WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.900 John chapter 8 and verse 31 to 47. 00:00:07.299 --> 00:00:11.320 This is on page 1074 of your Red Church Bible. 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.359 John 8 verse 31. 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:28.960 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:35.179 If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:40.700 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:43.320 They answered him, 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:48.700 We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been slaves of anyone. 00:00:49.859 --> 00:00:52.820 How can you say that we shall be set free? 00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:55.320 Jesus replied, 00:00:55.320 --> 00:01:01.240 Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:06.180 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, 00:01:06.579 --> 00:01:09.299 but a son belongs to it forever. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:15.500 So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:19.579 I know you are Abraham's descendants, 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.579 yet you are looking for a way to kill me, 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.299 because you have no room for my word. 00:01:29.060 --> 00:01:32.400 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:37.000 and you are doing what you have heard from your father. 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.480 Abraham is our father, they answered. 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.379 If you were Abraham's children, said Jesus, 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:48.019 then you would do what Abraham did. 00:01:49.540 --> 00:01:52.280 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me. 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.359 A man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:59.460 Abraham did not do such things. 00:02:00.579 --> 00:02:03.659 You are doing the works of your own father. 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:08.419 We are not illegitimate children, they protested. 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:11.039 The only father we have is God himself. 00:02:12.379 --> 00:02:13.500 Jesus said to them, 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:16.659 If God were your father, 00:02:17.519 --> 00:02:18.840 you would love me, 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:21.500 for I have come here from God. 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.099 I have not come on my own. 00:02:24.939 --> 00:02:26.180 God sent me. 00:02:27.460 --> 00:02:29.599 Why is my language not clear to you? 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:34.060 Because you are unable to hear what I say. 00:02:35.359 --> 00:02:38.000 You belong to your father, the devil. 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:42.439 And you want to carry out your father's desires. 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:45.620 He was a murderer from the beginning, 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.019 not holding to the truth, 00:02:48.699 --> 00:02:50.599 for there is no truth in him. 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:52.859 When he lies, 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.240 he speaks his native language, 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:58.199 for he is a liar and a father of lies. 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:01.739 Yet because I tell the truth, 00:03:02.019 --> 00:03:03.060 you do not believe me. 00:03:04.419 --> 00:03:07.239 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? 00:03:08.339 --> 00:03:09.859 If I am telling the truth, 00:03:10.119 --> 00:03:11.319 why don't you believe me? 00:03:12.859 --> 00:03:14.819 Whoever belongs to God 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:17.139 hears what God says. 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:20.759 The reason you do not hear 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:24.560 is that you do not belong to God. 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.039 Thanks. 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:28.039 Thanks. 00:03:35.459 --> 00:03:35.899 Thanks. 00:03:35.899 --> 00:03:35.959 Thanks. 00:03:36.340 --> 00:03:36.759 Thank you. 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:39.680 Well, good morning again. 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:41.099 Nice to see you all today. 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:52.239 We continue in our studies in John's Gospel. 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:56.879 And today we're chapter 8. 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:59.780 And we're going to be thinking about 00:03:59.780 --> 00:04:02.080 truth and lies. 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:04.500 Truth and lies. 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.060 Let's pray and ask for God's help. 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:20.480 Jesus says, 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.060 If God were your father, 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:26.579 you would love me. 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:33.439 Father, we ask that you would give us a heart 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:36.980 that loves the Lord Jesus 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:41.120 and loves his word, 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:45.240 loving his ways. 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.199 Please, will you change us 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.740 and cause us to love you more? 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:56.680 Amen. 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:04.240 Well, we're reaching a point 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:05.639 in the Gospel of John 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:07.300 where we're being confronted 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:09.360 to make decisions 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:11.100 about Jesus. 00:05:11.100 --> 00:05:15.180 So there's no more sitting on the fence. 00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:16.640 He's saying, 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:18.820 you either do believe in me 00:05:18.820 --> 00:05:22.500 or you don't believe in me. 00:05:23.260 --> 00:05:25.420 Track back with me to verse 24. 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:27.680 A summary, if you like, 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:29.200 of what he's been teaching 00:05:29.200 --> 00:05:30.540 in this last section. 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:31.840 Verse 24. 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.519 I told you that you would die 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:36.899 in your sins. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.199 If you do not believe 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:41.419 that I am he, 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.599 that is the one who can forgive 00:05:43.599 --> 00:05:44.719 and give life, 00:05:45.659 --> 00:05:47.500 you will indeed die 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:48.899 in your sins. 00:05:50.019 --> 00:05:50.979 Verse 30. 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:54.099 Even as Jesus spoke, 00:05:55.159 --> 00:05:57.519 many believed in him. 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:00.399 They heard his truth 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.199 and they believed. 00:06:02.919 --> 00:06:05.539 In fact, Jesus is going further 00:06:05.539 --> 00:06:06.659 in the text 00:06:06.659 --> 00:06:08.159 that we've just had read to us. 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:10.279 Jesus is pushing us 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:12.819 to see if our claims 00:06:12.819 --> 00:06:14.079 to believe in Jesus 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.819 are actually genuine and real. 00:06:18.179 --> 00:06:19.399 You see, not everybody 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.039 who claims to be a believer 00:06:22.039 --> 00:06:24.560 is a true believer. 00:06:26.039 --> 00:06:27.419 Look what Jesus says 00:06:27.419 --> 00:06:29.219 to the very same people 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:30.880 who have just said, 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:32.700 we believe in Jesus. 00:06:33.340 --> 00:06:34.560 Look at what Jesus says 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:35.080 about them. 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:36.460 Verse 45. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.440 Yet because I tell the truth, 00:06:43.820 --> 00:06:46.920 you do not believe me. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:49.960 They say they believe, 00:06:50.960 --> 00:06:52.680 but Jesus says, 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:54.260 no, you don't believe. 00:06:56.260 --> 00:06:57.500 Think of it this way. 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:00.399 I claim to be Irish. 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:02.779 You probably, 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:03.699 well, most of you, 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:05.199 think I am Irish. 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:07.420 When Ireland play, 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.180 I put on the green jersey 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:10.660 and I wave the tricolour 00:07:10.660 --> 00:07:11.899 and I sing 00:07:11.899 --> 00:07:13.459 and I support my team. 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:15.959 But what you don't know is, 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:17.560 please don't tell anyone, 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:20.139 I have a British passport. 00:07:21.339 --> 00:07:23.160 I wasn't born in Ireland, 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:24.560 I was born in London. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:27.240 I'm not an Irish citizen. 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:29.319 According to the state, 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:30.639 I am not Irish 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.120 and as I came to the airport 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:34.339 yesterday evening, 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:35.639 I had to go in a queue 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:38.259 that was not for Irish citizens. 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.540 Just because I claim to be Irish 00:07:41.540 --> 00:07:42.660 doesn't mean I am. 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:46.639 Well, same with our faith. 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:48.980 Just because we claim to believe 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:52.000 doesn't mean we are true believers. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.800 So how do we know 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:56.720 who is a real believer? 00:07:57.579 --> 00:07:59.000 How do I know if I 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:00.540 am a believer? 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:03.079 Well, we're going to look at two 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:04.680 big things. 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:06.740 Believing the truth 00:08:06.740 --> 00:08:08.740 or believing 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:10.339 in lies. 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:11.980 Believing the truth 00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:14.220 or believing in lies. 00:08:14.379 --> 00:08:15.699 First, believing the truth, 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:16.600 verse 31. 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:19.379 To the Jews 00:08:19.379 --> 00:08:21.500 who had believed in him, 00:08:22.320 --> 00:08:23.220 Jesus said, 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:25.080 if you hold 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:26.439 to my teaching, 00:08:26.760 --> 00:08:27.200 that is, 00:08:27.280 --> 00:08:28.600 if you continue 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.280 in my teaching, 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:31.320 if you remain 00:08:31.320 --> 00:08:32.779 in my teaching, 00:08:33.180 --> 00:08:34.420 you are really 00:08:34.420 --> 00:08:35.740 my disciples. 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:37.860 Then you will know 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:38.620 the truth 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:40.139 and the truth 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:41.379 will set you free. 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:42.759 You see, 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:43.700 this is the mark 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:45.180 of a true disciple 00:08:45.179 --> 00:08:45.739 of Jesus. 00:08:46.019 --> 00:08:47.979 If I am a genuine believer, 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.479 I will have a growing desire 00:08:50.479 --> 00:08:51.339 for the truth. 00:08:51.719 --> 00:08:52.899 I will submit 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:53.739 to the truth 00:08:53.739 --> 00:08:54.899 and I will want 00:08:54.899 --> 00:08:55.559 to live 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:56.719 by the truth. 00:08:57.419 --> 00:08:58.699 We can't separate 00:08:58.699 --> 00:09:00.179 belief in Jesus 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:01.899 and the truth 00:09:01.899 --> 00:09:03.719 from Jesus. 00:09:04.419 --> 00:09:05.319 The sign, 00:09:05.479 --> 00:09:06.139 the evidence 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:07.319 that we believe 00:09:07.319 --> 00:09:07.959 in Jesus 00:09:07.959 --> 00:09:09.179 is that we believe 00:09:09.179 --> 00:09:11.519 and take seriously 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:12.899 the truth 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:13.720 that Jesus 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:14.459 teaches. 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:17.019 So what is 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:17.819 the truth 00:09:17.819 --> 00:09:19.079 that Jesus 00:09:19.079 --> 00:09:19.539 teaches? 00:09:20.819 --> 00:09:21.379 Well, 00:09:21.419 --> 00:09:21.980 there are three 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:22.840 things we want 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:23.500 to look at 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:25.000 that if we are 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:25.819 true believers, 00:09:26.419 --> 00:09:28.159 we must accept. 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:28.799 First, 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:31.959 I am a slave 00:09:31.959 --> 00:09:33.100 to sin. 00:09:33.959 --> 00:09:35.139 Verse 32. 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:36.659 He says, 00:09:36.740 --> 00:09:37.299 you will know 00:09:37.299 --> 00:09:38.079 the truth 00:09:38.079 --> 00:09:39.759 and the truth 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:40.799 will set you free. 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:42.659 They answered him, 00:09:43.099 --> 00:09:43.319 well, 00:09:43.459 --> 00:09:44.620 we're Abraham's 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:45.139 descendants 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:46.319 and have never 00:09:46.319 --> 00:09:47.179 been slaves 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:47.740 of anyone. 00:09:48.079 --> 00:09:49.319 How can you say 00:09:49.319 --> 00:09:50.120 that we shall 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:51.279 be set free? 00:09:53.219 --> 00:09:53.679 Now, 00:09:53.719 --> 00:09:54.419 that's a strange 00:09:54.419 --> 00:09:55.059 thing for them 00:09:55.059 --> 00:09:55.519 to say, 00:09:55.579 --> 00:09:55.799 isn't it? 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:56.419 Because if you know 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:57.240 anything about 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:58.799 Abraham's descendants 00:09:58.799 --> 00:09:59.779 that the history 00:09:59.779 --> 00:10:00.359 of Israel 00:10:00.359 --> 00:10:01.379 in the Old Testament, 00:10:01.939 --> 00:10:02.759 you will know 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:03.839 that their history 00:10:03.839 --> 00:10:05.120 is one of slavery. 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.039 They were slaves 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:07.620 in Egypt, 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:08.139 weren't they, 00:10:08.179 --> 00:10:08.839 under Pharaoh? 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:10.879 And then later on, 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:11.820 they were slaves 00:10:11.820 --> 00:10:12.519 in Babylon 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.060 under Nebuchadnezzar. 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:15.440 And currently, 00:10:15.660 --> 00:10:16.460 as John writes 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:17.040 the gospel, 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:18.680 they are being ruled 00:10:18.680 --> 00:10:20.460 by an enemy force, 00:10:20.560 --> 00:10:21.480 by the Romans. 00:10:22.680 --> 00:10:23.879 So why are they 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:25.139 claiming to Jesus 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:26.540 that they're free? 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:28.379 Well, 00:10:28.420 --> 00:10:29.340 it seems they would 00:10:29.340 --> 00:10:30.240 rather believe 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.840 in their own lies 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:32.840 than accept 00:10:33.400 --> 00:10:34.560 what is true. 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:35.980 A reality, 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:36.720 as we'll see, 00:10:36.820 --> 00:10:37.420 that is running 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.639 deep in their hearts. 00:10:39.059 --> 00:10:39.399 In fact, 00:10:39.479 --> 00:10:40.179 not only have they 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:41.899 been political slaves, 00:10:43.199 --> 00:10:43.959 Jesus says 00:10:43.959 --> 00:10:45.360 they are spiritually 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:46.839 slaves. 00:10:47.579 --> 00:10:48.439 Verse 34, 00:10:49.459 --> 00:10:50.379 Jesus replied, 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.000 very truly, 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:51.699 I tell you, 00:10:52.439 --> 00:10:54.479 everyone who sins 00:10:54.479 --> 00:10:56.519 is a slave 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:57.099 to sin. 00:10:59.439 --> 00:10:59.959 Now, 00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:01.159 that's a hard truth 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:01.839 for us all, 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:02.459 isn't it? 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.039 Everyone who sins 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:06.639 is a slave 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:07.299 to sin. 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:08.519 No, 00:11:08.599 --> 00:11:08.779 no, 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:09.019 no, 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:09.299 no. 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:10.120 No, 00:11:10.179 --> 00:11:11.279 I'm not a slave 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:11.819 to sin. 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:13.620 I'm free 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.199 to live 00:11:14.199 --> 00:11:14.539 and do 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:15.579 as I please. 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.519 I make 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:18.740 my own choices 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:20.059 and my own 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:20.679 decisions. 00:11:21.659 --> 00:11:22.799 But here's the point, 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:24.539 we can't help 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:26.519 but make sinful 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.120 decisions 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:27.759 and choices. 00:11:29.699 --> 00:11:30.699 Here's a test 00:11:30.699 --> 00:11:31.379 for us all. 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:34.019 this next week 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:34.919 from here on 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.139 till next Sunday, 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:37.360 make a promise 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.100 to yourself 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:39.559 that we won't 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:40.159 think anything 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.620 bad about anyone, 00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:43.480 that we won't 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:44.460 say anything 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:46.340 cross or hurtful 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:47.120 to anyone, 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.139 or behave 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:49.620 in a way 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.659 that is selfish 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:52.039 to anyone. 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:52.860 Okay, 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.600 let's promise 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.419 to do that 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:55.799 for a whole week. 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:58.000 Well, 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:58.539 I don't think 00:11:58.539 --> 00:11:59.279 we'll get past 00:11:59.279 --> 00:11:59.819 the day, 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:01.740 never mind 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.299 a week, 00:12:03.319 --> 00:12:04.139 and we'll find 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:04.899 that we've broken 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:05.459 the promise 00:12:05.459 --> 00:12:06.459 many times. 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:08.199 In fact, 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:09.059 we can't even 00:12:09.059 --> 00:12:10.019 manage to live 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:10.939 up to our own 00:12:10.939 --> 00:12:11.600 standards 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.959 of what we say 00:12:12.959 --> 00:12:14.379 is good and right. 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.740 This is how 00:12:15.740 --> 00:12:16.600 another writer 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:17.720 in scripture 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.399 put it. 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.459 Can you relate 00:12:20.459 --> 00:12:21.100 to this? 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.100 For I have 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:23.899 the desire 00:12:23.899 --> 00:12:24.819 to do what is 00:12:24.819 --> 00:12:25.360 good, 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:27.379 but I cannot 00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:28.319 carry it out. 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:30.639 For I do 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.360 not do the 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:32.240 good I want 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:32.819 to do, 00:12:33.819 --> 00:12:34.659 but the 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:35.679 evil I do 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.220 not want 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:36.659 to do. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.720 This I 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:39.240 keep on 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.600 doing. 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:42.159 Sound 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:42.659 familiar? 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:43.240 Because it 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:43.699 resonates? 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.519 The truth 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:46.339 is we are 00:12:46.339 --> 00:12:47.500 all born 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:49.539 as slaves 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:50.879 to sin. 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.500 But here's 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:54.339 another truth. 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:57.280 I am set 00:12:57.280 --> 00:12:57.920 free 00:12:57.920 --> 00:12:59.560 by Jesus. 00:13:00.160 --> 00:13:01.240 Verse 35. 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.200 Now a 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.160 slave has 00:13:04.160 --> 00:13:05.300 no permanent 00:13:05.300 --> 00:13:06.139 place in the 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:06.480 family, 00:13:06.660 --> 00:13:07.460 but a son 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:08.899 belongs to 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.360 it forever. 00:13:09.540 --> 00:13:10.200 So if the 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:11.139 son sets 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:11.740 you free, 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:13.759 you will 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:14.580 be free 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.320 indeed. 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:17.379 Now the 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.000 problem of 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:18.460 being a 00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:19.180 slave is 00:13:19.180 --> 00:13:20.220 you can't 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:21.360 free yourselves. 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:22.200 That was 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:22.580 certainly 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:23.320 true of 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:24.120 Abraham's 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:24.600 descendants. 00:13:25.180 --> 00:13:25.560 They were 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:26.399 slaves in 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:26.820 the history 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:27.159 in their 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.360 past to 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.060 Egypt. 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:30.639 Their 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.220 freedom 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:32.360 didn't come 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.139 from within, 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.220 but it came 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:34.759 from one 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.180 from the 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:36.139 outside coming 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.759 to them 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.539 to free 00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:37.800 them. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:38.560 God had 00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:39.019 said, 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.600 you can 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.139 follow on 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:40.580 screen, 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:41.820 he had 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:42.200 said to 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:42.480 Moses, 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:42.940 I am 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:43.560 the Lord, 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:44.460 I will 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:45.279 bring you 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:46.019 out from 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.720 under the 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.240 yokes of 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:47.980 the Egyptians. 00:13:48.820 --> 00:13:49.480 I will 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.460 free you 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.080 from being 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:51.860 slaves to 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.100 them, 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:52.840 and I 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:53.480 will redeem 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.080 you with 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:54.840 an outstretched 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:55.840 arm and 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.740 with mighty 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:58.060 acts of 00:13:58.060 --> 00:13:58.600 judgment. 00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:00.800 Now what 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:01.800 God physically 00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:02.779 did for 00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.320 the people 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:03.759 then, 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.580 he is 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.200 saying now 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.120 that spiritually 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.139 through his 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.519 son, 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.519 he is going 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:09.480 to release 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:10.259 and free 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:10.800 people. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:12.620 Verse 36, 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.440 if the 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:14.399 son sets 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:15.060 you free, 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:16.779 you will 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.399 be free 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:18.019 indeed. 00:14:19.119 --> 00:14:19.479 Jesus 00:14:19.479 --> 00:14:20.339 comes to 00:14:20.339 --> 00:14:20.899 set us 00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:22.119 free from 00:14:22.119 --> 00:14:22.939 our slavery 00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:23.559 to sin, 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.579 he wins 00:14:24.579 --> 00:14:25.359 our freedom 00:14:25.359 --> 00:14:26.639 by dying 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.379 our death 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.099 with his 00:14:28.099 --> 00:14:29.000 outstretched 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:29.699 arms on 00:14:29.699 --> 00:14:30.259 the cross. 00:14:31.359 --> 00:14:32.239 He takes 00:14:32.239 --> 00:14:33.179 my sin 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:34.839 and your 00:14:34.839 --> 00:14:35.339 sin 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:37.019 and he 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.659 takes the 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:38.159 judgment 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.859 that we 00:14:38.859 --> 00:14:39.359 deserve 00:14:39.359 --> 00:14:41.119 so that 00:14:41.119 --> 00:14:41.559 we can 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:42.500 be truly 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.759 free. 00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:47.179 now you 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:47.679 might find 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:47.899 that 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.419 uncomfortable 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:49.119 too because 00:14:49.119 --> 00:14:49.759 we like 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.199 to think 00:14:50.199 --> 00:14:50.459 no, 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:50.619 no, 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:50.799 no, 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:50.939 no, 00:14:50.939 --> 00:14:51.119 no, 00:14:51.119 --> 00:14:51.899 I can 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.439 sort it 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:52.639 out 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.179 myself, 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.259 I can 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.959 do it, 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.599 but we 00:14:56.599 --> 00:14:57.399 can't. 00:14:58.359 --> 00:14:59.019 The truth 00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.839 is only 00:14:59.839 --> 00:15:00.599 Jesus 00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:02.379 can set 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:02.899 us free. 00:15:04.619 --> 00:15:05.459 And here's 00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:05.939 the third 00:15:05.939 --> 00:15:06.439 truth, 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:09.680 I am 00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.420 a son 00:15:10.420 --> 00:15:11.900 forever. 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.700 Verse 35, 00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.320 go back 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.700 to verse 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:15.300 35. 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.220 Now a 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:17.060 slave has 00:15:17.060 --> 00:15:17.840 no permanent 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:18.500 place in 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.180 the family, 00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:20.940 but a 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:21.900 son belongs 00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:22.340 to it 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:22.780 forever. 00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:24.060 They're 00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:24.460 complete 00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:25.020 opposites. 00:15:25.140 --> 00:15:25.680 A son 00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:27.780 is different 00:15:27.780 --> 00:15:28.920 to a 00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:29.480 slave. 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.540 A slave 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:31.600 is under 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.880 a master. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:34.340 a son 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.379 is loved 00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.620 by his 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.100 father. 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.439 A slave 00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:38.960 is on the 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.080 outside of 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:40.539 the family. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.360 A son 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.220 is in 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:43.200 the family. 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.019 A son 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.700 can never 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:45.519 be disowned. 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.299 They are 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.179 free to 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.639 live and 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.799 receive all 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.200 the good 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:49.759 wonderful 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.720 gifts from 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.379 the father. 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.960 What about 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:55.580 the daughters? 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.120 Well, 00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.519 why aren't 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.159 the daughters 00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:58.779 written in 00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.039 here? 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:00.519 Well, 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:00.939 in the 00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.719 first century, 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.399 the son, 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:03.219 the eldest 00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:03.740 son, 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.120 would receive 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.079 the inheritance 00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:07.639 of the 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.019 father. 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.559 Now Jesus 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.159 is saying, 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.459 when I set 00:16:11.459 --> 00:16:12.120 you free, 00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:13.659 you all 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:15.039 become sons. 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:16.819 Men and 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.139 women, 00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:17.919 you will 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.939 all receive 00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.839 the inheritance 00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:21.219 from God. 00:16:21.219 --> 00:16:22.459 Life today 00:16:22.459 --> 00:16:23.519 and life 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.039 eternal 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.919 forevermore. 00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.259 You see, 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:26.939 when Jesus 00:16:26.939 --> 00:16:27.620 sets us 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:27.939 free, 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.980 we enter 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.899 into the 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.539 family of 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:30.860 God. 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.680 A family 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.159 where we 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.899 are loved 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:34.240 and treasured 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.680 forever. 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.180 And I 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.560 want us 00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:37.980 to hear 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.759 that today. 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.420 If you 00:16:40.420 --> 00:16:40.759 have been 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.480 set free 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.220 by Jesus, 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.259 you are 00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.800 in his 00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.360 family, 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.960 safe 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:47.560 and secure. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.240 No matter 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.000 what anybody 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.659 else may 00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.360 say about 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.259 you or 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.980 to you. 00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.639 See what 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.019 it says 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.440 at the end 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:55.740 of verse 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.340 35? 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:58.420 you are 00:16:58.420 --> 00:16:59.139 a son, 00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.639 an 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:01.580 inheritor, 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.280 and you 00:17:03.280 --> 00:17:03.879 belong 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.940 for how 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.299 long? 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.240 Forever. 00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:10.220 Safe 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.920 and secure 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.299 in the 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.920 family of 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.279 God. 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.100 So those 00:17:15.100 --> 00:17:15.620 are three 00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:16.880 truths that 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.319 we must 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.779 accept, 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:18.180 that I 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.519 am a 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.079 slave to 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.319 sin, 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.380 only Jesus 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:20.860 can set 00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.360 me free, 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.100 and when 00:17:22.100 --> 00:17:22.600 I do, 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.200 oh, 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:23.480 how 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.080 marvelous 00:17:24.080 --> 00:17:24.620 and how 00:17:24.620 --> 00:17:25.200 wonderful, 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.019 I 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:27.080 become a 00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.460 son 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.720 forever. 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:33.660 And it 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.480 all leads 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.420 to freedom. 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.120 You see, 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.100 believing this 00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.900 truth from 00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:41.220 Jesus leads 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.759 to freedom, 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.519 not a 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.200 freedom to 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.940 do whatever 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.900 we want, 00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:46.460 but a 00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.200 new freedom, 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.019 a freedom to 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.680 start living 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.180 in a way 00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.620 that we 00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.240 could never 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.140 do before. 00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:53.120 he sets 00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:53.720 us free 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.259 from our 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.980 slavery to 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.800 sin so 00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:56.120 that we 00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:56.640 can begin 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.259 to live 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.900 as the 00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:58.540 true 00:17:58.540 --> 00:17:59.480 children 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.460 of God. 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.600 You see, 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.040 when we 00:18:03.040 --> 00:18:03.980 believe the 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.520 truth, 00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:06.500 we are 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.180 given by 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:08.300 God brand 00:18:08.300 --> 00:18:09.220 new desires 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.960 and a 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.600 new power 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.080 by the 00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:11.800 Holy Spirit 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:12.800 to be able 00:18:12.800 --> 00:18:13.380 to live 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:14.020 them out. 00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:16.320 A life 00:18:16.320 --> 00:18:17.720 where we 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.360 love 00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:19.259 God's 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.680 word, 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.580 and a 00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:22.600 desire to 00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:23.340 live by 00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:24.200 its truth 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:26.460 and to 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.240 be changed 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.759 by it 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.220 day by 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.660 day. 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:30.940 Believing 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.700 the truth 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:33.519 leads to 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.140 a life 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:35.680 of glorious 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.259 freedom. 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.100 So, 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.980 do you 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.700 believe the 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.160 truth? 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.420 Here's the 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.060 second one. 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.259 believing in 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:51.840 lies. 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:53.519 If you 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.180 don't believe 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.860 the truth, 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.440 then the 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:56.920 only other 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.720 option is 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.259 we're 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.680 believing 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:00.019 in lies. 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.680 Look at 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.000 verse 37, 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.680 the end of 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.620 verse 37. 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.820 Jesus says 00:19:05.820 --> 00:19:06.279 to them, 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:09.160 you're looking 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.700 for a way 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.200 to kill 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.539 me 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:12.700 because you 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.299 have no 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.060 room 00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:15.160 for my 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.660 word. 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:17.600 true 00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.060 believers 00:19:18.060 --> 00:19:18.880 hold to 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.360 the truth 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.840 of Jesus 00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:20.380 teaching, 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.460 but those 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.100 who don't, 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:22.860 well, 00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:23.400 there's no 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.720 room. 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.700 You can't 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.200 possibly 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:26.779 absorb or 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.660 take in 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.019 his word. 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.900 You don't 00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.540 want it. 00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.660 And listen 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.279 further to 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.800 what Jesus 00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.400 says when 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.820 we do 00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.560 not accept 00:19:35.560 --> 00:19:35.800 his 00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:36.320 teaching. 00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.779 Verse 43. 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.880 Why is 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.560 my language 00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:42.140 not clear 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.620 to you? 00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:44.479 because you 00:19:44.479 --> 00:19:45.179 are unable 00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:45.599 to hear 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:45.959 what I 00:19:45.959 --> 00:19:46.259 say. 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.539 You belong 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.979 to your 00:19:48.979 --> 00:19:49.459 father, 00:19:49.739 --> 00:19:50.279 the devil, 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.139 and you 00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.599 want to 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.199 carry out 00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:54.139 your father's 00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:55.099 desires. 00:19:56.699 --> 00:19:57.500 Not very 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.279 seeker-friendly, 00:19:58.479 --> 00:19:58.779 is he? 00:19:59.699 --> 00:20:00.619 He doesn't 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.299 mince his 00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.799 words. 00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.179 He is saying 00:20:03.179 --> 00:20:04.199 very clearly, 00:20:04.479 --> 00:20:04.919 if you are 00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.819 not a child 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.399 of God, 00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:06.959 if you don't 00:20:06.959 --> 00:20:07.599 accept my 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:07.979 truth, 00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:10.159 you are a 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.679 child of 00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.139 the devil. 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.459 It sounds 00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:13.759 a bit 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.500 extreme. 00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.159 Is Jesus 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.839 not being 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.699 over the 00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:18.319 top here? 00:20:19.719 --> 00:20:20.259 Well, 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.779 let's think 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.299 this through 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.899 together. 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.399 Again, 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.979 three things. 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:24.399 First, 00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.659 let's think 00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.159 about the 00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.479 devil. 00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:29.219 The devil 00:20:29.219 --> 00:20:30.019 is not an 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.659 imaginary 00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.639 being who 00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.359 runs around 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:33.039 in a red 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.299 suit with 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.199 horns poking 00:20:35.199 --> 00:20:35.619 out his 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.619 head and 00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.459 a pitchfork. 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.519 No, 00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.279 he is 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.739 real. 00:20:41.239 --> 00:20:41.539 That's 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:41.839 what we're 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.359 told in 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.759 verse 44. 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.319 Second 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.799 part of 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.599 verse 44. 00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.659 He is a 00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.559 murderer from 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.179 the beginning, 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:52.059 not holding 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.779 to the 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.419 truth, 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.879 for there 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.319 is no 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.439 truth in 00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:56.819 him. 00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.259 When he 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.839 lies, 00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.939 he speaks 00:20:59.939 --> 00:21:00.500 his native 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.179 language, 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.039 for he 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.559 is a 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.279 liar and 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.119 the father 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.939 of lies. 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:07.959 You see, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.599 the devil 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.259 is one 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.359 who seeks 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.179 to deceive 00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:12.219 and to 00:21:12.219 --> 00:21:12.919 distort. 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.759 That's 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.379 why John, 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.919 the writer 00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.539 of John's 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.919 Gospel, 00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:18.000 who also 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.079 wrote the 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.459 book of 00:21:19.459 --> 00:21:20.059 Revelation, 00:21:20.979 --> 00:21:21.740 speaks about 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.299 the devil 00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.619 like this. 00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.759 He calls 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.240 him that 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.019 ancient 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.719 serpent 00:21:27.719 --> 00:21:29.259 called the 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.179 devil or 00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:30.839 Satan, 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:32.619 who leads 00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.059 the whole 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:34.000 world astray. 00:21:34.959 --> 00:21:35.979 That's his 00:21:35.979 --> 00:21:36.679 mission. 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:36.759 mission. 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.180 His 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.799 mission is 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.220 out to 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.019 turn people 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.200 from the 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.900 truth by 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.660 presenting a 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.039 whole lot 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.799 of lies. 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.640 So we 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.580 mustn't say, 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:47.940 oh, the 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.519 devil's not 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.620 real, it's 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.380 just fake. 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.560 No, he's a 00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.680 real character. 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.519 Don't 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.340 underestimate 00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:58.100 his work. 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.060 He does 00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.960 not hold 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.980 to the 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.500 truth. 00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:08.779 And the 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.359 devil, we're 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.359 told, is 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.160 the father 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.019 of lies. 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.779 So what's 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.420 his big 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.920 lie? 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.079 What's the 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.940 big lie he 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.720 tells us? 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.640 Well, as 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.259 these verses 00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.019 suggest, we 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.579 need to go 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.700 back to the 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.359 beginning of 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.160 the story of 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.619 the Bible. 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.700 Remember when 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.720 the devil came 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.559 to Adam and 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.039 Eve in the 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.400 garden? 00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.259 God had 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.680 made it 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.720 very crystal 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.480 clear to 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.759 them. 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.220 They could 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.860 enjoy all 00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.460 the fruit 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.059 of the 00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.420 garden. 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.039 It's all 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.500 yours. 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.799 I abundantly 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.420 give it to 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.620 you. 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.299 You can 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.099 feast and 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.620 eat and 00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.259 delight in 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.740 all that I 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.160 give you, 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:46.839 but do 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.819 not eat 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.400 from the 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.980 fruit of 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.599 the tree 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.339 in the 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.140 middle of 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.680 the garden. 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.860 If you 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.640 eat it, 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:57.360 you will 00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.759 die. 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:57.819 die. 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.680 And then 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.539 comes along 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.940 the devil. 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.140 Remember 00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.480 what he 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.859 said? 00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.359 Here's his 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.720 lie. 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.019 You will 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.379 not certainly 00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.579 die, the 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.240 serpent said 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.539 to the 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.819 woman. 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.519 I think I 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.960 have it there 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.259 on the 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.640 screen. 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.180 For God 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.859 knows that 00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.640 when you 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.279 eat it, 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.680 your eyes 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.019 will be 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.619 opened and 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.119 you will be 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.879 like God, 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.200 knowing good 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.140 and evil. 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.420 Not just 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.900 knowing the 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.740 difference between 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.100 good and 00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:30.340 evil, but 00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:31.120 you will 00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.840 become the 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.620 masters of 00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:32.720 it. 00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.400 You will 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.240 decide and 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.000 determine what 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.539 is good 00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.779 and what 00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.319 is wrong. 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.019 Here was 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.660 his lie. 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.279 God is 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.279 mean and 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.200 unkind. 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:45.460 He's 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.200 restricting 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.640 you. 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.400 If you 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.220 want true 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.600 freedom, you 00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.500 decide what 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.220 is right and 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.799 what is best 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.080 for you. 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.759 It's your 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.120 life. 00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.819 You know 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.420 better than 00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.720 God. 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.579 you know 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.120 what you 00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.759 need. 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.039 And the 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.680 problem is 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.079 we have 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.120 all believed 00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.400 the lie. 00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.720 In 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.880 1990, the 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.480 year that I 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.940 did my 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.799 leaving cert, 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:12.000 a song was 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.660 released by 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.220 the Soup 00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.740 Dragons. 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:14.880 I don't 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.140 know if you 00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.819 remember them. 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.380 It became 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.160 an anthem as 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.799 we broke 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.700 free from 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.500 the regime 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.960 that we 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.480 called 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.480 school. 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:25.360 And in 00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.299 hazy-filled 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.240 living rooms, 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.220 we danced 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.980 around like 00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.700 aeroplanes, 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.660 whizzing around, 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.839 shouting and 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.519 singing at the 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.980 top of our 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.279 voice. 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.180 I won't sing 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.700 it to you, 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.400 but I'll give 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.640 you the 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.039 words. 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.579 Don't be 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.480 afraid of 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.440 your freedom, 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.360 freedom. 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.980 I say, 00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.920 love me, 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.059 hold me, 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.299 love me, 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.299 hold me, 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.500 because I'm 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.359 free to do 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.180 what I want, 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.619 to be what I 00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.379 want any 00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.099 old time, 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.879 and I'm 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.779 free to be 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.259 who I 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.359 choose to 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.940 get my 00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.220 booze any 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.119 old time. 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.519 That was 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.019 us as 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.659 teenagers, 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.240 living the 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.859 life of 00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.539 freedom. 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.039 Doesn't it 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.759 capture what 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.740 we all want? 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.419 The absence 00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:13.079 of rules and 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.259 the right to 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.919 choose? 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.080 don't let 00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:17.240 truth get in 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.900 the way and 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.700 spoil your 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.340 party. 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.220 Truth 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.279 restricts 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.560 you. 00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.100 Do what 00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.779 you want. 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.039 Choose who 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.700 you are. 00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:28.220 Be free. 00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:34.000 But what 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.700 does it say? 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.940 End of 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.860 verse 44. 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.060 When he 00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.900 lies, 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.380 he speaks 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.940 his native 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.620 language, 00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:44.320 for he is 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.220 a liar and 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.819 the father 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.619 of lies. 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.700 It's all 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.960 lies. 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.839 The reality 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.359 then, 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.639 is simply 00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.139 this. 00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.200 The freedom 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.759 that we 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.539 crave is 00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.339 not true 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.019 freedom. 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.859 Go back 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.220 to verse 00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.899 44. 00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.619 You belong 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.079 to your 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.500 father, 00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.179 the devil, 00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.740 and you 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.179 want to 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.839 carry out 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.799 your father's 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.339 desires. 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.539 desires. 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.779 And those 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.519 desires are 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.139 not good 00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.699 desires, 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.119 they are 00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.079 sinful 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.740 desires. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.559 And those 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.480 desires don't 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.819 give you 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.319 freedom, 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.259 they will 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.259 enslave you. 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.019 You see, 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.819 these desires 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.459 are like 00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:26.720 substance 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.419 addictions 00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.939 that we 00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.779 can't break. 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.679 People who 00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.599 are addicted 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:33.319 can't get 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.159 themselves out 00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:34.619 of it. 00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:36.619 and it's 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.179 like us, 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.899 we desire 00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.759 something or 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.339 someone, 00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.339 we crave 00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.979 for it, 00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.539 and we 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.000 get it, 00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.379 but it 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.179 never ever 00:26:43.179 --> 00:26:43.859 satisfies. 00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.899 And so the 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.199 desire increases 00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:47.319 and intensifies, 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.719 and we indulge 00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:49.479 more and more 00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:50.239 in a life of 00:26:50.239 --> 00:26:51.359 my rights 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:51.899 and my 00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.479 choices, 00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.619 and throwing 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.339 off more 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.799 rules, 00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.119 and, 00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.019 well, 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.599 it brings 00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.099 happiness, 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.819 it does 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.659 bring joy, 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.759 but it 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.879 never lasts. 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:03.700 it leaves 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.360 us empty, 00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:06.080 it breaks 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.620 us and it 00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.500 destroys us, 00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:08.380 and so the 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.140 cycle goes 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.760 on and on. 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.540 The more 00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:11.280 we believe 00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:11.800 the lie, 00:27:12.800 --> 00:27:13.240 the more 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.740 we live 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.220 the lie, 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.680 and the 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.000 less we 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.740 are truly 00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.280 free. 00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:21.720 You see, 00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.620 believing in 00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.280 lies 00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:25.880 leads 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.920 to 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.580 slavery. 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.840 Believing 00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.640 in lies 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.240 does not 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.000 set you 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.460 free. 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.839 We are 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.620 not free 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.480 to choose 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.180 and be 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.599 who I 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.140 want and 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.720 do what I 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:37.980 want. 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.480 We're 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.880 actually 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.660 trapped 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.240 and 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.880 imprisoned. 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.099 In fact, 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.620 the danger 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.079 is we 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.640 can become 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.259 death 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.279 to the 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.779 truth. 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.640 Verse 00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.420 46, 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.180 Jesus 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.559 says, 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.279 can any 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.559 of you 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.160 prove me 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.740 guilty of 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:52.980 sin? 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.839 Am I 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.180 saying 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.680 anything 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.180 at all 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.579 that is 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.039 wrong? 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.779 Then if 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.240 I'm telling 00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.759 the truth, 00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.259 why don't 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.779 you believe 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.059 me? 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.319 whoever 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.880 belongs to 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.380 God 00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:07.039 hears what 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.000 God says. 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.640 And the 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.220 reason you 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.799 do not 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.480 hear is 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.799 that you 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.319 do not 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.960 belong to 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.339 God. 00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.380 You see, 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.680 if we 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.359 don't believe 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.039 what Jesus 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.700 says, 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.079 then we're 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.500 not a 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.120 son or 00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.660 a child 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.339 of God. 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.380 We're a 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.960 child of 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.420 devil. 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.180 We 00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.579 haven't 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.059 gained 00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.660 freedom. 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.460 We've 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.819 actually 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.960 lost our 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.380 freedom. 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.220 We live 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.539 in a 00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.460 self-absorbed 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.960 destructive 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.900 life from 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.420 which we 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.500 cannot escape 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.160 ourselves. 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.300 ourselves. 00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.620 You see, 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:46.960 Jesus' 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.820 message is 00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.160 clear, 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.660 isn't it? 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.320 We're all 00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.860 believers. 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.380 We either 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.300 believe the 00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.000 truth of 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.580 what Jesus 00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.240 says, 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.620 or we're 00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.320 believing in 00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.840 lies. 00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.360 We're either 00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.860 set free to 00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.820 live as God 00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.460 desires, 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:08.579 or we're 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.640 enslaved by 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.480 our own 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.240 desires. 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.220 Jesus is 00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.759 coming to 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.519 us afresh and 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.819 saying, 00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.220 embrace the 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.680 truth. 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.860 Surrender 00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.360 to the 00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.819 truth. 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.259 Know the 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.460 joy of 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.079 being the 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.160 free children 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.860 of God. 00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.539 Because when 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.299 Jesus sets 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.900 you free, 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.039 look at 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.819 verse 31, 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.519 if you 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.880 hold to 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.140 my 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.740 teaching, 00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:37.700 if you 00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.500 remain with 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.020 it, if you 00:29:39.020 --> 00:29:39.860 continue in 00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:41.180 it, you 00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.020 are really, 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.500 you are 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.560 truly my 00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.180 disciples, 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.340 then you 00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.740 will know 00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.460 the truth, 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.980 and the 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.700 truth will 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.260 set you 00:29:51.260 --> 00:29:51.580 free. 00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.680 Are you 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.280 a believer 00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:57.080 in the 00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.540 truth, 00:29:58.540 --> 00:30:00.100 or are 00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.660 you believing 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.440 in lies? 00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:04.480 Let us 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.059 come to 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.420 Jesus 00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:07.700 afresh and 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.420 listen to 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.200 his truth 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.839 and know 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.640 the freedom 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.299 as true 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.059 children of 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.299 God. 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.660 Let's 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:14.960 pray. 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.299 Let's 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.460 pray. 00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.779 Father, 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.500 there are 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.220 many, 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.220 many voices 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.920 that we 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.400 hear, 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.940 voices in 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.400 our own 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.039 minds, 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.039 coming from 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.500 our own 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.059 hearts, 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.019 voices from 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.720 outside, 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.940 voices all 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.379 around. 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.159 We pray 00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.740 that we 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.139 would be 00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.879 attuned 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:45.299 to the 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.940 truth of 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.659 your word, 00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.960 knowing that 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.720 it is good 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.539 for us, 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.779 that it 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.579 sets us 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.099 free, 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.119 and enables 00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.639 us to 00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.859 live the 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.559 life that 00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.960 you have 00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.839 created us 00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.399 and called 00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.459 us to 00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.079 live in. 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.379 Father, 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.139 help us 00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:05.079 that we 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.500 would be 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.099 wary of 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.959 the lies, 00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:10.119 that we 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.659 would turn 00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.339 from them, 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.379 that we 00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.919 would hear 00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.819 you afresh 00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:16.959 and walk 00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:17.359 in your 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.919 paths. 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.319 Thank you, 00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.980 Lord Jesus, 00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:22.740 that you 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.500 have set us 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.819 free, 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:25.939 and that 00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.599 by trusting 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.039 you, 00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:28.819 we are 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.539 free 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.839 indeed. 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.039 Amen.