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 Praise God.

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 Sweet, sweet to be here with you all again.

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 I was telling Seth, we get to see some of the guys' faces in the Workman's Trust every week,

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 but others that we are so used to seeing we don't see anymore.

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 And we were having dinner last night with a couple that's been attending Bellicose.

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 He's come out of a rough situation from a previous ministry,

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 and I was explaining to them what it was like when we prayed for the team that was going out.

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 And how for a few decades plus I had prayed that we would be able to equip and send workers in such a way

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 that in some measure resembled the departure of Paul from Miletus with the elders of Ephesus

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 when they wept at his departure.

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 That's not the kind of thing that happens when you're just building a missions and church planting portfolio

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 where you're trying to beef up the amount of production that you've had in ministry as a church

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 or you're posting on the wall how many missionaries you give $10 a month to so that you can have a larger number.

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 So this is what it's like when the Lord at work in his church sends part of his body from another local body,

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 and we actually feel it almost like an arm was cut off.

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 Except it's not negative in that sense because it's not an arm being cut off.

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 It's the body being sent by the Lord for the purpose of spreading what we heard about in this Proto-Evangelion,

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 the good news.

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 And so it's a wonderful thing, and yet there are tears and there's a sense of loss.

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 I was explaining that to this dear couple that has passed through so much trial,

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 and they said, we have never seen anything like that.

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 We've only known what it meant to be instruments in the part of a machine.

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 It was that kind of dynamic.

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 So I'm grateful for that.

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 And when I think of some of you that I don't see as often, I think, oh man, I miss seeing them.

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 But then I get to come here, and so I feel doubly rich in that sense.

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 Well, there's my introduction.

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 It's good to be here with you all.

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 I want to think this morning.

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 I was praying for you and thinking about what would be most helpful to share.

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 Dear heavens, we don't have a clock.

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 We're going to need that.

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 Okay.

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 I'll just click on this and see.

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 How long do you all normally go on Sunday mornings?

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 Just till 2?

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 Make it 8 hours.

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 Good to know.

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 Good to know.

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 All right.

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 Well, you guys are kind of modeling after the Indian church.

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 Just these 12-hour gatherings.

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 No.

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 I'm actually picking up from where I began.

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 I think it was last week at Bellicose Church in 1 John 1.

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 Some of you may have caught wind of that.

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 You may not have.

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 But I only made it through about a third of my notes last week.

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 And the more I prayed and thought about coming here to Christ Church, I couldn't extricate myself from 1 John 1.

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 And so here we are.

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 And if you want to open there to 1 John 1.

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 I want to begin briefly by laying a backdrop for this theme that God is light.

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 In my notes I have this titled, God is light, subtitle, a meditation for dark times.

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 So I begin just by reading Matthew 24, verses 4 to 6, and then a portion from Psalm 27, and then we'll get to 1 John 1.

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 I don't know if you've been looking around at the world.

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 You don't need to look very far.

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 But if you've been looking around at the world, you might have a sense, as I do in these days,

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 that there seems to be an unparalleled concentration and volume of darkness at play.

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 It's not just in America.

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 It's in the cities of the earth.

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 I have never seen a more global spread of jihadist Islam, for instance,

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 of overt anti-Semitism, of immorality in a thousand different forms.

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 One needs only to watch the intro to the Olympics, which I hope you didn't.

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 I didn't, but I saw it after the fact, to see open blasphemy on display.

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 The world has always been a dark place since the fall,

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 but the darkness is getting more boastful and pronounced, it seems to me.

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 And between the weight that I feel from those things and the weight that I feel from struggles

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 within the church, walking through marital strife and other kinds of trials that are profound

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 morally, doctrinally, and across the board, I have found myself over the last several weeks

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 feeling a little heavier than normal and finding it more difficult to walk out of my study in

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 the morning, even after a rich time in the word with the kind of lightness that I had in times past.

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 Well, I don't know if it's going to be this way until the Lord returns, and I'm not without hope,

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 but I do feel the prevalence of the darkness, it seems to me, in a way in which I haven't always felt it.

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 Perhaps I'm just discerning better.

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 Or maybe it is that, as Paul said, in the last days, there will be an increasing darkness.

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 I believe we're seeing that personally.

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 And when Jesus in Matthew 24, 4 to 6, answered his disciples, when they asked,

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 when will these things be?

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 What will be the sign of the coming and of the close of the age?

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 He responded by saying, See to it that no one leads you astray, for many will come in my name,

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 saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray.

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 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

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 See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

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 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

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 and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

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 The end is not yet.

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 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars and all manner of tumult,

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 as my disciples, in this fallen world.

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 But don't be alarmed to the point of despair.

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 Don't be alarmed to the point of hopelessness.

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 The end is not yet.

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 That's a little anchor point for us to consider.

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 And I would like to make note of the fact that our Lord himself says just there

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 that things are going to get difficult in the world.

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 And particularly for believers in this world, he said,

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 You will have tribulation, but take courage.

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 I have overcome the world.

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 So there's a lot of claiming of certain kinds of promises and misusing of them.

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 I heard another prosperity guy boasting just the other day that someone had gifted him

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 with some kind of a really fancy clock that cost thousands of dollars,

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 and that he already had 36 of them in his closet.

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 And he said, Well, praise the Lord, brother, that's good.

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 And then the guy said, But there's more to it.

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 I'm giving you this particular kind of Bentley that has a clock,

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 that clock mounted in it, which amounts to $350,000 worth of vehicle and clock.

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 And he was boasting in that and treating it nonchalantly and saying,

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 See, the Lord's blessings upon me.

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 Ha ha ha.

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 Well, there's going to be false teachers as well that are treasuring everything

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 but Jesus Christ and him crucified.

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 And we can count on that, which is why we need to know that God is light

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 and what that means.

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 Before I get to that, I want to open with Psalm 27,

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 and let's use it as our prayer this morning.

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 Psalm of David.

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 The Lord is my light and my salvation.

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 Whom shall I fear?

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 The Lord is the stronghold of my life.

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 Of whom shall I be afraid?

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 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh,

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 my adversaries and foes,

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 it is they who stumble and fall.

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 Though an army encamp against me,

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 my heart shall not fear.

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 Though war arise against me,

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 yet will I be confident.

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 One thing have I asked of the Lord,

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 and that will I seek after,

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 that I may dwell in the house of the Lord

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 all the days of my life,

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 to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord

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 and to inquire in his temple.

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 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble.

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 He will conceal me under the cover of his tent.

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 He will lift me high upon a rock.

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 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me,

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 and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy.

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 I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

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 Hear, O Lord,

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 when I cry aloud.

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 Be gracious to me and answer me.

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 You have said,

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 seek my face.

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 My heart says to you,

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 your face, Lord,

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 do I seek.

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 And in no better way,

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 Lord,

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 could we seek your face

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 than by opening our hearts to you in prayer,

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 than by opening your word

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 to see the light

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 that is in your word,

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 than believing the gospel

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 and looking upon your Son,

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 who in these last days,

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 after having spoken through the prophets

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 and through the patriarchs,

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 you have spoken to us supremely

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 and chiefly and perfectly in your Son.

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 And so we look to him this morning,

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 and we pray

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 that as we think about this theme from your word

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 that you are light

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 and that in you is no darkness,

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 that you would establish us as your people

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 and establish this church

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 as a bulwark of light

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 in Raytown,

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 in Kansas City.

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 Lord,

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 I ask your blessing.

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 I pray that the light of God,

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 I pray that the God who is light

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 that we would be aware of you.

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 We ask for the ministry of the Holy Spirit

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 and the ministry of the word

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 to the praise of your Son's name.

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 Amen.

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 1 John chapter 1.

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 A few notes to think about

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 with 1 John as a letter

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 and 1 John chapter 1.

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 There are many debates

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 as to who wrote

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 this letter.

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 I hold to the traditional view

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 that it was John the Apostle,

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 but there are many debates among scholars.

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 Don Carson and Douglas Moo

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 say that throughout church history,

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 apart from more modern scholarship,

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 never have these books

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 been attributed to anyone

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 other than John the Apostle,

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 the son of Zebedee.

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 And so it's not until we get

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 to more modern critical scholarship

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 that new suggestions are made,

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 and I don't have a whole lot of room

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 in my study for those suggestions.

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 John most likely wrote from Ephesus,

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 according to these two brothers,

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 in the early 90s.

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 And the point of the first letter of John

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 in encouraging the churches

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 to whom he's writing

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 is to hold forth the supremacy of Jesus

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 and what it means that Christ is light

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 and life and our advocate

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 and what it means to love him

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 and to love the brethren.

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 Adolf Zephyr, who I'll refer to later,

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 said the whole first epistle of John,

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 listen to this,

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 is an exposition of this,

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 that love to God,

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 that's the only way of saying love for God

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 and love unto God,

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 love to God and love to man

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 go hand in hand together.

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 Love to God and love to man

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 go hand in hand together.

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 So let's just think about chapter one

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 for a few moments.

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 The apostle writes, verse one,

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 that which was from the beginning,

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 which we have heard,

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 which we have seen with our eyes,

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 which we looked upon

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 and have touched with our hands

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 concerning the word of life.

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 The life was made manifest

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 and we have seen it

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 and testify to it

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 and proclaim to you

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 the eternal life,

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 which was with the father

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 and was made manifest to us.

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 That which we have seen and heard,

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 we proclaim also to you

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 so that you too

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 may have fellowship with us.

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 And indeed,

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 our fellowship is with the father

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 and with his son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And we are writing these things

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 so that our joy

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 may be complete.

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 Well, just thinking about

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 these first four verses

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 for a few moments,

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 it's important to note

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 that John in his letter

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 is not primarily polemical,

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 meaning for many,

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 this book has been known

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 mainly as a book

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 from which we argue Christology

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 or argue the gospel.

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 That is, it's polemical.

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 It's argumentative

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 in the right sense

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 that that is its main purpose.

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 But I think it is right

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 to, of course,

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 acknowledge that

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 you can't read

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 apostolic teaching

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 without there being

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 a polemical intensity.

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 They are passionate

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 about the glory of Jesus.

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 They're passionate

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 about what God has revealed

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 in Christ.

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 They are passionate

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 about the churches.

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 They want the church

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 rightly to understand

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 who Christ is,

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 what the gospel is,

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 and they're going to argue

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 about that

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 if you're pressing

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 for some kind

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 of erroneous view.

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 So we find that,

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 of course,

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 John is dealing

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 with what might be called

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 proto-Gnostics.

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 The Gnostic movement

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 had not fully taken up

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 steam by now,

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 but the seeds

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 of what became

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 the Gnostic movement

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 evidently were creeping

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 into the churches

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 that John is writing to.

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 So he wants to confront

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 that dualistic heresy

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 that twists the nature

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 of Christ.

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 So there is obviously

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 something polemical

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 about this letter,

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 but I would argue

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 that it's not primarily

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 polemical or argumentative.

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 It's primarily pastoral.

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 What he is most concerned

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 about is the joy

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 of God's people

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 in Christ.

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 And from that fatherly heart,

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 he calls himself

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 a father to the church

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 and his other epistles.

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 From that heart,

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 he writes,

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 John desires the deepening

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 of the holiness

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 of God's people,

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 the deepening of their joy,

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 the deepening of their assurance

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 and peace in Christ.

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 And so he writes,

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 that which was from the beginning,

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 which we have heard,

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 which we have seen

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 with our eyes,

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 which we looked upon

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 and have touched

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 with our hands

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 concerning the word of life.

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 Think just for a moment

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 about the eyewitness dynamic

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 and nature

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 of who is writing to us.

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 Here we have John,

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 who it seems regarded himself

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 especially as the disciple

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 whom Jesus loved,

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 who is writing about our Lord

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 not only as a cosmic figure

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 that reigns over the nations,

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 but as one

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 with whom he walked,

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 one upon whose shoulder

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 he laid his head,

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 one whose voice he heard,

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 one whose grief he witnessed,

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 one whose joy

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 and celebration

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 of the children

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 in Jerusalem

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 he was rebuked by.

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 This is the one

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 that he is saying

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 is light.

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 So this eyewitness dynamic

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 is very precious

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 for us to consider.

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 The life was made manifest.

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 That would be a way

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 of saying

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 the glory of God

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 in Christ

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 has shown.

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 The light

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 is the glory.

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 And the glory

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 is not

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 some cloud

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 that comes through

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 the air duct system.

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 The glory

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 is the showing forth

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 of the holiness

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 and person

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 of God himself.

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 That's what glory means

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 in the Bible.

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 It means

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 the holy God

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 is being revealed

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 or shown

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 or magnified.

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 That's what God's glory

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 is.

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 And never had his glory

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 been revealed

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 though it had been revealed

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 but never had it been revealed

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 in the same way

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 as it was revealed

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 in his son

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 which is what John

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 is describing here.

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 the life

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 was made manifest

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 and we have

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 seen it

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 and testified

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 to it

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 and proclaimed

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 to you

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 the eternal life.

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 So it means

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 we touched him

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 we heard him

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 we laughed

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 with him

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 we wept

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 with him

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 we were baffled

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 at what he was teaching

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 we understood

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 what he was teaching

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 Peter went on

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 so far

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 as to rebuke him

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 and then to get rebuked

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 in return.

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 We saw

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 all of this

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 we saw his miracles

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 we saw his care

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 for sinners

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 but it wasn't just

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 that they beheld

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 that he was truly

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 man

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 they did

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 they beheld

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 and came to believe

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 and recognize

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 also that he was

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 truly

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 God

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 therefore he is

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 the eternal life

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 that has been granted

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 to us

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 and Jesus says

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 in John 17

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 this is eternal life

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 that they

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 may know you

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 the one true God

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 and Jesus the Messiah

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 whom

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 you have sent.

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 So it's good

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 for us to note

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 the dynamic here

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 that John was an eyewitness

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 and he's writing

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 for the sake

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 of the churches

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 along those lines.

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 Verse 3

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 that which we have

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 seen and heard

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 we proclaim

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 also to you

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 so that you too

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 may have fellowship

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 with us.

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 We are focused

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 on Christ himself

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 with you

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 and reminding you

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 of his glory

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 and of himself

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 and of his cross

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 because we want

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 Christian fellowship.

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 It brings me

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 such joy

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 to visit a church

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 plant some months

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 into existence

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 and to hear

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 that the primary

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 song

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 the primary

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 encouragement

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 has to do

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 with Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 We have seen

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 the ramifications

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 of megachurches

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 and large ministries

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 that have been

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 brought to dust

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 because they were

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 built on something

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 other than Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified

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 and therefore

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 they may have had

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 fellowship

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 around missions

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 or around theology

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 or around prayer

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 or some other thing

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 but they did not

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 have this fellowship

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 for which the apostle

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 is pleading

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 and encouraging.

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 If we don't have

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 fellowship in Christ

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 in the gospel

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 then we don't have

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 Christian fellowship

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 and we will use

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 one another

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 for our own purposes

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 and hold envy

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 and pride

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 and suspicion

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 toward one another

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 because

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 we don't have

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 fellowship with each other

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 as sinners

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 who have been redeemed

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 and are being sanctified.

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 Only that kind

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 of fellowship

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 which is only

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 to be experienced

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.799
 for those who are

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:39.059
 looking unto Jesus

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 is Christian fellowship.

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.000
 Every other kind

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 of fellowship

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 even if it's around

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 Christian things

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 will lead to destruction

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 for the want

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 of that foundation.

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 So the apostle

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 again tells them

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 I am heralding

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 this one

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 to you

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 so that

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 you too

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 may have fellowship

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 with us

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 and indeed

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 our fellowship

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.619
 is with the Father

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 and with his Son

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Isn't it a marvelous

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 thing to think

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 that throughout

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 the world

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 today

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 and

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 well there's a gap

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 of hours

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 with the time

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 zones

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 there are brothers

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 and sisters

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 gathering

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 in large

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 and small

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 gatherings

00:21:17.459 --> 00:21:19.000
 in the name

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 some of them

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 reports I've

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 just seen

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 again that have

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 been multiplying

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 in Nigeria

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:28.919
 are experiencing

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 profound persecution.

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 I saw a video

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 the other day

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.559
 of a congregation

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 who had a few

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 of its members

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 martyred

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 and their church

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 building burned down

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 all that was left

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 was the shell

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 of the building

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 and the next Sunday

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 there is the rest

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 of the congregation

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 in the middle

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 of the shell

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 on an ash heap

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 singing hymns

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 unto God.

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 Those are our

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 brothers

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 and sisters

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 and this ought

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 to be a great

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 encouragement to us

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 a reminder as well

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 to put away

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 our excess

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 as American dreamers

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 but also

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 a profound

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.180
 encouragement

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.980
 that the name

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 of Christ

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:11.200
 is being magnified

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 in nations

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 and in places

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.339
 where ancient

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 demon spirits

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 and ancient

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 gods

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 false gods

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 have had

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.659
 the preeminence.

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 Weak

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 brothers and sisters

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 are singing songs

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 to the Lamb

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 and so are we.

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 Paul says

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 remember

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 my chains

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 as an apostle

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 but he says

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 remember those

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 who are persecuted

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 as well.

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 Well one of the things

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.519
 it does

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.359
 is it reminds you

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 that you're not

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.899
 the center of the world

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 and it reminds you

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.259
 that Christ

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.819
 is the one

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:43.079
 who keeps his people

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 and perhaps

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.419
 we're not experiencing

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.099
 the same kind

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.679
 of persecution

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 but we might

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.539
 be experiencing

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.660
 sufferings

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:51.180
 or discouragements

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.480
 and the remembrance

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.299
 of Christ

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.160
 and that he's the head

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.779
 of the church

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.880
 and he upholds

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.440
 the universe

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.039
 by the word

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.720
 of his power

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:59.100
 is what keeps us

00:22:59.100 --> 00:23:00.360
 as God's people

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:02.019
 looking unto Jesus.

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 It's to cling

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 to his promise

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.960
 of faithfulness

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 to us.

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 Sometimes you need that

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 when you're planting

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 a church

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 and you go through

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 the encouragement

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 of the newness

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 of the season

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 and then it's down

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 to the nitty gritty

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 as a people

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 and what does it

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 actually mean

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 for us

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 to walk

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 in the light

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 as his disciples

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 not that you guys

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 had a whole lot

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 of bells and whistles

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 or kind of

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 worldly American ideas

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.940
 about church

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 but the bottom line

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.220
 is when you get down

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 to the real

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 knit and grit

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 of the life

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 of discipleship

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 and building up

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 of the church

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 there are times

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 where it can be

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.799
 profoundly discouraging

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 or you feel

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.319
 a loss of vision

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 you feel a loss

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 of clear conviction

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 you ask questions

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 that don't make any sense

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 in other times

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 like why are we

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 doing this again

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 or what exactly

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 is it that we're

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 doing right now

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:03.179
 or what was the point

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:03.879
 of that gathering

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 you usually only think

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.559
 those things privately

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 or maybe with your spouse

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 but they happen

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 and the only way

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 for us to understand

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 the magnitude

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 preciousness

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.900
 sacredness

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.820
 and glory

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 of what it is

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 that we are about

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 as the church

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 is to be looking

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 to the one

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 who is

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.920
 its light

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 so the apostle

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.960
 proclaimed

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.920
 that Christ

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 that that same

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 fellowship

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.920
 which was already

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 theirs

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.259
 might be made

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 more robust

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 and we are writing

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 these things

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.460
 so that our joy

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 that's a manuscript

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:42.319
 question

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 it could be

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 our joy

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:45.059
 or your joy

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 either way

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.179
 I like to take it

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.720
 to say

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.240
 the joy of the apostles

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 and of the churches

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 why

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 because what's the same joy

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.399
 that Jesus promised

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.439
 to all of his disciples

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 that your joy

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 may be

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 complete

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 okay

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 well there's a few thoughts

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.779
 on one through four

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.960
 and we're about

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.740
 halfway done

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:07.740
 walking in the light

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.960
 verses five to ten

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 this is the message

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.140
 we have heard

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 from him

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.299
 and proclaim

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 to you

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.539
 that God

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 is light

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:18.539
 and in him

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.900
 is no

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.539
 darkness

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.839
 at all

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.359
 well let's

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.099
 let's dwell

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.960
 on verse five

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 just for a few moments

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.620
 and then

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.660
 we will

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 walk

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.279
 through six

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 through ten

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 God is light

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 what does it mean

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.579
 that God

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.839
 is light

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 it doesn't mean

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.019
 that light

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.819
 is God

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.660
 it's not an

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.000
 ontological statement

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.860
 in that sense

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:42.160
 that wherever you see

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.559
 light

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.460
 and not darkness

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:45.360
 that is the divine person

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.500
 no don't do that

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:48.160
 that'd be the same

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.400
 as

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:50.200
 as worshipping trees

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.559
 no

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:53.140
 he is the author

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.720
 of light

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.680
 but the

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.600
 the metaphor

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.160
 of light

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.000
 is being used

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.539
 to point

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.240
 to something

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.019
 more eternal

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.759
 and greater

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.620
 and more glorious

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.899
 which is God himself

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:03.479
 he's the creator

00:26:03.479 --> 00:26:04.699
 of physical light

00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.679
 as we know it

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:07.319
 but he himself

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.719
 is greater

00:26:08.719 --> 00:26:09.759
 than the greatest

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.219
 of the sun

00:26:11.219 --> 00:26:11.899
 or the stars

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:13.099
 he is light

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.199
 he is God

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:15.119
 and in him

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.979
 is no darkness

00:26:15.979 --> 00:26:16.939
 there's no darkness

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:18.239
 in many respects

00:26:18.239 --> 00:26:20.559
 this is what the apostle

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.899
 is getting at here

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.779
 but I have three

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:24.659
 that I shared briefly

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.299
 and I might spend

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.039
 a little more time

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.500
 on here

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.039
 than I did

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:28.259
 at Bellicose Church

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:31.960
 that God is light

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.960
 means at least

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.680
 three things

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.319
 it means

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.160
 and this is

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.379
 an alliteration

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.759
 for you

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.359
 well three

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.119
 three Ps

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.619
 anyway

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.859
 makes it easy

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.339
 for you

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:43.000
 he is pure

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:45.319
 God is pure

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.960
 number two

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.420
 God is precise

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:50.779
 and number three

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.819
 God is

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.000
 paternal

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.039
 he is pure

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.940
 of all of God's

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.519
 attributes

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.700
 the one that serves

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.500
 in the Bible

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.339
 speaking on human

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.059
 terms here

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.039
 as something

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:04.059
 more like

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.259
 the foundational

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.019
 attribute

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:07.399
 of God

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.240
 from which

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.399
 all of the others

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.099
 can be better

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.619
 perceived

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:12.200
 is that he is

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.680
 holy

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:14.659
 and when the angels

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.279
 cried out

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.480
 they didn't cry out

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.220
 righteous

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.700
 righteous

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.399
 righteous

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:19.279
 though he is

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.319
 powerful

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.899
 powerful

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.539
 powerful

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.700
 though he is

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.539
 merciful

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.099
 merciful

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.639
 though he is

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.819
 they cried out

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.279
 in that

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.240
 thrice

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.459
 remarkable

00:27:29.459 --> 00:27:30.579
 declaration

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.519
 holy

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.619
 holy

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.759
 holy

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:35.379
 is the Lord

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:37.419
 back and forth

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.299
 one to another

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.819
 for thousands

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.619
 of years

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.939
 marveling

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:43.139
 at the brightness

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:44.240
 and purity

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.599
 of the holiness

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.759
 of God

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:49.399
 that God is light

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.000
 means

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.519
 that he is holy

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:53.379
 that he is pure

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:55.260
 that's number

00:27:55.260 --> 00:27:55.660
 one

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:58.360
 God is precise

00:27:58.360 --> 00:28:01.000
 what do I mean

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.700
 by this

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.820
 I mean he is

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.380
 the one

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.920
 we see most

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.980
 clearly in Christ

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.940
 is full of

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.420
 grace

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.820
 and truth

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:10.640
 none of us

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.400
 take

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:13.240
 too well

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.840
 to the idea

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.340
 of being

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.120
 consistently

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.160
 misrepresented

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.660
 if I caught

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.300
 wind that

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:21.140
 people were

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.660
 starting to hang

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.120
 out with my

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.540
 wife

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:24.340
 and they

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.779
 came and

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.340
 met with me

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.700
 and said

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.019
 we have been

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.580
 spending time

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.000
 with Audrey

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.380
 and we feel

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.940
 like we know

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.500
 you now

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.279
 and I said

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.560
 really

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:31.279
 what have you

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.540
 all been

00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:32.180
 talking about

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.860
 and she said

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.759
 and the person

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.340
 says well

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.000
 we just learned

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.580
 how much of an

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.320
 expert you are

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.860
 on country

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.400
 music

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:40.960
 I would step

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.620
 back and say

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:43.920
 are you sure

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.220
 you didn't

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.720
 misunderstand

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.080
 her

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.960
 and that your

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.940
 favorite dish

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.980
 that you always

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.500
 want on

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.220
 anniversaries

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.740
 is liver

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.519
 and onions

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:54.559
 and

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:56.940
 and that

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.380
 you've got

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.019
 a really long

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.600
 history of

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.059
 consistently

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.339
 working out

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.660
 at the gym

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:03.339
 I would look

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.759
 at them and

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.420
 say which

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.120
 Audrey were you

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.720
 talking to

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.960
 because

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.519
 I would

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.220
 be in that

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.559
 moment

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.519
 misrepresented

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.779
 and how strange

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.299
 I would feel

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.559
 and even

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.380
 concern for my

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.819
 wife

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.980
 if I found

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.460
 out it really

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.220
 was the same

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.600
 Audrey

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.079
 and she was

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.619
 saying those

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.219
 things

00:29:19.219 --> 00:29:20.699
 in the same

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:21.439
 way we see

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.039
 of the God

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.639
 of Israel

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.619
 his declaration

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:25.279
 that among

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.019
 the nations

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.919
 he is blasphemed

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.779
 because of

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.199
 them

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:30.740
 because of

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.099
 what they're

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.879
 saying about

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.259
 him

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.240
 and how

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.919
 they're living

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:36.059
 as those

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.559
 who bear

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.319
 his name

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.859
 God is

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.339
 holy

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.619
 and precise

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.819
 and doesn't

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.719
 take it lightly

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.679
 when his

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.879
 people misrepresent

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.379
 him

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.720
 that should

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.220
 give us

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.640
 a new

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.100
 sense of

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.500
 the fear

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.040
 of God

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:50.040
 a new

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.480
 sense of

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.900
 reverence

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.300
 for his

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.680
 word

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.100
 and a new

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.620
 desire

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.000
 that we

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.440
 should not

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.120
 misrepresent

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.560
 him

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.480
 now he's

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.120
 not insecure

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.120
 like we

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.840
 men are

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.300
 insecure

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:59.580
 so that when

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.560
 he's misrepresented

00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.320
 he's full of

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.680
 fear

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.840
 and pride

00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:03.940
 and anger

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:05.480
 and impatience

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.800
 and condescension

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:08.160
 that's not

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.920
 why he's

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.420
 concerned

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.140
 he's concerned

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.800
 for the glory

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.480
 of his name

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:13.120
 because it

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:14.900
 is true

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:16.079
 and holy

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.759
 and number

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.200
 two

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.500
 it is

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.660
 he is

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.599
 for the

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.259
 flourishing

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.819
 of his

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.259
 people

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.099
 who cannot

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.700
 flourish

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.400
 or have

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.039
 joy that

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.740
 is complete

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.519
 in John's

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.960
 words

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.960
 unless they

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.519
 are seeing

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.920
 him

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.880
 and believing

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.279
 him

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.960
 and trusting

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.279
 him

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.819
 and knowing

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.120
 him

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.680
 and serving

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.019
 him

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.920
 as he

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.599
 is

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.519
 that's

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.819
 why the

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.179
 apostle

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.740
 preaches

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.119
 Christ

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.659
 again

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.259
 this is

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.599
 part of

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:42.839
 what it

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.099
 means

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.699
 that God

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.439
 is light

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:45.599
 we should

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.139
 take very

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.839
 seriously

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:48.179
 how we

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.579
 study

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.459
 his word

00:30:49.459 --> 00:30:50.159
 and how

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.699
 we speak

00:30:50.699 --> 00:30:51.139
 of him

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:55.319
 and just

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.819
 then when we

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.279
 hear those

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.799
 two and we

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.000
 feel perhaps

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.740
 crushed under

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.179
 the weight

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.779
 of that

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.639
 we get to

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.019
 the third

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.480
 point

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.939
 which fleshes

00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.619
 things out a

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.299
 bit better on

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.359
 biblical terms

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:07.359
 that God

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.819
 is light

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.339
 means that

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.659
 he is

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.379
 paternal

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:10.619
 it means

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.039
 that he's

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.719
 our father

00:31:11.719 --> 00:31:12.819
 it means

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.139
 that he's

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.699
 not like

00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:14.159
 earthly

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.659
 fathers

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.099
 who are

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.779
 impure

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.079
 and who

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.459
 are not

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:17.819
 precise

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.379
 but who

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.740
 are still

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.079
 offended

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.419
 when you

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.039
 misrepresent

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.419
 them

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:22.539
 he is

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.019
 pure

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.159
 and he

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.639
 is

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:26.099
 omniscient

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.579
 he knows

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.240
 everything

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.579
 he's

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.099
 precise

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.419
 and he

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.959
 is

00:31:29.959 --> 00:31:31.000
 paternal

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.319
 he cares

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.059
 for his

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.519
 people

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.379
 may it

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.119
 be banished

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.539
 from the

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.959
 church

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:36.879
 the idea

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:38.139
 that Jesus

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.919
 came to

00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:39.659
 save us

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.339
 from the

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.879
 father

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:42.699
 he did

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.059
 not come

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.539
 to save

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.079
 us from

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.799
 the father

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.919
 the father

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.599
 sent him

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.299
 in love

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.159
 what kind

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.639
 of twisting

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.359
 is that

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.239
 well I

00:31:51.239 --> 00:31:51.699
 understand

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.319
 why it

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.639
 happens

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.179
 because we

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:54.059
 acknowledge

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.679
 that Jesus

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.559
 is our

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.019
 redeemer

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.759
 and mediator

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.299
 and that he

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.819
 bore the

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.319
 wrath of

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.779
 God on

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.339
 our behalf

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.879
 but we

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.179
 need to

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:00.559
 know that

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.339
 the lamb

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.799
 of God

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.699
 also bore

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:03.199
 the wrath

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.519
 of the

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.799
 lamb

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.200
 on our

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.720
 behalf

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.980
 not just

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.339
 the wrath

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.579
 of the

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:06.940
 father

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.639
 the wrath

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.899
 of the

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.339
 triune

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.899
 God

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:11.279
 he did

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.899
 save us

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.299
 from the

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.799
 wrath

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.680
 of God

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.159
 but not

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.819
 merely the

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.259
 wrath of

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.759
 the father

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.180
 that's an

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.519
 important

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.980
 distinction

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.639
 to make

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.779
 lest you

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.599
 begin projecting

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.779
 your failure

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.740
 of a father's

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.500
 attributes

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.139
 on God

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.680
 the father

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.099
 no

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.519
 we were

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.159
 under the

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.700
 wrath of

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.279
 God

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:29.220
 we were

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.419
 but we

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.779
 were under

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.259
 the wrath

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.519
 of the

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.980
 triune

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.339
 God

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.619
 he was

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:32.839
 not

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.359
 divided

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.619
 and Jesus

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.379
 died upon

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:37.000
 the cross

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.539
 willingly

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.539
 and with

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:40.000
 profound

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.579
 love

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.279
 to save

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.939
 sinners

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:43.719
 but

00:32:43.719 --> 00:32:45.859
 underneath

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.419
 that

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.539
 we have

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.219
 this truth

00:32:48.219 --> 00:32:48.639
 that he

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.179
 was sent

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:50.099
 by the

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.479
 father

00:32:50.479 --> 00:32:52.279
 it pleased

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.079
 the father

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:54.519
 to crush

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.619
 his beloved

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.419
 son

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:57.339
 so that

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.839
 we

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.639
 might be

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.039
 atoned

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.479
 for

00:32:59.479 --> 00:33:00.639
 and saved

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.220
 see

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.900
 when I

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.100
 say

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.380
 God

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.520
 is

00:33:02.520 --> 00:33:02.940
 precise

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.160
 I'm

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.340
 thinking

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.560
 about

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:03.860
 things

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.080
 like

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.520
 this

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.960
 the

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.460
 father

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.740
 has

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:06.920
 been

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.759
 misrepresented

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.380
 by so

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.740
 many

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.540
 by not

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:09.860
 thinking

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.280
 clearly

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:10.600
 enough

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.840
 about

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.040
 the

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.340
 fact

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.759
 that

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.040
 God

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:12.320
 sent

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.520
 his

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:12.759
 son

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:12.980
 in

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.500
 love

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:15.180
 and that

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.300
 we

00:33:15.300 --> 00:33:15.440
 were

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.620
 under

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.100
 the wrath

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.900
 deservedly

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.040
 of the

00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:18.560
 triune

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.060
 God

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:20.820
 I

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.160
 understand

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.660
 how we

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:21.800
 have

00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.060
 gotten

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.300
 there

00:33:22.300 --> 00:33:22.620
 in many

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.120
 respects

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.500
 but we

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.880
 need to

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.420
 clear that

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.960
 up so

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.280
 that we

00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:26.060
 know that

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.580
 God is

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:26.840
 not

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.400
 divided

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:31.580
 and

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.259
 that we

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.759
 may know

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.600
 that God

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.320
 is

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:35.200
 paternal

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.680
 that we

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.320
 may cast

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:38.000
 our cares

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.620
 upon him

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.080
 for he

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.660
 cares

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.740
 for us

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.400
 that we

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:41.780
 may know

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.060
 that he

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.500
 doesn't

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.920
 abandon

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.380
 us

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:44.080
 even in

00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:44.420
 moments

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.780
 where we

00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.200
 find that

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.460
 we have

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.680
 been

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.640
 imprecise

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.040
 about

00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.440
 him

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.860
 or

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.780
 impure

00:33:49.780 --> 00:33:51.320
 in his

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.860
 presence

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:54.100
 he cares

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.759
 for us

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.140
 and he

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.700
 cares for

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.020
 us

00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:56.940
 perfectly

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.380
 and

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.900
 infinitely

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.140
 in his

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.520
 son

00:34:00.520 --> 00:34:01.040
 this is

00:34:01.040 --> 00:34:01.340
 what it

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.800
 means

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:03.040
 that God

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:03.560
 is light

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:03.940
 he is

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.460
 pure

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.720
 he is

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.300
 precise

00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:07.580
 and he

00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:07.920
 is

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.640
 paternal

00:34:08.640 --> 00:34:09.200
 God

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.700
 is light

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.059
 there is

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.340
 no

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.840
 darkness

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.559
 in him

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.000
 in the

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.460
 face of

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.140
 our sin

00:34:14.140 --> 00:34:14.660
 in the

00:34:14.660 --> 00:34:15.220
 face of

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.440
 our

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.039
 sufferings

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.300
 in the

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.619
 face of

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.039
 chaos

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.559
 in the

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.960
 world

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.759
 or in

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:18.920
 the

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.440
 church

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.619
 in the

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.059
 face of

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.019
 our fears

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.900
 our

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.000
 uncertainties

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.859
 God

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.739
 is light

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:27.500
 he is

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.940
 absolute

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.559
 light

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.139
 he is

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.739
 truth

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:32.980
 he is

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.579
 the writer

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:33.900
 to the

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.199
 Hebrews

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.819
 says

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:36.139
 faith is

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.639
 to believe

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.239
 that he

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.920
 is

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:40.039
 he is

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.480
 holy

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.079
 and he

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.819
 is good

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.539
 that

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.860
 God

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.019
 is

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.260
 light

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.539
 means

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.680
 that

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:43.940
 he is

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.460
 trustworthy

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.920
 that

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.260
 God

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.420
 is

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.680
 light

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:46.960
 means

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.100
 that

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.220
 he

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.380
 is

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.980
 immutable

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.200
 he

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.420
 does

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.660
 not

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:49.140
 change

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.320
 or

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.760
 waver

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:49.980
 or

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.500
 diminish

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:52.019
 that

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.360
 God

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.559
 is

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.960
 light

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.360
 and

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.519
 that

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.660
 he

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:54.840
 has

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.039
 sent

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.280
 his

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.600
 son

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:56.000
 means

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.220
 that

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.380
 the

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.720
 people

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:56.940
 of

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.280
 God

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.640
 have

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:58.100
 all

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.340
 of

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.900
 Christ

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.320
 for

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.660
 all

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:00.880
 of

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.100
 our

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:01.820
 lives

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.900
 there

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.080
 is

00:35:03.080 --> 00:35:03.240
 no

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.600
 sin

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:03.860
 in

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.160
 him

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:05.260
 and

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.480
 there

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.660
 is

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:05.860
 no

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.280
 error

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.660
 in

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.019
 him

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.840
 there

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.019
 is

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.179
 no

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.619
 darkness

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:08.940
 there

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.059
 is

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.239
 no

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:09.539
 ill

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.059
 will

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.420
 in

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.980
 God

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.759
 there

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:11.880
 is

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.039
 no

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.980
 selfishness

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.280
 in

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.639
 God

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.840
 there

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.079
 never

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.500
 has

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.880
 been

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.219
 and

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.460
 never

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.800
 will

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.139
 be

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.340
 there

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.519
 is

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.659
 no

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.059
 sin

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.300
 in

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.519
 him

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.659
 he

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:18.840
 is

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.280
 holy

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.059
 holy

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.800
 holy

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:22.400
 there

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.539
 is

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.699
 no

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.340
 manipulation

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.940
 in

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.320
 him

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.539
 he

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:25.659
 is

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.880
 not

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.619
 crafty

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.440
 he

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.599
 is

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.239
 wise

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.940
 and

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.460
 trustworthy

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.759
 he

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:30.940
 is

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.179
 never

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.920
 misguided

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.139
 he

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.280
 is

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.519
 never

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.759
 in

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.259
 error

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.780
 ever

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.400
 he

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.599
 is

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.119
 faithful

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.920
 and

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.360
 true

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:40.059
 confession

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.079
 time

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.360
 here

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:43.160
 at

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.300
 our

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.700
 elders

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.380
 retreat

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.680
 I

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:44.860
 was

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.240
 told

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:46.960
 that

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.099
 if

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.240
 I

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.400
 could

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.760
 weave

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.220
 Kamala

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.620
 Harris

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.880
 word

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.360
 salad

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.079
 into

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.320
 the

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.660
 sermon

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:53.180
 a

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.440
 certain

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.820
 elder

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.039
 whom

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.180
 you

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.519
 probably

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.700
 would

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:54.860
 not

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.280
 guess

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.800
 would

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:55.980
 give

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.120
 me

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:56.720
 a

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.019
 $20

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.519
 bill

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:59.220
 so

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.620
 last

00:35:59.620 --> 00:35:59.940
 week

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:01.120
 I

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.340
 did

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.579
 it

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:03.019
 I

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.500
 said

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.000
 our

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.460
 God

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.740
 is

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.260
 perfect

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.680
 and

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.059
 true

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.320
 and

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.619
 when

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:06.880
 he

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.320
 speaks

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.539
 it

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.699
 is

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.059
 never

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.480
 word

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.920
 salad

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.480
 he

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.860
 never

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.279
 says

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.500
 to

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.719
 us

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:10.920
 that

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.139
 we

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.460
 shall

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.699
 look

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:11.920
 to

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.440
 be

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.579
 unburdened

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.840
 by

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.079
 what

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.320
 has

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.679
 been

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:17.940
 and

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.139
 I'll

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.360
 add

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.519
 to

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.799
 that

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.900
 he

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.139
 doesn't

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.299
 have

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.500
 very

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.779
 much

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.000
 to

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.219
 say

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.420
 not

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.519
 in

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.659
 the

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:21.840
 same

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.039
 way

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.199
 that

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.360
 she

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.579
 did

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.799
 about

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.039
 the

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.460
 significance

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.779
 of

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:23.920
 the

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.279
 passage

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.480
 of

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.960
 time

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:26.599
 which

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.759
 she

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.079
 repeated

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.279
 I

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.440
 think

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.739
 five

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.079
 times

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.199
 in

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.400
 one

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.880
 paragraph

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.079
 and

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.279
 made

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.480
 no

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.799
 sense

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.820
 when

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.159
 God

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.699
 speaks

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.619
 it

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:32.920
 makes

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.420
 sense

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.380
 now

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.539
 there

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.720
 might

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:34.900
 be

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.320
 mystery

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.519
 and

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.840
 glory

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.039
 that

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.159
 is

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.340
 too

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.599
 much

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:36.780
 for

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.019
 our

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.380
 finite

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.960
 brains

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.159
 to

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.639
 grasp

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.320
 in

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.599
 certain

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.960
 things

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.119
 that

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.300
 he

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.619
 says

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:40.820
 but

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:40.960
 it

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.119
 is

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.659
 always

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.639
 spirit

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.079
 and

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.639
 life

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.659
 truth

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.740
 perfect

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.840
 authority

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:48.059
 love

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.500
 it

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.639
 is

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:48.980
 always

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.579
 precise

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:49.840
 it

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:49.980
 is

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.420
 always

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.059
 paternal

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.680
 our

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:52.280
 God

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.180
 speaks

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:54.599
 it's

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:54.960
 part of

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.180
 what it

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.400
 means

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:55.559
 that

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.760
 he's

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.180
 light

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:57.740
 it's

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.039
 part of

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.300
 what it

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.760
 means

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.180
 that

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.380
 there

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.559
 is

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.099
 glory

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.900
 in

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.139
 his

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.440
 son

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.740
 because

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.139
 by

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.480
 his

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.880
 son

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.320
 he

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:04.039
 speaks

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.680
 and

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:04.920
 has

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.360
 spoken

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.920
 some

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.079
 of

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.220
 you

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.619
 perhaps

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.880
 need

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.039
 to

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.360
 hear

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.940
 him

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.300
 speak

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.480
 to

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.640
 you

00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:10.140
 afresh

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.380
 in

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.579
 his

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:10.900
 word

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.180
 even

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.619
 about

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.760
 specific

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.820
 struggles

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.559
 weaknesses

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.460
 fears

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.700
 things that

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.140
 have developed

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:17.619
 patterns

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:17.980
 in your

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.320
 life

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.660
 I don't

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:18.980
 know

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.420
 I haven't

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.760
 been in

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.420
 much

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.840
 fellowship

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.380
 with most

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.680
 of you

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:21.960
 lately

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.280
 but I

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.420
 know

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.700
 what it's

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:22.900
 like

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.140
 to be

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.300
 a

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.700
 Christian

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.320
 in a

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.599
 body

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.800
 of

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.220
 death

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:26.039
 and I

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.320
 know

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.680
 that I

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:26.940
 need

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.320
 every

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:27.640
 day

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.140
 desperately

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.460
 to

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.720
 see

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:28.940
 his

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.380
 light

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.880
 and so

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.340
 do you

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.780
 and so

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:31.940
 does

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.440
 Raytown

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:34.420
 I just

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.000
 thought on

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.280
 the way

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.760
 down here

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.039
 there's this

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.579
 book by one

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.800
 of my

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.099
 favorite

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.840
 authors named

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.220
 David

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.700
 Barron

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:42.000
 he was a

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.579
 kind of

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.320
 student of

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.679
 Adolf

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:43.920
 Sophia

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.679
 who you've

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:44.940
 also

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.360
 some of

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.579
 you have

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.139
 heard of

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:47.079
 Adolf

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.320
 Sophia

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.960
 was converted

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.420
 through the

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.019
 preaching of

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.519
 Robert Murray

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.119
 McShane's

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.760
 evangelistic

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.420
 friends in

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:52.519
 Hungary

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.019
 and came to

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.460
 faith at

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.099
 age 8

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.519
 and ended

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.980
 up being

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.639
 a pastor

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.700
 on the

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.099
 outskirts

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.619
 of London

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.440
 contemporary

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.779
 with

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.239
 Spurgeon

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.960
 some of

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.219
 you don't

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.659
 care about

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:01.960
 that

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.759
 some of

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.359
 you do

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:04.519
 I do

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.599
 so that's

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.920
 why I'm

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.480
 saying it

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.960
 one of

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.339
 these days

00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:08.579
 you're going

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.819
 to meet

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.159
 Adolf

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.420
 Sophia

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.880
 if you're

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.019
 in

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.339
 Christ

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:10.619
 and I'm

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.960
 just trying

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.279
 to help

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.599
 you not

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.159
 be embarrassed

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.519
 when you

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.940
 bump into

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.219
 him in

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.519
 the age

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.000
 to come

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.880
 but one

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.119
 of his

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.480
 students

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.819
 David

00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.199
 Barron

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.859
 wrote many

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.420
 wonderful

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.859
 books

00:38:18.859 --> 00:38:20.199
 and one

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.619
 of them

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.420
 is about

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.559
 the prophecies

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.059
 about the

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.480
 Messiah

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.920
 in the

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.119
 Old

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.579
 Testament

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.639
 he's a

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.159
 Messianic

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.539
 Jew

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.320
 scholar

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.539
 evangelist

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.659
 and the

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.000
 name of

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.360
 the book

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.679
 is

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.500
 Rays

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.940
 of Messiah's

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.619
 Light

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:35.519
 Rays

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.779
 of Messiah's

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.400
 Light

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.880
 and

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:40.759
 maybe I'm

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.719
 just tired

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.800
 but I

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.179
 thought

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.960
 yeah

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.420
 may there

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.159
 be Rays

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.019
 of Messiah's

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.259
 Light

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:48.000
 in Raytown

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:51.000
 may the

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.659
 Rays

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.679
 may Raytown

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.259
 be known

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:53.659
 for the

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.039
 Rays

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.840
 of Messiah's

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.159
 Light

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:56.259
 may it

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:56.500
 be

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.880
 through

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.059
 the

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.500
 church

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.380
 and the

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.719
 advance

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:58.980
 of the

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.340
 gospel

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.760
 for his

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.400
 namesake

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:02.800
 no

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.119
 word

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.460
 solid

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.719
 with

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.119
 God

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.440
 he's

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.719
 never

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.079
 double

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.539
 tongued

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.739
 his

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.320
 warnings

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.860
 are

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.619
 ponderous

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.880
 and

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.480
 weighty

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.539
 if you

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.000
 are under

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.300
 his

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.820
 warnings

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.619
 you

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:11.960
 cannot

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.460
 escape

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.800
 them

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.539
 on your

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.880
 own

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:15.000
 and his

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.519
 promises

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.320
 are true

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.099
 and sweet

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.659
 if you

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.059
 are under

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.300
 his

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.900
 promises

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:20.360
 then there

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.679
 is no

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.059
 power

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.639
 in hell

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.559
 that can

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.059
 divert

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.559
 their

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.119
 fulfillment

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:27.259
 this is

00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:27.679
 precious

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.199
 this is

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.539
 part of

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.799
 what it

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.199
 means

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.319
 that God

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:31.539
 is light

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:33.039
 okay

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.819
 well I made

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.619
 it one page

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:38.239
 made it a half page

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.719
 last week

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.779
 one page this week

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:41.099
 we're on our way

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.679
 maybe I need to

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.159
 write a book

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.639
 or something

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:45.359
 what does it

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:45.759
 mean in

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.400
 verses 6

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.960
 and 7

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:48.559
 this phrase

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.299
 walking in

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.819
 the light

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:51.599
 walking in

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.000
 the light

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.739
 well some

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.519
 synonyms of

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.980
 this in the

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.480
 New Testament

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.119
 could be

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.940
 keeping in

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.480
 step with

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.139
 the spirit

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:58.319
 in Galatians

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:58.739
 5

00:39:58.739 --> 00:40:00.659
 or abiding

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.480
 in Christ

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.139
 which we see

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:03.299
 on various

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:03.819
 occasions

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.759
 or walking

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.699
 in love

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.400
 or Acts

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.239
 9 walking

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.960
 in the fear

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.559
 of the Lord

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.299
 and the comfort

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:10.460
 of the Holy

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.900
 Spirit

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.880
 it means

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.500
 feasting

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.059
 and trembling

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:15.059
 before God's

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.360
 word

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.840
 it means

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.420
 a life

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.160
 of prayer

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:18.039
 and communion

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:19.099
 with God

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:20.240
 that's part

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.660
 of what it

00:40:20.660 --> 00:40:21.160
 means to

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:21.820
 walk in

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.340
 the light

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.980
 there is

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.559
 no walking

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.160
 in the light

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:25.000
 without prayer

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:26.059
 brothers and

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.360
 sisters

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.240
 is your

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.880
 life of

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:28.220
 prayer

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.599
 is your

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.000
 time

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.460
 logged

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.680
 in

00:40:29.680 --> 00:40:30.099
 prayer

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.980
 is it

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.380
 absent

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.960
 or growing

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.420
 thin

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.460
 well then

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:33.860
 so will

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.119
 it be

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.440
 more

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.000
 profoundly

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.599
 challenging

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.099
 for you

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.619
 to walk

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:36.980
 in the

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.400
 light

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.360
 it's

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.180
 in beholding

00:40:39.180 --> 00:40:39.360
 him

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.660
 that we

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:40.559
 are changed

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.500
 and you

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.920
 don't need

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.779
 some legalistic

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:43.400
 thing to

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.320
 I've got to

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.860
 log three

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.420
 hours of

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.019
 prayer today

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.340
 and then

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.799
 God will

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.239
 love me

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:47.840
 it's not a

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.239
 he loves

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.799
 me he loves

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.219
 me not

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:49.659
 kind of

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:49.960
 thing

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.739
 it's a

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.320
 he loves

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.039
 me and

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.559
 therefore I

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:52.920
 want to

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.619
 see more

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:53.900
 of his

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.340
 light

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:56.559
 it only

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.279
 makes sense

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:58.159
 it would be

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.699
 a strange

00:40:58.699 --> 00:40:59.500
 thing if I

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.980
 had married

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.699
 my wife

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.799
 and then

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.400
 never talked

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.799
 to her

00:41:02.799 --> 00:41:03.639
 never dated

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.000
 her

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.199
 never enjoyed

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.940
 anything about

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.139
 her

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.059
 never cared

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.619
 for her

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.679
 never wanted

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.039
 to be in

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.779
 her presence

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.980
 never wanted

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.500
 to laugh

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.840
 with her

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.420
 never wept

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.740
 with her

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.100
 when she

00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.660
 was grieved

00:41:13.660 --> 00:41:14.300
 over something

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.720
 and then when

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.200
 you came to

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.580
 me and said

00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:16.360
 brother you're

00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:17.019
 neglecting your

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.660
 wife what is

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.040
 the deal

00:41:18.040 --> 00:41:18.380
 with you

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.760
 and I said

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.580
 hey we're

00:41:19.580 --> 00:41:20.240
 married man

00:41:20.240 --> 00:41:24.840
 yeah that's

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.200
 why I'm

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.620
 bringing this

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:26.160
 up to you

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:27.080
 I'm bringing

00:41:27.080 --> 00:41:27.480
 this up to

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.700
 you because

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.240
 she's your

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:29.740
 wife and

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.200
 you're supposed

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:30.980
 to be caring

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:32.000
 for her and

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.860
 loving her

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.540
 you should be

00:41:33.540 --> 00:41:34.580
 concerned about

00:41:34.580 --> 00:41:35.120
 things that have

00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:35.480
 to do with

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.940
 her and then I

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.500
 say yeah but

00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:39.059
 at one point

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.699
 in the past

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.480
 we were

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.780
 separate and

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.460
 now we're

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:42.940
 together

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:45.980
 Brian that's

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.739
 not the point

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.679
 I mean that's

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.199
 a beautiful

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:49.119
 thing there's

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.880
 a union there

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.559
 it's beautiful

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.760
 but you didn't

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.780
 get that union

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:53.460
 just so you

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.480
 could sit once

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.980
 a week and

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.699
 say I have

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.239
 the union

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:58.500
 you pursued

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.380
 that union so

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.860
 that you could

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.679
 know her and

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:01.539
 love her and

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.539
 fellowship with

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:04.099
 her and it

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.940
 makes no sense

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.579
 for the church

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:07.059
 of God to

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.740
 be in union

00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:08.519
 with Christ

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.380
 and to be

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:11.500
 his bride and

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.059
 to have no

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:13.800
 concern to

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.659
 spend time with

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:16.260
 him to hear

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:18.039
 him to cherish

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:19.500
 him it's not

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.840
 the hours logged

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.500
 in prayer that

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.280
 will earn that

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:23.099
 for you it's

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:24.220
 the upshot it's

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:25.380
 it's the fruit

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.579
 of the union

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:28.139
 like Bonhoeffer

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.700
 says about

00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:29.539
 marriage it's

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.740
 it is not we

00:42:30.740 --> 00:42:31.400
 who keep the

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.059
 covenant but the

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.599
 covenant that

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:34.260
 keeps us so

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:35.080
 we are kept

00:42:35.080 --> 00:42:36.140
 by this new

00:42:36.140 --> 00:42:37.320
 covenant but

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.060
 it doesn't make

00:42:38.060 --> 00:42:39.280
 sense to be in

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.980
 the new covenant

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:41.500
 and not to

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:44.420
 pray not to

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.020
 learn to love

00:42:45.020 --> 00:42:45.780
 prayer even if

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.340
 you have times

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.900
 that are difficult

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.720
 in prayer even

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.080
 if you have

00:42:48.080 --> 00:42:48.720
 prayer meetings

00:42:48.720 --> 00:42:49.560
 that are never

00:42:49.560 --> 00:42:50.440
 seem to get much

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.080
 more than a foot

00:42:51.080 --> 00:42:51.920
 off the ground

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.260
 I remember when I

00:42:53.260 --> 00:42:53.840
 was trying to

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:56.260
 work out about

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.720
 a year and a

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.380
 half ago I

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.260
 was got the

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:59.380
 subscription to

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.740
 the Y membership

00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:02.140
 at the Y and

00:43:02.140 --> 00:43:02.880
 I was spending

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.800
 time shooting

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.820
 by myself

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:05.480
 shooting hoops

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.980
 every now and

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.320
 again with

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:06.900
 somebody else

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.900
 and I told

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.360
 the guys in

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.760
 my missional

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:10.060
 community hey

00:43:10.060 --> 00:43:11.060
 yeah I got

00:43:11.060 --> 00:43:11.660
 I got an hour

00:43:11.660 --> 00:43:12.240
 and a half of

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:12.980
 shooting around

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.400
 and I'm a little

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.980
 sore and they

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:16.660
 said hey send us

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:17.680
 a video next time

00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:18.620
 set your phone up

00:43:18.620 --> 00:43:19.700
 send us a video

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.600
 of you shooting

00:43:20.600 --> 00:43:23.120
 so I did for

00:43:23.120 --> 00:43:24.840
 their sake and I

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.680
 recorded about five

00:43:25.680 --> 00:43:26.400
 minutes of myself

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:27.340
 shooting getting

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.340
 rebounds shooting

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:29.660
 you know making

00:43:29.660 --> 00:43:30.539
 most of them I

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.880
 will say making

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.320
 most of the

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.660
 shots but in

00:43:33.660 --> 00:43:34.840
 my mind having

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.820
 grown up watching

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:37.480
 Michael Jordan I

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.960
 envisioned that

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.079
 when I was fading

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:41.119
 for this jump shot

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:42.900
 that I was probably

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.740
 at least three feet

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:44.380
 off the ground

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:47.220
 and when I looked

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:47.700
 and I thought I'm

00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:48.420
 going to cut this

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.220
 video down to a

00:43:49.220 --> 00:43:49.940
 minute send them

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.700
 the best minute

00:43:50.700 --> 00:43:52.980
 I looked and

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.019
 every time I shot

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:55.680
 my feet they came

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:56.960
 about this three

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.640
 inches off the

00:43:57.640 --> 00:43:59.360
 ground I thought

00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:00.300
 what in the world

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:01.000
 is going on

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:03.400
 I used to be able

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.599
 to I used to be

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:05.260
 able to jump

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:07.340
 and I can't jump

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:09.200
 so much anymore

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:09.800
 why did I bring

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.280
 that up

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.240
 there was an

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:12.740
 analogy there

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:15.519
 thank you

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.760
 maybe the prayer

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.559
 meetings feel

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.380
 afterwards like

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.860
 they've barely

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.740
 gotten off the

00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:20.120
 ground

00:44:20.120 --> 00:44:21.420
 that's not the

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:21.860
 point

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:23.200
 pray that you may

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:24.160
 better be able to

00:44:24.160 --> 00:44:25.420
 pray together in the

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:26.420
 spirit and keep

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:26.940
 praying

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:28.880
 as one great man

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.880
 of prayer said a

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.740
 long time ago when

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.740
 he was asked how do

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.579
 you grow in prayer

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:34.220
 he said pray until

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:35.000
 you pray

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:37.700
 keep going saints

00:44:37.700 --> 00:44:39.179
 not so that you may

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:40.260
 earn the light of

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:41.220
 God but because the

00:44:41.220 --> 00:44:42.000
 light has already

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.539
 shown

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:46.260
 well that's what it

00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:47.099
 means to walk in the

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.860
 light it also means

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:48.700
 real life in the

00:44:48.700 --> 00:44:49.500
 local church

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.900
 real fellowship

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:52.380
 something that is a

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:53.800
 rare phenomenon on

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.679
 planet earth

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:57.519
 real fellowship in

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.039
 the light

00:44:58.039 --> 00:45:00.339
 this is absolutely

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:01.179
 vital

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:02.739
 this includes then

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.539
 what we think about

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.480
 in verse 9 with

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.019
 confession

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:06.460
 and forgiveness

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:08.319
 believers should pray

00:45:08.319 --> 00:45:09.219
 for forgiveness

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:11.000
 for their sins

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.940
 and they should pray

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.699
 for one another

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:13.679
 and forgive

00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:14.899
 one another

00:45:14.899 --> 00:45:16.719
 confession is not a

00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:17.519
 negative thing

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.059
 it is a Christian

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:19.719
 reality

00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:20.819
 and in fact it is

00:45:20.819 --> 00:45:21.859
 only a Christian

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.539
 reality

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:25.400
 a heathen man

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:26.079
 can say

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:27.219
 I shouldn't have

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.639
 done that

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:28.340
 that was bad

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:29.139
 that's a kind of

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.639
 confession

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:30.400
 but Christian

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:31.059
 confession

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:32.340
 does something

00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:33.000
 that no other

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:34.139
 confession can do

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:36.460
 it renews our

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:37.259
 conscience and

00:45:37.259 --> 00:45:38.259
 awareness of the

00:45:38.259 --> 00:45:39.079
 union that we have

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.779
 with Christ

00:45:39.779 --> 00:45:41.759
 and it renews and

00:45:41.759 --> 00:45:42.559
 strengthens our

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:43.579
 fellowship one with

00:45:43.579 --> 00:45:43.980
 another

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:45.579
 and so it's a

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.480
 troublesome thing if

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:47.279
 churches are being

00:45:47.279 --> 00:45:48.699
 built and

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:50.019
 established by people

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.880
 that are not walking

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.739
 in the light with one

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.139
 another

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:53.779
 and secret

00:45:53.779 --> 00:45:54.719
 jealousies and

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:56.839
 envies gossip about

00:45:56.839 --> 00:45:57.519
 one another

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.000
 hidden sins

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:00.419
 pornography here

00:46:00.419 --> 00:46:02.939
 drunkenness here

00:46:02.939 --> 00:46:04.919
 other sins are being

00:46:04.919 --> 00:46:06.759
 held in the

00:46:06.759 --> 00:46:07.199
 darkness

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:08.959
 and then and then

00:46:08.959 --> 00:46:09.819
 people are relating

00:46:09.819 --> 00:46:10.719
 to one another in

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:11.819
 terms of that kind of

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:13.019
 darkness and then

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:14.639
 slapping on top of it

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:15.539
 bless you brother

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:17.859
 oh praise God

00:46:17.859 --> 00:46:18.959
 the gospel is good

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:21.539
 that that's not

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.360
 fellowship in the

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:23.679
 light in fellowship in

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:25.019
 the light there is

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:26.220
 liberty and only in

00:46:26.220 --> 00:46:27.059
 that place

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:29.059
 almost done

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:30.460
 kids

00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:32.539
 that God is light

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:33.260
 means that he is

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:33.679
 pure

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:35.860
 that God is light

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:36.519
 means that he is

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.179
 precise

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.800
 that God is light

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:40.639
 means that he is

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:41.280
 paternal

00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:43.720
 that he is pure

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:45.099
 means that he's

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:45.480
 holy

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:47.599
 that he is

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.059
 precise

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:49.860
 means that he is

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:51.219
 true and beautifully

00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:52.179
 and precisely

00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:52.719
 true

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:54.719
 it means the light

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:55.320
 is true

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:56.619
 it means the light

00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:57.460
 is clear

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:59.300
 that he is paternal

00:46:59.300 --> 00:47:00.719
 means that he is

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:01.260
 warm

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:03.079
 toward his children

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.699
 the light

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:04.900
 is warm

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:06.980
 warms our cold

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.420
 hearts

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:08.780
 in times of

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:09.659
 backsliding and

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:10.179
 repentance

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:12.280
 it warms our

00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:13.219
 fellowship with one

00:47:13.219 --> 00:47:13.579
 another

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:14.880
 it makes it

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.779
 something that is

00:47:15.779 --> 00:47:16.559
 no longer a

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.480
 playground for the

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.400
 powers of darkness

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:20.259
 where we can speak

00:47:20.259 --> 00:47:21.340
 Christian platitudes

00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:22.719
 but not actually have

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:23.380
 the love of the

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:23.799
 brethren

00:47:23.799 --> 00:47:27.179
 a knowledge of God

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.900
 as light

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:29.539
 establishes these

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:30.440
 realities and

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.420
 therefore we must

00:47:31.420 --> 00:47:32.119
 see

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:33.679
 that he

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:35.139
 is light

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:39.900
 well I had about

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:40.980
 40 verses I was

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:41.819
 going to read on

00:47:41.820 --> 00:47:43.019
 this truth that God

00:47:43.019 --> 00:47:43.480
 is light

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.059
 but you can go

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.640
 and do that

00:47:44.640 --> 00:47:45.880
 word study on

00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:46.420
 your own

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:47.440
 let us remember

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:48.280
 brothers and

00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:49.180
 sisters that the

00:47:49.180 --> 00:47:50.120
 light has come

00:47:50.120 --> 00:47:52.760
 that the light

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:53.820
 who is Christ

00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:54.780
 has come

00:47:54.780 --> 00:47:56.140
 the light has

00:47:56.140 --> 00:47:57.180
 shone in our

00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.680
 hearts

00:47:57.680 --> 00:47:59.059
 by the grace of

00:47:59.059 --> 00:47:59.320
 God

00:47:59.320 --> 00:48:00.420
 2nd Corinthians 4

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:01.820
 the light is

00:48:01.820 --> 00:48:02.280
 spreading

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:03.840
 and will continue

00:48:03.840 --> 00:48:04.480
 to spread

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:05.780
 the gospel is not

00:48:05.780 --> 00:48:06.380
 imprisoned

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:07.860
 and let us remember

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.460
 that the light

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.400
 will prevail

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:10.960
 our Lord will

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:12.079
 return soon

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:13.280
 and when he

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:14.260
 comes everything

00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:15.019
 will be made

00:48:15.019 --> 00:48:15.300
 new

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 clear thinking

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:17.320
 about God

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 as light

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 helps us rightly

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 to think about

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.660
 ourselves

00:48:20.660 --> 00:48:22.240
 about the world

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:23.360
 about the church

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 and about the

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:25.220
 mission

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 that we've been

00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:26.700
 given

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 closing passage

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 1st John 3

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 1 to 3

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 see what kind

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 of love

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:33.920
 the father

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 has given

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 to us

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 that we should

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 be called

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 children

00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:39.480
 of God

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 and so we

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 are

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 the reason

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 why the world

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.559
 does not know

00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:44.139
 us is that it

00:48:44.139 --> 00:48:44.659
 did not know

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:45.139
 him

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:46.719
 beloved

00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:47.940
 we are God's

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.860
 children now

00:48:48.860 --> 00:48:49.679
 and what we

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:50.340
 will be

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 has not yet

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:51.880
 appeared

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.960
 but we know

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.619
 that when he

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:54.219
 appears

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:55.500
 we shall be

00:48:55.500 --> 00:48:56.159
 like him

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 because we

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 shall see him

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 as he is

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 and everyone

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:02.059
 who thus hopes

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:02.699
 in him

00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:03.699
 purifies

00:49:03.699 --> 00:49:04.900
 himself

00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:05.960
 as he

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 is pure

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 are you

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:08.960
 walking in the

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.200
 light

00:49:09.200 --> 00:49:09.780
 brothers and

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:10.139
 sisters

00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:11.099
 Christ Church

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:12.980
 may Christ

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.500
 Church

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.700
 and all the

00:49:14.700 --> 00:49:15.519
 churches of God

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:16.320
 among the nations

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:17.099
 walk in the

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:17.420
 light

00:49:17.420 --> 00:49:18.160
 together

00:49:18.160 --> 00:49:20.059
 the purity

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:20.700
 of God

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:22.260
 the preciseness

00:49:22.260 --> 00:49:22.800
 of God

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 and the paternal

00:49:23.579 --> 00:49:24.079
 warmth

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:25.039
 of God's

00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:25.539
 grace

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:27.480
 must be

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:28.059
 central to

00:49:28.059 --> 00:49:28.720
 our fellowship

00:49:28.720 --> 00:49:29.559
 and worship

00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:31.260
 may we dwell

00:49:31.260 --> 00:49:32.059
 together in the

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:32.340
 light

00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:33.019
 and like John

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:33.500
 the Baptist

00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:34.460
 proclaim the

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:35.019
 supremacy

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:36.240
 and excellency

00:49:36.240 --> 00:49:36.800
 of the one

00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:37.500
 who is the

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:37.920
 light

00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:39.579
 the light

00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:40.220
 of the world

00:49:40.220 --> 00:49:41.380
 God is light

00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:42.460
 and in these

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.240
 last days

00:49:43.240 --> 00:49:43.920
 he has spoken

00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:44.539
 to us

00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:45.699
 in his son

00:49:45.699 --> 00:49:46.500
 may we hear

00:49:46.500 --> 00:49:46.860
 him

00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:48.199
 and love

00:49:48.199 --> 00:49:48.559
 him

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:49.940
 and herald

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:50.300
 him

00:49:50.300 --> 00:50:07.560
 he

00:50:07.560 --> 00:50:12.140
 he

00:50:12.140 --> 00:50:12.860
 he