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 Father, we ask that you just pour out the Holy Spirit deeply upon us,

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 that you might bring these words to our heart.

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 And Father, you know our real hearts, not the imaginary hearts that we think we have,

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 not the imaginary or fake hearts and fronts that we present to other people.

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 Father, you know those things within us that we're afraid of.

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 You know those things that we desire strongly, even lust after.

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 Father, you know what's really going on inside each one of us.

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 And so, Father, we thank you that you see the real me, the real each one of us,

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 and that you love the real me, the real each one of who we are.

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 And you pour out the Holy Spirit upon who we really are and minister to us as we really are.

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 So, Father, we thank you for this, and we ask that your Holy Spirit would come with power.

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 And all these things we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, speaking of what we're really like and what goes on in our hearts,

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 I have a bit of a confession to make to you.

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 So, no surprise, I'm working on my sermon in a coffee shop,

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 and it's a coffee shop in Centertown on Friday morning.

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 I was there for a while working.

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 And at around 1230, I'm walking down Bank Street in Centertown towards the office

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 and towards the first one of my afternoon meetings.

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 And my heart was really heavy, actually, as I was walking,

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 because I thought to myself, we're going to be looking at John chapter 16,

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 I thought to myself, like, what on earth, like, why would any non-Christian come to hear about this?

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 I'm just being honest.

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 Like, why would any non-Christian want to come and spend some time looking at John 16?

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 You know, I invite people to come to the church, and I think to myself,

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 what if a couple of them came today?

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 And we're looking at John 16.

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 And they'd probably just shake their head, like, there's nothing in there.

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 I mean, it might be interesting if you're a Christian,

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 but there doesn't seem to be anything like that in me.

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 And it was really weighing on my heart that that's sort of how I was thinking about the text.

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 And I guess indirectly, I'm complaining to God as well, right?

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 True confession.

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 And so, you know, in heaven, I'll find out that around 12.30 on Friday,

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 one of you were praying for me, that it didn't come from me.

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 But I felt this thing, well, I need to pray about that.

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 I need to not only complain about this.

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 I need to not complain about it to myself, but just say it to God.

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 Like, God, like, what on earth am I supposed to do with this type of text?

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 Like, I could preach it to Christians, and I could give a lecture on it,

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 but what on earth am I supposed to say?

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 Like, why on earth would a non-Christian want to hear this text?

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 And I start to pray this as I'm walking down Bank Street, you know,

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 on a Friday afternoon in Centre Town in Ottawa.

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 And one of the very first things that came into my mind was it's as if God almost rebuked me,

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 but in a gentle way.

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 And he said, George, what do you mean that there's nothing in this text that connects to non-Christians?

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 And then I start to remember what's in the text.

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 And in the text, it talks about being excluded from important social institutions.

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 And I'm thinking to myself, good grief, we have the Me Too movement, the Black Lives Matter movement.

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 We have all sorts of people in Canada complaining in the First Nations about the demotion of the attorney,

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 you know, the, oh, what's her name now?

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 It's gone from me.

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 You know who I mean.

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 Her being demoted and put into Veterans Affairs.

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 And here this text is going to talk about exclusion from important social institutions.

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 The text is going to talk about religiously motivated and justified killing.

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 And you can hardly read a paper for a week without seeing about that there's something going on somewhere in the world

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 and even in North America where people are killing their kids for honor reasons and shame.

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 And the text talks about sorrow and it talks about right and wrong.

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 And it talks about self-justification.

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 And it talks about how people judge things.

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 And it talks about the importance of truth and the importance of lies.

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 And it talks about weeping.

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 And it talks about lamenting.

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 And it talks about joy.

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 And it talks about childbirth.

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 And it talks about anguish.

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 And it talks about rejoicing.

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 And it talks about love.

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 And it talks about hiding and being scattered.

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 and it talks about peace

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 and it talks about politically expedient murder

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 and political show trials

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 and all these things start to go through my head

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 and I think to myself,

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 well, God, I guess you're right.

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 Like maybe this text does touch the real world.

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 I mean, that's all in John 16.

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 Everything I just said is in John 16.

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 Like I didn't add something.

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 So then I start to puzzle over the text

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 and what on earth I'm going to say.

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 And I, you know, sometimes when you watch movies

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 about the, you know, like Star Wars or Star Trek,

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 you'll see aliens with four arms.

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 So I'm going to do four on other hands.

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 You have to be an alien to do all four of the other hands

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 because there's going to be four on other hands.

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 You see, on one hand,

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 this text really does talk about

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 the world that we actually live in all the time,

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 even in Canada,

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 which we might think is one of the best countries in the world.

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 We might say that we're way better

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 than the Democratic Republic of Congo

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 or some other place.

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 But the fact of the matter is,

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 is that, I mean, we're better in some ways economically,

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 but there's all sorts of other things

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 about our country that's wrong.

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 And this Bible text is actually talking about

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 all sorts of really important things.

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 On the other hand, you could say that the problem

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 that, like, people have are that,

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 like, if there's some non-Christians

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 who've come for a variety of reasons,

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 maybe because you're on a spiritual quest,

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 maybe because it's an assignment at school,

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 maybe because you were dragged here,

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 you know, whatever.

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 On the other hand, it could seem like this is,

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 like, not a good text to talk about the real world

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 because in some ways it sounds a little bit about,

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 like, a horror movie

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 because it's going to talk about a world

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 where there's a devil and the devil is described

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 as the ruler of this world.

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 And that sounds a little bit like a horror movie.

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 You know, on the other hand,

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 like, with that still hand,

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 I'm still on that hand.

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 And on that hand,

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 horror movies are really popular

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 and lots of people, in fact,

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 believe that demons exist.

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 It's not unusual to see people

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 in coffee shops and others

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 that wear talismans

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 to repel evil spirits.

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 So, in fact,

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 a text about the reality of the devil,

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 it might exclude some people,

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 but for other people,

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 it's talking about something

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 that, in fact,

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 matches their experience and their fears.

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 On the other hand, though,

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 it sounds a little bit like

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 the world of those

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 religious fundamentalist crazies

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 that are so politically incorrect

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 that all the way through the text,

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 it talks about God as Father.

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 And, George,

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 don't you know that

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 I've had an abusive father

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 or somebody else might say,

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 I've spent my whole life

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 trying to get under the foot

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 of my dad,

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 get his voice out of my head

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 because he was such a bad dad.

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 And, George,

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 why are you so stuck

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 on using a text

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 that talks about God as Father?

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 That just sounds like

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 the worst type of religious fundamentalism.

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 And on the other hand,

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 well, actually,

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 if you could put up

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 the first point, Andrew,

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 and the first point

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 is just the last verse

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 in chapter 16,

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 verse 33.

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 If we're honest,

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 a text like this

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 sounds like something

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 a crazy person would say,

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 right?

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 Just before I,

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 well, in fact,

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 I'll read it right now.

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 What the text says,

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 and I've used it

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 at the net version

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 of the Bible,

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 which is a really good version

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 of the Bible, by the way,

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 I have told you these things

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 so that in me

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 you may have peace

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 in the world.

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 You have trouble

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 and suffering,

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 but take courage.

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 Take courage.

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 I am victorious

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 over the world.

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 It's Jesus speaking.

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 I have told you

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 these things

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 so that in me

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 you may have peace

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 in the world.

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 You have trouble

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 and suffering,

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 but take courage.

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 I am victorious

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 over the world.

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 And right in the context

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 of the book

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 and this book

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 is written by an eyewitness

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 and he wrote the book

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 while lots of eyewitnesses

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 and earwitnesses

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 of Jesus

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 were still alive

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 and they could have said,

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 no, no, no, no, no, no,

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 that's not what he said.

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 This book is written

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 by an eyewitness

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 and

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 and Jesus

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 says this

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 just before he's captured,

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 just before

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 all of his disciples

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 run away,

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 just before

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 he is unjustly

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 accused

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 and just before

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 he's unjustly

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 condemned as guilty

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 and just before

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 he is

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 declared to be guilty

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 purely and utterly

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 for reasons

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 of political expediency

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 because the Roman ruler

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 knew that he was innocent

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 and he's

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 found guilty

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 purely and utterly

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 to score political points

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 and just before

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 he's whipped

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 and beaten

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 and just before

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 he's crucified

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 and just before

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 he dies

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 he says

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 he says

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 I have told you

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 these things

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 so that in me

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 you may have peace

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 in the world

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 you have trouble

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 and suffering

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 but take courage

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 I am victorious

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 over the world.

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 and if we are

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 honest

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 this is complete

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 and utter

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 crazy talk

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 but here's the problem

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 with this

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 nothing about

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 if you read

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 the biography

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 of Jesus

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 and you read

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 any one of the four

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 ancient biographies

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 of Jesus

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 at no point in time

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 does he actually

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 come across

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 as crazy.

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 I mean we all

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 know crazy

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 right?

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 I mean you're in a church

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 in downtown Ottawa

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 just go for a walk

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 down Rito Street

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 you will meet

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 all sorts of crazy people

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 and some of you

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 have been in move-in

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 and you live

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 right amongst crazy people

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 and some of us

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 struggle with mental illness

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 and I'm not saying this

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 to stigmatize mental illness

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 but you know

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 we have face-to-face

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 or maybe even

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 family relations

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 with people

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 who go off their meds

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 and they talk

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 like crazy people

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 but Jesus

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 is not

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 there's

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 you just can't

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 there's this huge

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 disconnect

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 between crazy talk

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 like this

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 and the fact

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 that there's nothing

00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.620
 else about the way

00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.280
 he speaks

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 that makes him

00:11:13.920 --> 00:11:15.100
 seem like he's crazy

00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:16.040
 there's this profound

00:11:16.040 --> 00:11:17.100
 disconnect

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 to which

00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:21.660
 you know I say

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 the only reason

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 any of us

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 would be reading

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 these biographies

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 about Jesus

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 is because the resurrection

00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:28.360
 changes everything

00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.159
 like the resurrection

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 changes everything

00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.120
 the death of Jesus

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 on one hand

00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:38.039
 we know from a spiritual

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 perspective

00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:39.759
 changes everything

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 but from a worldly

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 perspective

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 the Romans

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 crucified

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 I don't know

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 100,000 people

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 they crucified

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 tens of thousands

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 of people

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 there'd be no real

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 interest in reading

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 a biography

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 of somebody

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 who ends up

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 being falsely accused

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 and crucified

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 but the resurrection

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 changes everything

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 if the resurrection

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 actually happened

00:12:01.780 --> 00:12:02.639
 and there really

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 is good evidence

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 for it

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 like there really

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 is good evidence

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 for it

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 if the resurrection

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 happened

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 then that means

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 that most Canadians

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 think they live

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 in the real world

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 but they don't

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 and I'm not saying

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 that to insult

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 anybody

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 like most Canadians

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 it's funny

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 on one hand

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 we think we live

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 in the real world

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 yet a lot of what we

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 think of as the real world

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 we get from watching

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 movies and videos

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 I

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 just the other day

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 I finished a novel

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 by a Greek American

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 I'm going to pronounce

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 his name incorrectly

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 Pelicanos

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 something like that

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 he's written a lot of novels

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 and he's done some very

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 good work

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 in the medium

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 of TV

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 and shows

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 and I said to my wife

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 after I'd read about

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 a third of the book

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 I said

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 this guy's the most

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 amazing writer

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 in the world

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 for one particular thing

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 you know what's so shocking

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 about him

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 people go to church

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 in his book

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 like just think about that

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 if you watch

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 most American things

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 you would not think

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 anybody in North America

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 goes to church

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 that nobody in North America

00:13:07.560 --> 00:13:08.399
 reads the Bible

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 that nobody in North America

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 prays

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 but that's just wrong

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 and I'm reading this book

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 and it's filled

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 like it has

00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:16.480
 you know

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 it has cross dressers

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 it has thieves

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 it has hoodlums

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 it has gay people

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 and it has people

00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:22.259
 who go to church

00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:22.879
 and people who read

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 the Bible

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 and people who pray

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 and I said to Louise

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 like this is the first novel

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 I've read in five years

00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:28.279
 that actually describes

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 the real world

00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.639
 like what America's

00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.460
 actually like

00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:35.460
 you know

00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:37.000
 including the drug dealer

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.759
 who goes to church

00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.379
 on Sunday

00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:38.779
 you know

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 I mean it's just

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 it's the real world

00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:42.420
 and most of us

00:13:42.420 --> 00:13:42.960
 think we're living

00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:43.580
 in the real world

00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:44.440
 but we don't

00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:46.400
 if the resurrection

00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:47.520
 actually happened

00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:49.620
 in 2004

00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:50.760
 some of you have heard

00:13:50.760 --> 00:13:51.700
 a version of this story

00:13:51.700 --> 00:13:52.020
 before

00:13:52.020 --> 00:13:52.720
 it's a true story

00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.440
 2004

00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:54.300
 there was this couple

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 and they decided

00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:56.400
 at the

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 I think it was like

00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:58.120
 the second week of August

00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:58.560
 that they wanted

00:13:58.560 --> 00:13:59.300
 to go see a movie

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 and that summer

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 there were two movies

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 there was a movie

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 that came out in July

00:14:03.880 --> 00:14:04.440
 I think

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 I hope I have this

00:14:05.160 --> 00:14:05.860
 the order right

00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:07.060
 and the movie

00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:07.860
 that had come out

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.540
 in July

00:14:08.540 --> 00:14:10.320
 was Will Smith

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 the movie starring

00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:12.300
 Will Smith

00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:13.439
 called iRobot

00:14:13.439 --> 00:14:15.819
 did like 350 million dollars

00:14:15.819 --> 00:14:16.620
 worth of business

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 or something like that

00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:18.500
 iRobot

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 and then in early August

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 a movie starring

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.559
 Tom Cruise

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 came out

00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:24.639
 called Collateral

00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.199
 very good movie

00:14:26.199 --> 00:14:27.120
 if you like those types

00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.539
 of movies

00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.399
 Tom Cruise plays

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.240
 a bad guy

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.779
 who sort of gets

00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.740
 a cab driver

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.539
 to drive him around

00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.620
 while he kills people

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.699
 not the cab driver

00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:35.379
 Tom Cruise

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.859
 murders people

00:14:36.859 --> 00:14:37.719
 while the cab driver

00:14:37.719 --> 00:14:38.500
 drives him around

00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.639
 and so this couple

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.159
 true story

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.699
 this couple

00:14:40.699 --> 00:14:41.639
 they're going to the

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.159
 movie theater

00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.919
 and the guy

00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.759
 says to the girl

00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:45.100
 like which movie

00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:46.000
 would you like to see

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.039
 and she says

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.579
 I'd like to see

00:14:47.579 --> 00:14:48.100
 both of them

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.519
 but you know

00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.980
 I'd rather see

00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:52.159
 the Tom Cruise movie

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:53.000
 but I'll see

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.600
 either of them

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.500
 so she's not really

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.259
 paying any attention

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.240
 the guy pays

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.779
 the tickets

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.719
 they go into the movie

00:14:58.719 --> 00:14:59.699
 and halfway

00:14:59.699 --> 00:15:00.459
 through the movie

00:15:00.459 --> 00:15:02.620
 she leans over

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.480
 to her boyfriend

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.179
 and says

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:06.539
 this is a really weird

00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:07.699
 Tom Cruise movie

00:15:07.699 --> 00:15:08.879
 like when's he

00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:09.639
 going to show up

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.360
 and he leans

00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:11.860
 back to her

00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.220
 and said

00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:13.279
 we're watching

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.980
 iRobot

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.899
 with Will Smith

00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:17.159
 we're watching

00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.659
 iRobot

00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:18.319
 with Will Smith

00:15:18.319 --> 00:15:18.840
 she spent

00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.559
 half the movie

00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:20.179
 thinking it was

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:21.240
 a Tom Cruise movie

00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:22.000
 wondering why

00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:23.120
 nothing made sense

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.080
 because iRobot

00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:26.840
 said in the future

00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.480
 with robots

00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.100
 that try to take

00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:28.879
 over the world

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.059
 and the Tom Cruise movie

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.360
 is said

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.259
 I think it's in LA

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.659
 in modern times

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.639
 and you know

00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.059
 the fact of the matter

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.459
 is

00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.559
 is that one of the reasons

00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:38.159
 that the world

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.100
 doesn't make sense

00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:40.079
 to most Canadians

00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:43.019
 where they take refuge

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:45.179
 in the manufactured

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:45.919
 real world

00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.639
 of Hollywood

00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:48.159
 is they think

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:49.199
 they're in one movie

00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:50.259
 but it's actually

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.019
 a different movie

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:52.759
 and we can only say

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.519
 that if the resurrection

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.419
 actually happened

00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:55.639
 if Jesus really did

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.679
 rise from the dead

00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.899
 then what Jesus

00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.980
 is doing here

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:02.220
 when he speaks

00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:04.000
 is reminding us

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:05.420
 you and I

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:06.860
 who spend our whole week

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:08.019
 we read the newspapers

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:09.420
 well I mean

00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:10.659
 maybe one or two of us

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.039
 newspapers are these things

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.800
 made out of paper

00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:14.360
 that they used to read

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.519
 like a hundred years ago

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:15.779
 but

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.960
 where you look at

00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:17.960
 newspapers online

00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:18.700
 and YouTube

00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.800
 and Netflix

00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.620
 and movies

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.259
 and TV

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.240
 and all that

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.680
 and we live that

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.360
 whole week

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.080
 and one of the reasons

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:26.200
 that church is so important

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.139
 is that we come together

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.860
 to be reminded

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.180
 about what the real world is

00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:29.759
 that's actually

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.639
 what church should be

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.299
 is where we

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.460
 are reminded

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.199
 oh yes

00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:35.159
 in the real world

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:37.019
 in the real world

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:39.179
 in the real world

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:40.580
 not the world

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.899
 of Globe and Mail

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.699
 editorials

00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:44.720
 and CBC News

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.919
 but in the real world

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:47.080
 there is a God

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.919
 who does exist

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:49.819
 in the real world

00:16:49.819 --> 00:16:51.799
 that God

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.879
 has revealed himself

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.960
 through the scriptures

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.939
 but preeminently

00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:56.120
 he has revealed himself

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.759
 in the person

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.419
 of his son

00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:59.139
 in the real world

00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:01.480
 he has revealed himself

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.179
 most fully

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:03.519
 by dying on a cross

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.099
 and it is precisely

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.139
 by his death

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:09.139
 upon the cross

00:17:09.139 --> 00:17:10.559
 and his resurrection

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:12.200
 that the glory

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.720
 of God

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.660
 and the love of God

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.599
 is most fully

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.900
 and perfectly revealed

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:18.079
 and that's the real world

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.059
 and the wonderful thing

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:23.059
 about this text

00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:24.400
 because what's going to happen

00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.379
 immediately after this

00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.019
 we will look at this

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.819
 over the next couple

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.259
 of weeks

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.680
 is that we

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.180
 over

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.879
 John

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:32.319
 records for us

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.200
 how Jesus

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.019
 prays

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.819
 not only over

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.460
 the disciples

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.279
 that are in front of him

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.539
 but how he prays

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.519
 over you and me

00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:41.799
 and he prays

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.139
 a prayer of consecration

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.859
 over us

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:47.180
 but what we're

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:48.379
 hearing here

00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:49.180
 from Jesus

00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:50.059
 and what we see

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.859
 in this quote

00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:52.639
 is that if Jesus

00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.879
 really did

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:55.079
 die upon the cross

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.960
 and he really did

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 rise from the dead

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 then the justice

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 of this world

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 is judged

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 and the religion

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 of this world

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 is judged

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 and the spirituality

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 of this world

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 is judged

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 and we human beings

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 are judged

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 and for a brief moment

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 we are reminded

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 of the reality

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 of the fact

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 that every single person

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 will die

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 and death

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 appears to win

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 and in this text

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 it is not about

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 how great

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 and glorious

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 we are

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 but it is

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 that Jesus

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 has conquered

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 all of the injustice

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 all of the false religion

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 all of the lies

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 and he has conquered

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 death itself

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 and he reaches

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 across eternity

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 to human beings

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 ordinary human beings

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 like you and me

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 and says

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 that if you put

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 your faith

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 and trust in me

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 you will share

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 in my victory

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 you

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 ordinary people

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 like you and me

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 will share

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 in my victory

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 just before we start

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 to read this text

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 because we are actually

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 going to read it

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 because it's

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 at the end of the day

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 all I'm doing

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 is helping us

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 to understand

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 the text

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 but it's more important

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 that you remember

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 the text

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 than you remember

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 what I said

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 because the text

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 is God's word

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 my words are my words

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 just one other thing

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 about the text

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 which makes it very hard

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 for us to understand

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 even when we look

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 at this text

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 you know I have told

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 you these things

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 so that in me

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 in me

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 you may have peace

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 in the world

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 you have trouble

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 and suffering

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 but take courage

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 what does that

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 take courage

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 I am victorious

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 over the world

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 part of the problem

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 we have with reading

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 the text

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 when we read it

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 is that we

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 all week

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 we have two different

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 basic songs

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 playing in our heads

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 and partially

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 it will connect

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 to political differences

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 amongst us

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 by the way

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 those of us

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 more on the left

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 our favorite song

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 is we shall overcome

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 we shall overcome

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 we shall overcome

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 someday

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 with the emphasis

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 on we

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 and those of us

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 who are more

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 on the right

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 we sing

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 I shall overcome

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 I shall overcome

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 I shall overcome

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 someday

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 but those are

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 sort of the two

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 basic narratives

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 that we or I

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 will overcome

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 it's viewed as

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 immature

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 to have somebody

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 else overcome

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 for you

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 we all sort of

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 understand that

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 there's some times

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 in our life

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 when things are

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 just completely

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 and utterly chaotic

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 and terrible

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 in our life

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 and we just want

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 somebody to come

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 and rescue us

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 but once we're rescued

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 we want to be able

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 to go back to singing

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 we shall overcome

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 or I shall overcome

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 because that's the song

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 of the world

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 and it's immature

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 to live your life

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 as if somebody else

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 will overcome

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 but you see

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 the problem with this text

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 is once again

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 this text is talking

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 about the real world

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 the real world

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 where people die

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 the real world

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 where people have

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 trouble and sorrow

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 the real world

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 where there is injustice

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 the real world

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 that we actually live in

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 and at the heart

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 of this real world

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 entering into the real world

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 is learning to sing

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 a very different

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 type of song

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 worthy is the lamb

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 that was slain

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 worthy is the lamb

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 that conquered the grave

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 worthy

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 worthy

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 worthy

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 worthy is the lamb

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 that was slain

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 to receive power

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 and wealth

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 and riches

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 and glory

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 he is the one

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 who's conquered

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 he is victorious

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 and my victory

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 comes not in being

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 who I am

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 but in who he is

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 and having my hand

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 in the hand

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 of the one

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 who is victorious

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 and so it is

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 that I learn

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 some other song

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 I surrender all

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 I surrender all

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 all for thee

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 my precious savior

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 I surrender

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 all

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 and the funny thing

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 about this text

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 as we're now

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 about to read it

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 is that

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 when we actually

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 the thing about Jesus

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 is that as we listen

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 to this

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 the text

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 the text is all

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 talking about

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 how Jesus

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 is the savior

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 but

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 and we're to trust

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 in him

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 that our peace

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 and our courage

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 comes in him

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 but if you look

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 at the text

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 again

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 it's when we

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 acknowledge

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 that he is

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 victorious

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 over the world

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 that he wants us

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 to have courage

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 to face life

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 he wants us

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 to have courage

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 to face education

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 he wants us

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 to have courage

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 to face our debts

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 he wants us

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 to have courage

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 to face our problems

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 he wants us

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 to have courage

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 to face

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 those huge things

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 that we have to face

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 in our lives

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 it's

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 this funny

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 funny thing is

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 and it's not funny

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 because it's the real world

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 because in the real world, I'm a creature and God is God.

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 And God is the one who's created all things.

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 And God is not a distant God off snoring or in the bathroom

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 or doing something different while the world moves on.

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 But in the real world, God is active and present and hidden

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 and moving towards its end.

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 And he takes human beings like you and me,

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 ordinary, fallen, fallible, dying human beings like you and me.

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 And he makes us his children

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 and he helps us to share in the victory of Jesus.

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 And as we listen to the words of Jesus,

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 it's all about how you go and how you do

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 and how you go and how you do.

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 You see, it's this very odd truth.

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 It isn't that the Bible teaches us

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 that we should always be bowing to other people

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 as if we shouldn't be doormats

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 and everybody else has to be taller than us.

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 It's this profound, continual spiritual truth

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 that when we bow to Jesus,

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 we are taller in our day-to-day lives,

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 but not taller in a way that will mean that we oppress,

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 but that we bless.

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 Taller in a way that means

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 that we don't bow down to evil or to lies,

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 but we stand straight and speak truth to the lie.

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 Because that's how Jesus saves us to be,

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 to be more fully human.

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 So let's look very briefly at the text.

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 Turn in your Bibles to John chapter 16.

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 John chapter 16.

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 And here's how the text begins.

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 Remember, he's been talking for chapter 13, 14, 15.

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 He's talked about a variety of things.

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 13, about how he cleans them

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 and the shock about the fact that they're going to die,

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 that one of them has betrayed him.

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 He shocks them by saying he's going to leave

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 and they can't go where he's going.

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 He shocks them by saying Peter's going to betray him.

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 In chapter 14, he primarily talks about

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:43.440
 comforting his disciples because of that bad news.

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 John 15, he talks about understanding

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.840
 what it means to be in union with him

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 and how out of union with him,

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 we have the basis to have communion with him

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 and that fruit will flow into our lives.

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 And now he continues to teach and exhort us to move forward.

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 And here's how he begins verse one.

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 I have said all these things to you

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:03.820
 to keep you from falling away.

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 They will put you out of the synagogues.

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 Indeed, the hour is coming

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 when whoever kills you will think

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:11.860
 he is offering service to God.

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 And they will do these things

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 because they have not known the Father nor me.

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 But I have said these things to you

00:25:18.280 --> 00:25:20.580
 that when their hour comes,

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 you remember,

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 you may remember that I told them to you.

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 Now just sort of pause.

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 It begins with a very stark motive.

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 And you can already see it.

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 Remember I said how it talks about the real world,

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 the real world of religiously motivated killing.

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 This is the real world, folks.

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 This is the real world.

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 Religiously motivated violence and extremism

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 which the Bible here,

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 Jesus condemns unequivocally.

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 Anybody who does that

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:52.300
 doesn't know the Father or me.

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 Period.

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 Exclamation mark.

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 No happy face.

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 Period and exclamation.

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 Now here's one more thing.

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 And in some ways,

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.300
 I'm going to give you,

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 I'm going to bring out seven,

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 just very, very brief.

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 I'm just going to read the text.

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 Basically, the sentence will be self-explanatory.

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 But here's the thing

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:13.679
 that will start to confuse us a little bit

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 as we read the text.

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 When I was a kid,

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 when I was a kid,

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.599
 like, I don't know how old I was,

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.199
 but when I was a kid,

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.319
 I loved playing hide and seek.

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.079
 And in my neighborhood,

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.199
 by coincidence,

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.859
 in the houses,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.679
 about two or three houses either way,

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.219
 there happened to be all kids

00:26:28.219 --> 00:26:29.559
 roughly my age,

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.379
 like within, you know,

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.379
 in the age of my sister

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.359
 and my brother and me.

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:34.359
 And on summer nights,

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:36.399
 when there was no school the next day,

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.940
 one of the things that we loved to do

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:39.800
 after dark was play hide and seek.

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.600
 And I think about it now

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.580
 because we just ran into

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:44.019
 any old neighbor's property.

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.180
 We had some type of rule

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.940
 that you couldn't go,

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:47.080
 like, beyond, you know,

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.300
 whatever, you know,

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.700
 Zelda's house that way

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.780
 and you couldn't go beyond,

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:52.420
 you know, Friedrich's house that way

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.320
 or whatever it was.

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.759
 But here it's dark

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.519
 and we're just running into

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.620
 our neighbor's backyards

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.740
 and their bushes

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.400
 and there was never any complaint about it.

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.160
 The world was different.

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.180
 I was just thinking about that

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.600
 when I was preparing to the sermon.

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.460
 That's really weird.

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.180
 Anyway, there you go.

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.340
 It was just a different neighborhood with kids.

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.940
 Maybe it was because

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.980
 it was a Jewish neighborhood,

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.100
 all Jewish.

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.660
 I was the only,

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.840
 my family was the only Gentile family

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.620
 in our street

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:16.640
 and Jewish people love kids.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.460
 I don't know.

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.539
 Maybe that's the reason why.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.920
 I love playing hide and seek.

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.720
 And later on,

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:22.539
 when I was a kid,

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.259
 I'd never heard of the game

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.160
 Capture the Flag.

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.420
 But when my own kids

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.279
 were a certain age,

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.500
 one of the things they loved to play

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.420
 was Capture the Flag.

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.900
 And if we brought other people over

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.720
 who had kids

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.539
 and we had a huge front yard at the time,

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.420
 we lived just outside of CARP

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.960
 in the country

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.220
 and one of the things they loved to play

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.160
 was Capture the Flag.

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.539
 Now here's the thing.

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.200
 Here's the thing.

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:44.940
 If we think we're playing hide and seek

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.519
 and you're giving people advice

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.680
 about how to hide,

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.539
 that's one thing.

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:52.300
 But if you're playing Capture the Flag,

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.000
 and those of you who don't know

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.779
 what these games are,

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.860
 you can talk to somebody,

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.039
 a younger person,

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.359
 and they'll tell you what the games are.

00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.059
 But if you're playing Capture the Flag,

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.799
 it's a very different set of rules.

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.740
 You give different encouragements

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.960
 to play Capture the Flag

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.619
 rather than playing hide and seek

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.559
 where you're always hiding.

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.240
 Okay?

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:10.180
 And what Jesus is talking about here

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.099
 is Capture the Flag,

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.000
 not Hide and Seek.

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.759
 That's what he's talking about.

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.799
 Jesus isn't saying,

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.940
 listen to my words,

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.359
 I'm going to tell you how to hide.

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.779
 No.

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.119
 Listen to me,

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.659
 I'm going to tell you

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.799
 how to capture the flag.

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.379
 I renamed the sermon.

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.420
 The bulletin has one name

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.980
 for the sermon.

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.280
 If you go online later on,

00:28:29.320 --> 00:28:31.060
 the sermon's name is Capture the Flag.

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.140
 And the seventh sermon,

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.040
 just little things,

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.580
 the rest of it will all be very obvious.

00:28:36.760 --> 00:28:37.780
 It'll be very, very quick.

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.700
 But Jesus is giving us advice

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:41.320
 about how you capture the flag,

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.880
 not how to hide.

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:44.820
 Could you put up the first point, Andrew?

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.980
 So all of my points

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.420
 are going to begin the same way.

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.160
 As you go,

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:52.700
 as you go forward,

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.880
 always remember.

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:55.420
 As you go forward,

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.320
 always remember

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:58.260
 that belonging to Jesus

00:28:58.260 --> 00:28:59.640
 may cost you your life.

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.860
 That's what Jesus just said.

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.720
 Always remember,

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.880
 as you go forward,

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:07.900
 that belonging to Jesus

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:09.440
 may cost you your life.

00:29:10.780 --> 00:29:12.420
 These will all be available online

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:14.320
 if you can't get them down now.

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.760
 And so,

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.880
 that's how he continues to go.

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.180
 Remember,

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.380
 this is all advice

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.880
 about how to play Capture the Flag,

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:22.240
 not about how to hide

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.840
 when you're playing hide and seek.

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:24.900
 Verse,

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.660
 the next part,

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:27.620
 4b of chapter 16.

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.980
 I did not say these things

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.320
 to you from the beginning

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.420
 because I was with you.

00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:33.300
 But now I am going to him

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.020
 who sent me.

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.540
 And in other words,

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.660
 he's going back to God.

00:29:36.760 --> 00:29:37.520
 He's going to the Father.

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.480
 The Father had sent him.

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.100
 And none of you asks me,

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.000
 where are you going?

00:29:41.760 --> 00:29:42.860
 They did ask him earlier,

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:44.540
 but they haven't persisted in asking

00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:46.160
 because in the Irish expression,

00:29:46.280 --> 00:29:47.700
 they've been gobsmacked.

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.759
 And they're sort of like

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.000
 the deer in the headlight

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.299
 and they don't know what to say.

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.360
 But,

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.140
 verse 6,

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.240
 but because I have said

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.080
 these things to you,

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.559
 sorrow has filled your heart.

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.380
 This is really important.

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.960
 Listen to this.

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.539
 Nevertheless,

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:02.940
 remember,

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.500
 he's telling them

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.180
 that he's leaving.

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.279
 I tell you the truth.

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.700
 It is to your advantage

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:10.720
 that I go away.

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.059
 For if I do not go away,

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.100
 the helper,

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.059
 some of your Bibles

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.160
 might say the comforter,

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.920
 some might say the counselor,

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.640
 some might say the advocate.

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:22.220
 The Greek word

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:24.259
 encompasses all of these ideas.

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.019
 Advocate,

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.240
 comforter,

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.900
 counselor,

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.400
 helper.

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.000
 If I do not go away,

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.600
 the helper,

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.300
 the Holy Spirit,

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.279
 will not come to you.

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.820
 But if I go,

00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:35.920
 I will send him to you.

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.660
 And when he comes,

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.420
 he will convict the world

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.519
 concerning sin

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.320
 and righteousness

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:42.060
 and judgment

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:43.240
 concerning sin

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.740
 because they did not

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.500
 believe in me.

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.980
 I mean,

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.779
 that's in a sense

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:51.099
 the solution to sin.

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.400
 On one hand,

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.619
 the solution to sin

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.980
 isn't for me

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.680
 to be able to

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.940
 successfully show you

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.500
 how sinful you are

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.900
 so you can just feel

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:02.740
 unbelievably miserable

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:05.920
 or just stop feeling miserable

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:09.259
 and just walk out of the room.

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.180
 True story.

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.240
 When I was in

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.940
 the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.140
 and I was in my rural parish,

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.320
 there was a guy who got up

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:15.840
 in the pulpit.

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.920
 He came back from his holidays

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.420
 and he began to preach

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.480
 and all he did was tell off

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.180
 the whole congregation

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.500
 about how bad they were.

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.160
 And about seven minutes in,

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.340
 the whole congregation

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.240
 got up and left.

00:31:26.520 --> 00:31:27.759
 He was left at the front

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.400
 of the church,

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.620
 empty.

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.640
 They all got up and left.

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.560
 In fact,

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:37.000
 in Anglican polity,

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:38.240
 there's things called wardens.

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.060
 The wardens

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:40.180
 had to get the bishop

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.240
 involved

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.339
 because the bishop

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.180
 had to negotiate

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.019
 with the wardens

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.099
 to get any of the people

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.319
 to go back to the church.

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.460
 So I could get them.

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:49.980
 But you know what?

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.120
 The solution to sin

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:52.940
 isn't for me to say,

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.500
 you're terrible,

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.099
 you're terrible,

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.559
 you're terrible.

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:54.940
 No.

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.700
 On one level,

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.339
 we all know,

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.359
 everybody knows

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.039
 we're not perfect.

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.160
 The thing that we need

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.160
 to be convicted of

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.440
 is the remedy to sin,

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.160
 which is Jesus.

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.240
 Verse 9,

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.180
 concerning sin

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.940
 because they do not

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.640
 believe in me.

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.859
 Concerning righteousness,

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.440
 that is,

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:15.779
 how things are made right.

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.799
 Okay,

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.019
 how are things made right?

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.519
 Well,

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.579
 because I go to the Father

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.680
 and you will see me no longer.

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.079
 You see,

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.620
 Jesus' death upon the cross

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.220
 and his resurrection,

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.779
 that's what makes us right

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.620
 with God,

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.940
 with the creator of all things.

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.440
 That's what makes us right.

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.120
 We need to be convicted of that.

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.200
 It's the Holy Spirit

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.059
 who does that.

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.140
 And then,

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.680
 and then,

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.319
 in verse 11,

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.339
 concerning judgment,

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.959
 because the ruler

00:32:36.959 --> 00:32:38.379
 of this world is judged.

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:39.199
 And that's a reference

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:39.879
 to the devil

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:42.139
 and it's a very profound statement

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.259
 that when you see evil

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.779
 in the world,

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.619
 whether it's evil

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.359
 in North Korea,

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.199
 whether it's evil

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:48.119
 in parts of Canada,

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:49.139
 that there is always

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:50.779
 a demonic aspect to it.

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.500
 And many people suffer

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.399
 under a fear

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.559
 of a personal type

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.619
 of demonic oppression

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.659
 and Jesus says,

00:32:58.659 --> 00:33:00.599
 my death and resurrection

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.919
 is a complete unmasking

00:33:02.919 --> 00:33:03.559
 and defeat

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.220
 of all that is

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.099
 the most evil

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.819
 in the world

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:09.240
 and all spiritual powers.

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.200
 And if you were

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.059
 in certain parts

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.519
 of the world

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.240
 that still believes

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.899
 in animism,

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.019
 all your belief

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.720
 in spirits

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.919
 connected to trees

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.519
 and rivers

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:20.099
 and birds,

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:22.460
 that's all judged.

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.039
 If you could put up

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.079
 the next point, Andrew,

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:28.700
 what is Jesus saying?

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.859
 That as you go forward,

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.359
 always remember

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.740
 that the gift

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.719
 of the Holy Spirit

00:33:34.719 --> 00:33:36.719
 is to your great advantage.

00:33:37.459 --> 00:33:38.259
 That the gift

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.059
 of the Holy Spirit

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:40.199
 is to your great advantage.

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.719
 Friends,

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.019
 the Holy Spirit

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.559
 is not a charismatic thing

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.799
 and we shouldn't be upset.

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.740
 We all probably know stories

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:50.240
 of crazy charismatics.

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.659
 I'm not saying

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.859
 all charismatics are crazy,

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.299
 but we all know stories

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.419
 of crazy charismatics.

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.879
 In fact, probably

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.479
 if I just said,

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.339
 during coffee time,

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:59.319
 just share crazy

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.479
 charismatic stories,

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.059
 there'd be lots of laughter

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.200
 as we talked each other

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.299
 with crazy things

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.120
 they've said and done.

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.220
 Okay?

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.759
 But let me tell you,

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.400
 what does Jesus say?

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.940
 The gift of the Holy Spirit

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.460
 to Christians

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.500
 is to your advantage.

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.900
 It is a good thing

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.619
 every day

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.079
 to say,

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.039
 just in the words

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.059
 of Galatians 5,

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.139
 I try to remember

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.320
 to pray this every day,

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.039
 every day.

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.619
 I know some of you

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.340
 think I'm crazy,

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.699
 so the rest of you,

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:26.419
 I try to remember

00:34:26.419 --> 00:34:28.179
 to pray Galatians 5 and 6

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.699
 every day.

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.000
 I say,

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.399
 Father,

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.000
 as I go through my day today,

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:32.159
 help me to walk

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.099
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.939
 live by the Holy Spirit,

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.879
 be led by the Holy Spirit,

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:38.159
 and keep in step

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.139
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:41.379
 And that is a good prayer

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:42.259
 to pray.

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.779
 Where am I?

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:47.179
 Verse 12.

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:49.519
 I still have many things

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.199
 to say to you,

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.879
 Jesus says.

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.099
 Verse 12.

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.899
 But you cannot bear them now.

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:55.079
 You can't carry them.

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.960
 He's talking right

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.700
 to the disciples.

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.539
 When the Spirit of Truth comes,

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.200
 that's how he talks now

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:00.980
 about the Holy Spirit,

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.960
 the Spirit of Truth.

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.460
 He will guide you

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.500
 into all the truth,

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.780
 for he will not speak

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.900
 on his own authority

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.900
 or out of himself,

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.880
 but whatever he hears

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:11.500
 from the Father and the Son,

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.340
 he will speak

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.460
 and he will declare to you

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.500
 the things that are to come.

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.840
 I want to break this up

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.440
 into two things.

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.059
 If you could put up

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.039
 the next point, Andrew,

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.340
 here's the thing.

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.960
 As you go forward,

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:22.380
 always remember,

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:24.260
 always remember

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.340
 to believe the truth

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.519
 and nothing but the truth.

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:32.420
 Be the BS detector

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.619
 in your office.

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.660
 Now, that might mean

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.320
 you want to chat

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:39.900
 with a really wise guy

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.599
 like Victor

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.680
 as to when you just

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:43.420
 publicly say to your boss

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.079
 that's BS

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.300
 or whether there's a more

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:47.280
 circumspect way

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.160
 to say it.

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:51.019
 But be the BS detector.

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:55.380
 Like, the Bible,

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.200
 when it says here

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.900
 believe the truth,

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.320
 it means you need

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.340
 to listen well

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.720
 and study well

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:02.059
 and think well

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.920
 and inquire well

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:05.099
 and understand

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.180
 what people are saying

00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:06.740
 and understand

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.400
 what's true

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.440
 and what's false in it.

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.460
 But at the end of the day,

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.019
 when the Bible says

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.900
 that it's to your advantage

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.740
 that the Holy Spirit

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.320
 is going to come,

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.160
 it's to your advantage

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.180
 I give you the Holy Spirit.

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.039
 And who is the Holy Spirit?

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.740
 The Holy Spirit

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.900
 is the Spirit of truth.

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.980
 He will lead you

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.920
 into all truth.

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.720
 Then the truth

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.340
 is your friend.

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:24.600
 And the cry of our heart

00:36:24.600 --> 00:36:25.519
 in every meeting,

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.800
 in every class,

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.600
 and even when we read

00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:29.860
 and when we watch TV

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.400
 should be,

00:36:30.600 --> 00:36:30.860
 Lord,

00:36:31.600 --> 00:36:32.820
 may the Holy Spirit

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.760
 help me to know

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.360
 what's true

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.600
 and believe what's true

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:36.140
 and nothing

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:38.120
 but the truth.

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.380
 Continue on.

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:42.100
 The next verse.

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.500
 Verse 14.

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.480
 It's all part of the same idea

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.579
 but I wanted to divide it up.

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:48.200
 He will glorify me,

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.559
 that's the Holy Spirit,

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.299
 for he will take

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.839
 what is mine

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.779
 and declare it to you.

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.159
 All that the Father

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:54.199
 has is mine,

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.960
 therefore I said

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.639
 that he will take

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.279
 what is mine

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:57.619
 and declare it to you.

00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.399
 And actually,

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.099
 if you take verses 12 to 15

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:02.319
 as a group,

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:03.299
 it's one of the reasons

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:05.019
 why Christians believe

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.559
 that you don't,

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:05.939
 every,

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:07.199
 that the,

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:09.000
 what I'm holding here

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.779
 in the New Testament,

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.759
 the New Testament

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:12.419
 is the apostolic testimony

00:37:12.419 --> 00:37:13.179
 to Jesus.

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:16.239
 And Jesus is saying here,

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:17.739
 I am going to work in you

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:19.079
 so the New Testament

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.000
 can be written.

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:23.259
 And so that whether or not,

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.899
 remember when I was in Angola,

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.379
 one of the things

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:26.399
 I was doing,

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.099
 some of the people

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.779
 I was meeting with in Angola

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:30.139
 were people

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.859
 who were giving

00:37:30.859 --> 00:37:33.339
 a semi-nomadic tribe

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:34.779
 that had no written language,

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.799
 they were giving them

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.719
 a written language

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:38.099
 and they were translating

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.519
 the New Testament

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:41.279
 into that new language

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.400
 so they could read

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:45.220
 the apostolic testimony

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:46.560
 for themselves.

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.760
 We have a man

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:49.000
 connected to our church

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.820
 who has gone to a people group

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.780
 in Asia

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:53.120
 that did not have

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.860
 a written language

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.860
 and he is giving them

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.580
 a written language

00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:57.080
 and translating the New Testament

00:37:57.080 --> 00:37:58.180
 into their language

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:59.580
 so that they can learn

00:37:59.580 --> 00:38:00.620
 to read the language

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.280
 they speak

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.440
 and they can read

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:04.420
 the apostolic testimony

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.680
 to Jesus.

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:11.739
 And that's the point

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.619
 if you could put it up.

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.299
 As you go forward,

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.759
 always remember

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:17.339
 to humbly learn

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:18.099
 from the scripture.

00:38:18.799 --> 00:38:20.039
 As you go forward,

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.079
 always remember

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.779
 to humbly learn

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.839
 from the scripture.

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.799
 A little saying,

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.899
 you've heard me say it before,

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.539
 to many people

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.859
 in Christian circles,

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:33.159
 to ask what the Bible says

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:34.940
 is to reveal yourself

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:36.139
 as a narrow-minded,

00:38:36.399 --> 00:38:39.639
 knuckle-dragging fundamentalist.

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.899
 But the truth of the matter is

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:43.239
 that when you ask

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:44.339
 what does the Bible say,

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.059
 you're asking

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.159
 the Jesus question

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.980
 because Jesus asks

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.219
 that question all the time.

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.339
 What does the Bible say?

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:52.460
 Search the scriptures.

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.699
 Let's continue on

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:56.159
 as we get through

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:57.359
 the rest of this text.

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.159
 Verse 16,

00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.539
 famous text for some,

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.279
 a little while

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.519
 and you will see me no longer

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.940
 and again,

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.620
 a little while

00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:04.420
 and you will see me.

00:39:05.060 --> 00:39:06.180
 So some of his disciples

00:39:06.180 --> 00:39:06.940
 said to one another,

00:39:07.040 --> 00:39:08.340
 what is this that he says to us

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.360
 a little while

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.540
 and you will not see me

00:39:10.540 --> 00:39:11.000
 and again,

00:39:11.100 --> 00:39:11.760
 a little while

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.800
 and you will see me

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:14.320
 and because I am going

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.920
 to the Father.

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.620
 So they were saying,

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.420
 what does he mean

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:18.320
 a little while?

00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:20.120
 There's a bit of a clue

00:39:20.120 --> 00:39:20.920
 and interpretation

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.800
 that the same phrase

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.900
 is said lots of times.

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.519
 It probably means

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.120
 it's important.

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.680
 Okay?

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.140
 We do not know

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:26.880
 what he's talking about.

00:39:27.120 --> 00:39:28.100
 Jesus, verse 9,

00:39:28.180 --> 00:39:28.960
 knew that they wanted

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.500
 to ask him.

00:39:29.560 --> 00:39:30.160
 So he said to them,

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:31.659
 is this what you are asking yourselves,

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.619
 what I meant by saying

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.339
 a little while

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:34.519
 and you will not see me

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.940
 and again a little while

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.839
 and you will see me?

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.420
 Truly, truly,

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.719
 I say to you,

00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:40.839
 you will weep and lament

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:42.099
 but the world will rejoice.

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.899
 You will be sorrowful

00:39:43.899 --> 00:39:45.019
 but your sorrow

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.079
 will turn into joy.

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:48.119
 When a woman is giving birth,

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.839
 she has sorrow

00:39:48.839 --> 00:39:50.219
 because her hour has come

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:51.639
 but when she has delivered the baby,

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.960
 she no longer remembers

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.759
 the anguish

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.739
 for the joy

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.619
 that a human being

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.779
 has been born into the world.

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.460
 So also,

00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.039
 you have sorrow now

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.559
 but I will see you again

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:03.400
 and your hearts will rejoice

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:05.199
 and no one will take

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.900
 your joy

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:07.079
 from you.

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.579
 Now,

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:12.760
 Jesus is talking about

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:14.220
 two things at the same time.

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.860
 On one level,

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.240
 he's talking very specifically

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.260
 in the original language.

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.139
 It's two things

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.960
 at the same time.

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.159
 On one hand,

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:21.240
 he's telling his disciples,

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.420
 I'm about to die

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:24.880
 and you're going to be crushed

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:27.860
 but on the third day

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.559
 I'm going to rise

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:31.000
 and your joy

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:32.420
 will be unspeakable.

00:40:33.160 --> 00:40:34.200
 And he's also speaking

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:35.099
 down the corridors

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.420
 of history to us

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.400
 and he's even speaking

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.240
 to the apostles

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:39.140
 after he ascends

00:40:39.140 --> 00:40:39.640
 into heaven

00:40:39.640 --> 00:40:42.660
 that there will be times

00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:43.780
 we have lots of sorrow

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:45.700
 but if you could put up

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.260
 the next point,

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.619
 Andrew,

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:48.400
 as you go forward,

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:50.400
 always remember,

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:52.320
 always remember

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.700
 that Jesus will

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:55.059
 assuredly return

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:56.880
 as liberating Lord.

00:40:58.579 --> 00:41:00.300
 He will assuredly return

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.740
 as liberating Lord.

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:03.139
 Verse 23,

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:06.139
 In that day you will ask

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.000
 nothing of me,

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.480
 right,

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.400
 when he returns.

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.000
 Truly, truly,

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.579
 I say to you,

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.260
 whatever you ask

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:12.360
 of the Father in my name,

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.300
 he will give it to you.

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.900
 Until now you have asked

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:16.019
 for nothing in my name.

00:41:16.180 --> 00:41:17.380
 Ask and you will receive

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.900
 that your joy

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.940
 may be full.

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.680
 I have said

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:23.200
 these things to you

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:25.639
 in figures of speech.

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.480
 The hour is coming

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.400
 when I will no longer

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.200
 speak to you

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:29.240
 in figures of speech

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:30.059
 but will tell you

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:31.220
 plainly about the Father.

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.740
 In that day you will ask

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.280
 in my name

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:34.280
 and I do not say to you

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.139
 that I will ask the Father

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.880
 on your behalf

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:37.240
 for the Father himself

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:37.960
 loves you

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:39.860
 because you have loved me

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:40.860
 and have believed

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:42.260
 that I came from God.

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:44.139
 I came from the Father

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:45.200
 and have come into the world

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:46.160
 and now I am leaving

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:46.740
 the world

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:48.539
 and going to the Father.

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.200
 Andrew,

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:49.740
 could you put up

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.300
 the next point?

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.820
 Please,

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:52.519
 as you go forward,

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:54.099
 always remember

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:55.420
 to pray

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.639
 like you were talking

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.519
 to your dad.

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.420
 And some of you

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.780
 might say,

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.160
 George,

00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:01.300
 if you knew my dad

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:02.400
 you would not say that.

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.559
 But then I would just add,

00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:06.980
 even when we complain

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:08.000
 about how bad

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:09.400
 our dads are,

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.180
 it is because

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:11.200
 on one level

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:12.740
 we have an image

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.760
 of what a good dad

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.480
 would be like.

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.519
 for those of us

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.639
 who are Christian dads

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.159
 right here,

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:19.119
 texts like this

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:20.019
 are always

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:21.119
 a time

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:22.460
 that call us

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:23.400
 to get on our knees

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:25.019
 and ask the Father

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.679
 to help us

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.760
 to be a great dad

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.639
 to our kids

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:29.800
 and to repent

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:30.320
 of the way

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:31.240
 that we have been

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:32.059
 a bad dad.

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:35.079
 but we all have

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.059
 this basic sense

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:38.380
 of what a good father

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.139
 would be like.

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.920
 And that's what Jesus

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.840
 is talking about.

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.659
 And so Jesus

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:44.259
 is saying

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:45.420
 as you go forward,

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.880
 always remember

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.559
 to pray

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.820
 like you were talking

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.699
 to your dad,

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.360
 a good dad

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:52.619
 who always listens

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.199
 to you

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:54.519
 and loves you.

00:42:54.519 --> 00:43:01.840
 And now we bring it

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.300
 to a close.

00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.059
 Verse 29.

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.639
 His disciples said,

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:05.179
 Ah,

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.980
 now you are speaking

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.199
 plainly and not using

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.960
 figurative speech.

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:09.820
 Now we know

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.759
 that you know all things

00:43:10.759 --> 00:43:11.400
 and do not need

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.280
 anyone to question you.

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.679
 This is why we believe

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:14.599
 that you came from God.

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.380
 Jesus answered them

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:17.000
 and he answers them

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.480
 with love.

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:19.000
 Do you now believe?

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.340
 Behold,

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.480
 the hour is coming,

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.440
 indeed it has come,

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:24.179
 when you will be scattered,

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:25.500
 each to his own home

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:28.239
 and will leave me alone.

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.839
 Yet I am not alone

00:43:29.839 --> 00:43:31.500
 for the Father is with me.

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.159
 And then Andrew,

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:33.659
 could you put up

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:34.299
 the last,

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.539
 the first point again?

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:39.399
 Why don't we say this

00:43:39.399 --> 00:43:40.980
 together,

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.759
 out loud?

00:43:42.379 --> 00:43:43.480
 Can you say it with me?

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:45.559
 I have told you

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.440
 these things

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.699
 so that in me

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:49.059
 you may have peace.

00:43:49.379 --> 00:43:50.339
 In the world

00:43:50.339 --> 00:43:51.379
 you have trouble

00:43:51.379 --> 00:43:52.079
 and suffering,

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:53.759
 but take courage.

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:55.239
 I am victorious

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:56.519
 over the world.

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.619
 Please stand.

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:07.980
 If you have not

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.879
 yet called out

00:44:08.879 --> 00:44:09.339
 to Jesus

00:44:09.339 --> 00:44:10.579
 to be your Savior and Lord,

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.940
 there is no better time now

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.879
 than just to call out

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:13.299
 to him.

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:15.839
 Say something like,

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:18.440
 I want to live in the real world

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:21.140
 and I know

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:23.940
 that I will not be victorious

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.780
 over death

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:26.440
 or even the evil

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.039
 in my life.

00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:27.600
 I ask,

00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:28.920
 I thank you,

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.300
 Jesus,

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:32.579
 that your great victory

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.539
 can be for me

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:34.880
 and I reach out to you

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.800
 that I might share

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.780
 in your victory,

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.079
 that you might be

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.840
 my Savior and Lord.

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.900
 There is no better time now

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.880
 than to pray that prayer.

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.860
 And for the rest of us,

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.900
 some maybe as dads

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.579
 have to pray

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.240
 a bit of prayer

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:45.840
 of repentance

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.800
 and prayer of longing,

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.760
 but for all of us,

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:49.619
 we can pray

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.260
 that the Lord

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:51.000
 will help us

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:52.579
 to leave this place today

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:54.119
 knowing the real world

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:57.160
 and living with courage

00:44:57.160 --> 00:44:59.480
 under Jesus

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.559
 and the power

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.480
 of the Holy Spirit

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:02.860
 in the real world.

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.539
 Let's pray.

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:06.940
 Father,

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.760
 we thank you

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:09.500
 for the different places

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:10.560
 that you have called us to.

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:10.820
 Father,

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.340
 we confess

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:11.840
 some of us

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:13.040
 wish we had a better job

00:45:13.040 --> 00:45:14.220
 or lived in a better house

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:15.100
 or are looking forward

00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:16.660
 to a new day

00:45:16.660 --> 00:45:17.600
 and new opportunities

00:45:17.600 --> 00:45:18.340
 and Father,

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.860
 we know that

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:19.600
 some of these

00:45:19.600 --> 00:45:20.300
 are good things,

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.540
 that it's not a bad thing

00:45:21.540 --> 00:45:22.380
 to have ambition.

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.760
 It's not a bad thing

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:26.500
 to seek

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.360
 to maybe have

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:29.520
 that more responsible job

00:45:29.520 --> 00:45:32.520
 or have more education.

00:45:33.520 --> 00:45:33.960
 Father,

00:45:34.040 --> 00:45:34.900
 it's not a bad thing.

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.420
 But we ask,

00:45:36.600 --> 00:45:36.820
 Father,

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.900
 that in all things,

00:45:38.080 --> 00:45:38.260
 Father,

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:39.280
 that we might know

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:39.740
 that we live

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:40.519
 in the real world,

00:45:40.620 --> 00:45:41.559
 that we might remember

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.519
 that you are God,

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:44.960
 that Jesus did die

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.760
 upon the cross,

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.620
 that he did rise

00:45:46.620 --> 00:45:47.280
 from the dead,

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:48.840
 that he is risen,

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.880
 that he will return again

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.980
 and that the Holy Spirit

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.920
 has been given to us

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:54.440
 for our great advantage.

00:45:54.680 --> 00:45:54.900
 Father,

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:56.080
 pour into our heart

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:56.720
 the desire

00:45:56.720 --> 00:45:58.559
 to walk with the Holy Spirit

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.840
 and live by the Holy Spirit

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:01.160
 and be led by the Holy Spirit

00:46:01.160 --> 00:46:02.120
 and keep in step

00:46:02.120 --> 00:46:02.900
 with the Holy Spirit

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:04.039
 and grant us,

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.340
 Father,

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:05.160
 the desire

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:06.420
 to turn from lies

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:07.519
 and to know the truth,

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:09.719
 to do the hard work

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:11.500
 and the humbling work

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:12.579
 of knowing the truth

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.480
 and believing

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:15.000
 in the truth

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.379
 in all things.

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:16.799
 Father,

00:46:16.879 --> 00:46:17.960
 we ask that you would do

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.679
 this wonderful

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:19.480
 and mighty work

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:20.079
 in our lives

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:21.839
 all for your great glory

00:46:21.839 --> 00:46:23.139
 and we ask

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.980
 all of this

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:25.079
 in the name of Jesus

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:26.699
 and all God's people said,

00:46:27.359 --> 00:46:27.639
 Amen.

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:27.819
 Amen.

00:46:27.819 --> 00:46:27.879
 Amen.

00:46:27.879 --> 00:46:27.920
 Amen.

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:27.940
 Amen.

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:27.980
 Amen.

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.420
 Amen.

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:29.879
 Amen.

00:46:29.879 --> 00:46:29.920
 Amen.

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:30.420
 Amen.

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:31.819
 Amen.

00:46:31.819 --> 00:46:31.839
 Amen.

00:46:31.839 --> 00:46:31.920
 Amen.

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:31.940
 Amen.