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 I would like you to turn your Bibles this morning to Matthew chapter 5.

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 Wednesday evening, as we were enjoying the ministry of missionaries that are going to

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 be serving the Lord in England, I was listening to the preaching of the Word and I fell under

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 conviction for something that had been said on last Sunday, something that I said on last

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 Sunday.

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 And pastors don't get to bury retractions on the ninth page of the newspaper.

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 When it happens at the pulpit, it should be declared at the pulpit.

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 It's inappropriate for a pastor to be sympathetic with people who are struggling with depression

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 in his office and then be sarcastic in public preaching of the Word.

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 And I ask your forgiveness for that.

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 Turn in your Bibles to John chapter 17, verse 6 through 19.

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 Let me read the passage and have you follow along with me as we hear exactly what God has

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 spoken to us here in this passage.

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 I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world.

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 Yours they were, and you've given them to me, and they have kept your word.

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 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.

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 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know

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 in truth that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

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 I am praying for them.

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 I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

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 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

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 And I no longer, I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you,

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 Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

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 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me.

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 I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction,

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 that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.

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 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world,

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 that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them,

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 because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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 Sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world,

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 and for their sake I consecrate myself,

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 that they also may be sanctified in truth.

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 Join me in prayer.

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 Father, we unite together as your people

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 with one common desire,

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 that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our God and Savior,

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 would be lifted up this morning,

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 and that we seeing Him would grow to be more like Him,

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 and that we would grow in our affection for Him.

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 I'm thankful that both the preaching of the Word of God

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 and the comprehension of the Word of God

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 are things that we may ask the Holy Spirit's help for this morning.

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 And I pray that your people would join me in praying

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 for the work of the Holy Spirit

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 in both the declaration of the Word

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 and then in our comprehension and appreciation.

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 I pray also, Father, for those that are here today

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 that perhaps have never come to saving faith.

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 They know perhaps the words of truth.

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 They've heard the Scriptures,

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 and yet they've never been drawn to the cross

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 to repent and confess their sins

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 and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And just as we pray that believers would be strengthened,

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 so we pray that sinners would be converted,

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 that Jesus, the Lord of life,

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 would be made much of today in this place.

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 And we ask in Jesus' name, amen.

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 This lesson here in John chapter 17,

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 beginning in verse 6 and carrying through to 19,

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 is the second of three parts of Jesus praying

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 after He had had the Lord's table

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 and just before He went to the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 And you remember last week,

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 one of the things that I commented on

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 is that it's appropriate for us

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 to kind of remind ourselves of the sharp differentiation

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 between this prayer here,

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 where Jesus is praying for Himself,

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 for His disciples, and for us.

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 And then moments later,

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 when He goes into the garden,

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 and He pours out His heart,

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 and He says, listen,

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 if it is possible,

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 let this cup pass from Me.

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 Here we see the Lord praying

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 with this kind of divine overview

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 and interest that kind of transcends the moment

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 that was going to take place

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 in the very hours to come.

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 And He is praying about things

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 that were very, very close to His heart

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 and His interest,

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 namely,

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 His reunion with the Father,

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 namely,

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 the disciples that He had loved and cared for,

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 and namely for us

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 who have come to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ

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 because of His ministry

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 and because of the ministry of the disciples

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 that He prayed for.

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 It would be difficult for me,

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 and many of you have heard me on occasion

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 say this is my favorite passage.

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 It's almost become kind of a joke

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 because seldom is there a Sunday that goes by

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 that I don't come to the text thinking,

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 man, this is really good.

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 And I have to tell you,

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 Thursday when I hit the print button

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 and I heard it click out there in the copy,

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 Connie, are you in here working in the nursery?

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 Yeah.

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 Connie, what happened?

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 I just, wow!

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 Man, I've got to wait until Sunday.

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 But it's a good passage.

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 Just bear with me.

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 It is really good.

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 And the thing that makes this passage so precious

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 is that it informs us of the heart of Jesus.

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 Now look at me.

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 You know, at the heart of our religion

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 and at the heart of our faith

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 is not just a set of rules.

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 Now rules aren't all bad.

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 But listen to me.

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 At the heart of what we have in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 is a very real, personal, genuine relationship.

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 And one of the sure tests

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 of the authenticity of your relationship

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 is your affection and interest

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 in the person you have it with.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 Judith, my bride.

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 There she is.

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 She was sitting behind Chris.

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 And Chris is too tall.

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 Sorry, Chris.

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 I'm glad.

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 Did you notice, Chris, that she moved over here?

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 I saw her and I went back to let her know.

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 She works in the nursery once a month, you know.

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 And so I was like, that's always a bad Sunday for me

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 because I like to see her.

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 And then she decided she's not one of those people

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 who likes to sit at the very front, you know.

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 She likes to kind of be in the back.

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 And she was sitting behind Chris.

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 And Chris is just too tall.

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 And I told her, honey, you have to move so I can see you.

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 Here's the point.

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 If you have a relationship,

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 now, if you have a relationship,

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 there has to be some affection with that.

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 Would you think so?

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 Well, and so when we step into this passage,

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 we have an opportunity to understand a little bit more

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 about how Jesus loves us.

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 And understanding that, listen to me,

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 understanding that will whet our appetite for him

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 and cause us to love him more.

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 So, if you're sitting here this morning

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 and your heart, very frankly,

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 is just about stone cold to Jesus,

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 I'm really not all that interested

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 in how many Bible verses you have memorized in the past

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 or whether you were baptized

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 or whether or not you go to church on a race.

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 I'm really interested if you love him and you know him.

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 Because at the heart of what we are engaged in

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 is relationship with the Lord of glory.

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 And as we look at this passage,

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 we are getting an opportunity

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 of looking into the heart of Jesus

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 and understanding how he loves us.

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 Truthfully, today,

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 we are looking more at how he loved the 11.

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 But here's the interesting note.

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 If he did fairly well at loving the 11,

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 and what do we know about the 11?

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 Just follow me here, okay?

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 The 11 were the most famous

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 and most significant men in the ancient world.

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 Phenomenal, spectacular,

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 men of renown and repute

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 and incredibly brilliant, right?

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 I mean, how are we doing so far?

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 They were low-life fishermen,

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 flunky tax collectors.

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 I mean, just a bunch of rude guys.

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 I mean, it's like,

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 Jesus, are you kidding me?

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 These are the guys you picked?

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 Well, here's the deal.

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 If Jesus can love those kind of guys,

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 he probably will do a fairly decent job loving me.

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 You.

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 You got it?

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 So when we look at how Jesus loved the disciples

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 and prayed for them,

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 our hearts should be encouraged to know

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 that he cares for us the same way.

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 So let's look this morning at,

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 first of all,

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 who Jesus was praying for in this passage.

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 This is called the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus.

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 I want you to know,

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 just because I have to say this,

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 we're going to cover John 17 in three sermons.

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 Next Sunday,

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 Pastor Shearer is going to be preaching.

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 Pretty good.

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 I like that.

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 To cover John 17 in three sermons

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 is just about over the top for me.

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 Marcus Rainford has written a book called

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 Our Lord Prays for His Own.

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 It's 476 pages long,

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 and it's just phenomenal.

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 But I have to get this done in this sermon.

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 Okay, who was Jesus praying for?

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 I have manifested, verse 6,

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 your name to the people whom you gave me

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 out of the world.

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 Here in John 17, verse 6,

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 and carrying down through verse 9,

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 we're going to see Jesus lay out

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 some of the markers,

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 the characteristics of the men

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 that he was praying for.

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 First thing we see here

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 is that these are men

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 that the Father had given him.

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 Now remember that Jesus

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 had manifested the Father's name publicly.

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 He had preached the kingdom

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 and repentance to all kinds of people.

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 He had healed individuals.

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 He had performed miracles.

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 He had fed the multitude.

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 He had done all kinds of things,

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 and people had seen and seen

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 and heard and heard,

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 and nevertheless had really not come to faith.

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 And here we have 11.

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 And Jesus identifies

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 that these individuals

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 are ones who were a select group.

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 Now look what it says there in verse 6.

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 It says,

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 whom you gave me

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 out of the world.

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 I want you to understand

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 that these 11

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 were individuals

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 that the Father

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 had given to Jesus

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 as disciples,

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 but they are also individuals

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 that the Father

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 had given to Jesus

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 as converts,

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 as believers.

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 Now we know

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 that Jesus chose 12.

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 And I don't want you to think

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 that Jesus,

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 in choosing Judas,

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 had made a bad pick.

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 because it tells us

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 and we can take the time

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 at another moment

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 and kind of look through

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 the life and work of Judas

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 and his role

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 in the plan of redemption.

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 I just want you to understand

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 that the 11

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 that are being referred to here

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 are the ones

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 that God had given to Jesus

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 sovereignly as His own.

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 It's interesting to mark

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 how often we see this issue

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 of God being the one

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 who gives individuals to Christ.

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 You find it three times

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 in John 17.

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 Put your finger there

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 on verse 6.

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 Put your finger then

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 on verse 37.

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 I'm sorry.

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 I'm sorry.

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 Hold it, hold it.

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 What am I doing here?

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 John chapter 6,

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 verse 37 and 39.

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 That's my mistake.

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 Go there for a second.

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 John chapter 6,

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 verse 37.

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 All that the Father gives me

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 will come to me

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 and whosoever comes to me

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 I will never cast out.

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 How is it that people

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 come to Christ?

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 Oh, just arbitrarily decide

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 one day.

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 No, it says here

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 they come because

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 the Father gives them.

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 There, verse 39.

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 It says this,

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 And this is the will

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 of Him who sent me

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 that I should lose

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 nothing of all

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 that He has given me

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 but raise it up

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 on the last day.

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 Look at John chapter 10,

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 verse 29.

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 Those who Jesus

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 was praying for

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 were those that

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 the Father had given Him.

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 John chapter 10,

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 verse 29.

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 My Father who has

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 given them to me

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 is greater than them all

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 and no one is able

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 to snatch them

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 out of my Father's hand.

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 Now stop just for a moment.

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 There's a little sidebar.

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 A little note.

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 To believe in

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 eternal security

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 means that you're

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 ultimately resting

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 on the same

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 theological foundation

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 that the doctrine

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 of God's sovereign grace

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 in choosing rests on.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Jesus makes it clear

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 over and over again

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 that the Father

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 is the one who gives

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 and He doesn't lose them.

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 And so if you're sitting

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 here this morning

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 and you're a believer,

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 I want to encourage you

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 to know this.

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 The reason you've

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 come to faith

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 is because of His call

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 and His enabling

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 and you are incredibly blessed.

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 Furthermore,

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 you are not going

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 to fall away.

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 I like that.

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 Second thing

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 that I want you to mark

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 about these individuals

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 that Jesus was praying for

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 is that these are those

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 who have kept

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 the Father's word.

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 Look at the last part

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 of verse 6.

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 And they have kept

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 your word.

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 In addition,

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 to the fact

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 of the sovereign will

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 of God

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 in choosing those

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 that He would give

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 to Jesus,

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 we see that there

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 is another marker

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 given to us

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 in the text

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 about the characteristic

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 of these individuals

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 who are genuine believers.

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 What is it?

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 They obey the word.

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 They follow the word.

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 They do the things

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 that the Father

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 has called them to do.

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 And so I want you

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 to recognize

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 that there is no accident

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 that there is

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 this close correlation

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 or connection

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 between divine appointment

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 and willing obedience.

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 There is no denying

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 the fact

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 that one of the characteristics

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 of those who are

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 genuinely called

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 is that they are wired

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 and God is at work

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 in helping them

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 grow in obedience.

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 Do you follow that?

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 Now listen to me.

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 Just an illustration.

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 I got to tell you

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 for me to sit

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 I was sitting right over there

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 wrestling with

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 the bad words

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 that I'd said

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 on Wednesday

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 and kind of thinking

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 do I really want to stand

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 in front of God's people

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 and say

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 that was wrong?

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 Now how many of you

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 think that was

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 yeah, yeah

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 I can't think of anything

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 more exciting.

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 But here's what.

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 I who have been saved

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 by the grace of God

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 have no other call

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 but to be obedient

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 to the word of my Savior

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 and I had to choose

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 between whether

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 I was going to play

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 to my pride

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 or I was going

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 to humble myself

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 and exalt him

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 whose word

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 is my command.

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 And as we look

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 at the passage

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 Jesus makes it

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 very, very clear

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 that those

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 who he was praying for

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 are those

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 who kept

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 the word.

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 And so if you're

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 sitting here this morning

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 and you're one

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 of those individuals

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 who you grew up

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 in a Christian home

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 you learned the vocabulary

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 you got it all down

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 but the fact of the matter

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 is this

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 you do not see

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 a continuing path

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 of obedience

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 you do not see

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 growth in obedience

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 I would ask you

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 to double check

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 your birth certificate.

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 Where's the proof?

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 If you're his child

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 there will be

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 a growing interest

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 in obeying him

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 regardless of the cost.

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 Third

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 I want you to mark

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 that those

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 who Jesus was praying for

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 were those

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 who'd received

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 the word as gods.

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 Now they know

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 verse 7

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 that everything

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 that you have given me

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 is from you

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 for I have given them

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 the words

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 that you gave me

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 and they have received them

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 and have come to know

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 in truth

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 that I came from you

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 and they have believed

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 that you sent me.

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 When Jesus prayed

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 for these

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 eleven disciples

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 he wasn't praying

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 for those

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 who had merely

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 believed

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 in the physical

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 evidence

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 that they had

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 enjoyed

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 when Jesus

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 fed the five thousand.

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 I mean do you

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 follow that?

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 Here you are

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 stuffing your face

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 with bread and fish

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 and you have to say

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 well this is pretty

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 spectacular

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 I mean hey

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 we started out

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 with one little boy

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 with his lunch

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 and we're all eating.

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 I have to admit

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 I believe.

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 But did they believe

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 in Jesus

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.579
 as the Savior?

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.019
 Did they believe

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.519
 in Jesus

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.259
 as the one

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.059
 that they were trusting

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.960
 for their salvation?

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 No.

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 In the vast majority

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 of cases they didn't

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 and here's Jesus

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 saying

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.980
 these who I am

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.640
 praying for

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.359
 are those

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.539
 who have received

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.500
 the word

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 that I have given

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 as God's.

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 They heard

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 what Jesus said

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 and they accepted

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 that it was

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 actually God's word.

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 They didn't just

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 nod and grin

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 they obeyed it.

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 Next thing

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 that I want you

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 to mark

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 is that those

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.779
 who Jesus

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.740
 was praying for

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.500
 are those

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.259
 who believed

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 that Jesus

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 had been sent

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:42.440
 by the Father.

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.900
 Here's Jesus

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 praying specifically

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.740
 for his eleven.

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.240
 Now I'm not going

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 to get over

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 into the issue here

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 but remember

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 Judas by this time

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.299
 had left

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.319
 to betray Jesus

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 and it tells us

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.819
 later in the passage

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:58.579
 that Judas

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 was the son

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.900
 of destruction.

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 he was the one

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 who had been

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.700
 ordained providentially

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.180
 by God

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.840
 to do the thing

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 he did.

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.180
 Now if you're

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.600
 sitting here

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.040
 trying to put

00:21:07.040 --> 00:21:07.560
 all the pieces

00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:08.060
 together

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 let me know

00:21:09.540 --> 00:21:10.240
 when you get there

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 because

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 but it's true.

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 Mark the fact

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:18.759
 scriptures tell us

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 of the reality

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 of human responsibility

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 but also of God's

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.519
 sovereignty

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 and the way

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.560
 he does things

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 and so we kind of

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 humble ourselves

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 and say okay

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 in this case

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 what we're looking

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 at however

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.160
 is not the issue

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.539
 of Judas

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 but the ones

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.600
 that Jesus

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.400
 is praying for

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 and his prayer

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.720
 was this

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 that they

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.819
 who he

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:38.180
 was praying

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.000
 for would

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 believe

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 they'd been sent

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 by the Father.

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 What's the emphasis

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.339
 here?

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 That they would

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.160
 be locked

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.259
 into the reality

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.759
 that Jesus

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.400
 had been sent

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.539
 on a divine

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.160
 mission

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.700
 by God

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.600
 to accomplish

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.600
 a particular

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 purpose.

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.840
 You got that?

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 Now stop

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.140
 just for a moment.

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.420
 I want you

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.080
 to move forward

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.700
 in the passage

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:10.360
 just a little bit

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.360
 okay

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:13.299
 to verse 18.

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 As you sent

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:17.200
 me into the world

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:20.480
 so I have sent

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:22.259
 them into the world.

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.640
 what's Jesus

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.019
 saying?

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.519
 Back up

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.100
 just for a moment

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 because we

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.440
 want to understand

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 this.

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 Here is Jesus

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.680
 saying I want

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.120
 these people

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 to really

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.039
 understand

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 and the ones

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.299
 I'm praying

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.120
 for get it

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:36.500
 that you

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.500
 sent me

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.480
 into the world.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.100
 Aren't you

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.840
 glad that Jesus

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.279
 came?

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.580
 Are you glad?

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.660
 For real?

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.360
 He sent you

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.220
 for exactly

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.819
 the same

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.259
 reason.

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:54.559
 I had

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.099
 an epiphany.

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.279
 Do you

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.440
 know what

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.799
 an epiphany

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.119
 is?

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.839
 How many

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.000
 of you

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.740
 like cartoons

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.079
 where the

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.660
 little bubbles

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.140
 kind of

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.940
 represent people

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.220
 that are

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.740
 thinking and

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.259
 not saying

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 it?

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.420
 Okay.

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.559
 An epiphany

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.039
 is a bubble

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.400
 moment.

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.400
 I was driving

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.940
 down the road

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.119
 and you're

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.299
 kind of

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.599
 thinking to

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:08.940
 myself

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.180
 about 14

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.619
 months away

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.240
 from retirement

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.039
 and what am

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.240
 I going to

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.559
 do when I'm

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:12.859
 retired?

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 I thought

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 I'm going

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.779
 to do the

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.119
 same thing

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.420
 I'm doing

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.640
 now.

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:14.879
 I'm going

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.160
 to serve

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 God.

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 Is there

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 no change?

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.259
 Do you

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.539
 understand

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.720
 that?

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:19.980
 That was

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.259
 a bubble

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.599
 moment.

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.519
 It's like

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.819
 what?

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 You mean

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.619
 I don't

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:24.980
 get to do

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.259
 just one

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.420
 and one

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.980
 go fishing

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.140
 and hunt

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.599
 all the rest

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.000
 of my life

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 and maybe

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.759
 garden a

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:28.980
 little bit?

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.140
 No.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:30.819
 I'm going

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:30.940
 to do

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 the same

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.480
 thing I

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.720
 was doing

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.000
 before.

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.240
 I'm going

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.500
 to serve

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.900
 Jesus.

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.400
 Just the

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.839
 same thing.

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.599
 Why?

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.039
 Because

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.119
 he sent

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.420
 me.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.019
 His sending

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.819
 doesn't stop

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.359
 when I turn

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.700
 70 if I

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.379
 get that far.

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.079
 Do you

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.559
 follow that?

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.599
 You got

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:49.940
 that?

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.720
 Here is

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.299
 Jesus saying

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.759
 listen I'm

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.220
 praying for

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.779
 these guys

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.400
 and I'm

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.039
 really glad

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.379
 that they

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:56.920
 believe you

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.480
 sent me.

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 By the

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.839
 way I

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.359
 am sending

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.700
 them.

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.539
 So before

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.220
 we go on

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.660
 from this

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.400
 little who

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.920
 is Jesus

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.599
 praying for

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.039
 let's kind

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.359
 of put our

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.799
 heads around

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.339
 this for a

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.339
 second and

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.960
 let's ask a

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.660
 couple practical

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.279
 questions.

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 Just kind

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.339
 of put it

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.779
 out there and

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.339
 have you chew

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.660
 on it a

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.039
 little bit.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:18.240
 hey am I

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.940
 someone who

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.839
 actually is

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.980
 following what

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.559
 Jesus says?

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.420
 We live in a

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.039
 messy messy

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.460
 world.

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.720
 Do you

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.279
 realize that?

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.339
 We really

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.619
 do.

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:38.919
 the greater

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.699
 concern I

00:24:39.699 --> 00:24:41.279
 have today

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.199
 is not

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.019
 about the

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.059
 unregenerate

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.919
 world around

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.399
 us.

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.599
 But the

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.559
 fact that so

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.319
 many people

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.979
 who have been

00:24:50.979 --> 00:24:52.139
 called by Christ

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.899
 to be salt

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.919
 and light are

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.939
 not the least

00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.719
 bit interested

00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:56.619
 in anything

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.379
 but their

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.319
 own private

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.979
 agenda.

00:25:03.739 --> 00:25:04.339
 And I

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.779
 got to tell

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.219
 you when the

00:25:05.219 --> 00:25:05.939
 salt stops

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.799
 being salt

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.639
 the meat

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:10.219
 goes bad

00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:11.239
 quickly.

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.659
 And that's

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:12.899
 what we're

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.139
 seeing.

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:15.339
 So are you

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.079
 one who is

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.879
 obedient to

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.179
 Christ?

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.559
 That's a

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.899
 practical

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.399
 question.

00:25:19.219 --> 00:25:19.699
 Another

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.379
 question is

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.179
 this is that

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.959
 hey you and

00:25:21.959 --> 00:25:22.599
 I are tickled

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.079
 pink that

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.659
 Jesus was

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.079
 sent to be

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.519
 the savior

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.879
 of the

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.159
 world.

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.740
 Now look

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.080
 at what it

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.500
 says there

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.820
 again.

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.200
 Just put

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.620
 your finger

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.100
 on it.

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.120
 Verse 18

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.900
 as you

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.580
 sent them

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.160
 into the

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.500
 world.

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.259
 The Greek

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.720
 word there

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.400
 is kathos

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.840
 which means

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.400
 in the

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.360
 same manner

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:38.900
 in the

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.800
 same manner

00:25:39.800 --> 00:25:40.360
 that you

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.820
 sent me

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.180
 into the

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.480
 world

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:43.840
 I have

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.560
 sent them

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.380
 into the

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.620
 world.

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.259
 So practical

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.880
 question is

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.900
 this is

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.640
 your life

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.860
 as wrapped

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.720
 up in the

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.560
 glory of the

00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:52.600
 father and

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.320
 in the work

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.140
 of redemption

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.000
 that he

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.740
 came to

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.259
 accomplish

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.240
 and sent

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.920
 us out

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.279
 to be

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.859
 messengers

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.900
 of or is

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.559
 it all about

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.140
 your personal

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.779
 comfort and

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.859
 preferences and

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.420
 all the little

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.420
 nuanced details

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.099
 that reflect

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.500
 you?

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.500
 Coming back

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.940
 just for a

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.180
 moment.

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.900
 Hebrews chapter

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.019
 1 verse 1

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.839
 and 2 it

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.599
 says this it

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.920
 says that God

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.460
 at various

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.579
 sundry times he

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.180
 spoke through the

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.299
 prophets etc etc

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.900
 and then he says

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.480
 in verse 2

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.299
 but in this

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.079
 last day he

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.120
 has spoken to

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.039
 us through his

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.579
 son.

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.019
 What it's saying

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.960
 is this is what

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.740
 Jesus says has

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.440
 got some weight

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.839
 right?

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.460
 It's got some

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.039
 weight and so

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.819
 Jesus is saying

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.539
 to you I'm

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.400
 sending you out

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.220
 for the same

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.779
 purpose the

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.680
 father sent me.

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.120
 Well let's come

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.579
 to another

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.319
 profoundly encouraging

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.019
 part because the

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.559
 first part is a

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.960
 little heavy.

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:49.680
 let's look at

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.720
 what Jesus

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.400
 prayed for.

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.660
 Verse 11

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.440
 Jesus says I'm

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.120
 no longer in the

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.640
 world but they

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.120
 are in the world

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.640
 and I'm coming

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.079
 to you holy

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.960
 father keep them

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.480
 in your name

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.019
 which you have

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.100
 given me that

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:02.059
 they may be one

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.920
 even as we are

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.259
 one.

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.000
 I have to tell

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.180
 you having asked

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.840
 earlier for

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.480
 forgiveness for

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.840
 sarcasm I want to

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.600
 be very careful how

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.539
 I tread with this

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.840
 but listen to me.

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.360
 I am flummoxed.

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.039
 I'm stymied.

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.460
 I'm confused.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.140
 And I don't know

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.819
 what else to

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.319
 attribute the

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.700
 deficiency to other

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:30.720
 than a general lack

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:32.180
 of Bible knowledge.

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.440
 Here's what I'm

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.880
 talking about.

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.600
 That was a long

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.240
 wind up but here's

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.600
 the point.

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.779
 I just cannot

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.279
 believe I was

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.420
 watching TV the

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.299
 other night a rare

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.000
 occasion that I was

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.059
 doing it and I

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.900
 happened to watch

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.759
 an advertisement

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.720
 send in for free

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.660
 miracle water.

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.680
 Some of you are

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.539
 smiling but I

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.039
 hope you didn't

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.600
 send in.

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:57.079
 Our fountains are

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.039
 cheaper than that.

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.400
 Send in for free

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.500
 miracle water and

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.600
 one person after

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.660
 another immediately

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.759
 after the send in

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.420
 for free miracle

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.940
 water I sent in

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.519
 with my free

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.339
 miracle water and

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.319
 I got a Lexus

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.860
 and God blessed

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.799
 me with he healed

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.000
 me.

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.980
 I'm thinking to

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:17.720
 myself if Jesus

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.279
 was really

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.079
 interested in

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.140
 healing us with

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.180
 free miracle water

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.039
 in the 21st

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.140
 century could he

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.579
 could he have

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:24.839
 done it?

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.380
 What's the answer?

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.160
 Nod your heads.

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.160
 Here's Jesus

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.180
 praying for us

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.160
 praying for his

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.579
 disciples.

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.339
 What is he really

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.519
 interested in?

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:39.339
 that we move up a

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.359
 tax bracket or two?

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.259
 That we have you

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.859
 know what is he

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.500
 interested in?

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.460
 Okay well let's get

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.839
 to it.

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.859
 Number one that they

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.639
 be kept in the

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.379
 father's name.

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.240
 That they be kept in

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.039
 the father's name.

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.440
 That they be kept in

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.579
 the father's name.

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.599
 Now the name of God

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.980
 is more than vowels

00:28:57.980 --> 00:29:00.660
 and consonants.

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.579
 It's more than

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.120
 letters.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.360
 His name refers to

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.240
 his character and

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.920
 his truth.

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.640
 In Romans and in

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:11.400
 2 Peter we find

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.279
 that the way in

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.579
 which we behave as

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:15.339
 believers ends up

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:17.000
 reflecting on his

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.059
 name and when we

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.880
 misbehave we cause

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.160
 his name to be

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.299
 blasphemed.

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:27.740
 It's no accident

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:30.599
 that the first thing

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.639
 that Jesus prayed

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.559
 for as he was

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.259
 praying for his

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:35.079
 disciples was this

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.039
 that they would

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:38.039
 remain in the

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:40.779
 center of the

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.639
 character and

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:43.460
 nature and glory

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.940
 of God.

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.460
 In essence when

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.740
 Jesus said what he

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:50.079
 did there keep

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.399
 them in your name

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.440
 he was praying

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.420
 that his

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.519
 disciples would

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:56.660
 stay zeroed in

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:58.560
 would stay focused

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.540
 would remain

00:29:59.540 --> 00:30:01.700
 interested in the

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.980
 glory and the

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:04.360
 person of God.

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.640
 What you think

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.780
 about God and how

00:30:13.780 --> 00:30:14.600
 often you think

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.620
 about God makes

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:17.140
 all the difference

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:18.780
 in the world in

00:30:18.780 --> 00:30:20.360
 how you act and

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:21.300
 what you say.

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.400
 Isn't that right?

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.240
 I am a Baptist

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.200
 pastor actually

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.220
 seven days a week.

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.560
 Now some days I

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.400
 wear jeans and

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.140
 some days I wear

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.100
 shorts and some

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:34.960
 days and sometimes

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.460
 one of the things

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.280
 that I always find

00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:38.220
 curious is that

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.000
 you know I'm

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.740
 working around the

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.580
 yard or I'm

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.600
 somewhere at Home

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.220
 Depot a lot of

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.860
 times and you know

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:44.240
 and someone will

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.920
 get to talking to

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.420
 me and the next

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.080
 thing that happens

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.600
 is they say

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.400
 something that is

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.860
 a little off

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.480
 color or a little

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.940
 inappropriate.

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.480
 I don't say

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.839
 hey don't do

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.360
 that I'm a

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.099
 Baptist pastor.

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.480
 I just kind of

00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:01.140
 go on go on go

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.700
 on and a couple

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.259
 minutes later I

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.700
 say so what do

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.160
 you do?

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:08.660
 well I'm a

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.040
 pastor.

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.120
 Oh I didn't mean

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.040
 to say that.

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.140
 I'm sorry.

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.080
 What I think about

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.880
 what you said is

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.660
 really irrelevant.

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.980
 I'm checking out of

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.580
 here soon.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.700
 It's what God

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.680
 thinks that counts.

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.420
 okay.

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:31.000
 So it's the

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.799
 desire of the

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.900
 Savior that his

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.940
 disciples stay

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:36.820
 within focus and

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:38.160
 interest in the

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.259
 glory and the

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.279
 supremacy of God.

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.860
 Second thing that

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.580
 we find here.

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.080
 Jesus prays that

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:50.060
 they will be one.

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.100
 Look at verse

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:55.259
 11 that they may

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.160
 be one even as

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.779
 we are one.

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.779
 Hey.

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:05.019
 I have the

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.879
 privilege of being

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.720
 father to four

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.059
 children.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.299
 They are no

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.400
 longer at that

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.259
 point in life where

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.019
 we all get in the

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.900
 car together and we

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.000
 say or I would say

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.539
 from the driver.

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.200
 Well actually I would

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.579
 say from the

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.440
 passenger seat because

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.400
 Judith usually drove

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.619
 for good reason.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.420
 I no longer say hey

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.200
 where do you want to

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.519
 go?

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.180
 But I can tell you

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.259
 when we used to say

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.539
 that in the car I

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.799
 ended up with five

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.740
 different opinions.

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.900
 I want to go to

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.559
 McDonald's.

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.579
 I want to go to

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.000
 Arby's.

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.440
 Everybody had an

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.799
 opinion.

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.839
 It's like stop.

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.940
 Unity is not

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.579
 something that we

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:48.559
 are hardwired to do

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.319
 because of our

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.159
 depraved little

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.700
 souls.

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.200
 Would you agree

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.579
 with that?

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.019
 Huh?

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.419
 Getting along?

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.799
 Huh?

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.559
 No?

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.220
 Here's Jesus.

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.220
 He says let me read

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.700
 it again.

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:05.179
 He says that they

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:07.759
 may be one even as

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.460
 we are one.

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.000
 Here is Jesus

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.480
 praying.

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.359
 What's he praying

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.599
 for?

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.779
 That his disciples

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:13.419
 be one as he is

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:13.919
 one with the

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.299
 father.

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:18.599
 Jesus cared very

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:20.039
 much for the

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.799
 well-being of his

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.259
 disciples.

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.000
 Listen to me.

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.859
 And in

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:25.319
 relationship to

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:26.839
 that interest he

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.599
 prayed that his

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:30.519
 children, his

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:32.399
 disciples would be

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:34.099
 in unity with one

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.440
 another.

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:40.559
 Being in unity is

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:42.019
 not in our human

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.919
 nature, in our

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.580
 depravity.

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.940
 It is the work

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.920
 of grace and it

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.900
 is the work of

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.640
 the cross.

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.700
 In essence, to

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.340
 put it together

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.259
 this way, and it's

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.340
 not the only thing

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.980
 that could be said

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.600
 about biblical

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.660
 unity, but unity

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.560
 is something that

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:58.840
 comes about when we

00:33:58.840 --> 00:34:00.460
 are persuaded that

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.500
 the glory and the

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.039
 name of the

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.240
 father is more

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.120
 important than our

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.420
 personal preferences.

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.760
 Let me come to

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.940
 one more point here

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.800
 just for a second.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.900
 Not one more, so

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.400
 you'll think I'm

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.639
 done.

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.760
 I want you to

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:16.320
 mark also that

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.420
 Jesus said, I'm

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.099
 praying that they

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.660
 will have their

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.619
 joy fulfilled.

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.480
 I want you to

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.420
 recognize that when

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.740
 Jesus is praying

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.980
 that they have

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.740
 their joy

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:30.960
 fulfilled, he is

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:32.240
 interested that his

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:34.059
 disciples have a

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:36.019
 joy, an abiding

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:38.079
 joy that transcends

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.599
 the moment.

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.260
 What's going to

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.940
 happen very soon is

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.700
 that they're going

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.760
 to watch their

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:45.539
 savior betrayed, and

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.980
 they're going to

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.240
 abandon him, they're

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:48.440
 going to know of the

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.300
 crucifixion, and

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.980
 they'll be pretty

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.240
 disappointed and

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.760
 grieved.

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.019
 And yet here is Jesus

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.360
 praying, and his

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.860
 prayer is this, that

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.860
 they would have their

00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:00.000
 joy fulfilled.

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.559
 They would be full of

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.820
 joy.

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.400
 Let's think about that

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.960
 just for a moment.

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:06.059
 Where does joy come

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.320
 from?

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.059
 For one, it comes

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.720
 from who you know.

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.420
 And I have to say

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.059
 this, that a

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.080
 characteristic of a

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:14.460
 believer whose heart

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:17.120
 is marked by a sense

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:18.600
 of the presence and the

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:21.080
 glory of God is not an

00:35:21.080 --> 00:35:22.320
 unhappy person.

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.800
 There are moments of

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.640
 sorrow and their

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.780
 heartache and their

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.340
 days of shadow, but the

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.600
 characteristic of a

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.660
 believer who is

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:31.340
 walking with the Lord is

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.000
 marked by joyfulness.

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.199
 joyfulness.

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.440
 There's another thing

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.019
 that I want you to

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.059
 understand in relationship

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:39.679
 to this issue of joy, and

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.300
 I want you to go back

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.079
 just for a moment to

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:42.559
 John chapter 15, verse

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.400
 9 through 11.

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.940
 John chapter 15, look

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.780
 at the passage, if you

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:49.940
 will.

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.079
 John chapter 15, verse

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.360
 9.

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.699
 As the Father has loved

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.440
 me, so have I loved you.

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.480
 Abide in my love.

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:57.260
 If you keep my

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.119
 commandments, you will

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.219
 abide in my love, just

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:00.000
 as I have kept my

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.019
 Father's commandments and

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.880
 abide in his love.

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:03.039
 These things I have

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.220
 spoken to you, that my

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:06.500
 joy may be in you, and

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.760
 that your joy may be

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.099
 full.

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.920
 Now listen to me.

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:12.260
 Everybody wants to be

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.720
 happy.

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.500
 Would you agree with

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.700
 that?

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.760
 I mean, just try it.

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.460
 You're in the checkout

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:23.920
 line at Walmart.

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.500
 You come up to the

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:29.980
 lady who's standing

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.780
 there waiting for you to

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.579
 scan your stuff or

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.259
 whatever else, and you

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:34.759
 say, hey, would you

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.599
 like to be happy today?

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:39.259
 Or when you drive up to

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.159
 McDonald's and you order

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:41.079
 your food at the window

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.739
 and just say to the

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.860
 lady, hey, would you

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.639
 like to be happy today?

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.960
 No, I'm really hoping I

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.739
 can be pretty unhappy

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.119
 today.

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.059
 Today's a day for

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.980
 unhappiness, and I'm

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.579
 really into it.

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.559
 I want to do my best at

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.659
 it.

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.480
 People want to be happy,

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.340
 but here's the deal.

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.860
 There is a correlation.

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.900
 There's a connection.

00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:00.200
 There's a link between

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:02.980
 obedience and happiness.

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.200
 Do you follow that?

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.800
 There really is.

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.160
 There really is.

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.940
 The other day, I found

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:13.019
 myself in the process of

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.920
 putting something together,

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.039
 and I have changed.

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:16.139
 One of the advantages of

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.059
 growing older is that you

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.099
 learn things the hard way.

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.099
 And I was actually sat

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.920
 down, and the first thing

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.980
 I did was I took out the

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.840
 instruction manual.

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.760
 The first thing.

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.880
 I used to think that I

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.480
 could figure it out.

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.019
 It didn't make any

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.679
 difference what it was.

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.719
 I figured it out.

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.539
 And I've had so many times

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.380
 where I would be about

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.320
 three-quarters of the way

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.239
 through the project and

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:36.300
 suddenly realize that this

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.980
 wasn't working.

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.159
 And so back to the manual.

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.880
 So now I'm at the point

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.400
 where I've made this

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.199
 connection between

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:45.500
 following instructions and

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.500
 getting it right seems to

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.420
 be really close.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.639
 It makes me happy.

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.019
 Now listen to me.

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:56.460
 There are some of you out

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:58.320
 here who just, I mean, you

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:59.719
 can't figure out why

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:01.440
 happiness just seems to be

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.300
 elusive, but you are living

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:05.300
 in perpetual, ongoing

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:07.079
 disobedience to the Word of

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:08.420
 God, and it isn't going to

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.780
 work until you follow Him.

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.000
 The fullness of joy and the

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.079
 circle of obedience go

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.480
 together.

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:20.820
 Mark what it says next.

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:24.860
 We find Jesus there in His

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.780
 prayer saying, I'm coming to

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:30.320
 you, okay, and I've kept

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.760
 these ones, but I am asking

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:34.420
 that you would guard them,

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.460
 that you would protect them.

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.400
 And so I want you to

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.780
 understand as we think about

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:41.480
 this fact that Jesus is not

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.500
 praying that we'd be taken

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:44.460
 out of the world, but that

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.140
 we'd be protected.

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:49.159
 I can't help when I read

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:52.219
 from day to day of the

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.379
 things that believers are

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:54.960
 suffering all around the

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.980
 world to not think that the

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:58.719
 day is coming when people

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:00.500
 here in America are going to

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:02.299
 suffer very realistically for

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.799
 their faith.

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.599
 Do you realize that?

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.639
 It's coming.

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.359
 It's coming.

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:09.420
 And interestingly enough,

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.739
 we find that Jesus didn't

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:12.759
 pray that we would be kept

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.139
 from difficulty.

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.659
 difficulty.

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:15.339
 His prayer was that we

00:39:15.339 --> 00:39:17.900
 would be kept through it.

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.960
 Last thing that I want you

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:24.639
 to mark here, going down,

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:26.000
 if you will, to verse 17,

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.519
 it says, sanctify them in the

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.819
 truth.

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.980
 Your word is truth.

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.739
 My Bible reading last Thursday

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:36.440
 was through a portion of

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:39.139
 Leviticus covering the

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:42.339
 the ordination process and the

00:39:42.339 --> 00:39:44.059
 sanctifying process of Aaron

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.799
 and his sons.

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.900
 I mean, it was impressive.

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.699
 Went on for seven days.

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.379
 And what that did actually was

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:56.400
 set Aaron and his sons apart

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:59.480
 for the responsibility of

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.319
 serving God.

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:02.119
 The word sanctify means to set

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:03.599
 apart, put apart for some

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.619
 specific purpose or be appointed

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.219
 for something.

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:08.519
 And in the ceremony in the

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.959
 Old Testament, the priest

00:40:09.959 --> 00:40:11.599
 put on special garments.

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:14.319
 He offered specific sacrifices.

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.319
 He had blood put on the right

00:40:17.319 --> 00:40:20.119
 lobe of his ear and on the

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:21.319
 right thumb and on the right

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:22.159
 toe, okay?

00:40:22.359 --> 00:40:24.619
 And it was all put together in

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:26.039
 such a fashion that that

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:28.239
 individual was set apart for a

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.599
 particular responsibility.

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:32.059
 That was their job, their call.

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:37.519
 And here is Jesus praying for

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.639
 his disciples and he said,

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:41.119
 listen, I want them to be

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:43.019
 sanctified in the truth.

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:44.279
 I want them to be set apart.

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.019
 Now listen to me.

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:49.139
 The thing that makes us

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.639
 different

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:54.639
 is the word of God.

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:58.420
 The thing that makes us

00:40:58.420 --> 00:41:00.639
 different is the word of God.

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:06.539
 It's no accident that the

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:08.460
 central part of our worship

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:11.000
 today is the word.

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:16.440
 And next week when Pastor

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:18.859
 Shearer preaches, you'll have

00:41:18.859 --> 00:41:20.239
 someone who doesn't have gray

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:22.719
 hair, who's a little younger and

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.839
 a little slimmer standing up here.

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:26.480
 But you know what's going to be

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.619
 exactly the same?

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:30.119
 It's going to be the word of God.

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:34.659
 And the thing that

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:36.859
 characterizes, now listen,

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:38.759
 because this is something that

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:42.639
 seems to be missing sometimes.

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:45.559
 The thing that characterizes

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:49.139
 authentic worship is that it's

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:51.099
 never separated from the

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:53.759
 centrality of the preaching of

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.659
 the word of God.

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:57.460
 Do you follow that?

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:02.000
 Our singing is what it is

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:03.940
 because of the word of God,

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.199
 not despite, not apart, but

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.779
 because.

00:42:09.759 --> 00:42:11.960
 And so here is Jesus praying that

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:13.480
 his disciples would be

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.559
 sanctified by the word.

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:18.219
 The word.

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.599
 The word.

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:22.239
 So practically speaking, let me

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:22.799
 ask you this.

00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:23.539
 You're sitting out there.

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.579
 We're coming towards the end.

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.880
 How important is the word in

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.320
 your life?

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.719
 How important?

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:32.619
 Well, I read three verses in the

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:32.860
 morning.

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.539
 You know, pretty much that's all I

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.940
 can get in.

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.860
 Really?

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.320
 Okay.

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:40.000
 So when you have a question,

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:43.699
 where do you go for information?

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:46.099
 Well, I Google it.

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:50.639
 So I got you there, didn't I?

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.039
 Okay.

00:42:51.759 --> 00:42:53.319
 So where's the word in all of

00:42:53.319 --> 00:42:53.579
 this?

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.319
 Do you follow that?

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:59.379
 Malachi, to the law,

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:01.719
 Isaiah chapter 8, to the law and

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:03.239
 the testimonies that they speak not

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:04.559
 according to this, it's because there

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.440
 is no truth in them.

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.179
 Jesus says, listen, I want you to do

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:12.119
 something for these 11 that I love.

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:16.319
 I want you to sanctify them in the

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:18.780
 truth and your word is truth.

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:24.019
 Listen.

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:31.700
 Jesus prayed for his 11 and he's

00:43:31.700 --> 00:43:35.280
 praying for you today in the same way.

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:40.320
 If you want something that is an

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:45.460
 incredible comfort, yes, it is a

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:47.420
 comfort to know that Jesus died on

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:48.880
 the cross for my sins.

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:54.040
 But it says in Hebrews that he ever

00:43:54.040 --> 00:43:54.980
 lives.

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.040
 Do you know what it says?

00:43:57.100 --> 00:44:01.280
 To make intercession.

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.960
 Intercession.

00:44:02.080 --> 00:44:02.800
 Thank you, Mary Ellen.

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.300
 To make intercession for us before

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:05.800
 the throne.

00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:11.220
 I got to tell you, it gives me cold

00:44:11.220 --> 00:44:14.260
 chills to realize that Jesus is

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:16.260
 praying for me today.

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:22.000
 It doesn't get much better than that.

00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:25.600
 So practically speaking, listen to me.

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:28.280
 If you are here and you know Jesus as

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:30.360
 your Savior and you're kind of playing

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:33.780
 loose and careless with obedience, are

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:34.120
 you listening?

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:38.340
 You're messing with the wrong Savior.

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:41.519
 Because the one who is interceding on

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:45.260
 your behalf is bent on bringing it

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:46.880
 about, right?

00:44:48.640 --> 00:44:50.680
 Having begun a good work in you, he

00:44:50.680 --> 00:44:54.900
 will keep on putting the heat on until

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.780
 you get the memo.

00:44:55.780 --> 00:44:57.840
 So don't mess with him.

00:44:59.160 --> 00:45:02.360
 If you are here this morning and you do

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:05.460
 not know Jesus, let me tell you, now is

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:07.720
 the appointed hour to cry out to him and

00:45:07.720 --> 00:45:10.760
 say, listen, my life's a mess and I

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:13.640
 cannot make it and I need Jesus as my

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:13.940
 Savior.

00:45:14.120 --> 00:45:14.880
 Now's the hour.

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.260
 Let's close in prayer.

00:45:19.580 --> 00:45:21.620
 Our Father God, this morning as we take

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:23.460
 the word in hand, we are thankful for

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:26.760
 the blessing of the scriptures that you

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:29.740
 have given to us that declares truth and

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:31.500
 tells us of the Lord Jesus and his

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:34.579
 ministry on our behalf, even today as he

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:37.119
 intercedes for us before the Father.

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:40.420
 I pray that as we sing this song in

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:42.920
 closing, that those who are here that do

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:44.760
 not know Christ would be drawn to the

00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:47.420
 cross, that today they would recognize the

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:49.659
 burden and the darkness of their heart has

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:53.859
 no remedy apart from crying out to Christ.

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:57.099
 And believers that are discouraged,

00:45:58.599 --> 00:46:00.299
 believers that are uncertain about the

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:02.940
 moment and the future would find comfort in

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:06.079
 this, that the one who saved them,

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:11.679
 even at this moment, intercedes for them

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:12.539
 before the throne.

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:15.279
 We ask this in Jesus' name.

00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:16.119
 Amen.