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 Once again, we find Jesus teaching in the temple courts.

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 Yeah, he's teaching in the temple courts, and it's been a rather exciting time.

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 Jesus has said some pretty amazing things.

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 He's been pretty direct.

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 And the response of the people who has been there has been quite interesting as well.

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 Some believe in Jesus.

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 Others are skeptical.

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 Some misunderstand what he's saying.

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 Others have already made their judgment about him.

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 And then we saw how there are the religious leaders kind of lurking in the background in all this.

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 And finally, last Sunday, we saw how they finally challenged Jesus directly.

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 Let's pick up the conversation in verse 21.

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 Once more, Jesus said to them,

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 I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.

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 Where I go, you cannot come.

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 It's almost the same thing that Jesus told them just the other day.

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 But it didn't stop him from saying it one more time.

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 He said, I am going away.

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 I'm about to leave you all.

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 And as with this last time, he says it again.

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 I'm going somewhere that you will not be able to follow me.

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 You won't be able to come.

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 Again, he also says, you will look for me.

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 Last time he said, you will look for me, but you will not find me.

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 This time he says something a little different.

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 He says, you will look for me, and in your sin you will die.

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 It's kind of an ominous statement.

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 And in your sin, you will die.

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 What does Jesus mean by this?

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 Surprisingly, this statement didn't seem to catch the attention of the people there.

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 They were more hung up on what he said just before that about going away to this place where they would not be able to come.

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 Verse 22.

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 This made the Jews ask, will he kill himself?

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 Is that why he says, where I go, you cannot come?

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 So yet again, we see that the Jews are confused.

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 They're trying to take Jesus at his word.

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 They're trying to understand something from what he's saying, but they're puzzled.

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 Some of them are wondering if he's talking about suicide.

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 Like there's only one place that you could go that we wouldn't be able to follow you.

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 That's death.

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 Are you planning to kill yourself?

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 I don't know what else he could mean.

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 Verse 23.

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 Jesus continues on.

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 He says, you are from below.

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 I am from above.

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 You are of this world.

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 I am not of this world.

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 Jesus is trying to help them understand.

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 And this is nothing new that he said.

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 We've heard him claim to be from heaven before.

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 But this time he seems to say it as clear as can be.

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 As direct as can be.

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 You are from below.

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 I am from above.

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 You are of this world.

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 I am not of this world.

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 I am not of this world.

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 In his appearance, he appears the same as them.

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 As a man.

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 But what he is trying to get across to them is that there is a big difference between me and you.

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 I am an alien.

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 I am an alien.

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 I am an alien.

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 He doesn't quite say it with those words.

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 But that's probably how some people are hearing these words of him.

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 Of his.

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 That's what an alien is, right?

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 Someone who's not from this world.

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 That's the language that Jesus uses.

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 I am not of this world.

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 Of course, Jesus has something that the typical sci-fi aliens don't have.

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 He has flesh and bones just like they do.

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 Let's just say it.

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 Let's just be honest.

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 What are the people in the crowd thinking as Jesus says this?

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 I am not of this world.

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 You are from below.

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 I am from above.

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 What are they thinking?

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 Some of them are probably thinking, man, this guy is out of his mind.

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 This guy is nuts.

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 Listen to him.

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 He's claiming to be from another world.

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 Yes, he is.

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 Or more precisely, he's claiming to be from another realm.

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 From heaven.

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 Verse 24.

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 Jesus goes on.

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 He says,

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 I told you that you would die in your sins.

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 If you do not believe that I am he,

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 you will indeed die in your sins.

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 The people are focused on this whole thing of where is he going?

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 Where is he going?

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 Jesus wants to steer the conversation to this one thing.

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 This very important thing.

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 He says,

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 I told you just a moment ago that you would die in your sins.

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 If you do not believe that I am he,

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 you will indeed die in your sins.

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 Again, Jesus brings the conversation back to this sobering statement,

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 this warning.

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 You will die in your sins if you do not believe that I am he.

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 What does Jesus mean by that?

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 What does it mean to die in your sins?

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 It's kind of a strange phrase to us.

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 It can't mean to just die in the ordinary way.

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 I mean, we all die eventually in the ordinary way.

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 Specifically, no.

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 Jesus says,

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 you will die in your sins.

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 That language is the same kind of language that God used when he spoke through the prophet Ezekiel.

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 Ezekiel chapter 3 verse 16.

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 At the end of seven days,

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 the word of the Lord came to me,

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 says Ezekiel.

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 This is what the Lord said.

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 Son of man,

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 I have made you a prophet.

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 I have made you a watchman,

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 sorry,

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 for the people of Israel.

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 So hear the word I speak

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 and give them warning from me.

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 This is the Lord talking.

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 When I say to you,

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 to a wicked person,

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 you will surely die.

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 And you do not warn them

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 or speak out to dissuade them

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 from their evil ways

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 in order to save their life.

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 That wicked person will die

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 for their sin,

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 literally in their sin.

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 There's a little footnote in my Bibles.

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 In their sin.

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 And I will hold you accountable

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 for their blood.

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 Now there's a whole

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 other discussion going on here

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 about Ezekiel.

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 We're not going to go into all the details of that.

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 God had appointed Ezekiel

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 to be a messenger of warning.

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 A messenger who would warn

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 specifically wicked people.

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 When I say to a wicked person,

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 you will surely die.

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 And you do not warn them

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 or speak out to dissuade them

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 from their evil ways

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 in order to save their life.

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 That wicked person will die

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 in their sin

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 or for their sins.

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 So what does it mean

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 to die in your sin?

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 It means to die

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 because of your sins.

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 It means to receive

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 the judgment of God

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 that you are due

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 for the sin

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 that you have done against Him,

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 for the wrongs that you have done.

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 It means

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 here in these verses

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 that you did not follow

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 or listen to

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 the warning.

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 You did not turn away

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 from your wicked ways

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 or seek God's forgiveness.

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 To die in your sin

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 means that you are crossing

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 that threshold now

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 into eternity.

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 And after that

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 there is no way back.

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 If you cross that threshold

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 and you are still guilty,

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 you have no way

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 to deal with your guilt problem,

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 nothing to atone for your sins,

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 you are in big trouble.

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 And in these words of Ezekiel

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 I find those words

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 wicked and evil

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 to be so helpful.

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 Let's remember

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 this is God's choice of language.

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 He's the one who used

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 the word wicked

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 and evil

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 to describe

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 the ways of the people.

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 In our day and age

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 and even in many churches today,

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 unfortunately,

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 the word sin

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 has just lost its vileness.

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 We don't think of sin

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 as being wicked

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 or evil.

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 We think of it

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 in terms of

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 more of making a mistake.

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 But God's punishment

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 doesn't come upon people

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 just because they made

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 a whole bunch of

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 unintentional errors.

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 It comes upon people

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 because

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 we have done

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 what is wicked.

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 We have done

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 what is evil.

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 And it's no less

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 than we deserve.

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 So to die

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 in your sins

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 is terrifying.

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 It means to face

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 God's judgment

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 with nothing

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 to atone

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 for your sins.

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 Nothing to take away

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 your guilt.

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 And so what is Jesus

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 saying

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 to them?

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 If you do not

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 believe that I am He

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 you will indeed

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 die

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 in your sins.

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 He's saying two things.

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 First

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 there is a warning

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 in these words

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 and second

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 there is an invitation.

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 First

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 there is the warning.

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 It's like

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 Jesus is saying

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 I am here

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 now.

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 I'm the one

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 who has come

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 from above.

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 And if you reject me

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 and you look

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 for another Messiah

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 you will not

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 find Him.

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 I am the one

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 sent from above.

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 I am the one

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 sent from heaven

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 from God

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 to speak God's

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 words to you

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 just like

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 Ezekiel was

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 back in the day.

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 So Jesus

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 is here

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 to give the warning

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 to turn

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 people from

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 their sins

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 back to God.

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 If you do not

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 believe that I am He

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 says Jesus

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 you will die

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 in your sins.

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 You are headed

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 for disaster.

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 you will receive

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 the judgment

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 due.

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 These words

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 are a gracious

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 warning

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 a gracious

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 plea

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 so that the people

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 will acknowledge

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 what is coming

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 down the road

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 for them

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 if they do not

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 respond

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 if they refuse

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 to believe in Him.

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 But these words

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 are also

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 a gracious

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 invitation.

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 There's hope

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 in these words.

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 I wonder

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 do you hear it?

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 Do you see it?

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 Jesus says

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 unless you believe

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 that I am He

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 you will

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 indeed

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 die in your sins.

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 Do you hear

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 that great exception?

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 There's an exception.

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 There's an unless.

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 There's a way

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 that we cannot

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 die in our sins.

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 That we cannot

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 receive

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 what we are due

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 for the wrongs

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 we have done

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 against God.

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 Those who believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the one

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 are the exception.

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 They will be saved.

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 They will be spared.

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 They will be forgiven.

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 Their sins

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 will be atoned for.

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 Jesus uses

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 some very particular

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 language.

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 He says

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 unless you believe

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 that I am He.

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 The people

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 in the crowd there

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 they really latch

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 on to that.

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 That I am He.

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 who are you?

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 They ask.

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 And I don't know

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 the tone of voice

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 as they ask this.

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 I kind of wish

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 I was there to see it

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 and hear it.

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 Who are you?

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 Is this a sincere

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 who are you?

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 Okay.

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 Well who are you?

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 Tell us.

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 Or is this a skeptical

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 who are you?

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 Who do you think you are?

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 You know?

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 Who are you claiming

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 to be?

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 I don't know

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 but they ask the question

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 and Jesus answers it.

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 Just what I have been

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 telling you

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 from the beginning

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 Jesus replied.

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 It's an interesting answer.

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 Just what I have been

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 telling you

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 from the beginning.

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 The way Jesus responds

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 suggests that

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 they already know

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 the answer

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 to their own question.

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 You know who I am.

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 You know who I have been

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 saying that I am.

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 I have been saying it

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 all along.

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 Let's just refresh

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 our memories

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 of some of what

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 Jesus has said

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 about himself

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 up until now

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 just in the gospel

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 of John.

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 Just a second ago

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 he told him

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 that he was from above

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 that he was not

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 from this world.

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 Back in Galilee

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 he said

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 I am from heaven.

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 He told him

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 on many occasions

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 that he has been sent

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 by his father

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 God.

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 He's told him

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 that his testimony

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 is true

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 and that he is

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 the kind of person

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 who does not need

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 any human witness

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 to confirm

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 that what he says

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 is true.

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 He told him

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 back in verse 12

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 He's told him

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 that he is the bread

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 from heaven.

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 That special provision

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 of God

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 that gives life

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 to the world.

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 He's told him

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 that he is the son

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 of man.

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 He's told him

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 that he is the one

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 whose flesh and blood

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 must be given

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 so that the world

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 might have life.

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 He's told him

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 that he is the one

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 that they must believe

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 in in order to have

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 eternal life.

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 He's told him

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 that he is the one

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 who is back in chapter 5

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 been given authority

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 to judge

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 at the last judgment

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 and to raise people

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 from the dead

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 at the resurrection.

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 He's told him

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 that he is the son

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 of his father

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 God.

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 The son of God.

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 And the list goes on

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 and on and on

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 and this is just

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 one gospel.

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 I've been telling you

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 from the beginning

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 who I am.

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 You know

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 who I am.

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 And if you do not

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 believe that I am he

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 you will indeed

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 die in your sins.

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 This is your chance

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 to be saved.

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 This is your chance

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 to be forgiven

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 to have your

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 your sin problem

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 dealt with

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 your guilt

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 atoned for.

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 Do you hear Jesus

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 pleading with them?

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 Do you hear that

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 compassion in his heart

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 for them

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 as he speaks

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 these words?

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 Jesus goes on

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 in the next few verses

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 about three verses

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 26 to 29

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 and he tells them

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 a few more things.

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 We're not going to

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 go into all the details

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 of these verses.

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 Much of what Jesus

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 says here

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 has to do with

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 his own special

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 relationship with

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 the father.

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 And we've talked

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 about that in a number

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 of messages already.

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 John tells us

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 in verse 27

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 that some of the

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 people listening

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 did not understand

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 that he was telling

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 them about his

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 father.

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 Jesus,

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 just to sum it up

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 a little bit,

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 says again that

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 he only speaks

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 what God

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 the father

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 has taught him

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 to say

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 or told him

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 to say.

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 He tells him

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 that he doesn't

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 do anything

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 independently

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 from his father.

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 He mentions again

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 that he is not

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 alone.

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 that his father

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 is with him.

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 He tells him

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 that he always

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 does what pleases

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 God.

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 But one thing

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 that really caught

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 my attention here

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 is that Jesus

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 gives them

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 something specific

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 to watch for.

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 Look at verse

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 28.

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 Yes.

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 He says,

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 When you have

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 lifted up the

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 Son of Man,

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 then you will

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 know that I

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 am he.

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 At the end

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 of all this

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 conversation,

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 this is the sign

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 he gives them.

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 When you have

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 lifted up the

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 Son of Man,

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 then you will

00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.980
 know that I

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 am he.

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 This is to be

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 the confirmation.

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 Even before it

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 happens,

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 Jesus tells them

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 just how he

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 will die.

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 They will lift

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 him up.

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 They will lift

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 him up to be

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 crucified on

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 the cross.

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 Just as the

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 snake was

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 lifted up on

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 the pole in

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 the wilderness

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 long ago,

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 that whoever

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 could look to

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 it would be

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 saved.

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 The judgment

00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:54.759
 of God,

00:16:55.839 --> 00:16:56.399
 in the same

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:56.720
 way,

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 Jesus will be

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 lifted up on

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 the cross so

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 that whoever

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 looks to him

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:02.399
 can be spared,

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 can be forgiven.

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 But what's so

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 striking about

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 these words to

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 me, at least,

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 is that this

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 sign that he

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 gives them,

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.059
 this sign that's

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 meant to be a

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 confirmation to

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 them, is also

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 the very reason

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.259
 why some will

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.919
 reject him.

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 Paul wrote

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 about this in

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 his letter to

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 the Corinthians.

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 He said,

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 we preach

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 Christ crucified.

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 That's lifted up

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 on the tree.

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 Christ crucified,

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 and he says

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 this, a stumbling

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 block to the

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 Jews.

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 amazingly and

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:41.259
 mysteriously, the

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.099
 very sign that

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:42.859
 Jesus tells them

00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:43.519
 to watch for,

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.220
 that you will

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.799
 know that I

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 am he.

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 That's the

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.700
 confirmation.

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 To some, it

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.399
 will be the

00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:51.980
 confirmation.

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 They will see

00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.700
 him hanging

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 there on the

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 tree, and

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 they will know,

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 yes, he is

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 the one.

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 And to

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 others, it

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 will be the

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.960
 place where

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 they reject

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 him.

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 And they

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 say, look,

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 see?

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 He wasn't

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 the one.

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 I told

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 you.

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 The final

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 response of

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 the people

00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.559
 again in

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 verse 30

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 to all

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 this is

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 mixed.

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 Even as

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 he spoke,

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.119
 John writes,

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.299
 many believed

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.700
 in him.

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.220
 Overall, it

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.940
 sounds positive.

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:27.180
 Many believed

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 in him.

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 But as we'll

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.680
 see after Easter,

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 unfortunately,

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.039
 the kind of

00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.680
 belief that

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.279
 many of them

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.720
 here have

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.960
 is not the

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.279
 kind of

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.759
 faith that

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.340
 Jesus is

00:18:37.340 --> 00:18:37.840
 calling them

00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.319
 to have.

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 So what

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:40.940
 do we take

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.279
 from all

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.620
 this?

00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:43.840
 What can

00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:44.160
 we take

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.539
 from this

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.200
 for ourselves

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:45.920
 this morning?

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.779
 I've said it

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.539
 many times,

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.079
 but I will

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.759
 say it again.

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 I think we

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.259
 need to

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 emphasize this.

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 The most

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.640
 important thing

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.120
 we need to

00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.500
 sort out,

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.960
 first of

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 all,

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.500
 do we

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.019
 believe

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:05.019
 that Jesus

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.440
 is the

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 one?

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.460
 Do we

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.019
 believe that

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.539
 Jesus is

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:09.920
 the one?

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 And I

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 know as I

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 look around

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 the room,

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 I know

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 from,

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 I think

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 all of

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 you,

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 yes,

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 you believe

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 that.

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 And so my

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.680
 application this

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 morning is

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 mainly focused

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 on,

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.359
 do the

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.960
 people around

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.539
 us believe

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:24.920
 this?

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.240
 How should

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.579
 we deal

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:27.980
 with them?

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.319
 How should

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.740
 we talk

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 to them?

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.619
 Jesus said,

00:19:32.719 --> 00:19:33.139
 unless you

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.879
 believe that

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.479
 I am he,

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:34.959
 you will

00:19:34.959 --> 00:19:35.719
 indeed die

00:19:35.719 --> 00:19:36.079
 in your

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.559
 sins.

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.179
 Do we

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:42.500
 look at

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.159
 other people

00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:44.299
 in our

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.799
 lives and

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.059
 in our

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 community

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:47.039
 and see

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.379
 them through

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.039
 that lens?

00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:53.199
 I almost

00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:53.619
 wanted to

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.079
 title this

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.039
 message this

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.399
 morning,

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 three or

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 four or

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:58.039
 five things

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.679
 Jesus would

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.120
 say to

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.519
 the world

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 if he

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.200
 came in

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.340
 our

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:00.720
 day?

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.900
 What would

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.500
 Jesus have

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.880
 said to

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.380
 the world

00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.880
 if he

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.180
 came in

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.340
 our

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.600
 day?

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.660
 I believe

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.080
 that if he

00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:11.480
 came in

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.820
 our day,

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 he would

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.400
 have said

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:12.840
 the exact

00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.420
 same kinds

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 of things

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:15.340
 to the

00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:15.740
 people of

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 the world.

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 I believe

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.480
 he would

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.660
 have had

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.140
 his mouth

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 into the

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 CBC

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.620
 microphone

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:23.340
 and looked

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 the camera

00:20:24.060 --> 00:20:24.620
 right into

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 the lens

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.660
 and said,

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 you are

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.480
 from below.

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 and I

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.599
 am from

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 above.

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 I believe

00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.099
 he would

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.480
 have typed

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:32.960
 into the

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.299
 Facebook

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.980
 comments,

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.480
 you are

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.940
 of this

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.339
 world.

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.299
 I am

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.980
 not of

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.240
 this

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.620
 world.

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.140
 If he

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.380
 was to

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.660
 get up

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:43.920
 in front

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.120
 of a

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.400
 crowd

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:44.799
 gathered

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.200
 in our

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 street

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.559
 right here

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.120
 in Davidson,

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 he would

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:47.980
 say,

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.640
 I believe,

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.180
 if you

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.660
 do not

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.059
 believe

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.480
 that I

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.900
 am he,

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.540
 you will

00:20:53.540 --> 00:20:54.420
 indeed die

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:54.800
 in your

00:20:54.800 --> 00:20:55.240
 sins.

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.440
 You will

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.040
 face the

00:20:59.040 --> 00:20:59.740
 just

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.259
 punishment

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.900
 of God

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.560
 for every

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.000
 wicked

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.800
 thing you

00:21:02.800 --> 00:21:03.340
 have done.

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.060
 And the

00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:07.480
 people in

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.860
 our world

00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:08.400
 would respond

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.840
 just the

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.140
 same.

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.180
 Some would

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.720
 reject him

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.160
 with hard

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.580
 hearts,

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.560
 some would

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:14.140
 mock him

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.960
 and insult

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.240
 him,

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.580
 others would

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.140
 receive the

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.460
 message

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.140
 positively

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.580
 for a

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 little

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.320
 while and

00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:19.560
 then it

00:21:19.560 --> 00:21:19.680
 would

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:19.980
 kind of

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.400
 fade into

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:20.600
 the

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.000
 background

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.460
 and get

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.800
 choked

00:21:21.800 --> 00:21:22.340
 out by

00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:23.080
 other

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.519
 things that

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.800
 are more

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.400
 important to

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.660
 them.

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.680
 And yes,

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.259
 some would

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.960
 receive it

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:29.400
 and respond

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.880
 from faith

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:32.400
 and believe

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.920
 and trust

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.160
 him.

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.640
 This is the

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.120
 way it was

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.560
 back when

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:36.180
 Jesus walked

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.580
 the earth.

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.340
 And this is

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:37.740
 the way it

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.380
 still is in

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.759
 our world

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.160
 today.

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.480
 Jesus didn't

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.420
 try to make

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.980
 his message

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.540
 into something

00:21:43.540 --> 00:21:43.840
 that the

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.280
 people would

00:21:44.280 --> 00:21:44.700
 love.

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:46.820
 Instead,

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.759
 he told

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.640
 people the

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.000
 truth.

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.340
 He was

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.900
 unashamed.

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.019
 He told

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.200
 the people

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.640
 the truth

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:54.980
 right to

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.480
 their faces.

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:55.940
 You are

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.519
 in danger.

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:57.640
 You are

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.100
 in great

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.740
 danger

00:21:58.740 --> 00:22:00.120
 because of

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.720
 your sins.

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.320
 Yes,

00:22:02.540 --> 00:22:03.019
 you are

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.820
 guilty before

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.400
 God for

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.900
 doing the

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.400
 wrong things

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.640
 you have

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:05.920
 done.

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.800
 And unless

00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:07.440
 you believe

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.920
 that I am

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.480
 he, you

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.240
 will die

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.860
 and face

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.740
 judgment.

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.680
 This is an

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.440
 intolerant and

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.080
 unloving

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:16.700
 message in

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.140
 the view of

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.640
 some people

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.060
 today.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:24.740
 true love

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:26.039
 tells people

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.679
 the truth

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:29.240
 even if

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.839
 it is hard

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.480
 truth that

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.319
 needs to

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.720
 be heard

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.039
 but that

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.419
 they don't

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.819
 want to

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.079
 hear.

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.079
 So I

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.440
 think this

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.819
 is what we

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.240
 can take

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.740
 from this.

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.279
 When we

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.679
 talk to

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:39.279
 people about

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.659
 Jesus,

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:41.599
 when those

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.480
 conversations

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.179
 happen where

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:43.779
 we get the

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.220
 chance to

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.740
 speak about

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.119
 Jesus,

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.299
 we should

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.659
 not be

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.219
 afraid to

00:22:47.219 --> 00:22:47.739
 speak about

00:22:47.739 --> 00:22:48.139
 sin.

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.059
 We should

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.519
 speak about

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.079
 it gently

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.919
 and carefully

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:55.179
 and it

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:55.599
 may be

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.119
 uncomfortable.

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.479
 They may

00:22:57.479 --> 00:22:58.299
 feel convicted.

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:58.899
 It may be

00:22:58.899 --> 00:22:59.679
 offensive to

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:01.339
 some but

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.899
 this is the

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.639
 real danger

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.599
 that the

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.099
 people all

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.599
 around us

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.959
 are in.

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.159
 And unless

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.699
 they believe

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.139
 that Jesus

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.779
 is the one

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.279
 and grab

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.779
 a hold of

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.479
 the lifeline

00:23:10.479 --> 00:23:10.879
 that he

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.879
 is with

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.259
 all their

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.659
 hearts,

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.239
 they will

00:23:14.239 --> 00:23:14.679
 perish.

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:16.959
 just as

00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:17.399
 we would.

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.619
 Second,

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:21.239
 we should

00:23:21.239 --> 00:23:21.899
 not hesitate

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.619
 to tell

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:24.399
 people that

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.959
 our love

00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.839
 and our

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.839
 worship and

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.500
 our loyalty

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.419
 and our

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:29.579
 hope is

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.059
 found in

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.519
 someone who

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.059
 is not

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.599
 from this

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.979
 world.

00:23:33.959 --> 00:23:34.639
 Maybe you

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:34.879
 want to

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.339
 fish for a

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.879
 conversation

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.559
 about Jesus.

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.359
 Tell people

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.799
 that you're

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.079
 waiting for

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.559
 someone who

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.000
 is not

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.439
 from this

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:40.859
 world to

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.279
 come and

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.959
 fix all

00:23:41.959 --> 00:23:42.219
 of the

00:23:42.219 --> 00:23:42.639
 problems

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.059
 and all

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.299
 of the

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.839
 brokenness

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.099
 in our

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.439
 world.

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 You might

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.579
 get some

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.000
 strange

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.399
 looks,

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 but this

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 is the

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.439
 message that

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 Jesus

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 proclaimed.

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 This is

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 what they

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.559
 need to

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 hear.

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 Jesus was

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 not just

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 an ordinary

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 man who

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 lived in

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 history.

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 He is

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 from above.

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 He is

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 the one

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 not from

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 this world.

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 They're

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:03.819
 going to

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.319
 think we're

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 crazy,

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 some of

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.459
 them.

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 That's

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.599
 okay.

00:24:07.719 --> 00:24:08.039
 The good

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.479
 news,

00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:10.379
 our salvation

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.199
 depends on

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 one coming

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.679
 from above,

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 not just

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 one coming

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 from below,

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 from earth.

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 Third, we

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 should remind

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 people graciously

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 and gently

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 that death

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 is coming

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 for all of

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 us.

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 Time is

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 running out.

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 Jesus said

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 it.

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 He said,

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 if you do

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 not believe

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 that I am

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.060
 he, you

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 will indeed

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 die in

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.360
 your sins.

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 Many of

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.240
 those people

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.600
 wouldn't have

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.160
 even died

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.640
 for maybe

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:40.100
 decades to

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 follow.

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.419
 And yet

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:43.219
 Jesus reminded

00:24:43.219 --> 00:24:43.679
 them that

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:43.980
 it is

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.319
 coming.

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.679
 We all

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.279
 will die.

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 Do you

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.899
 have the

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:50.159
 remedy for

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.740
 your sins,

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.119
 for your

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.740
 guilt before

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.319
 you cross

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.059
 that threshold?

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.819
 Finally,

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.519
 we should

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.159
 point people

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:59.159
 to the

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.939
 cross itself,

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.939
 to that

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.559
 moment where

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.159
 Jesus was

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.779
 executed,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.019
 where he

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.740
 died to

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.299
 atone for

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.879
 our sins.

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.280
 Jesus

00:25:10.280 --> 00:25:11.060
 himself told

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.560
 the people,

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 look to

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.260
 that moment

00:25:13.260 --> 00:25:13.840
 when you

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.420
 have lifted

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.840
 up the

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.140
 son of

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.360
 man,

00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:15.900
 then you

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.280
 will know

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:16.620
 that I

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:16.940
 am he.

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 Don't be

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.660
 afraid,

00:25:19.780 --> 00:25:20.080
 don't be

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.720
 ashamed to

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.340
 speak about

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.140
 the cross,

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.500
 an instrument

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.380
 of torture

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:27.100
 and yet the

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.580
 means of

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.380
 our salvation.

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.800
 It's at the

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.400
 cross that

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.360
 God's love

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.520
 is most

00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:33.180
 powerfully

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.620
 seen.

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.300
 Some will

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.880
 stumble over

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.180
 this,

00:25:38.260 --> 00:25:38.540
 some will

00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:38.860
 think it's

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.639
 foolishness,

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.579
 but we

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.539
 must proclaim

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.119
 the death

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.659
 of Jesus.

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.699
 We must

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.339
 proclaim the

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.759
 cross.

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.559
 If Jesus

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.319
 spoke like

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.819
 this and

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.199
 said these

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:48.559
 kinds of

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.939
 things to

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.359
 the world,

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.240
 how much

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.659
 more should

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:50.959
 we,

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.839
 as his

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.219
 witnesses,

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:52.719
 say the

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:53.339
 same things

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.059
 about him?

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.619
 This is

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.240
 our task.

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.719
 And I'll

00:25:57.719 --> 00:25:57.979
 leave you

00:25:57.979 --> 00:25:58.379
 with two

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.779
 words,

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.659
 one from

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:00.959
 the Lord

00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:01.579
 Jesus and

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.919
 one from

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.459
 the Apostle

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:02.779
 Paul.

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.439
 The Lord

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:04.039
 Jesus said

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.299
 this,

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.639
 he said,

00:26:04.719 --> 00:26:05.219
 whoever is

00:26:05.219 --> 00:26:05.899
 ashamed of

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:07.559
 me and

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.339
 my words,

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.960
 the Son

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.379
 of Man

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.679
 will be

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.259
 ashamed of

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:13.480
 him when

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.059
 he comes

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.619
 in his

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:16.159
 glory and

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.419
 in the

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:16.980
 glory of

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.440
 the Father

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.799
 and of

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.220
 the holy

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.740
 angels.

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.740
 God's

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.740
 love.

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.140
 And Paul,

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.079
 he said it

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.559
 this way,

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.759
 and may

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.440
 this be

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.400
 our heart

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.079
 and our

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.480
 mind,

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.240
 may this

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.559
 be our

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.920
 attitude,

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.380
 he said,

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.960
 for I am

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.160
 not ashamed

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.059
 of the

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.559
 gospel,

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.920
 because it

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.440
 is the

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.019
 power of

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.519
 God that

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.420
 brings salvation

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.940
 to everyone

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.839
 who believes,

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.720
 whether Jew

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.519
 or Gentile.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.599
 Let's pray.

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.640
 Let's pray.

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:44.660
 Let's pray.

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.700
 Let's pray.

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:52.319
 Father in

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.500
 heaven,

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.019
 thank you

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.339
 that you

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.779
 sent your

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.279
 son into

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.880
 this world

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:56.460
 to save

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.759
 us.

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.299
 Thank you

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.579
 that he

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:01.240
 came and

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.819
 fearlessly

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.420
 pled with

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.880
 the people

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.539
 that day

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.259
 so that

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.859
 any who

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.299
 were listening

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.720
 might be

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.079
 saved.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.279
 We

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.920
 profess our

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.460
 faith in

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.920
 you,

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.640
 Lord Jesus.

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.140
 Yes,

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.740
 we believe

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.059
 that you

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.339
 are the

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.620
 one.

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.539
 Help us

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.380
 to proclaim

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.780
 that message

00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:20.440
 well in

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.200
 this community.

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.160
 Help us

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.520
 to share

00:27:22.520 --> 00:27:23.080
 that message

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.700
 well with

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.060
 the people

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.380
 that we

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.740
 know who

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.380
 don't believe

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.620
 you.

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.660
 Give us

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.200
 opportunities

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.800
 to speak.

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.200
 Give us

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.720
 boldness.

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.120
 Give us

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.580
 courage.

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.620
 We want

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.040
 to be

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:34.860
 your witnesses

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.420
 and do

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.840
 that role,

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.520
 that job

00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:37.920
 that you've

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.280
 given us

00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:38.700
 to do

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.320
 well.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.980
 We love

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.240
 you,

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:41.860
 Jesus.

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.640
 You are

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.360
 our king.

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.780
 We pray

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.120
 this in

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.500
 your name.

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.620
 Amen.