

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:44.000
 all the

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.299
 people

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.480
 that

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.700
 should

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:44.920
 know

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.240
 better

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:47.000
 Caiaphas

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.359
 and

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.920
 high

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.319
 priests

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.539
 there

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.720
 they

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:49.960
 are

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.359
 accusing

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.759
 Jesus

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:50.980
 of

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.659
 blasphemy

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.200
 when

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.419
 here

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:52.599
 they're

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.000
 looking

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.559
 at

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.779
 their

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.500
 God

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.879
 in

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.039
 the

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.539
 face

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:58.279
 slapping

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.519
 and

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.740
 hitting

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.079
 and

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.740
 plucking

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.859
 his

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.159
 beard

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.359
 and

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.079
 then

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.579
 Pilate

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.079
 has

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.259
 the

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.700
 audacity

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.099
 to think

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.439
 that he's

00:28:06.439 --> 00:28:06.740
 actually

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.000
 the one

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.159
 in

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.480
 charge

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.559
 Jesus

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.299
 I

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.439
 could

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.700
 call

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.059
 down

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.240
 a

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.519
 legion

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.679
 of

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.220
 angels

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.679
 who

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:14.759
 do

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:14.839
 you

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.059
 think

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.220
 you

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.539
 are

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.980
 Pilate

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:19.720
 and

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:19.819
 then

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:19.940
 the

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.279
 decision

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.640
 between

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.259
 Barabbas

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.920
 and

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.319
 Christ

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.559
 to

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.720
 let

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:23.940
 that

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.160
 wicked

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.420
 man

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.700
 go

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:26.920
 and

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.039
 there

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.140
 you

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.279
 are

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.380
 on

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.480
 the

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.880
 cross

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:29.200
 mocked

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.380
 by

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.559
 the

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.799
 two

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.220
 thieves

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.380
 that

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.519
 are

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.140
 side

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.319
 by

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.740
 side

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.339
 enduring

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.680
 the

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.180
 same

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.079
 penalty

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.500
 as

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.759
 you

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:36.120
 and

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.360
 still

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.519
 in

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.019
 tenderness

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.500
 forgiving

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.799
 and

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.620
 looking

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.000
 forward

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.200
 to

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.500
 having

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.440
 one

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.539
 of

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.740
 those

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.000
 thieves

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.220
 with

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.339
 you

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.480
 in

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.920
 paradise

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:44.259
 moment

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.680
 by

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.160
 moment

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.740
 I'm

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.180
 gripped

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.080
 by

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.300
 the

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.800
 purity

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.500
 of

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.980
 Christ

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.320
 at

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.560
 any

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:50.740
 of

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.000
 those

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.540
 moments

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:51.900
 my

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.240
 own

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.740
 flesh

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.120
 would

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.279
 have

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.580
 reeled

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:53.880
 up

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.279
 raised

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.720
 up

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.960
 but

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.420
 Jesus

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:58.180
 demonstrating

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.140
 faithfully

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.840
 and

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.560
 consistently

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.800
 a loving

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.759
 compassion

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.060
 for

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.480
 people

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.560
 and

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.740
 then

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:04.860
 in

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.019
 the

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.300
 final

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.880
 moments

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.100
 to

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.340
 say

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.740
 Father

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.200
 forgive

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.540
 them

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:08.519
 for

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.660
 they

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:08.840
 know

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.040
 not

00:29:09.040 --> 00:29:09.200
 what

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.340
 they

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.620
 do

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:11.279
 to

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.440
 look

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.820
 forward

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.080
 to

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.440
 God

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.040
 working

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.259
 in

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.500
 hearts

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.720
 and

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:13.940
 lives

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.080
 of

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.419
 the

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.659
 very

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.240
 people

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.519
 who

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.039
 put

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.240
 you

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.480
 on

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.639
 the

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.119
 cross

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:18.720
 this

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.059
 is

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.359
 the

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:21.599
 beautiful

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.899
 unblemished

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.740
 life

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.579
 of our

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.859
 Savior

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.799
 who

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.399
 bridged

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:26.960
 the gap

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.619
 for us

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:27.980
 who

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.980
 demonstrated

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.419
 that

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.319
 although

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.879
 God

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.359
 was

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.639
 unapproachable

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:32.899
 that

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.299
 through

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.879
 Christ

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.179
 in

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.819
 fulfilling

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.259
 all the

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.659
 demands

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:35.899
 of the

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.159
 law

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.419
 we

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:36.740
 could

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.199
 have

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.899
 access

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.399
 through

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.859
 faith

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.119
 in

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.359
 him

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:42.199
 the

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.419
 beauty

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:42.579
 of

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.759
 our

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.099
 Savior

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.399
 who

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.539
 through

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.819
 love

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.000
 and

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.579
 compassion

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:45.859
 and

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.279
 submission

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.059
 and

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.779
 control

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.219
 and

00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.959
 tenderness

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:49.559
 and

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.159
 faith

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.399
 and

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.219
 patience

00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:52.099
 and a

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.339
 heart

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.579
 full

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.719
 of

00:29:52.719 --> 00:29:53.119
 forgiveness

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.459
 demonstrated

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:54.699
 the

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.159
 purity

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.500
 that

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.679
 was

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.039
 running

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.419
 through

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:56.639
 his

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.099
 life

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:58.419
 meeting

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.919
 every

00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.519
 demand

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.919
 of

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.319
 God

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.879
 for

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:01.139
 him

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:02.019
 and

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.219
 for

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:02.539
 us

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.519
 this

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.679
 is

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:04.839
 our

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.159
 God

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:07.879
 coming

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.299
 next

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.699
 to

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:08.959
 the

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:10.159
 disqualifying

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.980
 effects

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.380
 of

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.720
 sin

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.759
 we

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.079
 find

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.299
 here

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.480
 in

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.720
 verse

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.180
 6

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.400
 let me

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.599
 read

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.759
 that

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:14.980
 for

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.339
 us

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.400
 so

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.700
 moving

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.059
 now

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.420
 from

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.000
 the

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.460
 supreme

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.140
 standard

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.480
 of

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.880
 fellowship

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:21.059
 to

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.240
 the

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.240
 disqualifying

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.900
 effects

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.440
 of

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.700
 sin

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:25.420
 how do

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.539
 we

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.039
 experience

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.380
 joy

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.660
 how do

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.779
 we

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.259
 experience

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.620
 fellowship

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:27.839
 with

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.099
 God

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.579
 that's

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.700
 where

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:28.839
 we're

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.079
 moving

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.380
 here

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:31.599
 we need

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:31.980
 to see

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.480
 who

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.720
 he

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.160
 is

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.339
 and

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.480
 now

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.720
 we need

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.880
 to get

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:34.980
 a

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.220
 hard

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.460
 look

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.559
 at

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.039
 ourselves

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:38.420
 recognize

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.599
 the

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.099
 significance

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.899
 of

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.500
 sin's

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.920
 effect

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.619
 in

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.740
 our

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.099
 lives

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:44.440
 let

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.539
 me

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.759
 pray

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:47.279
 oh

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.500
 God

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.759
 as we

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.119
 continue

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.579
 to work

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:48.899
 through

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.359
 this

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.759
 passage

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.039
 we

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.220
 continue

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.639
 to pray

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.019
 for your

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.240
 Holy

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.659
 Spirit

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.240
 to give

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.399
 us

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.960
 sensitivity

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:55.759
 help

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:55.940
 us

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.299
 not

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.980
 ever

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.779
 to get

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.000
 to the

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.200
 point

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.500
 where we

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.920
 think

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.119
 that

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.279
 we're

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.619
 beyond

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.079
 this

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:03.679
 we

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:03.980
 thank

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.119
 you

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.299
 for

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.480
 your

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.679
 Holy

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.139
 Spirit

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.659
 that

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.819
 he

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.000
 is

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.220
 a

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.480
 spirit

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.679
 who

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.500
 convicts

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.679
 and

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:08.859
 even

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.119
 now

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.319
 Lord

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.500
 we

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.819
 pray

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.099
 that

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.240
 our

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.559
 hearts

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.740
 would

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:10.899
 be

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.379
 tender

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.460
 and

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.000
 open

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.480
 and

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.079
 sensitive

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.980
 to

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.139
 your

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.379
 work

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.599
 may

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:15.839
 we

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.159
 not

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.699
 grieve

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:16.919
 the

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.339
 spirit

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.960
 may

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.119
 we

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.339
 not

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.879
 quench

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.139
 the

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.599
 spirit

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.359
 help

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:20.539
 us

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.759
 to

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.199
 listen

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.919
 to

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.099
 the

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.480
 spirit

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.839
 in

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.000
 these

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.439
 moments

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:24.399
 we

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.559
 pray

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.699
 in

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:24.879
 Jesus

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.240
 name

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.179
 amen

00:31:26.179 --> 00:31:28.220
 we

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.460
 find

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.619
 in

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:28.859
 verse

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.419
 6

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:30.019
 and

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.399
 8

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.799
 and

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.099
 10

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.119
 three

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.460
 different

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.019
 characters

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.519
 three

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.940
 different

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.759
 responses

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.119
 to

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.399
 sin

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.619
 now

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.079
 these

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.279
 aren't

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.419
 the

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.639
 only

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.180
 responses

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.399
 to

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.659
 sin

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:39.059
 but

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.240
 these

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.399
 are

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.480
 the

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.819
 ones

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.019
 that

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.319
 John

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.159
 brings

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.339
 to

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.480
 our

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.859
 attention

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.299
 this

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.639
 morning

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.799
 the

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.059
 first

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.240
 is

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.480
 found

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.659
 in

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:44.859
 verse

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.200
 6

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.419
 here's

00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:45.519
 what

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.659
 it

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.039
 says

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:49.139
 if

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.359
 we

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.839
 say

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.819
 we

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.079
 have

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.659
 fellowship

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.519
 with

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.039
 him

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.759
 while

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.000
 we

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.599
 walk

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.919
 in

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.460
 darkness

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.220
 we

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.859
 lie

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.220
 and

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.359
 do

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.659
 not

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.419
 practice

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:59.359
 the

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.659
 truth

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:02.900
 indifference

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:06.360
 now

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.980
 John

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.400
 asked us

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.880
 a question

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.600
 this morning

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.220
 as we were

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.640
 worshipping

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.640
 the question

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.060
 went something

00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.580
 along this

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.279
 along these

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.460
 lines

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.800
 I don't think

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.060
 I'll have

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.460
 the exact

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.740
 words

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:14.980
 but

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.180
 the question

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.940
 was something

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.600
 that said

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.480
 how many

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.779
 of us

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:18.960
 think

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.180
 we've

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.580
 arrived

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.840
 right

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:22.759
 and we

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.040
 all would

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:23.400
 nod our

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.700
 heads

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.160
 a hearty

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.540
 yes

00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:25.220
 none

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.500
 of us

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.759
 think

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.080
 we've

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.540
 arrived

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.639
 maybe

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.039
 a

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.940
 complimentary

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.720
 question

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.619
 which would

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.039
 get to

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.579
 the heart

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.119
 of what

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.659
 John

00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:33.859
 is

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.259
 dealing

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.059
 with

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.720
 here

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.339
 is

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.819
 how

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.059
 many

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.220
 of

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.440
 us

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.960
 care

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:43.859
 you may

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.720
 know

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:44.980
 where

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.639
 you are

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.220
 but

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.399
 do

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:46.500
 you

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.799
 give

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.000
 a

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.319
 rip

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:52.000
 and

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.119
 do

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.200
 you

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.359
 give

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.519
 a

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.819
 rip

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.559
 enough

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.899
 to

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.180
 do

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.559
 something

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.879
 about

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.519
 it

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:59.960
 there's

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.240
 a lot

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.440
 on the

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.740
 line

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:03.279
 John

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.420
 is

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.639
 trying

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:03.779
 to

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:03.960
 help

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.099
 us

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.639
 understand

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.420
 what

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.639
 a

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:05.960
 true

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.799
 fellowshipping

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.680
 community

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.559
 looks

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.000
 like

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.440
 and

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.659
 what

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:09.899
 a

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.639
 false

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.639
 fellowshipping

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.180
 community

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.980
 looks

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.480
 like

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.539
 which

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.099
 community

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.359
 do

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.500
 you

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.839
 belong

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.159
 in

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:19.740
 those

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:19.980
 who

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.200
 are

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.700
 indifferent

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.460
 are

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.940
 not

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.359
 in

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.559
 the

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.019
 community

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:25.339
 that's

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.500
 the

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.819
 message

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.159
 here

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.940
 and

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.080
 then

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:28.200
 you

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.380
 begin

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.500
 to

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.640
 say

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.980
 okay

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.820
 we've

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.000
 got

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.200
 how

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.560
 much

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.220
 how

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.560
 many

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:31.920
 months

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.060
 do

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.200
 we

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.460
 have

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.620
 of

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:32.920
 this

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.440
 I'm

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.600
 not

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:34.779
 sure

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.060
 how much

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:35.320
 of this

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.540
 I can

00:33:35.540 --> 00:33:35.900
 take

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:37.700
 but

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.100
 remember

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.540
 this is

00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:38.740
 for

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:38.940
 your

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.360
 joy

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:41.700
 John

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.940
 wants

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.160
 you to

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.680
 experience

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.180
 joy

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.660
 today

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:45.040
 you

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.400
 cannot

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.040
 experience

00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:46.460
 joy

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.880
 until

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.200
 you

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.400
 have

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.840
 fellowship

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.160
 with

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.400
 him

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.920
 you

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.480
 cannot

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.980
 fellowship

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.259
 with

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.480
 him

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.940
 if

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.080
 you

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.240
 are

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.720
 indifferent

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.300
 about

00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:53.519
 your

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.779
 sin

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:58.059
 if

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.200
 we

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.500
 say

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.680
 we

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.960
 fellowship

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.200
 with

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.420
 him

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.539
 while

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.779
 we

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.240
 walk

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.779
 in

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.500
 darkness

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.000
 we

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.639
 lie

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.220
 and

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.519
 do

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.119
 not

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.720
 practice

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.099
 the

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.420
 truth

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:09.820
 he

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.259
 uses

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:10.920
 some

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.239
 words

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.420
 here

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.599
 that

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.779
 he

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.460
 continues

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.840
 to

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.599
 work

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.940
 with

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.239
 throughout

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.699
 the rest

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:14.800
 of

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:14.940
 his

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.199
 letter

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.679
 now

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.960
 we've

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.380
 kind

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.480
 of

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.800
 titled

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.079
 this

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.480
 series

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.779
 the

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.159
 abiding

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.699
 life

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:22.199
 fellowship

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.739
 we've

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:22.939
 talked

00:34:22.939 --> 00:34:23.279
 about

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:25.259
 walking

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:26.079
 he

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.399
 uses

00:34:26.399 --> 00:34:26.639
 that

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:26.879
 word

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.179
 here

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.319
 in

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.539
 verse

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.019
 6

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:30.019
 this

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.719
 walking

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.299
 in

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:32.199
 darkness

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.579
 this

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:33.799
 is

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:33.980
 the

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.519
 heart

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:34.839
 of

00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:35.259
 one

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.579
 who

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.919
 is

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:36.819
 inclined

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.259
 to

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.480
 sin

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.639
 is

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.039
 walking

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.379
 down

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.559
 the

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.960
 path

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.500
 is

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.899
 quite

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:40.500
 happy

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.419
 with

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:41.599
 the

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.059
 condition

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.539
 of

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.859
 how

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.119
 things

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.419
 are

00:34:43.419 --> 00:34:45.480
 is

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.239
 moving

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.719
 in a

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.099
 direction

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.379
 that

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:47.579
 is

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.859
 not

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.000
 in

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.099
 the

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.379
 direction

00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:48.559
 of

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.879
 God

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.500
 it

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.619
 would

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.760
 be

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.039
 different

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.280
 from

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.420
 the

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.660
 kind

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:51.800
 of

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.099
 life

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.280
 that

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.400
 we

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.760
 find

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.079
 in

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.740
 Galatians

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.099
 chapter

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.539
 5

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.780
 where

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.280
 it

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.500
 says

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.900
 walk

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.119
 in

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.280
 the

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.640
 spirit

00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:57.260
 and

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.380
 you

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.480
 will

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.680
 not

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:57.980
 fulfill

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.140
 the

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:58.300
 lust

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.440
 of

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.900
 flesh

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.840
 it's

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.420
 not

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.720
 that

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.059
 life

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.240
 it

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.440
 is

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.579
 the

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.840
 kind

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:02.980
 of

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.280
 life

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.440
 that

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.579
 is

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.019
 walking

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.579
 and

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.720
 is

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.019
 quite

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.619
 happy

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.119
 with

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.320
 its

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.700
 journey

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.640
 a

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:07.900
 journey

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.119
 that

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.260
 is

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.599
 away

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.860
 from

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.220
 God

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.380
 that

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.220
 is

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:11.519
 satisfied

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.960
 and

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.280
 settled

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.500
 in

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.720
 its

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.019
 sin

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.059
!

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:20.219
 how many

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.480
 of us

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.799
 are there

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.139
 this

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.420
 morning?

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.460
 How many

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.739
 of us

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.259
 are okay

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:26.599
 with a

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.900
 critical

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.380
 spirit?

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.480
 How many

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.719
 of us

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.219
 are okay

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.679
 with

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:34.519
 firing off

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.980
 our mouths

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.440
 at our

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.880
 family

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.880
 when we

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.440
 feel angry

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.239
 about various

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.579
 things?

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.619
 how many

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.940
 of us

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.440
 are okay

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.960
 with not

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.579
 continuing

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.380
 to cultivate

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.679
 that love

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.199
 relationship

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.799
 with Christ?

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.759
 How many

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.019
 of us

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.480
 are okay

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.980
 with keeping

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.460
 our lips

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.579
 shut

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:55.000
 about the

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.400
 gospel?

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.759
 How many

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.279
 of us

00:35:59.279 --> 00:36:01.400
 have things

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.900
 at work

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.360
 we know

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.019
 are wrong

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.360
 but it's a

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.639
 whole lot

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.259
 easier just

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.559
 to kind

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.819
 of go

00:36:05.819 --> 00:36:06.099
 with the

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.420
 flow

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.799
 and not

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.099
 buck

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.319
 the

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:07.779
 system?

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:10.700
 how many

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.200
 of us

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:12.019
 have those

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.080
 private

00:36:13.080 --> 00:36:13.640
 sins

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.080
 in our

00:36:14.080 --> 00:36:14.519
 lives

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.960
 that we've

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.140
 just

00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:15.580
 learned

00:36:15.580 --> 00:36:16.960
 to be

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.180
 okay

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.500
 with?

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.880
 We can't

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.260
 be indifferent

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.860
 about sin

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:24.019
 if we want

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.400
 to fellowship

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.840
 with God.

00:36:26.540 --> 00:36:27.240
 Maybe the

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.720
 first step

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.240
 this morning

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.780
 is to

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.220
 come clean.

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.440
 Come clean

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.900
 with somebody

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.240
 that you

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.500
 love.

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.000
 Come clean

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:35.100
 with someone

00:36:35.100 --> 00:36:35.600
 who know

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:37.200
 will hold

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.680
 you accountable.

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:40.260
 confess your

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.780
 sins one

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.200
 to another

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.620
 so that you

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:41.940
 might be

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.180
 healed.

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:44.000
 You want

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.560
 to experience

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:45.000
 the healing

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.380
 of God

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.600
 in your

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:45.920
 life?

00:36:48.060 --> 00:36:48.540
 Maybe

00:36:48.540 --> 00:36:48.860
 this is

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.280
 the day

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:51.080
 to put

00:36:51.080 --> 00:36:51.460
 away

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.720
 the

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.200
 indifference

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:53.000
 and start

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.360
 living

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.200
 in obedience.

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.860
 That's the

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.320
 first group.

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.940
 The second

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.519
 group is

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.580
 in verse

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:00.980
 8.

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.980
 I call

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.260
 it the

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.660
 group who

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.580
 is deceived.

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.400
 The group

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.120
 that's deceived,

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.559
 here's what

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.119
 it says.

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.639
 If we

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.319
 say we

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:11.940
 have no

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.299
 sin,

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.719
 we

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.839
 deceive

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.900
 ourselves

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.859
 and the

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.579
 truth is

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.980
 not in

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.339
 us.

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.799
 Okay,

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.359
 so this

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.719
 is the

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.500
 group of

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.099
 individuals

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.400
 and in

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:26.699
 John's

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:26.980
 day,

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.139
 there was

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.839
 this heresy

00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.239
 known as

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.000
 Gnosticism

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.659
 where they

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:30.940
 kind of

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.659
 separated the

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.500
 material and

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.099
 the spiritual

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.679
 parts of

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.159
 your life.

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.159
 they

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.639
 thought my

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.279
 physical

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.799
 life,

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.079
 it can

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.319
 do

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.739
 whatever

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.379
 it wants

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:38.859
 to do,

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.379
 I can

00:37:39.379 --> 00:37:39.960
 indulge in

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.359
 the flesh

00:37:40.359 --> 00:37:40.819
 just as

00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:41.679
 long as

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.379
 my spiritual

00:37:42.379 --> 00:37:42.819
 life has

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.339
 arrived.

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.679
 That was

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.279
 one extreme.

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.779
 The other

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:47.059
 extreme was

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.339
 to say,

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.559
 okay,

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.399
 I'm going

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:48.639
 to live

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.079
 such a

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.579
 regimented

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:51.179
 life that

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:52.420
 I'm going

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.500
 to avoid

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.980
 every indulgence,

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.579
 every

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.859
 fleshly

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.239
 delight,

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:57.879
 and I'm

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.359
 not going

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.259
 to participate

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.679
 in certain

00:37:59.679 --> 00:37:59.980
 things,

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.299
 so it

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.799
 became very

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.340
 legalistic

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.840
 in nature.

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.539
 Either way,

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.000
 there were

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.600
 some in

00:38:05.600 --> 00:38:06.140
 that group

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:06.500
 who had

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.780
 said,

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:08.940
 I finally

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.680
 arrived.

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.400
 I've sinned

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.019
 in the past,

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.680
 God has

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:13.240
 forgiven me

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.620
 for those

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:13.920
 things,

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.940
 but now

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:16.360
 things are

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.820
 good.

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.440
 I'm where

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.220
 I need

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.640
 to be

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:20.200
 spiritually.

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.480
 John is

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.700
 trying to

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:23.920
 help them

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.360
 understand,

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.680
 the Christian

00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:27.640
 life is a

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:28.320
 broken life.

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.780
 the Christian

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:31.940
 life is a

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.780
 humble life.

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.360
 The one

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.000
 who is

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.300
 really

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.140
 pursuing

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.600
 God,

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.320
 and the

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.019
 closer you

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.640
 get to

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:41.000
 the sun,

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.940
 the darker

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.640
 the spots

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:43.900
 in your

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.559
 life become.

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.700
 You understand

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.480
 the blemishes

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.680
 in your own

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.140
 heart and

00:38:48.140 --> 00:38:48.420
 life.

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.500
 The spotlight

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.960
 has been

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.580
 shining,

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.280
 and now

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.780
 there's

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.400
 nothing but

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.240
 exposure in

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.700
 your life.

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.059
 And as

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.120
 you submit

00:38:56.120 --> 00:38:56.840
 yourself to

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.539
 the exposing

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.240
 light of

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.500
 God,

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.619
 you recognize

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.219
 those things

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.419
 that you

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:00.939
 were comfortable

00:39:00.939 --> 00:39:01.679
 with before,

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.519
 you're not so

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.159
 comfortable with

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.479
 now.

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.519
 That's how

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.299
 the Apostle

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:06.899
 Paul could

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.299
 say,

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.559
 I'm the

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.139
 chief of

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.479
 sinners.

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.699
 It's because

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.500
 the closer he

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.359
 got to God,

00:39:13.459 --> 00:39:14.299
 the more he

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:15.039
 understood the

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.979
 significance of

00:39:15.979 --> 00:39:16.939
 sin in his

00:39:16.939 --> 00:39:17.599
 own life.

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.859
 And that's

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.299
 what John's

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:23.159
 trying to

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:24.939
 combat here,

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:27.019
 is the

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.880
 sense of

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.460
 deception

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.860
 that you

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.739
 have arrived

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.440
 spiritually.

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.000
 And again,

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.539
 we might not

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.199
 ever say

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:37.380
 that vocally,

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.759
 but we do

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:41.000
 that functionally

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:42.400
 when we decide

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.099
 that there's no

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.759
 more progress

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:44.380
 to be had.

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.300
 John wants

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.480
 us to

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.860
 understand,

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.139
 if you want

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.759
 to experience

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:52.900
 joy in the

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.460
 presence of

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.759
 God,

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:55.039
 you need to

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.800
 continue to be

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.420
 broken as

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.860
 people.

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.340
 And then

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.860
 finally in

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.320
 verse 10,

00:40:01.620 --> 00:40:02.100
 we've

00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:03.200
 encountered the

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:03.920
 indifferent and

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.400
 the deceived,

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.860
 and now we

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.640
 encounter in

00:40:06.640 --> 00:40:07.340
 verse 10 the

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.840
 defiant.

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.620
 The defiant.

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.560
 It says,

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.980
 if we say we

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.680
 have not

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.660
 sinned, we

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.400
 make him a

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.700
 liar, and

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:17.860
 his word is

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.880
 not in us.

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.680
 These would be

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.240
 the people who

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.980
 would say, I

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.480
 have never

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:22.920
 sinned.

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:24.060
 I've not

00:40:24.060 --> 00:40:24.500
 sinned in the

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.920
 past, I've

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.519
 not sinned

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.099
 currently.

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.940
 And we

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.300
 would say,

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.820
 how could

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.920
 anyone ever

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.719
 come to that

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.599
 kind of

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.119
 conclusion?

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:37.139
 In every

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.599
 sense of the

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.059
 word, this is

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.480
 a hopeless

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.900
 group.

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.320
 But to

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.639
 turn the

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.179
 spotlight on

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.980
 ourselves, we

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:45.260
 might never be

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:46.260
 so foolish as

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:46.860
 to say this,

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.840
 but functionally,

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:49.360
 this is how we

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.079
 act when we

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:51.619
 choose not to

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:51.880
 forgive.

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.039
 forgive.

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.220
 This is how

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:55.280
 we act when

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.400
 we choose to

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.539
 hang on to

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:57.800
 bitterness.

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.260
 You look at

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:02.000
 somebody else's

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:03.200
 sin, and you

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:04.500
 see all of the

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.800
 grotesqueness about

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.840
 that, and you

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.039
 think of yourself

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.860
 that you are more

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:10.660
 worthy, and they

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.460
 are less worthy

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:13.140
 because of the

00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:13.860
 things taking place

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.280
 in their life.

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.820
 And Jesus deals

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.380
 with this.

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.240
 He says, don't

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:19.300
 even think that

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:20.720
 if you ask for my

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.559
 forgiveness, but

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.539
 you are unforgiving,

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.119
 that there's any

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:25.059
 forgiveness offered

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.579
 to you.

00:41:28.459 --> 00:41:29.319
 Don't think that

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:31.619
 there's never any

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.799
 point in your life

00:41:32.799 --> 00:41:33.719
 where there is not

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:35.179
 sin taking place.

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.939
 Recognize your

00:41:37.939 --> 00:41:38.519
 bankruptcy.

00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:40.579
 Don't make God

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.219
 into a liar.

00:41:41.959 --> 00:41:42.279
 Look at the

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:43.659
 audacity of that.

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.939
 And now he

00:41:45.939 --> 00:41:46.899
 begins to turn the

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:48.299
 spotlight on the

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:49.179
 hope that we find.

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:50.179
 That's the

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:51.000
 darkness, the

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:52.339
 difficulty of our

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.879
 own personal

00:41:52.879 --> 00:41:53.399
 situation.

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:53.940
 But now we can

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.440
 look at the

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.980
 abiding life with

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.219
 God.

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:56.960
 What does it look

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.239
 like?

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.839
 What does this

00:41:58.839 --> 00:42:00.159
 abiding life with

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.440
 God look like?

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.460
 Let me pray for

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.719
 us.

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.639
 God, as we look

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.599
 at this, give us

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.899
 hope.

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:08.599
 Help us to see

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:09.960
 that there is hope

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.919
 in Jesus.

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.980
 There is forgiveness

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.579
 in Jesus.

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.779
 There is cleansing

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:16.440
 in Jesus.

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.899
 Thank you for

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.460
 Jesus.

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.119
 We pray.

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:20.860
 Amen.

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.500
 First we find the

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.360
 abiding life with

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.800
 God is a life of

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.220
 fellowship.

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.860
 We see that in

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.360
 verse 7.

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.559
 Verse 7.

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.820
 If we walk in

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:35.960
 the light as he

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:37.380
 is in the light,

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.880
 we have fellowship

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.700
 with one another.

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:41.519
 In the blood of

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.960
 Jesus Christ, his

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:44.260
 son cleanses us

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:45.800
 from all sin.

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:48.580
 Now, that is a

00:42:48.580 --> 00:42:50.600
 surprising conclusion.

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.660
 That's not how I

00:42:51.660 --> 00:42:52.500
 would expect this

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.100
 verse to go.

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:56.000
 It says, if we

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.000
 walk in the light as

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.700
 he is in the light,

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.940
 we have fellowship

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.200
 with one another.

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:01.000
 Now, I would

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.760
 expect we have

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.480
 fellowship with him,

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.780
 right?

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:04.080
 That's what you

00:43:04.080 --> 00:43:05.200
 would expect to go

00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:06.880
 in this verse.

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:10.720
 But John wants us

00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:11.580
 to understand that

00:43:11.580 --> 00:43:12.620
 something is going

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.279
 on here.

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.400
 That fellowship

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.940
 with God

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:19.179
 necessitates and

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:20.460
 overflows into

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.659
 fellowship with

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.359
 God's people.

00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:26.599
 You cannot

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:29.400
 believe yourself

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:32.139
 an abiding life

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:34.539
 person if you're

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:35.699
 okay with not

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:36.440
 fellowshipping with

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.960
 God's people.

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.280
 sanctification.

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:40.420
 You see, the

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.599
 church is the

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:43.280
 context for

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:45.079
 sanctification.

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:48.420
 This is the way

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.940
 that we grow up

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.659
 into Christ.

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.920
 It only happens

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:53.059
 as we're together.

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:55.199
 It only happens

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:57.039
 as we're ministering

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:58.679
 to and encouraging

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.840
 and stirring one

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.500
 another up to love

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.199
 and good deeds

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:02.280
 and doing all of

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:03.099
 the one anothering

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.659
 that God has

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.320
 called us to.

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.420
 It only happens

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:06.300
 in the context

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:07.200
 of community.

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.240
 You see, this is

00:44:09.240 --> 00:44:11.360
 the place where

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:12.240
 God has designed

00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:13.220
 all of those

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:14.340
 things to happen,

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.260
 the sanctifying

00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:16.099
 work of God

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:17.260
 to help us be

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:18.220
 more like Him

00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:19.360
 in terms of

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:20.360
 shining His

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:20.900
 light in this

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.220
 world.

00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:22.300
 It only happens

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:23.340
 in the church.

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.920
 So if you're not

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:26.579
 fellowshipping with

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:26.860
 the church,

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:27.519
 you can't grow

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.119
 spiritually.

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.820
 This is the

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:33.700
 place where you

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.099
 learn.

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.539
 how difficult

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:37.539
 love can be

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.159
 at times.

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:41.019
 And you learn

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:41.559
 the significance

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:43.039
 of pursuing

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.920
 peace and

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.559
 making things

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.579
 right and being

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.300
 held accountable

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:48.480
 and serving

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:49.539
 the body.

00:44:51.180 --> 00:44:51.960
 I've always

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.579
 found it quite

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:54.539
 interesting in the

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.220
 scripture that

00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:56.519
 we're commanded

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.579
 to do all of

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.800
 the things that

00:44:58.800 --> 00:44:59.559
 the Holy Spirit

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.619
 has gifted us

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:00.940
 to do.

00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:01.900
 So for example,

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:03.559
 we're commanded

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:05.059
 to be hospitable

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:06.519
 and yet

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:08.059
 there's a

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.559
 spiritual gift

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:09.159
 of hospitality.

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:11.659
 We're commanded

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.360
 to be people

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:12.880
 of mercy

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.759
 and yet we

00:45:13.759 --> 00:45:14.460
 find in the

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.900
 scripture that

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.340
 there is a

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.679
 gift,

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.559
 spiritual gift

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.039
 of mercy.

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:20.179
 We're commanded

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:22.679
 to share the

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:23.500
 gospel with

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:24.239
 other people

00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:25.739
 and yet we

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:26.860
 find in the

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.519
 scripture that

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.139
 there's actually

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:28.900
 a spiritual gift

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.880
 of evangelism.

00:45:30.779 --> 00:45:31.259
 You ever wonder

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:32.040
 why that happens?

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:34.320
 It's because we

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:35.880
 can't be like

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:37.020
 Christ without

00:45:37.020 --> 00:45:38.520
 learning how it

00:45:38.520 --> 00:45:39.240
 works from the

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.860
 Holy Spirit's

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.700
 help as he's

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:41.960
 gifted others to

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:43.060
 do what we

00:45:43.060 --> 00:45:43.800
 cannot.

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:45.000
 That make sense?

00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:47.120
 And so as we

00:45:47.120 --> 00:45:47.860
 spend time with

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:49.320
 one another and

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:49.880
 we see, oh,

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.540
 that's what

00:45:50.540 --> 00:45:52.240
 effective evangelism

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:52.840
 looks like.

00:45:53.560 --> 00:45:54.600
 Let me partner

00:45:54.600 --> 00:45:55.500
 with that individual

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:56.740
 and learn this

00:45:56.740 --> 00:45:58.220
 process or that's

00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:58.920
 what hospitality

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.680
 looks like.

00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:00.559
 Let me learn

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.940
 from this

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:02.039
 individual how

00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:03.000
 to be hospitable

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.779
 or be a person

00:46:03.779 --> 00:46:04.339
 of mercy.

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.799
 We can only be

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:08.859
 like Christ in

00:46:08.859 --> 00:46:09.599
 fellowshipping

00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:10.279
 community.

00:46:11.399 --> 00:46:12.019
 God has designed

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:12.559
 it that way.

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:14.339
 It is a life of

00:46:14.339 --> 00:46:14.699
 fellowship.

00:46:14.859 --> 00:46:15.659
 It is a life of

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:16.519
 sanctification.

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:19.019
 We also find it's

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.879
 a life of

00:46:19.879 --> 00:46:20.419
 cleansing.

00:46:21.299 --> 00:46:22.039
 A life of

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.460
 cleansing.

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.779
 We see that at

00:46:23.779 --> 00:46:24.179
 the end of

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:24.980
 verse 7.

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:28.579
 If we walk in

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:29.119
 the light as he

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:29.440
 is in the

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:30.760
 light, we have

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:31.500
 fellowship with

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:33.000
 one another and

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.740
 the blood of his

00:46:33.740 --> 00:46:35.860
 son cleanses us

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:37.360
 from all sin.

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:41.240
 What a wonderful

00:46:41.240 --> 00:46:42.280
 promise.

00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:46.619
 Cleansing that

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:47.920
 comes from

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:48.380
 Christ.

00:46:49.300 --> 00:46:50.139
 Being placed

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:50.800
 into him,

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.740
 into his death,

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.920
 being placed into

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.639
 his resurrection,

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:55.039
 because of his

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:56.339
 sacrifice on the

00:46:56.339 --> 00:46:56.779
 cross.

00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:59.000
 He experienced

00:46:59.000 --> 00:47:00.099
 the wrath of God

00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:00.920
 on the cross

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.699
 for us.

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:03.799
 And now because

00:47:03.799 --> 00:47:04.259
 of that,

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:05.619
 the wonderful

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:06.480
 exchange,

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:08.019
 we exchange our

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:09.079
 sinfulness for

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:10.759
 his righteousness

00:47:10.759 --> 00:47:12.839
 and cleansing

00:47:12.839 --> 00:47:14.239
 comes through

00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:14.659
 forgiveness,

00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:16.420
 through faith in

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:16.639
 him.

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:18.339
 Now there is

00:47:18.339 --> 00:47:19.839
 freedom to

00:47:19.839 --> 00:47:20.159
 live,

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:21.420
 truly live the

00:47:21.420 --> 00:47:22.079
 way God has

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:22.779
 called us to

00:47:22.779 --> 00:47:23.000
 live.

00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:24.480
 And finally,

00:47:25.319 --> 00:47:26.000
 a life of

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.359
 cleansing.

00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:27.980
 We see that in

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.400
 verse 9.

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:32.000
 If we

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.879
 confess our

00:47:32.879 --> 00:47:33.420
 sins,

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:34.719
 he is

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:36.179
 faithful and

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:36.900
 just to

00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:37.460
 forgive our

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.839
 sins and to

00:47:38.839 --> 00:47:39.679
 cleanse us

00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:40.539
 from all

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:41.900
 unrighteousness.

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:43.900
 God's

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.900
 grace.

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:47.280
 Do you want to

00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:48.260
 experience fellowship

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:48.740
 with God?

00:47:50.180 --> 00:47:51.119
 Do you want to

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:52.500
 know the joy

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:53.480
 that he has

00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:54.160
 for you today?

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:56.300
 Do you want to

00:47:56.300 --> 00:47:57.700
 have that

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.780
 experience of

00:47:58.780 --> 00:47:59.740
 fellowship with

00:47:59.740 --> 00:48:00.720
 God's people?

00:48:02.420 --> 00:48:03.599
 This is the

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:04.480
 starting point.

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:06.500
 It's the starting

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:07.280
 point for us.

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:08.280
 confession.

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:09.380
 As we saw in

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:09.780
 Isaiah,

00:48:10.160 --> 00:48:10.760
 in repentance

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:12.140
 and rest is

00:48:12.140 --> 00:48:12.840
 salvation.

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.980
 That's what we're

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.780
 talking about here.

00:48:15.060 --> 00:48:16.180
 Confession and

00:48:16.180 --> 00:48:16.620
 repentance.

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:19.460
 And so now,

00:48:20.140 --> 00:48:21.420
 I'm going to ask

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:22.920
 for all of you

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:24.480
 just to bow your

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:24.740
 head.

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.980
 And in these

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.600
 moments,

00:48:27.240 --> 00:48:28.580
 as the musicians

00:48:28.580 --> 00:48:29.060
 come,

00:48:29.860 --> 00:48:30.820
 in these moments,

00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:31.680
 I'm going to ask

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:32.880
 you to do what

00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:33.820
 we're called to do

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:34.700
 right here in this

00:48:34.700 --> 00:48:35.000
 verse.

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:36.659
 confess our sin.

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.780
 Only then can

00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:40.400
 he forgive.

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:44.780
 What is it

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:45.980
 this morning

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:47.880
 you need a

00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:48.539
 forgiveness for?

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.900
 What is it

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:51.619
 this morning that

00:48:51.619 --> 00:48:52.340
 will begin this

00:48:52.340 --> 00:48:53.239
 process of

00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:54.480
 helping to

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:55.920
 get you on the

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.420
 track of

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:57.559
 fellowship with

00:48:57.559 --> 00:48:57.739
 him?

00:48:58.820 --> 00:48:59.380
 Let's spend a

00:48:59.380 --> 00:48:59.860
 few minutes.

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.659
 I'll close this

00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:02.019
 in prayer.

00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:03.659
 And I'll turn it

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.460
 over to the

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:04.980
 worship team.

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:06.599
 to lead us

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:07.019
 in a song.

00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:25.920
 Lord, this

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:26.579
 morning as we

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:28.739
 have looked at

00:49:28.739 --> 00:49:29.880
 the unapproachable

00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:32.139
 light of

00:49:32.139 --> 00:49:32.559
 Christ,

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:35.219
 we recognize

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:36.679
 the alienation

00:49:36.679 --> 00:49:36.960
 that we

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:37.420
 deserve.

00:49:39.259 --> 00:49:40.299
 Enemies of

00:49:40.299 --> 00:49:40.960
 you, hostile

00:49:40.960 --> 00:49:41.980
 towards you.

00:49:43.379 --> 00:49:44.000
 And God, we

00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.759
 thank you

00:49:44.759 --> 00:49:45.960
 that through

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:46.980
 Jesus there is

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:47.960
 access, there

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:48.719
 is fellowship.

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:50.359
 Fellowship with

00:49:50.359 --> 00:49:52.000
 you, fellowship

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.719
 with your people,

00:49:53.839 --> 00:49:54.900
 forgiveness and

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:55.480
 cleansing.

00:49:55.480 --> 00:50:06.860
 God, I pray

00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:07.280
 that you would

00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:09.340
 help us not

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:10.440
 to be one of

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:10.719
 those.

00:50:12.159 --> 00:50:12.940
 Create within

00:50:12.940 --> 00:50:14.240
 us a tenderness.

00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:16.320
 Create within

00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:17.699
 us a sense of

00:50:17.699 --> 00:50:18.400
 brokenness.

00:50:19.800 --> 00:50:20.880
 May there be

00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:23.300
 an active

00:50:23.300 --> 00:50:24.900
 obedience in

00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:26.880
 us to seek

00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:27.500
 accountability,

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:29.240
 to confess

00:50:29.240 --> 00:50:30.800
 sin, to

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.880
 restore broken

00:50:31.880 --> 00:50:32.700
 relationships,

00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:34.260
 to commit

00:50:34.260 --> 00:50:35.140
 ourselves to

00:50:35.140 --> 00:50:35.900
 ministry here,

00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:38.140
 to ministry of

00:50:38.140 --> 00:50:38.740
 this church,

00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:40.240
 but especially

00:50:40.240 --> 00:50:41.200
 ministry to

00:50:41.200 --> 00:50:41.760
 individuals.

00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:44.280
 May there be

00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:46.119
 in us a love

00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:46.960
 for you that

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:48.740
 flows into a

00:50:48.740 --> 00:50:49.360
 love for your

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:49.680
 people.

00:50:50.700 --> 00:50:51.660
 We praise you

00:50:51.660 --> 00:50:52.900
 in Jesus' name.

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:53.539
 Amen.

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.900
 This morning, if

00:50:55.900 --> 00:50:56.460
 there's anyone who

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:56.900
 doesn't know

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:59.039
 Jesus, I just

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.440
 want to invite

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:00.340
 you as we sing

00:51:00.340 --> 00:51:01.620
 this song to

00:51:01.620 --> 00:51:03.440
 come and we

00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:03.940
 want to introduce

00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:04.760
 you to this

00:51:04.760 --> 00:51:06.620
 fellowshipping life

00:51:06.620 --> 00:51:07.300
 of joy with

00:51:07.300 --> 00:51:07.559
 God.

00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:08.800
 We want you to

00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:09.099
 have it.

00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:10.760
 Maybe there's

00:51:10.760 --> 00:51:11.500
 some brokenness

00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:12.200
 here today.

00:51:13.519 --> 00:51:14.039
 Maybe some of

00:51:14.039 --> 00:51:14.559
 you are struggling

00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:15.300
 with various

00:51:15.300 --> 00:51:15.780
 things.

00:51:16.860 --> 00:51:17.200
 You just need

00:51:17.200 --> 00:51:17.960
 someone to carry

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:18.380
 your burden.

00:51:18.380 --> 00:51:19.619
 we would love

00:51:19.619 --> 00:51:21.039
 to come alongside

00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:21.900
 you, pray with

00:51:21.900 --> 00:51:22.260
 you, and

00:51:22.260 --> 00:51:22.840
 encourage you

00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:23.340
 however we

00:51:23.340 --> 00:51:23.519
 can.

00:51:25.079 --> 00:51:25.700
 Maybe this

00:51:25.700 --> 00:51:26.320
 morning, some

00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:26.780
 of you say,

00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:28.160
 you know, I'd

00:51:28.160 --> 00:51:28.660
 like to just

00:51:28.660 --> 00:51:29.640
 take a step

00:51:29.640 --> 00:51:30.420
 here in

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:30.780
 obedience.

00:51:30.780 --> 00:51:33.240
 I want to

00:51:33.240 --> 00:51:34.900
 acknowledge I

00:51:34.900 --> 00:51:35.500
 need help

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:36.820
 spiritually.

00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:38.460
 And I want

00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:39.039
 this to be the

00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:40.260
 day where it's

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:40.840
 clear, this

00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:41.720
 watershed moment,

00:51:41.820 --> 00:51:42.720
 I am determined

00:51:42.720 --> 00:51:44.420
 from this point

00:51:44.420 --> 00:51:46.019
 to make Christ

00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:46.699
 the Lord of

00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:47.259
 my life.

00:51:48.860 --> 00:51:49.500
 Maybe some

00:51:49.500 --> 00:51:49.739
 of you want

00:51:49.739 --> 00:51:50.039
 to follow

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:50.539
 through in

00:51:50.539 --> 00:51:51.239
 obedience of

00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:52.619
 baptism or

00:51:52.619 --> 00:51:52.960
 become a

00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:53.519
 member of our

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:53.840
 church.

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:54.099
 We would

00:51:54.099 --> 00:51:54.460
 just like to

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:54.880
 encourage you

00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:55.239
 to do that

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:55.619
 as well.

00:51:56.599 --> 00:51:57.259
 But let's

00:51:57.259 --> 00:51:58.099
 stand as we

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:58.340
 sing.

00:51:58.340 --> 00:51:58.860
 and I'll

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