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 Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would be poured out upon us

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 with might and power and deep conviction at this time.

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 We ask, Father, that you would help us in the power of the Holy Spirit

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 to know that we are in your presence,

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 that Jesus is the Savior and that he is Lord.

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 And we ask, Father, that as you draw us into your presence

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 that we will know that you desire to give us grace,

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 to establish us and deepen us in your grace and your love.

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 And help us, Father, to be in your presence,

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 to receive from you in a worthy manner,

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 and to respond to you in a worthy manner.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 We're doing a sermon series entitled Knowing God.

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 And I guess I'm just going to use this.

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 I forgot about the mic.

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 I feel scattered this morning for some reason.

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 I don't know what it is.

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 Maybe it's the constant, unrelenting heat.

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 By the way, kudos to you folks to leave your

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 cool, air-conditioned domiciles

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 and to enter the soup and come here.

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 So way to go.

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 So we're doing a series called Knowing God.

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 And on one level, this is a very, very simple session.

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 Once again, on one hand, it's the idea.

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 In fact, if you could put up the first point, Claire,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 That unless the triune God revealed himself,

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 you could not know he exists.

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 Unless the triune God revealed himself,

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 you could not know he exists.

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 It's a very simple idea.

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 But, well, as part of my sermon preparation this week,

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 on Friday night, with some of my grandchildren,

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 I watched Angry Birds 2.

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 I don't like to just study, you know,

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 Calvin and Aquinas and stuff like that.

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 Occasionally, you need to prepare for things like this topic

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 by watching something like Angry Birds 2.

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 Actually, to be more honest, I was watching Angry Birds 2.

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 And as I'm watching Angry Birds 2, I thought,

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 wow, this actually sort of fits in with my sermon this week.

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 It was more that way.

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 Now, this isn't much of a spoiler alert.

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 And I don't know how many of you have watched

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 any of the Angry Birds movies.

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 But Angry Birds 2, sort of, I guess,

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 at the end of Angry Birds 1,

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 the red bird is the hero of the movie.

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 And what happens in Angry Birds 2

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 is that everybody's praising him all the time.

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 But it turns out that he has a very deep insecurity.

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 And his deep insecurity goes right from the time

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 he was a tiny, tiny, tiny little chick.

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 And as he grew up as a child and as a teenager,

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 and his great insecurity is that nobody would,

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 that he'd be all alone.

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 And it's not so much that he'd be all alone,

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 because all of us like being alone sometimes,

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 is that he'd be all alone in the sense

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 that nobody wanted to know him,

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 and nobody wanted to have a relationship with him,

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 that he would live,

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 he'd been living his life,

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 in a sense, unknown

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 and not able to know anybody.

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 And so he was reveling

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 in all of this praise,

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 the fact that people,

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 sort of,

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 would notice him.

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 He was reveling in it.

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 But really,

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 as I explain to my grandkids occasionally,

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 I'm sure much,

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 I'm sure they just completely and utterly ignored me.

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 The three-year-old has,

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 far more interested in the cute little red birds

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 and other birds up on the screen

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 than anything her papa's going to say.

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 But anyway,

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 the movie goes around upon this particular theme.

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 It's one of the themes of it.

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 And in fact,

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 the movie is touching on

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 one of the deepest human needs that we have.

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 Human beings have this profound need

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 to know and to be known.

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 Not just to know other people,

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 but to know and to be known.

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 One of the,

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 those of you who struggle with addictions

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 or alcoholism,

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 you might or might not realize this about yourself,

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 but for those of us

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 who've struggled with these types of things,

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 one of the problems that alcoholics and addicts have,

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 and in a sense,

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 it's a human problem,

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 but people who struggle with alcoholism or addictions,

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 they have it at a deeper level,

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 a more profound level,

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 a more potentially life-destroying level.

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 which is they have this deep fear

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 that if people actually got through the surface,

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 the force field that they put out,

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 and got to know them,

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 that people wouldn't like them.

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 That in fact,

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 often alcoholics and addicts

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 have this belief that

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 the more you know them,

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 the less you'll like them.

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 And yet,

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 and so what often they do is,

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 those of us who've struggled with those things,

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 is you try to numb it in some particular way

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 with the drugs or the alcoholism.

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 You're often still consumed with shame

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 at a deep level about yourself,

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 but even though you worry about this,

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 and so you create fronts,

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 and you do all this other type of stuff,

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 at the end of the day,

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 and you might try to numb it,

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 but you have this deep, deep, deep desire

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 to know and to be known

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 that all human beings have.

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 Just a couple of weeks ago,

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 Louise and I had supper with somebody,

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 and the woman's quite a remarkable woman.

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 For the last 15 years,

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 she's been one of the primary caregivers

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 for a youngish woman

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 who has severe cerebral palsy,

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 and she's completely and utterly uncommunicative

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 in terms of being able,

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 she has no verbal skills whatsoever,

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 and basically every single thing

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 that has to be done for her

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 has to be done,

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 she can't do anything herself,

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 everything has to be done for her.

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 She's completely helpless

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 and completely and utterly non-verbal.

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 And this woman has been caring for her,

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 one of the primary caregivers for this woman

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 for 15 years.

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 And I think the young woman's in her early 20s.

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 But one of the things

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 that came out very powerfully

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 as we were talking

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 is that even though this

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 very, very, very, very handicapped woman

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 with severe cerebral palsy

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 is completely non-verbal,

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 she can still communicate,

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 and she still knows,

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 and in fact, actually,

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 she really knows this woman,

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 we'll just call her Sue,

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 that there's in fact

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 a deep relationship

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 between the two of them,

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 even though she has no words.

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 Because, you see,

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 there is this fundamental human desire

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 to know and to be known.

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 And so this woman,

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 her face lights up

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 with a huge smile

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 when she sees Sue,

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 and Sue's face lights up

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 with a big smile,

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 and there's obvious ways,

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 even without having to use words,

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 that they can have a relationship.

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 Obviously not the same

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 as they can with somebody

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 who can speak

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 and all of that type of stuff,

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 but there is this profound relationship

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 that happens between them,

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 and for this woman

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 with the cerebral palsy,

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 she, like all human beings,

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 has this desire to know

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 and to be known.

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 It's a very, very profound

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 human need.

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 So when you hear this idea

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 that unless the triune God

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 revealed himself,

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 you could not know he exists,

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 often what happens

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 is we immediately want to go

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 into all sorts of types

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 of arguments about this.

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 There's obviously some problems

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 with the Christian idea

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 that what Christians would say

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 is that the way

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 that God reveals himself

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 is primarily

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 in four different ways.

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 That on one hand,

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 he reveals himself

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 through nature,

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 and by nature,

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 it's the creation.

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 That on one hand,

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 the conscience in human beings

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 is a bit of an indicator

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 that God exists.

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 The fact that we have minds

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 is a bit of an indicator

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 that God exists.

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 That just the beauty

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 and the grandeur of nature,

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 there are all these

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 different things

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 in the world outside

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 and the world inside of us

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 that in some ways

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 point to the fact

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 that there is a triune God

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 that does actually exist.

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 And then, of course,

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 Christians say

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 it's not just general revelation.

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 There's what's called

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 special revelation.

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 There's the Bible,

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 the Word of God,

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 that God has actually

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 communicated to us

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 with words,

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 that every word

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 ultimately in the Bible,

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 at least in the original manuscript,

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 is the exact word

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 that God wanted to be there

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 and that God communicates

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 through his Word.

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 And then, of course,

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 it's not just a matter

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 of general revelation,

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 the special revelation

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 of his Word,

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 that the preeminent way

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 that he reveals himself

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 is in the person of his Son,

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 in Jesus,

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 in what Jesus did

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 during his life

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 and the words that he said

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 and especially his death

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 upon the cross

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 and his resurrection,

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 that that's the pinnacle

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 of God's revealing himself

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 to human beings.

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 And that it's not just

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 a matter of us

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 knowing some stories

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 and things about Jesus

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 in the past,

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 that what happens

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 is that when God knows us,

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 when God comes

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 into a knowledge of us

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 and we come into

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 a knowledge of him,

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 it's mediated

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 not just by the Word

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 and by knowing Jesus,

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 but the Holy Spirit

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 literally comes

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 and moves in our lives

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 and brings,

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 in a sense,

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 Jesus home to us,

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 the Father home to us,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 comes into us

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 and that we know God.

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 And these are sort of

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 the basic Christian ideas.

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 But at the heart of it all

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 is this fundamental idea

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 that God wants,

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 not just fundamental idea,

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 however we want to talk

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 or think about this doctrine

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 of God revealing himself,

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 it has to always be understood

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 in the context of God,

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 of human beings

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 having this profound desire,

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 this profound need

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 to know

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 and to be known.

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 You see,

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 there's an extra mystery

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 to this,

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 which we all know,

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 and it comes up actually

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 in some of the ways

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 that people respond

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 to the idea

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 of Christian revelation.

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 I remember

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 one of my summer jobs,

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 I had to work

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 as a painter

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 in a bell building,

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 a bell telephone building,

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 and for the summer

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 we were working

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 in repainting

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 those parts of the building

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 that most people don't see.

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 It's where the heating

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 and the whole pile

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 of the behind-the-scene guts

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 of the buildings were

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 and I was with

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 this professional painter

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 and I had to be

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 his assistant

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 and we would paint

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 every day.

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 And he loved

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 to talk about the Bible

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 and loved to talk

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 about theology

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 and one of his big complaints

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 about the Christian faith

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 is that why doesn't God

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 just,

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 if God wants to know me

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 and he wants me

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 to know him,

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 why doesn't it

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 make it more obvious?

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 Like,

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 why doesn't he just show up

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 and appear to me

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 if that's what God

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 actually wants to know?

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 Well,

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 there's different versions

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 of it

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 and as I would talk to him,

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 he'd have different ways

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 of doing it.

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 But here's the thing

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 and I'll tell you

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 some of the things

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 that he would say

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 and they're things

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 which I've heard

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 from many other people

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 over the years.

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 Actually,

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 every criticism of God,

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 in a sense,

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 reveals something about us

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 and it reveals something

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 about us,

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 not just in our relationship

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 with God,

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 but actually the fears

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 and the longings

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 that we have

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 and the problems

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 and idiosyncrasies

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 we have

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 even if we want

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 to know another person.

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 So, for instance,

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 why couldn't God

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 just make some display

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 every night?

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 If he really wanted

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 to be known,

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 if he really wanted

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 you to know him

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 and if he really wanted

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 you to know him

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 and he wanted to know you,

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 why couldn't he make

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 his existence

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 more obvious?

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 So, one of the obvious ways

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 that he could make it

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 more obvious

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 is that, I don't know,

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 every night

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 at five minutes

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 before midnight

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 and he would do it

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 in every time zone

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 from five minutes

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 before midnight

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 to midnight,

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 every night

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 there'd be a big thing

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 in the sky

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 that everybody could see,

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 the appropriate language,

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 all of the appropriate languages,

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 I exist

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 and I want to know you.

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 Like, why wouldn't God

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 do something

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 very, very obvious

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 like that

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 that every human being

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 every night

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 if they wanted to know

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 whether God existed,

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 they just had to be up

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 at five minutes to minute

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 or set their camera

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 or whatever

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 and they could see

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 this sign every night.

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 Why wouldn't God

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 do something like that?

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 If he really wanted

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 to know you

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 and to be known by you,

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 why wouldn't he make

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 his existence

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 far more obvious

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 than general revelation

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 and the Bible

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 and Jesus

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 and the Holy Spirit?

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 But if you think

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 about it for a second,

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 for many, many, many

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 people in the world,

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 if God did something

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 like that,

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 maybe for many of us

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 even here,

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 how would we respond

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 to it?

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 The fact of the matter

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 is that we wouldn't

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 respond to it

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 by saying,

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 good grief,

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 God really does exist.

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 I better allow him

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 to know me

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 and I'm going to allow him

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 to speak his word

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 into my life

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 and I'm going to love him

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 and I'm going to adore him.

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 No.

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 How would most of us react?

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 Why is God so showy?

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 Is he needy?

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 Like,

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 why does God have to do

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 such a big thing

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 like that every night?

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 Like,

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 he's too showy,

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 he's too pushy,

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 he's too needy.

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 Like,

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 you know,

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 God shouldn't reveal himself

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 in that way.

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 That's how we'd respond.

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 If,

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 instead,

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 God was to try

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 to be very present

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 in your consciousness,

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 in your emotions,

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 if he decided

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 to reveal himself

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 in such a way

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 that you could never

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 just evade him,

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 that you always

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 immediately felt him

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 as a very,

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 very,

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 very present power

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 in us,

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 it probably wouldn't

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 lead us to want

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 to worship him.

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 In fact,

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 what we would say

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 is that he's

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 too intrusive,

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 too intimidating,

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 and we would take him

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 to be more like

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 a stalker

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 than a lover.

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 if God was to provide

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 a human being

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 with a knocked-down,

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 dragged-down,

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 unrefutable,

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 logical argument

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 and set of logical arguments

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 for his existence,

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 we would say,

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 why all this cold logic?

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 Why no creativity?

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 Why no love?

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 If God was to only,

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 if God was to give you

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 less evidence

00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:05.440
 for his existence,

00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:06.880
 if he was to give you

00:14:06.880 --> 00:14:07.660
 less evidence

00:14:07.660 --> 00:14:08.300
 than the Bible

00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:08.800
 or Jesus,

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 we'd say,

00:14:09.420 --> 00:14:10.440
 why doesn't he give us more?

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 If we were,

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 if he had only created

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 one religion

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 so that we had

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 absolutely no choice,

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 we'd either have to follow

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 the one religion

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 that he created

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 and he would stop

00:14:20.400 --> 00:14:21.500
 all other religions

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 from existing,

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 our response

00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:25.280
 would always be,

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 I think I could do

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 something a little bit better.

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 And if he forced you

00:14:31.900 --> 00:14:32.680
 to believe in him,

00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:35.180
 well,

00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:35.939
 it would be like

00:14:35.939 --> 00:14:37.219
 when I was a kid

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 and you'd get wrestling

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 with a bully

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 or a bigger kid

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 and they'd get on top of you,

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 they'd finally wrestle you down

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.839
 and they'd say,

00:14:45.959 --> 00:14:46.979
 I'm not going to let you up

00:14:46.979 --> 00:14:47.699
 until you say

00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:48.839
 that I'm better than you.

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 Well,

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.559
 you'd fight against him

00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:51.339
 and fight against him

00:14:51.339 --> 00:14:52.120
 and fight against him

00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:53.319
 and eventually you'd say,

00:14:53.479 --> 00:14:54.019
 okay,

00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:55.079
 you're better than me

00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:56.579
 to get him off of you.

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 But inwardly,

00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:57.759
 you'd say,

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 no,

00:14:58.319 --> 00:14:58.839
 you're not.

00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.300
 you're worse than me.

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 But you wouldn't say it out loud

00:15:03.780 --> 00:15:04.740
 because you want to get up.

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 And that's what would happen

00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.960
 if God was to do something,

00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:07.420
 was to,

00:15:07.660 --> 00:15:07.980
 in a sense,

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 force us to believe in him,

00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:11.060
 that the fact of the matter is,

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 is that if he forced us

00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.200
 to try to believe in him,

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 we'd end up saying,

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.759
 I don't believe in you.

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 In fact,

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 we actually would say

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:18.100
 that we hate him.

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 You see,

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 here's part of the thing,

00:15:22.160 --> 00:15:22.720
 is that not only

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 human beings

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.620
 have this profound

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:27.160
 and deep need

00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:28.720
 to know

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 and to be known.

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 The fact is that

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 when I described

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 how addicts

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 and alcoholics

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 often

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:38.120
 have this

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.040
 deep fear

00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:39.800
 within them

00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:41.160
 that if you really

00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:42.200
 got to know me,

00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.420
 you wouldn't like me,

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.620
 you wouldn't love me,

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 you'd like me less,

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:48.100
 that all of us

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 can resonate with that

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 to some extent.

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 that

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 even for the most

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 narcissistic amongst us,

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 there would still

00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:01.139
 probably be

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:02.340
 a tiny bit of a

00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:03.920
 awkwardness

00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:04.740
 and embarrassment

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.779
 about some of the things

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.680
 that are about us.

00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:11.080
 But at the same time,

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.660
 there's something

00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:12.759
 ornery about us.

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 There's something about us

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 that in terms of,

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.680
 not only we have

00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:16.440
 this deep desire

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.480
 to know and to be known,

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 but we also have this,

00:16:19.180 --> 00:16:19.899
 in fact,

00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:23.159
 sometimes we have

00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.939
 just this profound

00:16:23.939 --> 00:16:24.480
 frustration

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 that we can't know

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 and that we can't be known

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:28.279
 and sometimes we just

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:29.100
 have this profound

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:30.000
 frustration

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.139
 that when we try

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.919
 to make a good friend

00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.000
 or something like that,

00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:34.959
 we put our foot

00:16:34.959 --> 00:16:35.639
 in our mouth,

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 we trip over

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.139
 what we want to do,

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:40.379
 that we come on

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.100
 too strong

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.879
 and force them

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.519
 and then they think

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.679
 we're like a stalker

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:45.319
 or where we come across

00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:46.299
 as too needy.

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:47.819
 The fact of the matter

00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.760
 is that we both

00:16:48.760 --> 00:16:49.379
 want to know

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.080
 and to be known,

00:16:50.260 --> 00:16:51.060
 but there's part of us

00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.860
 that doesn't really

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.440
 want to know

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.120
 and to be known

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.360
 and there's part of us

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.540
 that worry that we'll do it

00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:56.160
 in such a way

00:16:56.160 --> 00:16:57.060
 that it overwhelms

00:16:57.060 --> 00:16:57.600
 our freedom

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 and there's part of us

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 in such a way

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 that makes us worry

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 that we don't want

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 to give up,

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 we don't want to surrender

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 all of ourselves,

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 we're afraid of being

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 fully revealing

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 and that we human beings

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 are very, very complicated

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 and the only solution

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 to most of that stuff

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 is a love,

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 a love that is deep

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 and that is real

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 and that is unchanging

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 is,

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 that's actually connected

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 to wanting to know

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 and to be known

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 is a desire for love

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 because it's,

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 for those of us

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 who've experienced it,

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 one of the great mysteries

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 about great love

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 is that

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 when we are most in love

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 we are both,

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 we feel both most free

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 and most bound

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 to the other person

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 at the same time.

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 And so we human beings

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 are a riddle and a mystery

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 and it's,

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 if we think about that

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 a bit more deeply,

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 it's hard,

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 actually,

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 we start to realize

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 it's actually hard to think

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 that if God wants to know us

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 and to be known by us,

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 that part of the problem

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 with that ever happening

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 is in us.

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 Probably the best text

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 in the Bible

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 to help you understand

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 what it means

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 for God

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 to want to know you

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 and to be known by you

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 is seen

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 in Matthew chapter 11

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 verses 25 to 30,

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 which is what we'll look at

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 just very briefly right now.

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 It was the gospel text

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 which I read

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 and it goes like this.

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 At that time,

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 Jesus declared,

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 I thank you,

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 Father,

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 Lord of heaven and earth,

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 that you have hidden

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 these things

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 from the wise

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 and understanding

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 and revealed them

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 to little children.

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 Yes, Father,

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 for such was

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 your gracious will.

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 All things have been handed over

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 to me by my Father

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 and no one knows

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 the Father,

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 no one knows,

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 sorry,

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 all things have been handed over

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 to me by my Father

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 and no one knows

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 the Son except the Father

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 and no one knows

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 the Father except the Son

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 and anyone to whom

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 the Son chooses

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 to reveal him.

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 Now just sort of,

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 you know,

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 pause there for a second.

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 Here's this very interesting

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 little thing

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 just up a bit before

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 that God has hidden

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 these strings

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 from the wise

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 and understanding

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 but revealed them

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 to little children.

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 You see,

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 the type of knowledge

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 that we ultimately desire

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 to know

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 and to be known

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 is,

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 it's not something

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 that depends upon

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 our IQ.

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 Like,

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 to know,

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 to try to figure out

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 quantum mechanics,

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 to try to figure out

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 some very,

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 very complicated

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 mathematic things

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 requires a particular

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 type of mind,

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 a very,

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 very high IQ.

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 People who can figure out

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 a lot of complicated

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 engineering things

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 or accounting things

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 or are very,

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 very good

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 at amassing

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 a lot of knowledge

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 about history

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 or strategy

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 or technique.

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 It requires high IQs

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 and it requires

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 lots of disciplines

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 and it's a very,

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 very small number

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 of people

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 and the harder

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 the knowledge is,

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 the smaller

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 the number of people are.

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 but we know

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 that that's actually

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 not the type of knowledge.

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 I mean,

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 that's a good knowledge

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 if you have those,

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 that type of mind.

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 Good for you.

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 Use it wisely

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 and well to the glory

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 of God.

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 But that's,

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 that the amazing thing is,

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 is that that type

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 of personal knowledge

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 is something

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 that a person

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 with severe

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 cerebral policy

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 is capable of.

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 A Down syndrome

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 child is capable of.

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 a street person

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 terribly broken

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 by their drug addiction

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 or their alcoholism

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 or their mental illness

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 has the potential

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 to have this type

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 of personal knowing

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 and to know.

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 And so when Jesus says here

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 that it's been hidden

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 from the wise

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 and the learned

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 but made available

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 to children,

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 it's not just talking

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 about a type of humility

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 to receive from Jesus

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 to start to realize

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 that maybe

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 if the problem

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 of knowing

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 and knowing God

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 isn't so much

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 and how God does it

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 but the problem

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 is in me.

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 The problem is

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 that somehow or another

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 there's something

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 broken and angular

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 and both very,

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 very desirous

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 but very,

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 very fearful

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 and very,

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 very confused

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 and the problem

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 is in me

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 that that message

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 about the little child

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 is giving us

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 a bit of a clue

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 that maybe we need

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 to be the,

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 to understand

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 that we need

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 to be the ones

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 to sort of stop

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 for a second

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 and let God be God

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 and for him

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 to do something

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 to reveal himself to us

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 but it's also

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.720
 letting us know

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 that the type

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 of knowing,

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 this type

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:47.059
 of personal knowing,

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:48.259
 this type of love

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.460
 that is ultimately

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.339
 what God wants

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.639
 to communicate to us

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 is something

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 that in fact

00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.919
 even children

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 are capable of,

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 that all human beings

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 are capable of.

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 It's not just something

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 for the intellectual

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 or the IQ elite.

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 It's something

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.839
 which is just

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.740
 deeply human

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 and is available

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 from everything

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 from the tiniest

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 little baby

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.679
 to the most

00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:07.940
 handicapped individual

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:09.419
 to the most broken

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.659
 by illness

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.659
 or addictions

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 to the most brilliant

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 in theory

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 all are capable

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.759
 of having this

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 type of knowing

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.519
 and known

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 and be known

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:21.460
 and which is all

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.640
 characterized by love.

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 And then it's further

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.080
 when Jesus said

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.779
 in verse 27

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.540
 all things have been

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.040
 handed over

00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.560
 to be my,

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.140
 my father

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.900
 and no one knows

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:31.120
 the son except the father

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.180
 and no one knows

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.420
 the father except the son

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.160
 and anyone to whom

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.540
 the son chooses

00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.560
 to reveal him.

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 This is just this doctrine

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.840
 which I said

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.300
 at the beginning

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:41.599
 that unless the triune God

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.980
 wants to reveal himself

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.240
 we could never

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.379
 possibly know him.

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.720
 And Jesus is saying

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.440
 that, you know,

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.139
 at the end of the day

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.079
 all of the Bible

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.559
 all of general revelation

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.579
 all of the Bible

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:54.039
 and by general revelation

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:55.480
 that includes the fact

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.139
 that if you start

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:57.139
 to actually analyze

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:58.139
 and look at your heart

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:59.079
 and if you realize

00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.240
 that there's this desire

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.759
 to know

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:02.379
 this fear of being known

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:04.039
 this desire for love

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.559
 this fear of being loved

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.559
 this, this,

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:08.399
 these false starts

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.580
 these successes

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:11.040
 and all of this complication

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:13.200
 and that that's pointing

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.640
 to that there's some type

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.840
 of a riddle about you

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:18.140
 that unless God comes in

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.700
 in a way

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.320
 that respects your freedom

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:22.720
 and respects your integrity

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.600
 and your dignity

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.940
 and comes in

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.880
 and offers himself

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.360
 in a way

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.180
 that you can receive

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.360
 and does what you cannot

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.080
 do for yourself

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.840
 that you cannot even

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.960
 possibly know him

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.200
 but that all,

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:34.160
 all of the general revelation

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.340
 and special revelation

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.920
 of the Bible

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.140
 all of it culminates

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.259
 in the person of Jesus.

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:40.340
 in his life

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.400
 and his death

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.120
 and his resurrection

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.940
 that he is going

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.640
 to be the one

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:47.100
 that makes it possible

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.980
 for human beings

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.620
 like you and me

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.300
 to know God

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.519
 and to be known by him

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:52.960
 for him to reveal himself.

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.200
 And it's very,

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:58.840
 very interesting

00:23:58.840 --> 00:24:00.019
 because it says

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.440
 all things have been

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.300
 handed over to me

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:03.000
 by my father

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.720
 and no one knows

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.240
 the father

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.700
 and no one knows

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.759
 the son except the father

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.359
 and no one knows

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.440
 the father except the son

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.380
 and anyone to whom

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.019
 the son chooses

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.000
 to reveal him

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.880
 and then we sort of

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.920
 have this pause.

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.160
 Okay, now he's going

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.900
 to say that

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.980
 only people who are

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.180
 same-sex attracted

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.980
 he's going to reveal

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.640
 himself to

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:25.140
 or only those

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.779
 who are other-sex attracted

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.380
 he's going to reveal

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.859
 himself to

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.920
 or only people

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.900
 who are from Africa

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 or only people

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 from a wealthy neighborhood

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.460
 or only people

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 from Asia

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:35.640
 or he's only going

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.140
 to talk about

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.860
 good people

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.460
 or he's only going

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.000
 to reveal himself

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:41.140
 to special people

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.680
 he's only going

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.500
 to reveal himself

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.900
 to people

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.640
 who have positive

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.519
 self-regard

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.400
 or a good sense

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.700
 a good control

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.279
 in their life

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.100
 and are successful

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.819
 or he's only going

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.960
 to reveal himself

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.500
 to those who are broken

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.400
 in particular ways

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.220
 in whatever ways

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.240
 that we try to spin it

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.579
 as if all of a sudden

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.460
 there's going to be

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.940
 some type of a criteria

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.420
 by which Jesus

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.380
 is going to reveal

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:02.420
 the father to us

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.799
 this all comes out

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.559
 but in the very same breath

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.900
 that he says

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:09.000
 that no one knows

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.539
 the father

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 except the son

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.720
 and anyone

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.320
 to whom the son

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:12.500
 chooses to reveal him

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.660
 his very next words

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:15.299
 are come to me

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.559
 all who labor

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.880
 and are heavy laden

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:19.920
 and I will give you rest

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:25.620
 are you same-sex attracted

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.580
 come to me

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.299
 all who labor

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.180
 and are heavy laden

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.820
 are you heterosexual

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.779
 come to me

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.620
 all who labor

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.480
 and are heavy laden

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.279
 are you watching this

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.820
 in Africa

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.920
 or in Singapore

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.380
 or in South America

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:40.360
 or in Rockcliffe Park

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.580
 or in Ledbury

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:43.220
 come to me

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.140
 all who labor

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:45.340
 and are heavy laden

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:47.160
 and I will give you rest

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:50.779
 take my yoke upon you

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.900
 and learn from me

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:53.440
 for I am gentle

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.519
 and lowly in heart

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:56.140
 and you will find rest

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.100
 for your souls

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.419
 for my yoke

00:25:58.419 --> 00:26:00.339
 and my burden

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.899
 is light

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:04.919
 come to me

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.759
 all who labor

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.919
 and are heavy laden

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:08.419
 and I will give you rest

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:10.539
 take my yoke upon you

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.519
 and learn from me

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.139
 for I am gentle

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:14.179
 and lowly in heart

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:15.199
 and you will find rest

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:16.079
 for your souls

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.419
 for my yoke

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.959
 is easy

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:19.079
 and my burden

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.599
 is light

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:24.119
 see the triune God

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.959
 reveals himself

00:26:24.959 --> 00:26:25.659
 to be known

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.980
 and to know you

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.659
 in a covenant of love

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:30.259
 that's the second point

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:32.819
 the triune God

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.599
 reveals himself

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.359
 to be known

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.839
 and to know you

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:38.319
 in a covenant of love

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:42.599
 not in a one night stand

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:45.039
 not in a fling

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.779
 not in an affair

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:54.719
 but in a covenant of love

00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:58.980
 that he desires

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.039
 to reveal himself

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.719
 to you

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:04.399
 so that you will know him

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:06.919
 and he will know you

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:10.600
 and then that knowing of you

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.480
 and knowing of him

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.420
 can be something

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.840
 that will continue

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.440
 and deepen

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.380
 there obviously

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.080
 at your end

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:17.240
 there can be step backs

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.220
 and stepping away

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.019
 and confusion

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.920
 and all of those types

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.600
 of things

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:23.200
 but that he

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.779
 wants to do this

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.800
 to know you

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:27.060
 and to be known by you

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.620
 in a covenant

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.519
 of deep love

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.740
 that respects your freedom

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.680
 and who you are

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.840
 I mean

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.980
 actually if

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:36.640
 here we'll just say

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.160
 one more thing

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.160
 maybe one more story

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.140
 and then we'll bring this

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.620
 to a close

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.420
 if you could put up

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.040
 the third point

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:42.180
 the person words

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.820
 and works

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.880
 a work of Jesus

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.540
 reveals the triune God

00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:46.980
 and redeems all

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.900
 who receive him

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.820
 it's a very simple point

00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:51.800
 but here's the story

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:53.040
 that shows the depth

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:54.360
 the depth of his love

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.620
 if you turn in your Bibles

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.960
 to Luke chapter 23

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.300
 verses 35 to 43

00:27:59.300 --> 00:28:02.480
 Luke 23 verses 35 to 43

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.259
 we have this very wonderful story

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:06.700
 only recorded by Luke

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:09.539
 obviously based on

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.680
 eyewitness testimony

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.519
 of one of the things

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.000
 that happens

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.960
 when Jesus is hanging

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.700
 on the cross

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:17.220
 and here's how

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.160
 the story goes

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.220
 and the people

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.299
 stood by watching

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.500
 but the ruler

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.420
 scoffed at him

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.779
 saying

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.119
 he saved others

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.079
 let him save himself

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.460
 if he is the Christ of God

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.400
 his chosen one

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:30.400
 in other words

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.879
 and then the soldiers

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.880
 also mocked him

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.680
 coming up

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.300
 and offering him

00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:35.000
 sour wine

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.360
 and saying

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:36.080
 if you are the king

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.540
 of the Jews

00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:37.380
 save yourself

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.880
 and there was also

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.540
 an inscription

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.680
 over him

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.700
 this is the king

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.380
 of the Jews

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.820
 and one of the criminals

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.700
 who were hanged

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.340
 railed at him

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.580
 saying

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.540
 are you not the Christ

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.260
 save yourself

00:28:47.260 --> 00:28:47.780
 and us

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:50.020
 you see

00:28:50.020 --> 00:28:50.680
 in other words

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:52.080
 what they wanted

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.920
 was they wanted

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:56.200
 Jesus to reveal himself

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.080
 in a type of way

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.740
 of power

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.980
 that if he had done it

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.480
 it would be like

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:03.259
 knowing your bank statements

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:05.279
 it would be that type

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.039
 of knowledge

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.519
 it would be like

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.279
 seeing the sign

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.019
 in the sky

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:10.000
 that even after you

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.700
 saw the sign

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.160
 in the sky

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.819
 of God revealing

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.579
 himself like that

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.039
 every day

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.400
 you'd still just say

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.860
 well that's just

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.819
 an interesting fact

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.360
 of nature

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.500
 it's not a personal

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.380
 type of knowing

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:20.120
 you see

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.539
 at the heart

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.920
 of all love

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:25.079
 all love

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.079
 is always going

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.140
 to have to involve

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:28.599
 sacrifice

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.819
 after sacrifice

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.000
 a giving of yourself

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.159
 and a giving of yourself

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:34.359
 and even a type

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.019
 of sacrifice

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.359
 to receive love

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.579
 a sacrifice

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.639
 of setting aside

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.419
 your pride

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:42.339
 that you can do this

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.139
 for yourself

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.939
 to receive the gift

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.379
 of love

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:46.480
 from the other person

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.240
 to not think

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.779
 that when

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.179
 a young child

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.799
 tells you a joke

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.199
 that you could tell

00:29:53.199 --> 00:29:54.000
 the joke better

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:56.279
 but to sacrifice

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.299
 those desires

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.940
 of pride

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.599
 and arrogance

00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:00.359
 and to just

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.339
 take great delight

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.519
 that that young child

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.220
 would like to have

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.019
 a conversation

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.539
 with you

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.960
 and that they

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.639
 would share

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.619
 no matter how

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.440
 poorly told

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.159
 that joke

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:11.680
 you see

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.440
 it's the proud

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.159
 and the arrogant

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.899
 and the desire

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.680
 for power

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.399
 the opposite

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.980
 of what Jesus

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.680
 was talking about

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.919
 in Matthew chapter 11

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:19.139
 that keeps us

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.639
 from knowing

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.399
 and being known

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.980
 it's yet another

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:23.119
 reason why he said

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.779
 that unless you're

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.599
 like a little child

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.740
 that it's little children

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.819
 that he reveals it to

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.380
 it's that type

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.259
 of humility

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:30.640
 it's that type

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.900
 of childlike love

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.759
 that both

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.220
 to know another person

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.220
 you're going to have

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.180
 to make sacrifices

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.099
 for the other person

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.559
 and that even

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.559
 in receiving love

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.200
 you need to make

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.160
 sacrifices

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.960
 that put to death

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.559
 your pride

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.640
 to be able to receive

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.240
 that love

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.380
 and that affection

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.539
 from the other person

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.539
 and so here we see

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.380
 that even as Jesus

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.859
 is dying upon the cross

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.900
 the demands

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.420
 of people

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.819
 who are crucifying him

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.799
 and even sharing

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.339
 his death

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.759
 is for him

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.859
 to reveal himself

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.419
 in a way

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:58.180
 which is merely

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.839
 of power

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.619
 which would merely

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.399
 be that we know

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.579
 something about him

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.980
 but given that God

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.319
 wants to reveal himself

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.359
 in such a way

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.839
 that you can know him

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.980
 and be known by him

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.419
 in a covenant of love

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:12.019
 and given that you're worried

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.579
 and should be

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.399
 that he's going to do

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.339
 something to overwhelm

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.779
 your freedom

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.940
 and also just worried

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.919
 about your own inability

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.940
 to really love

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.799
 that even your best

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.919
 relationships of love

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.940
 on this side of the grave

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:23.220
 are often filled

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.779
 with things

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.420
 that constantly

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.339
 need forgiveness

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.680
 and other types

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.380
 of intervention

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.100
 of grace

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.740
 to make up

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.640
 for your mistakes

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.539
 and your inabilities

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.720
 and your weak

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.680
 and your lacks

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.600
 and your brokenness

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.100
 and the things

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.519
 that you do

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.600
 that are just wrong

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:38.440
 and that what we really need

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.240
 is on one hand

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.120
 within the context

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:41.360
 of a covenant of love

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:43.299
 is by respecting

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.900
 our freedom

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.920
 and knowing us

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.860
 as we really are

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:47.120
 with nothing left out

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:48.539
 every single wart

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:50.279
 every single bad thing

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.000
 every shame

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.720
 every excellence

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.660
 to have that type

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.620
 of perfect knowledge

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:56.120
 which is shown to us

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.620
 in a sacrificial love

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:59.100
 and God doing

00:31:59.100 --> 00:32:00.180
 what we cannot do

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.180
 but not overwhelming

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.759
 our freedom

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.220
 but respecting who we are

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.400
 and still an act of love

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.380
 that's what we need

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.279
 from God

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:10.779
 and we can only receive it

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.620
 if we put down

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.640
 our weapons

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.539
 and just say

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.519
 God I don't know

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.980
 what on earth

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.500
 you could do

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.039
 with a mess

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.639
 a person like me

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:22.539
 and that's where

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.019
 the next part

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.559
 of the story

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.500
 is so powerful

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:27.379
 verse 40

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.500
 but the other

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.559
 rebuked him

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:29.859
 saying

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.960
 do you not fear God

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.700
 since you are under

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.619
 the same sentence

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.539
 of condemnation

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.000
 and we indeed

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.619
 justly

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:37.220
 for we are receiving

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.019
 the due reward

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.779
 of our deeds

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.659
 but this man

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:41.220
 has done nothing wrong

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:43.140
 and then he turns

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.019
 to Jesus

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:46.319
 now Jesus knows

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.440
 that this guy

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.720
 is not a good guy

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:52.559
 his

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.240
 this guy

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.779
 has already

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.660
 just publicly

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.240
 confessed

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.600
 that he deserves

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.240
 to die

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.200
 whatever he did

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.980
 that was wrong

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.019
 it has led him

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.620
 to this point

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.299
 in his life

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.200
 that he deserves

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.839
 to die

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.920
 and there is

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.140
 nothing he can do

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.360
 to fix that

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:11.259
 he can't

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.939
 all of a sudden

00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:12.479
 say I'm going to

00:33:12.479 --> 00:33:12.979
 learn how to do

00:33:12.979 --> 00:33:13.740
 the Hail Marys

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.279
 I'm going to learn

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.019
 how to use

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.979
 the book of Common Prayer

00:33:15.979 --> 00:33:16.439
 I'm going to have

00:33:16.439 --> 00:33:17.719
 a charismatic experience

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:19.039
 I'm going to start

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.059
 to clean up my act

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.599
 I'm going to stop

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.000
 drinking

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.619
 I'm going to stop

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.299
 doing drugs

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.000
 I'm going to stop

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.740
 doing all these

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.699
 you know all the

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.779
 affairs I had

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.659
 I'm going to start

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.579
 making some money

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.159
 I'm going to get

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:29.059
 my life in control

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.519
 I'm going to go

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.899
 he can do nothing

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:33.699
 he's hanging up

00:33:33.699 --> 00:33:34.899
 there on a cross

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:38.000
 and he's doomed

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:41.200
 and he turns

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.740
 to Jesus

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.980
 and says

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:46.880
 Jesus remember me

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.559
 when you come

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.440
 into your kingdom

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:51.819
 he's like this

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.359
 other famous

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.259
 story in the gospel

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:55.079
 where Jesus says

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.519
 you know the

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.579
 the proud religious

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.319
 person says

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.880
 look at me

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.500
 I do this

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.140
 I do this

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.819
 I do this

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.519
 boom boom boom

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.019
 boom boom boom

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.460
 boom boom

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.240
 alpha male

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.700
 and then there's

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.359
 other person

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.799
 who's lived

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.980
 a completely

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.799
 disreputable life

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.360
 and all he does

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.900
 is stand at the

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.440
 back and says

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.460
 have mercy upon me

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.779
 a sinner

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.259
 doesn't even look

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.880
 his eyes to heaven

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.719
 and Jesus says

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.039
 the man who was

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.599
 at the back

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.719
 he's the one

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.239
 who wants home

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.659
 forgiven

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:18.019
 not the guy

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:19.059
 who just parades

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.880
 all of his things

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:22.279
 and so this guy

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:23.259
 says Jesus

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.059
 remember me

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.539
 when you come

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.279
 into your kingdom

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:26.800
 I mean he sees

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.259
 with the eyes

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.679
 of faith

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.099
 that Jesus

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.840
 actually is

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.679
 the king of kings

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.500
 the king of love

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.340
 the king of beauty

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:33.059
 the king of peace

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:35.860
 that his kingdom

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.619
 is the one

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.659
 that is characterized

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.920
 as what I call

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.440
 the covenant

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.059
 of love

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.099
 that's what the

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.059
 bible calls it

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:45.619
 he literally

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.759
 can say to Jesus

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:48.119
 nothing in my hands

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.679
 I bring

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.699
 simply to you

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.279
 I cling

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:52.960
 and Jesus'

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.119
 response to him

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.860
 is truly

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.719
 I say

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.299
 to you

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.880
 today

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.099
 you will be

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.779
 with me

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.920
 in paradise

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.920
 today

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.700
 you will be

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.619
 with me

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.200
 in paradise

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:10.480
 you see

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.200
 the triune God

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.059
 reveals himself

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.639
 to be known

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.500
 and to know you

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.119
 in a covenant

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.760
 of love

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:21.240
 Jesus knows

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.200
 every single thing

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.680
 about you

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.260
 when he dies

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.700
 for you

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:25.400
 and still he dies

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.240
 for you out of love

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:28.420
 and he doesn't

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.000
 expect you

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.880
 to fix yourself

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.660
 to be with him

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.460
 and to know him

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:33.140
 he has to do

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.680
 it all

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:35.480
 and he just

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.340
 asks for you

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.940
 to stand

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.640
 and come into

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.380
 his presence

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.559
 and humbly

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.980
 say

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:41.820
 Jesus take me

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.200
 as your

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:43.940
 as your own

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.099
 be my savior

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:46.019
 and be my lord

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:49.800
 hard for me

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.400
 to believe

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.940
 that your desire

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.480
 is to know me

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.059
 in a covenant

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.579
 of love

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.160
 and to have me

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.539
 know you

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.059
 in a covenant

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.680
 of love

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:58.380
 that begins

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.039
 on this side

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.659
 of the grave

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.079
 and will go

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.920
 to all eternity

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:05.000
 but just as you

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.739
 said to the thief

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.340
 on the cross

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.400
 today I say to you

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.019
 today you will be

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.900
 with me in paradise

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.779
 I claim that

00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.519
 prayer promise

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.219
 is my own

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:13.579
 that I trust

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.219
 that what you did

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.820
 on the cross

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.519
 is good enough

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.840
 to make me your own

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.940
 and your covenant

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.659
 of love for all

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.059
 eternity

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.759
 that you can do

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.820
 what I cannot do

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:27.360
 you can come

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.820
 into me

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.380
 and make your

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.019
 home in me

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.620
 and fit me

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.080
 for heaven

00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:30.559
 and be my

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.360
 hope for glory

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.740
 reveal yourself

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.340
 to me

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.800
 and start to

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.720
 so free me up

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.220
 as I think

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.960
 upon your death

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.760
 upon the cross

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.260
 and your great

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.940
 love for me

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.840
 that I can start

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.820
 to reveal myself

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.539
 to you

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:43.120
 knowing that

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.740
 you will not

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.559
 be ashamed

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:47.360
 or turn your face

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.320
 away in disgust

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.720
 at anything

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.780
 I share with you

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:54.700
 but that your

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.420
 response will

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.320
 always be to me

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.800
 child

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.160
 child

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:59.340
 child

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:02.960
 let me know

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.460
 you more

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:06.700
 please come

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.420
 higher into me

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.840
 and know me

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.400
 more

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.740
 invite you all

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.340
 to stand

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:14.840
 let's bow our

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.460
 heads in prayer

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:29.680
 father

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:31.380
 we give you

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.940
 thanks and

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.400
 praise

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.660
 that you

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.360
 desire to

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.960
 know us

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.519
 in a covenant

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.120
 of love

00:37:36.120 --> 00:37:38.400
 and we give

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.880
 you thanks

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.460
 and praise

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.980
 that when we

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.340
 put our

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.780
 faith and

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.280
 trust in

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.580
 Jesus

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:42.700
 we enter

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.100
 into that

00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.500
 covenant

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.000
 of love

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.480
 with you

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.880
 that we

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.420
 are in

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.820
 Jesus

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.340
 and he

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.900
 is in

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.300
 us

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.700
 that the

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.480
 Holy Spirit

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.559
 brings us

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.119
 into that

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.519
 covenant

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.179
 of love

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.019
 and that

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.260
 you will

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.760
 never let

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.219
 us go

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:56.199
 and we

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.519
 give you

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.079
 thanks and

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.380
 praise

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.800
 father

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.579
 that you

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.920
 who are

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.360
 infinite

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.880
 Lord

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.199
 Jesus

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.760
 Christ

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.099
 you

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.420
 who are

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.760
 infinite

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.500
 Holy Spirit

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.760
 you

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.019
 who are

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.440
 infinite

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:06.860
 that your

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.300
 love is

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.760
 infinite

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.500
 your goodness

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.900
 and your

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.199
 beauty

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.860
 is infinite

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:11.780
 and that

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.599
 our small

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.079
 beginning

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.960
 steps of

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.480
 knowing you

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.820
 and being

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.380
 known by

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.820
 you on

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.219
 this side

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.440
 of the

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.860
 grave

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:18.019
 can

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.539
 continue

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.159
 on and

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.639
 on and

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.159
 on into

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.639
 the depths

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.199
 of eternity

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.599
 and never

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.339
 be exhausted

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:23.079
 because you

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.460
 are the

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.879
 infinite

00:38:23.879 --> 00:38:24.339
 beauty

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:25.460
 and infinite

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.019
 goodness

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:27.099
 and infinite

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.559
 love

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:30.879
 and we

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.179
 give you

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.719
 thanks and

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.339
 praise that

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:32.599
 you have

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.960
 made us

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.659
 for yourself

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.759
 as Augustine

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.119
 said

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.639
 and that

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.219
 it is only

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.859
 in you

00:38:37.859 --> 00:38:38.819
 that our

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.559
 hearts begin

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.799
 to know

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:41.519
 the rest

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:43.199
 the rest

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:44.460
 the wholeness

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.239
 and completeness

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.000
 that you desire

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.420
 for your

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.820
 children

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.260
 for all

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.659
 eternity

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:49.980
 so father

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.460
 we give you

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.000
 thanks and

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.460
 praise

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.980
 that you

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.559
 are god

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.360
 that jesus

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.800
 is our

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.179
 savior

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.639
 that the

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.239
 holy spirit

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.900
 brings us

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.519
 to jesus

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.079
 and brings

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.440
 us to

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.699
 you

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.940
 and we

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.360
 ask that

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.639
 you would

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.019
 do your

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.599
 work more

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:00.940
 and more

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.619
 in us

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.920
 today

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:05.119
 to the

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.460
 end

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.760
 and all

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.099
 this we

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.619
 ask in the

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.960
 name of

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.519
 jesus your

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.900
 son and

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.420
 our savior

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.420
 amen

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:12.559
 for

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.440
 your

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.440
 family

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.840
 one

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.260
 one

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:21.860
 one

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.980
 one

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.260
 two

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:28.059
 three

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:33.039
 one

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:39.960
 one

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:39.980
 one