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 All right, so before I go into reading it, just to kind of let you guys know this is Jesus' prayer.

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 And he starts off by praying for himself, and then he transitions on praying for his disciples, and then he prays for those who will believe.

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 And I'm going to take a pause when he's switching themes on who he's praying for, just so you guys can see that shift.

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 All right, so I want you all to hear the Lord, like Jesus Christ, trust in the Father's sovereignty in this passage.

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 So John 17, starting in verse 1.

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 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted his eyes to heaven and said,

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 Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,

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 since you have given him authority over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

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 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave to me to do.

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 And now the work that you gave me to do, and now, Father, glorify me in your own presence,

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

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

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 Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

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 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.

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

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 and I have come to know in truth that I come from you.

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 And they have believed that you sent me.

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 I am praying for them.

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 I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me.

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 For they are yours.

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 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

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 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.

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 Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me,

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 that they may be one, even as we are one.

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 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me.

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 I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the Son of Destruction,

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 that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

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 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world,

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 that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them,

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 because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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 Sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

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 And for their sake, I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

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 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,

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 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you,

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 that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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 The glory that you have given me, I have given to them,

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 that they may be one even as we are one,

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 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one,

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 so that the world may know that you sent me and I,

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 and loved them even as you loved me.

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 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me,

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 may be with me where I am to see my glory that you have given me,

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 because you loved me before the foundations of the world.

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 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you,

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 I know you, and these know that you have sent me,

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 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known,

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 and the love with which you have loved me may be in them,

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 and I in them.

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 Amen.

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 So we're going to get through all that today.

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 Really just the first five verses.

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 We're going to start a series on John 17.

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 It's one of those passages that have just mesmerized me over the years,

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 and it's kind of just tucked inside the Gospel of John,

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 and it's really just always stirred my heart when I read it,

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 and really just elevated my mind toward the eternal realm.

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 You know, I've been feeling this week,

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 even as I've been studying,

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 for some reason,

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 just have felt very alone,

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 and very isolated.

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 And even though I've had people around me,

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 I've had my wife around me,

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 I've had friends around me,

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 I've even had a warm, furry,

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 little chocolate lab puppy named Doc

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 that was studying with me most all week,

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 but even he didn't really do the job.

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 He doesn't even talk back to you.

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 He just sits there and looks at you.

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 But I have felt just really alone,

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 and I just want you to look,

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 in chapter 16,

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 just before this,

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 and this was something that was just

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 brought to my attention last night.

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 But look at verse 31 of chapter 16.

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 He says,

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 Do you now believe?

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 Behold, the hour is coming.

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 Indeed, it has come

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 when you will be scattered,

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 each one to his own home,

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 and will leave me alone.

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 Yet I am not alone,

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 for the Father is with me.

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 And I got a little emotional last night

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 as I thought about this,

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 but not to the same intensity

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 or degree at all,

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 but I feel like God's allowed me

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 just to feel a little bit,

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 a tiny fraction of how

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 Christ must have felt in this hour,

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 to feel really alone.

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 But then he's like,

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 All of you are going to desert me.

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 Can you imagine just all

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 your closest companions

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 just leaving you

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 after they swore

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 they wouldn't leave you

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 and been just sitting

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 in the dark by yourself?

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 He says,

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 I'm not alone though.

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 The Father is with me.

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 And so I've tried

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 to keep that in my mind.

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 As I was saying earlier,

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 John 17 has been really revered

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 and treasured by many,

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 many, many people

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 throughout the history

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 of our family,

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 the history of the church.

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 And one old Puritan said this

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 about this prayer.

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 He says,

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 If it be lawful

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 to prefer one Scripture

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 above another,

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 we may say

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 that though all be gold,

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 this is a pearl in the gold.

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 And though all be like the heavens,

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 this is as the sun and stars.

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 And I believe that's true.

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 I think that many people

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 have found that to be true

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 as they've studied this passage.

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 On my various pilgrimages

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 to Scotland,

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 I've had the opportunity

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 to visit the home

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 of John Knox in Edinburgh

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 there on the Royal Mile twice.

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 Knox was the reformer

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 who brought the teachings

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 of the Reformation

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 back to Scotland.

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 God used him

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 in a mighty way

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 to preach the gospel.

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 But I've been to his house there

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 on the Royal Mile,

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 the house he actually,

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 I believe,

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 passed away in.

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 And while he was

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 in that house,

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 he had his wife,

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 mainly his wife,

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 but also other people,

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 read to him various passages

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 of Scripture

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 while he was laying

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 on his deathbed.

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 So the Psalms,

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 different Psalms,

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 Isaiah 53.

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 But then,

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 this is what he said,

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 But most of all,

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 please read John 17,

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 because that is the place

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 where I must first

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 cast my anchor.

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 And so,

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 God used John 17,

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 I think it was even

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 being read out loud

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 when he crossed over

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 into the next life,

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 to go and be with the Father.

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 And it's such an overwhelming,

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 immense passage.

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 And I really just want

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 to give you,

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 you can spend a whole message

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 on just an introduction

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 to this chapter,

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 so that you can really

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 get your teeth into it.

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 But I'll give you a little,

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 try to give you

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 a little introduction.

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 So,

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 this passage has ministered

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 so much to me

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 over the years,

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 and I really pray

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 that it does for you

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 as we look at it

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 over the next few weeks.

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 But,

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 in all truth,

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 this is the real,

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 the true Lord's Prayer.

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 You may say,

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 well,

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 what about,

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 you know,

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 the Lord's Prayer

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 in Luke 7

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 and in Matthew

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 where,

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 you know,

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 Father,

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 hallowed be your name,

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 your kingdom come,

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 etc.

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 Like,

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 isn't that

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 the Lord's Prayer?

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 Well,

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 first off,

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 the disciples

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 are asking Jesus

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 to teach them

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 how to pray.

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 So,

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 He's like,

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 how should we pray?

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 So,

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 that's how that starts.

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 But then,

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 secondly,

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 there's a petition

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 in that prayer

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 that Jesus

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 could not pray

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 and would not pray.

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 Does anybody

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 take a guess

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 at what it is?

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 Forgive us

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 our sins.

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 Right?

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 Jesus could never

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 pray that prayer.

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 He was the sinless

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 Lamb of God.

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 Peter wrote of Jesus,

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 He committed no sin,

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 neither was any deceit

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 found in His mouth.

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 So,

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 it's more accurately

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 called the disciples'

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 prayer in many ways

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 because it's a pattern

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 for us to follow

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 and for us to think of

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 as we pray.

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 And Jesus taught them

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 to pray in that way.

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 But this before us,

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 John 17,

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 is the real

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 Lord's prayer.

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 Though we know

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 Jesus

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 was constantly

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 in prayer

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 and devoted

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 His life

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 to prayer,

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 very little

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 if we don't know

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 much of the content

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 of Jesus' prayer.

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 What did He pray?

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 And here we have

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 a whole chapter

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 of what He actually

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 spoke to the Father.

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 So,

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 very little

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 is recorded

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 about the content,

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 but here we have

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 all of this.

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 And here we are

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 ushered into

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 the very throne room

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 of God

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 by Jesus,

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 our great

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 high priest.

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 And we are

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 permitted to

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 eavesdrop

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 on this beautiful,

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 intimate,

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 secret communion

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 with the Son

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 and the Father.

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 And the veil

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 is drawn back

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 and we are admitted

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 into the Holy of Holies.

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 it's almost,

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 if you remember

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 those of you

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 who have been

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 doing our Bible

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 reading plan,

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 if you read

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 some of Exodus

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 where Joshua

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 would sit

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 near the tent

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 of meeting

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 just watching

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 Moses engage

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 with God

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 and was just

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 mesmerized

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 by that interaction.

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 That's sort of

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 the privilege

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 in a greater sense

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 that we have here

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 to sit and listen

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 to this exchange

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 between

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 the Son

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 and the Father.

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 And here

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 we are admitted

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 to the secret place

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 of the Most High

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 is open

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 for us

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 to listen.

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 So,

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 a very

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 amazing,

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 amazing text

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 before us.

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 So I pray

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 that we would

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 listen to it

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 and go through it

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 with humble hearts

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 that we would,

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 our hearts

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 would be stirred

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 in reverence

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 towards God.

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 But,

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 again,

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 to get our

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 hands around

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 this fully,

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 we have to

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 look at the

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 setting

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 of where this

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 is a little bit.

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 But,

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 I promise

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 it won't

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 be the whole

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 message,

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 but let me

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 just think,

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 just hold your

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 hand there,

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 look at John 13.

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 Just go back

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 a little bit.

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 John 13

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 is what

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 has been called

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 Jesus'

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 farewell

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 discourse,

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 or even

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 the discourse

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 of the upper

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 room.

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 It's John 13

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 through 16.

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 And it's

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 basically

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 this long

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 discourse

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 on Jesus

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 basically preparing

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 to leave the

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 world and to

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 encourage his

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 disciples.

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 But if you

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 look at

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 13,

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 verse 1,

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 it says,

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 Now before

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 the feast

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 of the Passover,

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 when Jesus

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 knew that

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 his hour

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 had come

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 to depart

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 out of this

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 world to the

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 Father,

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 having loved

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 his own

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 who were in

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 the world,

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 and he

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 loved them

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 to the

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 end.

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 So this

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 is near

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 the feast

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 of the

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 Passover.

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 He knows

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 that the

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 time he's

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 been on

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 earth is

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 coming to

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 a close.

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 And I

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 love the

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 fact that

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 it says

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 that he

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 loved all

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 who were

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 given to

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 him,

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 even to

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 the very

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 end.

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 And the

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 disciples

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 are anxious,

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 they are

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 afraid,

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 worried,

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 confused,

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 listening to

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 him,

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 saying like

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 I'm about

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 to leave

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 you and

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 go back

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 to the

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 Father.

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 If any

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 of you

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 have had

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 a hero

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 or a

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 leader or

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 mentor in

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 your life

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 that's

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 really invested

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 into you

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 and was

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 getting ready

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 to go

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 and die

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 to be

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 with the

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 Father,

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 and you

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 would feel

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 so alone,

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 this is

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 how they

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 felt.

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 In John

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 13,

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 they shared

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 the Last

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 Supper,

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 and Jesus

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 humbly

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 washed

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 their feet

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 and gave

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 them the

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 commandment

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 to love

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 one another

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 as he

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 had loved

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 them.

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 He even

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 tells Peter,

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 you will

00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:21.540
 deny me.

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 In chapter

00:14:22.780 --> 00:14:23.260
 13,

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 you will

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 deny me

00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.680
 three times.

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 It's a

00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:25.880
 heartbreaking

00:14:25.880 --> 00:14:27.540
 moment for

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 Peter.

00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:29.280
 Then in

00:14:29.280 --> 00:14:30.180
 chapter 14,

00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.040
 the discourse

00:14:31.040 --> 00:14:31.700
 continues.

00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.100
 Jesus tells

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.280
 them,

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 I am the

00:14:33.660 --> 00:14:33.980
 way,

00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.360
 the truth,

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 and the

00:14:35.880 --> 00:14:36.280
 life.

00:14:37.020 --> 00:14:37.580
 No one

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.080
 comes to

00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.560
 the Father

00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:39.160
 except

00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:40.500
 through me.

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 And he

00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:42.860
 speaks of

00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.380
 the promised

00:14:43.380 --> 00:14:44.100
 Holy Spirit.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm not

00:14:45.260 --> 00:14:45.740
 going to

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.080
 leave you

00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.500
 alone.

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 The

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.040
 helper,

00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:47.840
 the

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.280
 comforter,

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:48.600
 the

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:48.920
 teacher,

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 he's

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:49.580
 going to

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:51.160
 come and

00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.560
 teach you

00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:52.220
 all things

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.660
 and remind

00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:53.000
 you of

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.500
 all that

00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:54.000
 I have

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.420
 said.

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 So a

00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.940
 very amazing

00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:58.220
 passage in

00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:59.220
 14 on

00:14:59.220 --> 00:14:59.680
 the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 And then at

00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.320
 the very end

00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:02.840
 of the chapter,

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 close to it,

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.760
 verse 31,

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 he says to

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.580
 them in the

00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:07.140
 upper room,

00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.780
 rise and

00:15:08.780 --> 00:15:09.440
 let us go

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.960
 from here.

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 So they

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 leave the

00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:12.120
 upper room,

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 begin that

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 long walk

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:13.980
 to

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.879
 Gethsemane.

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.920
 And in

00:15:16.920 --> 00:15:17.780
 chapter 15,

00:15:19.060 --> 00:15:19.879
 Jesus continues

00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.300
 to share

00:15:20.300 --> 00:15:20.540
 with his

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 disciples as

00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.259
 they walk

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.660
 through the

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 small,

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.320
 closed-end

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.000
 streets of

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.560
 Jerusalem.

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 And we

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.860
 know that he

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 would have

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 walked because

00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:29.400
 of where he

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 was going.

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 He would have

00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.020
 walked right by

00:15:32.020 --> 00:15:32.560
 the outer

00:15:32.560 --> 00:15:33.060
 core of the

00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.320
 temple.

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 He would have

00:15:34.780 --> 00:15:35.780
 gazed up at

00:15:35.780 --> 00:15:36.280
 the temple

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.419
 on that

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:37.779
 night.

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:40.079
 And no

00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:40.539
 doubt a

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:40.959
 stirring

00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:41.559
 emotional

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.220
 sight to

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:43.639
 think that

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.500
 all of the

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.000
 lambs,

00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:45.699
 other things

00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:45.899
 that have

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.419
 been offered

00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:46.819
 there,

00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:48.100
 I'm about

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.459
 to bring

00:15:48.459 --> 00:15:48.919
 all of that

00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.199
 to a

00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:49.539
 close.

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.439
 I am

00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.959
 the final

00:15:52.959 --> 00:15:53.819
 lamb of

00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.179
 God,

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.799
 the sacrificial

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.220
 lamb.

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:57.639
 And he

00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.079
 tells the

00:15:58.079 --> 00:15:58.980
 disciples that

00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.879
 since the

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.379
 world has

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.059
 hated him,

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.419
 they also

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.179
 will hate

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:04.479
 his disciples.

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:05.799
 They will

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.359
 persecute

00:16:06.359 --> 00:16:06.620
 them.

00:16:07.839 --> 00:16:08.559
 And finally

00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.299
 in 16,

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.239
 so you can

00:16:10.239 --> 00:16:10.839
 imagine just

00:16:10.839 --> 00:16:11.359
 the intensity

00:16:11.359 --> 00:16:11.979
 of all the

00:16:11.979 --> 00:16:12.359
 stuff they've

00:16:12.359 --> 00:16:12.819
 been hearing,

00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:14.239
 they're quite

00:16:14.239 --> 00:16:15.479
 frankly panicking

00:16:15.479 --> 00:16:15.979
 in some

00:16:15.979 --> 00:16:17.319
 measures.

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:18.739
 But one of

00:16:18.739 --> 00:16:19.539
 our favorite

00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:19.899
 verses,

00:16:20.219 --> 00:16:21.419
 some of you

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.899
 are troubled

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.259
 today,

00:16:22.359 --> 00:16:22.699
 some of you

00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:23.019
 are really

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.359
 having a

00:16:23.359 --> 00:16:23.859
 rough time.

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.699
 And I

00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:27.359
 feel like a

00:16:27.359 --> 00:16:27.839
 whole book

00:16:27.839 --> 00:16:28.079
 could be

00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:28.539
 written on

00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:28.979
 this one

00:16:28.979 --> 00:16:29.379
 verse.

00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.179
 But look

00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.919
 at just the

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.299
 end of

00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:33.159
 chapter 16,

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.620
 the last

00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:33.899
 verse,

00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:34.179
 before we

00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:34.419
 get into

00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:34.819
 the prayer.

00:16:36.839 --> 00:16:37.359
 Jesus

00:16:37.359 --> 00:16:38.299
 closes this

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:40.079
 discourse by

00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:40.519
 saying,

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.199
 I have said

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:41.779
 these things

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.319
 to you,

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.519
 that in

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.239
 me you

00:16:44.239 --> 00:16:44.719
 may have

00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.159
 peace.

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 In this

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 world you

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 will have

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 tribulation.

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 Take courage,

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 I have

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 overcome the

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 world.

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 So that's

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 his final

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 words to

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 them.

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 That's how

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 he wraps

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 up this

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 whole

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 discourse.

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 So that's

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 how he

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 ends up the

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 time of the

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 twelve,

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 and he's

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 like,

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 yes,

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 I'm going

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 to die.

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 Yes,

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 on my

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 account you

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 will suffer

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 and you

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 will be

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 persecuted,

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 but I

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 promise you

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 I've

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 overcome

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 this world.

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 So hold

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 fast to

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 me,

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 because I

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 will triumph

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 in the end,

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 and you

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 will triumph

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 in me.

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 This is what

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 he's told

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 them.

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 So we

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 look at

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 chapter 18,

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 you look at

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 verse 1,

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 and it

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 says that

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 Jesus

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 kind of

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 pauses

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 right before

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 he goes

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 over

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 Kidron

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 Brook

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 that led

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 to the

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 Garden of

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 Gethsemane.

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 He stops

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 right there

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 and he

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 prays.

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 He lifts

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 his eyes

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:39.879
 to heaven

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 and he

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 prays.

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 And think

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:45.279
 about the

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.960
 tone of

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.240
 Jesus'

00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:46.819
 prayer.

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 The fact

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 that even

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 just in a

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 few minutes

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 he'll be in

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 the garden

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 praying alone

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 and sweating

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 great drops

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 of blood

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 was such

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 a huge

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 cosmic

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 burden

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 laid on

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 him at

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 that time.

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 The thought

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 of the

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 cross

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 and bearing

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:05.859
 the wrath

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.180
 of his

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 father

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 all on

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:07.960
 his

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 shoulders.

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 Yet,

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 okay,

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 yet all

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 that is

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 there.

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 The tone

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:13.920
 of Jesus'

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.720
 prayer is

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.140
 one of

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 confidence

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 and quiet

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 trust in

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 his sovereign

00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.240
 father.

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 Deeply

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 intimate,

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:22.980
 deeply

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 reverent,

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 deeply

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 humble

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 and bold.

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 So,

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.900
 right before

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.420
 he's about

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 to be

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 betrayed,

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 arrested,

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 beaten,

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 crushed,

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.000
 crucified,

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 Jesus

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 prays.

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 And as

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 Caleb told

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 you,

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 sort of

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 an outline

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 for this

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 prayer is

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 one through

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 five,

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 Jesus prays

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 for himself.

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 The key

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 in this

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 is the

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 father's

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 glory.

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 And in

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 six through

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 nineteen,

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 he prays

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 for his

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 disciples.

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 And the

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 key for

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 that passage

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 is preservation.

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 And then,

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 this will be

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 an emotional

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 week for

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 me,

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 but Jesus

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.080
 actually

00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:02.860
 prayed for

00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.540
 you and

00:19:03.540 --> 00:19:04.060
 for me.

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 And the

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:07.840
 key to

00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:08.520
 that is

00:19:08.520 --> 00:19:09.320
 oneness,

00:19:09.520 --> 00:19:10.100
 our unity.

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 He prays

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.020
 for that.

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 So,

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.960
 we're going

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.560
 to go over

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 a few

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 points here.

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 We're going

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 to go over

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 four facets

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.740
 of God's

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.099
 saving

00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.700
 purpose.

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.680
 Four facets

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 of God's

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.539
 saving

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.079
 purpose.

00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:26.359
 Each that

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.779
 is centered

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.359
 on the

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.960
 cross of

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.539
 Christ and

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.180
 his redemptive

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.579
 work on

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.059
 the cross.

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.400
 Alright?

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.519
 So,

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.200
 number one.

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.220
 Well,

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.720
 let me just

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 read that.

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.799
 Let's go back

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 and just read

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.640
 one through

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.200
 five again

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.680
 really quick.

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:42.840
 when Jesus

00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:43.320
 has spoken

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:44.080
 these words,

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.500
 he lifted

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.080
 his eyes

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.600
 to heaven,

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:47.980
 a sign

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.660
 of reverence,

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:49.920
 and said,

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.340
 Father,

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:50.960
 the hour

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.620
 has come.

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.080
 Glorify

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.900
 your Son,

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:54.820
 that the

00:19:54.820 --> 00:19:55.259
 Son may

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.080
 glorify you,

00:19:56.820 --> 00:19:57.340
 since you

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.660
 have given

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.340
 him authority

00:19:58.340 --> 00:19:58.940
 over all

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.440
 flesh,

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.000
 to give

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.720
 eternal life

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.259
 to all

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.640
 whom you

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:01.980
 have given

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.299
 him.

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.600
 And this

00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:04.180
 is eternal

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.640
 life,

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.700
 that they

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.320
 know you,

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.880
 the only

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.620
 true God,

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.240
 and Jesus

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.779
 Christ,

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.580
 whom you

00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:10.019
 have sent.

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.820
 I glorified

00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:12.160
 you on

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.640
 the earth,

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.200
 having accomplished

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.680
 the work

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:14.940
 that you

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.340
 gave me

00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:15.759
 to do.

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.880
 And now,

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.279
 Father,

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.400
 glorify me

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.799
 in your

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.580
 own presence

00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:20.580
 with the

00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.120
 glory that

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.580
 I had

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:21.980
 with you

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.519
 before the

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.920
 world

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.680
 existed.

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.259
 So,

00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:25.539
 here we

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.799
 go.

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.279
 Facets of

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.640
 God's

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:27.900
 saving

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.400
 purpose,

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.180
 each centered

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.660
 on the

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.060
 cross of

00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:30.420
 Christ.

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.320
 Number

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:31.700
 one,

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.480
 the

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.120
 reverence

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:35.240
 Christ

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.940
 deserves.

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.380
 The

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.900
 reverence

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.460
 Christ

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.019
 deserves.

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.460
 You see

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.099
 this in

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.440
 verses

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.259
 one and

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.500
 verse

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.920
 five.

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.079
 So,

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.519
 the main

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.059
 burden on

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.379
 the heart

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.819
 of Jesus

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.339
 in this

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.039
 prayer is

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.660
 glory.

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.139
 The

00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:49.599
 Father's

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.019
 glory,

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.240
 and in

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.619
 turn,

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.500
 his own

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.539
 rightful

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.160
 glory.

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.339
 We could

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.960
 spend forever

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.740
 unpacking what

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.319
 the glory of

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.000
 God means,

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.200
 but I just

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.559
 want to say

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.059
 this morning,

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.900
 simply put,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.240
 God's glory

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.039
 is the sum

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.339
 total of

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.440
 all he is

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.519
 and all

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.860
 he has

00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:08.180
 done.

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.299
 His

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.779
 attributes,

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.220
 his

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.680
 character,

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.700
 his manifold

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.500
 perfections,

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.380
 his excellencies,

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.740
 his works,

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.580
 his accomplishments

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:16.440
 in creation,

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:16.960
 redemption,

00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.580
 how great

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:19.059
 he truly

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.380
 is,

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.039
 how awesome

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.680
 he is,

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.779
 all summed

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.080
 up into

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.759
 one word,

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.240
 glory.

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.120
 Glory in

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.480
 the Bible

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.059
 is an attempt

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.600
 to put into

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.140
 words what

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.720
 cannot be

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.380
 contained in

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.799
 words.

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.140
 That's the

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.000
 immensity of

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.500
 just the

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.240
 word itself.

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.720
 So,

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.380
 as fallen

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:37.200
 human beings,

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.539
 you and

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.819
 I,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.660
 we struggle

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.680
 with the

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.220
 idea of

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.700
 someone

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:43.859
 asking for

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.259
 glory.

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.599
 So,

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.339
 if I came

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.579
 in here

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:46.799
 and I

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.099
 said,

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.319
 worship me,

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.240
 glorify me,

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.579
 I am

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.920
 awesome,

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.400
 hopefully I

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.799
 would be

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.380
 kicked out

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.680
 of here.

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.779
 But why?

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.400
 Why would

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.960
 it be wrong

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.500
 for me

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.039
 to ask

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.380
 that?

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.359
 Or for

00:21:59.359 --> 00:21:59.640
 you to

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.079
 ask that?

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.180
 The answer

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.579
 is,

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:04.439
 every one

00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:04.659
 of us

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:04.939
 in here,

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.399
 myself,

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:05.919
 you,

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.799
 we have

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.539
 countless

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:09.279
 imperfections,

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.519
 failures,

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.299
 and sins.

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.659
 We are

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.399
 broken people.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.819
 We are

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.759
 not worthy

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.879
 of that

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.839
 kind of

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.240
 attention,

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.819
 that kind

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.359
 of glory.

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.799
 That's why

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.259
 we struggle

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.740
 with that.

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.139
 I like

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.339
 you,

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:21.960
 but not

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.500
 that much.

00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:23.879
 You're not

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.399
 worthy of

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.699
 that amount

00:22:25.699 --> 00:22:26.339
 of glory.

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.960
 However,

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.339
 we mistake

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:32.139
 God seriously

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.420
 when we

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.740
 put him

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.000
 in that

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.500
 category.

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.200
 He's the

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.880
 only being

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.680
 in existence,

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.740
 period,

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.020
 that is

00:22:39.020 --> 00:22:39.500
 completely

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.080
 flawless,

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.560
 infinitely

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.460
 perfect.

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.100
 He alone

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.600
 is worthy

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.060
 of all

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.640
 our worship,

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.580
 all our

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:46.900
 praise,

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.320
 all our

00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:47.720
 love.

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.320
 So I had

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:49.960
 to get a

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.460
 quote in

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:52.160
 from Jonathan

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.600
 Edwards,

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.340
 my homeboy.

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.379
 God,

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:56.039
 in one

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.299
 of his

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.619
 books,

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:56.980
 he wrote

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.399
 this,

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.779
 and talking

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.699
 about why

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.319
 we should

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.000
 glorify

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.559
 someone and

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.839
 why we

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.299
 should not.

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:03.859
 Our

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.599
 obligation

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:06.240
 to love,

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.720
 honor,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.419
 and obey

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:08.259
 any being

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.399
 is in

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.839
 proportion

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.519
 to his

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.099
 loveliness,

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.599
 honorableness,

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:12.619
!

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.439
 and authority.

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.279
 God is a

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.980
 being of

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.619
 infinite

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.839
 loveliness

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:19.159
 because he

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:20.359
 is infinitely

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.639
 excellent and

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:21.980
 beautiful.

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.059
 honorable.

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.599
 He is a

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.059
 being of

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.460
 infinite

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.160
 greatness,

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.460
 majesty,

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.299
 and glory,

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.700
 and therefore

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:30.200
 he is

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.559
 infinitely

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.039
 honorable.

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.259
 So in

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.579
 short,

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.059
 what he's

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.640
 saying is

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.039
 that it

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.539
 is right

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.039
 for us

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.400
 to give

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.920
 glory to

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.299
 someone in

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.380
 proportion to

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.099
 that person's

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.559
 excellence.

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.220
 So our

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.120
 excellence ends

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.460
 at some

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.819
 point,

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.400
 but God

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.000
 does not.

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.000
 He has

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.440
 infinite

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.079
 excellence

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.440
 and therefore

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.140
 worthy of

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.339
 infinite glory.

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.439
 glory.

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:51.879
 Get your

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.279
 head around

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.599
 that.

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.659
 So he

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.220
 prays for

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.759
 the Father's

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.980
 glory and

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.519
 uses the

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.599
 term glorify

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:01.220
 three times

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.480
 in these

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.059
 two verses.

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.740
 Simply put,

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.079
 again,

00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:05.539
 no big

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.199
 analogies,

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.299
 no much

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.659
 time to

00:24:07.659 --> 00:24:08.000
 spend on

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.240
 this,

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.579
 but to

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.199
 glorify

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.720
 really just

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.139
 means to

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.699
 expose,

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.659
 unveil,

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.799
 put on

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.959
 display one's

00:24:14.959 --> 00:24:15.959
 glory that

00:24:15.959 --> 00:24:16.500
 was formerly

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.939
 kind of

00:24:16.939 --> 00:24:17.259
 hidden,

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:17.799
 if you

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.059
 would,

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.179
 to put it

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.920
 on display.

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.480
 So Jesus

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.960
 is simply

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.360
 saying,

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.779
 Father,

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.900
 at this

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.340
 time,

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.680
 reveal,

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.360
 unveil,

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.759
 put on

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.660
 display the

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.299
 greatness of

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.840
 all you

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.120
 are through

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.820
 this cruel

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.480
 death I'm

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.299
 about to

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.680
 endure.

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.340
 And also,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:34.740
 Father,

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.080
 at this

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.799
 same time,

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.600
 expose and

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.340
 reveal who I

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:38.700
 truly am as

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.240
 your Son.

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.180
 If you

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.720
 remember,

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.920
 Christ's glory

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.299
 has been

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.600
 hidden.

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.120
 Much of who

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.660
 he is has

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.120
 been hidden

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.920
 throughout most

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.580
 of his life.

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.800
 We had

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.539
 glimpses of

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.920
 that from

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.279
 time to

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.580
 time,

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.580
 but most

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.000
 of you will

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.500
 recall the

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.000
 phrase that's

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.800
 repeated a lot

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.220
 throughout the

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.720
 Gospels.

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.920
 What is it?

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.940
 My time has

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.660
 not yet

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.060
 come.

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.779
 The hour

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.440
 has not

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.720
 yet come.

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.779
 It's not

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.420
 time for my

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.100
 true identity

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.620
 and my true

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.779
 mission to

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.420
 be revealed

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.980
 yet.

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.660
 Right?

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.100
 But,

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:12.320
 remember,

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.340
 Christ's glory

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:14.600
 was hidden,

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.960
 but now is

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.640
 it about to

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.100
 be made

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.580
 known.

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.300
 So,

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.980
 how would

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.519
 this happen?

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:22.000
 The Father

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.860
 on the cross

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.660
 would display

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.180
 both his

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.140
 perfect justice,

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.560
 his perfect

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.080
 righteousness,

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.539
 and at the

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.300
 same time

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:31.360
 reveal love

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.940
 and mercy

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.400
 and grace

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.820
 to sinners.

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.360
 At the same

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.740
 time,

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.340
 he would be

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.019
 both the

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.539
 just and

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.340
 the justifier

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.660
 of the one

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.160
 who has

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.460
 faith in

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.880
 Christ.

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.380
 So,

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.800
 we saw

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.480
 glimpses of

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.160
 Christ's glory

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.000
 even at the

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.060
 transfiguration,

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.119
 salvation,

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.259
 but the

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.799
 cross,

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.200
 the time

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.579
 had now

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.159
 come for

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.619
 Jesus to

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.079
 face it,

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.039
 and the

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.619
 cross was

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.279
 the climax

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.779
 of the

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.679
 Son's desire

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.579
 to glorify

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.159
 the Father.

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.860
 and it

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:59.820
 would result

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.880
 in the

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.160
 Father

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.000
 glorifying and

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.460
 honoring the

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.740
 Son.

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.680
 Only a few

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.200
 places to

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.460
 turn,

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.080
 but look at

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.680
 Philippians

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.019
 chapter 2.

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.620
 Hold your

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:08.900
 hand in

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.580
 John 17.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:14.439
 And I want

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:14.919
 you to see

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.579
 in Philippians

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:15.919
 2,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.299
 verse 6

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.859
 through 11,

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:20.980
 that Christ

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.319
 had our

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.819
 desire,

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.199
 though He

00:26:22.199 --> 00:26:22.879
 was equal

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.359
 with the

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.679
 Father,

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.039
 had our

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.659
 desire to

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.539
 glorify His

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.779
 Father through

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.679
 His work here

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.099
 on the

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.460
 earth.

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.720
 But then,

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.279
 the Father

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.720
 would turn

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.519
 around and

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.220
 honor the

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.539
 Son for

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.259
 that work.

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.819
 Look at

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.359
 verse 6.

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.659
 He's talking

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.319
 about Jesus,

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.259
 who,

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.839
 though He

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.199
 was in

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:43.939
 the form

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.619
 of God,

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:46.019
 did not

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.979
 count equality

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.539
 with God

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.039
 a thing

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.979
 to be grasped,

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.240
 but emptied

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.919
 Himself by

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.439
 taking on

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.019
 the form

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.439
 of a

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.699
 servant,

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.059
 and being

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.639
 born in

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.199
 the likeness

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.699
 of man,

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.939
 and being

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.479
 found in

00:26:57.479 --> 00:26:58.219
 human form.

00:26:58.979 --> 00:26:59.659
 He humbled

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.359
 Himself by

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.199
 becoming obedient

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.899
 to the point

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.539
 of death,

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.000
 even death

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.879
 on a cross.

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.579
 Therefore,

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.240
 God has

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.059
 highly exalted

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.459
 Him,

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.660
 and bestowed

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.059
 on Him

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.559
 the name

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:10.819
 that is

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.140
 above

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.920
 every name.

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.019
 So at

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.420
 the name

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.960
 of Jesus,

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.059
 every knee

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.680
 should bow,

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.779
 in heaven

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.519
 and on earth

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.980
 and under

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.480
 the earth,

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.519
 and every

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.440
 tongue confess

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.059
 that Jesus

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.720
 Christ is

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.079
 Lord,

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.799
 to the glory

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.319
 of God

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.740
 the Father.

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.920
 Do you see

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.200
 that?

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.720
 This was

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.299
 Christ's

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.799
 humility.

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.539
 He came,

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.240
 though He

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.759
 existed in

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.180
 the form of

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.440
 God,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.920
 He stepped

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.100
 down from

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.480
 the high

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.079
 place and

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.640
 came and

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.740
 walked among

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.300
 us in

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:38.160
 human flesh,

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.980
 took on

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.540
 the form

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:40.900
 of a

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.460
 servant,

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.800
 doulos,

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.380
 bond

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.780
 servant,

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.220
 or bond

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.700
 slave.

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.240
 He walked

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.000
 among us

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.320
 and He

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:49.100
 humbled

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.660
 Himself,

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.660
 He was

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.520
 obedient every

00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:51.900
 minute,

00:27:52.040 --> 00:27:52.580
 every second

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.960
 to the

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.720
 Father here

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.240
 on earth,

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.000
 and that

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.780
 climaxed,

00:27:55.780 --> 00:27:55.960
 right,

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.140
 even to

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.380
 death on

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.920
 a cross.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.259
 And so

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.900
 because of

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.220
 that,

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:01.840
 right,

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:03.199
 the Father

00:28:03.199 --> 00:28:04.619
 then glorified

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.259
 the Son,

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.859
 gave Him

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.559
 that name

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.839
 above every

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.220
 name.

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.899
 Then eventually,

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.259
 right,

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.019
 every tongue

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.619
 will confess

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.119
 that Jesus

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.759
 Christ is

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.079
 Lord.

00:28:13.959 --> 00:28:14.379
 So,

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.579
 amazing

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.079
 passage,

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.539
 amazing

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.059
 passage,

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.359
 that the

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.819
 giver of

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.439
 life gave

00:28:20.439 --> 00:28:20.859
 Himself

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.480
 to die,

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.199
 and that

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:23.779
 the one

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.399
 who honors

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:25.919
 the Father

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.339
 will in

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.839
 turn be

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.199
 honored.

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.000
 So,

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.399
 Jesus is

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.980
 asking for

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.259
 that.

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.699
 But go

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.119
 back to

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.359
 John 17.

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.879
 This is

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.939
 probably one

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.119
 of the

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.819
 verses in

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.220
 this little

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.919
 small text

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:40.119
 that I've

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.879
 been particularly

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.599
 caught by.

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.740
 Look at

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.439
 verse 5.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.879
 Jesus takes

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.740
 this idea

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.500
 for glory

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.899
 even further

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:51.059
 by asking,

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.500
 Father,

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.579
 glorify me

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.959
 in Your

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.740
 own presence

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.059
 with the

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.759
 glory that

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.339
 I had with

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.759
 You before

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.299
 the world

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.959
 existed.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.099
 Jesus is

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.579
 not being

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.339
 selfish here.

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:03.019
 It's not

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.839
 selfish to

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.740
 ask for

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.459
 what rightfully

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.500
 belongs to

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.759
 You.

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:09.039
 Jesus is

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.619
 praying for

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.459
 that intrinsic

00:29:10.459 --> 00:29:12.379
 glory that

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.039
 belongs to

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.480
 Him by

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.059
 virtue of

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.500
 being the

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.839
 Son of

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.159
 God.

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:16.740
 Do you

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.500
 see that?

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.740
 Do you

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.879
 see what

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.399
 He's asking?

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.439
 Jesus

00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.220
 existed

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.139
 eternally

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.439
 with the

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.259
 Father before

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.139
 you and I

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.899
 ever existed,

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:30.080
 before the

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:30.940
 world was

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.400
 created.

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.340
 Ponder that.

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.620
 He existed

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.300
 in sweet,

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:36.940
 joyful

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.820
 oneness and

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:40.180
 communion with

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.460
 the Godhead.

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.380
 So that

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.980
 means that He

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.519
 didn't create

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.200
 us because He

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.759
 was lonely

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.560
 and because He

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.160
 needed us.

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.400
 He was

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.980
 perfectly

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.700
 satisfied in

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.620
 all His

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.400
 glory before

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.980
 the world

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.060
 existed.

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.740
 He did not

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.519
 need to

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.340
 create anything.

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:58.139
 So why

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.480
 did He?

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.859
 St.

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.359
 Augustine

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.419
 wrote this,

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.419
 talking to

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.059
 God in

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.659
 a prayer.

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.220
 He said,

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.220
 God,

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.619
 what would

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.939
 have been

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.599
 lacking in

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.139
 your good,

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.319
 which you

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.299
 yourself are,

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.119
 even if these

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.720
 things of

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.419
 creation had

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:15.919
 remained

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.659
 unformed?

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.220
 You didn't

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.879
 create them

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.359
 out of any

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.839
 lack,

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:21.399
 but out of

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.959
 an abundance

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.699
 of your

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.000
 goodness.

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.519
 You ordered

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.099
 them and

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.619
 turned them

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.479
 toward form,

00:30:26.979 --> 00:30:27.719
 but not

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.439
 because your

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.159
 joy had to

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.839
 be perfected

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.259
 by them.

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.039
 So out of

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:33.119
 abundance of

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.659
 His goodness

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.639
 God created,

00:30:35.219 --> 00:30:35.979
 not because

00:30:35.979 --> 00:30:36.559
 of a need.

00:30:37.739 --> 00:30:39.339
 So Jesus is

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.779
 saying He

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.959
 existed eternally

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.599
 with the

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.059
 Father and

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.419
 all the

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.000
 splendor and

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.299
 majesty that

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.779
 existed.

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.000
 And He's

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.199
 saying,

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.519
 Father,

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.019
 take me

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.119
 back to

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.479
 that.

00:30:49.199 --> 00:30:49.559
 What I

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.319
 left behind

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.419
 to come

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.799
 here,

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.000
 bring me

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.579
 back to

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.219
 that place.

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.440
 restore to

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.799
 me that

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.319
 glory I

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.880
 shared in

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.360
 your own

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.039
 presence.

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:00.259
 Glory to

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.519
 God.

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:02.920
 Secondly,

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.299
 saving

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.960
 purposes of

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.279
 God on

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.740
 the cross.

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.400
 This is all

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.900
 about Jesus.

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.480
 The second

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.880
 point,

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.539
 the right

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.259
 Christ

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.900
 possesses.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.299
 The right

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.120
 that Christ

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.839
 possesses.

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.079
 Look at

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.559
 verse 2.

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.839
 Since you

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.200
 have given

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.799
 Him authority

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.420
 over all

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.819
 flesh to

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.319
 give eternal

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.140
 life to all

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.519
 whom you have

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.000
 given Him.

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.799
 Jesus is the

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.819
 rightful King

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:29.319
 over two

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.639
 things,

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.119
 over all

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.460
 mankind,

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.440
 over everyone

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.079
 to ever have

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.480
 lived.

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.079
 And then it

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.639
 says to

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.559
 grant salvation,

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.839
 to grant

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.740
 eternal life

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.900
 to all the

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.480
 Father has

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.000
 given Him.

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.420
 And both

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.139
 areas of

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.779
 authority are

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.759
 given to

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.440
 the Son

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.579
 by the

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.859
 Father.

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.200
 They're

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.099
 granted to

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.599
 the Son

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:50.099
 by the

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.400
 Father.

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.480
 Father.

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.560
 And this

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.820
 is this

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.360
 idea that

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.060
 Jesus lived

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.700
 a holy,

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.620
 submissive,

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:58.120
 obedient life,

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.480
 and that

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.000
 reward,

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.440
 really,

00:31:59.560 --> 00:31:59.759
 if you want

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.160
 to call it

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.460
 that,

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.420
 was that

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.600
 He would

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.900
 be given

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.480
 authority

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.220
 over all

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.600
 people.

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.019
 So,

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.940
 God

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.360
 granting

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.980
 authority

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:09.800
 to the

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.180
 Son

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.360
 marks the

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.880
 dawn of a

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.460
 new era

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.300
 in redemptive

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:13.780
 history

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.600
 that was

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.160
 prophesied

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.660
 about by

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.180
 Isaiah,

00:32:16.780 --> 00:32:17.700
 by Daniel,

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.680
 700 years

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.240
 prior to

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.740
 this even.

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.019
 Daniel

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.120
 prophesied

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.259
 in chapter

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.720
 7,

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.519
 verse 13,

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:26.580
 I saw

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:26.960
 in the

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.799
 night visions

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:29.000
 and behold

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.400
 with the

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.980
 clouds of

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.100
 heaven there

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.880
 came one

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.460
 like the

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.100
 Son of

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.500
 Man.

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.700
 And He

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.720
 came to

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.160
 the Ancient

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.799
 of Days

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.740
 and was

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.140
 presented

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.900
 before Him.

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.120
 And to

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.620
 Him was

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:40.980
 given

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.140
 glory,

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.960
 dominion,

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.640
 and a

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:43.960
 kingdom,

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.779
 that all

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.180
 peoples,

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.720
 nations,

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.360
 and languages

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.220
 should serve

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.560
 Him,

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.539
 His

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.060
 dominion

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.360
 is an

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.900
 everlasting

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.620
 dominion

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.460
 which shall

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.140
 not pass

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.539
 away,

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:53.880
 and His

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.320
 kingdom

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:55.380
 one that

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.900
 shall not

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.759
 be destroyed.

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.539
 Christ is

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.180
 that King.

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.759
 He is

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.299
 that King.

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.740
 He was

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.220
 the one

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.820
 that God

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.259
 granted

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.120
 that authority

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.539
 to.

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.920
 If we

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.380
 remember

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.820
 toward the

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.259
 very end

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.500
 of the

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.039
 Gospel of

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.340
 Matthew,

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.960
 Jesus said

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.380
 to them,

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.279
 all authority

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.980
 in heaven

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.720
 and on earth

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.080
 has been

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:16.240
 given to

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.519
 me.

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.599
 authority.

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.079
 So,

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.839
 He's been

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.420
 granted

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.779
 this

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.279
 authority

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.740
 as the

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.079
 rightful

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.460
 king

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.339
 because of

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.559
 His

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.099
 obedience

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.539
 to the

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.839
 Father.

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.400
 So,

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.279
 first,

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.359
 let's break

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.819
 this up

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.240
 over two

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.639
 areas.

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.119
 It says

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.980
 that Jesus

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.279
 has been

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.559
 granted

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.000
 authority.

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.460
 first,

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.680
 over all

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.140
 creation,

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.680
 over all

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.180
 things,

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.480
 visible and

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.920
 invisible,

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.960
 all mankind.

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.359
 Throughout

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.019
 His earthly

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.500
 ministry,

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.799
 Jesus

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.480
 demonstrated

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.140
 that authority

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.819
 on multiple

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.480
 occasions

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.700
 through His

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.180
 teaching,

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.539
 through His

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.099
 healings,

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.859
 exorcisms,

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.220
 miracles.

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.779
 Divine

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:51.779


00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:51.799
 Divine

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.279
 authority

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.839
 seemed to be

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.640
 coming from

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.059
 Jesus,

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.519
 and people

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.099
 recognized

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.480
 this.

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.420
 Yet,

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.019
 perhaps the

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.460
 most shocking

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.240
 to the audience

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.579
 was the fact

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.940
 that He

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.819
 claimed He

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.539
 could forgive

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.039
 sins,

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.620
 and claimed

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.759
 that He

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.799
 was God,

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.720
 and that He

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.480
 would judge

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.260
 the world,

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.460
 right?

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:12.199
 And so,

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.500
 even in our

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.280
 context today

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.159
 in John 17,

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.460
 what's amazing

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.239
 is not for one

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.820
 second did

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.800
 Jesus relinquish

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.440
 that power.

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.340
 Here's what I

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.000
 mean by that.

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.519
 He humbly

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.260
 submitted to

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.960
 His captors

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.519
 and allowed

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.260
 Himself to be

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.940
 dragged off

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.039
 to death

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.320
 when He

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.659
 could have

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.179
 ended it

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.679
 at any

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.259
 moment,

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.420
 but He

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.800
 didn't.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.460
 Even before

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.880
 the Roman

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.279
 governor,

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.880
 Pilate,

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:37.019
 He said to

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.460
 Pilate,

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.039
 sitting there,

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.300
 you know,

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.699
 beaten,

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.340
 bloody,

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.079
 bruised,

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.739
 Pilate basically

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.039
 says,

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.440
 I have the

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.800
 power to

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.139
 set you

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.440
 free.

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.179
 And Jesus

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.779
 responds to

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.019
 him,

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.099
 you have no

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.779
 authority over

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:52.360
 me at all

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.039
 unless it has

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.639
 been given to

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.099
 you from

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.500
 above.

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.239
 And then

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.199
 earlier in

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.559
 John,

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.639
 Jesus says,

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.059
 for this

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.519
 reason,

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.639
 the Father

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.259
 loves me

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.779
 because I

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:05.019
 lay down

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.619
 my life

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:05.860
 that I

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.219
 may take

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.460
 it up

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.759
 again.

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.299
 No one

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:08.759
 takes it

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.219
 from me,

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.799
 but I lay

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.219
 it down

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.639
 on my

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.539
 own accord.

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.920
 I have

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.519
 authority to

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.759
 lay it

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.079
 down,

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.940
 and I

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.579
 have authority

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.000
 to take

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.299
 it up

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.719
 again.

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.900
 This is

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.460
 the charge

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.779
 I have

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.179
 received

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.559
 from my

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.880
 Father.

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.299
 So,

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.779
 though He

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.320
 had that

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.860
 authority,

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.179
 humbly

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.880
 laid Himself

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.039
 down to

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.380
 die.

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.760
 And this

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.079
 would result

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.700
 in the

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.300
 redemptive

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.220
 work that

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:32.740
 we needed.

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.079
 So,

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.380
 that's the

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.820
 first area

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.280
 of authority

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.700
 over all

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.119
 creation.

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.680
 He ruled

00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:37.260
 even all

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:39.000
 things through

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.400
 the Word

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.680
 of the

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:39.980
 Father.

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.119
 But secondly,

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.500
 and we'll

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.980
 spend more

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.579
 time on

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.579
 this next

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.920
 week and

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.160
 the weeks

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.579
 to come.

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.240
 Secondly,

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.300
 it says that

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.640
 He had been

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.340
 given authority

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.800
 by the

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.340
 Father to

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.900
 give eternal

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:54.300
 life to

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.940
 all whom

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.300
 the Father

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.720
 had given

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:55.980
 Him.

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.539
 Verse 2,

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.280
 So,

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.099
 this is the

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.539
 truth,

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.420
 the reality,

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.619
 that the

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.119
 Father has

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.860
 chosen and

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.340
 given a

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:04.019
 people to

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:05.599
 the Son to

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.039
 save and

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.460
 to be His

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.760
 people.

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.160
 It's repeated

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.119
 three times

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.460
 in this

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.740
 prayer.

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.300
 Look at

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:13.599
 verse 6,

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.000
 I have

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.559
 manifested

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.220
 your name

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.539
 to the

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.960
 people who

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.460
 you gave

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.880
 me out

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.119
 of the

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.500
 world.

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.619
 Yours

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.139
 they were

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.639
 and you

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.180
 gave them

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:22.200
 to me.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:24.300
 Verse 24,

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.619
 Father,

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.500
 I desire

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.940
 that they

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.700
 also whom

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:27.960
 you have

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.500
 given me.

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.800
 So,

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.300
 this was

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.740
 God's

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.139
 eternal

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.840
 plan to

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.400
 call out

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.960
 a people

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.619
 to save.

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.000
 The plan

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.480
 of redemption

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.960
 was not

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.380
 left up

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.960
 to a whim.

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.500
 It wasn't

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.960
 left up

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.300
 to the

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.680
 will of

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:39.960
 man.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.539
 It wasn't

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.500
 left up

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.059
 to just

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.039
 luck.

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.940
 It was

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.519
 ordained

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.980
 by the

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.280
 Father.

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:48.139
 It was

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.880
 the plan

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.280
 that was

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.860
 being worked

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.519
 out from

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.099
 eternity

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.300
 past.

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.460
 And it

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.960
 says that

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.360
 he has

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.800
 authority

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.119
 to give

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.559
 eternal

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.019
 life

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.059
 to all

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.380
 those

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.500
 whom

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.660
 the

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.000
 Father

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.380
 had

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.599
 given

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:58.900
 him.

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.860
 Amazing.

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.940
 John 6.

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.420
 Go ahead

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.680
 and turn

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:05.840
 there.

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.099
 You're in

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.559
 John anyway.

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:06.920
 Flip back

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.340
 a few pages.

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.460
 Just

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:16.099
 so eternal

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:17.000
 life is not

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.720
 something

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.879
 that God

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:19.599
 rewards

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.399
 man with

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:21.819
 is something

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.419
 that's only

00:37:22.419 --> 00:37:22.819
 granted

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.279
 by his

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.699
 grace.

00:37:24.379 --> 00:37:24.739
 He's not

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.419
 obligated

00:37:25.419 --> 00:37:26.159
 to save

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.579
 anyone.

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.419
 But

00:37:28.419 --> 00:37:29.419
 as we

00:37:29.419 --> 00:37:29.719
 see

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.619
 it is

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.779
 the

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.219
 Father's

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.639
 desire

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.259
 that a

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.539
 people

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.099
 be given

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.559
 to the

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:33.839
 Son

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:35.119
 to save.

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.419
 John 6

00:37:36.419 --> 00:37:37.359
 verse 36

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:39.120
 But I

00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:39.539
 say to

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.840
 you

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:41.680
 you have

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.000
 seen

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.340
 me

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.039
 and you

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.360
 do not

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.860
 believe.

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.019
 Listen to

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.260
 this.

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.079
 All that

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.500
 the Father

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.220
 gives me

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:48.340
 will come

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.740
 to me

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.900
 and whoever

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.460
 comes to

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.820
 me I

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.200
 will never

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.920
 cast out

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.160
 for I

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.460
 have come

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.039
 down from

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.599
 heaven not

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:54.920
 to do

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.400
 my own

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.980
 will but

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.420
 the will

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.840
 of him

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.240
 who sent

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.480
 me.

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:58.740
 And this

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.579
 is the

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.140
 will of

00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:00.480
 him who

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.900
 sent me

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.880
 that I

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.300
 should lose

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.960
 nothing of

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.500
 all that he

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.840
 has given

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.860
 me but I

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.220
 will raise

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.640
 it up

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.579
 on the

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.199
 last day.

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.940
 So a

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.440
 guarantee

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.639
 that he

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.199
 says they

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.759
 will come

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.079
 to me.

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.039
 The people

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.339
 that the

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.779
 Father has

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.239
 given me

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.839
 to save

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.639
 will come

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.079
 to me and

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.339
 when they

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.679
 do I

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.179
 will not

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.199
 cast them

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.460
 out.

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:19.980
 It is the

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.400
 Father's

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.960
 desire that

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.299
 I not

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:22.159
 lose any

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.519
 that he

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.859
 has given

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:23.239
 to me.

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.319
 Let that

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.579
 be a

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.059
 comfort to

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.199
 you.

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.359
 Don't

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.639
 let that

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.199
 bother you.

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.500
 Let it

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.920
 be like

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.259
 God has

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.819
 worked in

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.039
 me.

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.759
 He

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:30.219
 started

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.980
 something and

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.299
 he will

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.879
 finish it.

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.359
 See it

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:32.779
 that way.

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.219
 We'll talk

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.539
 about this

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.039
 more weeks

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.619
 to come but

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.460
 this is

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.199
 another area

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.779
 of authority

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.239
 that the

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.179
 Father has

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.799
 given to

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.400
 his Son to

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.900
 give eternal

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.460
 life to

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.940
 all that

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.279
 he has

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.380
 received.

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.779
 So thirdly,

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.460
 point number

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.299
 three, just

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.719
 this one and

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.179
 one more,

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.420
 but this

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:52.539
 was, as my

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.019
 dad said,

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.420
 this is the

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.739
 big one.

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.440
 The

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.059
 relationship

00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:00.019
 Christ offers.

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.259
 the

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.840
 relationship

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.659
 Christ offers.

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:02.960
 Verse

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.300
 three,

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.400
 and this

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.119
 is eternal

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.400
 life.

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.940
 They know

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.400
 you, the

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.900
 only true

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.400
 God and

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.219
 Jesus Christ

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.199
 who you

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.679
 have sent.

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.199
 What comes

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.480
 to your

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.960
 mind when

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.259
 you hear

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.739
 the phrase

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.199
 eternal

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.940
 life?

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.679
 Many in

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.199
 our world

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.559
 and even

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.019
 in church

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.139
 culture think

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.619
 it simply

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.840
 means to

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.440
 not die,

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:23.400
 to live

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.840
 forever,

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:26.059
 and to

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.360
 go to

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.600
 heaven,

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.380
 not perish.

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.860
 All true,

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.260
 right?

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.660
 All those

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:29.980
 things are

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.240
 true.

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:31.720
 All those

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.039
 things are

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.320
 true.

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.360
 But though

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.980
 they're true,

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:36.200
 that's not

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:37.079
 exactly what

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.800
 eternal life

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.280
 means.

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.780
 In fact,

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.260
 those are

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:41.000
 the result

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.800
 of something

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.280
 else that

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.720
 comes.

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.079
 And we see

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.800
 in our verse

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.500
 that it's

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.800
 knowing God.

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.059
 You see

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.340
 that?

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:51.380
 A long

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.980
 time ago,

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:54.719
 I was

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.199
 reading a

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.559
 book in

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.079
 the hospital

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.780
 by John

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.500
 Fiber called

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.320
 God is

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.880
 the gospel.

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.760
 He says

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.199
 it's probably

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:02.519
 the most

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.039
 important book

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.340
 he's ever

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.619
 written.

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.519
 So check

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.840
 it out.

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.340
 God is

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.000
 the gospel.

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.539
 And in

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.000
 that book,

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.780
 he asked

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.460
 something like

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.860
 this.

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.360
 If you

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:13.800
 could die

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.420
 right now

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.980
 and go to

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.599
 heaven and

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.940
 have all

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.519
 the pleasures

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.019
 that this

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.699
 earth has to

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.260
 offer you,

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.400
 everything,

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.940
 all the

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.200
 food,

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.660
 all the

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:23.519
 rest,

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.079
 all the

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:25.260
 entertainment,

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.680
 all the

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:25.980
 sex,

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.539
 whatever it

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.840
 is,

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:27.760
 have that

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.059
 for

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.860
 eternity,

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.320
 have basically

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.860
 everything in

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.260
 this world

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:32.139
 maximized

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:33.260
 for eternity.

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:35.079
 Would you

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:35.619
 go there?

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.440
 But the only

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.059
 catch is

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.920
 Jesus is not

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.240
 there.

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.519
 Do you

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:40.920
 still want

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.240
 to go?

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.099
 And that

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:44.500
 scared me a

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:44.920
 little bit.

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.480
 I stood

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.840
 back.

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.920
 What have

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.360
 you turned

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.000
 heaven into?

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.139
 you?

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:49.739
 Is it

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:50.340
 something that

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:51.300
 separated from

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:51.820
 the Son of

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.079
 God?

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.139
 In our

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:55.099
 text today,

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.539
 Jesus said

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.320
 eternal life

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:59.039
 is knowing

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.900
 the only true

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.539
 God in

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:01.239
 Jesus Christ

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.639
 and he is

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:01.900
 sent.

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:04.139
 So just

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:06.219
 being shut

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.880
 out of a

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.300
 relationship

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:07.960
 with God

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:09.420
 was a

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.199
 consequence of

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.699
 the fall.

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.139
 So now

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.800
 entering back

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.300
 into that

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:14.179
 relationship is

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.940
 central to

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.579
 having eternal

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.000
 life.

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:17.300
 it's that

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.679
 simple.

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.219
 Like what

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:18.920
 we lost

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:20.139
 in Genesis

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.079
 3 is now

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.780
 being restored.

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.019
 That's what's

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.659
 so central

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.880
 is this

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.659
 relationship.

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:27.739
 So the

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:28.360
 Greek word

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.900
 for know

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:30.679
 here is

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:31.800
 an experiential

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:33.679
 involvement,

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.420
 personal

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.039
 involvement.

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.460
 The Greeks

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:37.019
 used this

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.500
 word to

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.239
 imply a

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.619
 mystical

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.380
 secret

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:40.920
 communion

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.360
 with the

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:41.679
 deity.

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.320
 A

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.980
 transcendent

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.599
 knowledge that

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.159
 went beyond

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.800
 the mundane,

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.380
 beyond what

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:46.840
 the common

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.720
 people knew.

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:49.760
 And then

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.400
 the Hebrew

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.260
 equivalent of

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.880
 this word,

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:53.400
 know,

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.640
 is an

00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:54.980
 intimate

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.560
 knowledge,

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.000
 union,

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.539
 love bond,

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.120
 and even

00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:58.760
 use of

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.360
 intercourse

00:41:59.360 --> 00:41:59.880
 at times.

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.260
 Very

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.740
 intimate

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.220
 word.

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.920
 So this

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.580
 idea of

00:42:04.580 --> 00:42:05.100
 know has

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.480
 both the

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.940
 idea of

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.640
 transcendent

00:42:06.640 --> 00:42:07.160
 knowledge

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:08.120
 with the

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.420
 deity,

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:09.920
 but also

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.460
 an intimate

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.480
 love bond.

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:12.880
 What a

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.420
 warming

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.140
 theological

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:15.279
 concept for

00:42:15.279 --> 00:42:16.259
 us to

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:16.639
 have,

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.139
 knowing

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.839
 God and

00:42:17.839 --> 00:42:18.299
 knowing

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.619
 his

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:18.980
 son.

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.980
 So I

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.460
 pray this

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:22.319
 morning that

00:42:22.319 --> 00:42:23.179
 you're not

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:23.659
 just someone

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:24.359
 who knows

00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:25.039
 about God,

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.299
 who can

00:42:25.299 --> 00:42:26.019
 explain who

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.500
 God is,

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:26.779
 but you

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:27.199
 actually

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.579
 know God.

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:28.940
 There's a

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.279
 difference.

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:31.039
 We know

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:32.359
 about the

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:32.779
 president,

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:33.819
 but none of

00:42:33.819 --> 00:42:34.679
 us know the

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:35.019
 president.

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.799
 Bad example,

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.279
 but you know

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:37.539
 what I'm trying

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:37.839
 to say.

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:40.000
 None of us,

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.360
 you have

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:41.119
 to know

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:42.099
 Christ.

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.719
 This is so

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.400
 central to

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.659
 the New

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:45.039
 Testament.

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.199
 Many years

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.559
 ago, I

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:47.900
 saw a

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:49.420
 book on

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.440
 a friend's

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.860
 shelf that

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.119
 I took

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.260
 off, and

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.880
 it says,

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:54.320
 the tragedy

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:55.039
 of religion

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.420
 without

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.059
 relationship.

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.659
 And I

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.900
 read a

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.239
 part of

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:58.500
 it, and

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.840
 it points

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.400
 out in

00:42:59.400 --> 00:42:59.739
 Matthew

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:01.079
 7, where

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.579
 many people

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.920
 will come

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.420
 to Jesus

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:02.940
 on that

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.420
 day of

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:03.780
 judgment,

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.019
 and will

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.420
 say to

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:05.739
 him, we

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.179
 did all

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.920
 these things

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:07.440
 for you,

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.860
 Jesus, we

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.340
 cast out

00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:09.880
 demons in

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.280
 your name,

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.380
 we did all

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:12.019
 these magnificent

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.619
 works in

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.380
 your name.

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:15.579
 So, and

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:15.940
 then Jesus

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:17.420
 says, I

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:18.000
 will look at

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.440
 them, and I

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:18.900
 will say to

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.679
 them plainly,

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.420
 depart from

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:21.380
 me, I

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.460
 never knew

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.800
 you.

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.800
 The same

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:25.400
 word, you

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.079
 who practice

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.900
 lawlessness.

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:29.200
 We must

00:43:29.200 --> 00:43:30.119
 know Christ,

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.599
 and we must

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.440
 know the

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.440
 Father through

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.960
 the Son.

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:36.240
 So, rejoice

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:37.039
 the fact that

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.380
 Jesus,

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.039
 has opened

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.639
 that up for

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:38.940
 us.

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.720
 What we

00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:40.599
 lost is now

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:41.519
 being restored

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.260
 by him,

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.220
 through the

00:43:44.220 --> 00:43:45.119
 perfect obedience

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:46.179
 of Christ on

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.740
 the cross.

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:48.119
 So, knowing

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.920
 Jesus as our

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.539
 Savior, our

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:50.019
 Messiah,

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:51.599
 deliverer from

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:52.220
 the wrath of

00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:53.460
 God, but

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:54.300
 also as our

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:55.360
 rightful king,

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.840
 who we would

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.619
 die for, who

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:58.059
 we follow on

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:59.340
 a daily basis.

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:01.099
 But then our

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.860
 treasure, our

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.740
 most prized

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.539
 possession, that

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.740
 nothing in life

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:06.320
 compares to

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:06.659
 him.

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:10.940
 I would

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.420
 have you turn

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:11.759
 here, but I

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:12.039
 feel like I've

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.420
 had you turn

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:14.000
 enough, but a

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.539
 very familiar

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.779
 text, Philippians

00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:17.739
 3, 7 and

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.000
 8.

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:20.079
 Paul says,

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:21.179
 whatever gain I

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:22.539
 had, I

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.639
 count it as

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:25.159
 loss for the

00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:25.480
 sake of

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.900
 Christ.

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:27.519
 Indeed, I

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.639
 count everything

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:29.579
 as loss

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:31.259
 because of the

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:32.279
 surpassing worth

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:33.480
 of knowing Christ

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:34.139
 Jesus my

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.480
 Lord.

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.819
 For his

00:44:35.819 --> 00:44:36.500
 sake, I have

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.159
 suffered the loss

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:37.980
 of all things

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.819
 and count them

00:44:38.819 --> 00:44:39.739
 as rubbish

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:41.519
 in order that I

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:42.219
 might gain

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:43.539
 Christ.

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:43.659
 Christ.

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:47.739
 So, are you

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.400
 willing to take

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:49.139
 everything in this

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:49.840
 world, money,

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:51.000
 possessions,

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:52.619
 finances, wealth,

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:54.599
 land, houses, and

00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:55.519
 consider them as

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:57.360
 garbage in

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:58.380
 comparison to

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.840
 knowing Christ

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.639
 Jesus our

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:00.960
 Lord?

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.940
 Would you

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.480
 trade a

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:04.739
 lifetime of

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:06.159
 spending your

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:08.019
 days on

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:08.980
 hobbies, books,

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:10.039
 movies, TVs,

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:10.759
 smartphones?

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:12.420
 Would you

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:12.880
 trade an

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.540
 entire life

00:45:13.540 --> 00:45:13.860
 of that for

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.480
 just one

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.280
 hour with

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.640
 the king?

00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:18.740
 Are you

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.080
 willing to

00:45:19.080 --> 00:45:19.500
 take your

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.040
 food, your

00:45:20.040 --> 00:45:20.540
 diet, your

00:45:20.540 --> 00:45:21.420
 exercise, your

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:22.040
 clothes, your

00:45:22.040 --> 00:45:23.260
 physical appearance

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:25.440
 and count them

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:27.560
 as rubbish, as

00:45:27.560 --> 00:45:29.300
 trash compared

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:30.720
 to being accepted

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:31.940
 by the king?

00:45:34.200 --> 00:45:34.820
 Are you

00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.500
 trying to win

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:36.260
 the approval of

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:36.980
 man with those

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.340
 things?

00:45:37.520 --> 00:45:37.940
 Or is it

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.660
 enough that

00:45:38.660 --> 00:45:39.460
 Jesus accepts

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:40.600
 you and the

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.539
 you belong to

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:41.799
 him?

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.880
 Are you

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:44.559
 willing to

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:45.179
 take all your

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:46.199
 earthly relationships,

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:46.860
 your friends,

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.480
 your family,

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.799
 husband, wife,

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.239
 children,

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:51.500
 grandparents, all

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:52.059
 these things,

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:52.639
 boyfriends,

00:45:52.799 --> 00:45:53.219
 girlfriends,

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:55.179
 can you place

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.799
 them on one

00:45:55.799 --> 00:45:56.360
 side of the

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.000
 scale and

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.619
 then put Christ

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:58.159
 on the other

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:59.179
 and say that

00:45:59.179 --> 00:45:59.900
 Christ outweighs

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.380
 all of them?

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.839
 Could you do

00:46:01.839 --> 00:46:02.139
 that?

00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:02.460
 Could you

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:03.039
 count all

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.920
 things lost

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.699
 as rubbish

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:06.420
 compared to

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:07.079
 the worthiness

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.860
 of Christ

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.360
 and knowing

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:08.619
 him?

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:10.579
 Some people

00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:11.079
 will be

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:11.940
 miserable in

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.659
 heaven because

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:13.400
 they didn't

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.059
 want to go

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.679
 there because

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.139
 of Jesus.

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:17.079
 And then,

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:17.480
 in fact,

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.960
 they won't

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.400
 be there.

00:46:19.759 --> 00:46:21.219
 Jesus is

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:21.639
 all the

00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:22.279
 glory in

00:46:22.279 --> 00:46:22.539
 heaven.

00:46:24.799 --> 00:46:25.539
 A hymn

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:25.880
 that's been

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.400
 really dear to

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.839
 me the last

00:46:26.839 --> 00:46:27.159
 couple of

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.460
 years,

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.920
 written by

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.579
 Ann Ross

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:29.839
 in the

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:31.819
 1800s,

00:46:31.819 --> 00:46:32.199
 is called

00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:32.779
 The Sands

00:46:32.779 --> 00:46:33.359
 of Time

00:46:33.359 --> 00:46:33.960
 Are Sinking,

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:34.519
 and it's

00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:35.199
 about eternity.

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:37.379
 But,

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:38.000
 speaking of

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.460
 the bride,

00:46:38.879 --> 00:46:39.559
 us as the

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:39.939
 church,

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:41.219
 in Jesus

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:41.980
 the bridegroom

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:42.339
 it says

00:46:42.339 --> 00:46:42.719
 this,

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:44.419
 The bride's

00:46:44.419 --> 00:46:45.219
 eyes are

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:45.939
 not on

00:46:45.939 --> 00:46:46.619
 her garment,

00:46:47.299 --> 00:46:48.639
 but on

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:49.099
 her dear

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.799
 bridegroom's

00:46:49.799 --> 00:46:50.159
 face.

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.779
 I will

00:46:51.779 --> 00:46:52.539
 not gaze

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:53.199
 at glory,

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.519
 but on

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.119
 my King

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.859
 of grace.

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:58.000
 Not on

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.639
 the crown

00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:59.099
 that he

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.539
 giveth,

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:00.879
 but on

00:47:00.879 --> 00:47:01.239
 his

00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:01.819
 pierced

00:47:01.819 --> 00:47:02.299
 hands.

00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:04.200
 the Lamb

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.940
 is all

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.539
 the glory

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:05.940
 in

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:06.580
 Emmanuel's

00:47:06.580 --> 00:47:06.900
 land.

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:09.100
 I pray

00:47:09.100 --> 00:47:09.720
 that that's

00:47:09.720 --> 00:47:11.120
 our

00:47:11.120 --> 00:47:11.600
 confession,

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:12.920
 that that's

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.120
 where we

00:47:13.120 --> 00:47:13.400
 want to

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:13.660
 go,

00:47:13.720 --> 00:47:14.060
 because

00:47:14.060 --> 00:47:14.400
 Jesus

00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:14.900
 is there.

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.560
 We would

00:47:16.560 --> 00:47:16.940
 go right

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:17.240
 now,

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.640
 even if

00:47:17.640 --> 00:47:17.960
 we could.

00:47:19.560 --> 00:47:20.100
 So,

00:47:20.160 --> 00:47:20.539
 lastly,

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:22.120
 the

00:47:22.120 --> 00:47:22.740
 requirement

00:47:22.740 --> 00:47:23.380
 Christ

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:23.800
 meets.

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:25.280
 Fourthly

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:25.680
 and lastly,

00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:26.480
 the requirement

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:27.120
 that Christ

00:47:27.120 --> 00:47:27.519
 meets.

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.660
 And look

00:47:29.660 --> 00:47:29.980
 at verse

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:30.280
 four.

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:31.900
 I glorified

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.280
 you on

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.700
 the earth,

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.000
 having

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.700
 accomplished

00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:34.380
 the work

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:35.320
 that you

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:35.680
 gave me

00:47:35.680 --> 00:47:36.079
 to do.

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.380
 This was

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:38.800
 a work

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:39.320
 that none

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:39.880
 of us

00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:40.240
 could

00:47:40.240 --> 00:47:40.760
 accomplish.

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:41.840
 None

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:42.180
 of us

00:47:42.180 --> 00:47:42.780
 individually

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:43.599
 or combined

00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:44.220
 could ever

00:47:44.220 --> 00:47:44.900
 accomplish.

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:46.519
 The law

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:47.300
 of God,

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:48.039
 the holiness

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.680
 of God,

00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:50.000
 totally

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.619
 without of

00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:51.240
 our grasp.

00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:53.079
 So,

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.920
 what work

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.400
 is Jesus

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:55.160
 referring to

00:47:55.160 --> 00:47:55.440
 here?

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:56.840
 It's the

00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:57.440
 work of

00:47:57.440 --> 00:47:58.260
 accomplishing

00:47:58.260 --> 00:47:58.880
 all that

00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.579
 is required

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:00.099
 in the

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:00.539
 Father's

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:01.119
 plan of

00:48:01.119 --> 00:48:01.460
 redemption.

00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:02.619
 Everything.

00:48:04.240 --> 00:48:04.720
 Jesus

00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:05.260
 sought to

00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:05.720
 glorify

00:48:05.720 --> 00:48:05.980
 His

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.260
 Father

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:06.519
 by

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.160
 accomplishing

00:48:07.160 --> 00:48:07.360
 that

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.880
 redemptive

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.260
 plan

00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:09.320
 that

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:09.420
 He

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:09.559
 had

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:09.760
 set

00:48:09.760 --> 00:48:10.119
 forth

00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:10.360
 to

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:10.660
 save

00:48:10.660 --> 00:48:11.059
 sinners.

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:13.000
 This was

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:13.559
 the eternal

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:14.099
 plan from

00:48:14.099 --> 00:48:14.539
 the Father

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.019
 that would

00:48:15.019 --> 00:48:15.700
 reverse the

00:48:15.700 --> 00:48:16.200
 effects of

00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:16.700
 the fall,

00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:17.900
 that would

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.639
 restore us

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:19.119
 back to

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.500
 God,

00:48:20.660 --> 00:48:21.059
 save us

00:48:21.059 --> 00:48:21.460
 from His

00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:21.900
 wrath,

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:23.539
 and make

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:24.119
 us be

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:24.639
 able to

00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:24.960
 live a

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.340
 life that

00:48:25.340 --> 00:48:25.920
 glorified

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:26.599
 Him once

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:26.920
 again.

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:28.980
 So,

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:30.360
 the work

00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:30.920
 of pleasing

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:31.200
 His

00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:31.539
 Father

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.300
 consumed

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:32.740
 Jesus

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:33.039
 His

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:33.460
 entire

00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:34.200
 life.

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:35.440
 My

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:36.079
 food is

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:36.360
 to do

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:36.840
 the will

00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:37.360
 of Him

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:37.860
 who sent

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.519
 me and

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:39.159
 to accomplish

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:40.220
 His

00:48:40.220 --> 00:48:40.599
 work.

00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:42.400
 I can

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:42.579
 do

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.139
 nothing on

00:48:43.139 --> 00:48:43.639
 my own

00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:44.159
 because I

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:44.819
 seek not

00:48:44.819 --> 00:48:45.339
 my own

00:48:45.339 --> 00:48:45.920
 will but

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:46.420
 the will

00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:46.940
 of Him

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:47.460
 who sent

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:47.759
 me.

00:48:48.279 --> 00:48:48.759
 A few

00:48:48.759 --> 00:48:49.360
 places in

00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:49.920
 John where

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.119
 that's

00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:50.460
 repeated.

00:48:51.940 --> 00:48:52.339
 Jesus

00:48:52.339 --> 00:48:52.920
 accomplished

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.699
 that plan,

00:48:54.259 --> 00:48:54.619
 okay,

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:56.019
 He accomplished

00:48:56.019 --> 00:48:56.799
 that plan

00:48:56.799 --> 00:48:58.119
 by living

00:48:58.119 --> 00:48:58.699
 His entire

00:48:58.699 --> 00:48:59.299
 life in

00:48:59.299 --> 00:48:59.719
 joyful

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:00.659
 obedience

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:02.199
 and humility

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:03.920
 service

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:04.920
 towards the

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:05.239
 Father.

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:06.360
 He lived

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.039
 a totally

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.679
 sinless,

00:49:07.819 --> 00:49:08.199
 upright,

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.519
 and blameless

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:10.039
 life.

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:11.819
 And He

00:49:11.819 --> 00:49:12.559
 even challenged

00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:13.500
 His adversaries,

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:14.099
 people that

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:14.699
 were attacking

00:49:14.699 --> 00:49:15.019
 Him.

00:49:15.059 --> 00:49:15.299
 And He's

00:49:15.299 --> 00:49:15.500
 like,

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:16.559
 which one

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:17.019
 of you

00:49:17.019 --> 00:49:18.659
 can convict

00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:19.219
 me of sin?

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:20.719
 Which one

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:20.980
 of you?

00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:21.579
 And none

00:49:21.579 --> 00:49:21.779
 of them

00:49:21.779 --> 00:49:22.000
 could.

00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:23.659
 The writer

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:24.079
 of Hebrews

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.579
 says that

00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:24.880
 He was

00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:25.539
 tempted in

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:26.239
 all ways,

00:49:26.279 --> 00:49:26.619
 in all

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.119
 things,

00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:28.099
 just as

00:49:28.099 --> 00:49:28.400
 you and

00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:28.920
 I were,

00:49:29.099 --> 00:49:30.440
 yet without

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:30.860
 sin.

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:32.420
 We were

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:32.880
 even tempted

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:33.719
 by the devil

00:49:33.719 --> 00:49:34.579
 himself in

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:35.039
 the wilderness,

00:49:35.259 --> 00:49:35.799
 but yet he

00:49:35.799 --> 00:49:36.420
 resisted.

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:38.159
 And later,

00:49:38.299 --> 00:49:38.579
 the writer

00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:39.019
 of Hebrews

00:49:39.019 --> 00:49:40.119
 describes Jesus

00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:40.859
 as holy,

00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:42.179
 innocent,

00:49:43.219 --> 00:49:43.960
 undefiled,

00:49:45.279 --> 00:49:46.039
 separated from

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.440
 sinners.

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:49.000
 7, 26.

00:49:49.859 --> 00:49:50.480
 So this

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:51.519
 life work of

00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:52.440
 Jesus glorifying

00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:52.980
 the Father

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:54.339
 culminated,

00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:55.599
 climaxed at

00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:56.139
 the cross,

00:49:56.299 --> 00:49:57.339
 which we just

00:49:57.339 --> 00:49:57.980
 read in

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:58.539
 Philippians.

00:49:59.159 --> 00:50:00.079
 So the result

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:00.759
 of that work

00:50:00.759 --> 00:50:01.199
 was this

00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:02.099
 blameless life

00:50:02.099 --> 00:50:03.000
 that He lived

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:04.179
 had two

00:50:04.179 --> 00:50:04.940
 sides of it.

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:06.240
 first,

00:50:06.340 --> 00:50:06.920
 that perfect

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:07.440
 life,

00:50:07.900 --> 00:50:08.579
 that perfect

00:50:08.579 --> 00:50:09.240
 righteousness

00:50:09.240 --> 00:50:10.720
 was given

00:50:10.720 --> 00:50:11.519
 to us

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:12.679
 so that we

00:50:12.679 --> 00:50:13.119
 could stand

00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:13.880
 righteous and

00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:14.300
 clean,

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:15.240
 blameless before

00:50:15.240 --> 00:50:15.740
 the Father.

00:50:16.340 --> 00:50:16.860
 And then our

00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:17.840
 sin was put

00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:19.119
 on Jesus,

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:19.639
 and then He

00:50:19.639 --> 00:50:20.820
 bore the

00:50:20.820 --> 00:50:21.320
 punishment,

00:50:21.579 --> 00:50:22.119
 the wrath

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:22.679
 of God.

00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:24.659
 We know

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:25.860
 2 Corinthians

00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:27.579
 5, 21.

00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:29.000
 For our

00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:29.480
 sake He

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:29.940
 made Him

00:50:29.940 --> 00:50:30.539
 to be

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:30.819
 sin,

00:50:30.980 --> 00:50:31.239
 Jesus,

00:50:31.759 --> 00:50:32.400
 who knew

00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:33.019
 no sin,

00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:34.679
 so that in

00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:35.199
 Him we

00:50:35.199 --> 00:50:35.860
 might become

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:36.599
 the righteousness

00:50:36.599 --> 00:50:37.500
 of God.

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.019
 So though

00:50:39.019 --> 00:50:39.559
 Jesus was

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:39.980
 sinless,

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:40.579
 God treated

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:41.340
 Him as if

00:50:41.340 --> 00:50:41.819
 He had

00:50:41.819 --> 00:50:42.759
 sinned.

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:44.039
 And though

00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:44.500
 we were

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:45.039
 sinful,

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:45.639
 now God

00:50:45.639 --> 00:50:46.420
 treats us

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:47.139
 as though

00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:47.440
 we had

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:48.079
 not because

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.340
 of the

00:50:48.340 --> 00:50:48.719
 perfect

00:50:48.719 --> 00:50:49.759
 righteousness

00:50:49.759 --> 00:50:50.739
 of Christ.

00:50:52.099 --> 00:50:52.659
 Huge

00:50:52.659 --> 00:50:53.279
 stuff there,

00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:54.560
 but basically

00:50:54.560 --> 00:50:55.460
 the requirement

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:56.000
 that Christ

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.380
 meets,

00:50:56.440 --> 00:50:56.860
 the work

00:50:56.860 --> 00:50:57.420
 He accomplished

00:50:57.420 --> 00:50:58.040
 was everything

00:50:58.040 --> 00:50:58.940
 needed for

00:50:58.940 --> 00:50:59.980
 the plan

00:50:59.980 --> 00:51:00.600
 of redemption.

00:51:02.120 --> 00:51:02.519
 So,

00:51:03.260 --> 00:51:04.360
 are you in

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:05.100
 awe of

00:51:05.100 --> 00:51:05.680
 these words

00:51:05.680 --> 00:51:06.080
 today?

00:51:07.740 --> 00:51:08.500
 Jesus would

00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:09.420
 open up to

00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:10.140
 sinners like

00:51:10.140 --> 00:51:11.540
 us a

00:51:11.540 --> 00:51:12.000
 secret,

00:51:12.240 --> 00:51:12.900
 intimate place

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.260
 with the

00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:14.140
 Father for

00:51:14.140 --> 00:51:14.940
 us to look

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.400
 into.

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:16.920
 And does

00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:17.400
 your soul

00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:18.280
 rejoice at

00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:18.920
 seeing these

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:19.800
 glimpses of

00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:20.440
 glory that

00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:21.640
 are ahead

00:51:21.640 --> 00:51:22.200
 of us in

00:51:22.200 --> 00:51:22.800
 these saving

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:24.300
 purposes that

00:51:24.300 --> 00:51:25.100
 are revealed

00:51:25.100 --> 00:51:25.980
 in the

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:26.640
 cross of

00:51:26.640 --> 00:51:27.060
 Christ.

00:51:28.160 --> 00:51:28.560
 So,

00:51:28.640 --> 00:51:28.960
 in the weeks

00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:29.440
 to come,

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:29.960
 we'll talk

00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:31.500
 about how

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:32.120
 Jesus goes

00:51:32.120 --> 00:51:32.780
 on to pray

00:51:32.780 --> 00:51:33.180
 for His

00:51:33.180 --> 00:51:33.580
 disciples.

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:35.280
 But then,

00:51:35.519 --> 00:51:36.260
 astoundingly,

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:36.700
 He prays

00:51:36.700 --> 00:51:37.200
 for you.

00:51:38.660 --> 00:51:39.160
 In all my

00:51:39.160 --> 00:51:39.600
 years in the

00:51:39.600 --> 00:51:39.900
 hospital,

00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:40.500
 I had a lot

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:40.760
 of people

00:51:40.760 --> 00:51:41.160
 come pray

00:51:41.160 --> 00:51:41.560
 for me.

00:51:42.560 --> 00:51:43.140
 People I

00:51:43.140 --> 00:51:43.780
 revered,

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.519
 people that

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:45.860
 I would

00:51:45.860 --> 00:51:46.580
 just tremble

00:51:46.580 --> 00:51:47.080
 when they

00:51:47.080 --> 00:51:47.420
 prayed.

00:51:48.560 --> 00:51:48.940
 I can't

00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:49.580
 imagine if

00:51:49.580 --> 00:51:49.980
 Jesus was

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:50.360
 just sitting

00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:51.680
 there by

00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:52.100
 you and

00:51:52.100 --> 00:51:52.640
 then prayed

00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:53.379
 for you.

00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:54.259
 Could you

00:51:54.259 --> 00:51:54.799
 not face

00:51:54.799 --> 00:51:55.579
 anything after

00:51:55.579 --> 00:51:55.900
 that?

00:51:56.799 --> 00:51:57.019
 Well,

00:51:57.039 --> 00:51:57.440
 He did.

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:57.960
 He prayed

00:51:57.960 --> 00:51:58.359
 for you.

00:51:59.139 --> 00:51:59.559
 And He

00:51:59.559 --> 00:51:59.920
 prayed for

00:51:59.920 --> 00:52:00.159
 me.

00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:02.379
 So,

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:02.819
 glory to

00:52:02.819 --> 00:52:03.079
 God.

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:03.519
 Let's pray

00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:03.819
 together.