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 love him or hate him, it's almost impossible to ignore him.

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 Mr. Trump is so out there in the things he says and the things he does

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 that he just polarizes people.

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 It seems like, I don't know whether he means to do it or not,

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 but he certainly manages to do it.

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 This week, for instance, he disagreed completely

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 with the predictions of the American Reserve Bank.

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 And he said this,

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 they're making a mistake because I have a gut.

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 He means a gut feeling.

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 I have a gut and my gut tells me more sometimes

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 than anybody else's brain can ever tell me.

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 That was a pretty big statement.

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 Put in different words, it goes like this.

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 What Mr. Trump feels and believes will determine his actions.

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 Even if that means ignoring the statistics presented by a panel of experts like the Reserve Bank,

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 he'll bag himself.

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 Now, most people would express horror at such self-confidence.

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 They'd see it as reckless, arrogant.

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 But the uncomfortable truth is that we're actually quite like Mr. Trump

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 at so many points in our lives.

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 For example, in relational conflict,

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 we're so quick to back ourselves.

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 We're right, others are wrong,

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 even in spite of the evidence at times.

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 Why is it like that?

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 Well, because, I think it's because we're driven by an incredibly powerful,

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 but hidden desire to be right,

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 to be in control of any given situation.

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 Dare I say even,

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 to be God-like in any situation,

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 to have the final say.

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 In the words of John Paul Sartre,

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 French existential philosopher,

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 he says,

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 man is the being

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 whose project is to be God.

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 So, it's a proper statement, isn't it?

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 You might not agree with anything else, he says,

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 but you could agree with that one.

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 And we feel the impact of that

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 every single day.

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 Again, for example,

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 we often lament in society

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 people who reject authority.

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 Well, I actually think that's not quite right.

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 It's not that people reject authority,

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 it's that people actually want to be the authority

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 speaking into the lives of others

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 rather than recognize and live under an external authority.

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 We want to control our own lives.

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 We want to set our own destiny.

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 We want to run our own agenda.

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 We want to answer to no one but ourselves.

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 And surprise, surprise,

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 when we answer to ourselves,

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 we try and convince ourselves that we're right.

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 And even as the evidence of our internal brokenness

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 tells us we can't really achieve

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 the personal sovereignty we long for,

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 we redouble our efforts to convince ourselves

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 and convince others that we can.

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 It's a matter of sovereignty.

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 Whose sovereignty will be sovereign?

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 In the same way,

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 when we look into these passages in John,

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 we've seen week after week

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 an increase in pressure.

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 Jesus is polarizing people.

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 People loved him or they hated him,

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 but they couldn't ignore him

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 because of his radical words,

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 his radical actions.

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 And again, it was a battle for sovereignty,

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 pitting personal feelings,

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 a desire to be right,

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 a desire to keep control

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 on the part of the Jewish religious leaders

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 against the challenge

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 of coming under the sovereignty of Jesus.

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 And the clash,

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 as we move into verse 12 here,

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 is a very familiar pattern.

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 Jesus declares his sovereignty

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 in the words,

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 I am light and life.

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 Now, we've got to remember the context.

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 Jesus is in Jerusalem

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 for the Feast of Booths.

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 That was an important seven days

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 of thanksgiving for God's blessing,

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 especially God's blessing

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 in the wilderness time

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 after the Exodus.

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 And that two key pictures

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 dominated that week-long celebration.

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 A picture of water,

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 and Bo took us through that

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 a couple of weeks ago,

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 celebrating the fact

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 that God provided for his people

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 in the wilderness

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 life-saving water.

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 And we saw that Jesus

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 had already claimed that,

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 chapter 7, verse 31.

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 He said,

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 that which you're celebrating

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 now in this feast,

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 that's about me.

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 I am the thirst-quenching water

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 that will fill the wells of your soul.

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 And equally,

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 through the Feast of the Booths,

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 there was another ritual,

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 each evening,

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 after the sun had set,

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 four huge lampstands were lit

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 in the outer courts of the temple,

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 a place called the Treasury,

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 which is where Jesus is teaching

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 in this particular section.

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 It was called the Treasury

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 because there was 13

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 trumpet-shaped money boxes

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 in that area

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 where people,

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 as they were part of the celebration,

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 would actually put money in

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 as a gift to God

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 in thankfulness

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 for what he has done.

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 And the light,

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 these huge lampstands

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 symbolized

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 the pillar of cloud and fire

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 that was a picture

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 of God's glory,

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 of God's presence with them

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 in the period

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 of the wilderness wanderings.

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 And therefore,

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 it became to them

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 a picture of the guarantee

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 that in their lostness,

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 the Lord would lead them through

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 into the life and the land

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 that he had promised to give them.

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 It was presence and deliverance.

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 And people then,

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 each evening of this week

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 of feasting and celebrating,

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 they would come along,

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 each also holding burning torches,

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 and they would dance

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 into the evening.

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 They would sing praises.

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 They'd give money

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 in thankfulness to the Lord.

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 And it's said by those

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 who lived in the time

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 and recorded it

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 that such was the light

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 around the temple

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 that illuminated

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 the whole city of Jerusalem.

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 And we can understand that

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 because there was no street light.

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 So once you moved away from that,

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 you were in pitch darkness,

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 essentially.

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 So with that background,

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 and remember,

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 Jesus is there.

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 Those big lampstands

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 would have been in the background

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 even as Jesus was teaching.

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 We can sense something

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 of the impact

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 of Jesus' words

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 when he says,

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 I am the light

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 celebrated in the festival.

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 I am God's presence with you.

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 I have come into your world

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 which is darkened by sin

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 to illuminate it,

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 to dispel darkness,

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 to dispel sin,

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 and transform you

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 into the bright,

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 beautiful thing

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 you were created to be

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 in relationship with God.

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 And so,

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 as we move into this story,

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 the festival is over

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 for another year.

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 The lights have gone out.

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 Once again,

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 darkness settles heavily

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 on Jerusalem.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the light.

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 currently you're

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 stumbling around

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 in the dark,

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 totally lost,

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 unable to find

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 your way home.

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 I am the light

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 to light your way.

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 I am the light

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 that will be with you

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 and surround you

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 as you walk that way.

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 I will show you

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 the way home.

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 I will take you home.

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 But notice what Jesus

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 actually says.

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 He says,

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 you can have the light.

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 You can have me,

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 says Jesus.

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 It's not just something

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 you use out there

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 like a torch

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 on the end of your arm.

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 You have me.

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 You have the light.

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 I am the light

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 for life.

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 Only I can give

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 light for life.

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 So,

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 I think Jesus is saying,

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 come to me

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 and my divine light

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 will stream

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 into your heart,

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 into your soul,

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 dispelling the darkness

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 of sin

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 and misery

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 and transform you

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 from the inside out.

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 Enlighten you

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 from the inside out.

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 And so,

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 we see,

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 I hope you can see,

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 it's a matter

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 of sovereignty.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 either

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 back your own sovereignty,

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 verse 12,

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 looking for light

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 and life

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 as you've been doing

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 in a renewed

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 national Israel,

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 a return

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 to the great days

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 of Moses

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 or in a lifetime

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 of sincere

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 religious actions.

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 He said,

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 you can

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 maintain

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 and follow

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 your own sovereignty

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 and says Jesus,

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 it will end badly.

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 You'll experience

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 darkness and death.

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 Or,

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 come under

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 my sovereignty,

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 says Jesus,

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 believing it's me

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 who connects

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 God's people

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 into God's presence,

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 into relationship

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 with God,

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 into blessing

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 and heaven.

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 If you do that,

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 says Jesus,

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 then you will

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 actually have,

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 not just experience,

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 you will have

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 light and life

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 forever.

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 So,

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 the response

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 isn't surprising.

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 Verses 13 to 20.

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 Essentially,

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 these guys

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 are just saying,

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 why should we

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 listen

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 or believe

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 in you,

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 Jesus?

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 Now,

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 I believe

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 the response

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 is full of anger.

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 They actually

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 hate the challenge

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 to their sovereignty.

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 So,

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 verse 13,

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 how are they going

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 to get out

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 from under

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 this direct challenge

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 as Jesus ramps it up

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 and leaves them

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 less and less

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 wriggle room?

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 Well,

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 they do what

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 they're so good

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 at doing

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 and they've done

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 it before

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 in earlier chapters.

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 They plead

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 a technical,

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 a legal technicality.

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 Jesus,

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 we don't have to

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 listen to what

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 you're saying

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 because,

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 technically,

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 your testimony

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 isn't valid.

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 You're testifying

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 about yourself.

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 You see what

00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:43.240
 they're doing?

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 We'll dismiss

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 everything

00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:45.000
 on the basis

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 of a technicality.

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 What you're saying,

00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:51.520
 Jesus,

00:10:51.660 --> 00:10:52.400
 doesn't meet

00:10:52.400 --> 00:10:53.080
 the legally

00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:53.660
 accepted

00:10:53.660 --> 00:10:54.960
 truth standards

00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:55.879
 of our society,

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 so we reject it.

00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.800
 When Jesus pushes

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 back hard again,

00:10:58.960 --> 00:10:59.560
 verse 14,

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 he said,

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 you know,

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 if you guys

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 even had the

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 slightest idea

00:11:03.380 --> 00:11:04.140
 who I am,

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 truth would not

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 even be an issue.

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 We wouldn't be

00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:08.720
 having this conversation.

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 verse 15,

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 if you only talk

00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:14.440
 about what's

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 legally accepted,

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 it's your words

00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:17.920
 which have no

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 legal worth,

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 says Jesus,

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 because your words

00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:20.420
 are coming

00:11:20.420 --> 00:11:21.460
 out of prejudice.

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 Your judgments

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 are being formed

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 on the basis

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 of untruth

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 and your own

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 feelings.

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 And he goes on

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 in verse 15,

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 16,

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 17,

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 18,

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 and I'm just

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 going to touch

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 very,

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 very briefly on it,

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 and he's really

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 saying,

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 look,

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 in actual fact,

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 if you only argue

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 legal technicalities,

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 I'm telling you now

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 that all legal

00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.019
 requirements for truth

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 have been met.

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 And it goes

00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:46.620
 something like this.

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 I've just said

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 that I'm light.

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 By virtue of

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 that statement,

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 light doesn't

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 need to be proved.

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 It just shines.

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 You just see it.

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 it proves itself

00:12:03.180 --> 00:12:04.620
 by dispelling

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 darkness.

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 You understand

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 the argument?

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 You don't have to say,

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 well,

00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:10.100
 possibly there's

00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:10.760
 light in this room.

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 Well,

00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:11.660
 we know there's

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 light in this room

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 because there's

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 not darkness.

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 And more than

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 that,

00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:18.320
 says Jesus,

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 I've told you

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 before that it's

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 the Father of

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 himself who

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 corroborates me

00:12:23.280 --> 00:12:23.900
 as a witness.

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 So they

00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:28.500
 counterattack again.

00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:30.560
 Tempting to

00:12:30.560 --> 00:12:31.760
 discredit Jesus

00:12:31.760 --> 00:12:32.760
 as not being

00:12:32.760 --> 00:12:33.220
 of suitable

00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:34.580
 character to

00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:35.160
 claim any

00:12:35.160 --> 00:12:36.760
 authority by

00:12:36.760 --> 00:12:37.780
 reminding Jesus

00:12:37.780 --> 00:12:38.360
 that in their

00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:38.879
 eyes he was

00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.780
 illegitimate.

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 Verse 18,

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 oh,

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 verse 19,

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 they said to

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 him,

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 therefore,

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 where is your

00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:47.040
 father?

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 You see what

00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:50.100
 they're doing?

00:12:50.260 --> 00:12:51.260
 They're finding

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 a way to get

00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.500
 out from under

00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:54.220
 the burden that

00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:54.860
 Jesus is loading

00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:55.280
 on them.

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 So they're

00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:57.660
 suggesting in

00:12:57.660 --> 00:12:57.880
 there,

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 oh,

00:12:58.600 --> 00:12:58.800
 yes,

00:12:58.880 --> 00:12:59.500
 let's just

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 talk about

00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.440
 your father

00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:00.740
 for a minute

00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:00.960
 or two,

00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:01.240
 Jesus.

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 Actually,

00:13:02.700 --> 00:13:02.980
 hmm,

00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:03.720
 you don't even

00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.000
 know who

00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:04.340
 your father

00:13:04.340 --> 00:13:04.559
 is,

00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:04.799
 really,

00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.200
 do you?

00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:11.899
 Jesus pushed

00:13:11.899 --> 00:13:12.500
 back again.

00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.200
 Listen,

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.840
 you guys,

00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.759
 it's you

00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.419
 who are not

00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:19.960
 of suitable

00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.700
 character to

00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:21.360
 make judgments

00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:22.899
 rejecting me.

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:23.740
 Why?

00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:25.240
 because you

00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:25.860
 guys don't

00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:26.399
 know me

00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.060
 or the

00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:27.419
 father.

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 And so

00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:32.779
 in verse 20,

00:13:33.060 --> 00:13:33.740
 we feel

00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:34.919
 something of

00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:35.519
 how Jesus

00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:35.899
 has them

00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.460
 boxed in.

00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:42.500
 They're

00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.379
 absolutely

00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:44.460
 robable

00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:45.580
 with Jesus.

00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.940
 They can

00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:48.560
 feel that

00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:49.039
 Jesus is

00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:49.899
 snatching away

00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.559
 their sovereignty.

00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:54.679
 And what's

00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:55.019
 their only

00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:55.379
 option?

00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:56.379
 Either to

00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:56.720
 give up

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.240
 their sovereignty

00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:58.659
 or to

00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:59.019
 do what

00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.179
 they've

00:13:59.179 --> 00:13:59.360
 done.

00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.399
 To go

00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:00.899
 back to

00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:01.299
 the other

00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:02.639
 option for

00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.179
 protecting

00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.720
 personal

00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:04.100
 sovereignty,

00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:04.399
 and that

00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:05.720
 is getting

00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:06.519
 rid of

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.779
 the person

00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:08.399
 who challenges

00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:08.699
 it.

00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.019
 And so

00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.299
 in their

00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:12.579
 hearts,

00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.100
 at least,

00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:13.579
 they're thinking,

00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:14.639
 jeepers,

00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:15.279
 we really do

00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:15.740
 need to get

00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.159
 in and kill

00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:16.639
 this bloke.

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.159
 That's the

00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:19.500
 only way

00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:19.740
 we're going

00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.259
 to silence

00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:21.459
 them and

00:14:21.459 --> 00:14:21.819
 take the

00:14:21.819 --> 00:14:22.459
 pressure off,

00:14:23.719 --> 00:14:24.219
 remove his

00:14:24.219 --> 00:14:24.679
 challenge.

00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:26.740
 But then

00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.279
 verse 21,

00:14:27.459 --> 00:14:28.459
 Jesus continues

00:14:28.459 --> 00:14:29.159
 to push

00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:29.919
 them, and

00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:30.259
 he pushes

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.659
 them really

00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:30.980
 hard.

00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:31.620
 He says

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:31.839
 to them

00:14:31.839 --> 00:14:32.279
 effectively,

00:14:32.959 --> 00:14:34.000
 reject me

00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.839
 and you

00:14:35.839 --> 00:14:36.439
 will die

00:14:36.439 --> 00:14:36.919
 in your

00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.199
 sin.

00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.620
 There's

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.319
 consequences,

00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:45.000
 says Jesus,

00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:46.019
 for continued

00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:47.059
 unbelief.

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.419
 I am

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.899
 God's

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.299
 king.

00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:50.879
 I am

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.259
 God's

00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:51.579
 savior.

00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:52.819
 The one

00:14:52.819 --> 00:14:53.220
 you have

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.939
 been seeking

00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:55.059
 all along,

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.419
 the one

00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:55.919
 you search

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.480
 the scriptures

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.220
 for daily.

00:14:59.319 --> 00:14:59.720
 Let me

00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.019
 tell you,

00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:00.399
 says Jesus,

00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:01.100
 soon I

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.639
 will return

00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.139
 to heaven

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.399
 having

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.919
 completed

00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:03.240
 my

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.679
 salvation

00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.039
 mission.

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.720
 And if

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.519
 you reject

00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.079
 me,

00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:09.759
 continuing

00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.620
 to seek

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:12.439
 and search

00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:12.759
 for a

00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:13.439
 Messiah who

00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:14.120
 sits

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.779
 comfortably

00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.259
 with your

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:15.960
 expectations

00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.580
 and your

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.220
 understanding

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.600
 of what

00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.100
 Messiah would

00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.580
 look like

00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:18.800
 and what

00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:19.259
 Messiah would

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.440
 do,

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.200
 then I'm

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:20.600
 telling you

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:20.840
 now,

00:15:20.920 --> 00:15:21.540
 says Jesus,

00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:23.240
 you will

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.580
 die in

00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:23.920
 your sin.

00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:29.639
 You'll be

00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.340
 excluded from

00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.620
 heaven.

00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:31.980
 You won't be

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.379
 able to go

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:32.740
 where I'm

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.200
 going to

00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:35.280
 in spite of

00:15:35.280 --> 00:15:36.080
 a lifetime

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.440
 of sincere

00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:38.400
 religious actions.

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.940
 Verse 22,

00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:42.100
 what do they do

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.560
 in response

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:42.820
 again?

00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:43.860
 they mock

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.320
 Jesus.

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:47.140
 Will he

00:15:47.140 --> 00:15:47.300
 kill

00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:47.740
 himself?

00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:54.400
 They defend

00:15:54.400 --> 00:15:54.960
 their sovereignty

00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:55.640
 again by

00:15:55.640 --> 00:15:56.340
 mocking Jesus.

00:15:56.800 --> 00:15:56.960
 See,

00:15:57.040 --> 00:15:57.320
 these are

00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:57.879
 guys who

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.140
 were the

00:15:59.140 --> 00:16:00.180
 professors of

00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:00.820
 Old Testament

00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.280
 Scripture.

00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:03.300
 They would

00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:03.820
 have known

00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:04.940
 the dozens

00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.540
 and dozens

00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:06.220
 of verses

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.820
 that described

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.759
 Messiah as

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.360
 the suffering

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.480
 servant who

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.060
 would die

00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.440
 for the sins

00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:13.519
 of God's

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:13.800
 people.

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:15.540
 What do they

00:16:15.540 --> 00:16:15.860
 do?

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.480
 They choose

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.000
 to take

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.840
 Jesus' words

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.840
 as a suggestion

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.620
 of suicide.

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.379
 Now,

00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:22.220
 in their eyes,

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.399
 in the eyes of

00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.759
 the law,

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.759
 anybody that

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.460
 committed suicide

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:25.960
 would go to

00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.840
 hell because

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.440
 they were guilty

00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:28.120
 of the sin

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.259
 of self-murder.

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.100
 So,

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.399
 what they're

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:30.799
 doing to

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.179
 Jesus is

00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.259
 saying,

00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:31.799
 listen,

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.039
 Jesus,

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:32.259
 you're

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:32.679
 talking about

00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:33.039
 us going

00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.240
 to hell.

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.000
 Let me

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 tell you

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 in response,

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 you're the

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 one that's

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 going to

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 go to

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 hell.

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 It's

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 amazing

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 stuff,

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 I reckon,

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 if I'm

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 writing the

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 way I'm

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 reading the

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 text.

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 And Jesus

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 pushes back

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 again,

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 verses 23

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 and 24.

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 He really

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 is pushing

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 deep into

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 them now,

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 saying,

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 look,

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 he's exposing

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 their lack

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 of self-awareness.

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 Verse 23

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 and 24.

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 He said

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 to them,

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 you are

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 from below,

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 I am from

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 above.

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 You are of

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 this world,

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 I am not

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 of this

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 world.

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 I told

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 you that

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 you would

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 die in

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 your sins,

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 for unless

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 you believe

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 that I

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 am he,

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 that I

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 am Messiah,

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 you will

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 die in

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 your sins.

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 What's

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 Jesus

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 saying?

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 Well,

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.440
 Jesus

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 saying,

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 look at

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 the divide

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 that's

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 opening up

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 between

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 us.

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 I am

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 from the

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 realm of

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 God

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 himself.

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 And so

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 says Jesus

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 in effect,

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 he says,

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 I deal

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 in truth.

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 I deal

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 in concern

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 for God's

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 glory and

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 honor.

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 I am on

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 a mission

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 given me

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 by the

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.220
 Father,

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 the mission

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.940
 of salvation.

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 salvation.

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 But you

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.299
 guys,

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 you're

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 ignorant of

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 your own

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 nature,

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 a nature

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 that means

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 you're

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 hardwired to

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 move away

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.080
 from truth,

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:56.160
 to reject

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 God.

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 You're

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 committed to

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 your own

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 sovereignty.

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 You're on

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.660
 a mission

00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:01.920
 too,

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.360
 but it's a

00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:03.299
 self-salvation

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.740
 mission,

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 to make

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.880
 yourself God,

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 to be your

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 own life and

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 light through

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 your own

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.640
 resources.

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 Jesus,

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 we're

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.200
 poles apart,

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 says Jesus.

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 And if

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 you're going

00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.160
 to hear me,

00:18:18.800 --> 00:18:19.780
 you'll need to

00:18:19.780 --> 00:18:20.320
 be polarized,

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 because my

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.259
 message is a

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.840
 polarizing

00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:23.320
 message.

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 But let me

00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:26.879
 tell you,

00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:27.359
 says Jesus,

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:29.000
 interpreting his

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.439
 words here,

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.960
 it's going to

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.599
 end really

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 badly if

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 you continue

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.059
 to act

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:37.599
 unaware of

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.659
 your earthbound

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.240
 nature.

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 It's going to

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.519
 end really

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:41.859
 badly,

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 because you

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.980
 will one day

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.960
 face the full

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:46.359
 force of

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.139
 God's justice

00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:47.619
 for your

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 sins,

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.000
 every one of

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.179
 them.

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 You can

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.839
 check through

00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.259
 the reference

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.859
 of verse 21.

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.059
 Sin is

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 singular,

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 which means

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.419
 the sin of

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 unbelief,

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 but this

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.379
 time sin

00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:58.439
 is plural.

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 It's

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:01.000
 reflecting the

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.419
 idea of

00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:02.639
 God's

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.220
 justice

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:05.079
 falling on

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.460
 people who

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:05.839
 are so

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.460
 culpable,

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.299
 guilty before

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:07.539
 him.

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 A dreadful

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 picture.

00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:19.200
 Their

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.659
 response

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.039
 again?

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.419
 Verse 25.

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 Who are

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.619
 you?

00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:25.919
 Now, I

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.179
 don't think

00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:26.539
 that was a

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:26.859
 genuine

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.879
 question of

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:29.819
 we need

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.539
 more information.

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.679
 It's more

00:19:31.679 --> 00:19:31.960
 of a

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.500
 sneering.

00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.159
 You are a

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.500
 nobody,

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.339
 and we do

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.000
 reject you.

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.059
 It's a good

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:37.639
 question.

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.659
 Who are you?

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 It's a right

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:39.939
 question.

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.439
 It's the

00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:41.000
 question that

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.740
 every single

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.419
 person needs

00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:43.119
 to ask of

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.480
 Jesus.

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.179
 But these

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:46.799
 guys ask it

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.200
 with a

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.099
 sarcastic,

00:19:48.419 --> 00:19:49.599
 unbelieving

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.000
 attitude,

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.899
 effectively saying,

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:52.400
 who are you

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.160
 to instruct

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:54.180
 us, the

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.080
 professors of

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:56.440
 religion, in

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.180
 things of

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.180
 salvation and

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.660
 heaven and

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:58.900
 hell?

00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:00.040
 Who are you to

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:00.660
 suggest that we

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.360
 are blinded by

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.180
 prejudice and

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.440
 hardwired to

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.340
 reject God and

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.040
 anything offered

00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:05.860
 to us by God?

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.460
 You can hear

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.740
 them saying,

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.280
 we're God's

00:20:09.280 --> 00:20:09.560
 people.

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.400
 We're steeped in

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.080
 the traditions of

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.620
 the Old Testament

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.019
 scripture.

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.060
 We've spent our

00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:14.640
 lives doing

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.600
 religious things to

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.200
 honor God and

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.920
 protect his name.

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:18.200
 And nothing you

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.800
 have said thus

00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:19.980
 far, Jesus, will

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.200
 make us change our

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.840
 view, make us

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.680
 change our

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.400
 position.

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.960
 You are nobody

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.620
 in our eyes.

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.539
 And we reject

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:29.340
 you and your

00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.380
 stated pathway to

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.220
 forgiveness and

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.460
 heaven.

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.680
 And Jesus comes

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.259
 back again.

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.140
 Very generously

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.920
 comes back.

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:41.640
 I will die for

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:43.140
 sin as I am

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.620
 lifted up,

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.539
 verses 26 through

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.019
 29.

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:47.019
 And again,

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.740
 it's as if Jesus

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.200
 is saying to

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.680
 these guys,

00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.160
 what more can I

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.539
 say?

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.299
 I have

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.079
 consistently,

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.960
 verse 26,

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.059
 I have consistently

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.799
 and repeatedly

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.599
 told you the

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.900
 truth my father

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.720
 sent me to tell

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:00.940
 you.

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:04.819
 But you have

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.900
 deliberately chosen

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.900
 not to understand,

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.660
 not even to try

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.440
 and understand.

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.720
 Why not?

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.500
 Because you've

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.839
 not liked what

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.299
 you've heard.

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.939
 And you're

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.559
 backing your

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.220
 own sovereignty.

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:23.000
 Jesus then

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.939
 goes on to

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.299
 give them

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.740
 the final

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.220
 warning,

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:25.879
 but it's also

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.439
 laced with

00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:27.339
 hope and

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.779
 generosity.

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.619
 Verses 28 and

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.059
 29.

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.639
 Jesus said to

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:32.740
 them,

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.279
 they will

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.139
 eventually be

00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:34.740
 forced to

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.539
 see what

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.159
 they choose

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:38.059
 now not to

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.299
 see.

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:43.220
 I will die,

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.960
 says Jesus,

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:46.519
 but not

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.299
 because I

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.180
 commit suicide

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.680
 from a

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.159
 sense of

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.960
 defeat and

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.419
 failure.

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.180
 Rather,

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.399
 I will die

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.960
 because I

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.220
 will be

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:56.000
 lifted up

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.559
 onto the

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.079
 cross and

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.740
 die as a

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.159
 means of

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:59.059
 securing your

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.899
 forgiveness and

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.619
 new life with

00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:00.940
 God.

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.039
 And again,

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:03.879
 Jesus

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.559
 polarizes.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.899
 your glory,

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.940
 the end

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.619
 point of

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:09.899
 your

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.759
 determination to

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.200
 keep your

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.579
 sovereignty,

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.259
 to be God,

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.059
 to set your

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.899
 own agenda for

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.679
 acceptance with

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.019
 God,

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:17.339
 your glory will

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.099
 be the shame

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.559
 of crucifying

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.659
 the Lord of

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.000
 glory.

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.059
 glory.

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:26.019
 Jesus' glory,

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.880
 by contrast,

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.220
 would be the

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.839
 pathway of

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.279
 suffering,

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.619
 rejection,

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.599
 death,

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.160
 resurrection,

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.339
 ascension,

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 to be with

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 his father

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 forever.

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 And his

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.500
 shame and

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:42.200
 death would

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.759
 be the means

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.359
 of removing

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.859
 shame,

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.440
 darkness,

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.180
 and death

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.519
 from his

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.799
 people.

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.460
 His

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:50.579
 death would

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.059
 be the

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.899
 light dispelling

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.980
 darkness.

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 It would be

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.740
 the light of

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.199
 his life

00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:58.339
 shining deeply

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.339
 into our

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.879
 souls through

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.980
 his Holy

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.399
 Spirit.

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 It's quite

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.039
 amazing that

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.519
 in spite of

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.259
 repeated

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.500
 unbelief,

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.919
 repeated

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.859
 attempts by

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.639
 these guys

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.699
 to squirm

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.619
 away from

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.000
 what they

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.279
 genuinely see

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.699
 to be the

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.679
 challenge against

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:18.220
 their sovereignty

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.819
 by Jesus,

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.379
 Jesus keeps

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.720
 on being

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.320
 generous to

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:21.520
 them.

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.740
 He keeps

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.400
 on offering

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.920
 them hope

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.600
 in spite of

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.240
 their unbelief.

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 And it's as if

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.040
 he's saying

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 here,

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 look,

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:30.480
 you can

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.060
 come to

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.480
 me for

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.980
 light and

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.620
 life now,

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:38.140
 or you

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.780
 can pursue

00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:39.320
 your own

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:40.020
 sovereignty and

00:23:40.020 --> 00:23:40.940
 self-salvation

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:43.840
 and then you'll

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.400
 find out the

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.220
 truth about me

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.780
 down the track

00:23:46.780 --> 00:23:47.080
 of it,

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.839
 but it

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.059
 will be

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.559
 too late

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.019
 to benefit

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.399
 from the

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:52.679
 truth.

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 And the

00:23:59.199 --> 00:23:59.839
 final word

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.720
 in this

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.899
 offensive message

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.779
 from Jesus,

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.439
 John tells

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:05.720
 us,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.939
 it's almost

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:08.139
 understated in

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.419
 the verse

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:08.919
 30 here,

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.759
 many believed,

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.759
 many believed.

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.579
 In spite of

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.079
 persistent unbelief

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.779
 on the part of

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.680
 high-profile

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.359
 individuals,

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.900
 many find

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.920
 Jesus so

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.519
 compelling,

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:26.579
 so freeing,

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.480
 that they

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.960
 believed,

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.660
 they gave up

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.240
 their personal

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.640
 sovereignty to

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.420
 experience the

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.379
 life-changing

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.460
 light he offers

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.019
 freely to

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.539
 anyone who

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:34.859
 will come

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.279
 under his

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.579
 sovereignty.

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:38.759
 So it

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.099
 says in the

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.819
 front of

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.240
 the bulletin,

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.960
 let's not

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.879
 hang back,

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.879
 let's not

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.619
 hold back

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.019
 from the

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.519
 light of

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.919
 Jesus,

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.779
 because his

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.379
 light shows

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.879
 up our

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.659
 dirtiness and

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.319
 brokenness.

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.480
 Let's not

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.279
 stay in the

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.539
 dark, just

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.339
 sort of nursing

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.319
 that brokenness

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:59.059
 and dirtiness,

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:01.460
 sort of

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.179
 comfortable with

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.759
 ourselves and

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:04.000
 yet miserable

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.819
 in ourselves.

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.359
 Let's not

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.599
 do that,

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.079
 let's come

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.379
 to the

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.720
 light and

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.099
 have all

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.679
 that misery

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.199
 dispelled.

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.339
 Because apart

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.980
 from believing

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.480
 in Jesus,

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.139
 there is only

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.720
 darkness.

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.059
 What is

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.419
 darkness?

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:22.899
 Well,

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.419
 darkness by

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:24.199
 definition is

00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:24.839
 the absence

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.779
 of light.

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.819
 No matter

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.480
 how real,

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.179
 how sincere

00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.779
 your religious

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.500
 actions might

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.819
 be,

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:36.779
 unless you

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.439
 have light

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.619
 and Jesus'

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.039
 light is

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.359
 total,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.439
 then you're

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:41.919
 in darkness.

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.200
 Through

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.939
 chapter 6

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.500
 and 7

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.000
 and now

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.519
 to chapter

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.779
 8,

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.419
 Jesus has

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:47.759
 been saying

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.460
 this over

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.079
 and over

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.359
 and over

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.619
 again.

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.399
 He said,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.899
 I am the

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.399
 bread of

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:51.759
 life.

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.399
 I am the

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.240
 thirst quenching

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.399
 water you

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.279
 long for.

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:58.420
 I am the

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.299
 light of

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.879
 life you

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.359
 in your

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.899
 lost state

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.680
 so desperately

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.019
 need.

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:02.980
 I am

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.779
 everything you

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:03.980
 need.

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.359
 Give up

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.899
 your sovereignty

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.680
 and come

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.399
 under my

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.779
 sovereignty

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.079
 to experience

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.779
 all of that.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.420
 Final

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.859
 sentence,

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.480
 for those of

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.859
 us who are

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.639
 already committed

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.480
 to living under

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.940
 the sovereignty

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.460
 of Jesus,

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.099
 then each

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.559
 one of us

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.279
 needs to be

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.619
 looking into

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:22.980
 our own

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.519
 hearts and

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.700
 exposing those

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.400
 areas where

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.000
 they will be

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.259
 there,

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.599
 where we are

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.420
 still determined

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.039
 to maintain

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.759
 our own

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.180
 sovereignty

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:33.859
 against the

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.359
 sovereignty of

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.700
 Jesus.

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.700
 Those areas

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.460
 where we keep

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.720
 them to

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.319
 ourselves and

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.740
 we don't

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.259
 want the

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.819
 gospel to

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.279
 shine in

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.400
 them,

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.059
 those areas

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.639
 of darkness

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.139
 and sin

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:44.160
 because we

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.019
 still like

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.180
 them,

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.519
 we still

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.879
 want to

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.660
 dabble in

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.099
 them

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:51.839
 rather than

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.240
 living in

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.579
 the light

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.059
 and life

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.539
 of Jesus.

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.420
 let me

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.680
 pray.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.059
 Lord,

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:03.619
 burn these

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.720
 strong,

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.159
 offensive

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:06.500
 words deeply

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.920
 into our

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.180
 hearts.

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.759
 We don't

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.619
 like the

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.119
 notion of

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.539
 giving up

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.899
 sovereignty.

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.799
 We are

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:14.059
 hardwired to

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.799
 make ourselves

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.399
 sovereign.

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.960
 So help us,

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.319
 Lord, to give

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.619
 up our

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:19.940
 sovereignty,

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.740
 give up that

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.180
 which has

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.700
 failed us

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.180
 ultimately,

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.759
 for a

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.079
 sovereignty

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.420
 that will

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.099
 never fail

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.379
 us but

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.879
 will feed

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:28.099
 us and

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.659
 quench our

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:30.379
 thirst and

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.839
 give us

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.500
 light to

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.859
 find our

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.240
 way home

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.639
 to heaven.

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:34.059
 Amen.