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 kids, rooted folks, you are dismissed.

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 If you would open up your Bibles to 1 John chapter 5,

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 we're going to be looking at verses 13 through 19.

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 This, we're almost home in 1 John.

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 We've got one more sermon after this next week,

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 and it is a really peculiar voice verse,

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 but that's for next week.

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 Hear God's word.

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 This is 1 John chapter 5, verses 13 through 19.

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 May God bless the reading and the hearing of his word.

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 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God

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 that you may know that you have eternal life.

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 And this is the confidence that we have toward him,

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 that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask,

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 we know that we have the request that we have asked of him.

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 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death,

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 he shall ask, and God will give him life

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 to those who commit sins that do not lead to death.

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 There is sin that leads to death.

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 I do not say that one should pray for that.

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 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

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 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning,

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 but he who was born of God protects him,

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 and the evil one does not touch him.

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 We know that we are from God,

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 and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.

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 May God bless the reading and hearing of his word.

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 Imagine, you go to Stein's Garden Center because you've got a green thumb.

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 You walk out with a little baby hosta.

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 Hostas are kind of broad-leafed ground cover for gardens and yards.

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 You bring that hosta back.

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 You plant it right where you want it,

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 but unbeknownst to you,

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 that soil which you planted your little baby hosta in is toxic.

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 And it's not just a lack of nutrients and a lack of water.

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 Someone spilled 50 gallons of formaldehyde on it

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 three years before you didn't know about it.

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 Nothing grows there.

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 So over the course of a couple days,

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 you're looking out on your little hosta that you've just planted,

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 and you watch its leaves turn a pale, sickly yellow.

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 They shrivel and wilt.

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 You watch your hosta languish

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 because it's been planted in toxic soil.

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 There are Christians born of God,

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 genuine, languishing,

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 because they've planted themselves in the toxic soil of the world.

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 Thinking that the world gives life,

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 they languish.

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 Do you have a line of sight

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 on a brother or sister in Christ

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 who is languishing in sin?

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 Maybe their obedience to Jesus,

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 their belief in Jesus,

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 is turning a pale yellow.

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 Their obedience to God's commandments are shriveling.

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 Their love for other Christians

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 is wilting.

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 Maybe you're hearing this,

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 and you're thinking,

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 I'm languishing.

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 That's me.

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 Well, this morning,

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 the claim of this passage,

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 four words,

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 pray boldly,

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 pray lovingly.

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 Pray boldly,

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 pray lovingly.

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 John's closing out his letter here,

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 urging Christians to pray boldly and lovingly

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 for languishing brothers and sisters in the Lord.

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 And he does so by urging us

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 with four truths that embolden your prayer life.

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 And so,

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 that is the outline.

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 I know there's a lot of blanks on your outline.

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 It might be overwhelming.

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 Some of you love to fill out blanks.

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 I'm glad for that.

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 But let's look at this first,

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 first truth to embolden your prayer life.

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 One,

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 be assured

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 of eternal life.

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 We see that in verse 13.

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 I write these things to you

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 who believe in the name of the Son of God

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 that you may know

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 that you have eternal life.

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 When John writes,

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 I write these things,

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 you know what he's talking about?

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 He's talking about

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 the first four and a half chapters

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 of 1 John.

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 All of that he's written.

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 I've written you all of these things

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 to you who believe in the name of the Son of God

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 that you may know,

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 be confident of,

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 assured of

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 your eternal life.

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 And all throughout 1 John,

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 he's been rolling through these three tests.

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 Remember?

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 The doctrine test.

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 The belief test.

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 Do you believe that Jesus is totally God,

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 totally man,

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 who came in love

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 to die for your sins

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 so that you could live for him?

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 That's the belief test.

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 And then there's the obedience test.

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 Trusting and obeying

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 all of God's commands

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 because they're not burdensome.

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 They're joy.

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 And then there's the final love test.

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 Are you laying down your life

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 for other blood-bought

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 brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 regardless of whether they're like you

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 or unlike you?

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 These are the things

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 that John has been telling,

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 writing about.

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 This little kind of purpose clause

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 that you may know

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 that you have eternal life,

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 that sentence could summarize

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 the entire book of 1 John.

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 It's all here

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 to assure those born of God

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 that they have eternal life.

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 And remember,

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 this belief, obedience, love,

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 it is a package deal

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 when you're born of God

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 and you're granted eternal life

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 all by God's grace.

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 It's not like you have belief

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 without obedience and love.

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 It's all together.

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 It's the fruit of eternal life.

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 Come home.

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 And I just want to remind you

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 of one other thing.

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 When John is writing about

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 eternal life,

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 he's writing about something

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 that Christians have now.

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 It's not just a promise

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 that we're looking forward to.

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 It's a reality

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 that we are to experience now.

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 And so for a Christian,

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 eternal life doesn't begin

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 when you breathe your last breath.

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 Eternal life begins

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 when you breathe out

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 your first Jesus is my Lord.

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 The moment of your regeneration

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 and conversion.

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 This is life in the sun.

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 I have an older brother,

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 friend,

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 a Christian brother,

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 who chronically struggles

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 with his assurance.

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 He became a Christian early on

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 and then he spent a couple years

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 replanting himself in the world

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 and he languished there.

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 God revitalized him

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 by his spirit.

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 There was repentance.

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 He turned from that again

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 and turned back to Jesus.

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 But ever since,

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 he has these long shadows

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 cast from that time period

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 that make him question

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 whether he belongs to Jesus or not.

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 So do you know what I regularly do

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 with our brother?

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 I say,

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 brother,

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 do you believe that Jesus

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 is totally God

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 and totally man

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 who came in the flesh

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 in love for you

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 to die for you

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 so that you can live for him?

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 Do you believe that?

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 Yeah,

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 I believe it.

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 I waver,

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 but I believe it.

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 Brother,

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 are you seeking to

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 obey,

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 actively obey

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 all that God has commanded you?

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 I'm trying.

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 I fail,

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 but I'm trying.

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 Brother,

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 are you seeking to love

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 your brothers and sisters

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 as Jesus loved you,

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 as he laid down his life for you?

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 I'm trying,

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 but I regularly fail.

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 When we can move one another

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 onto what Christ has done for us,

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 that's where assurance is,

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 his finished work.

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 These tests

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 of belief

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 and obedience

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 and love,

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 they're the definitive evidence,

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 they're the fruit

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 of eternal life

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 having really

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 taken root

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 in you.

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 Now,

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 you may be thinking right now,

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 Mike,

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 it sounds like this is a sermon

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 on assurance.

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 I thought you were talking about prayer.

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 This is about prayer.

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 And here's why.

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 In order to pray with boldness,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 you must first

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 be assured

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 of God's love for you.

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 In order for you to pray boldly,

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 you must be assured

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 of eternal life.

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 So how's your prayer life?

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 Well,

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 if your prayer life

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 is more like a prayer desert

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 than a prayer jungle,

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 maybe it's because

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 you've been languishing

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 under fear

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 instead of flourishing

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 in the rich soil

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 of God's love.

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 God's love

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 makes for nutrient-rich soil

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 for a vibrant prayer life.

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 So to pray boldly,

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 to pray lovingly,

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 you first need to be assured

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 of eternal life.

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 Second,

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 the second truth

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 to embolden your prayer life.

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 Be bold

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 in asking your Father.

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 Be bold

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 in asking your Father.

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 This is in verses 14 and 15.

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 And this is the confidence.

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 You see that word confidence

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 in the ESV?

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 Great word.

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 Freedom from fear.

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 No fear.

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 Freedom

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 from fear

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 towards Him,

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 your great God.

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 No fear.

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 fear.

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 You move towards Him

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 without any reservation

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 at all.

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 God's love.

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 And John has a particular

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 kind of confidence in mind.

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 It's a prayerful confidence,

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 a prayerful assurance.

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 This is the confidence

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 we have towards Him

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 that if we ask anything,

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 He hears us.

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 This is a prayerful confidence.

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 Remember,

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 in Luke 11,

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 Jesus is teaching on prayer.

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 It's what I quoted from.

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 Steve's going to close

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 the service on it.

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 It's a section in prayer.

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 And Jesus says at one point,

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 ask

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 and you will receive.

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 Our assurance

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 of God's love

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 leads to

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 boldness

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 in our asking.

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 I've got to show you

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 the qualification though.

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 You've got to be sure

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 you're seeing it

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 because it's not like

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 God is saying,

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 ask whatever your sinful

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 heart wants

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 and I'll sign a check for it.

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 Look what He says

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 in verse 14

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 that if we ask anything

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 according to His will,

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 He hears us.

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 The other place

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 that John talks about

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 God's will

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 in 1 John

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 is 1 John 2

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 verses 15-17

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 specifically

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 in verse 17

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 but this is the section

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 where God says

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 very clearly

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 do not love the world

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 or the things in the world.

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 You've been called out

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 of the world,

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 don't blend back

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 into the world.

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 Don't love it like that.

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 It's not my will.

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 And then He goes on to say,

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 starts talking about

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 some of the things

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 in the world,

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 the desires of the flesh,

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 unchecked sexual cravings.

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 He talks about

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 the desires of the eyes,

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 unreserved covetousness.

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 And He talks about

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 the pride of life,

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 this sense of

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 it's all about me.

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 the desires of the flesh,

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 not God's will.

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 The desires of the eyes,

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 not God's will.

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 The pride of life,

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 not God's will.

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 And if you've planted

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 yourself in those,

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 do you know what's going

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 to happen to you,

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 brother, sister in Christ?

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 You will languish.

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 Your faith

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 will turn a pale yellow.

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 You will languish.

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 What is God's will?

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 Well, John has been telling us

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 over and over again.

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 It's growing

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 in a vibrant belief

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 in who Jesus is.

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 Totally God,

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 totally man.

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 It's obeying

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 all that God commands.

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 That's God's will for us.

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 It's God's will for us

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 to love one another

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 with a sacrificial

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 lay your life down love.

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 That's God's will for us.

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 That's His will.

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 That's what He wants.

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 That's eternal life

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 flourishing in a Christian.

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 When we obey Jesus

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 more and more,

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 love Jesus,

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 own more and more,

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 and believe Jesus

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 again and again

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 with deeper resolve.

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 So eternal life

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 is a flourishing.

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 And we ask our Father

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 for boldness,

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 boldly ask Him

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 for things

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 that will cause us

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 to flourish.

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 Makes us bold.

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 That's why John says,

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 we see these two

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 we knows in verse 15,

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 and if we know

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 that He hears us

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 in whatever we ask,

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 we know that we have

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 the request

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 that we have asked of Him.

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 If you're asking God

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 for greater faith,

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 that pleases your Father.

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 You'll bring it to pass.

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 You'll increase your faith.

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 If you're praying,

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 asking for greater obedience

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 to more of God's commands

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 that delights your Father,

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 He's like,

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 I love you,

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 I'm loaded,

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 I'll give it to you.

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 If you want to grow in love,

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 that's right up God's alley.

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 Ask for these things.

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 And when you ask,

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 you can be assured

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 He's going to give it.

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 When our God,

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 when it comes to asking

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 requests of our Father,

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 He is no miser.

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 When I was a young dad,

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 we'd bring our kids

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 to Chuck E. Cheese

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 because I was

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 a high-end ruler.

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 We'd get in there,

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 you have different packages

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 you can buy.

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 We had to do

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 the 30 token package.

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 This is before Mary

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 was with us,

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 we had three kids.

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 Which meant,

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 each of my kids

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 get ten tokens each.

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 Which means,

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 they get two and a half

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 arcade games.

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 That's it.

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 And then,

00:15:36.180 --> 00:15:37.139
 Steve Salvati,

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 my dad,

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 takes all of us

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 to Funway Amusement Center

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 in Batavia, Illinois.

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 With this huge,

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 huge arcade setup.

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 He says to my children,

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 go have fun.

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 Here's some tokens.

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 And then one of my children

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 was like,

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 well, what happens

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 when we run out?

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 My dad reaches

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 into his pockets,

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 pulls out

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 like hundreds of tokens,

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 and he says,

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 I'm loaded.

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 His will was made clear.

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 Go enjoy.

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 I've got all the tokens

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 you need.

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 Our Heavenly Father

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 has made his will clear.

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 He wants us to flourish.

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 He wants our eternal lives

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 to flourish.

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 flourish.

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 So we,

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.440
 he says,

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 ask me,

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 and I will give you

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 what you need

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 to flourish.

00:16:47.680 --> 00:16:48.860
 He's no miser.

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 He gives the Holy Spirit

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 to those who ask.

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 He gives the Holy Spirit

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 so we flourish

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 in our faith in Jesus.

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 He gives the Holy Spirit

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 so we flourish

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 in our obedience

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 to Jesus.

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 and he gives us

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 the Holy Spirit

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 so that we flourish

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 in our love

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 for one another

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 because it gets challenged.

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 Our Heavenly Father

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 is no miser.

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 He gives in superabundance.

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 He's a life giver.

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 He gives according

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 to his will.

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 So knowing that

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 your Heavenly Father

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:28.420
 loves you like that

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 and he is loaded,

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:32.180
 loaded with life,

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 what's keeping you

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.339
 from asking him?

00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:37.920
 What's keeping you

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:39.039
 from boldly going to him?

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 That night,

00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.279
 my kids went back

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 to my dad

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.519
 again and again

00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.259
 with boldness.

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 Can I have more tokens?

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 They knew he got it.

00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.279
 He knew he was loaded

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 and he loved them.

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 We go to our Heavenly Father

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.579
 with confidence,

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.160
 boldness.

00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.640
 He's not going to say,

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:57.079
 maybe a little bit

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:58.500
 for, you know,

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:58.980
 obedience.

00:17:59.640 --> 00:17:59.960
 He's going to,

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.920
 I'm going to lavish you

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.720
 with the life you need.

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.140
 He's going to,

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 so two questions

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.660
 for you.

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 Are you being bold

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 in your asking

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.960
 your loving

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.059
 and loaded

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.119
 Heavenly Father

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:15.099
 for what

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.519
 he alone can give?

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.279
 Are you boldly

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 asking for it?

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 Are you,

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.299
 second,

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.299
 are you asking

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:24.859
 your Heavenly Father

00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:26.519
 according to his will,

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.700
 your will be done,

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.640
 hallowed be your name?

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 Are you not getting

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 the things you're asking for?

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 Are you asking

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.560
 for the right things?

00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:41.380
 Are you asking

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.560
 according to his will?

00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.780
 Be bold

00:18:43.780 --> 00:18:45.920
 in asking your Father

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.360
 for the life

00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:48.360
 that he alone

00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:49.120
 can give.

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.140
 Be bold.

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.340
 He's loaded.

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.660
 Be bold,

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 be loving.

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 Third point.

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 The third truth

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.140
 to embolden

00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.940
 your prayer life,

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.380
 be loving

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.740
 when praying

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:06.819
 for your siblings.

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.980
 In verses 14 and 15,

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.539
 what we were just

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.140
 looking at,

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:11.819
 this,

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 this,

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:13.700
 this encouragement

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.380
 to pray

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.160
 and be bold,

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:17.059
 it's kind of general

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:18.419
 and then in verses

00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:19.480
 16 and 17,

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 it's specifically

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.399
 applied.

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 Let me read

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 16 and 17.

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 If anyone sees

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.879
 his brother committing

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.279
 a sin,

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.139
 not leading to death,

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.500
 he shall ask

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:33.059
 and God will give him

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.460
 life

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:35.299
 to those who commit

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.139
 sins that do not

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.940
 lead to death.

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.899
 There is sin

00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.919
 that leads to death.

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.899
 I do not say

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 that one should pray

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.399
 for that.

00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.639
 All wrongdoing is sin,

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.359
 but there is sin

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.119
 that does not lead

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.539
 to death.

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 And I'm guessing

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.279
 that there are several

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.220
 of you in this room

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.599
 right now

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.619
 or watching online

00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.720
 and when you hear

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.399
 about the sin

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:51.240
 that leads to death,

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:51.879
 you're like,

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.139
 whoa,

00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:56.319
 what's that?

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.180
 Because what you

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.119
 really want to know

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.920
 is not what it is,

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:03.319
 you really want to know,

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.779
 am I doing that?

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.480
 Remember,

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.799
 1 John 4, 19,

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.079
 perfect love

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.919
 casts out fear.

00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:20.379
 And don't forget,

00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:23.240
 this is about praying.

00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:27.279
 So what is meant

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.359
 by death here?

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.439
 If you notice

00:20:29.439 --> 00:20:30.980
 in verse 16 and 17,

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.199
 that word death

00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:33.339
 shows up four times

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.460
 whenever you see a word

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:36.059
 that's repeated like that,

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:37.059
 it's carrying some emphasis.

00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:38.980
 So we've got to ask

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.419
 the question,

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:39.679
 well,

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.619
 what does John mean

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.179
 by death?

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.839
 Is he talking about

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.500
 physical death?

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.179
 Is he talking about

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.839
 eternal death?

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:45.220
 So that's where we step out

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.519
 and say,

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:45.919
 well,

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.779
 what is the context

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.259
 all about?

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:48.399
 What can we learn

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.059
 about this word

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.819
 from the context

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.500
 of 1 John?

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.559
 And the word death

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.399
 doesn't show up

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 super frequently,

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 but you know what

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.539
 the word does?

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 The opposite of death,

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 which is life.

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 And what kind of life

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 shows up very frequently

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.379
 in 1 John?

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 Eternal life.

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 Last week,

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 I gave you a tour de life

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 in 1 John.

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 I showed you

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.400
 that Jesus

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 in 1 John 1-2,

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 he is the life manifest.

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 He is the eternal life

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 carnate.

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 He is life

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 that John

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 and the apostles,

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 they heard

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 and they touched

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 and they saw.

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 We learned in

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.040
 chapter 2,

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 verse 25,

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 that in Jesus

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 is the promise

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 of eternal life.

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 We learned in 3.14

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 that we know

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 that we have passed

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 out of death

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 into life

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 because we love

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 the brothers.

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 In 4.9,

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 in this,

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 the love of God

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 was made manifest

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 among us,

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 that God sent

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 his only son

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 into the world

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 so that we might

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 live through him.

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 What kind of life?

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 Well, let's look

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 at 1 John 5.

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 Last week,

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 verse 11 and 12,

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 and this is the testimony

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 that God gave us

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 eternal life

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 and this life

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 is in his son.

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 Whoever has the son

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 has the life,

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 eternal life.

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 And whoever does not

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 have the son of God

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 does not have life,

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 which is a way

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 of negative,

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 you make the life negative

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 and what you're actually

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 talking about

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 is death.

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 And so what's implied

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 in verse 12

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 is made explicit

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 in verse 16 and 17.

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 it's got to be

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 eternal death.

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 Which I'm thinking now,

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:41.299
 you're really wondering,

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 well, what is the sin

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 that leads to

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 eternal death

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 and am I committing it?

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 The stakes are high,

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 aren't they?

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 The key,

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:57.280
 thank you Bob Yarborough,

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.460
 Colin Cruz

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 for your help this week.

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 The key

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.780
 to understanding this

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 is one word

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 in verse 16.

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 It's the word

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 brother.

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 If anyone sees,

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 if any Christian

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 sees his Christian

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 brother or sister

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 committing

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.920
 a sin,

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 literally

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 sinning sin,

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 not leading to death,

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 he shall ask

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 and God will give him

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 life

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 to those

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 who commit sins

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 that do not lead

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 to death.

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 The best way

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.740
 to understand it,

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 it's not

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 what is the sin,

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 it's who's doing

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 the sinning.

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 John is referencing

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.059
 in verse 16

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 a Christian

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 who is sinning.

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 One born of God.

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 We already know

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 that's very possible

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 not just from

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 our experiences

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 but from the fact

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:02.000
 that if we confess

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.460
 our sins,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.519
 he's faithful and just

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.940
 to forgive our sins

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.480
 and cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 We know it from the fact

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.180
 in 1 John chapter 2

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 verses 1 and 2

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 my little children

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 I'm writing these things

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 to you so that

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 you may not sin

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 but if anyone does sin

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.559
 and we sin,

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.920
 we have an advocate

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.559
 with the Father,

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.799
 Jesus Christ the righteous,

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 our protector.

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 He is the propitiation

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.319
 for our sins

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 and not for ours only

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 but also for the sins

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:31.440
 of the whole world.

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 So here's how

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.019
 to understand this.

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.039
 Verse 16,

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 the sin that

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 does not lead to death,

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.840
 it's who's doing

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.299
 the sin.

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.000
 It's one born of God.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.019
 Of course it's not

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.819
 going to lead to death

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.680
 because that sin

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:46.000
 has been propitiated

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.019
 by Jesus.

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.839
 So what then

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.619
 is the sin

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.519
 that leads to death?

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.379
 If the logic follows,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.200
 it's who

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:01.119
 is doing that sinning.

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:05.279
 Anyone not born of God.

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:08.759
 those who are

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:10.579
 card-carrying members

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.180
 of the world.

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 And if you're a Christian,

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.319
 you used to be

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.839
 in that club.

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.119
 So what does

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.440
 John mean then

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.119
 at the end

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:23.599
 of verse 16

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.259
 when he says,

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.559
 there is sin

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.299
 that leads to death.

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.160
 I do not say

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:29.019
 that one should pray

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.379
 for that.

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.500
 We hear that

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.879
 and we're like,

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.319
 oh,

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.119
 is the apostle John

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.639
 telling me

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.540
 I cannot pray

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:36.860
 for my non-Christian child.

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.220
 Is that what he's saying?

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.080
 Well, we know

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:42.300
 that's not what he's saying

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:44.120
 because the apostle Paul

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:45.100
 in Romans 10,

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.640
 1,

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.240
 says in terms of

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.200
 his unbelieving

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.340
 Jewish friends,

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.440
 it's his heart,

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.020
 desire,

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.620
 and prayer

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:53.259
 that they would

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.140
 be saved.

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.840
 So what is he getting at?

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:58.959
 What is this advice

00:25:58.959 --> 00:25:59.619
 that he's giving?

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.559
 Well, again,

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.839
 a little historical context

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.379
 is helpful.

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.819
 If you flip back

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:08.099
 to 1 John 2, 19,

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:11.119
 we learn,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.439
 we're reminded of this.

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.359
 There was a group.

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:15.559
 They went out from us,

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:17.000
 but they were not of us,

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.579
 for if they had been of us,

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.619
 they would have continued

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.299
 with us,

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.500
 but they went out

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.899
 that it might be complained

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:24.419
 that they all

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:26.459
 are not of us.

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.680
 There was a group of people

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.900
 in first century Ephesus

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.880
 that rejected Jesus

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.660
 as totally God,

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.360
 totally man,

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.559
 that they didn't think

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.920
 obedience was necessary,

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.980
 that they didn't think

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.759
 that they had loved

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.880
 one another sacrificially,

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.700
 and they left the church.

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:43.079
 So they had professed Jesus

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.920
 at one point

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.140
 and then walked away.

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.000
 I think that's who

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.940
 John is talking about.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.019
 Those,

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.220
 there is sin

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.720
 that does lead to death.

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:56.380
 I do not say

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.140
 that one should pray

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.559
 for that,

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.519
 and by the way,

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.720
 he's not forbidding it either.

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:03.240
 But what you need to see

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.740
 is that three times,

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.640
 he says,

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.539
 talks about,

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.279
 there is sin

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.700
 that does not lead to death.

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.120
 Brothers and sisters

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.700
 in Christ,

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.120
 your sin

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:13.259
 does not lead to death

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.460
 because Jesus

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.779
 has propitiated it.

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.059
 He's delivered you from it.

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.900
 He paid it all.

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.500
 He bore the wrath

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.259
 intended for you.

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:26.380
 In verse 17,

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.759
 John comes back

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.000
 and says,

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:30.240
 all wrongdoing is sin.

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.720
 We all know

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.380
 that the wages of sin

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.579
 is death,

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.799
 Romans 3.23.

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.559
 And then he says,

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.380
 but there is sin

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.460
 that does not lead to death

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:45.160
 for those

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.660
 who have

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:48.740
 received eternal life.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:55.799
 So what does John

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.920
 say about this?

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.620
 Because this,

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:59.740
 this is a passage

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.799
 that's actually

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.799
 informing us

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.799
 to pray for something.

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.819
 What is he saying?

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.220
 Well, in verse 16,

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.599
 he says,

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.700
 for your brothers,

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:10.980
 your languishing siblings

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.980
 who planted themselves

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.599
 in the world,

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.740
 who are feeding

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.339
 who are feeding

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.960
 the desires

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.640
 of the flesh,

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.660
 who are feeding

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.299
 the desires

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.900
 of the eyes,

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.940
 who are feeding

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.960
 the pride of life,

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.019
 here's what you do.

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.200
 You ask

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.359
 for them.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.240
 You pray

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.160
 for them.

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:31.140
 When you see

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.700
 them,

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.819
 not when you're

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.880
 on some kind of

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:35.579
 suspicious stakeout

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.220
 of your brother,

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:38.720
 not when you hear

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.400
 something through

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.519
 the gossip mill,

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.839
 but when you see it.

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.779
 When you're very aware

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.960
 that your brother

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.839
 or your sister

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.940
 is languishing

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.579
 in sin,

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.660
 when you see that,

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.160
 you love them

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.299
 by praying for them.

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.920
 And we know

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.420
 what you're praying for

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.559
 in light of what

00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:00.160
 God promises to give.

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.600
 He promises to give life

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.620
 to that brother

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.120
 or sister.

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:06.479
 And just to clarify

00:29:06.479 --> 00:29:06.919
 here,

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:10.159
 God is not saying,

00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.219
 okay,

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.199
 when your brother

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:13.019
 or sister

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.259
 languishing in sin,

00:29:14.459 --> 00:29:15.000
 they've lost

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.779
 their salvation,

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.500
 so now,

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.539
 ask God

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.259
 and he will

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.239
 re-save them.

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.179
 That's not what's

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.719
 being said,

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.939
 because he refers

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:23.059
 to them as brothers.

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.439
 These are believers.

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.599
 This is you and me.

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.419
 God says,

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.139
 ask for them.

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:34.320
 Call on me,

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.620
 the giver of the Holy Spirit,

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.280
 the life giver.

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.140
 He's loaded.

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.220
 He loves us.

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.440
 And he promises

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:45.820
 to give them life.

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.220
 I believe this is

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.400
 a revitalizing life.

00:29:48.520 --> 00:29:50.100
 This is a stirring up

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:51.120
 of one eternal life

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.060
 by the Holy Spirit

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:54.940
 that leads to repentance

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.860
 and faith.

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:59.979
 it results in replanting

00:29:59.979 --> 00:30:00.799
 of oneself

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:02.519
 in gospel-rich soils

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:04.299
 of God's love.

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.539
 This kind of praying

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.359
 for one another

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:12.319
 is not pharisaical.

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.459
 Catch him,

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.899
 God.

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.719
 It's loving.

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.639
 Oh, God.

00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:20.000
 Help him.

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.979
 Help her.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:25.860
 If you're seeing

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.740
 a brother and sister

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.420
 in Christ,

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.839
 their belief

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:30.920
 turning a pale,

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.819
 sickly yellow,

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.660
 if you're seeing

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.440
 a brother and sister

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.059
 in Christ

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.900
 whose obedience

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:39.000
 is shriveling

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.799
 because they think

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.400
 God's commandments

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.480
 are a burden now,

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.460
 if you see

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.279
 a brother and sister

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.140
 whose love

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.299
 is withering

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.120
 due to some kind

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:48.059
 of selfishness,

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.420
 you pray for them.

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:51.180
 God, give them

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.660
 Holy Spirit life.

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.700
 Revive them,

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.700
 restore them,

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.060
 help them.

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.060
 Do you have a line

00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:02.500
 of sight

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:04.840
 on a brother or sister

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:06.480
 who is languishing

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.200
 in their sin?

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.880
 Love them

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.980
 by praying for them.

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:14.660
 Are you languishing

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.340
 in your sins?

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:21.019
 Call out to the life giver.

00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:24.800
 Give me life.

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.600
 Tell brothers and sisters

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.740
 you're languishing.

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.340
 Exercise humility

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:32.420
 so that they

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.940
 in love

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.700
 pray for you.

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.920
 Live.

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.800
 Call on God.

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:43.599
 It brings me

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:45.579
 to the fourth truth.

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.960
 To stir up

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.119
 your prayer life

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.519
 and to be honest

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.960
 with you,

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.200
 it should just

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.399
 assure you again

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:56.139
 of your salvation.

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.220
 When we're talking

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.619
 about praying

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.519
 for brothers and sisters

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.279
 who are languishing,

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.180
 do we have any

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.799
 assurances

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:05.139
 that God will actually

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:06.559
 answer our prayers?

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.440
 Well, there is

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.179
 exactly that

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:11.500
 in verses 18 and 19.

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.059
 We know that

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.819
 everyone who's been

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.339
 born of God

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.399
 does not keep on sinning

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:16.419
 but he who was

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:17.319
 born of God

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.980
 protects him

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.259
 and the evil one

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.359
 does not touch him.

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.240
 Can't touch this.

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:25.159
 We know that

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:26.079
 we are from God

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.639
 and the whole world

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.359
 lies in the power

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.000
 of the evil one.

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.879
 Our assurance

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:34.559
 in God's

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.859
 turning brothers

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.399
 and sisters

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.419
 from their sin

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:39.759
 is not in our praying.

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.019
 It's not in a

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.719
 brothers or sisters

00:32:42.719 --> 00:32:45.000
 ability to repent.

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:48.179
 It's in Jesus

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:49.919
 the keeper

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:51.639
 of his own.

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.279
 Be assured

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.439
 of his

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:55.539
 keeping.

00:32:59.459 --> 00:33:00.519
 Verse 18

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.740
 Everyone born of God

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.839
 will not

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:04.319
 keep on sinning.

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.139
 Why not?

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.439
 He

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.819
 who was born

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.839
 of God

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.079
 protects him.

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:12.000
 Who is that?

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.219
 Well, that's a very

00:33:15.219 --> 00:33:15.919
 unique way

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:17.539
 to talk about Jesus.

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.679
 Totally God.

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.439
 Totally man.

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.319
 The Christ

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.579
 come in the flesh.

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:25.119
 Born of a virgin

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.819
 miraculously by God

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.219
 who came

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:29.079
 in love

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.799
 to die

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:31.199
 so that we would live

00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:32.240
 risen

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.419
 from the dead

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.299
 reigning

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.099
 on high

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:36.099
 advocating

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.480
 for his own

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:39.039
 our protector

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.700
 our good shepherd

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.440
 that's who

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.319
 we're talking about.

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.500
 He keeps us

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.740
 listen to this.

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.259
 Let this

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.680
 tune

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.919
 your ear

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:50.399
 to this.

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.579
 This is your

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.980
 savior.

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.839
 This is your

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.279
 keeper.

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.879
 My sheep

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.940
 hear my voice

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.339
 and I know

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.740
 them

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.220
 and they follow

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.519
 me.

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.779
 I give them

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.500
 eternal life

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.000
 and they will

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.839
 never perish

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:05.539
 and no one

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.240
 will snatch

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.900
 them out

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.720
 of my hand.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.920
 He's a keeper.

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.519
 He goes on

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.900
 to say

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.880
 my father

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.599
 who has given

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.239
 them to me

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.679
 is greater

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.179
 than all

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.880
 and no one

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.179
 is able

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.599
 to snatch

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.940
 them out

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.579
 of the father's

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.759
 hand.

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.579
 I and the father

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.039
 are one.

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.039
 Double keep

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.460
 baby.

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.539
 Baby

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:24.759
 back in the

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.340
 90s

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.000
 MC Hammer

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.759
 had the song

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.739
 Can't Touch

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.179
 This

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:30.000
 in some

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.000
 dynamic pants

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.519
 but it's

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.420
 it's as if

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.880
 Jesus

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.420
 speaks over

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.920
 you

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.099
 to the world

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.800
 and the devil

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.980
 can't touch

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.559
 this

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:45.500
 doesn't belong

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.139
 to you

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:48.059
 he or she

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.639
 is mine.

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:52.279
 which means

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:54.000
 the evil one

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.539
 the devil

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.940
 can't lay

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.960
 a finger

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.659
 on you.

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.199
 Have you ever

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.539
 seen those

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.500
 movies where

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.319
 someone has to

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.980
 move from a

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.940
 building to a

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.719
 waiting car

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.440
 and there's

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.319
 this mass

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:05.179
 of like

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.039
 press

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.119
 or fans

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.579
 that are

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.000
 looking to

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.679
 press in

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.000
 and just

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.639
 touch this

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.079
 person

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.799
 and then

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.339
 what happens

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:12.019
 is you

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.519
 have a

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.139
 bodyguard

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.859
 that is

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.239
 kind of

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.119
 huddled

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.739
 over this

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.139
 person

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.519
 and they

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.199
 get from

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.599
 the building

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.259
 to the car

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:19.040
 can't touch

00:35:19.040 --> 00:35:19.500
 this

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:23.340
 Jesus

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.020
 is

00:35:24.020 --> 00:35:24.780
 ushering

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.080
 us

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.360
 through

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.040
 the world

00:35:26.040 --> 00:35:27.460
 can't

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.660
 touch

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.000
 this

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.240
 can't

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.400
 touch

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.580
 this

00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:29.800
 one

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.940
 can't

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.080
 touch

00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:31.260
 this

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.540
 one

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:33.340
 blood

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.560
 bought

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:33.740
 they

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.000
 belong

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.420
 to me

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.380
 the devil

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.740
 can't

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:35.960
 lay

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.560
 a hand

00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.080
 on you

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:37.500
 because

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.760
 you no

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.020
 longer

00:35:38.020 --> 00:35:38.500
 belong

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.960
 to him

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.940
 you belong

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.120
 to Jesus

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:41.440
 now

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.140
 he's

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.540
 given you

00:35:43.540 --> 00:35:44.260
 his life

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:46.820
 do you

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.380
 believe that

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.140
 to be

00:35:48.140 --> 00:35:48.500
 true

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:51.640
 that you

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:53.100
 and me

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.840
 our brothers

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.520
 and sisters

00:35:54.520 --> 00:35:56.040
 are being

00:35:56.040 --> 00:35:56.940
 kept

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:58.060
 by Jesus

00:35:58.060 --> 00:35:59.040
 himself

00:35:59.040 --> 00:36:00.280
 do you

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.780
 believe that

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.440
 it's right

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.080
 here

00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:04.240
 he's keeping

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.620
 you

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:05.960
 protecting

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.360
 you

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:10.180
 we know

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:11.140
 that we

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.519
 are from

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.940
 God

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:14.059
 and that

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.340
 he's

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.640
 keeping

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.000
 us

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.120
 that

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:16.400
 should

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.940
 assure

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.360
 you

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.200
 and that

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.599
 should

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.900
 put some

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.400
 boldness

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.680
 in your

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.059
 praying

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:23.140
 Jesus

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.840
 keep him

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:25.120
 protect

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:25.519
 him

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:27.079
 don't let

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.500
 the evil

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.980
 one touch

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.280
 him

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:30.500
 pray

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:34.000
 in verse

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.480
 19

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:36.320
 we have

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.699
 this

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:38.059
 division

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.699
 of all

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.239
 humanity

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.820
 into two

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.239
 groups

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:42.059
 we know

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.420
 that we

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.780
 are from

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.119
 God

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.239
 those are

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.519
 the ones

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:44.940
 born of

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.219
 God

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.860
 those are

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.159
 the ones

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.380
 who have

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.699
 eternal

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.000
 life

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.420
 the spirit

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.900
 living in

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.079
 them

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.739
 and they

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:48.980
 are

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.960
 flourishing

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.400
 they are

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.900
 believing

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.440
 obeying

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.920
 and loving

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.300
 on the

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:55.019
 other side

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:56.559
 of the

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.900
 great

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.820
 continental

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.280
 eternal

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.800
 divide

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:00.159
 is the

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.719
 world

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:02.539
 and the

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.960
 whole world

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.440
 lies in the

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.960
 power of

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.279
 the evil

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.599
 one

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:06.559
 all of

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.279
 unregenerate

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.839
 humanity

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:09.779
 in organized

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.480
 disobedience

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.059
 to God

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:12.759
 languishing

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.879
 under the

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:14.399
 power

00:37:14.399 --> 00:37:15.679
 of the

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:15.940
 evil

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.299
 one

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:18.219
 languishing

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.960
 in their

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.559
 sin that

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.960
 leads to

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.339
 death

00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:22.079
 languishing

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.619
 in their

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.039
 hopeless

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.599
 despair

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.399
 and darkness

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:26.179
 but let me

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.699
 just remind

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.019
 you of

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.960
 chapter 5

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.559
 verses 4

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.980
 and 5

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.500
 it's right

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.699
 there

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.099
 look at

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.319
 it

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:30.719
 for

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.099
 everyone

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.359
 who's

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:31.500
 been

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.699
 born

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:31.859
 of

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.099
 God

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.480
 overcomes

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.739
 the

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.159
 world

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.899
 and this

00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.119
 is the

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.399
 victory

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:35.619
 that

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.199
 overcomes

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.419
 the

00:37:36.419 --> 00:37:36.659
 world

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:36.919
 our

00:37:36.919 --> 00:37:37.379
 faith

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:38.039
 who is

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.139
 it

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.299
 that

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:38.859
 overcomes

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.039
 the

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.219
 world

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.500
 except

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.719
 the

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:39.899
 one

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.039
 who

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.460
 believes

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.639
 that

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:40.899
 Jesus

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.299
 is

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.500
 the

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.659
 son

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:41.799
 of

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.059
 God

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.579
 and the

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.779
 reason

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.019
 why

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.259
 we

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.419
 can

00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:43.799
 overcome

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.059
 the

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.319
 world

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.779
 is

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.079
 because

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.419
 our

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:45.980
 savior

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.839
 overcame

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.019
 the

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.319
 world

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:48.439
 and

00:37:48.439 --> 00:37:48.899
 overcame

00:37:48.899 --> 00:37:49.059
 the

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.279
 devil

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.739
 himself

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.739
 kicked

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:50.839
 him

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:50.939
 to

00:37:50.939 --> 00:37:51.079
 the

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.279
 curb

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:53.539
 is

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.839
 Jesus

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.259
 able

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:54.919
 to keep

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.079
 his

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.259
 own

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.839
 all

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:00.939
 the

00:38:00.939 --> 00:38:01.059
 way

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.179
 to

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.359
 the

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:01.679
 end

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.819
 and

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:02.960
 he

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.259
 will

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:06.599
 we

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.819
 pray

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.000
 for

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.199
 one

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.439
 another

00:38:07.439 --> 00:38:07.679
 in

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:07.879
 full

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.460
 confidence

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.039
 in

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.359
 Jesus

00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:09.960
 ability

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.519
 to

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.939
 keep

00:38:10.939 --> 00:38:11.599
 us

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:14.259
 can't

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.460
 touch

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.839
 this

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:17.819
 can't

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:17.980
 touch

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.319
 this

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:19.259
 brothers

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.500
 and

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.819
 sisters

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:21.599
 pray

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.179
 boldly

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.460
 pray

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.219
 lovingly

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:25.159
 in

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.480
 light

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.859
 of

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.399
 your

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.960
 assurance

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.139
 of

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.419
 eternal

00:38:27.419 --> 00:38:27.859
 life

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.539
 in

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.799
 light

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.099
 of

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.420
 bold

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.960
 asking

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.259
 of

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.420
 your

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.799
 father

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.440
 he's

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.819
 loaded

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:34.119
 love

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.480
 when

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.719
 you

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.099
 pray

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.420
 for

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.799
 your

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.480
 siblings

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.679
 pray

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:37.880
 for

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.299
 life

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.539
 and

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:39.739
 be

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.199
 assured

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:41.339
 that

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:41.699
 he

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.159
 Jesus

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.819
 is

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.219
 our

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.659
 keeper

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.079
 when

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.339
 we

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.900
 pray

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.699
 along

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.119
 these

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.739
 lines

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:48.079
 expect

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:49.559
 outpourings

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.199
 of the

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.539
 Holy

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.199
 Spirit

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:52.179
 resulting

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:53.099
 in

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.599
 our

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.679
 flourishing

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.900
 in

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.279
 belief

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:57.000
 our

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.000
 flourishing

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.679
 in

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.119
 obedience

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.919
 our

00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.919
 flourishing

00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:01.599
 in love

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.079
 for one

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.460
 another

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:04.440
 so be

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.859
 assured

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:06.799
 it's

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.179
 Jesus

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.759
 life

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.199
 in

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.699
 us

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.779
 that

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.279
 makes

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.879
 us

00:39:10.879 --> 00:39:11.980
 resilient

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:14.399
 let's

00:39:14.399 --> 00:39:14.679
 pray

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:17.199
 God

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:20.079
 thank you so much

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.759
 for 1st John

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:22.019
 thank you for

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.259
 these

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.919
 ongoing

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:23.539
 reminders

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.739
 years

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:23.980
 of

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:25.500
 eternal

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.800
 life

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.079
 in

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.400
 us

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.559
 that

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:26.880
 started

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.279
 now

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.579
 that

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.380
 that

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.759
 shows

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.199
 itself

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.440
 in

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.980
 belief

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.300
 in

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.699
 obedience

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.119
 and

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.500
 love

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.219
 thank you

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.460
 Lord

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.739
 Jesus

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.000
 for

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.360
 calling

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:33.619
 us

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.920
 out

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.039
 of

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.179
 the

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.500
 world

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.219
 we

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.380
 are

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.619
 in

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:35.759
 the

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:35.960
 world

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.119
 but

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.279
 not

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:36.519
 of

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.679
 the

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:36.880
 world

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.039
 we

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.219
 want

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.279
 to

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.420
 be

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.719
 faithful

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:37.940
 to

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.139
 you

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.320
 while

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.480
 we're

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.900
 here

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.619
 God

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:39.900
 would

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.239
 you

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.159
 Father

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.539
 pour

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.699
 out

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:41.860
 your

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.159
 Holy

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.599
 Spirit

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.039
 upon

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.559
 us

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.159
 in

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:44.480
 greater

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.659
 and

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.880
 greater

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.420
 measure

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.940
 and

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.320
 cause

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.659
 us

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.940
 to

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.539
 live

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.039
 to

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.759
 flourish

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.280
 to

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.680
 live

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:49.940
 the

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.400
 abundant

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.000
 life

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.340
 Jesus

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.780
 spoke

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.080
 of

00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:53.980
 God

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.180
 would

00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:54.380
 you

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:55.360
 would

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.440
 you

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.560
 do

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:55.700
 a

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:55.920
 great

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.220
 work

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.360
 in

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.640
 us

00:39:56.640 --> 00:39:59.180
 all

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.340
 for

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.480
 the

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.760
 glory

00:39:59.760 --> 00:39:59.940
 of

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.040
 your

00:40:00.040 --> 00:40:00.260
 name

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:01.980
 amen