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 There's an ancient parable that's found in both Hindu and Buddhist texts,

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 and in fact, a variety of ancient religious texts.

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 It's known as the parable of the blind men and the elephant.

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 And it's possibly a parable that you've heard or engaged with

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 because it's widely used even in modern circles

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 to demonstrate how no one's got the full pictures.

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 Just people have got part of a picture, but not the entire picture.

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 And the parable is this.

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 A group of blind men heard that there was this strange animal called an elephant

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 had been brought to their village,

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 and they found it, and they were feeling it to try and work out what this thing is.

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 And I think I've just gone one too far.

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 Can you go back for me? Thank you.

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 And the first person grabs hold of the trunk and said,

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 this thing's a big, thick snake.

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 And another grabs hold of the ear and says, no, it seems a bit more like a fan.

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 Another blind man wraps his arms around the legs and said,

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 no, this elephant is in fact a tree trunk.

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 A blind man who placed his hands up on the side of it said,

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 no, elephants are in fact a wall.

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 And another felled its tail, said, no, no, elephants are a rope.

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 And another one grabbed the tusks and said, no, actually elephants are spears.

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 It's been passed down for centuries.

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 It's a famous parable.

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 And someone more recently inverted the story in a bit more of a humorous way

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 and said that six blind elephants were discussing what people were like.

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 And after arguing, they decided to find a person

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 and determine what it was like by direct experience.

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 And so the first blind elephant felt the human being with its foot

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 and declared human beings are flat.

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 And all the other elephants felt the human being with their foot

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 and said, yes, we all agree human beings are all flat.

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 Now, this parable is used to illustrate,

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 particularly in our modern world,

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 to illustrate how world religions all have part of the truth,

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 but no religion has the whole truth.

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 And you come to a passage that was just read out to us in Matthew 14, 6,

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 and you've got to ask yourself the question,

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 are Christians therefore arrogant?

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 Or more to the point, was Jesus especially arrogant?

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 He certainly claimed to have exclusive rights to the God business.

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 John 14, 6 just read out to us,

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 I am the way, the truth, and the life,

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 and no one comes to the Father except through me.

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 That's an exclusive claim.

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 And over the next three weeks,

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 I'm going to be looking at that claim of Jesus

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 and his claims to be the way,

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 the truth, and the life.

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 And in our times when all sense of reason about issues of faith seem to have been abandoned,

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 I want us to have a reasonable faith.

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 My hope, as I prayed earlier,

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 is for the thinkers amongst us to believe and the believers amongst us to think.

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 I hope for some of us to be led to belief

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 and others to think deeper about what it is that we believe

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 and find a deeper sense of joy and confidence and hope.

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 So we're starting today with the first claim,

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 Jesus is the way.

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 I've got three main ideas that I'm running with.

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 Rethinking Jesus' exclusive claim,

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 the sweetness of Jesus' exclusive claim,

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 and humility and this exclusive claim.

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 So firstly,

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 rethinking Jesus' exclusive claim.

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 In these verses,

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 you'll notice,

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 as I will read out,

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 that Jesus is providing

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 his disciples with truth

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 that must be believed

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 if their faith is to be triumphant

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 and their lives to be at peace in troubled times.

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 And it is troubled times for the disciples.

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 They have just heard from Jesus

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 that he is departing.

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 And they're like,

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 their worlds are rocked.

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 He tells them he's departing

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 to his father's house

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 to prepare a room for them.

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 And then he tells them

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 that they know where he's going in verse four.

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 And it's at this point

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 that Thomas speaks up in verse five and says,

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 Lord, we don't know where you are going,

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 so how can we know the way?

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 Now, blokes in the room,

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 this is really important.

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 This must be the only time

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 in recorded history

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 where a man actually admits he's lost

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 and asks for directions.

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 It's Thomas a couple of centuries ago,

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 a couple of thousand years ago.

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 But Thomas's question

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 is more ignorant

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 than he actually realizes it is.

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 His question implies

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 that the way that Jesus takes

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 to get to the Father,

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 to get to God,

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 is the same way

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 that the disciples will go

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 to get to the Father.

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 And so Jesus stops at that moment

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 and clears up Thomas's confusion.

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 He stops talking about his way to the Father

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 and addresses the way the disciples will take.

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 And it's there in verse six.

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 I am the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life,

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 and no one comes to the Father

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 except through me.

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 The way of Jesus to the Father

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 is via the cross

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 and the way of the disciples

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 to the Father is Jesus.

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 And because Jesus took his way to the cross,

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 he himself becomes the way for others.

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 But here's the sticky bit with this.

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 Jesus insists here

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 that he is the exclusive way.

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 He is the way,

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 the truth,

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 the life.

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 He's not opening up the door

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 for any other opportunities,

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 any other options,

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 or ways,

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 or truth,

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 or life.

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 And we must grapple

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 with the magnitude

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 of Jesus' claim

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 if we're to deal with

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 the person of Jesus.

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 If you don't deal

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 with the magnitude of his claim,

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 you don't deal with Jesus.

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 It's broadly acknowledged

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 throughout the centuries

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 that Jesus was a teacher.

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 Jesus taught people

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 to love each other.

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 He was also very kind

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 to the poor

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 in the outcasts of society.

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 He laid his hands on the sick.

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 He fed the hungry.

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 And throughout history,

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 there have been many people

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 who have done

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 those sort of things.

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 They have told people

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 to love each other.

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 They have cared for the sick.

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 They've been kind

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 to the poor.

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 So you've got to ask

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 if there's many people

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 who have done that,

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 why did this one,

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 why did Jesus Christ

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 become the most influential

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 single figure

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 in the history of the world?

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 And it's not because

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 of the nice things

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 that he said and did.

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 It's not because

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 he told everyone

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 to love each other.

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 I mean,

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 that message is everywhere.

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 It's because

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 of the controversial things

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 that he said and did.

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 it's because

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 of the outrageous

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 claims

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 of Jesus.

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 You see,

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 with Jesus,

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 there is a whole bunch

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 of humility

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 but no modesty.

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 His actions

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 are humble,

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 they're gentle,

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 they're kind,

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 they're loving.

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 He weeps

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 with the weeping.

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 His heart breaks

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 at the death

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 of his mate Lazarus.

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 He is gentle

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 with children.

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 His character

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 is unquestionably

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 strikingly beautiful

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 and compelling.

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 He is,

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 and yet,

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 this Jesus

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 is always combining

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 highest majesty

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 with the greatest humility.

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 He joins the strongest,

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 absolute strongest

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 commitment to justice

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 with astonishing

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 mercy and grace.

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 He reveals

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 transcendent

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 self-sufficiency

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 and yet

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 entire trust

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 and reliance

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 upon his heavenly father.

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 He is tenderness

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 without weakness.

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 He is boldness

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 without harshness.

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 He is humility

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 with absolute

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 towering confidence.

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 He is

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 the perfect combination

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 of truth

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 and love.

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 his actions

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 and his character

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 were so

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 completely

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 unself-centered.

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 That is

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 totally

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 unself-centered.

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 And yet,

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 his claims

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 about himself

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 are so

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 completely

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 self-centered.

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 you never

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 see him

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 pompous

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 or offended

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 or standing

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 on his dignity.

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 He's approachable

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 to the weakest

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 and the most

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 broken.

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 He's never

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 moody.

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 He's

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 never moody.

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 in fact,

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 in his book

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 called

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 The World's Religions,

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 Houston Smith

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 says that

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 only Jesus

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 and Buddha,

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 historically,

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 only Jesus

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 and Buddha

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 so impressed

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 their contemporaries

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 that they

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 asked

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 not just

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 who are you

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 but what

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 are you.

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 In the history

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 of all

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 religious leaders,

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 only those

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 two

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 were asked

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 what are you.

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 Smith makes

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 the case

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 that these

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 two figures

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 had characters

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 that transcended

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 ordinary

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 human life

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 to the degree

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 that that question

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 became necessary

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 for people.

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 And yet,

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 Buddha

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 asserted

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 with great

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 clarity

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 that he

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 was not

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 God,

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 that he

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 was not

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 even an

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 angelic

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 being

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 or any

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 form of

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 divine

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 being.

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 He made

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 it absolutely

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 clear that

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 I am just

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 a normal

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 human being,

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 not Jesus.

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 He was

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 totally

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 different.

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 He

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 repeatedly

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 claimed

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 to be

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 the God,

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 the creator

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 of the

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 universe.

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 And so

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 we don't

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 come to

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 grips

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 with the

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 real Jesus

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 until we

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 come to

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 grips

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 with

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 the

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 controversial

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 things he

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 says.

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 We don't

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 deal with

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 Jesus

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 until we

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 deal with

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 his enormous

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 claims.

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 And that

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 is what the

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 average person

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 in this

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 country

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 is unprepared

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 to do.

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 The

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 average

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 person in

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 our

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 country

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 thinks

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 well of

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 Jesus.

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 They're

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 positive

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 towards

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 Jesus

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 with some

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 reservations.

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 Love the

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 love stuff.

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 Don't like

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 the truth

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 stuff.

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 Don't like

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 the claims

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 of Jesus.

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 When we

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 went through

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 Mark's

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 gospel very

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 recently,

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 we noticed

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 throughout

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 Mark's gospel

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 that Jesus

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 is always

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 always

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 working

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 hard

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 to try

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 and avoid

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 people coming

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 to that

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 conclusion.

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 You see,

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 he's not

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 interested in

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 people liking

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 him with

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 certain

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 reservations.

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 If you

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 listen to

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 Jesus and

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 have any

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 intellectual

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 integrity,

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 then what

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 Jesus does

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 to us is

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 he consistently

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 pushes us

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 to the

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 extremes.

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 you can't

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 sit in

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 the middle

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 with this

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 guy.

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 We either

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 reject him

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 outright or

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 we embrace

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 him outright

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 and both

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 of those

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 are on

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 his terms.

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 You reject

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 him on

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 his terms,

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 you embrace

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 him on

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 his terms.

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 What he

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 says about

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 himself,

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 the controversial

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 things,

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 is either the

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 worst thing

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 that anyone

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 has ever

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 said or

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 it's the

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 best thing

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 that anyone

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 has ever

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 said.

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 I am

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 the way

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 is his

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 claim.

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 And either

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 he is

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 right and

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 we follow

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 him and

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 we adore

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 him or

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 he is

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 wrong and

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 we destroy

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 him.

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 But how

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 dare we

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 decide to

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 sit in the

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 middle and

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 say we

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 just like

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 him.

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 That is

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 not coming

00:14:21.079 --> 00:14:21.539
 to terms

00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:21.919
 with who

00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:22.720
 Jesus is.

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 He polarized

00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:25.460
 people in

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 the first

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 century.

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 So we

00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.059
 need to

00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:30.799
 rethink this

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 exclusive

00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:31.659
 claim.

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 But secondly,

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 we need to

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 see the

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 sweetness of

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 Jesus'

00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:38.980
 exclusive

00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:39.519
 claim.

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 It's

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 really crucial

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.799
 for us to

00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:43.220
 see here

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.639
 that when

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 Jesus says

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 that there's

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 no one

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 comes to

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:47.720
 father except

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 through him,

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 he's not

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 offering us,

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 he's not

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 saying that

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.740
 you cannot

00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.639
 know anything

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.379
 about God,

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.120
 without him.

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 That's not

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 what he's

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 saying.

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 In fact,

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.679
 philosophers,

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.220
 theologians have

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.899
 argued for

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.000
 many, many

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 years that

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 every world

00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:09.620
 religion,

00:15:09.819 --> 00:15:10.299
 philosophical

00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:11.799
 system gets

00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.059
 some knowledge

00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:14.679
 of God from

00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:15.740
 this world and

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.679
 all of them

00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.079
 are arguing in

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 one way or

00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.399
 another in that

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 direction, but

00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.720
 they fall short

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.519
 because they

00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.100
 don't see

00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:23.659
 Jesus.

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:27.399
 so we can

00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.159
 know something

00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.779
 of God

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:30.439
 through general

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.839
 God has

00:15:30.839 --> 00:15:31.980
 revealed himself

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.779
 according to

00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.299
 Romans 1,

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.139
 revealed himself

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:34.419
 in the

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.120
 created order.

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 What Jesus

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:38.039
 is saying

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.439
 here that no

00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:38.819
 one comes to

00:15:38.819 --> 00:15:39.000
 the father

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.399
 except through

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:39.679
 him, what

00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:40.139
 he's saying

00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.600
 is there's

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:42.459
 no way to

00:15:42.459 --> 00:15:43.120
 come to the

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.319
 father and

00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:46.000
 really know

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.659
 the father

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:48.600
 except through

00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:48.860
 him.

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.840
 there is a

00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:52.480
 real sweetness

00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.220
 to these

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.080
 words of

00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.580
 Jesus.

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.419
 Jesus is

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.360
 promising so

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.860
 much more

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.220
 than just

00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.820
 knowledge of

00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.120
 God.

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.259
 He's promising

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:03.740
 intimacy with

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.159
 God.

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:06.080
 Jesus is the

00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.000
 only way to

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.120
 change God

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.779
 from being an

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.919
 oppressive boss

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:12.560
 who I need to

00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:13.779
 please to

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.980
 being a loving

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:15.779
 father who

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.480
 accepts and

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.340
 embraces me.

00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:18.680
 he's the

00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:19.500
 only way to

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:19.820
 turn a

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.259
 relationship

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.820
 with God

00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:21.759
 from fear

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.720
 and uncertainty

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.680
 to absolute

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.620
 confidence and

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.280
 warmth and

00:16:25.280 --> 00:16:25.680
 love.

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.340
 Now my

00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:30.019
 girls know,

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.639
 I've got three

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.440
 daughters and

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.080
 they know

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.360
 that if

00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.019
 they tell me

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.440
 that they're

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:36.820
 going to do

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.660
 a chore,

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.780
 like unpack

00:16:38.780 --> 00:16:39.360
 the dishwasher

00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.420
 and go and

00:16:40.420 --> 00:16:41.220
 watch TV

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:41.940
 instead,

00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.019
 that there

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.320
 will be

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.000
 consequences

00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.680
 for that.

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.580
 But they

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.420
 also know

00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:48.759
 that the

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.200
 consequence

00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:49.980
 isn't going

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.420
 to be I'm

00:16:50.420 --> 00:16:50.660
 going to

00:16:50.660 --> 00:16:51.400
 fire them

00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:51.740
 from the

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.160
 family.

00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.240
 They're not

00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:53.500
 going to get

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.139
 the sack

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.920
 from being

00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:55.139
 in the

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:55.720
 family for

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.020
 that.

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.639
 Even at

00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.280
 their age,

00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:00.759
 what they

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.700
 don't fully

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:04.079
 understand is

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.840
 that they

00:17:04.840 --> 00:17:06.019
 haven't even

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.900
 begun to

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.500
 plumb the

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.299
 depths of

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.240
 what me as

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.920
 their dad and

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.420
 that as their

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:12.100
 mum would do

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:12.600
 if they were

00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:13.240
 in danger.

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.559
 they

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.039
 didn't even

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.720
 plumb the

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.640
 depths of

00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:16.940
 that.

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.279
 Back in

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.700
 2012, I

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.180
 was in

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.559
 Saisha,

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.380
 it's right

00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.019
 up the tip

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.940
 of Australia,

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.539
 I've been

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.099
 Cape York,

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.440
 and one

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.880
 afternoon I

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.000
 went to

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.740
 this place,

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:32.359
 which is at

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.019
 Saisha, on

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.539
 that wharf

00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:33.940
 fishing.

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:36.640
 And I

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.019
 was up there

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:37.339
 with a group

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.900
 of friends,

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.420
 and one

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:39.799
 of the

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.839
 blokes had

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.460
 his four-year-old

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:41.940
 son with

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:43.460
 us, and

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.120
 we were on

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.860
 the deck

00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:45.779
 of that

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:47.500
 wharf doing

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:47.960
 the fishing,

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.420
 and we

00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:49.240
 were told,

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.319
 it's about a

00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.680
 four-meter

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.759
 drop from

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.319
 where we

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.900
 were to

00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:54.600
 the water,

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.559
 and we

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.019
 had been

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:57.279
 told that

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.480
 afternoon that

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.579
 there is a

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:01.779
 four-meter

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.319
 saltwater

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.059
 crocodile that

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.799
 lives under

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.400
 the wharf.

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.140
 No point

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.840
 fishing there,

00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.759
 catch anything

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.440
 decent, the

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.039
 croc will grab

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.740
 it, and

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:09.940
 there'll be

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.360
 nothing left

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:10.700
 for you.

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.900
 But this

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 is my

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:13.019
 only time

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:14.120
 to fish

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:14.620
 at the

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.120
 top end

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.360
 in the

00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:15.799
 Gulf, and

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.360
 hopefully catch

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:16.779
 something of

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.079
 reasonable

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.700
 size.

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:20.220
 And my

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.180
 particular issue

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.819
 with the

00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.400
 wharf at

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.940
 Saisha is

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.340
 that there

00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:24.840
 was no

00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:25.779
 fence, no

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.880
 barricades, or

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.519
 anything like

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.920
 that.

00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.039
 I'm trying to

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.860
 enjoy an

00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.480
 afternoon of

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.420
 fishing, and

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.140
 I've got this

00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:33.420
 four-year-old,

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.460
 who's kind of

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.279
 an overconfident

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.000
 four-year-old,

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.539
 doing this

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:39.500
 at the edge

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.319
 of the

00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.819
 wharf,

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.939
 looking over

00:18:41.939 --> 00:18:42.259
 it, and

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.720
 doing this

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.159
 along the

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 edge.

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 And I'm

00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:44.639
 thinking,

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:45.720
 there's a

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.319
 four-meter

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.819
 crocodile.

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.919
 Your afternoon

00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:50.059
 tea is what

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.879
 you are to

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.399
 this crocodile.

00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.919
 And so I'm

00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:53.259
 trying to

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.759
 relax.

00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.379
 It appeared

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:56.139
 to me that

00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:56.779
 this kid's

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.419
 dad was not

00:18:58.419 --> 00:18:59.220
 concerned at

00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:00.039
 all about

00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.419
 this.

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.919
 He's not

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:05.319
 in line,

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.179
 getting best

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.660
 dad of the

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:06.820
 year.

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:07.180
 I'm

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.580
 going to

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.240
 do this.

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.680
 Dad's

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.500
 over there.

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.279
 This kid,

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.779
 for some

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.140
 reason,

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.500
 wanted to

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.900
 hang around

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.740
 me and

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.360
 do this.

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.340
 And I'm

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.620
 conflicted

00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:16.880
 here.

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.600
 I'm wanting

00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.100
 to enjoy

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.640
 my fishing,

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.180
 and I

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.620
 couldn't

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.200
 enjoy my

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.560
 fishing,

00:19:21.060 --> 00:19:21.820
 because at

00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:22.640
 any moment,

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.920
 this kid,

00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:24.620
 in my view,

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:24.940
 is going to

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.380
 tumble into

00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:25.759
 the water.

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:26.900
 And I'm

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:28.080
 now conflicted,

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.680
 because if he

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.080
 ends up

00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:30.519
 there, I

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.100
 feel like I'm

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.320
 going to have

00:19:31.320 --> 00:19:31.720
 to jump in

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.100
 and rescue

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.400
 him.

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.280
 And I

00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:33.640
 don't want

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.000
 to rescue

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.340
 him,

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.360
 because there's

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:35.759
 a four-meter

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.580
 crocodile down

00:19:36.580 --> 00:19:36.900
 there.

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.040
 And so I'm

00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.620
 conflicted at

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.120
 this point.

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.380
 What do I

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:40.740
 do?

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.620
 Will I,

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.060
 I mean,

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.680
 for me,

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:43.440
 getting eaten

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.920
 by a

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.700
 crocodile's

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.080
 got to be

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:45.780
 the worst

00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:46.400
 way to go.

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.620
 Potentially,

00:19:48.820 --> 00:19:49.259
 the worst

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.820
 way to go.

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:52.380
 And certainly

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.820
 not a helpful

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.220
 way to go,

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.519
 that's for

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:53.720
 sure.

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:57.440
 And so I

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.800
 cannot

00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:58.580
 relax.

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.680
 And to

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.340
 save me

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:04.459
 the possibility

00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:05.939
 of surrendering

00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.720
 my life to

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.240
 the jaws of

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.740
 a crocodile,

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.879
 I gave up

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.839
 my one and

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.799
 only opportunity

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.379
 to fish in

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.939
 the gulf by

00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:13.500
 packing up

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.819
 and going

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.179
 back to

00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.899
 the campsite.

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.599
 Because I

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.279
 was not

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.980
 going to

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.740
 jump in,

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:19.819
 well, I

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.179
 might have

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.659
 had to have

00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:21.279
 jumped in

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.599
 to save

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.759
 a four-year-old.

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:25.819
 Now,

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:30.299
 I am

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:33.079
 a finite,

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.599
 flawed,

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.619
 totally

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:39.059
 average

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.939
 parent.

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.700
 And it

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.980
 scares me

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:44.059
 to know

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.679
 how far

00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.159
 I would

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.639
 go to

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.139
 save one

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.480
 of my

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.819
 daughters.

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.939
 If that

00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:50.579
 was my

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.119
 daughter that

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.559
 happened to

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.119
 fall in in

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.799
 that moment,

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.359
 I would

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.039
 not even

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.779
 think,

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:57.039
 not even

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.000
 think for a

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.199
 moment,

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.679
 I would

00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:59.519
 willingly give

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.179
 my life

00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:01.139
 to a

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.679
 four-meter

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.619
 crocodile for

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.079
 one of my

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.439
 kids.

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.659
 There is a

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.179
 real

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.419
 sweetness

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:10.959
 here,

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.899
 because

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:14.740
 Jesus is

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.240
 saying

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.680
 that there

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.539
 is no

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.900
 other way

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.960
 for us

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.400
 to have

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.480
 this kind

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.759
 of confidence

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:24.859
 about a

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.339
 relationship

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.779
 with God,

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.500
 a confidence

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:29.019
 that this

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.480
 God,

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.420
 this Father

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.240
 would love

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.240
 me and

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:34.059
 us so

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.920
 much more

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.599
 than any

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:38.160
 mother would

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.779
 love their

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.579
 children or

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.319
 father would

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.740
 love their

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.099
 children.

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.720
 There is

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.740
 only one

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.180
 way to

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.720
 have that

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.140
 kind of

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.799
 confidence.

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.519
 And that

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.460
 is in

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.099
 Jesus.

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.339
 That's the

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.279
 sweetness that

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.799
 he offers

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.799
 here in

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.420
 declaring that

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.019
 he is the

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.700
 way to the

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.059
 Father.

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.980
 He's offering

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.220
 us intimacy.

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.000
 And there

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.799
 is no other

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.980
 religion in

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.599
 the history of

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.579
 this world that

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.359
 declares that

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.299
 God loves us

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.960
 more than we

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.599
 love ourselves.

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.559
 Not a single

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:09.579
 religion declares

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:11.640
 that God loves

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.980
 us more than

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.240
 we love

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.779
 ourselves.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.259
 There's not

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.799
 a single

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.400
 religion that

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.980
 declares that

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.799
 you cannot

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:21.500
 be fired

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.859
 from the

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:23.299
 family like

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.799
 the Christian

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.240
 faith.

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.960
 Not a

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.579
 single one.

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.579
 And so

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.480
 that makes

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.559
 this exclusive

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.180
 claim of

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.400
 Jesus good

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.599
 news not

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.359
 good advice.

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.960
 Every other

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.519
 religion and

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.960
 philosophical

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.819
 system even

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.960
 the system of

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.740
 no religion

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.759
 declares that

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.319
 if you follow

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.220
 this advice or

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.680
 you live in

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.160
 this particular

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.680
 way you

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.259
 obey these

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.240
 rules then

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.519
 you will

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.160
 achieve the

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.560
 goal of

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:47.060
 life.

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.600
 Not

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.180
 Christianity.

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.900
 Jesus has

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:54.100
 not come to

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.700
 show us how

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.500
 to strive.

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.320
 He did the

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.759
 striving.

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.900
 He didn't

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.580
 come to show

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.380
 us a mountain

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.960
 of righteousness

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.600
 to climb.

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.820
 He climbed

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.000
 it.

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.619
 it was all

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.180
 done for

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.660
 us because

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.680
 we are

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.880
 incapable of

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:13.519
 climbing and

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.039
 striving.

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.839
 You see

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.079
 the biblical

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.500
 picture of

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.500
 the human

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.960
 nature and

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.259
 the human

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.380
 race says

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.140
 that we need

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.960
 someone to

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.460
 intervene.

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.440
 And

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:29.339
 Ephesians 2

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.160
 1 to 3

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.460
 we see why

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.220
 we can't do

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.360
 it.

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.839
 It says

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.220
 we are

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.920
 dead.

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.339
 We are

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.079
 dead in

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.240
 our

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.920
 transgressions

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.360
 and sins

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.700
 in which

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.079
 we used

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.500
 to live.

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:38.860
 All of

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.720
 us also

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.299
 lived among

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.559
 them at

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.079
 one time

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.480
 so we're

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.200
 all dead

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.500
 and we're

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.980
 all by

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.400
 nature

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.299
 objects of

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.680
 wrath.

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.500
 You see

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.900
 God's

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.640
 diagnosis of

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:47.960
 the human

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.100
 condition is

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.500
 not that

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.819
 we're in

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.319
 danger of

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.759
 death but

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.000
 that we're

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.480
 in a state

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.079
 of real

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.220
 and present

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.819
 death.

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.299
 And yet

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.600
 you look

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:57.940
 around a

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.259
 room like

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.680
 this and

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.100
 there are

00:23:59.100 --> 00:24:00.500
 people whose

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.100
 bodies are

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.380
 active,

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.040
 whose minds

00:24:02.040 --> 00:24:02.540
 are sharp,

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.260
 personalities

00:24:03.260 --> 00:24:03.800
 brimming.

00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:05.660
 And yet

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.040
 in the

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:06.680
 area that

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.240
 matters the

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.760
 most,

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.600
 our souls,

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.940
 our relationship

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.300
 with God,

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.880
 there is no

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.520
 life there.

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.960
 We are all

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.860
 blind to the

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.360
 reality,

00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.620
 to the demands

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.160
 and the glory

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.440
 of our

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.100
 created God.

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.780
 We simply

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.600
 do not

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.400
 love him.

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:23.160
 We simply

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.620
 do not

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.100
 love him.

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.580
 He is

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.320
 dead

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:28.860
 to us.

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:34.579
 Ali,

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:34.879
 can you

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.179
 push the

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.619
 next slide

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.000
 for me?

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.259
 As

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.740
 John

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.139
 Stott

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.699
 says,

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.179
 we should

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.439
 not

00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:41.839
 hesitate

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.659
 to affirm

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.979
 that a

00:24:43.979 --> 00:24:45.019
 life

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.959
 without

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.379
 God,

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.619
 however

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.079
 physically

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.919
 fit and

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.339
 mentally

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.979
 alert the

00:24:49.979 --> 00:24:50.559
 person may

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.939
 be,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.519
 is a

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.319
 living

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.679
 death and

00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:55.119
 those who

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.459
 live it

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.139
 are dead

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.539
 even while

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.259
 they are

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.599
 living.

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.279
 We are

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.640
 helpless,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.319
 we are

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.660
 hopeless,

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.099
 and we

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.559
 are in

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.319
 great peril

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.680
 unless

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.619
 something is

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.140
 done for

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.480
 us.

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.119
 I've got a

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.579
 picture up

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.099
 here of the

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.579
 philosopher

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.099
 Jeremy

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.599
 Bentham.

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.460
 He died

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.960
 on the

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.859
 6th of

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.720
 June

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.279
 1832.

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.299
 And this

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.920
 guy left

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.920
 his entire

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.660
 estate to

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.240
 the University

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.000
 College of

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.359
 London,

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.099
 University

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.519
 Hospital

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.200
 College

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.740
 Hospital in

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.019
 London,

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.559
 on the

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.099
 condition,

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.039
 you can

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.599
 have all

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:32.859
 of my

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.420
 estate on

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.940
 the condition

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.359
 that you

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.920
 preserve my

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.259
 body and

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.639
 stick it in

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:35.859
 a wooden

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.339
 box.

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:39.680
 And that

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.359
 my body

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.039
 in the

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.599
 box gets

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.359
 wheeled out

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.240
 for attendance

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.619
 at the

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.200
 hospital board

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.500
 meeting.

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.019
 Every hospital

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.420
 board meeting,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.680
 I meant to

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.039
 be there.

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.759
 And over

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.599
 the years,

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.539
 they have

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:53.879
 reworked that

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:55.000
 requirement to

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.599
 the point

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.240
 where once

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.720
 a year,

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.460
 I think it's

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.680
 at the

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.160
 AGM,

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.900
 the cabinet's

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.400
 wheeled out

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.700
 to the

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.460
 board table

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.599
 and the

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.440
 chairman says,

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:03.900
 Jeremy

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.400
 Bentham,

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.180
 present but

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.839
 not voting.

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.599
 Weird thing,

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.220
 that is,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.079
 this guy

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.140
 will never

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:15.839
 raise a hand

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.539
 in response,

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.019
 he never

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.619
 submits a

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.000
 motion,

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.859
 he's there

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.799
 in body

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.220
 but he's

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.900
 been dead

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.700
 for 175

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.420
 years.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.819
 I believe

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.279
 his head

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.640
 is now

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.680
 waxed.

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.359
 Been dead

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.059
 for 175

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.920
 years.

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.980
 You see,

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.940
 dead people

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.680
 can't do

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.339
 anything for

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:36.039
 themselves and

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.680
 that is all

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:36.940
 of us

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.440
 spiritually.

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.019
 We need

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.480
 someone to

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.339
 act for us

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.079
 and yet the

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.599
 very next

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.259
 verse in

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.960
 Ephesians

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.119
 declares the

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.720
 good news of

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.279
 Christianity.

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.160
 Have a look

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.660
 at it up on

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.180
 the screen.

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.400
 Because of

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.820
 his great

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.380
 love for

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.740
 us,

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.680
 God who

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.120
 is rich

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.720
 in mercy

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.480
 made us

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.180
 alive with

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.019
 Christ even

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.680
 when we

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.160
 were dead

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.580
 in our

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.400
 transgressions.

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.240
 It is by

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.759
 grace that

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.100
 you have

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.759
 been saved.

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.160
 In our

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.960
 state of

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.740
 deadness,

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.840
 spiritual death,

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.440
 God acted

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.960
 with grace.

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:09.060
 God knows

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:10.780
 our true

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.560
 state and

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.200
 what is required

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.900
 to fix it.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.820
 We are dead

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.660
 in transgressions

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.280
 and sin and

00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:15.780
 so the Lord

00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:16.540
 Jesus took

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:17.280
 that deadness

00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:18.000
 upon himself

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.640
 that is

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:20.460
 God,

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.700
 the created

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.440
 God took

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.960
 on human

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.599
 form,

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.559
 identified

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.680
 with us,

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.640
 took on

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.220
 death for

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.880
 us,

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.940
 broke that

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.539
 curse so

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.980
 that we can

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.519
 have access

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.180
 to God.

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.799
 He went

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.460
 to the cross

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.259
 to open the

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.059
 way for us

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.900
 back to God.

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.200
 And so what

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.859
 that means is

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.420
 that Christianity

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.339
 is not good

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.539
 advice on how

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.019
 to improve

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.599
 your life.

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.859
 it is

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.319
 life-altering

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.579
 news that

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.839
 declares that

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.799
 the only way

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.240
 that you can

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.099
 have your sins

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.740
 forgiven and

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.679
 be saved is

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.019
 Jesus.

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:58.139
 The only way

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.599
 you can be

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.240
 raised from

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.839
 death to

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.459
 life is

00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:00.859
 Jesus.

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.639
 The only way

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.639
 you can know

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.559
 God as a

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.279
 father and

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.059
 not as an

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.500
 oppressive

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.599
 boss is

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.059
 Jesus.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.759
 God's grace

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.759
 allows the

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.640
 weakest to

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.039
 come.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.680
 It allows

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.019
 every dead

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.920
 person to

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.480
 come.

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.819
 Every

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.559
 spiritually

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.240
 dead person

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.839
 to come.

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.740
 It excludes

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.859
 no one.

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.259
 So,

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:34.799
 that means

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.379
 that Jesus'

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.240
 claim here

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.079
 to be the

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.980
 way is

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.839
 an exclusive

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.579
 claim.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.539
 But it's

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.099
 the most

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.399
 inclusive

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.699
 exclusive

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.759
 claim there

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.319
 is.

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.939
 In our

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.279
 world,

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.119
 everyone's

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.379
 making

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:54.879
 exclusive

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.419
 claims.

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.480
 But this

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.740
 is the

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.939
 most

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.619
 inclusive

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.240
 exclusive

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.959
 claim because

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:00.279
 of the

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.659
 grace of

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.899
 God.

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.319
 When

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.619
 someone

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.139
 says,

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.139
 you know,

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:04.079
 surely a

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.359
 good moral

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.039
 person can

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.500
 find their

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.819
 way to

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.199
 God,

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.159
 they are

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.199
 being so,

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.100
 so exclusive

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.539
 at that

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.880
 point.

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.140
 The premise

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.960
 behind that

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.420
 exclusive

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.600
 claim is

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:15.860
 that the

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.420
 good moral

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.140
 people find

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.519
 God,

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.039
 but all

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.380
 the bad

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.120
 people don't.

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.580
 So,

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.100
 some people

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.380
 are in,

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.860
 some people

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.259
 are out.

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.980
 It elevates

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.500
 that exclusive

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.860
 claim,

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.480
 elevates

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.559
 certain people

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.200
 in society

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.059
 over others.

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.920
 Jesus

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.440
 says,

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.019
 in actual

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.460
 fact,

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.519
 those who

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.920
 acknowledge

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.880
 that they

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.360
 are in fact

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.880
 dead and

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.600
 sinful and

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.240
 bad come

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.639
 to him

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.079
 and trust

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.359
 him and

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.879
 his work.

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.579
 They're the

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.000
 ones who

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.399
 are in.

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.799
 It's those

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.299
 who see

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.059
 their sin

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.819
 against God

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.019
 and their

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.639
 offense against

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.099
 God.

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.179
 It's the

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.619
 humble who

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:48.759
 are in

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:48.980
 and the

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.339
 proud who

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.699
 are out.

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.779
 And so,

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.299
 yes,

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.719
 this claim

00:29:53.719 --> 00:29:54.219
 of Jesus

00:29:54.219 --> 00:29:55.579
 is exclusive,

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.879
 but it's

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:59.839
 sweet because

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.179
 it's the

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:01.500
 most inclusive

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.980
 exclusivity

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.839
 because it

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.559
 is open

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:06.379
 to everyone.

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.740
 Everyone.

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.019
 So,

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:10.559
 thirdly,

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.579
 my third

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.980
 point is

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.559
 humility

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.500
 and this

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.959
 exclusive

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.459
 claim.

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.099
 Christians

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:20.299
 are the

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.259
 only people,

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.639
 the only

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.759
 people whose

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.659
 exclusive claim

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.159
 leads to

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.480
 humility,

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.339
 not arrogance.

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.839
 If you,

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.219
 for instance,

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.299
 belong to

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:31.679
 a religion

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.039
 or a

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.339
 philosophical

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.179
 system that

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.599
 says you

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.059
 are in,

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.859
 you're part of

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.219
 the in

00:30:35.219 --> 00:30:35.639
 group and

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:35.859
 you get

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.299
 access to

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.819
 God because

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.119
 of your

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.639
 effort or

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.940
 belief or

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.860
 knowledge or

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.780
 culture,

00:30:40.780 --> 00:30:42.580
 then ultimately

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.140
 what that

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.960
 means is you

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.860
 start to feel

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:46.280
 superior to

00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:46.980
 people who

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.620
 don't hold

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.320
 those views.

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.820
 You start

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.840
 to see

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.240
 those other

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.600
 people as,

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:51.880
 look at those

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.280
 poor people

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:52.580
 who don't

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.860
 have the

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:54.020
 same knowledge

00:30:54.020 --> 00:30:55.440
 or belief

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.820
 that I've

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.080
 got.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.600
 If you are

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.240
 a secular

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.440
 person who

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.060
 thinks that

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.920
 all religions

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.860
 are the

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.980
 same or

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.360
 that they're

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.900
 relative or

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.160
 they've all

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.680
 got bits of

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.320
 the truth,

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.380
 then ultimately

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.700
 you will

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.720
 feel superior

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.920
 to those

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.820
 poor fools

00:31:10.820 --> 00:31:11.620
 who think

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.000
 that their

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.539
 religion is

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.820
 the only

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.400
 true one.

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.860
 Remember that

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.440
 parable I'd

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.880
 said right at

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.100
 the beginning

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.440
 about the

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.160
 elephant and

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.460
 the blind

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.740
 men?

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.820
 The point of

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.460
 that parable

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.759
 is that

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.980
 every religion

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.100
 has part of

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.620
 the truth but

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.240
 no one sees

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.620
 all of the

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.000
 truth.

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.279
 And that

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.080
 is how

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:31.740
 vast ways

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.340
 of our

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.220
 society

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.279
 view it.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.339
 The problem

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.959
 with that

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:39.240
 is the

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.379
 only way

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.299
 that you

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.159
 could possibly

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.879
 say that

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.839
 all religions

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.639
 have part of

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.220
 the truth but

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.819
 no religion

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.339
 has the

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.019
 whole truth

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.899
 is if you

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.519
 think you

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.039
 see the

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.399
 entire

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:50.759
 picture.

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.199
 You're

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.659
 working on

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.339
 the assumption

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.099
 that you've

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.599
 got the

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.000
 picture.

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.959
 You've got

00:31:58.959 --> 00:31:59.559
 the truth.

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.639
 truth.

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.099
 The only

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.700
 way you can

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.119
 see that

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.879
 every religion

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.899
 is blind in

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:06.000
 some way is

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.559
 if you think

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.019
 you're not

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.419
 blind.

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.119
 The only

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.099
 way to say

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.919
 nobody has

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.399
 the superior

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:16.000
 knowledge is

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.440
 to assume

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.899
 that you

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.799
 have the

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.159
 superior

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:19.000
 knowledge.

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.879
 Whichever

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.259
 way you

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.759
 come out

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.159
 of it,

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.779
 your exclusive

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.859
 claim leads

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.399
 to pride,

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.799
 leads to

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.319
 arrogance,

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.399
 arrogance,

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.460
 because it

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.500
 elevates you

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.839
 over others.

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.019
 But if

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.339
 you're a

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.659
 Christian,

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.859
 you are

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.759
 saved by

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.299
 grace.

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.059
 This means

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.519
 that when you

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.059
 talk to an

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.619
 atheist or

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.139
 you talk to

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.720
 a Buddhist,

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:47.039
 it is likely

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.599
 that they are

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.039
 better than

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.279
 you.

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.439
 But you're

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.980
 not saved

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.579
 because you're

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.799
 better.

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.519
 You are

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.960
 saved by

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.439
 grace.

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.019
 Christianity

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.819
 is the

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.240
 only

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.039
 exclusive

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.279
 claim that

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.279
 creates a

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.420
 spirit of

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.059
 humility.

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.759
 Christians

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.720
 therefore should

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.220
 be the most

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.339
 loving towards

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.859
 people who

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.619
 disagree with

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:08.920
 them, who

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.299
 have different

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.819
 views than

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.400
 they have.

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.379
 Christians

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.799
 should be the

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.559
 most forgiving.

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.480
 Christians should

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.839
 be the most

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.379
 patient.

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.099
 Christians should

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.460
 be the most

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.940
 humble.

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:19.539
 And friends,

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.759
 reality is

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.340
 until we

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.120
 are,

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.940
 why should

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.160
 our society

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:31.140
 believe this

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.620
 incredible claim

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.100
 of the Lord

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.500
 Jesus?

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.700
 Until they

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.420
 see this

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.340
 incredible claim

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:38.779
 of the Lord

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.220
 Jesus producing

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.220
 in us

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:43.000
 humility and

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.920
 grace and

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.920
 mercy and

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.559
 patience.

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:49.980
 the reason

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.200
 most people

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.920
 don't see

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.360
 it in

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.640
 Christians is

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.600
 because most

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.539
 Christians either

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.480
 don't understand

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.180
 they're saved by

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.840
 grace or

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.620
 forget they're

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.019
 saved by

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.440
 grace.

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.480
 Could that

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.480
 possibly be

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.720
 you?

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.180
 Up on the

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.779
 screen, have

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.279
 a look at

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.340
 verses 8 and

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:07.480
 9 of

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.900
 John 14.

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.360
 Jesus

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.240
 answered,

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.739
 don't you

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.199
 know me

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.579
 Philip?

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.159
 Even

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:16.199
 after I've

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.739
 been among

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.759
 you such a

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.419
 long time,

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.559
 anyone who

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.159
 has seen

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.799
 me has

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.219
 seen the

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.539
 Father.

00:34:22.959 --> 00:34:23.459
 How can

00:34:23.459 --> 00:34:24.000
 you say

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.179
 show us

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.019
 the Father?

00:34:28.419 --> 00:34:28.799
 You see

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:30.019
 what Jesus

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.439
 is saying to

00:34:30.439 --> 00:34:30.859
 Philip there?

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.119
 Have you

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.859
 been around

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.459
 me for so

00:34:34.459 --> 00:34:34.659
 long,

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.159
 Philip, and

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.459
 yet you

00:34:35.459 --> 00:34:35.919
 still don't

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:36.399
 know me?

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.079
 See, Jesus

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.920
 claims to be

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.440
 the way to

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.760
 God.

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.400
 He died that

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.700
 we might

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.260
 have intimacy

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.780
 with God.

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.019
 In fact,

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.660
 intimacy with

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:44.059
 God is what

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.440
 the universe

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.940
 is about.

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.200
 It's what

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.760
 the cross

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.240
 is about.

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.800
 And my

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.240
 question,

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.039
 potentially for

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.320
 you, if

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.900
 you're sitting

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.320
 in church

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.340
 for years,

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.740
 is what

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.720
 Jesus says

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.200
 to Philip

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.680
 here something

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.400
 that he might

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.800
 be saying

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.260
 to you?

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.200
 Is your

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.940
 relationship

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.659
 with God

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.519
 knowledge

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.220
 about him

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.800
 or is it

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.679
 intimate

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:13.159
 knowledge

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.840
 of him?

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.639
 That is,

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.880
 deep

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.700
 in your

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.200
 heart,

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.220
 do you

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.400
 sense the

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.900
 warm embrace

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.159
 of the

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.579
 gospel?

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.400
 Do you

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.940
 sense the

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:28.019
 warm embrace

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.500
 of the

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.079
 Lord Jesus?

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.659
 In the

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.200
 moments of

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.619
 failure,

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.559
 do you

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.340
 sense the

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:33.539
 warm embrace

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.840
 of the

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.380
 Lord Jesus?

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:37.260
 where he

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.679
 won't

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.179
 sack you

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.500
 from the

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.920
 family?

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.940
 Secondly,

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:50.159
 that warm

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.059
 embrace of

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.579
 the gospel

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.360
 is what's

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.860
 at stake

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.300
 for our

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.659
 world when

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.360
 we as

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.000
 Christians

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.480
 back away

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.320
 from the

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.059
 outrageous

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.900
 claims of

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.240
 Jesus.

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.439
 Jesus.

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:02.459
 When we

00:36:02.459 --> 00:36:02.879
 want to

00:36:02.879 --> 00:36:05.019
 not offend

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.599
 anyone with

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.179
 the outrageous

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.979
 claims of

00:36:06.979 --> 00:36:07.459
 Jesus.

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.199
 Jesus has

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.859
 been offending

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.299
 people for

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:11.139
 2,000 years.

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.919
 Why stop

00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:12.279
 now?

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.500
 We go

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.459
 soft here

00:36:16.459 --> 00:36:17.699
 and intimacy

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:19.419
 and yet

00:36:19.419 --> 00:36:21.239
 that is

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.599
 what is

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:21.979
 happening.

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.319
 A few

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.759
 years ago

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.399
 there was a

00:36:25.399 --> 00:36:26.459
 large

00:36:26.459 --> 00:36:27.659
 ecumenical

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.239
 service in

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.559
 one of the

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.199
 cathedrals,

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.139
 Christian

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.559
 cathedrals

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.099
 in Hobart

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.699
 to mark

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.819
 an anniversary

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:34.379
 of the

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:34.879
 Port Arthur

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:35.379
 massacre.

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.259
 One Christian

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.819
 minister,

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.259
 a guy I

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.500
 know,

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.679
 was asked

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.139
 to do

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.659
 the Bible

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.099
 reading.

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.559
 The passage

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.179
 for the

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.779
 Bible reading

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.399
 was printed

00:36:46.399 --> 00:36:46.779
 on the

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:48.299
 service sheet

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.399
 and it

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:50.059
 was John

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.000
 14

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.779
 verses 1

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.699
 through to

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.119
 the first

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.699
 half of

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.460
 verse 6.

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:58.159
 it stopped

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.480
 at the

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.019
 second half

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.780
 of verse 6

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.440
 which reads

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.960
 no one

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.400
 comes to

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.699
 the Father

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.280
 except through

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.599
 me.

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.860
 And the

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.500
 organizer

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:08.199
 said to

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.980
 this minister

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.619
 I know

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.699
 that it

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.360
 was very

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.940
 important

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.619
 not to

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.119
 read

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.480
 that bit

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.019
 of the

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.500
 verse

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:17.860
 so as

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.340
 not to

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.800
 offend

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.460
 anyone

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:21.159
 as if the

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.579
 rest of the

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:21.960
 verse 6

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.440
 didn't offend

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.740
 anyone.

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:24.199
 but not

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.559
 to read

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:24.759
 that

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.359
 specifically

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:25.959
 so that

00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:26.219
 people

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.819
 would not

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.739
 be offended.

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.379
 My

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.099
 friend

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.599
 said

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.779
 I

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:35.219
 in fact

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.959
 submit

00:37:36.959 --> 00:37:37.299
 to a

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.639
 higher

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.899
 order

00:37:38.899 --> 00:37:39.519
 of being

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.879
 and I

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.199
 will be

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.719
 reading it

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.559
 and so

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.939
 he did.

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:44.819
 I'd never

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.099
 been asked

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.339
 to do it

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.739
 again but

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.059
 he did.

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.139
 It is

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:49.079
 so so

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.539
 crucial

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.379
 for us

00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:51.019
 to stand

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.619
 firm in

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.239
 those moments

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.559
 and not

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.719
 be

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.219
 embarrassed.

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.679
 To stand

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.119
 firm on

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.599
 this claim

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.039
 of Christ

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.819
 because all

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.479
 hope is

00:37:57.479 --> 00:37:57.939
 lost.

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.219
 Intimacy

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.719
 with God

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.299
 is lost.

00:38:00.979 --> 00:38:01.599
 It's so

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.159
 crucial for us

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.579
 not to back

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.979
 away from

00:38:02.979 --> 00:38:03.559
 this claim

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:05.859
 because as

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.899
 Acts 4

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:08.219
 12 says

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.039
 this about

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.599
 Jesus

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.079
 salvation is

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.679
 found in

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.079
 no one

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:13.379
 else for

00:38:13.379 --> 00:38:14.059
 there is no

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.699
 other name

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.459
 under heaven

00:38:15.459 --> 00:38:16.599
 given to

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.119
 mankind

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:18.419
 by which

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:19.059
 we must

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.699
 be saved.

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.679
 Amen.