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 We continue in our studies of John's Gospel, and Sam is going to be preaching this morning,

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 but before he does, we're going to read the section of Scripture that we're going to be

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 looking at, which is John chapter 3, starting at verse 1 through to verse 21.

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 John's Gospel, chapter 3, and we'll start at verse 1.

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 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.

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 He came to Jesus at night and said, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God,

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 for no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.

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 Jesus replied, Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.

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 How can someone be born when they are old? Nicodemus asked.

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 Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born.

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 Jesus answered, Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

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 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to Spirit.

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 You shouldn't be surprised at my saying, You must be born again.

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 The wind blows wherever it pleases.

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 You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.

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 So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

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 How can this be? Nicodemus asked.

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 You are Israel's teacher, said Jesus, and do you not understand these things?

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 Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know.

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 We testify to what we have seen.

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 But still you people do not accept our testimony.

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 I have spoken to you of earthly things, and you do not believe.

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 How then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?

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 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven, the Son of Man.

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 And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,

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 so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

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 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son,

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 that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

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 but to save the world through him.

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 Whoever believes in him is not condemned.

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 But whoever does not believe stands condemned already,

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 because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

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 This is the verdict.

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 Light has come into the world,

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 but people love darkness instead of light,

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 because their deeds were evil.

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 Everyone who does evil hates the light,

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 and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

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 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light,

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 so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done

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 has been done in the sight of God.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, Johnny.

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 Good morning, everybody.

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 Good morning.

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 Let's begin by praying and asking God for his help.

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 Our Father, we thank you for giving us your word this day.

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 We thank you for the life that is in us.

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 Holy Spirit, help us to see wonderful things in your word this day.

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 Amen.

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 Who will enter God's eternal life?

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 That's the question that Jesus answers in today's text.

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 And this is the most important question that we could ever ask.

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 There is more writing on this question than on any other.

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 Who will enter God's eternal life?

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 For some of us, this is a question that we find really hard to think about.

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 The gravity of this subject is just too much to face,

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 so we just push it away.

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 In essence, we're scared to hear what Jesus has to say about this.

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 Then for others of us, we think we know the right answer,

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 and we're pretty smug about it.

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 But in reality, we're dead wrong, and Jesus knows it.

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 That description matches Nicodemus, the man that Jesus meets in today's text.

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 Everything that Nicodemus believed about who would enter God's eternal kingdom

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 got thrown upside down by Jesus.

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 Now, if you look in verse 1, John, the writer of this gospel,

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 tells us that Nicodemus is a member of the Jewish ruling council.

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 So this is a man with power and influence in his community.

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 But we also learn that he's a Pharisee.

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 These were very religious Jews who strove to keep God's laws,

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 although unfortunately, they believed that they had earned entrance

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 into God's eternal kingdom because they kept the rules

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 much better than the others around them.

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 And Jesus warns people throughout Israel at this time.

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 He's warning them not to listen to this teaching of the Pharisees,

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 which in turn led the Pharisees to hate him and see to his death in the end.

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 So this probably explains why, in verse 1,

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 when does Nicodemus come to Jesus?

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 At night.

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 Nicodemus, he risks his reputation

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 by seeking out this conversation with Jesus.

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 So why does he come?

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 What has brought him here?

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 Well, look what he says in verse 2.

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 Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God,

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 for no one could perform the signs that you are doing if God were not with him.

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 Now, while he's making a statement there,

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 it's also like he's trying to draw Jesus out a bit, isn't it?

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 It's kind of like, I know you're important, Jesus, but why are you so important?

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 Why are you doing what you are doing?

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 But Jesus knows what's really going on in Nicodemus' heart.

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 In fact, the last verse of chapter 2,

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 it says that Jesus did not need any testimony about mankind,

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 for he knew what was in each person.

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 Jesus knows what Nicodemus is really thinking.

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 He diverts the conversation completely,

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 and this is his shocking reply to Nicodemus in verse 3.

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 Very truly I tell you,

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 no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.

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 Jesus dives straight into the heart problem that he sees in Nicodemus,

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 and this is a problem that we all share.

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 The problem is that we inherently think

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 that we can earn our way into God's kingdom

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 by something that we do for him.

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 God's kingdom is where God is ruling

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 and reigning over the hearts

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 of those who want him to be their king.

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 It's another way to describe heaven

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 or eternal life with God.

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 And Nicodemus, he thinks he's in.

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 He thinks he's got God's eternal life in the bag

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 because he's a good person.

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 He tries to keep God's rules.

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 He's a Bible expert.

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 He prays multiple times a day.

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 He gives money to church.

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 I mean, what more could God possibly ask?

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 But in the course of this conversation,

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 Jesus shatters all of our assumptions

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 about who will enter God's eternal life.

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 Jesus confronts this toughest question

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 and gives us his answer, the truth.

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 And are we ready to hear it?

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 Because it's not those who do enough good for God

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 who will enter into his eternal life.

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 No, in this text, we find that it's whoever is born again

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 of his spirit.

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 It's whoever simply believes in Jesus.

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 And it's whoever daily walks in his light.

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 Firstly, whoever is born again of the spirit.

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 Now, you notice in verse 4, Nicodemus is shocked

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 whenever Jesus tells him he must be born again.

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 And we're also confused because we don't have any categories

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 to understand how one could be physically reborn

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 when they are old.

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 But Jesus isn't talking about anything physical here, is he?

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 And in verse 5, he clarifies, he develops his thoughts.

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 Read with me in verse 5.

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 Very truly, I tell you,

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 no one can enter the kingdom of God

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 unless they are born of water and the spirit.

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 Flesh gives birth to flesh,

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 but the spirit gives birth to spirit.

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 You should not be surprised at my saying,

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 you must be born again.

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 Jesus is saying that you don't get to share

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 in his eternal kingdom by the good things that you do.

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 Not by living an outwardly religious lifestyle.

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 Not by trying to be a really good person

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 to those in your community.

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 No.

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 You need a totally new spiritual life.

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 You need to be born again of water and spirit.

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 Now, what does that mean?

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 What does it mean when he says born of water and spirit?

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 Well, we need to understand a prophecy

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 from the book of Ezekiel 600 years before Jesus came.

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 And in this prophecy,

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 God speaks of a time to come

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 when he would intervene

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 in the lives of sinful, stubborn-hearted people,

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 like you and me,

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 to enable us to follow him.

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 So, as we read this,

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 I want you to listen out

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 for references to water and spirit.

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 You can follow on the screen.

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 First part.

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 God says,

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 I will sprinkle clean water on you.

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 And you will be clean.

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 I will cleanse you from all your impurities

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 and from all your idols.

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 So, that's what it means

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 to be born again of water.

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 It's God cleansing us from our sin

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 and all the other things

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 that we look to for life

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 instead of God.

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 And here's the second part.

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 God says,

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 I will give you a new heart

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 and put a new spirit in you.

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 I will remove from you

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 your heart of stone

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 and give you a heart of flesh.

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 And I will put my spirit in you

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 and move you

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 to follow my decrees

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 and be careful to keep my laws.

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 That's what it means

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 to be born again of the spirit.

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 It's God giving us a new heart,

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 a transformed heart,

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 and a new spirit

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 that actually wants to love him

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 and obey him.

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 This is a completely new

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 spiritual life

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 with new desires

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 and affections for God

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 that we never had before.

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 And Jesus is saying to us all today,

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 you must be born again

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 or you will not enter

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 my eternal kingdom.

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 If you don't get this new spiritual life,

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 you'll never see me

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 as what you most desperately need.

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 You'll never want to trust me as God.

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 But here's the question.

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 How do you get this new spiritual life?

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 How do you get born again?

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 We all want this,

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 but how do we get it?

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 Is there a special prayer

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 that you can pray?

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 Is there a book

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 that you can read?

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 Jesus

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 tells us

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 to our shock

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 that we have

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 nothing

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 to do with it

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 whatsoever.

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 And that grates on us.

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 Because in our pride,

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 we want to have

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 something to do with it.

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 Look at what it says

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 in verse 6.

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 Flesh

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 gives birth

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 to flesh,

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 but the spirit

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 gives birth

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 to spirit.

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 Now think about this.

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 You didn't ask your parents

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 to give you physical life.

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 You did not initiate

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 that process

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 and the physical life

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 that you and I

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 have here today.

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 That's a gift

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 that we received from them.

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 We had nothing to do

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 with getting that gift.

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 And so it is

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 with our spiritual life.

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 We cannot initiate

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 our own spiritual rebirth.

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 We cannot give ourselves

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 a new heart

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 that wants God.

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 We simply

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 receive

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 this new life

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 as a gift

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 from the spirit.

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 Look at what it says

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 in verse 8.

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 The wind blows

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 wherever it pleases.

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 You hear its sound,

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 but you cannot tell

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 where it comes from

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 or where it is going.

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 So it is

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 with everyone

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 born

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 of the spirit.

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 Jesus is telling us

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 something really clear.

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 God gives

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 the gift

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 of spiritual life

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 to whomever

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 he chooses.

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 And just like

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 we cannot

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 control

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 or predict

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 the direction

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 of the wind,

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 so also

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 we don't control

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 or predict

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 who God

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 is going to give

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 the gift

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 of spiritual life to.

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 If we have been

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 born again,

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 it's only because

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 we have been

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 born again

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 of the spirit.

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 And two effects

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 I think that that has

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 on us

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 day to day.

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 Number one,

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 it should humble us

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 in amazed

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 gratitude

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 when we realize

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 that if it were

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 left up to us,

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 we never would

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 have chosen God.

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 Unless

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 the spirit

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 had intervened.

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 That's the first

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 thing.

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 Gratitude.

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 Here's the second

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 thing.

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 What

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 greater

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.299
 motivation

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 do we need

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 in our lives

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 to pray?

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 Think of

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 the friends,

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 the family

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 that you have

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 who don't

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 yet

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 understand

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 or see

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 that they

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 need Jesus.

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 What are we

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 to do?

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 we are to

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 pray

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 that God

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 by his

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 spirit

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 would give

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 them the

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 gift

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 of spiritual

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 life because

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 guess what?

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 They cannot

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 give it to

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 themselves.

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 This is our

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 call

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 to pray.

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 so Jesus'

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 first part

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 in answering

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 the question

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 of who

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 can enter

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 God's

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 eternal

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 life is

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 to say

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 whoever is

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 born again

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 of the

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 spirit.

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 But some

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 of you might

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 be wondering

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 at this

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 point,

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 how do I

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 know if I

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 have been

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 born again?

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 And it's

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 right that you

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 should ask

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 that question

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 given everything

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 that's writing

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 on this.

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 But Jesus

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 doesn't want

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 us

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 to spend

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 our lives

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 in anxious

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 wondering.

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 He tells

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 us plainly

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 in the next

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 few verses

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 how you

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 can know

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 if you

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 have been

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 born again

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 and this

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 is it.

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 Those

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 who are

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 born again

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:32.480
 will

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 believe

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 in Jesus.

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 That's how

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 you know.

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 If you've

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 been given

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.580
 new spiritual

00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:38.940
 life,

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 you will

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 believe

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 that Jesus

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 is God.

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 You will

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 believe

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 that he

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 died and

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.840
 rose again

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 for you.

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 You will

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 believe that

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 he is your

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 king and

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 he has

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 rights to

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 your

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 complete

00:19:51.760 --> 00:19:52.620
 devotion.

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 That kind

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:56.920
 of belief,

00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.620
 Jesus says,

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.040
 is only

00:19:58.040 --> 00:19:58.980
 possible if

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 you are

00:19:59.260 --> 00:19:59.940
 born again

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.700
 into new

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.460
 spiritual life,

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.880
 if you are

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.440
 granted to

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.940
 believe it.

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:04.840
 And Jesus

00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:05.480
 is clear

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.440
 that whoever

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 believes in

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.920
 him will

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.420
 enter his

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 eternal life.

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 Let's now

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 unpack what

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 it means

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:14.460
 to believe

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 in Jesus.

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 I mean,

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 anyone can

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 say,

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 oh yeah,

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 I believe

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.560
 in Jesus.

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 I believe

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 he died.

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:22.960
 I believe

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.380
 he rose

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:23.640
 again.

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 I believe

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 he's God.

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 The

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.160
 apostle James

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 makes a good

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.500
 point in his

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 letter later

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 in the Bible.

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 He says,

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 even the

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:31.820
 demons

00:20:31.820 --> 00:20:32.640
 believe.

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 But they

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.820
 are obviously

00:20:35.820 --> 00:20:36.519
 not in God's

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.800
 kingdom,

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.279
 are they?

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 So what

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:40.039
 type of

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.819
 belief is

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.639
 Jesus getting

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.000
 at here?

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.319
 It couldn't

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.779
 be mere

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.480
 intellectual

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.200
 assent to

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 some truth

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.759
 about God.

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.079
 Jesus

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.700
 says,

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.119
 believing

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:53.680
 means looking

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.399
 to Jesus

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.720
 in faith

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.940
 for forgiveness.

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 That's the

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 belief he's

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.000
 getting at

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.200
 here.

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 And he

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.000
 explains this

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.059
 in verse

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 14 by

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 referring to

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.480
 the

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.099
 Israelites.

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 This

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 happened

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.759
 when they

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.220
 were on

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.420
 their

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:13.819
 journey

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.940
 from

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.420
 slavery

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:15.940
 in Egypt

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.980
 to their

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.720
 home in

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.139
 the New

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:19.319
 Promised Land.

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 And along

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.619
 the way,

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.059
 they grew

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.960
 bitter and

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.920
 disobedient

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:24.119
 towards God,

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.720
 even though he

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.420
 just rescued

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.839
 them from

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.339
 slavery.

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.299
 And in

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.639
 judgment,

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.259
 God sent

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.379
 snakes upon

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:29.680
 them.

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.420
 And the

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.319
 snakes bit

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.019
 the people.

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.159
 And what

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:37.579
 it did was

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.139
 it caused

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.460
 the people

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.439
 to realize

00:21:39.439 --> 00:21:40.599
 their sin

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.019
 and to

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.779
 repent.

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.919
 And God,

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.559
 in his

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.119
 mercy,

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:47.779
 even though

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.200
 the people

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.819
 don't deserve

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:48.939
 it,

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.599
 in his

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.019
 mercy,

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.059
 he told

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.740
 Moses to

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.279
 put this

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.899
 bronze snake

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.559
 up on a

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.559
 pole and

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.200
 to raise

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.619
 it up in

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:56.980
 the middle

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.740
 of the

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.079
 camp.

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:59.099
 And anyone

00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.039
 who looked

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.019
 at that

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.939
 snake was

00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:04.059
 healed of

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.659
 their poisonous

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.139
 bites.

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.859
 And Jesus,

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.919
 he draws the

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.500
 analogy to

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.059
 himself.

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.319
 Read it in

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.139
 verse 14.

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.559
 Just as

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.720
 Moses lifted

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.579
 up the snake

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:17.899
 in the

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.220
 wilderness,

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.619
 so the

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.159
 Son of

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.500
 Man,

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:20.859
 that is

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.220
 Jesus,

00:22:21.699 --> 00:22:22.500
 must be

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.240
 lifted up,

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.699
 that everyone

00:22:24.699 --> 00:22:26.240
 who believes

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:28.700
 may have

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.319
 eternal

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:31.059
 life in

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.359
 him.

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.240
 The people

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.539
 in the

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.920
 desert

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.500
 looked up

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.819
 to the

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.279
 snake

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.000
 and were

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.200
 healed of

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.779
 the poisonous

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.259
 bites.

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:41.059
 We look

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.420
 up in

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.220
 faith to

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.000
 Jesus

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:45.900
 on the

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:47.079
 cross and

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.680
 we find

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.359
 forgiveness

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.400
 for our

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.680
 sin.

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.680
 We believe

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.279
 that he,

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.920
 the sinless

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.700
 Son of

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:54.920
 God,

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.359
 was the

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.079
 only

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.939
 one who

00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.419
 ever

00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:58.159
 qualified

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:59.699
 to take

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.699
 the just

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:01.359
 punishment

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.639
 we deserved

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.720
 for our

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.480
 rebellion.

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.460
 We believe

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.819
 that he

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:08.059
 took every

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.699
 sin,

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.699
 past,

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.740
 present,

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.980
 future,

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.379
 on himself.

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.279
 And John

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.139
 tells us

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:19.759
 the astonishing

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.559
 consequence

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.879
 of that

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.379
 belief.

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.820
 we are

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:25.140
 no longer

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.420
 condemned

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.680
 by God.

00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:29.480
 We deserve

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:29.800
 to be

00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.160
 condemned.

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.880
 Sin is

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.140
 our

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.600
 rebellion

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:32.980
 against

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.500
 God's

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.060
 loving

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.480
 rule

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.320
 over our

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:35.780
 lives.

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.440
 And God's

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.060
 just

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.620
 punishment

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.260
 for sin

00:23:38.260 --> 00:23:39.620
 is to be

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.100
 separated

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:40.720
 from him

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.400
 forever.

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.540
 Rather than

00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:43.280
 eternal life

00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:43.660
 with God,

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:45.120
 we deserve

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.140
 condemnation

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.060
 to eternal

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.700
 death

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.319
 in hell.

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.100
 But listen

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.980
 to how

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.660
 John says

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.019
 it in

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.779
 verse 16.

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 Some feel

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.519
 this is the

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.340
 key

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.680
 sentence in

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.580
 his whole

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.519
 gospel account,

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.180
 what he is

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.100
 trying to get

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.660
 across.

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.420
 Verse 16,

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.779
 for God

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.519
 so loved

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.160
 the world

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.240
 that he

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.220
 gave his

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.100
 one and

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.840
 only son

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.740
 that whoever

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.940
 believes in

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.300
 him

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:19.140
 shall not

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.620
 perish

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:21.180
 but have

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.180
 eternal

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.860
 life.

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.500
 If we

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.080
 believe in

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.500
 Jesus,

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.440
 we will

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.660
 not perish

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.220
 in hell

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.240
 for eternity.

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:33.019
 Instead,

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.539
 we will

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.700
 share in

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.519
 God's

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.139
 eternal

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.700
 life.

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.079
 That is

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.500
 not a

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.879
 maybe.

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.079
 It's not

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.839
 a hopefully.

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.099
 It's a

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.900
 certainty.

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.799
 And John

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.740
 continues in

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.559
 verse 17.

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:46.879
 Read it

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.240
 with me.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.379
 For God

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.299
 did not

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.940
 send his

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.000
 son into

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.660
 the world

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.680
 to condemn

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.299
 the world

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.559
 but to

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.480
 save the

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.879
 world

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.639
 through him.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.359
 Whoever

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.759
 believes

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.480
 in him

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.519
 is not

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.960
 condemned.

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:04.220
 but whoever

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.860
 does not

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.319
 believe

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:07.200
 stands

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.799
 condemned

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.559
 already

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.319
 because

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:12.039
 they have

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.460
 not

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.059
 believed

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.900
 in the

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.360
 name of

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.920
 God's

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.840
 one and

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.200
 only

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.600
 son.

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.759
 Jesus

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.279
 couldn't

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.660
 be any

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.059
 clearer.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.759
 Before

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:27.120
 believing in

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.460
 Jesus,

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.380
 our record

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.860
 of sin

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.619
 was laid

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.079
 open

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.959
 before God

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:31.639
 and it

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.839
 condemned

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.639
 us.

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.479
 But Jesus

00:25:37.479 --> 00:25:38.099
 took our

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.539
 sentence.

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.079
 He bore

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.979
 our hell

00:25:40.979 --> 00:25:42.559
 and he

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.899
 rose from

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.500
 the grave

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.159
 so that

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:46.079
 you and I

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.779
 could share

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.740
 in his

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.259
 eternal

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.599
 life instead.

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.299
 Through

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.959
 believing in

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.339
 Jesus,

00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:52.500
 all our

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.759
 sin,

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.419
 past,

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.079
 present,

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.679
 future,

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.319
 is paid

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.559
 for and

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.000
 can no

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.259
 longer be

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.819
 held

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.619
 against

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.039
 us.

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.220
 We are

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.660
 no

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.480
 longer

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.319
 condemned.

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.500
 But what

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.799
 if you

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.440
 believe in

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.039
 Jesus and

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.539
 you struggle

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.019
 with doubt?

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:17.019
 do you

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.619
 ever wonder

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.279
 in your

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.759
 times of

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.180
 doubt if

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:21.259
 you really

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.319
 still believe?

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.079
 Because let's

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.500
 face it,

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.039
 we all go

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.680
 through times

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.920
 of doubt

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.599
 in our

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.980
 lives.

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.980
 And maybe

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.700
 you're sitting

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.359
 here saying,

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:35.839
 yeah,

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.660
 I remember

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.279
 the time

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.740
 in my

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.160
 life when

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.799
 I first

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.579
 saw my

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.019
 need of

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.339
 Jesus.

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:44.000
 I

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.459
 remember

00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:44.939
 that I

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:46.939
 believed

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.379
 in him.

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.399
 I

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:49.919
 looked to

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.240
 what he

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.579
 did in

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.139
 the cross

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.000
 and believed

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.419
 he did

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.839
 that for

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.159
 me.

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:53.919
 And I

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.539
 repented

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.019
 of my

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.339
 sin.

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:57.639
 And I

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.220
 knew

00:26:58.220 --> 00:27:00.139
 his

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.679
 spirit's

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.199
 work

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.259
 in my

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.759
 life.

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.419
 But now

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:04.980
 I'm just

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.519
 plagued

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.019
 with doubt.

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:08.059
 I struggle

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.939
 to believe.

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.759
 It's the

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.419
 sin that

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.840
 I've

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.740
 struggled

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.000
 with.

00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:12.420
 It's the

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.080
 suffering

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:13.600
 that I've

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.000
 been through

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.300
 in my

00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:14.600
 life.

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:14.940
 And

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.660
 sometimes

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.680
 I just

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.000
 wonder,

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.360
 do I

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.740
 believe

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.240
 anymore?

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.500
 I doubt

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.080
 that Christ

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.300
 really has

00:27:27.300 --> 00:27:28.180
 forgiven

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.560
 me.

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.680
 And if

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.220
 you have

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.539
 doubts

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.960
 just like

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.120
 that,

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.539
 you're not

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.880
 on your

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.160
 own.

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.200
 sin.

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.100
 But what

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.560
 would Jesus

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.500
 say about

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.860
 that?

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:44.840
 Well,

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.240
 listen to

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.900
 verse 16.

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.019
 Whoever

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.519
 believes

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:51.840
 will not

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.440
 perish,

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.200
 but will

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.320
 have eternal

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:55.860
 life.

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.740
 And verse

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.140
 18,

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.700
 whoever

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.580
 believes

00:27:58.580 --> 00:28:00.360
 is not

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.100
 condemned.

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.200
 These are

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.180
 statements of

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.660
 fact.

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.820
 they are

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.380
 not

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.220
 changed

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.100
 by our

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:08.120
 fluctuating

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.460
 feelings as

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.820
 we go

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.620
 through life.

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.540
 The moment

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.300
 that you

00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:14.160
 placed your

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.680
 faith in

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:14.980
 Jesus,

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.000
 you were

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.820
 no longer

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.320
 condemned

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.000
 by God,

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.620
 and you

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.580
 will never

00:28:19.580 --> 00:28:20.700
 be condemned

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.420
 by God

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.860
 again.

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.019
 The work

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.960
 is

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.880
 finished.

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.020
 finished.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.340
 Your

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.800
 faith could

00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.220
 be as

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.660
 tiny as

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.140
 a mustard

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.580
 seed.

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.080
 What

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.540
 matters is

00:28:34.540 --> 00:28:34.940
 not the

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.160
 size of

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.800
 your faith,

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.220
 but who

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.640
 you have

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.020
 believed

00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:39.280
 in.

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.480
 Jesus

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:42.080
 is great.

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.040
 Jesus

00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:44.580
 is strong.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.500
 And he

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.100
 promises

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:47.740
 to save

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.540
 the sinful,

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:50.280
 the doubting,

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.380
 and the

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.660
 weak.

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:53.200
 praise God.

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.300
 It is

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.279
 not about

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.960
 how strong

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.840
 my faith

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:58.160
 is.

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.940
 It's about

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.740
 how strong

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.940
 my Savior

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.700
 is.

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.400
 So when

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.800
 you doubt

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.080
 if you're

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.480
 still in

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.820
 God's

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.160
 kingdom,

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.320
 ask yourself

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.960
 this question.

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:13.500
 am I

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.880
 believing

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.460
 my own

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.100
 feelings?

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.660
 Or am I

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.000
 believing

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.660
 what Jesus

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.680
 has said

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.220
 to be

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.740
 true

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.460
 about

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.980
 me?

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.640
 Rest

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.680
 in what

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.440
 he has

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.000
 declared

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.380
 about

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.720
 you.

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.420
 But here's

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.720
 the other

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.500
 implication of

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.019
 this verse.

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.240
 And this

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.500
 is the

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.799
 negative

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.140
 one.

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:41.500
 these verses

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.100
 are clear

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.840
 that if you

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.580
 have not

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.140
 believed

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.080
 in Jesus,

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.800
 then your

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.460
 sin

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.720
 condemns

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.500
 you this

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.660
 day before

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.060
 God.

00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:51.680
 And you

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.180
 have no

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.780
 excuse.

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.880
 You

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.680
 will not

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.580
 see eternal

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.140
 life,

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.160
 but you

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.220
 will be

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.740
 condemned

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.100
 to eternal

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.880
 death.

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.360
 This is

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:06.140
 no joke.

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.680
 Do not

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.420
 miss the

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.039
 gravity

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.600
 of these

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.860
 words and

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.039
 their

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.820
 consequence

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.500
 for

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.080
 eternity.

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.920
 This is

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.400
 the most

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.799
 serious

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.940
 thing we

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.580
 could ever

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.580
 speak of.

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.000
 Because there

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.960
 is no

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.860
 other way

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:25.400
 to be

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.860
 forgiven

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:27.080
 and welcomed

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.900
 into God's

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.360
 eternal

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:28.980
 kingdom than

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.560
 through

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.600
 Jesus.

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:30.899
 Jesus.

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.519
 So if

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.039
 there is

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.699
 anyone in

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.179
 this room

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.579
 who has

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.639
 not yet

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:38.399
 put your

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.099
 trust in

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.419
 Jesus,

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.000
 maybe you've

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.539
 heard about

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.919
 him many

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.859
 times before.

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.619
 And you've

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.480
 never really

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.139
 put your

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.779
 faith in

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:46.980
 him.

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.539
 You've been

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.899
 on the

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.299
 fence.

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.559
 Maybe you

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.179
 believe that

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:53.059
 it's something

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.859
 you can do

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.759
 that will

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.179
 make you

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.839
 right before

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.319
 God,

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:58.579
 that will

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.139
 make you

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.020
 part of

00:31:00.020 --> 00:31:00.280
 his

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:00.700
 kingdom.

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.420
 Maybe

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.000
 today for

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.500
 the first

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.980
 time,

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.660
 you can

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.360
 see Jesus

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.920
 as the

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:10.200
 only God

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.900
 and Savior.

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.840
 Today

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:14.060
 is the

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:15.440
 day to

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.620
 put your

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.680
 faith and

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.820
 trust in

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.880
 Jesus alone.

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.900
 Don't

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.600
 wait.

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.800
 You don't

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.540
 even know

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.640
 if you

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.759
 have tomorrow.

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.700
 Say sorry

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.180
 for your

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.440
 sin.

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.740
 trust in

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.259
 what Jesus

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.700
 did on

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.080
 the cross

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.500
 to forgive

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.740
 you.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.799
 Thank him

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.980
 for giving

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.620
 you new

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.600
 life.

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.640
 And this

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.160
 day you

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.600
 will no

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.180
 longer be

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.539
 condemned.

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.279
 You will

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.799
 enter into

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.500
 God's

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.759
 eternal

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.500
 life.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.980
 And this

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.539
 leads us

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.180
 very briefly

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.580
 to the

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.960
 last part

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.240
 of the

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.799
 answer to

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.400
 the question

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.960
 of who

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.759
 will

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.079
 enter

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.519
 God's

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.880
 eternal

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.440
 life.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.840
 And it's

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.900
 whoever walks

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.500
 in the

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.819
 light.

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.360
 And what

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.579
 does it

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.019
 mean to

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.000
 walk in

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.340
 the light?

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.600
 Well,

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.200
 walking in

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.480
 the light

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.819
 is one of

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.279
 the fruits

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.720
 of being

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.220
 a born

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.740
 again

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.840
 believer

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:15.000
 in Jesus.

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.079
 It shows

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.920
 that you

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.819
 are sharing

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.860
 in God's

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.279
 eternal

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.779
 life.

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.640
 So let's

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.100
 think about

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.539
 what that

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.220
 actually means.

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.620
 Read from

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.319
 verse 19.

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.639
 This is

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.059
 the verdict.

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.919
 Light has

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.219
 come into

00:32:29.219 --> 00:32:29.739
 the world,

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:31.119
 but people

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.119
 loved

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.759
 darkness

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.979
 instead of

00:32:33.979 --> 00:32:34.819
 light because

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.719
 their deeds

00:32:35.719 --> 00:32:36.239
 were evil.

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:38.719
 Everyone

00:32:38.719 --> 00:32:39.179
 who does

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:40.399
 evil hates

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:41.000
 the light

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.779
 and will

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.299
 not come

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.899
 into the

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.359
 light for

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.459
 fear that

00:32:45.459 --> 00:32:46.099
 their deeds

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.500
 will be

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.099
 exposed.

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.159
 But whoever

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.939
 lives by

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.799
 the truth

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.159
 comes

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.740
 into

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.500
 the light

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.639
 so that

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:55.919
 it may

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.480
 be seen

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.419
 plainly

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.159
 that what

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.619
 they have

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.079
 done

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.119
 has been

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.619
 done

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.419
 in the

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.879
 sight

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.680
 of God.

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.079
 When we

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.519
 walk in

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.000
 darkness,

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.879
 we don't

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.259
 want our

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.599
 sin to

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.279
 be exposed.

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.419
 We don't

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:10.980
 want God

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.759
 or others

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.480
 to see it

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.940
 because we

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.440
 fear being

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.839
 condemned.

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.500
 That's our

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.480
 spiritual condition

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.639
 before being

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.220
 born again.

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.259
 Jesus,

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.740
 he is the

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:24.180
 light who

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.900
 has come

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.819
 into this

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:25.980
 world.

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.339
 That's what

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.759
 he called

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.140
 himself.

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.519
 Walking in

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.940
 the light

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.740
 means that

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.400
 you walk

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.079
 each day

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.140
 in him.

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.059
 It's not

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.360
 that we

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.140
 don't sin

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.700
 anymore.

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.240
 No.

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.000
 On the

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.519
 contrary,

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.140
 we willingly

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.200
 bring our

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.640
 sin into

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.160
 the light

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.819
 of Jesus.

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.640
 We don't

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:47.980
 have to

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.500
 hide it

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.920
 anymore.

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.180
 it can

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.360
 no longer

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.299
 condemn us.

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.500
 We can

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.240
 freely

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.460
 bring our

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.259
 sin before

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.160
 God in

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.160
 daily repentance

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.880
 knowing that

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.920
 every sin is

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.460
 paid for

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.799
 and God

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.480
 will

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.839
 forgive us.

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.120
 And here's

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.759
 another benefit

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.280
 of walking

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.760
 in the light.

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.380
 Rather than

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.980
 hiding our

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.880
 sin and not

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.380
 dealing with

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.599
 it,

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.139
 when we

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.539
 bring it

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.880
 into the

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.240
 light,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.900
 we access

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.659
 the Spirit's

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.260
 help to

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.059
 fight against

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.380
 it.

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.860
 Those who

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.259
 walk in

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.579
 the light

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.299
 become more

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.639
 and more

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.239
 like Jesus

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.799
 because they

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.380
 are daily

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.259
 bringing their

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.940
 sin to

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.259
 him,

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.599
 asking for

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.400
 his forgiveness

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.139
 and his

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.639
 help.

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.639
 So to those

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.000
 of you who

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.460
 are born

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.599
 again believers,

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.159
 practice walking

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.340
 in the light.

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.860
 You don't have to

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.619
 hide anymore.

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.659
 Bring your sin

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.380
 before him

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.260
 without fear.

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.500
 And if you

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.119
 are here and

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:50.059
 you don't yet

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.640
 believe in

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.079
 Jesus,

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:55.680
 hear his

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.240
 words to you

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.500
 today.

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:58.519
 You don't have

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.180
 to walk in

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.900
 the darkness

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:01.559
 of guilt,

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.740
 shame,

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.860
 and condemnation

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.440
 anymore.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.160
 Jesus has

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:08.380
 won your

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.820
 freedom.

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:11.240
 if you

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.039
 would only

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.059
 believe in

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.340
 him,

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:15.400
 come out

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.800
 of the

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.320
 darkness

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:18.400
 and walk

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.440
 in his

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.059
 light.

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.400
 To finish,

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:26.039
 remember at the

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.860
 start we said

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.519
 that there's no

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.140
 more important

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.760
 question to

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.559
 ask than who

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.220
 will enter

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.920
 God's eternal

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.320
 life.

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.680
 And Jesus

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.240
 has answered

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:34.140
 that for us

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.800
 today.

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:37.320
 But what

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.000
 about Nicodemus?

00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:39.740
 It's almost

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.280
 like John

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.580
 drops him

00:35:41.580 --> 00:35:42.320
 off halfway

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.700
 through the

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:43.100
 passage.

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.460
 We don't

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.019
 get to hear

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.840
 the rest of

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.539
 the conversation.

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:47.160
 John chose

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.560
 not to

00:35:47.560 --> 00:35:48.360
 include that.

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.519
 We don't

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.780
 know how

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.140
 it ended.

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.080
 Do we

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.460
 know if

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.019
 Nicodemus

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.440
 was born

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.140
 again of

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.560
 the Spirit?

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.539
 Do we

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.019
 know if

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.800
 he did

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.240
 go on to

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.740
 believe in

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.400
 Jesus and

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.780
 walk in

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.360
 the light?

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:08.620
 Well, John

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.519
 actually records

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.220
 two more

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:12.620
 instances in

00:36:12.620 --> 00:36:13.100
 the gospel

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:13.920
 where Nicodemus

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.440
 was present.

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.920
 In chapter

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.000
 seven, we

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.340
 read that

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.080
 Nicodemus

00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:20.160
 stood up for

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:21.560
 Jesus in

00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.080
 the middle

00:36:22.080 --> 00:36:22.540
 of the

00:36:22.540 --> 00:36:23.160
 Jewish court,

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.760
 the Sinedrine,

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.880
 and defended

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:27.120
 him before

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:28.120
 his fellow

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:29.000
 Pharisees.

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.180
 And in

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:32.920
 chapter 19,

00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:33.560
 get this,

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:36.340
 once Jesus

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.480
 has been

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.159
 crucified,

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:40.000
 two men

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.699
 come to

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.460
 take his

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.019
 body down

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.320
 from the

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.820
 cross and

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.460
 carry it to

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.900
 the tomb

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:47.739
 and prepare

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.039
 it for

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.380
 burial.

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.699
 The first

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.000
 man,

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.400
 Joseph of

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.840
 Arimathea,

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.299
 the second

00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:53.619
 man,

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.099
 Nicodemus,

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.619
 the Pharisee.

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:59.779
 I think

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.239
 there's enough

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.139
 evidence to

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:02.380
 suggest that

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.719
 he did

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.079
 believe.

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.599
 He came

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.239
 to Jesus

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:09.900
 thinking that

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.400
 Jesus was

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.980
 just another

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.380
 teacher.

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.440
 He left

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:15.000
 with a new

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.980
 heart to

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.920
 believe in

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.579
 Jesus as

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.719
 God and

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.059
 Savior.

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.559
 He came

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.039
 thinking he

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.480
 could earn

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.159
 his way into

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.920
 God's kingdom.

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.019
 him.

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:24.000
 He left

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.139
 having found

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.780
 eternal life

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.860
 through simple

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.400
 faith in

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.680
 Jesus.

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.099
 He came

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.500
 under the

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.099
 blanket of

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.880
 spiritual

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.360
 darkness

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.059
 and left

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:37.619
 walking in

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.340
 the light.

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:42.519
 what's your

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.079
 response to

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.579
 this Jesus?

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.420
 Are you

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.260
 thankful for

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.880
 the gift of

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.519
 new spiritual

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:52.260
 life when

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.740
 you were born

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.039
 again?

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.220
 Are you

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.800
 thankful that

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.620
 you're no longer

00:37:55.620 --> 00:37:56.400
 condemned and

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.019
 that you don't

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.640
 need to walk

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:58.200
 in the darkness

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:58.680
 anymore?

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.400
 Or maybe

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.300
 your response

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:03.440
 is to trust

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:04.300
 in Jesus for

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.900
 the first

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:06.280
 time today.

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:11.620
 whatever your

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:12.240
 response is,

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.440
 let's respond

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.280
 to him now

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.360
 in the

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.019
 quietness

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.960
 for just a

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.500
 few moments.

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.680
 Amen.

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:18.700
 Amen.

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:20.680
 Amen.

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:20.740
 Amen.

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:20.780
 Amen.

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:20.800
 Amen.

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:20.880
 Amen.

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.300
 Amen.

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.400
 Amen.

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.440
 Amen.

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.480
 Amen.

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.500
 Amen.

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.600
 Amen.

00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:21.640
 Amen.

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:21.680
 Amen.

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:21.740
 Amen.

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:21.800
 Amen.

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:54.680
 Father, we

00:38:54.680 --> 00:38:55.280
 thank you for

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:57.500
 your love and

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.120
 sending your

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:59.900
 one and only

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.380
 son.

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:06.900
 Jesus, we

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.579
 thank you for

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:09.180
 taking our

00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:10.539
 sin and

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.480
 bearing the

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.340
 wrath of God

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:13.280
 for us on

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.720
 the cross.

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.539
 Holy Spirit,

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:21.539
 thank you for

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.220
 giving us the

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:23.680
 gift of

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:25.240
 spiritual life

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:27.460
 to see our

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.860
 need of

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.139
 Jesus.

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:31.220
 We plead with

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:33.519
 you to give

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:35.539
 that gift to

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.199
 those who

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.059
 desperately need

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.719
 it this day.

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.460
 For your

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.159
 glory and

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.500
 their good,

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.039
 we pray.

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.059
 Amen.

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.019
 We're going to

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.440
 sing a song