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 Well, thank you so much, Rebecca.

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 Folks, I'm conscious we've been sitting for a while,

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 so will we stand and will we pray?

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 And we'll ask God as we come to his word today

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 that he would speak and change us.

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 Why don't we stand?

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 And Heavenly Father, it's our prayer now

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 that you would help us to gaze upon your greatness this morning

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 as we turn to your precious word.

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 Thank you that we've heard already in this service

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 that you are a God who longs and loves to give life to dead things.

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 Father, thank you that we are here today

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 simply because of your grace.

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 Help us now as we turn to your word.

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 Change us, transform us, convict us,

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 send us out with the good news of Christ, we pray.

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 In his precious name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Folks, let me tell you about a guy called Ronnie O'Sullivan.

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 Does that name mean anything to anyone?

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 Ronnie O'Sullivan?

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 Rocket Ronnie?

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 Ronnie, arguably, and if you disagree, you disagree,

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 arguably the greatest snooker player of all time.

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 And I listened to him this week give an interview to BBC Sport

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 about how he was coming up to 30 years in the game.

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 So he started, can you believe this?

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 He went pro at 16, Rocket Ronnie, 16.

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 And now 30 years later, this interview was designed

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 to get him to talk about how he's feeling about the sport

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 where arguably he's hit the top.

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 And what he said, and he said this, and his body language hid nothing.

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 He said this, he had his chin in his hands.

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 And he talked about how the fact that the game that he loved,

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 he used to love, now mentally he's checked out.

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 He checked out about eight years ago, actually.

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 And he's just bored of it.

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 And now what it is, it's a game where he just turns up,

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 he does his thing.

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 In his description, you can watch it online,

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 he pots a few balls, he gets paid,

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 and he goes home.

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 And something that used to fire him up,

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 now actually is just a thing that he does.

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 And I listened to this man, and my heart broke from him.

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 Imagine the thing that your life's supposed to be all about.

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 And actually it's just, you're settling for a cold,

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 monotonous, mechanical existence.

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 But if we're honest, how true is that often of our Christian lives?

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 That something that used to be so exciting for us,

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 something that used to get us going,

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 actually now the fire in our hearts has well and truly gone out.

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 Oh friends, how easy is it to settle for that kind of life?

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 And if that's you here today, here's the glorious passage of this,

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 the glorious invitation of this sermon into this passage.

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 is come and be wonderfully reminded of why we exist as a local church.

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 As we look and gaze at our great God,

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 as we think about who he is,

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 as we take him in,

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 and as we think about why he does what he does.

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 Now if you come with me to the passage, verse 16.

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 Friends, do you see what the wonderful first word is?

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 The first word is for.

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 Okay, do you see it?

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 It's a bridging word.

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 It's a bridging word that connects everything that John is about to say

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 with everything that has just come before.

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 Now that's a bang on cry, okay,

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 because what was Jesus talking about before?

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 He was talking about the cries of babies, wasn't he?

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 He was talking about new life.

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 He was explaining to this man, Nicodemus,

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 he was saying that you must be born again.

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 You need God to do a work of transformation in your life

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 so for you to understand and enter the kingdom of God.

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 So Nicodemus, the religious winner, right?

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 Nicodemus, the moral victor.

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 Nicodemus, Israel's finest.

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 And here he is being told that he's spiritually dead inside.

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 The only thing that Nicodemus can do to enter the kingdom of God,

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 and do you see it there at verse 15?

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 The only thing that he can do is to look on the sun,

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 suspended on the cross, look and live.

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 So verse 15, before we get into verse 16,

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 verse 15 literally ends with Jesus telling Nicodemus

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 to picture him on the cross, hands open.

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 And this is the context of verse 16.

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 And here's how I love thinking about it this week,

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 and you can tell that I've just put in our car for a service, right?

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 Here's what's going on.

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 John is acting like a car mechanic, right?

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 What is he doing?

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 He's saying, come over, come over.

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 He pops the hood.

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 He says, have a look inside.

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 Do you get that engine?

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 Do you see it?

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 Do you see what's powering this thing?

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 Do you see what's making this thing go?

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 Do you see what's giving this thing gas?

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 Friend, would you come and see what is making this thing go?

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 John, in these verses, he pops the hood and he says,

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 would you see what's making the gospel go?

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 Would you come and savor

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 what's motivating this God to do what he does?

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 What's driving the Son of God

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 to become,

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 this is where this gospel is heading,

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 to become the Lamb of God.

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 What is driving the Son of God to become the Lamb of God

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 as he goes to the cross?

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 What's driving this thing?

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 What's under the engine?

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 What's under the bonnet?

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 Well, friends, it's the love of God.

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 It's the love of God that's driving this thing.

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 It's the love of God that's under the bonnet of John 3.16.

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 Now, let's be honest, though.

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 When I say God is love,

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 I'm aware that that ain't controversial.

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 It's probably the safest thing that I think I could say from up here today,

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 that God is love.

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 Wonderfully true.

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 You're here today, maybe that doesn't surprise you.

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 Even my atheist friends would presumptuously agree

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 that if there is a God,

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 then surely he should be loving.

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 It's not controversial to say God is love.

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 In the words of German poets,

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 and I think I said this right,

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 Heinrich Heine,

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 he says,

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 of course God will forgive me.

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 That's his job.

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 Of course God will forgive me.

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 That's his job.

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 If there is a God,

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 if he does exist,

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 then he should be loving.

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 It's not controversial to our world.

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 It's not controversial to John's first Jewish audience either.

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 The Lord, the Lord,

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 merciful and compassionate,

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 showing steadfast love to generation after generation.

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 The fact that God is love,

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 ain't controversial.

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 But why God is love?

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 That's where things get a bit more interesting.

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 Why is this God's love?

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 Is he for the God of the Bible to love?

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 Let me just allow,

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 let's allow the text to stretch us a bit.

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 For him to love

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 is not the result of a fuzzy notion that came over him.

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 It is not the result of Cupid's arrows sinking into him.

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 Nor is it the effect of the teeth of the love bug getting into him.

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 Why does this God love?

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 It's because of who he is.

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 You see, the God we see revealed to us in the Bible

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 is one God

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 in three persons.

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 And that makes him wonderfully and gloriously unique.

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 Outstandingly unique.

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 Friends, our Hindu friends worship many gods.

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 Our Muslim and Jewish friends,

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 how we love them,

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 they worship one God.

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 But the God of the Bible,

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 he is triune.

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 He is one God in three persons.

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 He is Father,

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 he is Son,

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 he is Spirit.

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 Now why does that matter?

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 It matters because our God

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 has existed

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 for all eternity

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 as a joyous community

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 of Father,

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 Son and Spirit

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 who have been doing nothing other

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 than loving

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 and mutually delighting

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 in one another.

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 So how can this God

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 be love?

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 It's because of who he is.

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 He is three

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 in

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 one.

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 Oh, and John wants us to see

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 three

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 wonderfully surprising

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 ways

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 that God's love

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 is unlike

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 anything

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 that we have ever known.

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 Oh, let's rattle through these,

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 will we?

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 And gloriously savor them.

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 God's love

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 is global,

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 not local.

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 Do you see it in the text there?

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 Verse 16.

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 It doesn't stop at Israel's borders.

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 There is no boundary marker.

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 Remember,

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 this God

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 loves

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 the world.

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 And what makes that

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 even more incredible

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 is that the last time

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 John mentioned the world

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 back at verse 10

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 of chapter 1,

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 he was talking about

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 a world

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 that rejects

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 God,

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 that wanted

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 nothing to do

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 with this God

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 and the coming

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 of his Son,

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 the coming of light

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 into the world.

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 This is the world

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 that are triune

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 God

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 loves.

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 You see,

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 the reference there

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 to world

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 is not so much

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 a reference

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 to its bigness,

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 it's a reference

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 to its

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 badness.

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 John's readers

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 immediately think

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 pagan Gentiles

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 despise Samaritans,

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 idolatrous Romans,

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 and of course,

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 this gospel from now on

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 is going to be full

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 of people just like that

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 coming to have faith

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 in the Son.

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 This is the extent

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 of God's love,

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 that he loves

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 his enemies.

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 I find that

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 really challenging

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 because,

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 you know what,

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 I find it really easy

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 to love people

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 who are just like me,

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 who look just like me,

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 who sound just like me,

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 who think just like me,

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 who laugh at the same things

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 just like me,

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 who act just like me,

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 but when somebody

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 doesn't tick those boxes,

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 that's when I find it

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 to be a little bit

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 more tricky.

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 And that's why

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 one of the buzzwords

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 of our generation today

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 is what?

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 It's tolerance.

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 Because our world

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 is telling us

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 to tolerate people

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 not like us.

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 So desperate are we

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 to find solutions

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 to the fractures

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 that exist

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 between the relationships

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 between human beings

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 in this world.

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 But do you see

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 how this God

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 will not settle

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 for tolerance?

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 He loves

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 the world.

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 His love

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 is entirely

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 different

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 to human beings'

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 love.

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 His love

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 is one that

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 pursues

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 his enemies.

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 And that's because

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 all sorts of connotations,

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 doesn't it,

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 for how we

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 are to be

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 as the family of God

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 in this place.

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 We don't have time

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 to go into that,

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 but you can think

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 about those things.

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 It's a global love,

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 friends.

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 It's not a local love.

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 And it's a giving love,

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 not a demanding love.

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 Such is the overflowing

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 love of this God.

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 So great is his heart

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 for the world

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 that it spills over

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 into giving.

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 This God is not

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 lacking in anything.

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 This God did not

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 create the world

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 because he is lonely.

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 He created the world

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 that gives life to things

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 because it's who he is.

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 He is a giver.

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 He's a giver.

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 And it's his delight

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 to give.

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 Do you see what he gave?

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 In the text,

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 he gave

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 his only son.

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 Now let me ask you,

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 what's the most precious

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 thing that you own?

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 I'm often asked that

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 when I'm filling in

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 my yearly insurance forms

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 for our house.

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 General insurance,

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 but they say,

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 are there any special items

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 that you want to cover?

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 In other words,

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 what are the things

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 you really care about?

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 Right?

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 What's precious to you?

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 What would you,

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 your life almost

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 wouldn't be worth living

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 if it wasn't there?

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 What would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 what would you,

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 this God,

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 you see,

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 this father,

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 his son for all eternity

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 has been the apple

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 of his eye.

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 The son has been

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 the source

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 of the father's delight

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 for all eternity.

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 The son is

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 the most precious thing

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 to God the father.

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 And so great

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 was his love

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 for the world

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 that he said

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 is worth sending

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 and giving him.

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 I'm assuming

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 there was all sorts

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 of other things

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 that God could have

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 given us

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 but he gave us

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 his son.

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 And the son

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 in glorious harmony

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 responded

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 and said,

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 father,

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 I'm willing to go.

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 Not to win

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 God's love for us,

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 not to,

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 to change the mind

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 of a reluctant father,

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 not to negotiate

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 a peace deal with him.

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 We need to be clear

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 on that.

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 But out of an overflow

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 of the loving heart

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 of this God

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 because of who he is.

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 His heart

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 that none would perish

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 from a world

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 that rejected him.

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 And it's worth us

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 wrestling with that word

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 perish.

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 It's talking about

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 the eventual

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 human predicament

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 that's facing

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 every single one

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 of us

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 outwith

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 salvation

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 I often think about it

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 like

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 fresh flowers.

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 We often get

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 fresh flowers

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 in our home

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 making

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 the place smell

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 and look fresh.

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 When we buy them

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 they look full of life

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 but do you know what,

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 six, seven, eight days later

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 the things are

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 in the bin.

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 Now when did those

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 flowers

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 die?

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 They died

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 the minute

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 that they were

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 cut off

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 from their life source.

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 See when the Bible

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 talks about perishing

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 it's talking about

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 the natural direction

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 and destination

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 of human beings

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 because our sin

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 has cut us off

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 from the God

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 who made us.

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 And we die

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 physically

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 in our bodies

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 but not just

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 physically

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 we need to

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 understand

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 spiritually as well

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 verse 18

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 the condemnation

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 of God

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 that guilty

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 verdict

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 in his sight

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 the one

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 that will see

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 us justly

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 and eternally

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 and rightly

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 punished

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 because he

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 is a holy

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 God

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 because of

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 our willing

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 rejection

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 of him

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 friends

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 that is

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 hanging

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 around

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 our

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 necks

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 outwith

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 of Christ.

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 Jesus

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 in the

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 gospels

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 friends

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 he talks

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 about

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 hell

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 more than

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 any other

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 subject.

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 You've got to

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 understand

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 he talks

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 about it

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 not with

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 a smirk

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 in his

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 face.

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 He talks

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 about it

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 with compassion

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 in his

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 heart.

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 Do you feel

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 the weight

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 of that

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 verse

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 that none

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 would perish

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 condemnation

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 because

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 John says

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 in verse

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 18

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 we have

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 chosen

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 that

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 condemnation

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 but Christ

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 and this

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 is the

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 gospel

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 Christ

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 has come

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 to become

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 our

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 condemnation.

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 He has

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 come

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 to

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 absorb

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 the penalty

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 on himself

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 that we

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 deserved

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 on the

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 cross.

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 He has

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 come

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 to be

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 sin for

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 us

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 and this

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 perishing

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 that we

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 deserve

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 by nature

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 friends

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 if your

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 faith is

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.560
 in Christ

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 we know

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 that he

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 has taken

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 that for

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 us

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 because that's

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 the third

00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:51.580
 thing we see

00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:52.039
 about this

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 God's love

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 it's a

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 saving love

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 not a

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 condemning

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 love.

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 The coming

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 of Jesus

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 into the

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 world

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 if you

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 think about

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 it could

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 have been

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 terrible

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 news

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 could it

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 not?

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 It could

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 have been

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 awful

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.600
 news for

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 us

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 like the

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 arrival of

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 some kind

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.759
 of divine

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 Ofsted

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 inspector

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 come to

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 point the

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 accusatory

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 finger

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 come to

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 check every

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 nook and

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 cranny

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 looking for

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 something to

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 hold us

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 up for

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 but Christ

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.800
 came to

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 save the

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 world.

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 No wonder

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 John 3 16

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 and 17

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 have often

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 been called

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 the gospel

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 in a nutshell.

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 Friends that

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 God would love

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 a world that

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 hated him

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 is gracious

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 that God

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 would send

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 his only

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 son is

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 unfathomable

00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:37.600
 that God

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:37.920
 would want

00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.360
 to save

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 a judgment

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 incurring

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 and hell

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 deserving

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:40.899
 world

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.559
 is utterly

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.179
 breathtaking.

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 Do you

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.220
 see how

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.699
 this God

00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.199
 is so

00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:46.819
 much better

00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:48.360
 and so

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:48.819
 much more

00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.179
 glorious

00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:51.000
 than I

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 think we

00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.779
 ever stop

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.360
 to consider

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 at times?

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 Friends what

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.340
 do we do

00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:56.740
 with this?

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 Here's two

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 things.

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 Really simply

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.720
 we inhale

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:02.220
 it and

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.720
 we exhale

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.139
 it.

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 If you're a

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.099
 Christian here

00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.719
 today take

00:17:06.719 --> 00:17:07.319
 stock

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.500
 on friends

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:09.779
 let your

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.219
 hearts be

00:17:10.219 --> 00:17:10.740
 strengthened

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 that it

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 was the

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 pursuing

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 love of

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 this God

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 that sought

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 and saved

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 you.

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 Is that a

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 marvelous

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 thought?

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 Is that not

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 a heart

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 warming

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 heartbreaking

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 thought?

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 Friends your

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 faith here

00:17:27.939 --> 00:17:28.599
 today as

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 unspectacular

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 as you might

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 think it is.

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 We always

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 need to be

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 thinking

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 spiritually

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 heavenly

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 realities.

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 What does

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 the Bible

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 say?

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 That faith

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 is no

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 small thing.

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 As weak

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 as you feel

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 you are

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 as difficult

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 as life

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 is know

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 that God

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 has moved

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 heaven and

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 earth.

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 He's given

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 the most

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 precious

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 thing to

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 save you.

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 Your name

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 was in the

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 heart of

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 this God

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 in eternity

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 past.

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 There was

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 a moment

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 in time

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 when the

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 Holy Spirit

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 opened your

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 eyes to

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 the truth

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 of who

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 Jesus is

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 at that

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 moment

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 your life

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 became

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 united

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 to Jesus

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 and that's

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 who you

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 are.

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 And more

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 than that

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 through the

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 work of

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 Christ

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 the Bible

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 would talk

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 about the

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 same love

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 of God

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 being poured

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 into our

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 hearts

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 through the

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 Holy Spirit

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 who lives

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 in us.

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 And that's

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 who you

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 are today.

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 If your

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 faith is in

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 Christ this

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 is who you

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 are.

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 It's why

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 our friends

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 I need the

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 word of God

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 do you know

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 why?

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 Because it

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 tells me

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 things that

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 are true

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 about me

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 that I

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 just don't

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 think I

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 would believe

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 otherwise.

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 God allow

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 the scriptures

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 to tell us

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 things about

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 us who

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 we are.

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 You know

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 our little

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 girl Grace

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 one of her

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 favorite toys

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 and this is

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 why I need

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 to get this

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 home today

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 okay I

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 asked her

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 I could

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 take it

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 is this

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 Russian doll.

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 Familiar with

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 the concept

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 Russian dolls?

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 Somebody

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 explained to me

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 recently I

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 read it

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 recently I

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 can't remember

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 where

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 that our

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 lives as

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 Christians are

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 like Russian

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 dolls.

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 Imagine the

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 three Russian

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 dolls and

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 think about

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 yourself friends

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 if you're a

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 Christian as the

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 middle one.

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 I would open

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 this but it's

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 going to get

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 fiddly okay.

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 Oh friends what

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 does the

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 scriptures tell

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 us?

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 By the

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 indwelling

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 Holy Spirit

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 where is

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 Christ?

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 Christ is in

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 us.

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 Right?

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 Imagine the

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 wee Russian

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 doll in the

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 middle one.

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 Right?

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 Christ is in

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 us but what

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 does the

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 scriptures also

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 say is true

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 about us?

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 Where are

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 our lives

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 caught up

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 with whom

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 they are in

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 Christ?

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 Okay?

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 Do you see?

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 Christ in

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 us, us in

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 Christ.

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 That is who

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 we are today.

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 That is who

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 we are.

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 It's incredible

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 isn't it when you

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 think about it?

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 The pursuing

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 love of God

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 to find us

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 and tell us

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 things that are

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 true about us.

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 Oh friends

00:19:52.560 --> 00:19:53.279
 Melissa Kruger

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 in her wonderful

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 little book

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 Identity

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 Theft

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 and come

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 and steal

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 my copy

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 if you want

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 you can have

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 it okay?

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.059
 It's a

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.700
 wonderful book

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 written by

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.179
 different female

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 authors in the

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 States.

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 A devotional

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 book which

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 helps us

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 understand who

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 we are in

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 Christ.

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 She writes

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 this,

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 this God

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 has made

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 you his

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 own and

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 it brings

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 him glory

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 praise

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 and joy.

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 Let the

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 truth of

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 God's word

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 heal the

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 wounds and

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 replace the

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 doubt and

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 fear with

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 the deep

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 joy of

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 unfathomable

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:27.140
 and unfailing

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 love.

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 This is who

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 you are

00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:30.079
 today.

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 Well friends

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.360
 we need to

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.200
 inhale this

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 passage and

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 then what do

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:36.940
 we need to

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 do?

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 We need to

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 exhale it

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 because the

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.079
 direction of

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 the love of

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 this God

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 is by very

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 nature because

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 of who he

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 is.

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 It is

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 outward.

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 this God

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.319
 longs that

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.460
 perishing people

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.200
 would have

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 life by

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.759
 knowing him

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 and by having

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 faith in his

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 son.

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 And we

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.960
 cannot read

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 John 3 16

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 and 17

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 and be

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 unmoved by

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.240
 the plight of

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 a world that

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.680
 is perishing

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.460
 in sin.

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:14.000
 Oh friends

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.680
 who are you

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.500
 rubbing shoulders

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.640
 with tomorrow

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.440
 morning as you

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.039
 go about your

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.460
 life?

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.599
 Who is it

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.299
 that you are

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.519
 prayerfully

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.899
 burdened for?

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:27.139
 Who are you

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:28.740
 praying for?

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.099
 Do you know

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.720
 I was challenged

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 by this week

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.119
 oh friends

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.720
 and I hope

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.720
 this stirs us

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.500
 as a church

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 to be a place

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.079
 where people

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:39.559
 are prayed for

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.480
 that they would

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.299
 come to know

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.619
 Christ.

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.839
 I would challenge

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.519
 this week by

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.059
 somebody who

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.920
 asked me if the

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.460
 Lord answered

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.319
 all my prayers

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.339
 for those friends

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.819
 of mine

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.480
 to become

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.079
 Christians

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.419
 how many

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:50.819
 would be

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.359
 converted?

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 Oh friends

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.619
 are we

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.779
 burdened for

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.460
 a world that

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.200
 does not know

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.240
 Christ and is

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.500
 perishing?

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.599
 Are our

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.720
 evangelistic

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:02.099
 antennae up?

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:03.659
 You know

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.119
 Alex and I

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.480
 have got some

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.019
 good friends

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.679
 called Hamish

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.259
 and Mariah

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.919
 they live in a

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:07.599
 housing estate

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.000
 with their

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.399
 three kids

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:08.819
 up in St.

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.399
 Andrews.

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:09.799
 Do you know

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.200
 what they do

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.839
 every Halloween?

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.000
 They go out

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.379
 to the front

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:13.980
 of their house

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.460
 they make a

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 big bowl of

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.420
 chocolate

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.799
 and they

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 serve it to

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 their friends

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 and their

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 kids as they

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.500
 come by

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.000
 trying to

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.519
 serve them

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.000
 on a cold

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.579
 winter's night

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.059
 up there

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.400
 and they just

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 hope to strike

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 up gospel

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 conversations.

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 Just something

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.559
 so simple

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.519
 and yet how

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 profoundly

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:35.039
 reflective of

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.539
 this heart

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.119
 of God

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.099
 that evangelistically

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:39.819
 they are on

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.579
 the front foot

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.000
 and looking

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.359
 outward.

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.359
 Oh friends

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.240
 we inhale

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.980
 this love

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.500
 and we

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.339
 exhale

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.159
 this love.

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.480
 The light

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.299
 and love

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.279
 of God

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.519
 has shone.

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.599
 And how

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.139
 will the world

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.699
 respond?

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.439
 You see the two

00:22:59.439 --> 00:23:00.359
 telling reactions.

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.199
 Here's one of

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:02.139
 them verse 19

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.659
 and we have to

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.599
 see the strength

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.259
 of the language

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.699
 here.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.699
 It's not

00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.339
 that people

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.159
 just preferred

00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:10.839
 the darkness.

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.159
 It's that

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:14.119
 people hated

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.759
 the light.

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.919
 People love

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:19.220
 the darkness

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.039
 and we've got

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.720
 to understand

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.639
 again that this

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.639
 is all of us

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.759
 out with

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.720
 the work of

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.179
 the spirit

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:26.240
 in our lives.

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:28.339
 We are like

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.259
 cold-blooded

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.879
 animals

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:31.259
 that hate

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.779
 the light

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.419
 that when they

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:32.879
 see it

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.439
 just want to

00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:34.279
 get to the

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.659
 darkness.

00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:36.980
 We loathe

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.819
 seeing the light.

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.259
 Why?

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.059
 Because we

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:40.779
 are afraid

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.339
 of having

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.059
 our dirt

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.119
 exposed.

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:46.960
 It's always

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.319
 the case,

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:47.599
 isn't it,

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.119
 when you think

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.419
 that your

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:48.980
 windows in

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.619
 your house

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.139
 are clean,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.899
 especially this

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.399
 time of year,

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.940
 isn't it,

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.319
 or your car

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.859
 windscreen.

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.559
 What is it

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.679
 that exposes

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.220
 the dirt?

00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:00.000
 It's the

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.299
 light.

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.759
 You realize

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.240
 your windows

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.220
 are filthy.

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.519
 And why are

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.099
 we so reluctant

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.500
 to deal

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.819
 with the

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.059
 light?

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.299
 Well,

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.000
 because it

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.480
 means that

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.919
 we need

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:10.819
 to change.

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.179
 We need

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.679
 to give

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.219
 up those

00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:12.959
 evil deeds

00:24:12.959 --> 00:24:13.399
 that we

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.899
 love.

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.219
 Do you

00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:14.439
 see?

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.359
 Friends,

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:17.339
 one reaction

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.759
 to the

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.419
 light dawning

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:18.859
 is to

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.740
 continue to

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.679
 hate and

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.379
 hide.

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:22.439
 It's what

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.019
 humanity

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.459
 has been

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.119
 doing ever

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.000
 since Genesis

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.699
 3.

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.059
 Adam and

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.199
 Eve,

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.759
 what are they

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.659
 doing after

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.399
 they sin?

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.000
 They are

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.559
 what from

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.959
 God?

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.699
 They're hiding

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.460
 from God.

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.940
 God says,

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.720
 where are

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:36.960
 you?

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.200
 It's not

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.440
 like he

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.700
 doesn't

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.019
 know.

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.840
 They are

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.519
 hiding from

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.779
 God.

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.100
 They have

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.799
 believed the

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.700
 devil's lie.

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.779
 Did God

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.519
 really say,

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.319
 can God

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.759
 really be

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.340
 trusted that

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.980
 this fruit

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.759
 here is not

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.279
 good for

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.640
 you?

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.340
 Because if

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:51.720
 you do it,

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.160
 you'll die.

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.720
 Can this

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.360
 God really

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.000
 be trusted?

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.460
 And they

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.140
 take the

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.819
 bait and

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.319
 their eyes

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.000
 are opened.

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.720
 And this

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.259
 is what sin

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.920
 always does.

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.620
 It promises

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.279
 us what?

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:00.900
 Life and

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.380
 freedom.

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:04.200
 what's the

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.540
 first thing

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:05.180
 they realize?

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.520
 That they're

00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:06.820
 naked?

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.600
 And what

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.440
 accompanies that?

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.700
 Shame.

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.960
 And this

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.240
 is what

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.680
 humanity

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.100
 has been

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.700
 doing ever

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.320
 since

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:17.280
 Genesis 3,

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:18.500
 believing the

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.320
 devil's lie

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:20.040
 that safety

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:20.720
 and freedom

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.300
 is to be

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:21.860
 found by

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.960
 continuing to

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.460
 live in the

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.840
 darkness

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.960
 rather than

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.400
 coming to

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.940
 the light.

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.980
 But it's

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.700
 not true.

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.820
 Friends,

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.300
 whatever's going

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:29.720
 on in your

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.380
 life today,

00:25:30.580 --> 00:25:31.180
 know that

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.840
 the life

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.340
 is not

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.759
 to be

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.299
 found in

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.840
 the darkness.

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.860
 But know

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.440
 that life

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.019
 is to be

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.799
 found in

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.400
 the light.

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.200
 And that's

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.620
 what light

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.019
 does,

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.600
 doesn't it?

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.360
 It's what

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.120
 light does

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.560
 when it

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.120
 shines on

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.700
 mildew.

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:49.039
 Kills it.

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.560
 Because the

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.200
 other reaction

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.900
 to the light,

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.500
 however,

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:54.700
 is to step

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.440
 in and live.

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:55.900
 And this is

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.759
 verse 21.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.380
 In stark

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.100
 contrast to

00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.500
 those who

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.120
 run to the

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.519
 darkness,

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.700
 and who

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.519
 continue to

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.000
 hate the

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.299
 light by

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.840
 rejecting

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.320
 Christ,

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.620
 there will

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.120
 also be

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.680
 those who

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.180
 God will

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.640
 open their

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.779
 eyes and

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.039
 they will

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.500
 respond to

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.160
 the truth.

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.440
 And they

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.000
 will step

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.539
 into the

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.840
 light and

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:16.120
 be changed.

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.519
 And friends,

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:16.920
 we need to

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.840
 understand that

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.420
 when we do

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.920
 that, when

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.460
 we come

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.960
 into the

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.140
 light, what

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.820
 we will find

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:23.080
 there is not

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.840
 Jesus the

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.560
 school teacher.

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:27.019
 it is

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.119
 Jesus full

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.980
 of grace

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.859
 and truth.

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.419
 It doesn't

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.740
 mean there

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:32.980
 are no

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.619
 consequences

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.399
 for our

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.879
 sin, but

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.339
 it does

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.759
 mean that

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.099
 if you

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.559
 need to

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.879
 confess

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.399
 something

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:37.839
 today,

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.279
 friends,

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.740
 stop

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.139
 believing

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.720
 the lie

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.619
 that life

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.940
 will be

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.599
 found in

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.179
 the darkness,

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.799
 continuing

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.399
 to hide

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.740
 and to

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.099
 run.

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.099
 Come into

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.559
 the light

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.119
 and know

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.500
 that there

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.139
 is forgiveness

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.039
 and grace

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.480
 abounding in

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.960
 Christ.

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.079
 Christ.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.900
 And this

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.539
 gospel is

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.079
 full of

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.579
 people who

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.079
 come to

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.799
 Jesus and

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.539
 should be

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.940
 condemned.

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.440
 We're going

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.660
 to meet

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:56.920
 them over

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.299
 the next

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.740
 number of

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.180
 weeks who

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.700
 should be

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.220
 condemned,

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:02.039
 but who

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.660
 instead come

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.140
 to him and

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.880
 find forgiveness

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.559
 and life in

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:04.960
 his name.

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.279
 So where are

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.640
 you this

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:07.940
 morning?

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.980
 What's going

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.360
 on in your

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.720
 lives?

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.700
 Well, friends,

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.100
 do you see how

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.740
 life is to be

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.480
 found in the

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.819
 light?

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.680
 And their

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.660
 lives testify to

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.259
 the fact that

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.980
 God has done

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.259
 that.

00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:22.320
 It's a

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.900
 wonderful way,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.140
 isn't it,

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.700
 to think about

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.420
 our good

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.040
 works, the

00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.519
 good works

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.019
 that God has

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.620
 prepared in

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.120
 advance for

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.660
 us to do.

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.820
 Friends, what

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:29.080
 are they

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.980
 testifying to?

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.740
 They're

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.400
 testifying to

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.900
 the fact that

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.300
 God has

00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:33.720
 shone his

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.080
 light in

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.540
 our hearts.

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.860
 Let me

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.220
 just say,

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.540
 and I know

00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:35.960
 some of you

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.480
 here today,

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.380
 it's particularly

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.160
 hard just now

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.620
 as you live

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.220
 your life for

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.180
 Christ in the

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.660
 places that

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.120
 you are,

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.279
 school,

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.300
 at university,

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.240
 at work,

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.340
 these places,

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.740
 friends.

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.160
 Let me just

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.540
 say two

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:46.980
 things.

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.820
 When we live

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.600
 our lives in

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.119
 the darkness

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.419
 as people

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:51.959
 of light,

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.579
 the world

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.079
 will recognize

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:56.339
 it and God

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.839
 loves it.

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.139
 So be

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.559
 strengthened.

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.559
 The life is

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.199
 to be found

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:03.839
 in the light.

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.980
 Now what does

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.799
 that testify to?

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.779
 It testifies to

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.859
 the pursuing

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:11.199
 love of

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:12.039
 God.

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.500
 As we close,

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.919
 let me just

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.379
 take you to a

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.759
 little place

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.399
 called Widcom.

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:19.700
 our friends,

00:28:19.780 --> 00:28:20.240
 Widcom is a

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.800
 community just

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.220
 south of

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.580
 Bath.

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.060
 And when we

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.680
 go down south

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.100
 to visit

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.920
 Alex's folks,

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.280
 we often go to

00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:28.040
 church in this

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.440
 place called

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.800
 Widcom.

00:28:30.780 --> 00:28:31.460
 And I never

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.960
 realized this

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.580
 until last time

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.100
 we went down,

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.180
 but this church

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.780
 is known in

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.420
 its community

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:38.480
 as the church

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.100
 with writing

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.740
 on the roof.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.640
 So it's a

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:43.180
 classic four

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.820
 corners of the

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.060
 roof,

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.819
 but it's

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.299
 known as the

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.679
 church that's

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.079
 got writing

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.419
 on the roof

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:47.960
 because Bath

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.700
 is so hilly,

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.319
 you think our

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.839
 city is hilly,

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.039
 Bath is so

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.099
 incredibly hilly

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.019
 that from

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.779
 wherever you are

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.220
 in the city

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.859
 you can kind

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.359
 of see this

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.679
 roof.

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.039
 Surrounding

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.399
 neighbors,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.960
 they can see

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.460
 this roof.

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.700
 And it's a

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.099
 way of them

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.759
 saying to this

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.119
 community,

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.980
 this is what

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.379
 we want you

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.799
 to know,

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.399
 and this is

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.720
 what we're

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.200
 all about,

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.919
 and this church

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.460
 has been here

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.659
 for centuries.

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.019
 This is what

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.579
 this people of

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.220
 God in this

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.940
 place as they

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.259
 meet will

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.819
 always be

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.240
 about and

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.619
 reach out

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:14.900
 to you with.

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.079
 Do you know

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.619
 what it says?

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.180
 Here's what it

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.420
 says.

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.180
 On one side

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.779
 it says,

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.420
 one's blank,

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.839
 three sides,

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.859
 one says,

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.960
 prepare to

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.279
 meet thy

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.619
 God.

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.379
 The next

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.740
 side it

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:25.940
 says,

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.259
 you must

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.579
 be born

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:26.960
 again.

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.279
 And around

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.619
 the corner

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:28.920
 it says,

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.559
 Christ died

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:29.940
 for our

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.279
 sins.

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.119
 Friends,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.819
 this is why

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.539
 we exist as

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.879
 a local

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.299
 church.

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.039
 This love

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.500
 of God has

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.799
 been poured

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.220
 into our

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.480
 hearts,

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.700
 and this

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:38.940
 is why

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.440
 we here

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.740
 today,

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.200
 this is why

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.940
 we exist as

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.279
 a local

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.700
 church.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.480
 But this

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.980
 is why we

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.559
 exist as a

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.039
 local church

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.519
 because this

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.799
 is the

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.259
 message that

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.680
 we're holding

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.140
 out to a

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.519
 lost and

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.839
 perishing

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.240
 world.

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.099
 That God

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:50.420
 three in

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.039
 one so

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.880
 loved the

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:53.140
 world that

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.839
 he gave

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.360
 his only

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.680
 son that

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.120
 whoever

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.099
 believes in

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:58.880
 him will

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.620
 not perish

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:01.240
 but have

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.579
 eternal

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.740
 life.

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.039
 Friends,

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.799
 how easy is

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.299
 it to become

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.360
 bored with

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.019
 the thing

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.140
 that life is

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.720
 supposed to be

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.460
 all about?

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.380
 How easy

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.100
 is it for

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.660
 us to let

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.360
 our passion

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:13.039
 for Jesus

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.339
 and our

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.160
 busyness as

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.779
 a church

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:17.339
 distract us

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.680
 from the

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.319
 thing that

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.039
 is meant to

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.319
 be the

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.900
 engine that

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.600
 revs us

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.100
 and gets

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.500
 us going,

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:21.920
 the love

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.400
 of God.

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.480
 Do you see

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.960
 what's going

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.360
 on here?

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.860
 John is

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.200
 saying,

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.640
 come and

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.100
 see what's

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.640
 going on

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.480
 under the

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.819
 bonnet.

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.480
 Come and

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.019
 see the

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.100
 pursuing and

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.120
 beating love

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.680
 of God

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:35.019
 for a lost

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.420
 world,

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.100
 and come

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.379
 into the

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.699
 light.

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.639
 So here's

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.919
 what I want

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.119
 to do.

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.339
 We're going

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.679
 to pray.

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.099
 Maybe the

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.439
 band guys

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:41.719
 could come

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:42.279
 back up.

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.219
 And we're

00:30:44.219 --> 00:30:44.419
 going to

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:44.719
 pray.

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:44.980
 We're going

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.159
 to sing

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.619
 two songs

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:45.839
 to the

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.259
 close that

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.500
 are just

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.759
 going to

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.259
 help us

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.919
 think about

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:49.019
 the things

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.359
 that we've

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.639
 been reflecting

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.319
 on today.

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.279
 But as we

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.799
 pray, there's

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.740
 two particularly

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.419
 people that I've

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:56.379
 been burdened

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.500
 by this week

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:59.099
 as we've been

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.599
 thinking about

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.799
 this.

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.399
 And one,

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.119
 friends, if you

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.799
 are here and

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.379
 you've not

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:05.839
 put your faith

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.279
 in Jesus

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.619
 yet,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.519
 today's the

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.799
 day.

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.359
 Okay?

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:11.119
 Today's the

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.220
 day.

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.500
 Let's just

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.959
 say carpe

00:31:11.959 --> 00:31:12.279
 diem.

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.799
 Today's the

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.019
 day.

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.480
 Because life

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.959
 is short.

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.439
 There was a

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.819
 girl who went

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.399
 past our

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:17.019
 house on a

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.419
 bike this

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.679
 week,

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.659
 knocked over,

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.159
 went to

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.439
 a hostel,

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.740
 don't know

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.139
 what happened.

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.639
 Life is

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.919
 short.

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.819
 Today's the

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.019
 day.

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.500
 Okay?

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.039
 Today's the

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.199
 day.

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:27.859
 This prayer is

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.099
 for you.

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:28.619
 Pray this in

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.059
 your heart.

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.519
 Okay?

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.480
 Today's the

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.619
 day.

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.740
 The next

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:33.220
 person is

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.619
 those who

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.139
 believe that

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.500
 the Father

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.099
 doesn't love

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.299
 them.

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:38.279
 I don't

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.559
 know what's

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:38.819
 going on in

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.000
 your heart.

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.279
 You don't

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.619
 believe the

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.059
 Father loves

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.159
 you.

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.579
 Come to

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.899
 this and

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.220
 see that

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.619
 he does.

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.159
 This is

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.459
 who this

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:44.019
 God is and

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.500
 this is how

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.879
 he's loved

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.159
 you.

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.759
 Friends,

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.579
 respond this

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.939
 morning as

00:31:47.939 --> 00:31:48.599
 we sing these

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.079
 last two

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.359
 songs.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.039
 Respond in

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.519
 your heart

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:52.000
 and worship

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.419
 him in a

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:52.740
 coming of

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.119
 life in

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.480
 his name.

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.859
 So we're

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.000
 going to

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.500
 pray and

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.679
 then we're

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:56.839
 going to

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:58.799
 sing and

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.179
 I was going

00:31:59.179 --> 00:31:59.439
 to come and

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.000
 close and

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.220
 we're going

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.639
 to go and

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.000
 eat.

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.759
 Okay?

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.899
 But friends,

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.079
 don't leave

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.559
 this building

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.099
 this morning

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.139
 and they

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.480
 haven't done

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.099
 business with

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.539
 this God.

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.960
 So let's

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.159
 pray,

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.480
 will we?

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:13.879
 Our

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.419
 Father, we

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.059
 just thank

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.519
 you, Lord,

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.000
 for who you

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.579
 are this

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:16.859
 morning.

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.139
 We would

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.579
 never have

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.939
 come up with

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.399
 a God like

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:20.779
 this.

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.839
 How great

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 and how good

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.439
 you are and

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 how wonderful

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.480
 is the news

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.799
 of your

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 pursuing love.

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.639
 Father, none

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.119
 of us sit

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.579
 here today

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.339
 having earned

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.000
 your love.

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 Oh, friends,

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.639
 oh, Father,

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.099
 but we sit

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.639
 here today as

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.039
 those who've

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.639
 been wonderful

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:40.099
 recipients of

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.619
 your love.

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.399
 So, Father,

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.279
 for those here

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.480
 today who do

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.519
 not know you

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.180
 and have

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.759
 trusted in the

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.160
 work of your

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.579
 Son on the

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.099
 cross, may

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:49.079
 today be the

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.440
 day.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.399
 Oh, Father,

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.220
 be at work by

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.079
 your Spirit, we

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.399
 pray.

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 And, Lord, for

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.879
 those for whom

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.619
 are perhaps

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.759
 doubting your love

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.299
 for them.

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:01.099
 Lord, circumstances,

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.039
 things going on

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.740
 in life that

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:04.379
 would rob us

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.200
 of that joy

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.680
 of knowing

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.099
 Jesus.

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 Oh, Lord,

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.960
 may again

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.720
 today be the

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.680
 day, Father,

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 will you

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.200
 reassure us

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.559
 of your

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.359
 fatherly love

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.000
 and care for

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.720
 us in Christ.

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.759
 This is love,

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.519
 not that we

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.960
 have loved

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.400
 God, but

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.099
 that he

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.680
 loved us

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.379
 and sent

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.119
 his Son

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.359
 as an

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.799
 atoning

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.799
 sacrifice

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.779
 for our

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.859
 sins.

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.519
 Oh, Father,

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.000
 be with us

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.539
 as we finish

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.000
 our time

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.639
 together this

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:34.960
 morning.

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.799
 Be in the

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.440
 conversations

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.379
 around coffee.

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:39.399
 Be amongst

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.940
 us as we

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.500
 eat together.

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.919
 Oh, Father,

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.659
 be ministering

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.139
 amongst us

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.740
 by your Spirit,

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.200
 we pray.

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.839
 In Jesus'

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.259
 name,

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.220
 Amen.