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 We have a problem with the text today, and just take my glasses off.

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 How many people here own sheep?

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 Gary just said that. You don't really own sheep, do you?

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 You do? His wife says no, so there you go.

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 Nobody here owns sheep.

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 How many people have ever owned sheep?

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 Oh, look at that. Three people here have owned sheep.

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 That's pretty neat, actually.

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 How many people here know a shepherd?

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 You know a shepherd. There you go.

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 Okay, you have one person.

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 And just as a, you know, I mean, this isn't a big stretch.

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 Between now and going home, probably none of us will see a sheep as well.

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 So we have a Bible text about sheep, like what's up with that?

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 It's a bit of a problem if you think about it, isn't it?

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 In fact, it sort of struck me all week.

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 If I had some of my non-Christian friends, if this was to be the Sunday that they were going to come,

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 I could just imagine them saying, George, what's up with the sheep?

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 Because it doesn't seem like a very 2018 post-modern urban Ottawa type of analogy.

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 And there's a really big cultural distance here.

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 And my family will tell you I am not good with animals.

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 We have animals because I have a wife who's good with animals and loves animals.

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 If it was just up to me, and I guess my kids are good at it.

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 If, you know, if my daughter moved out of the house and my wife died,

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 all of our animals would die just because of my incompetence.

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 Not on purpose.

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 I'm just not good with animals.

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 And here I'm going to have to talk to us about sheep and shepherds.

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 So I need your help.

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 We need to all be a little bit, you have to be a bit patient with me.

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 And we need a little bit of help to try to bridge this cultural difference.

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 But just before we get into it, what might seem like a weakness

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 that Jesus is going to spend a lot of time talking about sheep and shepherds,

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 what might seem like a bit of a weakness, if we think about it for a second,

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 is actually a bit of a strength.

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 Well, how does that work?

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 Well, it works in this way.

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 This isn't a George book.

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 And this isn't just a book written for 2018 people who live in Ottawa.

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 It's a world book.

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 And it's a history book.

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 It's a book that this biography of Jesus has spoken to people for 2,000 years almost

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 and in many, many, many different cultures.

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 And because the words of Jesus address not just people in Ottawa right now,

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 but many, many people throughout the world and throughout time,

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 it means that sometimes we're going to come to parts of the Bible

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 that don't resonate with us very well.

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 There's just a big cultural gap.

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 But for many other people, they would resonate with this very, very well.

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 They might have problems with other parts, but this part, they'd really latch on to it.

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 They'd catch some of the shock of what Jesus says.

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 And even the analogy, it's funny, he doesn't say, I am the shepherd of the llamas.

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 I'm not a llama herder.

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 I looked this up in an encyclopedia, so it must be true.

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 And in the encyclopedia, it said that sheep are probably the very first four-legged domesticated animal

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 in the history of human beings.

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 Very first.

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 And that basically, wherever the Bible has gone, there's always been sheep.

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 And there's a billion sheep in the world right now.

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 Other than a few little islands in the Pacific where it's very, very hot, sheep are very common.

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 It's the most common four-footed domesticated animal.

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 And so it's very interesting, isn't it?

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 Because if you've been following along, if you're a guest here, you might not know,

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 but if you've been following along with the way Jesus teaches,

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 he teaches with very, very simple, basic words and concepts and ideas.

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 He gives them very brand-new meanings, and he touches our hearts with them,

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 but he talks about a word.

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 He talks about light.

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 He talks about life.

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 He talks about bread.

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 He talks about water.

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 And now he talks about sheep.

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 A bit of a stretch for us, but for many people throughout the world and throughout history,

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 it would be something to go, oh, I know all about sheep.

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 I know all about animals like sheep.

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 What's he going to be saying about it?

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 So it's a bit of a stretch for us, but let's look at it.

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 And the first thing we have to understand in this text is that Jesus is critiquing religion.

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 That's the first thing.

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 Believe it or not, the very first thing he does is he critiques religion.

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 So if you turn in your Bibles to John 10, verse 1.

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 Actually, we're going to start looking a few verses before this,

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 because it's only if you see what went on before this that you realize that he begins by critiquing religion.

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 I love telling my skeptical friends this when I finally get a chance,

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 those who are very, very skeptical about religion.

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 I saw a great line about religion the other day.

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 religion is foolish questions, foolish answers to foolish questions.

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 And I love trying to tell my skeptical friends that actually that Jesus constantly critiques religion.

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 Like they can't actually surpass Jesus in his critique of religion.

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 And so if you look at what just goes on right before what we're going to be looking at,

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 look at verse 35 of chapter 9.

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 And what's just happened here is Jesus has performed a miracle.

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 I know for many people in our culture, they have a hard time believing this,

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 but this is Jesus performs a miracle.

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 He performs it, and it's investigated by skeptics.

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 And the religious people just rejected out of court,

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 even though there's compelling evidence that Jesus has really performed a miracle.

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 For religious reasons, they just refuse to accept the evidence,

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 and they react to the evidence by casting abuse on the people who've been giving the evidence.

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 And so here's how it goes then.

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 Verse 35 of chapter 9.

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 Jesus heard that they had cast the man out.

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 And having found him, he said,

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 Do you believe in the Son of Man?

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 And the man answered,

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 And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.

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 And the man said,

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 Lord, I believe.

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 And he worshipped him.

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 He worshipped Jesus.

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 Verse 39.

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 Jesus said,

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 For judgment I came into this world,

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 that those who do not see may see,

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 and those who see may become blind.

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 He's really referring to those who believe they see.

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 They're really blind.

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 We talked about that last week.

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 I'm not going to go into it.

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 But here's the key thing coming up.

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 Verse 40.

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 Some of the Pharisees,

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 those are like experts and very, very religious people,

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 and just very religious, very knowledgeable, very devout.

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 And so some of these very devout religious people

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 heard him say these things,

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 verse 40,

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 and said to him,

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 Are we also blind?

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 And as I talked about last week,

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 it's a sneer.

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 It's not a sincere question.

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 It's sort of a put-down question.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 If you were blind,

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 you would have no guilt.

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 But now that you say we see,

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 your guilt remains.

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 And now,

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 what happens next?

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 Now,

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 the way John writes,

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 it's not clear if this is immediately after that,

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 or maybe it's a day later,

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 and he's just talking to his disciples,

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 or an hour later.

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 But immediately after that,

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 what does Jesus say?

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 Right?

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 He's just said to these people,

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 the religious people,

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 the devout people,

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 the spiritual people,

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 the people who are experts and knowledgeable,

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 they've just been sneering to him.

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 And what does Jesus say?

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 Truly,

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 truly,

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 verse 1 of chapter 10,

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 Truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door,

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 but climbs in by another way,

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 that man,

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 that man is a thief and a robber.

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 That man is a thief and a robber.

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 It's a direct challenge to the religious people.

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 It's a direct challenge to the religious people.

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 And,

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 if they had been there to hear it,

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 they would have understood that he was directly,

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 I mean,

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 he was calling them thieves and robbers,

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 violent people who steal.

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 They look like they're really good,

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 but they're not.

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 They're not.

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 So,

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 but what's up,

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 George,

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 with the sheep thing?

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 You know,

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 that's very good.

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 Okay,

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 so Jesus is critiquing religion.

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 You know,

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 my skeptical friends always look a little bit puzzled at me

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 about how I would say that Jesus is critiquing religion

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 when they would say that I'm religious.

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 And sometimes I get a chance to talk about that.

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 Sometimes I don't.

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 But they might be saying here,

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 well,

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 George,

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 what's up with that?

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 I mean,

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 Jesus is a religious figure.

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 And,

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 I mean,

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 maybe,

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 George,

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 the way he's a religious figure is he just says absurd and fantastical things.

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 He answers foolish questions with foolish things.

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 And he starts talking about sheep.

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 And we don't relate to sheep here in Ottawa,

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 George.

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 It's just sort of not part of our life.

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 So what's going on?

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 Well,

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 let's look.

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 Like,

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 is there something here that Jesus is saying,

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 which is very pointed,

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 that helps to understand,

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 help us to understand our lives?

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 And why it is that he would critique religious people?

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 Well,

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 let's read verse one again.

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 Truly,

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 truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door,

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 but climbs in by another way,

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 that man is a thief and a robber.

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 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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 To him,

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 the gatekeeper opens.

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 The sheep hear his voice,

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 and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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 When he's brought out all his own,

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 he goes before them,

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 and the sheep follow him,

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 for they know his voice.

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 A stranger they will not follow,

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 but they will flee from him,

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 for they do not know the voice of the sheep.

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 The voice of strangers.

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 This is so cool,

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 then,

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 what John puts in here.

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 This figure of speech,

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 Jesus used with them,

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 but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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 I love that little aside,

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 because there's lots of times I don't understand the Bible.

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 In fact,

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 I puzzled over this whole text of chapter one,

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 chapter 10,

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 verses one to 20.

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 It took me a while to sort of figure it out.

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 And it was very helpful that John just says,

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 by the way,

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 the people who were with Jesus right then,

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 they didn't understand what he was talking about.

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 But one thing he says,

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 you have to understand,

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 he's talking in figurative language.

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 He's using something like a parable.

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 And so,

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 John mentions this,

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 and maybe if you'd gone back in the time machine,

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 Jesus could have just told by the glazed look in the eyes of the disciples

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 that they weren't getting it.

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 Maybe one of them asked a question,

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 and John just doesn't record it.

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 But Jesus now makes it clear to them what he's talking about.

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 Look what he says in verses seven to 10.

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 So Jesus again said to them,

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 truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 All who came before me are thieves and robbers,

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 but the sheep did not listen to them.

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 I am the door.

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 If anyone enters by me,

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 he will be saved,

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 and will go in and out,

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 and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal,

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 and kill,

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 and destroy.

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 I came that they may have life,

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 and have it abundantly.

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 And just sort of pause there.

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 Just before I make my first point,

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 the way this is written in verse 10,

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 verse 10 is like a hinge.

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 It connects the sort of the imagery of the sheepfold in the door

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 with an other set of images that Jesus is going to give in a moment.

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 And so in a sense,

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 verse 10 summarizes those first images,

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 and verse 10 also helps us to understand the following images.

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 It's like a hinge.

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 And it's a very important hinge,

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 because while Jesus critiques the religious people,

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 he doesn't critique religious people or spiritual people because he hates them.

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 He's for you.

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 He's for me.

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 He's for us.

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 His goal and his desire is that we will have abundant life.

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 And so even when he says things which are a bit offensive to us,

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 even when he says things which are confusing,

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 even when he says things that we don't like,

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 everything he says and everything he does

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 is motivated by the fact that he's really for you.

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 He's completely for you,

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 and he loves you.

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 Everything.

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 It's one of the reasons why it's always worth your time

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 to try to puzzle over what on earth is going on,

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 because if we puzzle through it,

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 and pray through it and try to obey it,

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 it will take us to a place

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 where Jesus begins to give us more abundant life.

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 So,

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 what's up with all this stuff, George?

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 You said it sort of makes some sense,

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 but there's sheep flocks and gatekeepers

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 and all of that type of stuff.

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 Well,

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 I'm just going to warn you,

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 the first thing that we're going to see

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 when we actually think about this

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 is that it's going to be very offensive to us,

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 to Canadians,

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 but if we just take a moment with it,

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 because it's all about abundant life,

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 and think about it for a second,

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 we'll realize that what begins to offend Canadians

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 is actually something which is profoundly good news.

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 It's very, very wonderful, important news.

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 If you could put up the first point, Andrew,

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 what is it that Jesus is talking about here?

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 The first point is this.

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 There is a great unbridgeable wall

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 between God and me,

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 and Jesus is the door

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 by which I can enter into God's realm,

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 and his realm can enter into me.

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 There is a great unbridgeable wall

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 between God and me,

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 between God and you,

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 and Jesus is the door

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 by which I can enter into God's realm,

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 or you can enter into God's realm,

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 and his realm can enter into you

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 and enter into me.

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 That's what he means.

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 Look at it here in verse,

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 the very first few words of verse 9.

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 I am the door.

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 Now,

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 this is a,

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 this is a very, very big claim

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 that Jesus is the door,

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 and there's no other way

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 to enter into God's presence

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 than by him,

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 and there's no other way

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 for God's presence

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 to really enter into us

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 except by him.

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 And part of the problem we have,

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 I mean,

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 it's offensive to us,

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 especially in Canada.

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 We're very, very used to pride

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 and arrogance.

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 We're very, very used to favoritism.

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 We're very, very used to

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 exclusive claims

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 that causes all sorts of violence

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 and all sorts of wars.

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 And so,

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 the initial way

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 that we hear something like this

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 is actually very frightening.

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 But once again,

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 it's very, very interesting

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 what Jesus says here.

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 The door is, in fact,

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 one of the most common things

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 we can come across, isn't it?

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 He is the door.

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 I mean,

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 the door is the way

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 we get from outside of the building

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 into the world outside.

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 It's the way we entered

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 into this building.

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 It's a passageway.

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 And in movies

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 and in stories

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 for centuries and centuries,

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 not obviously movies

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 for centuries,

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 but in stories

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 and in movies,

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 it's a very, very common idea,

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 isn't it?

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 Like,

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 just about every fantasy novel,

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 doesn't just about

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 every fantasy novel

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 involve some person

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 who gets to enter

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 through a door

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 and through entering a door

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 goes into some other type of world?

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 Maybe there's a person,

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 a young girl

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 who's just,

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 I don't know,

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 she's having sort of

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 a miserable life

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 and someday she goes,

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 she gets a ring

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 or she gets a staff

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 or she gets a diamond

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 or she has some old keepsake

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 from her great, great granny

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 and she comes to something

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 and she enters through a door

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 and in that other world,

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 she's not just a nobody,

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 but in fact,

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 she's some very special person,

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 some very, very powerful person,

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 absolutely essential

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 to that world.

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 How many science fiction movies

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 involve,

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 I mean,

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 right now in Netflix,

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 you could go to Lost in Space

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 and watch Lost in Space.

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 It's a common trope

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 that there's some terrible tragedy

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 afflicting Earth

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 and there's going to be

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 some way into another place

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 which is safe,

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 but once again in that,

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 it's not that everybody

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 on Earth gets to go,

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 but only a special person

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 or a special few,

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 only the best,

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 get to go on the spaceships

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 to get through it

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 in a sense a door

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 into that better world.

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 And so it's a very,

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 very familiar idea

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 that Jesus talks about.

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 It's something that we are

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 very, very familiar about

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 and it's funny

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 because on one level,

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 when we see the same idea

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 in fantasy,

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 we don't find it problematic,

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 do we?

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 When we see the same idea

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 in science fiction,

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 we don't find it problematic.

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 And part of the reason is

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 is that the way the movies

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 and the stories are designed

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 is for me to think,

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 yes, I'm that unimportant person

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 that nobody really matters

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 and I can enter into this world

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 and I can pretend

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 that I'm very, very special

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 and I get to go

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 into this different world.

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 But you see,

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 here's the thing about this story.

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 Those stories might be all right.

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 We might think,

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 oh yeah,

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 I'm that special person

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 that goes into that special world,

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 but after we close the book

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 and go about our daily life,

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 we go back to our job

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 at Starbucks

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 or we go back to our job

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 at Tim Hortons

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 or we go back to cubicle land

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 and our boss thinks

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 we're a nobody

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 and doesn't like us,

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 like we come back

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 to real world.

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 But here's the thing,

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 Jesus is,

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 Jesus,

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 this,

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 he really lived,

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 he really existed

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 and his death upon the cross

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 and his resurrection

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 vindicates what he says.

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 And he doesn't just say,

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 like,

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 in this world,

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 in this world,

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 for many of us,

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 we're often passed over

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 and maybe if we're blessed

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 to have a wife

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 or a husband

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 or some really good friends

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 who think we're special,

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 many, many people

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 in our world

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 don't feel very special

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 and are constantly passed over.

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 And Jesus says,

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 he doesn't say,

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 I'm just the door

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 for the special people.

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 I'm the door

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 for the unique people.

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 I'm the door

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 for the exceptional people.

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 I'm the door

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 for the beautiful people,

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 the rich people,

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 the powerful people.

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 He is the door.

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 And the implication is

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 is that ordinary people

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 like you and me,

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 if we respond,

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 he wants us to come through.

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 Ordinary people.

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 And this whole idea,

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 I mean,

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 it's,

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 we would rather hear

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 Jesus say to us

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 that we have the spark

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 of the divine in us

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 because we're all special

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 and wonderful,

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 but that flatters our vanity.

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 But we know it's not true,

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 don't we?

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 Like,

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 we know it's not true.

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 And in our culture,

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 we don't really like the idea

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 that there's this inseparable,

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 unbridgeable wall,

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 a wall that we cannot climb,

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 that we cannot dig under

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 to be into God's presence.

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 But on one hand,

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 isn't that what we experience?

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 Like,

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 Jesus isn't saying something

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 which goes against our experience.

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 He speaks to what is our experience.

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 There is this great divide

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 between God and human beings.

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 And the wonderful news here

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 is that Jesus says,

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 I am the door.

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 Yes,

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 there's this unbridgeable wall,

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 unscalable wall,

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 a wall that you cannot batter down

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 and a wall that you cannot dig under.

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 And it keeps human beings from God.

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 But I am the door.

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 I am the way by which

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 when you enter through the door,

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 you enter not just

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 into God's presence,

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 but into his realm.

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 And that God's realm

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 enters into you

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 and to me.

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 Jesus is going to talk more about this

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 in a couple of chapters.

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 But it's a very,

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 very important world.

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 You see,

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 it would just be like

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 a refugee

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 in a refugee camp.

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 And maybe they don't speak

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 any English

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 or any French,

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 one of the two official languages

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 of Canada.

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 But one day,

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 they get the good news

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 that they've got this

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 means by which

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 they can come into Canada.

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 And they come to Canada

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 to be Canadians.

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 They come to Canada

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 and they usually want

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 very,

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 very quickly,

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 as fast as they can,

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 to start to learn

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 English or French

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 and to learn how to drive

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 on the right-hand side

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 of the road

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 and to learn how to fit in

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 with our culture.

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 You see,

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:37.019
 that's what God does with us

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:38.639
 is that Jesus causes us

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 not to enter through the door

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 where we enter into God's realm

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.599
 and we start to learn

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.279
 his language.

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 We start to breathe his air.

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 We start to eat his food.

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 We start to learn his customs.

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 We start to learn his character.

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 We start to learn his habits.

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 We start to become citizens

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 of his realm.

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 And Jesus isn't just a door

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 by which we enter

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.759
 into God's realm,

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 but he is also the means

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.139
 by which God's realm

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.119
 enters into me

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 and into you.

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 But there's more here than this.

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 And here,

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 just before we say

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 about this other part,

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 before we move on

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 to the latter part of the story,

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 here's a full disclosure.

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 And for those of you

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:19.539
 for this,

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 this is Church of the Messiah

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 is your church home.

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 This isn't a surprising statement,

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 but if you're a guest,

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.739
 I have to say this

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 because of the very next thing.

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 We are a very imperfect church.

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 And I am a very imperfect pastor.

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 And if you're a guest here

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 and you've come here

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 because you're looking

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:41.039
 for a perfect church

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.059
 with perfect people,

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.139
 you're going to be

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.879
 very, very unhappy with us

00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:47.299
 because we are an imperfect church

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.339
 with imperfect people

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 with an imperfect pastor.

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 And I mention this

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 because of the other powerful image

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.839
 that Jesus uses here

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 as he gives a description

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 of the church.

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 If you could put up

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 the next point, Andrew,

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 that would be very good.

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 Jesus says,

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 Jesus calls you

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.220
 to be led by him

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 and belong to a good local church

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.880
 as his sheep

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 in his flock,

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 in his fold,

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 with a shepherd

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 led by him,

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 the good shepherd.

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 See, Jesus begins

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 by critiquing religion.

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 He begins by critiquing

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 the spiritual people,

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 the religious people.

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 And he does it

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 because at the end of the day

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 he wants them to understand

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 that what they're doing

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 is endangering their souls

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 and it's robbing them

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 of abundant life.

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 Everything he says

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 is connected to his desire

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 that even the religious,

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.960
 even the spiritual

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:43.680
 will have abundant life.

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 That they'll actually know God.

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 That they won't just sort of

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 invent religions

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 on one side

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 of an unbridgeable wall,

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.240
 which is just what

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.819
 religion and spirituality is.

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 It's inventing stories

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:56.359
 to give themselves power

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.279
 on one side

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 of an unbridgeable wall

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 that doesn't actually

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 take them to God.

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 But once we enter

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.259
 through the door

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.519
 and enter into his realm,

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 well, there's this other

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.599
 very powerful image,

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 which is the image

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 in verse 8.

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 Verse 7,

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 we'll read it.

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 Truly,

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 I am the door

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 of the sheep.

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 Verse 7,

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 I am the door

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 of the sheep.

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 So Jesus isn't just

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.599
 the door by which

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.339
 we enter into God's realm.

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:25.220
 He's the door

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.119
 by which we enter

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:27.179
 into the sheepfold.

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 How we become his sheep

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 who are part of his flock,

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.939
 who enter into a sheepfold.

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 It's an image of the church.

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 It's an image in a sense

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.679
 of what the local church

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 is supposed to be,

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:40.740
 that we are to be,

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 understand that,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.079
 well, I'm a sheep.

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.559
 I'm part of a flock.

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 I'm both,

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 the images get a little bit

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.799
 mixed up here,

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:51.559
 but I'm also a shepherd.

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 In the original language

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 here,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.619
 if you look at verse 2,

00:23:58.879 --> 00:24:00.099
 he who enters by the door

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.279
 is the shepherd of the sheep.

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.319
 In the original language,

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.159
 there's no the.

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 And when they write it

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.059
 into English,

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:09.579
 they have to add something there,

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.259
 otherwise it doesn't

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.159
 make any sense.

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.000
 But what it's describing

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.919
 isn't the good shepherd,

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.700
 it's just describing

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.200
 a shepherd.

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.500
 It's describing a pastor.

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:18.000
 The word we get pastor from

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.639
 is the same word

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.679
 that we get shepherd from.

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 And so Jesus says

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.380
 that we become saved

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:26.299
 by entering through him

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.640
 into the presence of God

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:29.720
 and into his realm,

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.580
 and his realm begins

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.440
 to enter into us.

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.700
 And Jesus doesn't call us

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.480
 just to follow him

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.400
 all by ourselves,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.600
 all by our lonesome.

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.720
 We're not saved alone,

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:41.140
 but that he always leads us

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:43.080
 into a good local church.

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.840
 You see,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.480
 being part of a good local church

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.240
 isn't an option

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.019
 for Christians.

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:50.139
 Sheep don't survive

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.019
 in the wild by themselves.

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.960
 Domesticated sheep

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.139
 don't survive in the wild

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.879
 by themselves.

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.519
 They die.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.420
 It's a general rule.

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.400
 They die very quickly.

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.859
 Sheep have to be part

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.460
 of a flock,

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.619
 and they need a shepherd

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.599
 to care for them,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.359
 and they need to have a fold.

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.619
 And so this is an image

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.240
 of the church.

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.400
 Jesus calls us

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.779
 to know him,

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.460
 and it's the way

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.160
 that we enter

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.339
 into the sheep fold

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.660
 as sheep,

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.359
 part of his fold.

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:16.199
 And his intent is

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:17.919
 that Christians

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:19.219
 are in a fold,

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.119
 a local church,

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.879
 with other sheep

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.879
 as part of a flock,

00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:23.199
 and the shepherd

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.419
 is to be led by him.

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.679
 That's why at the beginning

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.459
 of this I prayed

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:28.439
 not that you would want

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.539
 to hear more of my voice,

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.299
 but want to hear more

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.419
 of the voice of Jesus,

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:33.879
 because it's the voice

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.939
 of Jesus that we need

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.439
 to follow.

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.939
 And we hear that

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:39.059
 by hearing the scriptures.

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:43.899
 So,

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:55.980
 some of you might say,

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.759
 well, George,

00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:01.779
 that's all very,

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.679
 very interesting,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.940
 but there's one thing

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.039
 I do know about sheep,

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.599
 George,

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.379
 is that,

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.440
 as a general rule,

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.980
 George,

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.259
 sheep aren't pets.

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:16.099
 And the little I know

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.839
 about farmers

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.639
 is that farmers

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:19.159
 are very practical people,

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:24.599
 and if they have a dog,

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.879
 it's probably a dog.

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.119
 I mean,

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.759
 it might be that they're

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:28.000
 affectionate towards the dog,

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.240
 but the dog has some things

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.559
 that they want the dog to do,

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:32.019
 and if they have chickens,

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.659
 well, George,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.259
 those chickens

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.859
 will eventually

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.899
 be on their table.

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:36.840
 even if they let the kids

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.740
 name the chickens,

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.500
 the chickens will be

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:41.320
 beheaded and plucked,

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:42.240
 and then eventually

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.060
 cooked and eaten.

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.580
 And the cows,

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.140
 and, well,

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.460
 George,

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.560
 sheep are for the,

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.660
 first they'll be shorn,

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.759
 and then eventually

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.480
 they'll do something

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.560
 that involves eating,

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:55.480
 and some aren't even

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.720
 really for shorn very much.

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.380
 They're just really,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.960
 so we can have

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:59.380
 really tasty lamb chops.

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:01.820
 So it's a bit of a gruesome image,

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.180
 George,

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.560
 isn't it,

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.220
 to think this?

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:03.460
 I mean,

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.080
 that all sounds

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.340
 very,

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.980
 very nice,

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.580
 and probably when you

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.660
 city people are all,

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.040
 we're all,

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.820
 we city people,

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.380
 we're all listening

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.000
 to this image,

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.760
 and maybe we think

00:27:10.760 --> 00:27:11.900
 of our pet puppy

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:13.200
 or our cat,

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:13.520
 which,

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:13.960
 of course,

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.960
 here in Ottawa,

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.080
 we don't generally,

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.620
 in fact,

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.140
 not generally,

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.940
 I don't think anybody

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.320
 in Ottawa eats their dog

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:21.040
 or eats their cat,

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:22.100
 and so,

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.280
 George,

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.080
 this is a very,

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.540
 very,

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:28.140
 this is a gruesome image,

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.720
 really.

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.299
 It's not very helpful image

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:32.079
 to think that I'm a sheep,

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.559
 and,

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.640
 in fact,

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.059
 George,

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.960
 this just sort of fits

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.000
 with what often goes

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.680
 with religion.

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.299
 Doesn't often religion

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:41.440
 involve some people

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.500
 thinking they're special

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.380
 and they use all these

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.420
 religious languages,

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.400
 but all it's doing

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.140
 is leading sheep

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.819
 to the slaughter.

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.299
 George,

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.940
 isn't it true

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:50.900
 that in much of Indian history

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.380
 there were these Hindu princes

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:54.799
 and religion sort of validated

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.700
 that they could live

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.880
 unbelievably rich

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.000
 and opulent lives

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.880
 where most of the rest

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.319
 of the people

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.980
 just suffered.

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.380
 George Buddhism,

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.759
 I mean,

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.019
 it's very popular here

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.819
 in North America,

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:05.059
 but didn't functionally,

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.900
 Buddhism,

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.500
 and in most of the countries

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.140
 that were Buddhist,

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.799
 once again,

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.859
 allow some people

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.500
 to live very,

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.779
 very,

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.279
 very,

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.000
 very opulent lives

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.059
 while the rest

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.619
 of the people

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.700
 had to just suffer

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.740
 with what they were doing.

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.000
 If you've read,

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.160
 if you've seen that thing

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:20.019
 on Netflix yet,

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.099
 the Wild Wild Country

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:23.599
 about the Bogwan,

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.299
 George the Bogwan

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.399
 had 94,

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.559
 I looked it up

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.059
 just to check,

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.799
 some debate is

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.559
 whether it had 93,

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.039
 94,

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:32.919
 or 96 Rolls Royces

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:35.799
 while his people

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.699
 worked 12-hour days

00:28:37.699 --> 00:28:38.719
 in bunks.

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.959
 And George,

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.819
 we don't have to go that,

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.240
 isn't it?

00:28:43.699 --> 00:28:43.959
 You know,

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.299
 George,

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.319
 haven't you been corrected

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.459
 about speaking a little bit

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.639
 about financial giving

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.240
 in the church

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.160
 and how for many

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.880
 French Canadians

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.540
 it's a hard thing

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.180
 to hear a priest

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.320
 talking about giving money

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:54.500
 because for so many

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.040
 generations in Quebec

00:28:56.040 --> 00:28:56.880
 the priest

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:58.920
 kept the people poor

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:00.100
 so other people

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.700
 could continue

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.420
 to be rich.

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.180
 And I could add

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.120
 my own stories.

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.280
 I've had to counsel

00:29:07.280 --> 00:29:08.440
 lots of different women

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:10.580
 who've talked to me

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.160
 when they found out

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.020
 that I was a pastor

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:12.960
 because they've come

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.460
 from very,

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.900
 very conservative churches

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:17.100
 where they were

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.519
 in an abusive marriage.

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:20.179
 The man was abusing them

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.740
 and the elders

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.419
 of the church

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.859
 told the woman

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:24.159
 she couldn't leave

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.679
 her husband

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.579
 or divorce him

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.619
 that even though

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.000
 he was terribly abusive

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.139
 she had to go back

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.559
 to him.

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.719
 And those are often

00:29:32.719 --> 00:29:33.319
 from people

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.559
 who are very reformed

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.379
 and believe the Bible

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.219
 is God's word.

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.819
 And George,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.579
 you know,

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.799
 George,

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.119
 what can you say to that?

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.439
 George,

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.799
 the images just don't work.

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.559
 Well,

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.859
 that's,

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:45.139
 you know,

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:46.559
 it's so amazing.

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:48.559
 Jesus is just so wise.

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.839
 And because he begins

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.740
 with these images

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.740
 and remember,

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.200
 I mean,

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.440
 I say these things

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.460
 but all of the people

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.119
 who are there,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.519
 they know sheep,

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.559
 they know that sheep

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.720
 are for sacrifice

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.559
 and for eating.

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.579
 And some of those things

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.220
 must have been going

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.919
 through their mind.

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.319
 They say,

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.200
 Jesus,

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.339
 why don't you call,

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.240
 this is me,

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.460
 not,

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.779
 I mean,

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.059
 I don't know

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.740
 what they would have said.

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.379
 Like,

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.539
 we would be much more

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.799
 comfortable if he said,

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.139
 you know,

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.759
 I am Dr. X

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:18.159
 and I'm going to make you

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:19.399
 mutant superheroes.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.559
 Or,

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:20.980
 you know,

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.159
 I am Steve Job

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:23.399
 and I'm going to make you

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.759
 all Google engineers

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.139
 cool with lots of money.

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.099
 You know,

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:28.460
 or,

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.940
 you know,

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.720
 I am whatever

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.379
 and I'm going to make you

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.359
 all supermodels.

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.799
 Or,

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.619
 you know,

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.019
 I am,

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.559
 I am,

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:36.500
 I am the Bill Belichick

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.679
 of the New England Patriots

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.399
 and I'm going to make you

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.500
 football stars.

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.339
 I'm going to make you

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:41.419
 all into Tom Brady's.

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.619
 Like,

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.679
 that's what we'd like,

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.299
 not defenseless sheep

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.139
 that just get eaten.

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:47.899
 But listen to how Jesus goes on.

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.259
 Look at,

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.619
 look at,

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:49.799
 we'll read verse 10 again.

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.099
 The thief comes only to steal

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.179
 and kill and destroy.

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:57.099
 I came that they may have life

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.059
 and have it abundantly.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:00.460
 He knows that that's what

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.480
 religious people do

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.339
 and spiritual people,

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.099
 and not just religious

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.240
 and spiritual people.

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.220
 I mean,

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.439
 if,

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.159
 if what I sometimes say

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.500
 to my,

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.959
 my secular friends is,

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.279
 you know,

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.579
 listen,

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:09.839
 I,

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.659
 I know that Christianity

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:13.199
 has a pretty terrible history

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:14.319
 but I just have to mention

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.480
 Mao and Stalin

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.139
 and Hitler

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:18.199
 and Cambodia

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:22.179
 and the great carnage

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.759
 that's going on

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.699
 in our own country

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:26.299
 around life issues as well.

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:29.119
 So it's a human problem

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:31.379
 and Jesus is very familiar

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.319
 that there's this problem

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:34.099
 powerful human problem

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.559
 of thieves and robbers

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:37.679
 and wolves.

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:40.480
 And he says again in verse 10,

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.980
 the thief comes only to steal

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.759
 and kill and destroy.

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.079
 I came that they may have life

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.879
 and have it abundantly.

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.779
 Then listen to what he says,

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.919
 I am the good shepherd.

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.919
 Verse 11,

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:50.200
 the good shepherd lays down

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.740
 his life for the sheep.

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:55.319
 He was a hired hand

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.099
 and not a shepherd

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:57.399
 who does not own the sheep

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.799
 sees the wolf coming

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.799
 and leaves the sheep

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.419
 and flees

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.680
 and the wolf snatches them

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.519
 and scatters them.

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.480
 He flees

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:05.079
 because he has a hired hand

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.960
 and cares nothing

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.700
 for the sheep.

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.639
 Just pause.

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.419
 Jesus knows the world

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.359
 is filled with thieves

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.559
 and robbers and wolves

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.839
 and he knows

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.519
 that there's thieves

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.639
 and robbers and wolves

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.799
 and that they're present

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.579
 in universities

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.379
 and they're present

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.000
 in churches

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.940
 and they're present

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.740
 in religion,

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.359
 they're present

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.419
 in spirituality.

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:24.380
 to think that being spiritual

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.600
 means that you'll never

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.660
 come across a thief

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.279
 and a robber

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.759
 and a wolf.

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.600
 Jesus says that's foolish.

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.000
 There are people,

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.980
 hired hands are people

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.320
 who are only in it

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:38.440
 for themselves.

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.860
 And thieves and robbers

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.920
 are people who are only

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.660
 in it for themselves

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.820
 and they'll take it from you

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.759
 in whatever way

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.820
 they possibly can.

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.400
 And wolves,

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.759
 they just seem to like

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.840
 to wreck things.

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.899
 And then he says it again

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:54.959
 in verse 14.

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:57.079
 I am the good shepherd.

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.919
 I know my own

00:32:58.919 --> 00:33:00.759
 and my own know me

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:02.579
 just as the Father knows me

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.659
 and I know the Father

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:05.439
 and I lay down my life

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:05.899
 for the sheep.

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:06.919
 He says it twice.

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.259
 He lays down his life

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.679
 for the sheep

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.819
 and I have other sheep

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.839
 that are not of this fold.

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:13.639
 I must bring them also

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.980
 and they will listen

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.639
 to my voice

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.319
 so there will be

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.099
 one flock,

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.799
 one shepherd.

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.980
 For this reason,

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:20.019
 the Father loves me

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:22.220
 because I lay down my life

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.940
 that I may take it up again.

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.519
 No one takes it from me

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:27.200
 but I lay it down

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.000
 of my own accord

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.180
 four times.

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.019
 I have authority

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.579
 to lay it down

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.640
 five times

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.779
 and I have authority

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.680
 to take it up again.

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.960
 This charge I have received

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.519
 from my Father

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.400
 five times.

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.539
 He says I lay down my life

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.480
 five times

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:42.160
 to make sure we hear it

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.039
 five times.

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.259
 Andrew,

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.839
 could you put up

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.640
 the point please?

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:48.440
 sheep are killed

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.000
 for the good

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.640
 of the shepherd.

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.580
 Jesus knows this.

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.640
 Sheep are killed

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.240
 for the good

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.880
 of the shepherd

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.840
 but the good shepherd

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.560
 died

00:33:58.560 --> 00:33:59.440
 for the good

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.080
 of the sheep.

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:01.200
 See,

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.540
 that would have been

00:34:01.540 --> 00:34:02.420
 the shocking thing.

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:05.180
 We don't catch

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.160
 the shock of this

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.580
 as much

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.360
 because we don't

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.960
 have sheep.

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.440
 This would have been

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.440
 the shocking thing

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.920
 to them.

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:13.780
 I mean,

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.720
 for Jesus' hearers

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.519
 in many cultures

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.079
 they would want

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.519
 to have more

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.119
 and more sheep

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.820
 because the more

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.360
 sheep you have

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.159
 the richer you are.

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:22.220
 And for many,

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.960
 many cultures

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.639
 you use sheep

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.440
 for a sacrifice

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.800
 to appease the gods.

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:28.460
 You appease the gods

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.180
 so that after

00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:30.019
 you've paid off

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.579
 the gods

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.159
 it allows you

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.780
 to live the life

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.539
 that you want to live

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.200
 and to be as rich

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.700
 and powerful

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.320
 as you want.

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.599
 And so the sheep

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.519
 have this double thing.

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.059
 On one hand

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.200
 it pays off the gods

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.480
 so they don't punish you.

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.019
 On the other hand

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.659
 you have the sheep

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.259
 so you have lots

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:41.739
 to eat.

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:43.159
 You can get nice

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.199
 and plump

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:45.960
 and you can sell

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.699
 the extra sheep

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.119
 for money

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.839
 and you can have

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.359
 lots of really,

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.319
 really good things.

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.819
 The sheep die

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.639
 for the good

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.139
 of the shepherd.

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.719
 But Jesus says

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.940
 you have to understand

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.719
 the whole point

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.420
 of this analogy,

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.159
 the whole point

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.019
 of me being a door

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.799
 by which you can

00:34:58.799 --> 00:35:00.059
 bridge this unbridgeable

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.179
 wall between God

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.779
 and human beings

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:03.079
 by entering through me

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.799
 and come into his realm

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.940
 and into his presence

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.440
 and have his presence

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.359
 come into you

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:09.319
 and the fact

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.879
 that I am going

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.880
 to call people

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.480
 who have come

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.400
 into my presence

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.300
 into understanding

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.420
 that they're sheep

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.079
 who are to be part

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.740
 of a flock

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.360
 who are to be part

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.059
 of a fold

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.920
 who are to follow

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.500
 a shepherd

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.260
 who is following

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:20.119
 the good shepherd

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.340
 and the good shepherd

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:22.480
 will lead his church

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.460
 and you need to be sheep

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.119
 who are always

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.059
 calling out

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.800
 to know Jesus

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.039
 to hear his voice

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.300
 to hear his voice

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.220
 to hear his voice

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:30.160
 and to hear his voice

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:31.619
 and you have to understand

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.740
 that this is not

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.340
 an analogy

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.599
 of me doing anything

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.920
 so that it's going

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.900
 to please me

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.639
 where it's

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:39.320
 I am not a hired hand

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.360
 I am not a thief

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.539
 I am not a robber

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.820
 I am not a wolf

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.940
 how do you know that

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.300
 I die for the sheep

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:47.619
 I die for the sheep

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:49.579
 how is it that

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.079
 you know

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.980
 that you can trust

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.860
 that my words

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.840
 that even if my words

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.660
 seem a bit offensive

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.440
 or a bit hard

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.480
 or a bit of a stretch

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.480
 that they're actually

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.019
 leading me

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.820
 into abundant life

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:59.380
 I die for the sheep

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:01.900
 I die for the sheep

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:05.519
 well Jesus

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.059
 do you know

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.559
 that I'm a bit

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.180
 of a failure

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:08.200
 do you know that

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:09.240
 do you know

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.599
 that I'm same sex attracted

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.019
 do you know

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.619
 that I've had

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:13.320
 lots of abortions

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.920
 do you know

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.920
 that I'm

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.059
 not very religious

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.240
 and not very spiritual

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.400
 I died for the sheep

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.820
 I know all that

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.940
 I died for the sheep

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.300
 look what he says

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:25.680
 again in verse 14

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:27.260
 Andrew could you put up

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.539
 verse 14 and 15

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.119
 on the screen

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.200
 that's the fourth point

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.039
 I am the good shepherd

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.019
 I know my own

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.960
 I know my own

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:37.000
 if you come to Jesus

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.439
 and say

00:36:37.439 --> 00:36:38.259
 Jesus I've had

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:39.899
 I've had five abortions

00:36:39.899 --> 00:36:40.899
 you can't toss

00:36:40.899 --> 00:36:42.179
 be possibly talking

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.599
 about me

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.579
 Jesus

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:46.759
 I've tried so many times

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:48.179
 to find somebody

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.679
 who would just

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.059
 find me attractive

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.179
 and nobody finds me

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.699
 attractive

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.299
 you know

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:53.379
 some of us

00:36:53.379 --> 00:36:54.419
 we're scarred

00:36:54.419 --> 00:36:56.179
 by maybe the fact

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.819
 that we never

00:36:56.819 --> 00:36:58.359
 could make a sports team

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.839
 we fail

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.500
 just about every

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.079
 Jesus knows us

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.740
 he also knows

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.460
 if you're success

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.440
 he knows you

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.940
 and he knows you

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.480
 and he laid down

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.900
 his life for you

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:10.519
 verse 14

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.880
 I am the good shepherd

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.860
 I know my own

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:14.120
 and my own know me

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:15.440
 and just as the father

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.039
 knows me

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.880
 and I know the father

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.740
 and I laid down

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.980
 my life for the sheep

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:21.300
 I have other sheep

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.579
 that are not of this fold

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:24.880
 he's speaking to Jewish people

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.280
 and he's

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:26.700
 when it's such a wonderful thing

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.180
 when he says here

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:27.820
 I have other sheep

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.660
 that are not of this fold

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.399
 he's speaking about

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:30.059
 you and me

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.339
 who aren't Jewish

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:36.719
 I must bring them also

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.379
 and they will listen

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:37.920
 to my voice

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:39.239
 it's one of the reasons

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:40.119
 why missionaries

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:41.159
 go to Angola

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:42.059
 and it's why

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:44.379
 we should have missionaries

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:45.139
 that go to the gay

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.039
 and lesbian community

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:47.379
 and the transgendered community

00:37:47.379 --> 00:37:48.759
 and the Rockcliffe community

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:50.639
 and the Google community

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:52.539
 and the community

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.619
 maybe in Perth

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.199
 because there are sheep

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.599
 there

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:57.059
 that Jesus knows

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.059
 there are sheep

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:59.579
 they don't know

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.759
 that they're going to be a sheep

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.420
 they don't know

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.299
 that they've been longing

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:03.360
 to hear his voice

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.319
 but he knows

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:04.799
 that they're there

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:06.019
 longing to hear his voice

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:08.059
 and he wants to take

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.880
 really imperfect

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.920
 and impossible people

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.699
 like you and me

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.539
 to be the ones

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.440
 by which his voice

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.059
 is heard

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:17.420
 and it's not your voice

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.980
 that they hear

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:19.059
 it's Jesus' voice

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.719
 that they hear

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:22.139
 it's not my voice

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.539
 they hear

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.719
 it's Jesus' voice

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:26.279
 and then look at this

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.599
 still

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:29.000
 verse 17

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.719
 for this reason

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.759
 the Father loves me

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:32.139
 because I lay down my life

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:33.579
 that I may take it up again

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.339
 it's a prophecy

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:35.219
 of his resurrection

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.459
 this isn't just

00:38:36.459 --> 00:38:37.679
 a fantasy tale

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:39.379
 this is something

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:40.299
 that actually happened

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:40.980
 in history

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:42.919
 on a day

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:43.899
 in the spring

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.939
 in either the year

00:38:44.939 --> 00:38:45.519
 of 30

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.579
 or the year 33

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.599
 in the spring

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:49.039
 April probably

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.279
 of 30 or 33

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:52.219
 outside a city

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.860
 in Jerusalem

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.099
 Jesus was crucified

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:55.960
 by Roman soldiers

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.940
 with charges

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:59.119
 written above his head

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.980
 and he was crucified

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:02.179
 in real time

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.940
 in real history

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:04.199
 between two thieves

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:06.079
 and because of the

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:07.139
 approaching feast

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:08.159
 they went

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.179
 to kill

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.460
 as an act of mercy

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.480
 they went to kill

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.839
 the

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:12.559
 the

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.739
 the victim

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.239
 so that

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:15.299
 because the crucifixion

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:16.279
 could last for days

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.219
 and they broke the legs

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.000
 of the two thieves

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.739
 but they found out

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:20.079
 that Jesus was already dead

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.739
 and they pierced his spear

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.199
 with a

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:23.939
 his side with a spear

00:39:23.939 --> 00:39:24.179
 and

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:25.099
 and

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.199
 and the guy

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.139
 who records that

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.759
 he doesn't know

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.719
 what medical science

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.519
 now knows

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.759
 that

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:31.199
 what he records

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:32.199
 is what doctors

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.699
 now know

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.019
 showed

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.759
 helped to show

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.359
 that his heart

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.879
 had failed

00:39:34.879 --> 00:39:35.599
 when he says

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.299
 that blood and water

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.799
 ran out

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:38.239
 and he really did

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:39.859
 get put in a grave

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:40.819
 he was embalmed

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.539
 he was handled

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.619
 he was embalmed

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:44.000
 and

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.960
 and on the third day

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:46.819
 the people

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.659
 who didn't believe

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.980
 that

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:49.440
 Jesus would rise

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.079
 from the dead

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:51.519
 start going to the tomb

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.079
 and discovering

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.199
 that the tomb is empty

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.339
 and he starts to appear

00:39:54.339 --> 00:39:55.279
 to them as alive

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:57.099
 and Jesus really does

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.900
 in real time

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.859
 in the spring of

00:39:58.859 --> 00:40:00.239
 in April of 30

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:00.839
 or 33

00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:03.099
 he really does rise

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.739
 from the dead

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:05.319
 and when it says

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:06.179
 he lays it down

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.880
 with authority

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.579
 it means that

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.159
 it's not just

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:09.299
 some random act

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:10.059
 but it's an act

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.619
 of power

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.579
 that's right

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:13.460
 that fits

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:15.980
 that's authoritative

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:19.559
 and authoritatively

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:21.119
 he can give us life

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:27.519
 it's this wonderful story

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.940
 that

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:31.819
 we are known

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.739
 by God

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:36.539
 and that we can begin

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.699
 to get to know him

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:41.939
 please stand

00:40:41.939 --> 00:40:56.719
 Jesus is the good shepherd

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:59.659
 and he lays down

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.659
 his life for the sheep

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:02.839
 and we are to hear

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:03.439
 his voice

00:41:03.439 --> 00:41:05.119
 and we are to learn

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.819
 what it means

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.739
 to live together

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.599
 as a flock

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:09.799
 hearing his voice

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:11.219
 following him

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:14.419
 we don't just live

00:41:14.419 --> 00:41:15.119
 the Christian life

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.919
 by ourselves

00:41:15.919 --> 00:41:17.319
 I mean one of the things

00:41:17.319 --> 00:41:17.759
 that we are going to be

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.659
 praying for in a moment

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.979
 not only is that

00:41:19.979 --> 00:41:21.179
 we would be more courageous

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:22.079
 in telling others

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.759
 about Jesus

00:41:22.759 --> 00:41:23.739
 and that we would be

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.879
 more fervent

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:26.139
 and regular in prayer

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:28.000
 but also that the Lord

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.239
 would put within our hearts

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.619
 a desire to connect

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.719
 with each other

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.500
 as a flock

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.799
 to be part of a community

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:35.560
 maybe to be part

00:41:35.560 --> 00:41:36.560
 of a small group

00:41:36.560 --> 00:41:37.900
 or the men's group

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.980
 or just in other ways

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:40.140
 just in friendships

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:41.740
 but those are the things

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.760
 that we can pray into

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:44.640
 let's just bow our heads

00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:45.160
 and let's pray

00:41:45.160 --> 00:41:45.519
 Father

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:47.080
 thank you for Jesus

00:41:47.080 --> 00:41:48.080
 thank you that he died

00:41:48.080 --> 00:41:48.780
 on the cross

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:50.320
 thank you that he laid down

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.480
 his life for the sheep

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:53.160
 thank you Father

00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:55.039
 that the closer we get

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.640
 to Jesus

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.760
 the closer we are

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.920
 to abundant life

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:59.519
 thank you Father

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.160
 that Jesus

00:42:00.160 --> 00:42:01.500
 will never hurt us

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:04.300
 he will never demean us

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.679
 he will never

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.179
 Father

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:07.199
 frighten us

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.739
 that he will only

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:09.639
 be our shepherd

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.739
 who guides us

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:11.599
 and feeds us

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.460
 and protects us

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:12.820
 Father

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:14.340
 we will have many

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.420
 we know that we will have

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.780
 very very hard things

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:17.980
 to endure in this life

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.559
 sometimes

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:20.480
 but we thank you Father

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.420
 that we can live

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.820
 each day with Jesus

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:24.559
 as our good shepherd

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.780
 that he can lead

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.699
 and guide us

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.760
 each day

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:29.659
 that he will be with us

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:30.539
 even when we are

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:31.820
 in the valley of the shadow

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 of death

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 that we will

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 we can fear no evil

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 for he is with

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 he is with us

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 he is with me

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 he is with you

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 Father

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 draw us to Jesus

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 as our good shepherd

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 who cares for us

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 and this we ask

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 in the name of Jesus

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 your son and our savior

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 amen

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 is with

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 he is with you