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 The scripture reading today comes from the book of John, chapter 3, verse 1 to 21.

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 Please follow along on your Bible. Bulletin are on the screen.

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 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him,

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 Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God.

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 For no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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 Nicodemus said to him,

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 How can a man be born when he is old?

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 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?

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 Jesus answered,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit.

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 Do not marvel that I said to you, you must be born again.

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 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.

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 So it is with everyone who is born of the spirit.

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 Nicodemus said to him,

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 How can these things be?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

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 Truly, truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.

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 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

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 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

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 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

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 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,

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 that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world might be safe through him.

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 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,

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 but whoever does not believe is condemned already,

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 because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come into the world,

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 and people love the darkness rather than the light,

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 because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light,

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 and does not come to the light,

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 lest his works should be exposed.

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 But whoever does what is true comes to the light,

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 so that it may be clearly seen,

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 that his works have been carried out in God.

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 This is the Word of God.

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 Great. Thanks, Anastasia.

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 It was a long reading, but thank you for reading to us,

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 and thanks for staying with us.

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 I have a question for us this morning.

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 The question is,

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 do you believe people can really change?

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 Do you believe people can really change?

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 Here is a quote from a movie called The Usual Suspects.

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 I think it's 1995.

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 Very young Kevin Spacey.

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 I don't necessarily recommend the movie,

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 but still.

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 Kevin Spacey plays a character called Roger King,

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 and this is what he says.

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 A man can't change what he is.

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 He can convince anyone he's someone else,

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 but never himself.

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 What do you think?

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 Can people really change?

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 Maybe you're someone who thinks the more things change,

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 the more they stay the same.

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 Maybe you're someone who thinks that people can try,

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 they can alter a little bit on the surface level,

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 but deep inside who we are is set.

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 Our DNA, our genes, our disposition,

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 our nature, our nurture is set.

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 There's not much we can do about it.

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 Well, we are continuing through John's Gospel.

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 As Anastasia read to us,

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 we're in John chapter 3,

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 and we're working through John's Gospel.

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 Why?

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 Because Christians believe that Christianity

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 is all about seeing Jesus,

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 believing in Jesus,

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 trusting in Jesus,

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 and John wants us to do that.

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 John wants us to help,

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 wants to help us see Jesus and trust in him,

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 and we want to grow in that more and more

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 as the years go by,

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 not less and less.

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 And John wants to help us with that.

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 And so we're in John's Gospel,

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 and we are wanting to see Jesus

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 and believe and trust in him.

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 And this morning,

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 we come to this very famous passage

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 in John chapter 3,

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 where Jesus interacts with a man called Nicodemus.

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 And in this passage,

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 we're going to see two things,

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 two very, very simple things.

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 The first is,

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 the problem and its challenges.

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 There's a problem,

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 and the problem has some challenges.

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 And secondly,

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 the solution and his invitation.

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 There's a problem,

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 and this comes with challenges.

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 There's a solution,

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 and the solution invites us to respond.

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 Okay, so let's dive in and take a look.

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 The problem and its challenges.

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 Keep your Bible open.

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 We're going to look at this passage a bit.

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 So this man called Nicodemus comes to Jesus,

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 and he comes to him.

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 Nicodemus, as we will discover,

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 is a very well-respected member of society

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 and of the religious body.

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 And he comes to Jesus at night.

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 Why does he come at night?

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 Well, we're not sure.

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 It could be that there's a sinister motive.

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 In John's Gospel,

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 night and darkness often signify

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 something a little bit suspicious.

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 So it could be that he's got ulterior motives,

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 or it could be

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 that he's wanting to come and ask Jesus.

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 He's a spiritual seeker.

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 He's got questions about Jesus,

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 but he wants to come and explore more

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 without giving away his identity.

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 He's a Pharisee.

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 He's a leader of the religious group.

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 He doesn't want to expose himself too much.

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 But either way,

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 he comes to Jesus at night,

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 and he comes with a question.

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 Now, John doesn't exactly record his question,

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 but it's not hard to guess what his question is.

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 Essentially, Nicodemus wants to know,

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 Jesus, who are you really?

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 Look what he says.

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 He says,

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 Rabbi, we know that you're a teacher

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 that has come from God

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 because nobody could do the signs that you do

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 unless God is with him.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus, we've seen you.

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 We've been watching you.

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 We are paying close attention to you.

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 And we see there's something unique about you.

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 We see that there's something divine about you.

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 But the question is,

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 is there more?

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 We know that you are a wise teacher.

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 You know God's word.

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 But are you more than just a teacher?

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 Are you the prophet that we've been waiting for?

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 Are you possibly the Messiah?

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 Jesus, who are you?

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 But of course,

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 Jesus, as he so often does,

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 completely interrupts Nicodemus

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 along with his assumptions

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 and he throws the challenge back at Nicodemus.

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 Look at what Jesus is.

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 So Nicodemus comes and says,

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 Rabbi, we know you're a teacher

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 and he's about to get to his question.

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 He hasn't even yet got to his question.

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 And Jesus interrupts him,

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 challenges him,

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 saying,

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 Now, by the way,

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 this is not John's main point,

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 so a side comment here.

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 This is very, very typical of Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 both in the Gospels

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 and in our lives,

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 loves to interrupt,

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 to challenge,

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 and to confront you.

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 Throughout the Gospels

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 and throughout our lives,

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 Jesus challenges our assumptions

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 and our presuppositions,

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 both about himself,

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 what we view himself,

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 and about life in general.

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 And Nicodemus comes to him

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 and as Nicodemus finds out,

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 Jesus is very seldom

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 willing to just answer our questions

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 quietly, neatly,

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 and in a well-packaged format.

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 Jesus often comes

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 and he confronts us,

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 he challenges us,

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 he interrupts us.

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 And why is that?

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 Because Jesus doesn't just want to

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 affirm us,

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 he wants to form us.

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 He doesn't just want to comfort us,

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 he wants to confront us.

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 And he wants us to help us

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 to see reality

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 as it really is.

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 And that means

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 he's going to confront us

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 more than comfort us,

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 he's going to challenge us.

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 And that's what he does

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 with Nicodemus.

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 So Nicodemus comes

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 with this question

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 and Jesus retorts

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 with this profoundly

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 remarkable challenge.

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 He says,

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 unless you are born again,

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 you cannot even see

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 God's kingdom.

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 And again, verse 5,

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 he says,

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 truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 unless you are born

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 of water and the Spirit,

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 you cannot enter

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 God's kingdom.

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 Now, here's the question.

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 What does Jesus mean

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 when he says

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 you must be born again?

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 What does that mean?

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 My guess is that

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 for maybe some of us,

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 we would have heard

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 that phrase before.

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 I remember many,

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 many years ago,

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 somebody came to me

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 and said,

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 I didn't know the person

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 very well,

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 and they said,

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 Kevin,

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 are you one of those

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 reborn types of Christians?

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 Christians, right?

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 He kind of heard this phrase,

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 but didn't really know

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 what it meant

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 and wanted to know

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 whether I was part

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 of this weird cult

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 that call ourselves

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 reborn,

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 born again Christians.

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 What does it mean?

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 Well, depending on

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 your experience,

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 some people think

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 that to be born again

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 means you are

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 emotionally unstable,

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 maybe you have

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 emotional problems,

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 and now they've had

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 some kind of

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 emotional experience,

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 and now you're

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 an emotional fanatic,

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 right?

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 Jesus has come,

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 you've had a

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 spiritual experience,

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 and now you're

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 an emotional fanatic.

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 Jesus has come to

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 make you emotionally

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 all over the place,

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 maybe a bit unstable

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 with a religious bent.

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 For other people,

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 when you hear the word

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 born again,

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 maybe we think

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 that means

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 to take on some

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 kind of strict

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 moral regimen,

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 right?

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 Everything's now

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 black and white,

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 there's no gray.

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 Either you can do it

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 or you can't do it,

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 and you take on

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 the strict,

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 moral,

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 authoritarian

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 worldview

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 where everything

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 is just black and white.

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 And so now you're

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 morally fanatical,

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 right?

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 But what does Jesus mean?

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 When Jesus says

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 you must be born again,

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 he says it three times,

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 verse 3,

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 verse 5,

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 verse 7,

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 you must be born again.

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 Jesus is obviously

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 not talking about

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 physical birth,

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 okay?

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 He's not saying

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 you must go back

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 into your mom's womb.

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 He's not talking about

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 a style or a type

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 of Christianity

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 like emotional

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 or charismatic

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 versus reformed

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 and stoic.

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 He's not talking about

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 modern versus

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 traditional.

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 He's not talking about

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 a type of Christianity.

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 He's not talking about

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 a type of personality

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 or a type of Christian.

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 When Jesus says

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 you must be born again

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 to see God's kingdom,

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 he's describing

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 a profoundly,

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 profoundly fundamental

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 change

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 that must take place

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 deep inside

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 your inner being.

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 at a most basic

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 and fundamental level,

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 Jesus is saying

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 who you are

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 needs to be

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 profoundly changed

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 and reorientated.

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 Jesus wants to

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 recalibrate

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 in a profound way

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 who we are.

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 And he says that

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 every single person

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 that wishes

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 to experience God

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 or know God

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 must go through

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 this profound

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 changed experience

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 in their lives.

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 So Jesus is making

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 a very, very important

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 point here

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 that every person

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 who either thinks

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 of themselves

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 as a Christian

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 or is exploring

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 the claims of Christianity

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 or working out

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 whether they want

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 to follow Jesus

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 must grapple

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 or wrestle

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 with this

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 call that Jesus is

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 which is

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 that you must

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 be profoundly changed

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 deep, deep

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 in your soul

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 and your being

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 and your heart

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 in order to know God.

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 In order to be

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 a Christian.

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 In order to be

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 a follower

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 of Christ.

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 that Christianity

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 Jesus says

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 has nothing to do

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 with moral

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 self-improvement

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 moral enhancement

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 religious duty

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 social etiquette

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 it has everything

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 to do with

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 this radical

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 transformation

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 that takes place

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 in the most

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 fundamental part

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 of our personhood

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 and our being.

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 John Calvin

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 comments

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 and he writes this

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 he says

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 by saying

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 one must be

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 born again

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 Jesus means

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 not amendment

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 or improvement

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 or adjustment

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 of a part

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 of one's life

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 but the thorough

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 renewal

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 of the whole

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 of one's nature

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 there's nothing

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 in us

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 that is not

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 defective

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 and need of

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 renewal.

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 This is what

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 Jesus is saying

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 he comes to

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 Nicodemus

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 and he says

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 Nicodemus

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 you're coming

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 to me

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 and you're

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 asking for

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 a new teaching

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 or a new insight

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 or a new

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 perspective

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 that's not

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 what I've

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 come to

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 give you

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 I've come

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 to fundamentally

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 change who

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 you are

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 you must

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 be born again

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 otherwise

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 it's not

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 going to

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 work

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 you must

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 be changed

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 Michael Lawrence

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 writes this

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 he says

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 Jesus has not

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 come to

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 simply make

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 us nice

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 he's come

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 to make

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 us altogether

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 new

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 altogether

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 new

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 and over

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 and over

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 again

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 the scriptures

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 are going

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 to tell

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 us that

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 anyone

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 that's

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 seeking

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 to become

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 a follower

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 of Jesus

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 anyone

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 who calls

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 himself

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 a Christian

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 must wrestle

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 with this

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 profound

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 confrontational

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 challenge

00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:47.299
 Jesus

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 you must

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 be born

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 again

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 you must

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 be changed

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 something

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 of who

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 you are

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 your personhood

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 must be

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 so changed

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 that it's

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 almost

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 it's akin

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 or it's

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 similar

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 to becoming

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 a whole

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 new person

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 it's like

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 your old

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 person

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 must die

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 and something

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 radically

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 new

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 must

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 come about

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 okay

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 do you

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 understand

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 here

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 now this

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 immediately

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 throws up

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 two

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 very

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 profound

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 challenges

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 for Nicodemus

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 and I

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 think they

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 challenge

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 this

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 for us

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 as well

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 look at

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 what these

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 challenges

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 are

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 the first

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 one is

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 social

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 standing

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 counts

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 for nothing

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 for someone

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 like

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 Nicodemus

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 this is

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 obviously

00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.279
 a

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 remarkable

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 challenge

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 because

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 who is

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 Nicodemus

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 Nicodemus

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 is not

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 just

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 anybody

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 he's a

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 man of

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 profound

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 social

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 standing

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 look at

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 verse 1

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 verse 1

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 says

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 there was

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 a man

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 of the

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 Pharisees

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 named

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 Nicodemus

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 a ruler

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 of the

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 Jews

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 so

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 Nicodemus

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 is a

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 member of

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 high social

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 standing

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 both in

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 society

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 both in

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 the religious

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 group

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 as well as

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 in the

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 political

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 group

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 he's probably

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 a member

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 of the

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 Sanhedrin

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 which is

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 like the

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 religious

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 court

00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:51.680
 over

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 Jerusalem

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 he is

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 a member

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 that's

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 very

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 high

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 regarded

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 he's

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 probably

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 wealthy

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 he has

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 high social

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 standing

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 but look at

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 what verse

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.760
 10 says

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 verse 10

00:15:02.260 --> 00:15:02.960
 Jesus says

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 are you not

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 the teacher

00:15:04.780 --> 00:15:05.560
 in Israel

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 in other

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 words

00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.039
 here is

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 somebody

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 that

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 all of

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 Israel

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 had a

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 had a

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 high

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 reputation

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 as someone

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 who could

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 explain the

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 scriptures

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 who knew

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 the scriptures

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 so people

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 travel from

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 all of

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 Israel

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 to come

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 and consult

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 his wisdom

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 his expertise

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:21.519
 here is

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:21.899
 like a

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 professor

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 a doctor

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 professor

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 reverend

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 Nicodemus

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 both politically

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 socially

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 religiously

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 he's very

00:15:29.599 --> 00:15:30.399
 highly regarded

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.600
 and yet

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 Jesus

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.799
 tells him

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 that

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 nothing

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 less

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 than a

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 radical

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.000
 transformation

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.559
 is what

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 he needs

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.980
 Jesus

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 comes to

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 this guy

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 that has

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 it all

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 together

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 and he

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 says

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 Nicodemus

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 unless

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 you

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 are

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 changed

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 you're

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 in deep

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 trouble

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 and that's

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 profoundly

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 challenging

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 listen to

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 what

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 D.A.

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 Carson

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 says

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 he says

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 what must

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 be grasped

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 from Jesus

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 insistence

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 on the

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 new birth

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 as the

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 prerequisite

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 for entering

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 his kingdom

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 is the

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 fact that

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 this truth

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 is applied

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 to a

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 man

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 of the

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 caliber

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 of

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 Nicodemus

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 if

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 Nicodemus

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 with all

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 his knowledge

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 his gifts

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 his understanding

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 his position

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 his integrity

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 cannot enter

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 the kingdom

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 by virtue

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 of his

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 standing

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 or religious

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 works

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 what hope

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 is there

00:16:14.400 --> 00:16:14.940
 for anyone

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 who seeks

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 salvation

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 along such

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 lines

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 even for

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 Nicodemus

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 there must

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 have been

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 radical

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 transformation

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 the generation

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 of new

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 life

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 comparable

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 with physical

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 birth

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 now friends

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 this is

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 obviously

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 challenging

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 for Nicodemus

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 but I

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 think this

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 is challenging

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 for us

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 as well

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 and the

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 reason is

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 because we

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 live in

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 Hong Kong

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 what is

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 Hong Kong

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 Hong Kong

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 is a city

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 that is

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 comprised of

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 some of the

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 leading

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 people in the

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 world

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 if you live

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 in Hong Kong

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 statistically

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 you're way

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 more educated

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 way more

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 financially

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 wealth

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 way more

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 upwardly

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 mobile

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 than almost

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 every other

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 country

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 in the world

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 Hong Kong

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 is by nature

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 are some of the

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 most sophisticated

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 educated

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 most upwardly

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 mobile people

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 on the

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 planet

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 and so we

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 face the same

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 challenge as

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 Nicodemus

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 we have it

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 all together

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 we've got our

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 numerous degrees

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 we've got our

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 career path

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 lined up

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 and Jesus

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 comes to each

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 one of us

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 and looks us

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 in the eye

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 and he says

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 you

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 you must be

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 born again

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 otherwise you

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 have no place

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 in my kingdom

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 that's a profound

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 challenge

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 but here's the

00:17:23.179 --> 00:17:23.799
 other challenge

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 what Jesus

00:17:25.459 --> 00:17:25.919
 is saying to

00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:26.419
 Nicodemus

00:17:26.419 --> 00:17:26.919
 and saying to

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 all of us

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 is that this

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 transformation

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:30.319
 can only come

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 about by

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 God

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 this is nothing

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.000
 that Nicodemus

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:35.000
 himself can do

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.500
 Jesus telling us

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 entrance in his

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 kingdom is not

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.399
 grounded upon

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 anything we do

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 or we achieve

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 it's intervention

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 is by God

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.459
 alone

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 it's not a

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 moral self

00:17:44.459 --> 00:17:44.919
 improvement

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 project

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 it's not a

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 call to greater

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 church attendance

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 although that's not

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.259
 a bad thing

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.399
 Jesus is not

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 saying hey

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 if you give to

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 the building

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 fund

00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:53.259
 you know

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 I can

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 organize your

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 way into the

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 kingdom

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 no no

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 none of those

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 things

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 there's nothing

00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:58.779
 that Nicodemus

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.059
 can do

00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.339
 this is only

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 something

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:02.079
 that God

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.359
 can do

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:02.879
 look at verse

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 6

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 so that which

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 is born of

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:05.679
 the flesh

00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.319
 is flesh

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 that which

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.720
 is born of

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.299
 the spirit

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.659
 is spirit

00:18:08.659 --> 00:18:08.879
 he says

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.439
 you want to

00:18:09.439 --> 00:18:09.919
 be spiritually

00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.559
 reborn

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.379
 you want to

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.839
 be born of

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.119
 the spirit

00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.919
 only God

00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.240
 can do

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.639
 that

00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.559
 Nicodemus

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.039
 you can go

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.599
 on a pilgrimage

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:17.119
 to the highest

00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.699
 place in the

00:18:17.699 --> 00:18:18.039
 temple

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.960
 you can go

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.539
 on a 40 day

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 fast

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.200
 you can

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:22.259
 beat yourself

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.779
 with whips

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.299
 and go

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:24.220
 on sackcloth

00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.539
 and ashes

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.500
 there's nothing

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.940
 you can do

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.740
 only God's

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.279
 spirit can do

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.720
 this

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.659
 look again

00:18:29.659 --> 00:18:30.019
 look what he

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.420
 says in

00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:31.680
 verse 12

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.639
 there's another one

00:18:32.639 --> 00:18:32.899
 he says

00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:34.099
 if I have told you

00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:35.119
 earthly things

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:36.000
 and you do not

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.559
 believe them

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.559
 how are you

00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.019
 going to believe

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.619
 if I tell you

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.480
 heavenly things

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.460
 Jesus is saying

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:40.960
 Nicodemus

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.399
 I've got a message

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:42.819
 for you

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:44.059
 but it's beyond

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.700
 your grasp

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.159
 you can't even

00:18:45.159 --> 00:18:45.920
 understand what

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.740
 I'm talking about

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.799
 it's beyond

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.480
 your reach

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.740
 there is a

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.180
 solution

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.700
 you need to

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.359
 be born again

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.039
 but you don't

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.339
 even know

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.480
 what I'm

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.019
 talking about

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.240
 and Nicodemus

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.900
 is one of the

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:56.759
 leading theologians

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.380
 and academics

00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:58.200
 in Israel

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:59.839
 if he can't get it

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.339
 what hope do

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.180
 any of us have it

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:03.099
 it's kind of like

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:05.240
 imagine somebody's

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.720
 on a boat

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:07.180
 and they fall off

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:07.759
 overboard

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.240
 right

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.599
 and they're now

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.079
 in the water

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.099
 and you've got to

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:12.059
 pull them up

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.159
 and you see

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:13.899
 the sharks

00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.480
 are starting

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.059
 to circle

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.940
 you see the

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.720
 fin coming

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.339
 through the water

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.859
 and you think

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.639
 we've got to

00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:19.240
 get this person

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.659
 up fast

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.539
 and you throw

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.460
 a rope overboard

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.519
 but the rope's

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.059
 too short

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:24.000
 and so they're

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.279
 in the water

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.539
 and they're

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.200
 trying to grasp

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.559
 they're trying

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.940
 to grab

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.759
 but the rope

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.319
 is a meter

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.839
 too short

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.279
 and there's

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.799
 no way

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.079
 they're going

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.579
 to reach it

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.299
 and the sharks

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.839
 are coming in

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.659
 what is their

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.179
 situation

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:33.700
 it's hopeless

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.940
 Jesus is saying

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.899
 I'm trying to

00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:36.440
 throw a rope

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:36.599
 to you

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:36.940
 I'm trying to

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.399
 help you

00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.359
 but you can't

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:38.919
 even grasp

00:19:38.919 --> 00:19:39.399
 it's beyond

00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:39.980
 your reach

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:41.240
 there's no

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.720
 ways that you

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:41.940
 can

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.779
 find out

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:44.759
 and then look

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.179
 what he says

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:46.099
 Jesus just to

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.079
 just to make

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.819
 things worse

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:49.779
 he says

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.799
 he says

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.359
 you must be

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.179
 born from above

00:19:52.179 --> 00:19:52.519
 now

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.759
 if you've got

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.720
 an NIV Bible

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.700
 or an ESV Bible

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.519
 there should be

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.379
 a little footnote

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.980
 at the bottom

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.700
 that's connected

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.119
 to the word

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.740
 again

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.759
 verse 3

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.319
 Jesus says

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.159
 I say to you

00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:03.720
 unless one is

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.619
 born again

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.139
 and then there's

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.619
 a footnote

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.039
 and again

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.619
 in verse 7

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:06.960
 he says

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:08.099
 do not marvel

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.740
 that I say to you

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.299
 you must be

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.139
 born again

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.779
 and there's

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.460
 a little footnote

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.460
 in my Bible

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.960
 the footnote

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.640
 says this

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.740
 either

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.779
 born again

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.460
 or born

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 from above

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 the Greek

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 is purposefully

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 ambiguous

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 and can mean

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 either

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.299
 again

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.600
 or from above

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 in fact

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.539
 that word

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.120
 the Greek word

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 anathon

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 in most of the

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 New Testament

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 it means the word

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 above

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 or on top

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.380
 of something

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:32.160
 Jesus saying

00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.500
 here

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.620
 he uses this

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 plain words

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.840
 and he says

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.880
 Nicodemus

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.680
 if you want to be

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.240
 in my kingdom

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.380
 you must be

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.500
 born from above

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.079
 you must be

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.640
 born from

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.700
 born in heaven

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.259
 born of the

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.460
 spirit

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 born of God

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 but that

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.120
 is a problem

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.480
 right

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:48.299
 because Jesus

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.660
 is saying

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.920
 something needs

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.299
 to happen

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.839
 to your soul

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.480
 that can only

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.099
 happen if you

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.660
 get to heaven

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.579
 if you get to

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.319
 reach to heaven

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.019
 you get God

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.539
 to do it

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.319
 then maybe

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.680
 you can be

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.160
 born again

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.720
 but the problem

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.519
 is who of us

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.220
 can get to heaven

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.920
 I mean

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.259
 none of us

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.740
 can get there

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:02.920
 right

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.359
 there's no

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:04.359
 Cathay Pacific

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.759
 flights

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.219
 going to

00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:05.500
 heaven

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.719
 Joe

00:21:06.719 --> 00:21:07.399
 maybe you can

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:08.199
 arrange something

00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:08.639
 about that

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.219
 and talk to

00:21:09.219 --> 00:21:09.879
 the Cathay guys

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.740
 but Jesus

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.039
 is saying

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.519
 there's something

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.619
 you need to do

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.699
 but you can't

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.019
 get there

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.419
 it's beyond

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.039
 your reach

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.939
 it's beyond

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.599
 your grasp

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.719
 how are you

00:21:18.719 --> 00:21:19.059
 going to get

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.759
 born again

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:22.079
 we sang earlier

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.799
 how great

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.439
 the chasm

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.000
 that lay

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.759
 between us

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.779
 how high

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.339
 the mountain

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.879
 I could not

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.139
 climb

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.459
 that's what

00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:28.079
 Jesus is saying

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.779
 you want to

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.099
 be saved

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.439
 you've got to

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:30.979
 be born again

00:21:30.979 --> 00:21:31.839
 but sorry

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.799
 it's too high

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.099
 for you

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.959
 there's a chasm

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.420
 that's too

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.779
 deep

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.960
 and Jesus

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.779
 and for the

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.340
 first time

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:37.880
 Nicodemus

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.360
 hears this

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.700
 and he's a

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.319
 little startled

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.700
 and he

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.500
 he doesn't

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.120
 really understand

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.559
 what Jesus

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:41.880
 is saying

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.400
 so Jesus

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.120
 tries again

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.420
 he says

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.900
 Nicodemus

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.160
 you must

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.579
 be born

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.079
 of water

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.900
 and born

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.180
 of the

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.559
 spirit

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.360
 that's a

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.720
 quote from

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.640
 Ezekiel 36

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.160
 he's saying

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.059
 you must

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.840
 have happened

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.579
 to you

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:53.340
 what Ezekiel

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.720
 said would

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:53.940
 happen

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.319
 which is

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.920
 that God

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.380
 moves into

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:55.740
 your life

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.299
 and changes

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.660
 you from

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.140
 the inside

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.860
 you've got

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.360
 to be washed

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.900
 of your sin

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.220
 that's what

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.519
 the water

00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.799
 means

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.460
 you've got

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.740
 the Holy

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.019
 Spirit

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.240
 it's got

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.480
 to make

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.940
 you new

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.220
 on the

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.599
 inside

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.180
 you'll be

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.539
 born of

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:03.779
 water

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.019
 and the

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.259
 spirit

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.000
 God's

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.240
 got to

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.579
 change

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:05.819
 you

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.700
 on the

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.120
 inside

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.519
 and so

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.920
 he says

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.259
 for the

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.599
 third

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.120
 time

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.019
 I'm not

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.259
 trying to

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.539
 make you

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.779
 new

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.079
 I'm trying

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.319
 to make

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.539
 you

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.079
 I'm not

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.240
 trying to

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.500
 make you

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.799
 nice

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:12.940
 I'm

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.160
 going to

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.319
 make

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.440
 you

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.740
 new

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.539
 this is

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:14.700
 not

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.200
 refined

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.579
 religion

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:15.940
 this is

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.180
 renewed

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.680
 souls

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.599
 for the

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:17.799
 third

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.180
 time

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.019
 do not

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.339
 marvel

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:19.599
 that I

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:19.940
 say to

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.079
 you

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.460
 you must

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.460


00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.660
 be

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:20.900
 born

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.279
 again

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.980
 now

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.599
 this

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.279
 presents

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.799
 another

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.480
 question

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.160
 for us

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:31.759
 here is

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.420
 the question

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.700
 if this

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.080
 is what

00:22:34.080 --> 00:22:34.580
 Jesus

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.200
 is saying

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.060
 means

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:36.680
 to be a

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.960
 Christian

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.259
 means

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.820
 deep

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.040
 and

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:38.759
 profound

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.900
 spiritual

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.400
 change

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.019
 transformation

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.519
 in our

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.960
 lives

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.860
 this

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.380
 profound

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.820
 inward

00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:44.580
 transformation

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.660
 not just

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.440
 surface

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.720
 level

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.240
 change

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.640
 how do

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.120
 you know

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.400
 whether

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.620
 that

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:49.960
 change

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.100
 has

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.320
 taken

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:50.900
 place

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.940
 you

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.080
 see

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.220
 if

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.480
 Jesus

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.820
 says

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:53.420
 listen

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.640
 this

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:53.740
 is

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:53.800
 what

00:22:53.800 --> 00:22:53.900
 it

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.040
 means

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.220
 to be

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.340
 a

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.560
 Christian

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:54.779
 go

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:54.940
 to

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.180
 church

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.519
 at least

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.779
 three

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.100
 Sundays

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.320
 a

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.560
 month

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.240
 and

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.379
 you

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.519
 know

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.000
 tithe

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.200
 if

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.299
 you

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.639
 can

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.119
 attend

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.259
 a

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.440
 small

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.700
 group

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.240
 okay

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.500
 there's

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.639
 a

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:00.980
 checklist

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.200
 you

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.339
 can

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.480
 you

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.619
 can

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:01.859
 work

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.119
 out

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.419
 yes

00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:02.579
 I

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.839
 made

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:02.940
 it

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.039
 I

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.259
 haven't

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.480
 made

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.720
 it

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.579
 but

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.759
 what

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.039
 Jesus

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.179
 is

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:05.379
 talking

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.539
 about

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.639
 is

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:05.759
 a

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.399
 profound

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.039
 inward

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.960
 change

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.659
 that

00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.059
 there's

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.240
 no

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.559
 blood

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.819
 test

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:10.940
 you

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.079
 can

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.299
 take

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.500
 hey

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.720
 do

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:11.899
 I

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.200
 have

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.419
 like

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.799
 spiritual

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.139
 DNA

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.339
 in

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.480
 my

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.119
 veins

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.419
 right

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.079
 there's

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.240
 no

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.639
 spiritual

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.079
 DNA

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.480
 test

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.619
 that

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:16.720
 you

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:16.859
 can

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.159
 say

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.659
 whether

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:17.839
 you

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.039
 in

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.179
 the

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.400
 kingdom

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.600
 or

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:18.880
 not

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.740
 so

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.019
 here's

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.140
 the

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.440
 question

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.779
 how

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.080
 do

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.259
 you

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.660
 know

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:21.980
 whether

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.160
 you

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.360
 are

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.580
 born

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:22.880
 again

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.240
 how

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.440
 do

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.560
 you

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:24.779
 know

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:24.980
 whether

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.140
 you

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.400
 really

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.640
 are

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.100
 saved

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:27.039
 maybe

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.259
 you're

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.400
 just

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.620
 going

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:27.779
 through

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:27.920
 the

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.259
 motions

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.539
 and

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.700
 you're

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:28.820
 doing

00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:28.960
 all

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.060
 the

00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.360
 outward

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.680
 stuff

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:29.840
 but

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.019
 there's

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.180
 been

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.480
 no

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.000
 inward

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.779
 personal

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.360
 change

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 how

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 do

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 you

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.019
 know

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.200
 whether

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.380
 you're

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.539
 really

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.920
 saved

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.180
 well

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.580
 Jesus

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:36.900
 wants

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.080
 to

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.279
 help

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 us

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 and

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 so

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 look

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 what

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.039
 he

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.240
 says

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.400
 in

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.660
 verse

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.039
 8

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.799
 he

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:39.980
 says

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 the

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.359
 wind

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:40.839
 blows

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.199
 wherever

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:41.399
 it

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:41.719
 wishes

00:23:41.719 --> 00:23:42.259
 you

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 hear

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 it

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.000
 sound

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 but

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 you

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 do

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 not

00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:43.839
 know

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.000
 where

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 it

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 comes

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 from

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 or

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 where

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.039
 it

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 goes

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 so

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 does

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 everyone

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 so

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 it

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 is

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 with

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 everyone

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 who

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 is

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 born

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 of

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 the

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.019
 spirit

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.199
 Jesus

00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:51.539
 point

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:51.759
 is

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.319
 you

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 can't

00:23:52.719 --> 00:23:52.939
 see

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.159
 the

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 wind

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 but

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 you

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.619
 can

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:54.899
 see

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.079
 its

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.479
 effects

00:23:55.479 --> 00:23:55.719
 when

00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:55.899
 it's

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 come

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 right

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:57.619
 maybe

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:57.739
 you

00:23:57.739 --> 00:23:57.939
 walk

00:23:57.939 --> 00:23:58.039
 in

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.139
 the

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.459
 mountain

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:58.479
!

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.479
 or

00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:10.739
 you

00:24:10.739 --> 00:24:11.439
 see

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:11.659
 the

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.619
 leaves

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.759
 in

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:12.879
 the

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 street

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.299
 or

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.579
 the

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.959
 trash

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:14.179
 gets

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.500
 blown

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.859
 over

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.199
 right

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:15.839
 you

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.239
 can't

00:24:16.239 --> 00:24:16.439
 see

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:16.639
 the

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.000
 wind

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.579
 but

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:17.739
 you

00:24:17.739 --> 00:24:18.039
 can

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.279
 see

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.459
 its

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:18.859
 effects

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.819
 you

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.119
 can't

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.219
 see

00:24:20.219 --> 00:24:20.399
 when

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:20.559
 it's

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.759
 done

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.239
 something

00:24:21.239 --> 00:24:22.399
 Jesus

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.819
 saying

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.259
 you

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.619
 can't

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.159
 necessarily

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.819
 see

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.399
 you

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.579
 don't

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:25.819
 you

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:25.919
 know

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.059
 your

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.339
 eyes

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.539
 don't

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.839
 change

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.199
 color

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.459
 your

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.159
 blood

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.459
 doesn't

00:24:28.459 --> 00:24:28.699
 change

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:28.879
 to a

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.079
 different

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.459
 type

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:29.919
 when

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.019
 you

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.259
 become

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.500
 born

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.819
 again

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.579
 but

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.099
 everybody

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.579
 does

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.779
 see

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:32.939
 the

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.339
 effects

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.479
 in

00:24:33.479 --> 00:24:33.599
 your

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.939
 life

00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:34.839
 because

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.019
 you

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.420
 change

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.619
 so

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.160
 profoundly

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.480
 that

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.660
 it

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.139
 can't

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.299
 just

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.480
 stay

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.900
 inside

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 you

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.660
 there

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.039
 must

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.240
 be

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.599
 fruit

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.160
 there

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.440
 must

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.680
 be

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:40.900
 a

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.460
 change

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.879
 Jesus

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.180
 saying

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.440
 those

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.660
 of us

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:43.759
 that

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:43.879
 have been

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.180
 born

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.400
 in the

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:44.759
 spirit

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.420
 who have

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.539
 been

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:45.819
 made

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.240
 spiritually

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.599
 new

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.000
 will

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.339
 show

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.519
 the

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.879
 effects

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.000
 in

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.119
 our

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.480
 life

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.400
 we

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.559
 will

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.779
 live

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.279
 differently

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.220
 we

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.299
 will

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.619
 behave

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.099
 differently

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:53.059
 we

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.180
 will

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.420
 think

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.599
 and

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.839
 speak

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.319
 differently

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.359
 and

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.579
 it

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.720
 will

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:55.900
 be

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.299
 obvious

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.519
 to

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.819
 those

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.180
 around

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.579
 us

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.059
 that

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.440
 God

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.619
 has

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:58.779
 done

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.160
 something

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.559
 inside

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.720
 of

00:24:59.720 --> 00:24:59.940
 us

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.200
 and

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.600
 changed

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:00.980
 us

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.220
 friends

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.400
 this

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.500
 is

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.620
 a

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:02.779
 real

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.400
 challenge

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:05.000
 those

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.240
 of us

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.360
 that

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.740
 consider

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.160
 ourselves

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.620
 Christians

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:06.940
 this

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.279
 morning

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:09.059
 we

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.279
 must

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.660
 ask

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.980
 ourselves

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.160
 the

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.519
 question

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.799
 where

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.259
 is

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.400
 the

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.779
 evidence

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.200
 point

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.580
 are

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:14.740
 we

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.019
 truly

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.559
 saved

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.940
 are

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.120
 we

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.400
 truly

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.680
 born

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.039
 again

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.460
 has

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.799
 Jesus

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.120
 really

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.580
 changed

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:20.819
 us

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:20.980
 in

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.180
 such

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.319
 a

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.539
 deep

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.680
 and

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.039
 profound

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.340
 way

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.539
 that

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.819
 those

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.160
 around

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.460
 us

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.900
 would

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.059
 be

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.220
 able

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.400
 to

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.740
 tell

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.100
 I

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:26.240
 know

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.380
 we

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:26.519
 have

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.680
 the

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:26.900
 youth

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.039
 in

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.220
 with

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.420
 us

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.600
 this

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:27.940
 morning

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.680
 maybe

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.120
 you

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.259
 grew

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.420
!

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.880
 from

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.720
 this

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.039
 high

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.240
 you

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.340
 have

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.440
 been

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.660
 told

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:32.840
 the

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.140
 gospel

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.319
 and

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.400
 you

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.620
 know

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:33.799
 the

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.059
 Bible

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.640
 backwards

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.580
 are

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:35.860
 you

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.160
 born

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.580
 again?

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.019
 Are

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.160
 you

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.340
 born

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.420
 of

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.539
 the

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.920
 Spirit?

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.519
 Has

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.840
 Jesus

00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:41.140
 really

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.620
 changed

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:41.799
 your

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.160
 life?

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.200
 Is

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.380
 there

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.620
 any

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.019
 fruit

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.200
 or

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.779
 evidence?

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.279
 Dear

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.620
 friends

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:46.840
 I want

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.180
 to ask

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.259
 you

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.360
 are

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:47.460
 you

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.740
 truly

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:47.940
 a

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.259
 Christian?

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.059
 Have

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.240
 your

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.680
 desires

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.240
 changed?

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.799
 Maybe

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.160
 ask

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.440
 ourselves

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.640
 have

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.799
 our

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.200
 attitudes

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.819
 changed?

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.059
 Has

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.200
 the

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.360
 way

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.500
 that

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.660
 we

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.779
 handle

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.400
 challenge

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.620
 or

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.180
 difficulty

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.580
 in life

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.100
 changed?

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.080
 have

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.279
 our

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.720
 ambitions

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.240
 changed?

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.400
 The

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.620
 things

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:02.779
 we

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.039
 live

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.259
 for?

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.319
 What

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.480
 we

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.700
 look

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:04.880
 up

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.100
 to?

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:05.960
 What

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.120
 we

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.299
 look

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.460
 to

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.660
 for

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.160
 rest

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.440
 and

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.920
 peace

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.620
 and

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.220
 security?

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.680
 how

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:10.860
 we

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.180
 handle

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.539
 money

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.779
 has

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:11.940
 that

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.480
 changed?

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.579
 Are

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.799
 our

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.380
 relationships

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.380
 different?

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.740
 How

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:16.920
 we

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.220
 handle

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.819
 offense?

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.799
 How

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:18.960
 we

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.420
 reconcile

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.819
 with

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.140
 people

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.360
 that

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.579
 hurt

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.960
 us?

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.220
 Friends

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.380
 are

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.519
 we

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.759
 more

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.120
 humble?

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.079
 Are

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.220
 we

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.819
 confessing

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.019
 more

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.360
 freely?

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.400
 Are

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.579
 we

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.819
 more

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.279
 vulnerable

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.660
 and

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.200
 transparent

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.579
 because

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:28.779
 of

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.160
 Christ

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.339
 and

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.440
 the

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.759
 gospel?

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.039
 This

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.200
 is

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.360
 the

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.779
 challenge

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:31.980
 that

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.259
 Jesus

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.920
 confronts

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.039
 us

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.339
 with.

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.339
 Anyone

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.640
 that

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:34.980
 wants

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.160
 to

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.500
 see

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.720
 or

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:35.960
 enter

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.120
 the

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.299
 kingdom

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.460
 of

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.620
 God

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.200
 must

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.200


00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:41.120
 be

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.460
 born

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.740
 of

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:41.960
 my

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.480
 spirit.

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.220
 The

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.700
 problem

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.380
 and

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.600
 its

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.180
 challenge.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.299
 But

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.740
 thankfully

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.279
 Jesus

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.700
 like he

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:48.960
 always

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.279
 does

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.779
 doesn't

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.000
 just

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.299
 leave

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.480
 us

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.759
 there.

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.500
 And

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.640
 so

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.039
 Jesus

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.460
 brings

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.720
 us

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:52.940
 the

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.380
 solution

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.819
 and

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.059
 his

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.720
 invitation.

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.039
 And

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.200
 so

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.779
 listen

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.019
 to

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.220
 what

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.380
 he

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.620
 says.

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.200
 Jesus

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.140
 wants

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.319
 to

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.779
 invite

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.079
 us

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.240
 to

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.420
 see

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.620
 the

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.000
 solution

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.220
 to

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.360
 our

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:00.720
 problem.

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:00.940
 And

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.480
 throughout

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.720
 the

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:01.980
 Bible

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.220
 from

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.559
 beginning

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.799
 to

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.100
 end

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.100
 God's

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.480
 message

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.700
 is

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.279
 consistent

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.620
 and

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.940
 clear.

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.180
 His

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.519
 message

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.740
 is

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.380
 all

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.740
 human

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.200
 beings

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.440
 have

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.680
 a

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:14.580
 problem.

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:15.740
 And

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.100
 Jesus

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.539
 Christ

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.700
 is

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:16.840
 the

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.240
 profound

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.740
 solution.

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.100
 Charles

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.460
 Spurgeon

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.779
 used to

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:18.960
 say

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.240
 this.

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:19.920
 I

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.140
 have

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.299
 a

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.600
 great

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:20.940
 need

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.160
 for

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.340
 a

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.600
 savior

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.620
 and

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:22.799
 I

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:22.960
 have

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.100
 a

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.340
 great

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.740
 savior

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.059
 for

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.279
 my

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.700
 need.

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.440
 And

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.640
 that's

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:25.759
 what

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.019
 Jesus

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.319
 comes

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.480
 to

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.660
 tell

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:26.819
 us.

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:26.940
 He

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.180
 comes

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.340
 to

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.500
 give

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.660
 us

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:27.799
 the

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.259
 solution

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.940
 and

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.080
 his

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.600
 invitation.

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.640
 And

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:30.799
 look

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:30.900
 at

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.000
 what

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.120
 he

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.400
 says

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.680
 here

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.519
 in

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.440
 verse

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.180
 13.

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.200
 Remember

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.580
 Jesus

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:36.840
 said

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:36.980
 you

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.240
 must

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.440
 be

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.920
 born

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.200
 of

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.660
 above?

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.460
 Well

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.620
 look

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.800
 what he

00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:40.000
 says

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.140
 in

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.400
 verse

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.000
 13.

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.720
 He

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:41.940
 says

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.180
 no

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.400
 one

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.580
 has

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.060
 ascended

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.340
 into

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.759
 heaven

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.180
 or

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.640
 been

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.920
 into

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.300
 heaven

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:46.000
 except

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.300
 the

00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:46.500
 one

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.620
 who

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:46.720
 has

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.140
 descended

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.960
 from

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.320
 heaven

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.519
 the

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.680
 son

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:48.820
 of

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.080
 man.

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.660
 Remember

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:49.800
 what

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.000
 Jesus

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.220
 said

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.920
 Nicodemus

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.340
 you

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.580
 must

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:51.759
 be

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:51.980
 born

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.180
 from

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.460
 above

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.240
 but

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.500
 there's

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.620
 a

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.000
 problem

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.460
 how

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.640
 are you

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:54.800
 ever

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:54.920
 going

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.039
 to

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.259
 get

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.580
 there?

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.880
 How

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.120
 high

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.240
 is

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.360
 the

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.640
 mountain?

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:58.860
 too

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.100
 high

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.180
 is

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.300
 the

00:27:59.300 --> 00:27:59.539
 mountain?

00:27:59.660 --> 00:27:59.740
 You

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.620
 must

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.779
 be

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.000
 born

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.160
 from

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.359
 above

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.519
 but

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.640
 you

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:01.880
 can't

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.059
 get

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.299
 there

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.880
 but

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.140
 now

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.299
 what

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.380
 did

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.480
 he

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.759
 say

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.839
 but

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.160
 he

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.359
 who

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.519
 is

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.039
 above

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.720
 has

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:06.940
 come

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.200
 down

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.420
 to

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.799
 us

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.660
 no

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:08.880
 one

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.000
 has

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.160
 gone

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.339
 to

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.640
 heaven

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:09.980
 that's

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.099
 the

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.559
 problem

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.299
 so

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.740
 heaven

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.019
 has

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.259
 come

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.779
 down

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.460
 to

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.000
 us

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.740
 no

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:14.859
 one

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.000
 has

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.200
 descended

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.339
 to

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.579
 heaven

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.099
 except

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.359
 the

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.680
 one

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.160
 who

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.259
 is

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.680
 descended

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.380
 from

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.759
 heaven

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.240
 the

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.480
 son

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.640
 of

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.019
 man

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.000
 Jesus

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.299
 is

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.619
 heaven

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:21.819
 who

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:21.940
 has

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.140
 come

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.559
 down

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.859
 to

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.099
 us

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.480
 to

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.740
 bring

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:23.880
 us

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.019
 what

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.140
 we

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.380
 so

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.859
 desperately

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.359
 need

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.919
 but

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.059
 have

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.259
 no

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.459
 way

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:26.599
 of

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.019
 obtaining

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.519
 ourselves

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.059
 and

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.299
 why

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.519
 would

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.799
 Jesus

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.059
 do

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.279
 this

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.779
 why

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.059
 would

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.139
 God

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:32.019
 leave

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.419
 the

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.399
 comfort

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.679
 of

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.559
 heaven

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.319
 the

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.759
 community

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:35.959
 of

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:36.119
 the

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.539
 trinity

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.659
 leave

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:37.899
 his

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.819
 glory

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.339
 and

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.599
 above

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.779
 and

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.059
 come

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.319
 down

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.539
 to

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.759
 earth

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:40.939
 to

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.099
 be

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.299
 with

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.679
 us

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.719
 well

00:28:42.719 --> 00:28:43.039
 verse

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.519
 16

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.959
 tells

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.179
 us

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.339
 what

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.439
 does

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.659
 verse

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:44.979
 16

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:45.240
 say

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.399
 the

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.579
 most

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.919
 famous

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.199
 verse

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:46.219
!

00:28:46.219 --> 00:28:46.319
 in

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.419
 the

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:46.740
 Bible

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.039
 for

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.379
 God

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:48.619
 so

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:48.899
 loved

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 the

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.419
 world

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 that

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:50.799
 he

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 sent

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 his

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.419
 only

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.819
 son

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.179
 that

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.179


00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.500
 whoever

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.019
 believes

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.180
 in

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.500
 him

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 need

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 not

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 perish

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 but

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.019
 have

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.400
 eternal

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.779
 life

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.120
 friends

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.320
 why

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.500
 did

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.779
 Jesus

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.140
 come

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.160
 because

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.440
 he

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.779
 loves

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.220
 people

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.519
 like

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.920
 you

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 and

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:02.980
 me

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.560
 that

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:03.700
 were

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.019
 lost

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.180
 in

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.360
 our

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.620
 sin

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 and

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.440
 were

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.720
 lost

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 in

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.019
 this

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.400
 chasm

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.580
 that

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:06.700
 was

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.900
 too

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 great

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 and

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 were

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 too

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 far

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 down

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 that

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 couldn't

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 reach

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 heaven

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 for

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 God

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.080
 so

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 loved

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 you

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 and

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 you

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 and

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.560
 you

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 and

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.700
 me

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 and

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.840
 thus

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 that

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.120
 he

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 left

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 heaven

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 to

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 come

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 down

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 to

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 die

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 on

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 the

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:22.980
 cross

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 for

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 us

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 that

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.420
 we

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 might

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.020
 know

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 him

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 and

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.520
 be

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 reconciled

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 to

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 him

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 God

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 did not

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 send

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.380
 his

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.580
 son

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.740
 to

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.560
 condemn

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 the

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.100
 world

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.840
 Jesus

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.060
 didn't

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.240
 just

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 come

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.900
 to

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.200
 point

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.400
 the

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.700
 finger

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.120
 and

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.240
 say

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.440
 you

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.820
 dirty

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.180
 rotten

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.780
 scoundrel

00:29:34.780 --> 00:29:35.320
 you

00:29:35.320 --> 00:29:35.700
 dirty

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.040
 sinner

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:37.620
 fix

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:37.940
 yourself

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.200
 up

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.800
 Jesus

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:39.140
 didn't

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.320
 just

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.480
 come

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.640
 to

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.000
 condemn

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.180
 the

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.480
 world

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.960
 but

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.080
 in

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.240
 order

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.440
 that

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.560
 the

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:42.759
 world

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:42.960
 might

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.140
 be

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.540
 saved

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:43.759
 through

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.040
 him

00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:45.040
 the

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:45.259
 rest

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.380
 of

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.400
 the

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.640
 passage

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:45.980
 tells

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.200
 us

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.640
 we

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:46.780
 are

00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:47.020
!

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.759
 Because

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:47.859
 of

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.000
 our

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.180
 sin

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.079
 every

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.480
 human

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.740
 being

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:49.920
 our

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.279
 natural

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.619
 state

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:50.759
 is

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:50.879
 that

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.019
 we

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.180
 are

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.879
 hopeless

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.359
 and

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.859
 helpless

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.859
 because

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.059
 of

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.220
 our

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.619
 rebellion

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:54.940
 that's

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.059
 why

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.160
 we

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.379
 need

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.539
 a

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.900
 savior

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.859
 to

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:58.859
 change

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.059
 us

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.579
 to

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.960
 renew

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.279
 us

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:02.359
 in Jesus we have a great

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.139
 savior for our need

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:06.660
 for God so loved us that he left

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.599
 the glory of heaven

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:09.720
 the community of the trinity

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.579
 the divine

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:14.559
 laid aside his divine glory

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.920
 took on flesh and blood

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:18.980
 made himself executed on a cross

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.579
 that he might

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.579
 save us

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:24.180
 bring us the salvation that we need

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:26.619
 friends you must be born

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:28.619
 of above but no one can

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:30.679
 ascend to heaven so heaven

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:32.039
 has come down to us

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:34.319
 for God so loved the world

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.739
 that he sent his only son

00:30:35.739 --> 00:30:38.679
 that whoever believes in him should not perish but have

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.619
 eternal life

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:42.679
 so here's the last question how do

00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:44.519
 we how does this

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:46.439
 happen to us on the words of Nicodemus

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:48.479
 in verse 9 how can

00:30:48.479 --> 00:30:50.419
 these things be how can this

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:52.559
 happen well Jesus

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:54.599
 wants to tell us and so look what he says in verse

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:56.619
 14 he says

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:58.239
 just as Moses

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.140
 lifted up the serpent in the wilderness

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:02.299
 so must the son of man

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:04.039
 be lifted up that whoever

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.160
 believes in him may have

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:07.140
 eternal life

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:10.019
 Jesus here is talking about a story

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:12.000
 in the old testament from numbers 21

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:14.059
 you know a thousand three hundred years

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:16.039
 before God's people

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.960
 are traveling from Egypt into

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.079
 the promised land and they're

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.519
 walking

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.700
 they're walking

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.519
 walking sorry through the wilderness

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.400
 for 40 years

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:25.400
 and they camp and they stop and they

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.319
 camp and they move on

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.740
 for 40 years they're in the wilderness

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:29.919
 and at one point

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:31.639
 God's people are always

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:33.960
 their sin and rebellion is always getting the better of them

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:36.480
 and at one point

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:38.039
 God's people are rebellious

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.220
 they've turned away from God

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:41.559
 and God wants to bring them back to him

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.220
 and so he

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.539
 wants them to see

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:45.079
 the consequences for sin

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.119
 is always death

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:48.179
 and he wants them to see this

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.980
 and to feel this

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.000
 one of the problems with sin

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.019
 is we sin now

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.379
 and we don't see any consequences

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.860
 and we think

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.380
 oh it's fine

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.240
 I can get away with it

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.180
 but actually

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.940
 the consequence of death is coming

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.840
 but God wants them to see

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.920
 that the consequence

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.660
 is a little closer

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:02.000
 and so he

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.040
 brings

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:04.020
 snakes

00:32:04.020 --> 00:32:04.780
 serpents

00:32:04.780 --> 00:32:06.020
 into the campsite

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:06.960
 and

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:08.320
 suddenly there are all these

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:09.140
 venomous snakes

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.220
 and whenever somebody's

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.240
 bitten by a snake

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.320
 they slowly

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.420
 begin to die

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:15.320
 but God doesn't want to

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.200
 destroy his people

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.320
 he wants to save them

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:19.000
 he wants to wake them up

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.240
 and so his point

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.120
 isn't to kill them

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.479
 his point is to rescue them

00:32:22.479 --> 00:32:23.959
 so he tells Moses

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:25.439
 Moses this is what you must do

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:27.079
 in the middle of the campsite

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.000
 I want you to erect

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.039
 a wooden pole

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:31.559
 and then make a bronze serpent

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.259
 a snake

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.859
 and put it around that pole

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.139
 so there's a wooden pole

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.779
 maybe it's got

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.500
 you know

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.139
 wood on the side

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.699
 like a kind of cross like figure

00:32:38.699 --> 00:32:40.779
 and there's a bronze snake

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.399
 that is

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.919
 put around that pole

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:44.000
 and he says

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:46.199
 if anybody is bitten by a snake

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:47.359
 all they need to do

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.899
 is get out of their tent

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:50.500
 and look to that pole

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.740
 and if they can look

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.380
 to that pole

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.519
 in faith

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.059
 in trust

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:56.299
 believing

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.400
 that as they look to it

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.440
 God is going to heal them

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.960
 God will heal them

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.940
 and save them

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.339
 and so Moses

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:03.140
 builds this pole

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:05.400
 he puts a bronze snake

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.720
 on it

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:07.420
 and anyone that's bitten

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.599
 looks to the pole

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.339
 and as they look

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.559
 saying

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:11.059
 God I need you

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.819
 if they look

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:13.259
 with a measure of faith

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.980
 or trust

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.400
 God will heal them

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.740
 and save them

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.839
 friends look at what

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.720
 Jesus says here

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:21.359
 just as Moses

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.619
 lifted up the serpent

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.359
 in the wilderness

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:25.599
 so must the son of man

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.319
 be lifted up

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.720
 in John's gospel

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.699
 whenever Jesus

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.379
 uses the words

00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:29.939
 lifted up

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.559
 he's always talking

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.220
 about the cross

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.899
 it's always a reference

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:34.039
 to Jesus being lifted up

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.439
 on the cross

00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:35.539
 just as Moses

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.539
 lifted up the serpent

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.059
 in the wilderness

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.099
 so that anyone

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.919
 who looked on that

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:39.980
 wooden pole in faith

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.059
 believing and trusting

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.959
 God could heal

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.559
 and save them

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.480
 would be saved

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:45.220
 so must the son of man

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.959
 be lifted up

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.480
 on the cross

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.920
 so that anyone

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.000
 who looks upon him

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.680
 in faith

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:51.360
 believing and trusting

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.480
 that God will save them

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.500
 will be saved

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.860
 will be born

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.960
 from above

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.460
 friends

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.600
 just like the Israelites

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.120
 in the wilderness

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:01.720
 we're actually all

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.460
 in the same boat

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:04.279
 all of us have sinned

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.340
 and rebelled against God

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.819
 all of us are

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.980
 in desperate situation

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.679
 all of us

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.460
 the consequences

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.760
 are disastrous

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:13.039
 and friends

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.940
 maybe our sin

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.500
 is very obvious

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:17.239
 and the effects

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:18.159
 the brokenness

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.000
 is very obvious

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.699
 in our lives

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.940
 friends

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.760
 maybe for some of us

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.619
 we're like Nicodemus

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.659
 our sin is very hidden

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.780
 and our lives

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.539
 look like we've got it

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.099
 all together

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:28.719
 but Jesus says

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.579
 all of us

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.920
 are affected

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.639
 and infected

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.480
 by the venom

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.139
 of sin

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.539
 but friends

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.460
 just like the Israelites

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.760
 only had to look

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.440
 to the one

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.519
 that was lifted up

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.980
 so Jesus says

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.980
 all we need to do

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.039
 is to look to the one

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.480
 that was lifted

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.039
 on the cross

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.639
 and believe in him

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.339
 don't look to Jesus

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:46.920
 as a teacher

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.639
 don't look to Jesus

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.619
 as a guru

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:51.159
 don't look to Jesus

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:52.659
 for emotional upliftment

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:54.179
 believe in him

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.960
 trust in him

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.779
 bank your life on him

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.819
 look to him

00:34:58.819 --> 00:35:00.079
 as your only hope

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.900
 in life

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.859
 and death

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:04.079
 and you will be changed

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.920
 profoundly

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:06.279
 deeply

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:07.679
 born again

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.699
 born of above

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.799
 made new

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:11.159
 saved

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.000
 forever

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:13.780
 and what Jesus

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.639
 says to Nicodemus

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.139
 is what he says

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.679
 to all of us

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.280
 he hasn't come

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.800
 to initiate

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.420
 new religion

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.679
 he hasn't come

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.280
 to bring about

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.460
 a self-improvement

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.880
 project

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.780
 he hasn't come

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.139
 to help us

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.699
 get in touch

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.699
 with our inner selves

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:25.579
 Jesus has come

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.980
 to die on the cross

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.300
 that we might be

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.159
 made anew

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.639
 change profoundly

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:32.820
 later on

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.519
 John's gospel

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:35.420
 we meet Nicodemus

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.239
 two more times

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.579
 the first time

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.300
 the Pharisees

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.960
 are arguing

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:40.179
 and Nicodemus

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:41.219
 is one of the Pharisees

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.239
 and the Pharisees

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.759
 are arguing

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.539
 should we arrest

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.119
 Jesus now

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.659
 and kill him

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.339
 or should we

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:46.179
 wait a little bit

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.279
 and Nicodemus

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.819
 this time

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.959
 no longer

00:35:48.959 --> 00:35:49.579
 under the cover

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.119
 of darkness

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.500
 says

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.219
 guys

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.739
 hey

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.959
 we can't just

00:35:52.959 --> 00:35:53.579
 arrest somebody

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.079
 without giving

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.799
 a fair trial

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.859
 and they will

00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:56.799
 turn on Nicodemus

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.019
 and say

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.599
 who are you

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.500
 are you defending him

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.659
 what's up with you

00:35:59.659 --> 00:35:59.959
 now

00:35:59.959 --> 00:36:01.559
 for the first time

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.819
 in his life

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.439
 Nicodemus

00:36:02.439 --> 00:36:03.359
 starts to stand

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.959
 up for Jesus

00:36:03.959 --> 00:36:05.559
 and he takes

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.219
 a great risk

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:08.079
 and then later on

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.899
 we read another

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.319
 count

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:10.699
 Jesus has died

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.179
 on the cross

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.819
 and he's dead

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:13.559
 and Nicodemus

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.319
 and Joseph

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:15.059
 of Arimathea

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.500
 go to Pontius Pilate

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.879
 and say

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:18.119
 can we take

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.019
 his body down

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.619
 and give him

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.399
 a decent burial

00:36:20.399 --> 00:36:21.859
 great risk

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.339
 to himself

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:23.439
 and they take

00:36:23.439 --> 00:36:23.799
 him down

00:36:23.799 --> 00:36:24.619
 Joseph gives

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.859
 Jesus

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.659
 his tomb

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:28.019
 and Nicodemus

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.279
 brings a pile

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:30.079
 of spices

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.879
 and ointments

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:32.199
 65 pounds

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.559
 worth

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.599
 some commentators

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:33.859
 say

00:36:33.859 --> 00:36:34.619
 that's what

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.059
 is used

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.419
 to anoint

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:36.919
 the body

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.519
 of kings

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.239
 and governors

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.759
 Nicodemus

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.319
 brings a

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:41.000
 profoundly

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.619
 expensive

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.079
 amount

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.339
 of spices

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:44.519
 and ointment

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:44.939
 to anoint

00:36:44.939 --> 00:36:45.479
 his body

00:36:45.479 --> 00:36:47.279
 Nicodemus

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.619
 is saying

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.119
 you're my

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.399
 king

00:36:48.399 --> 00:36:49.799
 he saw

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:50.139
 Jesus

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.519
 high and

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.000
 lifted up

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.839
 and he

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.299
 believed in

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.500
 him

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.419
 and now

00:36:53.419 --> 00:36:53.699
 he says

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.059
 Jesus

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.959
 you're

00:36:54.959 --> 00:36:55.139
 my

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.459
 king

00:36:55.459 --> 00:36:57.239
 friends

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.839
 what about

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.119
 you

00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.059
 what about

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.239
 you

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.579
 what are

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.959
 you waiting

00:37:00.959 --> 00:37:01.439
 for

00:37:01.439 --> 00:37:03.679
 friends

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:03.919
 are you

00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:04.479
 born again

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.199
 are you

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.639
 born from

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:06.980
 above

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:09.260
 has Jesus

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.619
 Christ

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.940
 the living

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.099
 God

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.460
 the Holy

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.760
 Spirit

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.500
 come inside

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.760
 of your

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.159
 life in

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.559
 such a

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.940
 profound

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.420
 way that

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.900
 you are

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.460
 different

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.579
 are those

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.079
 around you

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.480
 able to

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.840
 see the

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.400
 effects of

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.719
 your life

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.059
 like the

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.360
 wind

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.320
 because you

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:20.559
 are no

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.039
 longer the

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.340
 same

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:23.260
 there's only

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.800
 one thing

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.099
 that you

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.380
 need to

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.579
 do

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:26.039
 you need

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.539
 to look

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.840
 to the

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.199
 one who

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.500
 died on

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.820
 the cross

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.079
 for you

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.059
 maybe your

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.460
 faith is

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.139
 very small

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.380
 faith

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.920
 maybe you

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.500
 like the

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.800
 people in

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.019
 the world

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.300
 and say

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.679
 I'm not

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:32.940
 sure if

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.179
 this is

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.400
 going to

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.619
 work

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.380
 it feels

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.639
 like a

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.839
 bit of

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.099
 a risk

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.500
 God

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.819
 are you

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.159
 really

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.420
 going to

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.639
 save

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.880
 me

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:38.339
 Jesus

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.880
 came to

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.259
 show you

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.460
 how

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.880
 seriously

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.539
 he takes

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.699
 his

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.019
 claim

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.259
 friends

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.559
 why don't

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.960
 you trust

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.279
 in him

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:44.819
 I know

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.179
 that there's

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.519
 some of us

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.059
 here today

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.519
 that are

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.460
 very religious

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.400
 for many

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.920
 years you've

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.239
 been coming

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.799
 to church

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:51.119
 I know

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.519
 there's some

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.679
 of us

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.139
 today that

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.859
 are you

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.319
 enjoy the

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.819
 community

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.299
 you like

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.779
 watermark

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.239
 because there's

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.500
 a nice

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.880
 community

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.199
 and you've

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.460
 got your

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.900
 friends and

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.239
 you go for

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.699
 lunch after

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.119
 church

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.279
 friends are

00:37:59.279 --> 00:38:00.179
 you saved

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.519
 are you

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.139
 born again

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:02.239
 have you been

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.679
 born from

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:04.119
 above have

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.440
 you looked

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.779
 to Jesus

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.039
 have you

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.759
 trusted in

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.500
 him have

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.819
 you put

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.279
 your hope

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.699
 in him

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.859
 are you

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.759
 truly saved

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:11.299
 Jesus came

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.679
 and died

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.219
 on the cross

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.879
 was nailed

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:13.500
 to the cross

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.019
 blood

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.940
 bled and

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.659
 died for

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.119
 you

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.599
 that you

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.039
 no longer

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.480
 need to be

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.139
 separated from

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.779
 him not only

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.279
 in this life

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.960
 but for all

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.759
 eternity in

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.460
 hell forever

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:24.079
 that starting

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.960
 today you can

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.759
 know him and

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.460
 live with him

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.359
 and be changed

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.759
 forever and

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.119
 ever

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:30.739
 just as

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.339
 Moses lifted

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:31.679
 up the

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.179
 serpent in

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.539
 the wilderness

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.139
 so must

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.599
 the son of

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:33.980
 man be

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.420
 lifted up

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.859
 upon the

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.159
 cross

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:36.299
 that whoever

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:37.019
 looks to

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.440
 him and

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.159
 believes in

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.099
 him may

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.619
 have eternal

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:41.099
 life for

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.819
 God so

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.440
 loved you

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.279
 that he

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.639
 sent his

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.159
 only son

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:45.159
 that whoever

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.779
 believes in

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.059
 him should

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.679
 not perish

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.859
 but have

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:48.980
 eternal life

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:50.480
 let's do that

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.179
 now as we

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.619
 come to him

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.019
 in prayer

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.839
 let's pray

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.239
 together

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:56.679
 look Jesus

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.380
 thank you so

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.759
 much for

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:58.380
 coming to the

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:59.079
 cross for

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.780
 coming to

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:01.220
 earth for

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:02.039
 laying aside

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.680
 your glory

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.400
 your divinity

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.559
 for clothing

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.079
 yourself with

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 flesh and

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 humanity

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 for coming in

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 love God to

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 save us to

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 rescue us

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 God how

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 high the

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 mountain how

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 deep the

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 chasm how

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 utterly hopeless

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 our situation

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 was God

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 every one of

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 us born in

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 sin had no

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 way of saving

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 ourselves no

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 hope apart

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 from you coming

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 and bringing

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 heaven to us

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 Jesus thank

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 you for

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 doing that

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 God I

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 want to

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 pray won't

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 you help

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 us to

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 trust you

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 God for

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 those of

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 us here

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 that aren't

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 saved that

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 aren't

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 Christians that

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 God is still

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 living our

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 lives on our

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 own terms

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 God I

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 pray won't

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 you give us

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 faith won't

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 you help us to

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 trust you God

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 won't you help

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 us to look

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 upon you

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 Jesus give us

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 faith to turn

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 to you in

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 belief God for

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 those of us that

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 are Christians we

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 pray won't you

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 help us to

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 marvel at the

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 wonder of the

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 gospel the

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 wonder of what

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 you've done to

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 remember God the

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 way that you

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 came to us and

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 for us and to

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 remember your

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 profound profound

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 love for us

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 God if there's

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 anyone here that

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 doesn't doesn't

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 feel your love

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 Lord I pray that

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 the cross will

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 preach your love

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 to us write it

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 on our hearts

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 may we know

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 that you so

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 loved us that

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 you left heaven

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 to come for

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 us to bring us

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 into your

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 kingdom

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 friends we're

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 going to sing a

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 song now I

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 think the song

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 we sang earlier

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 we're going to

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 sing it again

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 friends if you're

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 not a Christian

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 this morning I

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 want to beg you

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 I want to

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 implore you

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 while we sing

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 this song why

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 don't you come

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 to Jesus

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 and all you

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 need to do is

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 say this you

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 just need to

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 say Jesus my

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 faith is small I

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 don't understand

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 so much there's

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 so many things

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 that don't make

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 sense to me but

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 Jesus I see now

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 that my only hope

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 for salvation is

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 that you died on

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.099
 the cross for me

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 Jesus you died to

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.539
 make me new that

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.659
 I may be born

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 again born from

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 above won't you

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 do that in me

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 won't you give me

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 new life

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 friends I want

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 you to be

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 saved I want

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 to ask you

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 don't wait

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 another day you

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 don't know how

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 many days you

00:41:28.379 --> 00:41:28.899
 have left on

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 earth don't wait

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 another day let

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 today be the day

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 that your life

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 changes around that

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:35.439
 God changes you

00:41:35.439 --> 00:41:37.539
 deeply can people

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 change apart from

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.899
 God there's not

00:41:40.899 --> 00:41:42.399
 much hope but

00:41:42.399 --> 00:41:43.480
 with Jesus we can

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.219
 change let him

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 change us now

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 if you want to

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 stay seated you

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 can if you want

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 to stand and

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 sing whatever

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 posture is

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 appropriate if you

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 want to get on

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 your knees you can

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 do that let's

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 respond in song

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 together

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 love you

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 Thank you.