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 The others last week, but it's good to be here to meet with one another locally and

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 what an encouragement it is.

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 We gather together to hear the voice of the risen Lord Jesus.

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 John chapter 5, and we're going to read from verse 19 to 30.

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 John 5, starting at verse 19.

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 Verse 19.

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 Jesus gave them, that's the religious leaders, this answer.

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 Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself.

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 He can do only what he sees his Father doing.

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 Because whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

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 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.

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 Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

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 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

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 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son.

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 That all may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father.

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 Whoever does not honour the Son, does not honour the Father who sent him.

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 Very truly, I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but is crossed over from death to life.

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 Very truly, I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

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 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

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 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.

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 Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out.

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 Those who have done what is good will rise to live.

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 And those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

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 By myself I can do nothing.

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 I judge only as I hear.

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 And my judgment is just.

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 For I seek not to please myself, but him who sent me.

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 Well, let us turn to God and ask for his spirit to be at work with us today.

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 Father, thank you for your Son.

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 And we thank you for his word.

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 And we need your help now.

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 The power of your spirit.

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 To breathe life into our lives.

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 So that we may see and know Jesus for who he is.

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 And honour him.

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 As you have called us to.

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 Help us we pray.

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 Amen.

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 I want to start with a question today.

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 Do you like authority?

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 Do you like authority?

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 Well, you see, it depends, doesn't it?

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 If I am in authority, that's one thing.

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 If I'm the one who gets to set the rules and decide what happens.

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 Well then, yes, I'm all for authority.

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 But if I am under authority, it's a different matter.

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 If I have to live under the rules and have to do what others say,

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 well, that's a different matter altogether, isn't it?

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 The truth is, we like to be the ones in authority.

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 We don't like being under authority.

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 Now, in our text this morning,

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 Jesus claims to have authority over our life.

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 Authority to give life and to execute judgment.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 You may have noted that.

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 Verse 21.

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

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 even so the Son, that's Jesus,

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 gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

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 He gives life on the one hand,

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 and then verse 22.

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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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 Jesus says,

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 I have authority to give you life,

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 and I also have authority to judge your life.

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 Well, you say, how can Jesus say that?

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 What authority does he have to determine

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 if I receive life or face judgment?

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 What right does Jesus have over my eternal destiny?

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 Well, in the section that we've just read,

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 Jesus claims to be God.

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 We didn't read it, but just have a look at verse 18.

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 For this reason, they,

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 that's the religious leaders who were in opposition to Jesus,

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 tried all the more to kill Jesus.

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 Not only was he breaking the Sabbath,

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 but he was even calling God his own Father,

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 making himself equal with God.

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 That's been the purpose of these opening chapters of John's Gospel,

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 to show us, to prove to us that Jesus is God.

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 That's what we are to see.

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 Jesus is not just a man who can do miracles.

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 He is the very self-revelation of God.

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 Look at Jesus,

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 and we see God.

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 He continues,

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 verse 19.

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 Jesus gave them this answer,

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 very truly I tell you,

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 the Son can do nothing by himself.

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 He can do only what he sees the Father doing,

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 because whatever the Father does,

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 the Son also does.

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 The work God the Father does,

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 the Son also does.

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 They are one in their purpose.

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 Now that doesn't just simply mean that Jesus represents the Father,

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 or works on behalf of the Father.

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 No, it's much greater than that.

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 The Father acts,

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 and we can say the Son also acts.

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 In other words,

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 what Jesus does,

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 is with the very authority of God.

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 Now the way in which Jesus acts out his authority,

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 is through his word.

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 You may remember,

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 a couple of weeks back,

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 we looked at Jesus,

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 and the healings that he performed.

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 Just go back to chapter 4,

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 verse 49.

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 Do you remember the royal official who came to Jesus?

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 His child was dying?

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 Chapter 4, verse 49.

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 The royal official said,

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 Sir, come down before my child dies.

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 Go, Jesus replied.

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 Your son will live.

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 Or literally,

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 your son lives.

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 Even though he was at a far away distance,

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 by his very words,

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 Jesus enabled the son to live.

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 And then have a look at chapter 5,

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 verse 8.

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 It's the story,

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 the account of the cripple

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 who had been paralysed for 38 years.

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 Verse 8,

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Get up.

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 Pick up your mat and walk.

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 And at once,

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 the man was cured.

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 He picked up his mat

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 and walked.

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 Astonishing, isn't it?

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 Just his words.

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 And life is given,

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 and people are healed.

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 His authority is expressed

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 through his very words,

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 through his voice.

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 And this same Jesus

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 is speaking to us right now.

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 His word has authority over us.

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 So the question we need to ask is,

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 are we today

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 listening

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 to his voice?

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 It's a matter of life and death

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 because Jesus has authority

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 to give life

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 and to execute judgment

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 all at his word.

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 So let's see how Jesus' word

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 has authority over us.

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 Two things.

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 First,

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 Jesus has authority

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 to give life.

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 Look at verse 24.

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 Very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 whoever hears my word

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 and believes him who sent me

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 has eternal life

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 and will not be judged

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 but has crossed over

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 from death to life.

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 Amazing.

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 to hear the word of Jesus

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 and believe

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 is to move from a place

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 of death

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 to a place of life.

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 It's a difference

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 to being wheeled

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 into the morgue

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 and being carried out

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 of the maternity ward.

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 So how do we,

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 how can anyone

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 have this life

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 that Jesus is offering?

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 Well,

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 two things.

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 First,

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 we must accept

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 we are dead.

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 Verse 25.

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 Very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 a time is coming

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 and has now come

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 when the dead

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 will hear the voice

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 of the Son of God.

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 Well,

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 who are the dead?

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 Well,

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 it's people.

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 People like you and me.

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 Oh yes,

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 you say,

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 I have physical life,

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 I can move my arms

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 and kick my legs.

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 But inside,

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 we are spiritually dead.

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 In a couple of weeks,

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 I'm sure you will have

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 children knocking on your door

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 looking for sweets

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 dressed up as zombies.

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 Maybe you've never seen

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 any of the programs

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 or films on TV.

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 But zombies are

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 the living dead.

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 They are a walking corpse

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 with no life,

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 devouring everything

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 around them,

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 but yet just spreading death.

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 Well,

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 these fictional characters

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 are a picture

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 of a spiritual reality.

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 we are born

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 spiritually dead

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 and we continue

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 to choose a life

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 that leads to death.

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 We're separated from God

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 and we don't want

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 to be reconciled to God.

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 We desire

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 an autonomy

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 from God

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 and we reject

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 his authority

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 over us.

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 People

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 all around us

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 in the world today

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 are literally

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 a walking dead.

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 dead.

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 Heading

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 for judgment.

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 Now,

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 the problem

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 with being dead

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 is

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 we can't make

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 ourselves alive.

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 Dead

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 people

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 are

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 dead.

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 One writer

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 put it like this.

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 You can listen.

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 just as the physically

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 dead

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 can't communicate

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 with the living,

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 so the spiritually

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 dead

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 can't communicate

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 with the eternal

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 living God.

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 What we need

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 is nothing less

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 than a

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 spiritual

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 resurrection,

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 a new life.

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 So,

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 not only are we

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 to accept

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 we are dead,

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 we must listen

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 to his voice.

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 You see,

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 we can't

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 change our

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 predicament.

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 People can't

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 change themselves,

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 but Jesus

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 can,

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 verse 25.

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 Very truly

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 I tell you

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 a time is coming

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 and is now come

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 when the dead

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 will hear

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 the voice

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 of God

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 and those

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 who hear

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 his voice

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 will

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 live.

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 Just as

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 that dying

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 official son

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 had no power

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 to give himself

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 life,

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 just as that

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 lame man

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 had no ability

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 to heal

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 himself,

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 so we

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 can't heal

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 ourselves

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 of our

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 deadness.

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 But when

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 Jesus

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 speaks

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 his word,

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 we are

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 raised to

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 new life.

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 We are

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 spiritually

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 healed.

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 You see,

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 when we

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 hear the

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 very word

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 of Jesus,

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 as we are

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 hearing right

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 now,

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 we experience

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 the work

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 of God

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 in our

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 life.

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 Because

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 Jesus

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 acts

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 through his

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 word,

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 his word

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 has power

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 and authority

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 to move

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 people from

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 death

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 into life.

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 It's a

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 spiritual

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 resurrection.

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 This new

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 life

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 is wonderfully

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 illustrated for

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 us in

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 Ezekiel.

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 If you've

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 got your

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 Bibles there,

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 you can

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 turn to

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 Ezekiel.

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 It's on

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 page 868

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 of your

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 church

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 Bible.

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 868.

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 Ezekiel

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 chapter

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 37.

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 Here,

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 the prophet

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 Ezekiel

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 has been

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 given a

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 vision.

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 And God

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 takes

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 Ezekiel

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 the prophet

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 into a

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 valley full

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 of bones,

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 dry bones

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 scattered all

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 around.

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 We'll pick

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 it up in

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 verse 3.

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 Ezekiel

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 chapter 37

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 verse 3.

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 God asked

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 me,

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 Son of

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 man,

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 can these

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 bones

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 live?

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 I said,

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 Sovereign

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 Lord,

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 you alone

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 know.

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 Then he

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 said to

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 me,

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 Prophesy,

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 speak to

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 these bones

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 and say to

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 them,

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 dry bones,

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 hear the

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 word of

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 the Lord.

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 what's

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 going to

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 happen?

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 Well,

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 look at

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 verse 7.

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 So I

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 prophesied,

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 I spoke

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 and I

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 was,

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 as I

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 was

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 commanded

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 and as

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 I was

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 prophesying,

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 there was

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 a noise,

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 a rattling

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 sound and

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 the bones

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 came together,

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 bone to

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 bone.

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 I

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 looked and

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 tendons and

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 flesh appeared

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 in them and

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 skin covered

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 them,

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 but there

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 was no

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 breath in

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 them.

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 then he

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 said to

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 me,

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 prophesy

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 to the

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 breath.

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 Now,

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 breath,

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 the word

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 breath there

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 is also

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 spirit.

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 Prophesy

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 to the

00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:44.700
 breath,

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 to spirit,

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 prophesy,

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 son of

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 man,

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 and say

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 to it,

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 this is

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 what the

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 sovereign

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 Lord says,

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 come

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 breath from

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 the four

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 winds and

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 breathe into

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 these slain

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 that they

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 may live.

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 so I

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 prophesied

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 as he

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 commanded

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 me and

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 breath entered

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 them and

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 they came

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 to life and

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 stood up on

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 their feet,

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 a vast

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 army of

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 them.

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 Let's go

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 back to

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 John's

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 Gospel.

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 What an

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 amazing

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 vision.

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 Now,

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 what was a

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 vision has

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 become a

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 reality.

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 reality.

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 Jesus is

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 the true

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 prophet who

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 has come

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 to bring

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 life.

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 You see,

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.200
 when we

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.880
 hear the

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.780
 very word

00:18:36.780 --> 00:18:37.460
 of Jesus,

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.780
 the spirit

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 breathes

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.759
 into our

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 life and

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 we begin

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 to experience

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 the very

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 work of

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 God because

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 the word

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 of God

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 by the

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:47.820
 spirit of

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 God does

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 an almighty

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.000
 work of

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 God.

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 New life

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 is given

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 to the

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 living dead.

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 It's a

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.599
 spiritual

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.359
 resurrection

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.279
 and as

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 we believe

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 in Jesus,

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 so we

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.339
 receive

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.859
 life.

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 A life

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 that now

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.599
 is enabled

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 to surrender

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 our autonomy

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 and submit

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 to his

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 good,

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 kind,

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 loving

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 authority.

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 So hear

00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.539
 the word

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 of Jesus,

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 verse 26.

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 For as

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 the Father

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 has life

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 in himself,

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 so he

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.899
 has granted

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 the Son

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 to have

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 life in

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 himself.

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 Go to

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 the source

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 of life.

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 Accept

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 that you

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 are dead.

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 Listen to

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 his voice

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 and be

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 absolutely

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.839
 assured that

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 when we

00:19:38.439 --> 00:19:38.919
 believe,

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 we have

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.679
 crossed over

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 from a

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 place of

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 death,

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 never to

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.019
 die again,

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 to life

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 in all

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.500
 its fullness.

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 righteousness.

00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.880
 Jesus has

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.579
 authority

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:54.559
 to give

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 life.

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 And

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 second,

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 he has

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 authority

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 to judge

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 all.

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 I received

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 a message,

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.079
 a text message

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.480
 from my

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.160
 friend and

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 it said

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 this,

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 we believe

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 you

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 and only

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.460
 you

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.380
 should

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:15.859
 control

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.559
 your body,

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:18.720
 life and

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.299
 future.

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.879
 You

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.919
 and only

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.339
 you

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.639
 should

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.159
 control

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.899
 your body,

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.819
 life and

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.299
 future.

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.839
 That sums

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.379
 up the

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.940
 spirit of

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.359
 the age,

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.819
 doesn't it?

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.919
 We don't

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.399
 want to be

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.279
 accountable to

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.019
 anyone except

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.559
 ourselves.

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.379
 Nobody

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:36.000
 can tell me

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.759
 what to do

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.500
 or how I

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.059
 should live.

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.339
 No one's

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.859
 to judge

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.159
 me.

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.879
 But that's

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.279
 not what

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.980
 Jesus says,

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.480
 is it?

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.339
 verse 27.

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.819
 And he,

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.599
 the father,

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.120
 has given

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.620
 him,

00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.480
 Jesus,

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.160
 authority

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.500
 to judge

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:58.880
 because he

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.400
 is the

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.920
 son of

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.299
 man.

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.299
 Well,

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.099
 who's the

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.460
 son of

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.860
 man?

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.160
 Well,

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.720
 the son of

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.279
 man is

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.440
 a title

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.980
 and it

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.700
 carries with

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.819
 it divine

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.960
 authority.

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.900
 another

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.700
 prophet helps

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.059
 us to

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.779
 understand

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.259
 what Jesus

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.340
 means by

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.000
 referring to

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.539
 himself as

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.000
 the son of

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.279
 man.

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.640
 Go with

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.019
 me to

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.000
 Daniel chapter

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.440
 7.

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 It's just

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:26.200
 after Ezekiel.

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 I think it's

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 on page

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 896.

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 Something like

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 that.

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.380
 896.

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 Daniel chapter

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.020
 7.

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 And just

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.680
 as Ezekiel

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.380
 had a

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.900
 vision from

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.260
 God,

00:21:47.760 --> 00:21:48.940
 Daniel has

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.600
 been given

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.380
 a vision.

00:21:51.020 --> 00:21:51.560
 And in this

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.080
 vision in

00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.780
 chapter 7,

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:53.880
 there's a

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.460
 picture of

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.660
 different nations,

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 those who

00:21:56.260 --> 00:21:57.040
 stand in

00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:58.200
 opposition to

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.540
 God.

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 And at the

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.420
 end of the

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:00.780
 vision,

00:22:01.780 --> 00:22:02.720
 we see

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.420
 somebody

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:05.320
 come forward.

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.140
 Somebody with

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.060
 authority and

00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.400
 power,

00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:09.019
 someone to

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.580
 judge.

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.100
 We'll pick

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.560
 it up in

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:12.539
 verse 9.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.560
 As I

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:17.019
 looked,

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.960
 thrones were

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.519
 set in

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.080
 place.

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 And the

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.080
 Ancient of

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 Days,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.200
 that is God

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.660
 himself,

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 took his

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.620
 seat.

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.320
 So here we

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:29.220
 are in the

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.360
 control room

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.920
 of heaven,

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.000
 the place of

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.820
 all authority.

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:35.120
 Now go to

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.460
 the very

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.019
 end of

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.720
 verse 10.

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.060
 The court

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:41.560
 was seated

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:43.980
 and the

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.759
 books were

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.259
 opened.

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.700
 The books

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:49.000
 of judgment.

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.380
 Verse 13,

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.300
 in my vision

00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:53.980
 at night I

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.600
 looked and

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.380
 there before

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.160
 me was one

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.080
 like a son

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.539
 of man,

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.680
 a human

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.140
 being,

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.400
 but coming

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.060
 with the

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:02.860
 clouds of

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 heaven.

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 And he

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.459
 approached the

00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:06.139
 Ancient of

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.439
 Days.

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.159
 He came

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.719
 to God

00:23:07.719 --> 00:23:08.779
 himself and

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.319
 was led

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.119
 into his

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.240
 presence,

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 into the

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.219
 place of

00:23:14.219 --> 00:23:15.139
 all authority.

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 And he

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.879
 was given

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.579
 authority,

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.639
 glory,

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.619
 and sovereign

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.199
 power,

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.159
 and all

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.839
 nations and

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.500
 all peoples

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.059
 of every

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.579
 language

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.119
 worshipped

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.339
 him.

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.119
 And his

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.959
 dominion is

00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:26.740
 an everlasting

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.599
 dominion that

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.059
 will not

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.859
 pass away.

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.779
 and his

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.359
 kingdom is

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.839
 one that

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.419
 will never

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:33.240
 be destroyed.

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.939
 What a

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.299
 vision.

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.939
 A vision

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.319
 of the

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.659
 Son of

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:39.959
 Man.

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.879
 Let's go

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.459
 back now

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:42.079
 to John

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.779
 chapter 5.

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:46.219
 Because here

00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:46.859
 we read

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.319
 that the

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.000
 Father

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.779
 has given

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:51.459
 to Jesus,

00:23:52.219 --> 00:23:53.079
 the God

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.879
 Man,

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:54.979
 the position

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.920
 of being

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.839
 the Son

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.460
 of Man.

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.700
 For Jesus

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.500
 comes into

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.079
 this world

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.259
 with absolute

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.480
 power and

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.200
 supreme

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.740
 authority over

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.440
 all the

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:08.380
 nations and

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.960
 over all

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.400
 people.

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.339
 And he

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.319
 will have

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.039
 the last

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.980
 say.

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.799
 We will

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.799
 be raised

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.799
 for

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.339
 judgment.

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.880
 Look at

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.799
 verse 28.

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.960
 Do not

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.660
 be amazed

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.079
 at this.

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.440
 In other

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.700
 words,

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.779
 don't be

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.299
 shocked,

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.160
 don't be

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.880
 surprised,

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.799
 be ready

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.700
 for a

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.160
 time is

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.799
 coming when

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.420
 all who

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.759
 are in

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:36.960
 their

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.460
 graves

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.559
 will hear

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:38.860
 his

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.440
 voice

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.019
 and come

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.420
 out.

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.960
 What a

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.539
 sobering

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.180
 sight that

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.599
 is.

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.259
 Everyone

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.819
 who has

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.539
 ever lived,

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.000
 all who

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.440
 have been

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.319
 born and

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.019
 have died,

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.759
 at the

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.680
 voice and

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.400
 command of

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.980
 Jesus,

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.660
 will be

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.860
 raised up.

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.600
 A command

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.140
 that we

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.400
 cannot reject

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:04.240
 or refuse.

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.000
 And no

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.539
 one will be

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.920
 missing.

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.460
 I will be

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:10.000
 there and

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.519
 you will be

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.900
 there.

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.500
 And every

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.120
 ruler and

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.660
 every leader

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.060
 and every

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.660
 person of

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.320
 every nation,

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.980
 there we

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.700
 will all

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.960
 stand before

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.620
 Jesus,

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.200
 the Son of

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.720
 Man with

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.240
 absolute

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.980
 power and

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.400
 supreme

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.000
 authority,

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.600
 all the

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.299
 evidence will

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.620
 have been

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.000
 heard,

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.660
 seen and

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:27.920
 known,

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.920
 every word

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.259
 we have

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.700
 spoken,

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.579
 every deed

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.920
 we have

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.200
 done,

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.420
 every thought

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.819
 that we

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.420
 have had,

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.380
 all will

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.220
 be considered

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:38.220
 and weighed.

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.200
 We will be

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:43.400
 raised for

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.940
 judgment

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:47.140
 and we

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.160
 will receive

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.880
 the verdict.

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.319
 Verse 29,

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.839
 those who

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.379
 have done

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.879
 what is

00:25:57.879 --> 00:26:00.019
 good will

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.000
 rise to

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:03.299
 live and

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.000
 those who

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.439
 have done

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.859
 what is

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:06.679
 evil will

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.339
 rise to

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.079
 be condemned.

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.359
 Well, you

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.220
 say, does

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.879
 that mean

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.720
 Jesus is

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.200
 going to

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.779
 judge us

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.079
 on the

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.639
 basis of

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.139
 what I've

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.819
 done that

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.419
 is good

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:18.139
 and weigh

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.599
 up the

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.419
 bad that I

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.899
 have done?

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.779
 So as

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.379
 long as

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.420
 all my

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.480
 good outweighs

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.220
 all my

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.760
 bad, is

00:26:24.760 --> 00:26:25.840
 that how

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.220
 it's going

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.580
 to be?

00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:28.380
 Well, no,

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.080
 the good

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.640
 and the

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.260
 evil we

00:26:30.260 --> 00:26:31.720
 do is

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:33.800
 evidence of

00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.360
 how we

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.260
 have responded

00:26:35.260 --> 00:26:36.660
 to Jesus.

00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:39.480
 To help us

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.160
 understand this,

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.880
 just look back

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.420
 to chapter

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.920
 3.

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.400
 I think

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.740
 this will

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.120
 help clear

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.600
 it up.

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.160
 John

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.080
 chapter 3

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:50.080
 and verse

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.840
 19.

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:56.440
 follow with

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.940
 me as I

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.300
 read.

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.540
 This is

00:26:59.540 --> 00:27:00.280
 the verdict.

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.340
 The

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.800
 light,

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.580
 speaking of

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:03.900
 Jesus,

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.460
 has come

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.940
 into the

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.320
 world.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.980
 But people

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.560
 loved

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.220
 darkness

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.080
 instead of

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.780
 the light

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.460
 because their

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.980
 deeds were

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.300
 evil.

00:27:13.760 --> 00:27:14.660
 Everyone who

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.680
 does evil

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.420
 hates the

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.860
 light and

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.300
 will not

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.880
 come into

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.440
 the light

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.480
 for fear

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.920
 that their

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.560
 deeds will

00:27:20.560 --> 00:27:21.460
 be exposed.

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.000
 But whoever

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.820
 lives by

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.560
 the truth

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.800
 comes into

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.440
 the light

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.120
 so that it

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.800
 may be seen

00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:29.539
 plainly that

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.000
 what they

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.420
 have done

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.840
 has been

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:32.300
 done in

00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:32.779
 the sight

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.380
 of God.

00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:35.840
 Back to

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.620
 chapter 5.

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:38.079
 this is

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.159
 the verdict.

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.019
 If we

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.979
 refuse to

00:27:41.979 --> 00:27:42.459
 come to

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.119
 Jesus

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.619
 and

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.359
 prefer to

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.959
 stay in

00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:46.559
 the darkness

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.559
 and live

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.039
 out our

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.639
 life in

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:50.099
 secret and

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.679
 do our

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.319
 own thing,

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.699
 we will be

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.199
 condemned.

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.379
 But if we

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.099
 have come to

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.919
 Jesus with

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.579
 our sin and

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.519
 we've come

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.299
 to the light

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.259
 and let him

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.979
 show our

00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:02.539
 hearts and

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.399
 expose who

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.839
 we are,

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:05.819
 then we

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.599
 find forgiveness.

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.859
 We live.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.220
 So Jesus

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.059
 will judge

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.959
 according to

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:13.819
 how we

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.799
 have responded

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.500
 to Jesus.

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.199
 Have we

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.720
 come into

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.379
 the light

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:19.139
 or have

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.679
 we stayed

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.059
 in the

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.500
 darkness?

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.119
 And let's

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.699
 be clear,

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.819
 those who

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.419
 have come

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:25.899
 into the

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.199
 light,

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.119
 those who

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.099
 have received

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.179
 spiritual life

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.740
 from Jesus,

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.379
 we do not

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:32.299
 need to fear

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.079
 this judgment.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.679
 Do you

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.159
 remember what

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.720
 it said in

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.619
 verse 24?

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.240
 Chapter 5,

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.220
 verse 24?

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.559
 Very truly I

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.039
 tell you,

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:43.099
 whoever hears

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.359
 my word and

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.399
 believes him

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.299
 who sent me

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:48.139
 has eternal

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:50.039
 life and

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.079
 will not be

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.579
 judged,

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.240
 they will not

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.079
 be condemned

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:55.459
 because they've

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.159
 crossed over

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.919
 from death

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:58.559
 to life.

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:01.199
 We can have

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:02.459
 complete confidence

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.740
 an absolute

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.640
 assurance that

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.640
 we will

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:07.360
 enjoy eternal

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.980
 life with

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.279
 him.

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.980
 There can

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.779
 be no

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:13.079
 excuses,

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.059
 no claims

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:17.140
 of unfairness.

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.380
 Verse 27,

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.759
 sorry,

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.880
 verse 30.

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.200
 Jesus says,

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.259
 by myself I

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.680
 can do

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.079
 nothing.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.659
 I judge

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.460
 only as I

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.980
 hear and

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.720
 my judgment

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.919
 is just.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.220
 Jesus has

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.299
 all authority

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:39.059
 to judge.

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.980
 It will be

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.259
 eternal joy

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:43.859
 or terrifying

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.299
 condemnation.

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.599
 So what's our

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.839
 response today

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.980
 to the voice

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.619
 of Jesus?

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:56.239
 Well, it's

00:29:56.239 --> 00:29:57.159
 simply this.

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.639
 Honor

00:29:58.639 --> 00:30:00.019
 Jesus.

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.339
 Did you see

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.739
 there in

00:30:02.739 --> 00:30:03.559
 verse 23?

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:05.099
 The Father

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.759
 has given

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.879
 Jesus authority

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.779
 to give life

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.359
 and execute

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.879
 judgment.

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.359
 Why?

00:30:10.479 --> 00:30:11.239
 Verse 23,

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.359
 that all

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.319
 may honor

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.019
 the Son

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:16.019
 just as they

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.500
 honor the

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.879
 Father.

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.399
 To honor

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.419
 Jesus is to

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.199
 treat him

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.620
 with the

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.740
 respect and

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.600
 devotion that

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.480
 he deserves.

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.640
 So how are

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.319
 we going to

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.860
 honor him

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.340
 today?

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.880
 Well, very

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.120
 quickly,

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.400
 two things.

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.960
 First, if

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.799
 you are not

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.799
 a believer

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.480
 in Jesus,

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.240
 if you are

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.779
 here today

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.380
 and you do

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.940
 not yet

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.580
 believe in

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:44.860
 him,

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.420
 the way

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.960
 for you

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.700
 to honor

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.220
 Jesus

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.279
 is to

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.860
 accept

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.360
 his

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.899
 word,

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.219
 that we

00:30:54.219 --> 00:30:55.019
 are spiritually

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.959
 dead and

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.419
 that without

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:58.279
 him we

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.079
 cannot have

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.639
 life.

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.379
 Verse 21,

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.500
 the Son

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:06.219
 gives life

00:31:06.219 --> 00:31:07.799
 to whom

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.219
 he is

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:08.959
 pleased to

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.279
 give it.

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.219
 The Son

00:31:10.219 --> 00:31:11.599
 takes no

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.179
 delight

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:13.939
 in judging,

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.839
 no delight,

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.519
 but yet it

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:19.019
 pleases him.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:21.359
 he longs

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.539
 to give

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.299
 you life.

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.480
 So honor

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.460
 Jesus,

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.960
 surrender

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.879
 your autonomy

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:30.019
 and submit

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.079
 to his

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.619
 authority,

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.579
 hear his

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.079
 voice,

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.379
 believe and

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.779
 you will

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.720
 instantly in

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.440
 this very

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.460
 moment of

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.180
 trust in

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.059
 Jesus will

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.660
 move from

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.619
 death to

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.619
 life right

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:41.980
 now.

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:48.980
 if you

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.059
 are a

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.740
 believer in

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.240
 Jesus,

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.120
 how are

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.559
 you going

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.099
 to honor

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.420
 him?

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.980
 How will

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.660
 I honor

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:55.980
 him?

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.839
 Well we

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.420
 honor him

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.819
 as we

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.720
 speak these

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.700
 very life

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.799
 giving words

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:03.259
 of Jesus.

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.599
 Words that

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.640
 have authority

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.220
 and power,

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.940
 not our

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.539
 own words,

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.380
 but the

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.200
 words about

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:12.019
 Jesus that

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.640
 bring new

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.160
 life.

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.460
 You see we

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.960
 live in a

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:18.160
 community full

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.160
 of people with

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.340
 physical life,

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.559
 but they are

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.900
 spiritually dead.

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.240
 People are

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.140
 walking around

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:28.319
 like zombies,

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.319
 the walking

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.759
 dead,

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.140
 unknown that

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.519
 they are

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.200
 heading for

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.400
 judgment and

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:35.240
 we have a

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.279
 life giving

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.700
 message,

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:40.100
 message of

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:41.200
 Jesus Christ

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.460
 who came

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.960
 into the

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.240
 world to

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.880
 die our

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.460
 death,

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.759
 to give

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.460
 us life

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.080
 through his

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.900
 resurrection,

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.900
 raised to

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.240
 life,

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.160
 conquering

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.559
 death,

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.559
 so that all

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.160
 who trust

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.460
 him may

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.100
 have life

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.620
 for all

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.220
 eternity.

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.900
 Simply put,

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.519
 we are to

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:03.019
 go and

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.980
 call people

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.700
 to trade

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.360
 in their

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.860
 dead

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:09.440
 life for

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.460
 his new

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.900
 and eternal

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.559
 life.

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.100
 Do you

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.559
 remember that

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.360
 vision that

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.400
 Ezekiel had?

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:19.220
 Those dead

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.120
 bones in the

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.420
 valley?

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.460
 You know when

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.400
 we speak the

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.100
 truth of the

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.539
 gospel,

00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:26.519
 the spirit of

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.380
 God takes

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.180
 that word

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:30.180
 and begins

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.840
 to do a

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.340
 work of

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:33.240
 God and

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.980
 brings people

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.600
 to life.

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.679
 life.

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:37.419
 May God

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:37.899
 give us

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:39.619
 courage and

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:41.619
 confidence to

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.379
 speak his

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.259
 life-giving

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.119
 words to

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.699
 those who

00:33:45.699 --> 00:33:46.359
 are dead

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.899
 that they

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:49.139
 may have

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.579
 life.

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:51.359
 Let's pray

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.939
 together.

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.079
 Amen.

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.579
 Amen.

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.039
 Amen.

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.439
 Amen.

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:54.379
 Amen.

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.959
 Amen.

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.019
 Amen.

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.379
 Amen.

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.459
 Amen.

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:55.939
 Amen.

00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.399
 Amen.

00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:56.699
 Amen.

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:56.740
 Amen.

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:56.879
 Amen.

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.659
 Amen.

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:58.879
 Amen.

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.179
 Amen.

00:33:59.179 --> 00:33:59.699
 Amen.

00:33:59.699 --> 00:33:59.759
 Amen.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.719
 Amen.

00:34:05.719 --> 00:34:05.879
 Amen.

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.219
 Amen.

00:34:06.219 --> 00:34:06.879
 Amen.

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.459
 Amen.

00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:07.639
 Amen.

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.299
 Amen.

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:09.019
 Our Father God,

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.480
 thank you for

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.539
 Jesus.

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.339
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.500
 thank you for

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.739
 your word,

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:18.839
 for your

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:20.119
 life-giving

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.860
 word.

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.400
 Thank you for

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.000
 giving us

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.980
 life today.

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.400
 And thank you

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.319
 that as we

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.759
 go,

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.559
 we can

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.480
 go and bring

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.719
 life to

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.219
 others.

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:37.359
 we pray for our community

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:40.859
 we pray for our neighbours

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:44.199
 for friends and family

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:48.539
 we pray that they will hear

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:51.439
 that the spirit will work

00:34:51.439 --> 00:34:55.459
 that new life would be received

00:34:55.459 --> 00:35:02.939
 we praise you for the work that you are doing

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:08.200
 and we long Lord God that you would do even more

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:11.639
 we pray this in Jesus name

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.179
 Amen

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:20.940
 we're going to sing about that life

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:22.679
 that we can receive

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:26.360
 what is our hope in life and in death