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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Last week we started a journey through John's account of the good news about Jesus.

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 John told us that he was writing so that we would see Jesus as truly God

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 and as truly come to show God to us.

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 In the words of writer Glenn Scrivener,

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 Jesus is everything God wants to say to the world wrapped up in a person.

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 John's writing so that we may know that word made flesh.

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 Trust him as our savior.

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 Find life as it was meant to be living in and with him.

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 In his prologue that we looked at last week,

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 John the beloved disciple mentions another John.

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 We often call him John the Baptist.

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 He baptized a lot of people.

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 But he tells us two things about John.

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 One, he was not the light.

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 The word made flesh.

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 God come to us.

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 He was not that.

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 And two, God sent him to witness to the light.

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 So as I pick up our reading at verse 19 of chapter 1,

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 notice both of those things in this passage.

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 Notice John not the light.

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 And then John's testimony, his witness to the light.

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 John 1 and verse 19.

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 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,

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 Who are you?

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 He confessed and did not deny, but confessed,

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 I am not the Christ.

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 And they asked him,

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 What then?

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 Are you Elijah?

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 He said, I am not.

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 Are you the prophet?

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 And he answered,

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 No.

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 So they said to him,

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 Who are you?

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 We need to give an answer to those who sent us.

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 What do you say about yourself?

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 He said,

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 I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness.

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 Make straight the way of the Lord,

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 as the prophet Isaiah said.

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 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

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 They asked him,

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 Then why are you baptizing if you are neither the Christ,

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 nor Elijah,

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 nor the prophet?

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 And John answered them,

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 I baptize with water,

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 but among you stands one you do not know.

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 Even he who comes after me,

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 the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.

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 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.

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 And the next day,

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 he saw Jesus coming toward him and said,

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 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 This is he of whom I said,

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 After me comes a man who ranks before me,

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 because he was before me.

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 I myself did not know him,

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 but for this purpose I came baptizing with water,

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 that he might be revealed to Israel.

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 And John bore witness.

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 I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove,

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 and it remained on him.

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 I myself did not know him,

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 but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me,

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 He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain,

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 this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

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 And I have seen and have borne witness

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 that this is the Son of God.

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 Let's pray together.

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 God, thank you for this testimony

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 to Jesus as the Lamb of God.

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 Help us that we might see Jesus.

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 Help us see how much we need Jesus.

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 God, by your Spirit,

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 overcome the weaknesses of this one who speaks,

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 that we might hear your voice

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 and know you more.

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 For we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Imagine for a moment that you're a spotlight operator

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 for the Broadway musical Les Mis.

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 You're standing up in the dark shadows

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 above the stage

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 as the play goes on

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 and Jean Valjean,

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 the star of the show,

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 begins to agonize internally

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 through the song,

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 Who Am I?

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 Will he jeopardize his future

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 and that of many others

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 by admitting his criminal past?

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 The tension is building,

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 and as the song nears its end,

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 Jean Valjean steps into the perfectly cast,

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 spotlight.

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 He rips open his shirt

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 to reveal his prison number,

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 and he sings,

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 Who Am I?

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 Two, four, six, oh, one.

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 And the crowd goes wild.

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 He nailed it.

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 It was amazing.

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 Everything went just right,

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 and the show gets a standing ovation

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 at the end of the night.

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 Following the show,

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 the cast and the crew,

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 they go shower and change,

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 and they start to file out

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 one by one towards a press room,

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 and you're one of the first ones out.

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 You didn't have a lot to change, you know?

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 But an eager reporter mistakes you

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 for the actor playing Jean Valjean.

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 He begins gushing admiration to you.

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 What an amazing performance.

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 That scene at the end of Who Am I?

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 Man, you just nailed it.

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 It was so powerful.

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 Tell me how it felt.

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 And the shutters are flashing in your face,

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 and the mics are being crammed in front of you.

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 And you could really enjoy that moment,

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 couldn't you?

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 That's one option you have.

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 You could say,

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 Well, yeah, it really was great.

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 I nailed it.

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 Just the way we rehearsed it.

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 After all, you may be thinking,

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 if I didn't get that spotlight right,

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 they would have never seen the emotion on his face.

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 They never would have been able to see

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 the number on his chest.

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 They would have missed the whole grand moment

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 if it weren't for me.

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 I deserve my time in the spotlight here.

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 You might respond that way.

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 Or you could respond,

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 Hey guys, you know,

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 the guy you're looking for,

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 he's not out here yet.

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 It really was a great scene.

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 I've never seen anyone do it like our guy.

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 And as spotlight operator,

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 it was a delight to play my role

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 so that everyone could see

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 the agony on Valjean's face

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 and appreciate the emotion of that moment.

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 He really is an amazing performer.

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 You should be talking to him.

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 He'll be out in just a minute.

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 Do you hear the voice of John the Baptist

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 in that second response?

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 People are clamoring around John, right?

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 There's excitement attracting a crowd here.

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 Even more people come in this passage

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 to talk about him.

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 They want to know who he is.

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 John says,

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 You know, actually,

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 the one you're looking for,

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 he's not out here yet.

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 But as a spotlight operator,

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 it's a delight to play my role

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 so you can all see him well.

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 He is so amazing.

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 You should be talking to him.

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 Is that how most people

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 with crowds and cameras around them

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 respond these days?

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 Is that normal?

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 When there's lots of excitement around you

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 and people are clamoring to know more about you,

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 we live in a celebrity culture, don't we?

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 And that's all around us.

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 It's come into the church quite strongly.

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 Even subtly, perhaps,

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 into our own hearts this morning,

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 being the center of attention,

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 the one in the spotlight.

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 Pastor Rico Tice says,

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 this passage helps us see

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 that we need fewer movie stars

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 and more spotlights.

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 In the church especially,

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 fewer movie stars and more spotlights.

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 We need pastors and leaders

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 and church members

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 who are delighted to be spotlight operators

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 rather than play the starring role,

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 don't we?

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 I want to try to cooperate

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 with spotlight operator John

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 who is telling us

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 that the point is

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 to start with Jesus.

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 This passage is about appreciating

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 the star in the spotlight,

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 not primarily about operating

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 a spotlight better, okay?

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 That's part of what I'm hoping

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 to help us see this morning.

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 We're going to reflect back at the end

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 on ourselves as spotlight operators.

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 But first, let's focus

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 on the star in the spotlight.

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 After brushing off question

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 after question about himself,

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 John says,

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 the really awesome guy is coming.

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 And the next day, sure enough,

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 he sees Jesus.

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 And he tells us

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 where our eyes need to be looking.

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 Behold, the Lamb of God

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 This is the one, John says.

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 Look at him.

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 Listen to him.

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 The Lamb of God

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 is the one who dies in your place

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 so that you can live.

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 John may have been thinking

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 of the story that Derek mentioned earlier

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 where Abraham tells Isaac

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 that God himself

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 will provide the Lamb

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 to die in place of Isaac

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 so that he can live.

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 God will send that Lamb.

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 Then there's the Passover Lamb

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 who is killed,

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 whose blood is shed

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 so that when you put it

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 on the doorposts of your house,

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 the firstborn son in that home

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 will live

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 because the Lamb died.

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 Lambs sacrificed

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 morning and night

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 over and over

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 for centuries

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 for the sins of God's people.

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 Perhaps John remembers

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 the Lamb of Isaiah 53

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 who is led to the slaughter

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 because the Lord

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 has laid on him

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 the iniquity

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 of us all.

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 Over and over and over.

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 Do you hear it

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 through the whole Old Testament?

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 The Lamb of God dies

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 so that someone else

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 can live.

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 Isn't it remarkable

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 how in the very first introduction

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 of Jesus here,

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 his cross,

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 we don't get the word cross here,

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 but we know how he will die.

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 It's already in view.

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 That's how central

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 Jesus' substitutionary death

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 in our place

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 is in his mission

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 here on earth.

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 As the word made flesh,

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 we've already heard,

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 so that we might become

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 children of God.

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 How's that going to happen?

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 Pastor A.W. Pink

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 writes of the crowds

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 that would have cheered

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 a conquering Messiah king.

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 He says,

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 they would have welcomed him

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 on the throne,

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 but they must first accept him

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 on the altar.

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 What the world needs

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 first and foremost

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 is the Christ of the cross

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 where the Lamb of God

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 offered himself

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 as a sacrifice

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 for sin.

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 See,

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 when John draws

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 your attention

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 to the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world,

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 if you don't have

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 a sin problem,

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 you don't really need

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 to behold him,

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 do you?

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 He's not all that

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 important to you.

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 If that's what he comes

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 to do is take away

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 the sin of the world

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 and you don't have any,

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 don't need to look

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 very long.

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 Increasingly,

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 in our day,

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 no one,

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 or maybe very few people

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 and we put them away

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 in prison for a long time,

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 no one has a sin problem.

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 It's almost passe

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 to say that,

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 isn't it?

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 Let me try to help us

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 understand sin better

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 for a minute

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 because it is at the heart

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 of seeing Jesus

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 as the Lamb of God.

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 Sin is not just

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 big crimes, okay?

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 Kids, I especially want,

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 if you struggle with this,

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 I want you to listen.

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 Sin is not just doing

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 really big, bad things, okay?

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 Sin is any little thought

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 or attitude

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 or word

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 or action,

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 anything

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 that goes against

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 life with God

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 the way he designed it.

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 Sin is separation

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 from the close life

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 with God

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 that he created us for

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 that deserves

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 separation

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 from God's loving embrace

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 and the fullness

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 of life forever.

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 In short,

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 sin misses God

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 and gets death.

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 I sometimes play this

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 archery video game

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 on the Wii

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 with my kids.

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 in this game,

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 you aim

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 the bow and arrow,

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 you pull it back

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 and if you shoot

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 and hit the bullseye

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 right on,

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 you get 10, okay?

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 If you aim

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 and you just

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 narrowly miss,

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 you get

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 maybe an 8,

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 right?

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 Pretty good,

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 really close.

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 The word for sin

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 in the Bible

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 refers to

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 missing

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 the mark.

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 anything

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 less than

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 perfect

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 dead on bullseye

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 because God

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 is absolutely

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 perfect

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.840
 and we can't

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 live with him

00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:37.419
 and miss

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 the mark

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 at all.

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 Every thought,

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 every word,

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 every deed,

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 not merely

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 better than

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 most other people

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 or pretty good

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 most of the time,

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 but bullseye

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 every time.

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 in that game

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 we play,

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 though,

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 there are also

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 some other objects

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 for you to

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 aim at.

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 They're not

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 anywhere near

00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:01.340
 the bullseye.

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 They're apples

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 and other things

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 and they're way

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 off in the mountains

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 but if you can

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 aim at those

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:07.580
 and hit those,

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 you get points

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 for that too.

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 Sin's also

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 like that.

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 A lot of times

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 we're not even

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 aiming at God's

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 mark,

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 his design

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 for us.

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 We're shooting

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 for what we want,

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 aren't we?

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 Isn't that

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 what you experience

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 most of the time?

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 For what feels

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 right to us

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 and if we're aiming

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 over here,

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 whether we hit

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 that or not,

00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.120
 we've missed

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 God's bullseye.

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 I've talked to

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 a lot of people

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.259
 who say they don't

00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.399
 really have a sin

00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:39.080
 problem.

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 I've never talked

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 to one person

00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:44.740
 who lives up

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.659
 to his own

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.220
 standard

00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:47.360
 for himself

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 perfectly

00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:50.139
 all the time.

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 Y'all,

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 I assure you,

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 if you are not

00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:54.440
 hitting your own

00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.040
 standard,

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 you are not

00:15:56.280 --> 00:15:57.660
 perfect at

00:15:57.660 --> 00:15:59.000
 hitting God's

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.759
 standard.

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 You and I,

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.580
 all of us,

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.860
 have a sin

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:05.320
 problem.

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.540
 It's not

00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:07.520
 specific

00:16:07.520 --> 00:16:09.020
 individual sins,

00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:09.639
 it's not merely

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.280
 that,

00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.600
 where if I just

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 stop doing a few

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:13.240
 of these things

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.240
 like murder

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.240
 or stealing

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.920
 or lying

00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:17.160
 or disobeying

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 my parents,

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 maybe I will

00:16:18.459 --> 00:16:19.480
 always obey

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 them.

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 It's more

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 than that.

00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.799
 The sin

00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.819
 of the world

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.939
 is the

00:16:26.939 --> 00:16:28.279
 brokenness,

00:16:28.719 --> 00:16:30.039
 the warped

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.939
 and twisted

00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:32.120
 desires

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.059
 that we were

00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:34.600
 born to live

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.860
 for ourselves

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:37.439
 rather than

00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.459
 with God.

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:40.299
 Even wanting

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.299
 to do what

00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:42.059
 we want

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.879
 rather than,

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.559
 for example,

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.500
 what our parents

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.100
 tell us,

00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:46.519
 even that

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.519
 is sin.

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.279
 We have

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.519
 aimed to be

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.659
 separated from

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.799
 God and

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.580
 for His

00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.259
 rule and

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.220
 finding life

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.340
 in Him

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:56.200
 and we have

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:56.580
 earned

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.320
 separation

00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:58.360
 from God.

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.519
 Death

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.679
 forever.

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.139
 See,

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.639
 I know

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.119
 because I

00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.500
 grew up

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.359
 in church

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.380
 that if you

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.019
 grow up in

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.180
 here,

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.759
 you tend to

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.339
 think you're

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.599
 pretty good.

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 Some of you

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.000
 maybe feel

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.519
 that way.

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 You're pretty

00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:13.680
 good because

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.240
 you've not

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.920
 spent yet

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.580
 much or

00:17:15.580 --> 00:17:16.200
 maybe any

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.880
 time in

00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.220
 jail.

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.740
 Because you

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.460
 perhaps have

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:19.960
 spent more

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.539
 time in

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.320
 this room

00:17:21.320 --> 00:17:21.920
 than you

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.299
 have in

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.980
 the principal's

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.340
 office.

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:23.799
 Raise your

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.100
 hand if

00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.519
 that's you.

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:25.320
 Come on,

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:25.860
 all of y'all

00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.299
 have been in

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.720
 here longer

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.039
 than you've

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.200
 been in

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.820
 the principal's

00:17:27.820 --> 00:17:28.180
 office and

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.560
 that feels

00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:29.080
 good,

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.560
 doesn't it?

00:17:29.820 --> 00:17:30.380
 You feel

00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.759
 like you

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.180
 must be

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.620
 better than

00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:32.360
 most people

00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:32.960
 out there.

00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.320
 I mean,

00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:35.640
 you would

00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:36.660
 never do

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:38.039
 this or

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.320
 say that.

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.039
 don't

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.659
 forget,

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.240
 sin is

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.200
 any

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.399
 failure to

00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:48.939
 be perfectly

00:17:48.939 --> 00:17:50.960
 living with

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:52.659
 God all

00:17:52.659 --> 00:17:53.579
 the time.

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.379
 Let me

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:55.379
 never forget,

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.039
 says the

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.659
 old prayer,

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.119
 that the

00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:59.439
 heinousness of

00:17:59.439 --> 00:18:00.099
 sin, that

00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:00.779
 means how

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.639
 awful, how

00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:03.279
 bad sin

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.980
 is.

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.720
 It lies not

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.399
 in the nature

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.220
 of the sin

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:08.019
 committed, how

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.980
 bad a thing

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:10.759
 you did, as

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.140
 in the

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:12.099
 greatness of

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.960
 the person

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:14.220
 sinned against.

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.860
 This great

00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.860
 and awesome

00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:17.420
 God who

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.200
 we're to

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.940
 live with

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.880
 and love

00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:20.440
 and do

00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.220
 exactly what

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.680
 he's called

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.259
 us to all

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.740
 the time,

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:24.279
 anything else

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.720
 is sin.

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.360
 We're

00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:29.099
 imperfect,

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.299
 friends.

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.539
 Pretty

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.860
 good in

00:18:32.860 --> 00:18:33.900
 relationship to

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.519
 this God,

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.579
 even eight

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.519
 out of ten

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:36.920
 and it was

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:38.240
 really close,

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.160
 keeps you

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:40.420
 away from

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:41.059
 the source

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.559
 of life,

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.180
 keeps you

00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:43.259
 facing death

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.920
 forever.

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.640
 Just one

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.240
 thought that

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.200
 doesn't measure

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.220
 up, just

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.180
 one careless

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:49.200
 word, one

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.640
 lustful look

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:53.120
 separated from

00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:53.620
 a perfect

00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.079
 God.

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.120
 So John

00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:57.660
 says,

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.019
 look,

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.960
 you need to

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.460
 see him,

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.740
 the lamb

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:04.220
 of God who

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.240
 takes away

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.420
 the sin

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.960
 of the world.

00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:09.900
 Jesus is

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.380
 the one

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:11.279
 who dies

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.759
 because you

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.160
 were supposed

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.680
 to.

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.060
 Jesus is

00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:14.340
 the one

00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:14.840
 who dies

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.200
 so that

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.560
 you can

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.160
 live

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.180
 forever.

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:18.940
 You are

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.840
 stuck apart

00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:20.420
 from God,

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.840
 needing access

00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:22.880
 back to

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.539
 his holy

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.640
 presence because

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.320
 there's nothing

00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:25.960
 like living

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.600
 with him.

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.860
 And John

00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:29.500
 says if you

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.100
 believe in

00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:30.960
 Jesus, if you

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.140
 trust him

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.240
 to take your

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:34.220
 place, you

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.860
 will have

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.659
 life.

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.539
 You, even

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.879
 though you

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.619
 deserve to

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.279
 go way

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.799
 far away,

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.159
 you'll be

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:40.079
 welcomed in

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.119
 as a child

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.979
 of God

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 into his

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.079
 family.

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.279
 Friends, don't

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.559
 miss Jesus

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.699
 today.

00:19:47.219 --> 00:19:47.919
 That's what he

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:49.139
 does for

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.539
 you.

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:51.839
 John also

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.399
 shines the

00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:53.059
 spotlight on

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:54.899
 Jesus as

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 the giver of

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 the spirit.

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.919
 John recounts

00:19:58.919 --> 00:19:59.519
 here part of

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.500
 the baptism of

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 Jesus that we

00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:01.639
 read about

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.079
 elsewhere.

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.879
 God who

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.799
 gave John

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.699
 the job as

00:20:05.699 --> 00:20:06.939
 spotlight operator

00:20:06.939 --> 00:20:07.699
 had told

00:20:07.699 --> 00:20:08.839
 John, hey, the

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 one to shine

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.379
 the spotlight

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.460
 on, the

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.659
 star of the

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.559
 show will

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.039
 have the

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.859
 spirit come

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.519
 down and

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.159
 stay on

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 him.

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 That's what

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 God had

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.480
 told John.

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 And John

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 watches this

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 happen.

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 A dove

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.220
 from heaven

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:24.819
 was accompanied

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 we know by a

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 voice heard by

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 hundreds.

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 They saw,

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 they heard

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.079
 this.

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 And the

00:20:30.399 --> 00:20:31.359
 spirit stays

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:32.339
 on Jesus

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 because Jesus

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:35.259
 later gives

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.379
 the spirit.

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 He baptizes

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.399
 with the

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:39.099
 spirit, the

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.679
 one you really

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 need.

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 This was a

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.079
 mark of the

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.720
 Messiah in

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 prophecy, full

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.199
 of the spirit.

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.779
 Maybe you

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.359
 know that

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.839
 Jesus got you

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.839
 back to God.

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.539
 Forgiveness of

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.539
 all your failures

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:56.019
 is a big deal

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.179
 and you've got

00:20:57.179 --> 00:20:57.460
 it.

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 but you

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.579
 still feel

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:01.100
 weak and

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.559
 helpless

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.640
 today and

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:05.340
 many days.

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 What you

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:07.019
 long to

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.900
 experience is

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:09.079
 the power

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.100
 of God.

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.279
 Victory over

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.140
 the sin you're

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.980
 battling against

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.620
 today.

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.880
 Strength for

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:16.039
 living on God's

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.600
 mission in

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.759
 every relationship.

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 Do I need

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.460
 something new?

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.039
 Someone else

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.400
 maybe?

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.539
 Maybe?

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:27.200
 Look no further

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.839
 than Jesus.

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.980
 He is the

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.920
 one who

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.259
 gives the

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.779
 spirit.

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.839
 When you

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:35.319
 trust him

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.799
 and ask

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.740
 him, he

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.799
 sends his

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.180
 spirit so

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.519
 that you

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:42.220
 experience his

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.639
 power.

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.000
 Don't look

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.579
 anywhere else.

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.759
 See Jesus

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.819
 for that.

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.279
 Finally, see

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.220
 Jesus as the

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.019
 son of God.

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:51.519
 Verse 34.

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 I have seen

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.079
 and have

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.799
 borne witness

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.799
 that this

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.759
 is the

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.680
 son of God.

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 Certainly

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:58.960
 another

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.720
 affirmation

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.400
 of Jesus'

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.019
 deity, but

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.859
 in particular

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.599
 it's saying

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.680
 Jesus is the

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.480
 one who

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.319
 perfectly

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.700
 reveals God

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.359
 to us.

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.619
 Remember that

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.220
 last week?

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.799
 He is the

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.299
 unique,

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.259
 specially

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.440
 selected one

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.759
 to show us

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.680
 the glory

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.400
 of God

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.359
 fully.

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.379
 there have

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:20.079
 been plenty

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.799
 of messianic

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.619
 figures around

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.619
 in John's

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.319
 day, but

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.039
 not many

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.599
 with a

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.039
 spotlight

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.859
 operator

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.959
 who himself

00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:28.139
 earns respect

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.699
 and a

00:22:28.699 --> 00:22:29.179
 following

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:30.319
 and seems

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.740
 like a

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.139
 man of

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.399
 God.

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.779
 Maybe

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.379
 this one's

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.099
 the Messiah

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.059
 and then

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.439
 says,

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:34.919
 look,

00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:35.479
 look,

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.679
 there is

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.319
 the promised

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.259
 Messiah over

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.599
 there.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.240
 Not here,

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.079
 over there.

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.279
 Don't miss

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.559
 him.

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.379
 If you want

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.919
 to know

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.679
 what God

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.299
 is like,

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:44.779
 John is

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.059
 saying,

00:22:45.459 --> 00:22:46.359
 listen to,

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.979
 watch and

00:22:47.979 --> 00:22:48.819
 follow

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.779
 Jesus.

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.139
 This may

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.759
 be especially

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.679
 important for

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.079
 you this

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.740
 morning if

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:57.299
 you're confused

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.439
 about God

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:58.959
 right now.

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.019
 Most of us

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.399
 have been

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.079
 through seasons

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.859
 of this at

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.240
 some point

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.439
 in our life.

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.319
 You've said

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.899
 things like,

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.159
 God,

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.379
 I thought

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.839
 you were

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.639
 faithful

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.819
 generation

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:12.299
 after generation,

00:23:12.979 --> 00:23:13.559
 but I don't

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.639
 like the way

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.579
 you're relating

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.740
 to my kid

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.740
 or my

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.439
 grandkid

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.019
 right now.

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.379
 Where's the

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.199
 faithfulness?

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.179
 Maybe you've

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.879
 gotten confused

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.139
 and said,

00:23:25.199 --> 00:23:25.359
 God,

00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:26.379
 I just don't

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.960
 feel like you

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.639
 really care

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.019
 about me

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.419
 right now

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:29.319
 because life

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.859
 is hard

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.539
 and I'm

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.099
 praying and

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.559
 it just feels

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.240
 like my prayers

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.819
 are hitting the

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.379
 ceiling and

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.000
 bouncing back

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.939
 and no one's

00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.480
 listening.

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.279
 Don't you know

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.939
 I'm hurting?

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.299
 God,

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:40.759
 I'm wondering

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.199
 if you're

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:42.039
 really loving

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.759
 because I like

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.299
 this Jesus

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.980
 guy and

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.140
 what I read

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:45.660
 about him

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.299
 it sounds

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.779
 right

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.259
 but then

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.740
 you seem

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.360
 harsh and

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:49.920
 hateful

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.839
 sometimes

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.339
 and I don't

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.059
 really know

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.519
 if that's

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.740
 you.

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.039
 John says,

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.339
 listen,

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.900
 look at

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.420
 Jesus,

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.620
 the son

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.380
 of God,

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.860
 his chosen

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.819
 representative

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:04.019
 in the flesh,

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.620
 the divine

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.680
 revealer

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.519
 so that you

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.160
 can know

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.759
 what the

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.279
 God who

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.920
 welcomes

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.579
 you in,

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.779
 who empowers

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.740
 you for life

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.200
 with him

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.259
 is really

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.859
 like.

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.500
 If you

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.000
 have any

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.519
 doubts,

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.079
 he says,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.480
 look at

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.779
 Jesus,

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.339
 he is

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.859
 faithful,

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.180
 he is

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.799
 present,

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.759
 he is

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.579
 loving.

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.779
 See it

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.380
 in Jesus.

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.359
 Scottish

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.059
 pastor Robert

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.960
 Murray McShane

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.880
 once wrote

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.620
 to a friend

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.380
 that for

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.039
 every one

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.460
 look at

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.140
 himself,

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.779
 his own

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.359
 sin,

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.279
 his own

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.160
 pain,

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.240
 he should

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.120
 take ten

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:40.779
 looks at

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.160
 Jesus.

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.720
 I second

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.440
 that notion

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.899
 for all

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.539
 of us

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.519
 today in

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.220
 our sin,

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.660
 in our

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.259
 weakness,

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.059
 in our

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.960
 confusion.

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.019
 Listen to

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.240
 what he

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.460
 says,

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.019
 we'll see.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.220
 Jesus is

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.359
 altogether

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.099
 lovely,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.319
 such infinite

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.099
 majesty,

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.299
 and yet

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.319
 such meekness

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.200
 and grace,

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.139
 and all

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.839
 for sinners,

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.500
 even the

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.980
 chief,

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.259
 live much

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.599
 in the

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.420
 smiles of

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.900
 God,

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.240
 bask in

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.100
 his beams,

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.140
 feel his

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.000
 all-seeing

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.820
 eyes settled

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.580
 on you in

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.039
 love,

00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:17.120
 and repose,

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.600
 rest in

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.220
 his almighty

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.720
 arms.

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.200
 Let your

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.180
 soul be

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.720
 filled with

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.660
 a heart-ravishing

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.320
 sense of

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.039
 the sweetness

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.440
 and excellency

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.340
 of Christ.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.440
 For every

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.940
 look at

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.539
 yourself,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.519
 take ten

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:31.180
 looks at

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.779
 Christ.

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.460
 You can

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.820
 try that

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.420
 this afternoon.

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.360
 Fifteen

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.000
 years ago,

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.600
 in this

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.580
 same room

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.800
 with some

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.160
 of you

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.279
 right here

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.660
 with me,

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.960
 I was

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.539
 ordained

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.039
 to be a

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.480
 spotlight

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.360
 operator

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.680
 by vocation.

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.440
 And Pastor

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.440
 Jay Sklar

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.320
 charged me

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.980
 that morning

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.400
 to declare

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.039
 two things,

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.060
 that I

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.600
 am not

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.320
 the Christ

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:02.640
 and that

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.800
 Jesus is

00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:05.019
 the Christ.

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.139
 Christ.

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.859
 We've

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.220
 spent the

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.759
 majority of

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.139
 our time

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.799
 this morning

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.879
 focusing on

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.379
 Jesus.

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.799
 Both of

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.279
 the Johns

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.759
 would agree

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.359
 that's the

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.180
 point here.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.299
 But as

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.119
 we look

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.000
 ten times

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.980
 and more

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.460
 and more

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.119
 at Jesus,

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.180
 there are

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.859
 also some

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.619
 things that

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.240
 we as

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.099
 spotlight

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.960
 operators

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.319
 should rejoice

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.660
 in.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.299
 As we see

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.460
 John shining

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.099
 the spotlight

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:31.559
 on Jesus,

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.500
 John is the

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.259
 lead spotlight

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.779
 operator,

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.079
 okay?

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.700
 He's unique.

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:37.980
 But we

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.740
 all are

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.220
 to be

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.579
 his

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.079
 witnesses,

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.639
 right?

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.440
 To point

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.980
 people to

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.400
 Jesus,

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.960
 to declare

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.639
 his

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.559
 excellencies,

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.139
 that's

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.119
 for all

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.460
 of us.

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.039
 As we

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.680
 all

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.440
 spotlight

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.220
 operators

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.619
 witness

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.779
 to him

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.759
 briefly

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.619
 three things,

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.799
 there is

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.379
 freedom

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:57.400
 to find

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.379
 our identity

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.700
 in relation

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.480
 to Jesus

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:02.299
 not out

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.599
 on our

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.879
 own.

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.580
 John

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.260
 could have

00:27:05.260 --> 00:27:05.780
 stolen

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:06.040
 the

00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:06.500
 spotlight

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.280
 as the

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:07.740
 Christ

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.080
 or the

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.560
 prophet

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.000
 or

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.540
 Elijah,

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:10.620
 but he

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.140
 quite

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.860
 confidently

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.380
 says,

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:12.840
 listen,

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.360
 who I

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.740
 am

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.380
 is in

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.820
 relation

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.120
 to

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.540
 Jesus.

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.640
 I'm a

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.160
 voice

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.220
 in the

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.700
 wilderness,

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.700
 Isaiah 40,

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.420
 preparing

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.060
 the way

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.700
 for a

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.120
 greater

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.640
 one to

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.140
 come.

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.080
 I'm a

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.540
 spotlight

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:26.340
 operator,

00:27:26.760 --> 00:27:27.420
 John says.

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:29.840
 listen,

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.900
 because Jesus

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.840
 has truly

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.860
 shown you

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.680
 God

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.440
 himself,

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.720
 what God

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.340
 has made

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.759
 you for,

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.180
 the fact

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.500
 that this

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.259
 God wants

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.960
 to relate

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.519
 with you,

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.779
 that you

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.100
 have a

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.600
 purpose,

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.360
 you don't

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.920
 have to

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.519
 invent

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.500
 an identity

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.580
 to matter.

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.920
 You can

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.340
 actually

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.160
 embrace

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.840
 that you

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.560
 exist

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.480
 to watch

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.060
 Jesus

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.700
 closely,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.440
 to love

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.160
 him

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.000
 deeply,

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.800
 and so

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:55.539
 to shine

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.500
 the spotlight

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.519
 on him.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.079
 You are

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.740
 free

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.440
 from the

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.799
 pressure

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.180
 that you

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.920
 feel all

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.379
 around you

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.879
 every day

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.720
 to find

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.399
 yourself

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.299
 somewhere

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.779
 else,

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.480
 to make

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.159
 up that

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.819
 identity

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.440
 that will

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.139
 finally be

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.799
 significant.

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.139
 No,

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.359
 you have

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.119
 that in

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.579
 relation

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.139
 to Jesus.

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.659
 Next,

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:16.920
 we're

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.539
 freed to

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.259
 live with

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.259
 humility

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.779
 that's

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:20.960
 neither

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.460
 false

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.000
 humility

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.379
 nor

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.139
 just

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.579
 weak.

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.839
 This is

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.220
 not

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:26.240
 groveling

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.620
 low

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.559
 self-esteem

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.299
 from John

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.680
 when he

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.120
 says he's

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.860
 not worthy

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.920
 to untie

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.360
 Jesus'

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.299
 sandals.

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.700
 That's a

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.319
 job below

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.539
 even a

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.860
 Jewish

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.360
 slave.

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:36.900
 John

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.920
 is bold

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.279
 here,

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.600
 isn't he,

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.240
 in front

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.960
 of powerful

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.400
 threats.

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:40.880
 He's

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.539
 confident.

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.860
 Why?

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.600
 Because he

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.100
 is so

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.860
 enamored

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.860
 with Jesus.

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.740
 He's

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.059
 not

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.059
 thinking

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.720
 less

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.480
 of himself

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.180
 when he

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.700
 says he's

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.380
 a spotlight

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.019
 operator.

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.360
 He is

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.740
 so focused

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.440
 on the

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.779
 wonder

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.100
 of

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:55.480
 Jesus.

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.299
 He's

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.519
 so

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.240
 confident

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.860
 in the

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.340
 strength

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.700
 of the

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.080
 spirit

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.460
 that he

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.840
 gets

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.420
 from

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.840
 Jesus

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.680
 that he

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.200
 thinks

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.120
 of himself

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.500
 less.

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.500
 That's

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.180
 gospel

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.200
 humility.

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.680
 Being a

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.340
 spotlight

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:10.000
 operator

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.820
 for this

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.380
 star

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.080
 is a

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.539
 joy.

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.559
 He

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:13.860
 doesn't

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.019
 even

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.640
 think

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:14.920
 that it

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.100
 wouldn't

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.380
 be a

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.840
 wonderful

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.580
 and great

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:16.799
 thing.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.140
 He

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.580
 cannot

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.279
 wait.

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.620
 Can you

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.380
 read that

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.620
 when you

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:19.960
 read through

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.580
 the beginning

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.920
 of this

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.279
 passage?

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.240
 The answers

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.740
 get shorter

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.140
 and shorter,

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.539
 don't they?

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.119
 John

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.720
 cannot wait

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.119
 to stop

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.879
 answering silly

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.879
 questions about

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.839
 himself so

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.399
 that he can

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.879
 say,

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.519
 behold the

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.119
 Lamb of

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.980
 God who

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.579
 takes away

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.960
 the sin

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.200
 of the

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.519
 world.

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.039
 You know

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.559
 people like

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.740
 that,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.159
 don't you?

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.659
 Who can't

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:40.019
 stand talking

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.119
 about themselves

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.079
 for very long

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.399
 without talking

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.119
 more about

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.480
 Jesus?

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.879
 You like being

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.379
 around them?

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.520
 God,

00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:47.040
 God,

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:47.620
 God,

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.200
 God,

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.440
 if you

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.920
 stare at

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.540
 the star

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:50.400
 long enough,

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:51.640
 you'll live

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:51.940
 with that

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.300
 kind of

00:29:52.300 --> 00:29:52.680
 freedom

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.040
 too.

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.840
 It doesn't

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.140
 have to

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.560
 be about

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.180
 you anymore.

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.320
 Finally,

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.700
 we are

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:59.080
 freed to

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.420
 stop

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.960
 pretending

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.680
 and confess

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.440
 our sins

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.200
 honestly.

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.560
 That Lamb

00:30:05.560 --> 00:30:06.260
 of God

00:30:06.260 --> 00:30:07.580
 takes away

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.740
 the sin

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.140
 of the

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.600
 world

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:11.160
 and that

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.800
 includes the

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.360
 sin of the

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.740
 spotlight

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.380
 operator,

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:15.540
 yours

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:17.160
 and mine.

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:18.780
 One of the

00:30:18.780 --> 00:30:19.400
 best ways

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.920
 to shine

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.680
 your spotlight

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.080
 on the

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.420
 one who

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.060
 takes away

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.920
 sin is

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.300
 to be

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:24.040
 honest about

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.540
 your own

00:30:24.540 --> 00:30:25.080
 sin that

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.640
 you need

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.220
 to be

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.120
 taken away.

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.100
 I am not

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.700
 telling you

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.300
 to go and

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.100
 sin more

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.640
 in order to

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.020
 be a better

00:30:31.020 --> 00:30:31.500
 spotlight

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.000
 operator.

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.700
 You've got

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.380
 plenty already.

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.280
 Not a

00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:34.600
 problem.

00:30:35.260 --> 00:30:35.760
 That's why

00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:36.480
 you need

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.400
 the Lamb

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.300
 of God,

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.620
 okay?

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.240
 See,

00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:40.720
 John doesn't

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.120
 have to

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.640
 pretend

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.160
 to be

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.540
 someone

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.360
 he's not.

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.800
 Twice,

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.259
 in fact,

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.860
 he says

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.380
 something

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.860
 unnecessary

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.600
 to admit.

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.600
 I was

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.160
 here

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.360
 to shine

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.940
 the spotlight

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.660
 on someone

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.720
 and I

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.000
 didn't even

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.400
 know him.

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.040
 Don't think

00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:57.580
 I'm the guy

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.060
 who's got it

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.380
 together.

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.440
 You had

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.220
 one job

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.620
 but I

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.840
 didn't know

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.019
 what it

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.400
 was.

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.420
 The Lamb

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.040
 of God

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:06.920
 has given

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.040
 you access

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:09.060
 back to

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.320
 God.

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.259
 Forgiveness

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.340
 of all

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.640
 of your

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.019
 sins

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.540
 past,

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.139
 present,

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.779
 future.

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.839
 So as

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.559
 you encounter

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.779
 them,

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.200
 you can

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.899
 name them.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.079
 It's such

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.779
 an unusual

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.399
 thing in

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.879
 our day,

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.259
 isn't it?

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:20.759
 To be able

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.460
 to be honest,

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.920
 to be able

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.579
 not to be

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.299
 defensive

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:26.819
 or self-protective,

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:29.359
 but you

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.099
 are freed

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.619
 from that.

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.000
 You're freed

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.019
 up to be

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.799
 honest about

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.339
 your struggles

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.839
 and your

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.619
 failures and

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.059
 to shine

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.700
 the spotlight

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.139
 in those

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.279
 moments on

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.599
 Jesus.

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.319
 do we

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.500
 as

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.059
 Southwood

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.639
 together

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:45.419
 live as

00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:45.899
 spotlight

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.559
 operators?

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.579
 When

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.879
 someone

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:50.119
 compliments

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.859
 our great

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.439
 church

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:52.079
 buildings,

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.799
 do you

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.079
 say,

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.619
 you know

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.299
 the great

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.959
 thing is

00:31:54.959 --> 00:31:55.480
 just having

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.000
 a place

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.579
 people can

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.059
 come and

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.599
 taste the

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.119
 grace of

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.859
 Jesus.

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.699
 That reaches

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.480
 so many

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.199
 different kinds

00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:01.619
 of people

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.039
 who are

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.339
 connected

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.059
 only by

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.899
 him.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.079
 Or you

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.379
 know what's

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.959
 so great

00:32:05.959 --> 00:32:06.519
 about the

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.559
 lodge is

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.859
 that it's

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.319
 a place

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.839
 young people

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.200
 can be

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.399
 valued not

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.799
 for their

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.339
 performance but

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.940
 for who

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.819
 they are

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:15.139
 finally.

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.819
 They can be

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.299
 loved in

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.940
 their weakness

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:19.039
 because they

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.639
 hear there's a

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.399
 lamb of God

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:20.980
 who takes

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.519
 away all

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.480
 their sins.

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.480
 When a

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.139
 visitor says

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.720
 y'all have

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.879
 incredible music

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.460
 that's what they

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.639
 say,

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.039
 they don't talk

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.279
 about the

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.539
 preaching,

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.119
 they say

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.419
 y'all have

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.960
 incredible

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.819
 music.

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.159
 Do you

00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:33.519
 say,

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.619
 you know,

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:34.919
 yes,

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.559
 they're so

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.200
 talented,

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.899
 all of them

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.480
 except DJ,

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.100
 he's okay.

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.060
 But what I

00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:43.620
 love most is

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:43.900
 how they

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.340
 help me

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.380
 worship Jesus

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.000
 because he

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.680
 is so worthy

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.800
 of praise and

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:49.780
 I love that

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.120
 they're

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:51.060
 worshiping

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:52.140
 Jesus and

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.600
 so I can

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.320
 follow in

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.740
 that.

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.759
 When a

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.259
 friend says,

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.480
 man,

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:59.400
 you're really

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.340
 a pretty great

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.780
 guy, you're

00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:01.540
 really spiritual,

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.060
 all those

00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:03.380
 spiritual disciplines

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:04.060
 you're learning,

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.400
 do you say

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.340
 spending time

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:08.420
 in silence

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.380
 and solitude

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.920
 or fasting

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.600
 or Sabbath,

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.160
 it's not about

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.780
 how great a

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.420
 Christian I

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.160
 am, that's

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.100
 really not the

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.960
 point, it's

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.980
 about how great

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.400
 my Jesus is

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.420
 and how much

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.800
 I need to

00:33:23.800 --> 00:33:24.820
 be with him

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.720
 and to find

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.000
 life in him

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.580
 and I so

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.800
 quickly run

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:29.360
 and find it

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.280
 other places

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:31.080
 and so I'm

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.720
 calling my

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.380
 heart back

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.100
 to him.

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.800
 See, look,

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.560
 if you're

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.139
 confused, you

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.359
 need to

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.819
 know I'm

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.299
 not the

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.919
 Christ.

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.460
 Jesus is

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.579
 the Christ.

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.579
 Behold, the

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.220
 Lamb of

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.099
 God who

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:45.119
 takes away

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:46.220
 the sin

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.879
 of the

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.539
 world,

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:49.279
 pointing people

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.079
 all the time

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.879
 to Jesus

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:52.399
 and may they

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.259
 forget the

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.720
 channel,

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.159
 seeing only

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.619
 him,

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.919
 pointing to

00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:58.139
 Jesus in

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:59.179
 everything,

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.059
 including,

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.779
 and perhaps

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.779
 especially at

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.359
 this table,

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.079
 his table.

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.559
 It was the

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.900
 night that

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.539
 Jesus was

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.059
 betrayed,

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:14.119
 that he

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.619
 took bread,

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.679
 he broke

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.920
 it,

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.840
 and he gave

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.259
 it to his

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:20.960
 disciples as

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.679
 I'm ministering

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.219
 in his name,

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.900
 give this bread

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.360
 to you.

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.820
 He said,

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.880
 take, eat,

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.880
 this is my

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.900
 body given

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.500
 for you,

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.000
 do this in

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.739
 remembrance of

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:29.960
 me.

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.559
 And then

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.159
 after supper,

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.800
 he took the

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.320
 cup and

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.579
 said,

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.920
 this cup is

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.280
 the new

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.880
 covenant in

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.400
 my blood,

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.980
 shed for

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.440
 many for

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.960
 the forgiveness

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.659
 of sins,

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.440
 drink from

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.480
 it all of

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.619
 you.

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.179
 For as

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.740
 often as

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:41.980
 you eat

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.480
 this bread

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.519
 and drink

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.139
 this cup,

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.159
 you proclaim

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.240
 the Lord's

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:47.099
 death in

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.920
 your place

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.820
 until he

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.500
 comes.

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.420
 Behold,

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:55.019
 the Lamb

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.940
 of God

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.119
 who takes

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.760
 away the

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.619
 sin of

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.139
 the world,

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.440
 his body

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:02.400
 given to

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.659
 die so

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.319
 that you

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:05.659
 would live.

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:07.000
 Behold,

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.179
 the Lamb

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.059
 of God

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.699
 who takes

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.599
 away the

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.039
 sin of

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.519
 the world

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.179
 because the

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.699
 blood of

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.299
 bulls and

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:14.219
 goats over

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.719
 and over

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.920
 was impossible

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.859
 for that

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.599
 blood to

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.179
 take away

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.599
 sins.

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.159
 But when

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.739
 the Lamb

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.319
 of God

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:21.139
 shed his

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:22.299
 blood once

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.920
 and for

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.199
 all,

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.659
 sin was

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.639
 paid for.

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.779
 He paid

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.619
 it all.

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.299
 if that

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:28.759
 is your

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.119
 hope,

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:31.039
 come to

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.759
 this table,

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:33.259
 not ours,

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.619
 but the

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:36.319
 Lord's and

00:35:36.319 --> 00:35:36.699
 meet with

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.199
 him and

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.920
 eat with

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.980
 him and

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.900
 be encouraged

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.839
 and strengthened

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.299
 in your

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.739
 faith.

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.559
 If you see

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.980
 this and you

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.880
 don't behold

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.659
 here the Lamb

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.239
 of God who

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.980
 takes away

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.480
 your sins,

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.099
 if you don't

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.940
 yet trust

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.380
 Jesus,

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.199
 his life

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:53.339
 and his

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:54.380
 death for

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.640
 you,

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:56.400
 then don't

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.019
 come to

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.480
 eat and

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.860
 drink,

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.019
 but would

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.539
 you also

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.900
 come behold

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.800
 the Lamb

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.400
 of God?

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.180
 Would you

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.780
 consider that

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:06.019
 he was

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.700
 spotless

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:08.119
 and that

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.460
 he was

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.700
 slain and

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.059
 that he

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.480
 says,

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:12.180
 trust me,

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.400
 believe in

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.800
 me and

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.280
 you will

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:15.340
 never die,

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.860
 that he

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.400
 would pay

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.220
 for your

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.579
 sins.

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.160
 You can

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:20.920
 trust him

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.480
 for that

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.760
 today and

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.060
 have the

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:24.500
 joy of

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.840
 knowing

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.920
 that he

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.480
 has taken

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.140
 all your

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.480
 guilt,

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.120
 all your

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.620
 shame on

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.220
 himself and

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.780
 removed it

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.140
 forever.

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.620
 Let's pray

00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:31.900
 and we'll

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.240
 celebrate

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.680
 together.

00:36:34.140 --> 00:36:34.740
 Jesus,

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.380
 we thank

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:38.280
 you for

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.880
 stepping in

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.220
 where we

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.860
 deserve to

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.260
 stand,

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.880
 for paying

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.400
 the price

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.780
 we could

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.640
 never afford,

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.800
 for being

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.760
 the star so

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.120
 that we

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:48.000
 don't have

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.860
 to carry

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.620
 that burden.

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:53.699
 we worship

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.159
 you,

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.119
 we give

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.779
 you thanks

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.779
 for even

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.880
 this bread

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:59.079
 and wine

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.500
 that remind

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.339
 us of how

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.739
 much you

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.139
 love us.

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.639
 Would you

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.659
 use them

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.159
 this morning

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.219
 not for a

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.259
 common purpose

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:07.960
 but for a

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.839
 sacred purpose

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.699
 in our hearts

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:11.339
 that we would

00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:11.900
 behold the

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.639
 Lamb of God

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.279
 and that we

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:13.599
 would be

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.400
 changed forever

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.319
 because of it.

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.679
 We ask in

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.079
 your name.

00:37:17.839 --> 00:37:18.159
 Amen.

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.259
 Amen.

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:20.420
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00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.940
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00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.760
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00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.460
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00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.260
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