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 Greetings to all of you who are watching or listening today.

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 We are still in the midst of this pandemic,

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 but I hope and I've been praying that God has been working for your good through all of this.

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 I know many of you are eager for us to be able to come together as a church

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 and fellowship and worship in person, but the day for that has not come yet.

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 We are currently awaiting, at least here in Saskatchewan,

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 for Phase 3 to start in about a week's time.

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 And we're also waiting on the government to give some additional guidance and instruction

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 specifically for places of worship.

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 And I hope you know that I and the elders will be listening closely to those things that they say

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 and prayerfully looking at how we can resume in some measure, when, how,

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 and we'll do our best to communicate that to you.

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 And we do look forward to the day when we can be together again in person.

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 Until that day comes, I just want to encourage you to be patient

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 and to continue to fix your eyes on Jesus.

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 He's the one who will continue to lead us through all of this one day at a time.

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 Well, we want to do that today as we open our Bibles again

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 and listen to what God has said about His Son, Jesus.

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 We've been working our way as a church through the Gospel of John.

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 And we are in the middle of Jesus giving a bit of an answer.

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 It's kind of a long answer to the religious leaders.

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 We're in John chapter 5.

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 If you have a Bible with you, please open it up to John chapter 5 and follow along.

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 So Jesus is in Jerusalem and He has healed the man who has been unable to walk for 38 years

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 at the pool of Bethesda.

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 He did that on the Sabbath and the religious leaders, the Jewish leaders, came after Him.

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 They are trying to have Him killed.

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 This is part of the larger story of what's going on between Jesus and the religious leaders,

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 which John and the other Gospel writers tell us about.

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 And things get even more intense when Jesus says a certain thing to Him,

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 which we looked at a couple weeks back, basically referring to God as His own Father.

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 And the focus on Sabbath breaking kind of goes away.

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 And in its place comes this focus on Jesus and His relationship with God.

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 And Jesus gives an answer to them to explain just what His relationship is with God, His Father.

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 And so we saw a little bit of that last Sunday about how Jesus is one with His Father.

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 And they work together in unison, two distinct persons and one God working in any given moment

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 with these miracles and these things that Jesus is doing.

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 Well, today we want to see a little more of what Jesus has to say about this relationship that He has with His Father.

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 And we pick up the story and we'll start it in verse 19, but we'll be looking at the verses which follow.

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 John chapter 5, verse 19.

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 Jesus gave them this answer.

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 Yes, and He will show Him even greater works than these,

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 so that you will be amazed.

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 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,

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 even so the Son gives life to whom He is pleased to give it.

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 Moreover, the Father judges no one,

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 but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,

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 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.

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 Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

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 So there's a lot in here about this relationship between Jesus and His Father.

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 And the first thing that we see, at least in the section we're looking at today,

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 comes in verse 20.

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 For the Father loves the Son.

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 We've already heard John say this very thing back in John 3, verse 35.

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 The Father loves the Son.

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 Now, John didn't say this in his gospel,

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 but we know from the other gospels,

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 these words have been used before about Jesus as well.

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 At Jesus' baptism,

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 as Jesus was coming up out of the water,

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 we saw or we heard there that a voice came from heaven.

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 God spoke from heaven and said,

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 this is my beloved Son,

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 And we will see the Father speak

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 basically the same words

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 at a later time

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 as Jesus is transfigured

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 in the presence of a few of His disciples.

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 This is my beloved Son,

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 The Father loves the Son.

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 We see from all these places

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 and these moments

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 that the Father loves the Son.

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 Theirs is a relationship

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 that's not just characterized

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 by unity and oneness.

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 It's a relationship

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 that is also characterized by love.

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 One for the other.

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 And in this case,

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 the Father loves the Son.

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 And here in verse 20,

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 we see a little bit of what

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 the Father's love for the Son

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 leads Him to do.

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 Or we might say

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 the result of the Father's love.

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 In verse 20,

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 for the Father loves the Son

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 and shows Him all He does.

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 The Father loves the Son

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 and shows Him all He does.

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 And the emphasis in this statement

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 is on the word all

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 in the original language.

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 Like everything.

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 He loves Him

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 and shows Him

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 all.

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 Everything that He does.

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 That He is doing.

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 Now I have to admit,

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 this is not what I expected

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 to read

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 as I came to this point.

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 For the Father loves the Son

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 and shows Him

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 all He does

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 or all He is doing.

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 What does that mean?

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 I was expecting perhaps

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 something more familiar.

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 The Father loves the Son

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 and tells Him that every day.

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 Or the Father loves the Son

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 and watches over Him

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 and protects Him

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 from all threats.

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 Or the Father loves the Son

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 and gives Him amazing gifts,

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 power, authority.

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 Something like that.

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 This is a little unexpected,

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 at least to me.

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 The Father loves the Son

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 and shows Him

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 all He does.

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 What does that mean?

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 Shows Him all He does

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 or all He is doing.

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 I think to really get the sense of that

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 we have to go back to

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 kind of the counterpart to this

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 which we saw

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 last Sunday

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 in verse 19.

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 There Jesus told us

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 that the Son

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 can do nothing

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 of Himself

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 unless,

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 He said,

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 it is something

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 He sees

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 the Father doing.

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 And what we took

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 from that

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 is that

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 in some sense

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 that we just

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 don't understand

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 as mere human beings,

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 Jesus,

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 the Divine Son of God

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 is continuously

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 watching His Father.

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 He is continuously

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 seeing

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 what His Father

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 is doing.

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 And the counterpart

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 to that

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 that we see

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 here

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 is that the Father

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 is continuously

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 showing

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 the Son

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 all

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 that He is doing.

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 The Son

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 sees

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 what the Father

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 is doing

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 and the Father

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 shows

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 the Son

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 what He is doing.

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 There's kind of

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 both.

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 The Son

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 sees,

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 the Father shows.

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 The Father shows,

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 the Son sees.

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 We get this

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 sense of

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 that there's a communion,

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 there's a relationship

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 going on here,

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 there's an intimacy

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 happening

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 here.

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 And what's so

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 interesting

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 to me

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 in all of this

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 is that

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 the showing

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 of the Father

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 is the Father

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 shows the Son

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 all He does

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 that seems to sprout

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 out of His

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 love

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 for the Son.

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 How is that?

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 Why is that?

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 I think we see here

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 a little bit

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 of a principle

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 if we're looking

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 closely

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 that we can draw

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 out about

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 what love

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 is

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 and what love

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 does.

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 We might say

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 it like this.

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 God's kind

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 of love

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 or true

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 love

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 opens up

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 to others.

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 It shows

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 oneself

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 to others

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 and allows

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 them to see

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 what's really

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 going on

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 with you,

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 what you are

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 up to,

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 what you are

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 doing.

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 There's

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 an intimacy

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 here.

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 He allows

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 the Son

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 to see,

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 He shows

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 the Son

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 and the Son

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 sees

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 and knows

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 just what

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 the Father

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 is up to.

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 We get a little

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 bit of confirmation

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 of this

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 principle

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 of love

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 from Jesus'

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 words

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 to His disciples

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 on the night

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 of His betrayal.

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 John 15,

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 verse 13.

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 Jesus is speaking

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 to His disciples.

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 He says,

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 Greater love

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 has no one

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 than this,

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 that a man

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 lay down

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 his life

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 for his

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 friends.

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 And then a couple

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 verses down

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 in verse 15,

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 He says,

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 I no longer

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 call you

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 servants

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 because a servant

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 does not know

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 his master's

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 business.

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 instead,

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 I have

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 called you

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 friends

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 for everything

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 that I

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 heard

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 from my

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 Father,

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 I have

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 made known

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 to you.

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 And so

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 Jesus is

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 talking about

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 love and

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 relationship

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 again

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 to His

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 disciples,

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 saying,

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 you are

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 my friends,

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 I love

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 you,

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 and I'm

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 about to

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 show you

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 just how

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 much

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 I love

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 you,

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 but laying

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 down my

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 life

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 for you,

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 the greatest

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 demonstration

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 of love

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 possible.

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 My

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 relationship

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 with you

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 is not

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 like that

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 of a

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 master

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 with his

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 servants.

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 It's

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 like that

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 of a

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 person

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 with his

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 friend.

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 A

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 master,

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 he doesn't

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 make his

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 business,

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 what he

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 is doing,

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 what he

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 is up

00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:37.260
 to known

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 to his

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 servants.

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 They don't

00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:40.360
 need to

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 know,

00:12:41.060 --> 00:12:41.620
 he makes

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 his business,

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 what he's

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 up to

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 known to

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 his

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 friends,

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 whom he

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 loves.

00:12:47.420 --> 00:12:47.659
 The

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 evidence

00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:50.019
 that you

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 are

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 friends,

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 that I

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 have called

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 you friends

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 and not

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 just

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 servants,

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 is that I

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 have made

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 known to

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 you everything

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 that I

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 have heard

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 from my

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 father.

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 So again,

00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:01.920
 we see here

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 kind of this

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 principle that

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 in a

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 loving

00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:06.560
 relationship,

00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:07.399
 there is

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 intimacy,

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 there is

00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.759
 a making

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 known

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 to the

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 other,

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 rather than

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 keeping

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 things from

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 the other

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 and hiding

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 things from

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 them and

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 keeping

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 secrets.

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 And this

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 is what we

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 see in

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 Jesus'

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 relationship

00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.259
 with his

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 father,

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 the father's

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 relationship

00:13:24.800 --> 00:13:25.820
 with the

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 son.

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 He shows

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 him all

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 he does,

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 everything.

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 There's an

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 intimacy there.

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 And I

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 think we

00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.600
 can draw a

00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:36.960
 bit of a

00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.659
 principle here

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 for human

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 level

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 relationships

00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:42.500
 as well.

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 I mean,

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 this is about

00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:44.439
 Jesus and

00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:45.019
 his father,

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 but I

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 think the

00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:46.740
 same applies

00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:47.199
 to human

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 relationships

00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.259
 too.

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 We are

00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.620
 to imitate

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 God's

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 love

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 toward one

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 another,

00:13:56.439 --> 00:13:57.279
 toward other

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 people.

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 And so to

00:13:58.419 --> 00:13:59.019
 do that,

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 we must

00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:00.519
 open ourselves

00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:01.779
 up to

00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.679
 them.

00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:03.500
 We must

00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.239
 let them

00:14:04.239 --> 00:14:05.939
 see what

00:14:05.939 --> 00:14:06.919
 is really

00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.839
 going on

00:14:07.839 --> 00:14:08.539
 with us,

00:14:08.620 --> 00:14:08.979
 what we

00:14:08.979 --> 00:14:09.519
 are up

00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:09.939
 to.

00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:11.439
 Now,

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:11.899
 of course,

00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:12.859
 as we

00:14:12.859 --> 00:14:13.399
 apply this

00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:14.379
 to human

00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:15.079
 relationships,

00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:15.639
 there are

00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:16.279
 appropriate

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:16.899
 boundaries

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.759
 here.

00:14:18.319 --> 00:14:19.000
 It would

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.599
 not be

00:14:19.599 --> 00:14:20.799
 right to

00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:21.399
 show all

00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:22.799
 things to

00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.419
 someone who

00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:24.399
 is not your

00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.699
 husband or

00:14:25.699 --> 00:14:26.559
 your wife.

00:14:26.979 --> 00:14:27.779
 It would

00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.120
 not be

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:29.559
 wise to

00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:30.500
 show all

00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.299
 things to

00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:32.259
 a stranger

00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:33.279
 or to

00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:33.899
 an enemy.

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.120
 Showing

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.980
 all things

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.480
 to someone,

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:37.919
 that's

00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.539
 something that

00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:39.620
 you do in

00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:40.340
 only the

00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:41.279
 deepest of

00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:41.980
 relationships,

00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:42.659
 that you

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.620
 show everything.

00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:44.740
 And I

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.259
 think that's

00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.980
 precisely the

00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:46.539
 point Jesus

00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.080
 is making

00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:47.299
 here.

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:47.840
 This is the

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.319
 kind of

00:14:48.319 --> 00:14:48.939
 relationship

00:14:48.939 --> 00:14:49.759
 I have

00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.419
 with God

00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:52.059
 the Father.

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.980
 He shows

00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:55.000
 all things

00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:56.559
 that he is

00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.600
 doing to

00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:57.840
 me.

00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.519
 There's no

00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.059
 secrets.

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:00.960
 Nothing is

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:01.840
 being hidden.

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.840
 I think we

00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.340
 can reflect

00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:06.480
 on our

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.320
 various

00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:08.220
 relationships

00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:10.500
 with this

00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:11.720
 principle that

00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.660
 love opens

00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:13.720
 up to the

00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:14.139
 other and

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.820
 lets them

00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:15.400
 in.

00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:15.780
 We might

00:15:15.780 --> 00:15:16.580
 reflect on

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.360
 marriage

00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.280
 relationships.

00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:20.180
 A marriage

00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:20.680
 in which

00:15:20.680 --> 00:15:22.259
 one or

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.900
 both

00:15:22.900 --> 00:15:24.200
 partners

00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.240
 are holding

00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.800
 each other

00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:27.500
 at arm's

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.000
 length

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.859
 and keeping

00:15:29.859 --> 00:15:30.740
 secrets and

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.740
 hiding things

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.120
 from each

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.459
 other and

00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:33.139
 not opening

00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:33.919
 up to each

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.579
 other is a

00:15:34.579 --> 00:15:35.159
 marriage that

00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:36.939
 is failing,

00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:38.339
 that is spiraling

00:15:38.339 --> 00:15:38.859
 downward.

00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.159
 The intimacy

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.719
 is not there

00:15:41.719 --> 00:15:42.919
 and growing.

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:45.939
 When your

00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:48.179
 spouse asks

00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:48.740
 you that

00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:49.620
 question with

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.359
 longing and

00:15:50.359 --> 00:15:50.919
 sincerity,

00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:52.539
 how are you

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.199
 doing?

00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.840
 how is

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.480
 your day?

00:15:57.540 --> 00:15:58.420
 Don't hold

00:15:58.420 --> 00:15:58.820
 up the

00:15:58.820 --> 00:16:01.060
 arm and

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:01.879
 say,

00:16:02.280 --> 00:16:02.500
 oh,

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.560
 I'm good.

00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.220
 Make the

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:05.620
 effort.

00:16:05.940 --> 00:16:06.740
 Open yourself

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.060
 up.

00:16:07.160 --> 00:16:07.560
 Let them

00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:09.460
 see what's

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.080
 really going

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.759
 on with you,

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.259
 what you

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.840
 are up

00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:12.160
 to.

00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:13.980
 This is

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:15.240
 the kind

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.840
 of love

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.620
 that makes

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.440
 for intimate

00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.460
 relationships,

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:20.020
 not just

00:16:20.020 --> 00:16:21.480
 with husband

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.039
 and wife

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.899
 relationship,

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.800
 but with

00:16:23.800 --> 00:16:24.740
 parent and

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.060
 child

00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.680
 relationship.

00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:26.820
 I'm aware

00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.120
 of this,

00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:28.000
 especially as

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:29.080
 a father

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.920
 of three

00:16:29.920 --> 00:16:30.779
 young children.

00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:32.620
 My kids

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.200
 are always

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.039
 asking me

00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:34.879
 the question,

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:35.779
 why?

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.000
 Why?

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.019
 Why?

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.159
 Sometimes,

00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:40.700
 I'll be

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.080
 honest,

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:42.580
 it feels

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.200
 like a

00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:43.820
 little much.

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.580
 I get

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.039
 kind of

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.860
 weary of

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.620
 hearing that

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.120
 question,

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.519
 but as

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:50.740
 I've been

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.480
 reflecting on

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.799
 this,

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.740
 many times

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.440
 underneath

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.120
 that is

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.600
 just a

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.080
 simple

00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:57.200
 longing to

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.460
 know you,

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:58.980
 mom,

00:16:59.460 --> 00:16:59.840
 or to

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.299
 know you,

00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:00.740
 dad,

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.139
 to understand

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.700
 what makes

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.179
 you tick,

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.440
 why you

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.920
 say the

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.339
 things you

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.519
 do,

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:05.880
 why you

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.259
 make the

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.920
 decisions you

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.059
 do,

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.559
 why you

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.500
 responded

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.039
 that way

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.480
 to that

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.259
 friend that

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.500
 you were

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.259
 talking to.

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.519
 And it's

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:15.980
 kind of a

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.700
 sweet and

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.640
 beautiful and

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.980
 innocent thing.

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.779
 a young

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.519
 child just

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.479
 longs to

00:17:22.479 --> 00:17:22.959
 know,

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:24.599
 to receive

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.419
 wisdom about

00:17:25.419 --> 00:17:25.839
 how to

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.579
 navigate the

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:27.899
 world from

00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:28.579
 you as a

00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:28.919
 parent.

00:17:29.139 --> 00:17:29.379
 And so,

00:17:30.959 --> 00:17:32.299
 I'm talking

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:33.000
 to myself,

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.839
 I'm confessing

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.559
 my own sins

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:34.819
 here.

00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.219
 When you

00:17:35.219 --> 00:17:35.839
 hold up

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.019
 the hand

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:37.479
 and kind of

00:17:37.479 --> 00:17:37.899
 keep them

00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.339
 at arm's

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:38.879
 length and

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.639
 give answers

00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:40.019
 like,

00:17:40.739 --> 00:17:41.299
 because I

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:42.019
 said so,

00:17:42.919 --> 00:17:43.959
 because you

00:17:43.959 --> 00:17:44.639
 don't need

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.219
 to know,

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:54.700
 love opens

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.640
 up to

00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.640
 the other.

00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:57.680
 You could

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.160
 apply this

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.460
 to your

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.039
 relationships

00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:00.180
 with your

00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:00.759
 co-workers,

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.200
 with your

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.519
 neighbors,

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.059
 of course,

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.160
 in appropriate

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.860
 ways.

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.160
 On the

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 flip side of

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 things,

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 some of

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 you may

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 be just

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 anxious to

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 open yourself

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 up to

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 someone,

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 to share

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 what's going

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 on in your

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 life with

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 someone,

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 but maybe

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 they're not

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 asking how

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 you're doing.

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 That can be

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 a difficult

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 place to

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 be.

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 But we

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 can only go

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 so far in

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 answering

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 questions that

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 are not

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 being asked

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 of us.

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 So what can

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 we do in

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 those situations?

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 Well, I

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 would encourage

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 you just to

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 instead focus

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 on, not so

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 much on getting

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 the opportunity

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 to share what's

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 going on with

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 you, with

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 them, but

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 focus on

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 asking them

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 what's going

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 on in their

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 life.

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 Give them

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 the opportunity

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 to open up

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 to you.

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 Ask them

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 questions that

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 draw them

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 out and

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 go beneath

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 the surface

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 a little bit.

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 Sometimes people

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 just want to

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 know that

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 you care

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 before they

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 exchange

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 details and

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 information about

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 what's really

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 going on in

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 their life at

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 that level.

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 Finally, if

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 there's one

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 thing on this

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 topic of love

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 and intimacy

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 that really

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 is a barrier

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 to intimacy

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 that really

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 keeps us from

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 opening up to

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 others, it's

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 sin in our

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 lives.

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 It's sinful

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 attitudes, sinful

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 behaviors.

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 I know in my

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 own life, when I

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 am wrestling with

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 a sinful attitude

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 or behavior of

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 some kind or

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 have done

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 something that I

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 know is wrong,

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 the last thing I

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 want to do is

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 be close to

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 people.

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 I kind of

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 want to keep

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 my arm up

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 and keep a

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 distance.

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 I don't want

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 you to see my

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 sin up close.

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 I found from my

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 own personal

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 experience that

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 what I need to

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 do most in

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 that situation

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 is not to go

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 straight to other

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 people and just

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 fling wide the

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 doors open and

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 let them see,

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 but it's to go

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 to the Lord and

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 acknowledge my

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 sin and confess

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 it to him,

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 ask for his

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 forgiveness,

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 repent, and

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 come to that

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 place again where

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 I see just how

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 deeply he loves

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 me, the broken

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 sinner that I

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 am, and how

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 he has forgiven

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 me and made

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 me righteous in

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 his sight through

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 Jesus.

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 It's there at

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 the cross that I

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 find strength and

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 courage to open

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 up to people and

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 to let them see

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 what's really going

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 on with me.

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 me.

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 So those are

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 some of the

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 things that we

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 can maybe pull

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 as a bit of a

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 principle for our

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 human level

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 relationships with

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 one another from

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 this that we see

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 between father and

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 son.

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 But just think for

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 a moment what a

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 wonderful relationship

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 this must be between

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 Jesus and his

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 father.

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 There's no sin,

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 there's no barriers,

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 there's no guilt,

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 there's no shame,

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 there's no reason to

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 hide one from the

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 other.

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 There's is a

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 beautiful, complete,

00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:09.759
 total intimacy,

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 constant seeing,

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 constant showing.

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 Well, Jesus goes on

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 from there in verse

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 20.

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 He says this, the

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 father loves the

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 son and shows him

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 all he does.

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 Yes.

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 And he will show

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 him even greater

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 works than these so

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 that you will be

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 amazed.

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 I love these words.

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 It's almost as if

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 Jesus is saying,

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:41.439
 you think that the

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 miracles that I've

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.639
 done up to this

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 point are amazing?

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 Like all these

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 countless healings

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.439
 and, and casting

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:50.299
 out demons and

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.240
 other signs and

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.119
 miracles that I've

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 done.

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 You think those are

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.039
 amazing?

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.679
 You haven't seen

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 anything yet.

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:58.480
 the father will

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.259
 show me.

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 And as I see what

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.120
 he shows me and

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:04.200
 together do we do

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:08.320
 works, you will see

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:10.080
 greater things than

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.560
 those.

00:22:12.020 --> 00:22:13.600
 And, and I love this

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 expression things that

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.800
 when you see you will

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.800
 be amazed.

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:21.059
 Now that word amazed

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.139
 may seem a little

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:23.180
 flat to us.

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.740
 Amazed.

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 I mean, we use that

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 very ordinarily like

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.079
 that basketball shot

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.919
 that we saw someone

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.539
 make on their

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 Facebook page.

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.980
 Oh, that was

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.519
 amazing.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:35.659
 That's not what Jesus

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.599
 means here.

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.639
 When he says amazed

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.819
 the original word

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.720
 there, so that you

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:41.799
 will be amazed means

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:43.599
 so that you will be

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.799
 extraordinarily impressed

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:47.319
 impressed so that you

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.919
 will be astonished

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:49.759
 that so that you

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:52.519
 will marvel be, be

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.879
 filled with awe.

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.099
 So what kind of

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.299
 greater things or

00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:00.220
 greater works is

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.559
 Jesus talking about?

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.379
 Well, what, what do

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:04.039
 you expect?

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.899
 How do you feel about

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.639
 some of the miracles

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.899
 that, you know, Jesus

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:10.639
 has done or will do

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.759
 in, in this story?

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:14.119
 I think of some of

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.839
 the, some of the

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.659
 things like Jesus

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:17.080
 walking on water,

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.759
 Jesus calming the

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.580
 storm, Jesus multiplying

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.980
 a couple loaves of

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.000
 bread and fish to

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.540
 feed thousands.

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.259
 Those things, if I'm

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.880
 honest, astonish me.

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:34.080
 They amaze me.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.800
 But what I think is, is

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:39.120
 truly wonderful is that

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.620
 these, I mean, these

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.759
 might be kinds of

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.300
 things might be

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:43.259
 included in what Jesus

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.860
 says, but they're not

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.719
 the things that he

00:23:45.719 --> 00:23:46.039
 gives.

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.500
 They're not the

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.419
 example that he

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:48.919
 gives of greater

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.339
 things.

00:23:49.459 --> 00:23:50.179
 What, what kinds of

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.959
 things is Jesus

00:23:50.959 --> 00:23:51.799
 talking about?

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:53.079
 Verse 21.

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.379
 For just as the

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:57.240
 father raises the

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:59.139
 dead and gives

00:23:59.139 --> 00:24:01.479
 them life, even

00:24:01.479 --> 00:24:04.000
 so the son gives

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:06.479
 life to whom he is

00:24:06.479 --> 00:24:08.319
 pleased to give it.

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:12.220
 God, that is one of the

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.539
 greater works that the

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.960
 father will show the

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:17.519
 son and the son will

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:20.139
 do and we will be

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.899
 amazed.

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:23.159
 Only God can give

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.619
 life.

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.399
 And we're not talking

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:27.079
 give life like, you

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:29.220
 know, my mother gave me

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:31.240
 life, like give birth or

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.639
 reproduce.

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.619
 No, we're talking

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.539
 resurrection.

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:36.680
 We're talking life from

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.639
 the dead for just as

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:40.159
 the father raises the

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:43.079
 dead and gives them

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.359
 life or makes them

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.039
 alive.

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:48.500
 Even so the son makes

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.039
 alive or gives life to

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.960
 whom he is pleased to

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.480
 give it.

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:56.619
 That, that unique

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:59.740
 signature work of God's

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:02.619
 power, giving life to

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.199
 the dead.

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:07.179
 You're going to see me

00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:08.699
 do that too.

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:11.000
 And you'll be amazed.

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.179
 You'll be astonished,

00:25:12.739 --> 00:25:13.559
 says Jesus.

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.239
 We're going to talk a

00:25:15.239 --> 00:25:15.979
 little bit more about

00:25:15.979 --> 00:25:16.959
 that because Jesus has

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:18.059
 more to say.

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.859
 We'll talk about that

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:20.719
 more next Sunday.

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:23.019
 But let's move on.

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:24.199
 What's another example

00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:25.939
 of a greater work or

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:27.339
 greater thing that Jesus

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.739
 will do?

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.639
 Something that will

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:31.099
 astonish them.

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.759
 verse 22.

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:34.919
 Moreover, the father

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:36.919
 judges no one, says

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:39.259
 Jesus, but has

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:41.199
 entrusted all judgment

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:42.619
 to the son.

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.339
 What a statement.

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:48.439
 What a thing to say.

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.419
 I mean, think about

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.839
 this.

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:53.379
 The Lord God,

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:55.980
 Yahweh, we know from

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.359
 the Old Testament is

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.439
 the judge.

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.920
 He is the judge of

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.559
 all the earth.

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.900
 He's the one who

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:04.160
 sees that all receive

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.860
 what they are due,

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:09.299
 whether good or bad,

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.500
 reward or punishment.

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.759
 That's his domain.

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.720
 That's his sole

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:17.700
 responsibility as creator

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:20.440
 and God over everything

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:22.400
 in the universe.

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:25.340
 Jesus is saying.

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.800
 That responsibility,

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:29.420
 and I think he's mainly

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.620
 pointing to the future,

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.280
 final judgment,

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:34.040
 that responsibility.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.519
 The father has passed

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.220
 off to me.

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.740
 He has delegated to me.

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:41.980
 I will do it for all

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:44.019
 people on his behalf.

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:47.839
 I mean, can you

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.920
 imagine, let's bring

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.220
 into focus for a moment

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.220
 the religious leaders.

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.019
 Can you imagine what

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.119
 they're thinking as they

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.759
 hear this?

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.599
 You're claiming that

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:58.879
 you, we will see you

00:26:58.879 --> 00:27:01.019
 give life to the dead,

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.680
 and that we will see you

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.960
 judging all the world.

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:10.480
 You can only imagine

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:13.200
 the reaction that they had.

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.140
 They were already

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:16.240
 bent on killing him

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.059
 for calling God

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.920
 his own father.

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.779
 Now he's very clearly

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.220
 claiming to do

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.220
 the very things

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.620
 that are God's

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:25.360
 alone to do.

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.059
 How dare you?

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.840
 They might be thinking.

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.900
 Notice in verse

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:39.160
 23, why the father

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.880
 has entrusted all

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:42.019
 judgment to the son.

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:45.420
 Verse 23, the father

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:47.100
 has entrusted all

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.060
 judgment to the son

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:49.420
 that all may honor

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:51.940
 the son just as they

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.560
 honor the father.

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:56.880
 So the father desires

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.940
 the son to be honored,

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.780
 to be esteemed,

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:03.040
 to be glorified,

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:05.560
 just as he himself

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:08.000
 is honored and esteemed

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.819
 and glorified.

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.099
 Again, the religious

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.339
 leaders are probably

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.980
 thinking,

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.799
 how dare you say

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.639
 such a thing?

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.659
 Have you not read

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.740
 what Isaiah the prophet

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.319
 said?

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.099
 Isaiah 42, 8,

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.319
 I am the Lord.

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.440
 That is my name.

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:29.440
 I will not yield my glory

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.180
 to another.

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.380
 How dare you claim

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:34.059
 that God desires

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:36.740
 to see you receive

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.100
 the glory

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.460
 that he himself

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.380
 receives.

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:45.640
 the religious leaders.

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:47.220
 And Jesus will explain

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.440
 this.

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.720
 We heard this last Sunday.

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:51.060
 He will explain how

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.640
 this works.

00:28:51.760 --> 00:28:53.260
 He's not claiming to be

00:28:53.260 --> 00:28:55.360
 another God or a second

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:58.660
 God, a rival God.

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:01.240
 in Jesus' own words,

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.380
 John 14, 10,

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.960
 I am in the father

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.360
 and the father

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.040
 is in me.

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:07.259
 John 10, verse 30,

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.620
 I and the father

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:10.100
 are one.

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.100
 There is only

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.920
 one God

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:14.600
 and within

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:17.200
 his being,

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.060
 there is father,

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.779
 there is son,

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.980
 there is Holy Spirit

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.400
 and there is love

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:23.180
 between the persons

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:25.200
 of this

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.980
 one God.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.880
 There is honoring

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:30.080
 and glorifying

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:31.620
 of each other

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:33.279
 going on in there.

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.539
 There's relationship.

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.480
 The religious leaders

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:40.019
 refuse to believe that.

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.420
 The final statement

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.840
 that Jesus makes

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.960
 in this section

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.039
 comes in verse 23.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.779
 Whoever does not

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.660
 honor the son

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.200
 does not honor

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.799
 the father

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.119
 who sent him.

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.819
 And again,

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.680
 in these words,

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.480
 we see this,

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.879
 this connection

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.899
 between the father

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.740
 and the son.

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.079
 We see,

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.000
 we see this

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.000
 oneness.

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.779
 The way that you

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.619
 treat the son

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:12.319
 reflects on your

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.839
 treatment of the

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:15.180
 father himself.

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.059
 Whoever does not

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:18.299
 honor me

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:20.460
 does not honor

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.160
 the father

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.960
 who sent me.

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.900
 if you spit

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.100
 in my face,

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:25.519
 it's as though

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.400
 you are spitting

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.220
 in the face

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.160
 of God himself.

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.860
 He has sent me.

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.200
 We see both

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.799
 oneness

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.299
 and we see

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.880
 this idea

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.460
 that the son

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.579
 represents

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.600
 the father.

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.240
 He has come

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.539
 from the father

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.559
 on his behalf

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.160
 and probably

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.740
 the best

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.920
 illustration,

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.600
 the place that

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.079
 we see this

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.759
 most clearly

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.900
 is in the

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.500
 parable of the

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.819
 tenants,

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.539
 which Jesus

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.099
 tells.

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.799
 This is found

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.279
 in Mark

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.440
 chapter 12.

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.579
 Jesus tells

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.379
 a story of

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:58.139
 a man who

00:30:58.139 --> 00:31:00.059
 built a vineyard

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.859
 and then rented

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.480
 it out to

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.299
 some farmers

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.799
 and then went

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.559
 off to a

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.759
 distant land.

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.420
 And at harvest

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.740
 time,

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.139
 he sent servants

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.299
 to collect

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.859
 some of the

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:11.139
 fruit that was

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.379
 produced in the

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.759
 vineyard.

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:14.319
 And the tenants

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.940
 treated the

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.359
 servants

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.299
 shamefully.

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.000
 they beat

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.599
 some of them

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.159
 and others

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.019
 they killed.

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.700
 Finally,

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.960
 it comes down

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.980
 to that there

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.599
 are no more

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.299
 servants left

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.779
 to send.

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.940
 And the last

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.500
 thing I'll do,

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.539
 I'll send my

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.000
 son.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.079
 Perhaps they

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.799
 will respect

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.399
 him.

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.119
 And so he

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.720
 sends his

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.519
 son and they

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.619
 see him coming

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.519
 from afar and

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.919
 they plot to

00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:39.700
 kill him.

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.639
 Now there's

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.319
 lots that we

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.180
 could take from

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.859
 that parable,

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.539
 but we don't

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.399
 have time for

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.079
 that today.

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.179
 The main

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.740
 point that

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.199
 we're looking

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.819
 at is just

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.199
 to see how

00:31:50.199 --> 00:31:51.779
 their treatment

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.799
 of the son

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.220
 is, if they

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.099
 treat the son

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.139
 shamefully,

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.899
 they treat the

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.939
 father who sent

00:31:58.939 --> 00:32:00.199
 him shamefully.

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.179
 To spit in the

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:02.019
 face of the son

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.099
 is to spit in

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.759
 the face of the

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.099
 father.

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.899
 Because of the

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:06.500
 close relationship

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:08.119
 between father

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.899
 and son,

00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:11.839
 whatever they

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.439
 do to the

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:13.199
 son, to

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:13.879
 harm him,

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.099
 to shame

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.439
 him,

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.860
 to insult

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:18.880
 him, the

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:20.100
 father takes

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:21.420
 personally.

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.740
 For he has

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.580
 sent the son

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:26.039
 to collect.

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.180
 It's the same

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.480
 in this case

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.660
 with Jesus

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.340
 and his

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.820
 father.

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.279
 Whoever does

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.259
 not honor the

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.980
 son does not

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.980
 honor the father

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.120
 who sent him.

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.559
 If we

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.340
 dishonor

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.840
 Jesus,

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.279
 we dishonor

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.399
 God the

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:46.939
 father.

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.319
 This is the

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.899
 relationship

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.839
 that we see

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.519
 between

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:54.839
 father and

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.259
 son.

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.419
 Well, there's a

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:57.079
 lot of wonderful

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.799
 truth that we

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.799
 see in all of

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.379
 this about

00:32:59.379 --> 00:32:59.759
 Jesus'

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.799
 relationship with

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.359
 his father.

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.699
 We see how

00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.259
 the father

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.939
 loves the

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.199
 son.

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.819
 We see how

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.519
 he shows

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.480
 him everything

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.319
 he does.

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:10.299
 we see how

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:12.079
 he will show

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.579
 him even

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.480
 greater works

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.059
 than the

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.619
 ones he's

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.559
 already done.

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.480
 How it

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.919
 has been

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.559
 given to

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.599
 him to

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:21.119
 judge

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.899
 all people

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:24.240
 in the

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.879
 final count.

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.299
 And that

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.799
 because the

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.519
 father loves

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.439
 the son and

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.279
 desires to

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.980
 see him

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.299
 glorified and

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.839
 honored.

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:35.179
 well, what

00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:35.919
 should our

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.759
 response to

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.339
 all of this

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.240
 wonderful truth

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.799
 be?

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.740
 Aside from

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:43.359
 awe and

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.639
 reverence and

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:47.139
 wonder at

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.980
 this special

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.759
 relationship

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.279
 between God

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.259
 the father and

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.439
 the divine

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:55.599
 son of God,

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:58.059
 if we're

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.879
 listening carefully

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.539
 to Jesus,

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.659
 the only fitting

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:02.779
 response comes

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:04.680
 in verse 23,

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.880
 that we honor

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.759
 the son,

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.900
 the one who

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.800
 has been sent

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.380
 from the

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.960
 father, that

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:12.119
 we honor him.

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.200
 That's what

00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:13.740
 this is all

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.079
 about.

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.019
 Do we honor

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.559
 the one he

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.300
 has sent?

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:20.539
 Now, what

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.300
 does it mean

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:23.659
 to honor the

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.780
 son, to

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.599
 honor Jesus?

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.780
 Well, I

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.539
 hesitate to

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.800
 just give an

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.320
 answer to

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.639
 that.

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:32.359
 I think this

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.839
 is something

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:35.039
 that we all

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.859
 should really

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:37.079
 think deeply

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.699
 about.

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.019
 What does it

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.699
 mean?

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.659
 What does it

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.480
 look like for

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.480
 me to honor

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:46.000
 Jesus, the

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.759
 son of God?

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:49.739
 It means more

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:51.519
 than to just

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.059
 give him lip

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.500
 service.

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.920
 It means more

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.500
 than to give

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.239
 him token

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:57.500
 worship, token

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.079
 obedience.

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.179
 obedience.

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:59.000
 It means more

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.199
 than to like

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.340
 his metaphorical

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.360
 Facebook page

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.719
 and say,

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:03.440
 I'm for

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.000
 Jesus.

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:06.159
 I agree with

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.440
 him.

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.639
 It means more

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:11.039
 than just

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:13.000
 kind of liking

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.840
 him.

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.960
 At a very

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.420
 minimum, it

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.659
 means that we

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.199
 acknowledge just

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:23.179
 who he is.

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:25.099
 at the very

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.819
 minimum, it

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.500
 means that we

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.419
 welcome him

00:35:27.419 --> 00:35:28.480
 with open

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.239
 arms.

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.339
 To honor

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:32.279
 him means

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.419
 that we

00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:34.259
 take the

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.779
 words that

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.519
 he says

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.219
 very

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.980
 seriously.

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:39.099
 That we

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.539
 obey the

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.219
 commands which

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.799
 he has given

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.440
 for he

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.619
 speaks the

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.039
 words and

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.440
 gives the

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:46.419
 commands of

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:46.899
 God the

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.259
 father.

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:49.620
 that's the

00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:50.440
 bare minimum

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.940
 of what

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.980
 honoring the

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:53.060
 son means.

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.700
 It means that

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.600
 we believe

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.200
 him.

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.040
 We accept

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:57.240
 him.

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.920
 We obey

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.380
 him.

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.880
 But I

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.300
 want us to

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.460
 think way

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.320
 beyond that.

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.180
 When it

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.660
 comes to

00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:08.120
 honoring

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:09.720
 someone,

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.620
 one of the

00:36:11.620 --> 00:36:12.220
 questions I

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.720
 think that we

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.560
 should ask

00:36:13.560 --> 00:36:15.080
 is just who

00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:15.700
 is this

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.140
 person?

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:19.860
 And what

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.180
 are they

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:21.120
 worthy of?

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.160
 What kind

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.680
 of honor

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.160
 are they

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.480
 due?

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.660
 We could

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.020
 think of

00:36:26.020 --> 00:36:27.120
 this from

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:27.480
 a human

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.280
 relationships

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:29.280
 perspective.

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.500
 I mean,

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:32.020
 if it's

00:36:32.020 --> 00:36:33.300
 just Joe

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.780
 from down

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.180
 the street

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.960
 coming over

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.520
 for the

00:36:35.520 --> 00:36:36.260
 fourth time

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.880
 this week,

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.640
 a co-op

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.140
 pizza,

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:41.040
 a big

00:36:41.040 --> 00:36:41.440
 slab,

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:42.120
 is good

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:42.560
 enough.

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.000
 But if

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.940
 it's a

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.660
 dear friend

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:46.980
 who we

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.639
 haven't seen

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.219
 in a long

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.800
 time who

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.420
 is traveling

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.880
 all the

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.059
 way,

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.139
 halfway

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.539
 across

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.099
 Canada

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.719
 just to

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.320
 be with

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.820
 us,

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.860
 we honor

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.480
 that person

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.199
 by killing

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.860
 the fattened

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.559
 calf and

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:59.619
 throwing a

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.619
 feast that

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.699
 costs us

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.199
 a great

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.699
 deal.

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.980
 If we're

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.519
 thinking of

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.380
 honoring someone

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.440
 very special,

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.980
 someone who

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.719
 we would

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.539
 like to spend

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.380
 the rest of

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.280
 our life

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.039
 with,

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:20.340
 it could be

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.579
 very costly.

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.300
 We won't

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:23.760
 just give

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.300
 them a

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.460
 little trinket

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.760
 to demonstrate

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.700
 our commitment

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.440
 and love to

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.700
 them.

00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:29.579
 No,

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:31.200
 we will

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:31.700
 spend

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:33.240
 months of

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.280
 our savings

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:36.320
 to give

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.840
 them a

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.480
 symbol of

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.059
 our love,

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.740
 an engagement

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:40.559
 ring that

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.660
 communicates

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.659
 the honor

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.099
 that we

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.639
 have for

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:43.779
 them,

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.199
 the love

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.559
 that we

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.099
 have for

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.379
 them.

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.839
 I know

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.359
 of a

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:51.899
 mother and

00:37:51.899 --> 00:37:53.460
 daughter back

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:55.599
 in Edmonton

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.079
 in the church

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.539
 I used to

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.019
 go to.

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.039
 That young

00:37:59.039 --> 00:38:00.039
 gal honored

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.679
 her mother

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.559
 whose,

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.440
 I think it

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.079
 was kidney,

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.379
 both kidneys

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:05.119
 had failed.

00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:06.480
 She honored

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.899
 her mother

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:07.259
 with the

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.940
 costly gift

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.460
 of giving

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.079
 her mother

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.839
 one of

00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:10.480
 her own.

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.820
 that's how

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.980
 dear and

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.960
 precious she

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.880
 was.

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.440
 And so this

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.099
 question of

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.679
 just who

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.500
 is it that

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.800
 we are

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.380
 honoring and

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:19.559
 how worthy

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.079
 are they?

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.539
 What are they

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.440
 worthy of?

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.300
 Is so

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.760
 important.

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.340
 Now think

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.780
 of that,

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.619
 not with

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.539
 human level

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.219
 relationships,

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.840
 but with

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.300
 Jesus,

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.039
 the divine

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.539
 son of

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.000
 God.

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.960
 We've

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.460
 already seen

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.480
 so many

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.920
 wonderful

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.539
 things about

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.960
 who he

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.139
 is.

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.539
 He's the

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.960
 lamb of

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.460
 God who

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.940
 takes away

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.400
 the sins

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:35.719
 of the

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.019
 world.

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.559
 He's the

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.199
 Messiah,

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.420
 God's

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.920
 appointed

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.719
 king.

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.159
 He's the

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.420
 one

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.400
 whom God

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:42.440
 has entrusted

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.420
 all judgment

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.960
 to.

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.559
 He himself

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.440
 is one

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.180
 with the

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:47.480
 father.

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.019
 Through him

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.920
 all things

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.599
 were created

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.099
 that have

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:51.159
 been made.

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.260
 He is

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.940
 God.

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.960
 How worthy

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.820
 is he?

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.099
 He is

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.900
 worthy of

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:04.019
 all blessing,

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:05.139
 all honor,

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.099
 all glory

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.460
 that we

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.400
 could possibly

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.980
 give.

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:10.820
 all of

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.860
 everything

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:13.019
 that we

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.440
 have.

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.760
 All of

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.099
 us,

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.579
 all of

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.119
 our love,

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.699
 all of

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.000
 our

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:19.000
 attention,

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.500
 all of

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.679
 our

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.340
 devotion,

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:20.920
 all of

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.099
 our

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.780
 strength

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.000
 and

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.539
 effort.

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.000
 He's

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.219
 worthy

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.699
 not just

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:26.960
 of those

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:28.199
 things this

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:29.099
 next week

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:30.460
 or this

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.119
 next month,

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.880
 but of

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.380
 those things

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:32.719
 for the

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.159
 rest of

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.780
 our lives

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.519
 forever.

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.639
 forever.

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.880
 That's

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:38.099
 who Jesus

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.780
 the son

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.119
 is.

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.719
 We barely

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:40.400
 scratched the

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.800
 tip of

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.500
 the surface

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.300
 of who

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.880
 he is

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.519
 in our

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.000
 time in

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.300
 John

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.659
 here.

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.420
 How will

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.880
 you

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:49.199
 honor

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:51.000
 Jesus,

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.940
 the son

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.539
 of God,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.400
 not just

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.800
 with this

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.139
 week,

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.559
 not just

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.440
 with today,

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.900
 but with

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.679
 your life,

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:59.980
 with what

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.659
 God has

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.320
 given you

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.900
 to honor

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.699
 him with.

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:04.679
 I think

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:04.980
 is the

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.579
 question that

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:05.939
 we all

00:40:05.939 --> 00:40:06.419
 need to

00:40:06.419 --> 00:40:08.199
 ask.

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.659
 In

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:10.980
 fact,

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.960
 God

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.339
 himself

00:40:12.339 --> 00:40:12.980
 tells us

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.500
 just how

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.919
 worthy

00:40:13.919 --> 00:40:15.219
 his son

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:15.879
 is.

00:40:16.419 --> 00:40:16.879
 We get

00:40:16.879 --> 00:40:17.259
 a glimpse

00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:17.559
 of the

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.839
 end of

00:40:17.839 --> 00:40:18.379
 the story

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:18.980
 in

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.980
 Revelation.

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.739
 These

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:21.980
 are the

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.419
 kinds of

00:40:22.419 --> 00:40:23.019
 words that

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.699
 the angels

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.899
 say and

00:40:24.899 --> 00:40:25.460
 that someday

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.339
 all creatures

00:40:26.339 --> 00:40:27.579
 and especially

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.079
 those who

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.599
 belong to

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.219
 Jesus will

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:30.159
 join in

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.239
 proclaiming

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:31.659
 and in

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:31.899
 saying.

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.960
 Revelation 5

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.639
 verse 12

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:35.980
 worthy is

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.760
 the lamb

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.820
 who was

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:39.460
 slain to

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.820
 receive power

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:42.360
 and wealth

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:43.920
 and wisdom

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.460
 and strength

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.559
 and honor

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.920
 and glory

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.480
 and praise.

00:40:50.660 --> 00:40:50.940
 And there

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.320
 are many

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.119
 exclamations

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.820
 like this

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.480
 in Revelation

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.539
 which have

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.059
 some other

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.660
 things added

00:40:55.660 --> 00:40:56.480
 in and

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.320
 these things

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.099
 not just

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.780
 for a period

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.380
 of time

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:00.440
 but forever.

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.960
 that's how

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.440
 worthy

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:04.079
 he is.

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.179
 How

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:08.340
 will you

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.400
 honor the

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.720
 son

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:11.019
 with your

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.360
 life

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.800
 with what

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.500
 God has

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.280
 given you

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:14.659
 to honor

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.240
 him with?

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:18.300
 Let's pray.

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:22.179
 Father in

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:22.420
 heaven

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:23.320
 thank you

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.780
 that you

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.420
 have sent

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:25.039
 your

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:26.579
 one and

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.039
 only

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.119
 precious

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.699
 beloved

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.259
 son

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:31.299
 into our

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:31.719
 world

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:33.460
 and that

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.019
 is a gift

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.719
 of grace

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.619
 and mercy

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.619
 he has

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.559
 laid down

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.119
 his life

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.900
 for us

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:40.239
 that we

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.719
 might be

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.359
 saved

00:41:41.359 --> 00:41:43.039
 from what

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.639
 we truly

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.259
 deserve

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:45.679
 for the

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.299
 wrongs that

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.739
 we have

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.460
 done against

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:47.900
 you.

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.739
 That in

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.420
 itself is

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.980
 the greatest

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.480
 gift

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.599
 of all.

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:55.500
 we love

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.059
 your

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.519
 son.

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.940
 We

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.360
 worship

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.679
 him.

00:41:58.799 --> 00:41:59.139
 We give

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.759
 him glory

00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:00.400
 and honor

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.179
 and praise

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:02.819
 and we

00:42:02.819 --> 00:42:03.159
 ask that

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.420
 you would

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.839
 lead us

00:42:03.839 --> 00:42:04.259
 in doing

00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:05.360
 that for

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.980
 the rest

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.339
 of our

00:42:06.339 --> 00:42:06.779
 lives

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:09.500
 from now

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.480
 on

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.400
 until

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.920
 forever

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:14.699
 in his

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.079
 name.

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.259
 Amen.