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 How many of you enjoyed singing this morning?

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 Come on, raise your hand.

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! Did you enjoy singing this morning?

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 We sang a little longer than we normally do.

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! Listen to me.

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 And that's okay.

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 In fact, that's wonderful.

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 But I still get time.

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 And honestly, I have a heart that's full.

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 And the truth of the matter is,

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 is that the Scriptures are what make our singing what it is.

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 Do you understand that?

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 It's the truth that frames our singing.

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 And it's the truth that encourages our affection.

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 And it's the truth that we delight in this morning.

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 Let me read the passage to set the text

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 and then ask that you join me in prayer.

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 John chapter 6, we're going to look at first at verse 53.

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 Verse 63.

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 They said,

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 This is a hard saying.

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 Who can listen to it?

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 Our Father God,

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 for us this morning,

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 prayer is

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 our thankful

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 expression of confidence in you,

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 our happy

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 recognition of your

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 person and your presence

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 and your

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 abiding interest

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 that we who are your children

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 find the glory

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 and the fullness

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 that we have in relationship

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 with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And in this

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 period of time

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 that we call life

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 before we step into your presence

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 as believers

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 to enjoy

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 the presence of Christ

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 forever,

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 we are thankful

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 we are thankful

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 that you have given to us

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 your word,

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 you have given to us

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 your Holy Spirit,

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 and we would ask

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 that we

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 with humility

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 would depend upon the Spirit

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 and rely upon your word

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 that we would grow

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 in our love

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 for the Lord Jesus

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 that someday

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 we are going to see

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 and that as a result

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 of that,

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 we grow in our humility

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 and our affection,

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 the holiness

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 of our passion

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 for your glory,

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 the clear

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 and deliberate

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 lifestyles

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 that display

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 the character

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 of Christ

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 in a broken

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 and struggling world.

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 We ask this

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 I want you to know

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 as you pick up this passage

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 we're going to be looking

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 at John chapter 6

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 from verse 60

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 to 72

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 and I'll tell you

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 ahead of time

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 that what this chapter is

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 is a closing summary

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 or better yet

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 a grand finale.

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 As I was thinking about it

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 in a musical sense

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 and I don't profess

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 to be a musician

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 of any form,

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 but I do appreciate

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 good music.

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 I would say

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 that in some senses

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 John chapter 6

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 verse 60

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 from that verse

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 on to 72

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 is a little bit

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 like the Hallelujah Chorus.

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 It is the summary

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 and the great blowout

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 to this extended chapter

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 in which John

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 has been building

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 a case

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 and lifting

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 the glory

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 and the supremacy

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 of Christ.

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 It's also a little bit

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 like Tchaikovsky's

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 Overture 1812

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 and any of you

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 that are musicians

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 know how that ends.

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 Tchaikovsky was writing

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 to celebrate

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 the victory

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 of the Russian army

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 over the invading French

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 and the way in which

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 that comes to a grand finale

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 is they actually used cannons

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 to kind of boom, boom.

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 Now they emulate that

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 using cymbals and drums

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 and even on occasions

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 they'll pipe in

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 the sound of cannons.

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 but it's something

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 that if you are

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 in any way

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 inclined musically

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 when you come to this part

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 your hair stands on end.

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 How many of you

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 have that happen

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 every now and then?

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 Your hair stands on end.

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 I mean,

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 on the arm

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 it goes up.

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 It happens to me

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 when I'm fired up.

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 The hair on my arm

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 goes up.

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 They're like,

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 I'm into that.

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 My wife said

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 don't shout

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 so I gotta back off

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 a little bit.

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 Hi Judith.

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 I love you.

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 She's my best critic.

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 So,

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 anyway,

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 don't shout.

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 I made a note to myself

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 even and it doesn't

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 pay attention.

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 But you know,

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 you get fired up

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 thinking about

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 what we're looking at

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 this morning.

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 This is

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 the climax

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 to John chapter 6.

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 There'll be more climaxes,

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 trust me,

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 but this is

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 an early one.

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 Remember how

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 John comes together

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 and what his goal is?

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 He wants us

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 in reading the book

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 of John

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 to know

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 that Jesus

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 is the Christ,

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 the Savior of the world

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 that knowing that

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 we can believe on Him.

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 John 6 opens with,

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 how's it open?

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 Does anybody remember?

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 Remember he takes

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 his disciples

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 and they go away

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 because they need

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 a little bit of break.

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 They're kind of washed out

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 and fatigued from ministry

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 and they need to get away

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 but when they're getting away

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 the crowd follows them

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 about 20,000

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 and they're out there

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 and when he sees

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 the opportunity

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 guess what he does?

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 He starts teaching.

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 I mean at the end of the day

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 his affection for people

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 led him to open

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 the scriptures

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 and inform them

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 of the things

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 they needed desperately.

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 They stay

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 past dinner time

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 and he feeds them

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 about 20,000.

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 As the result of that

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 you'll remember

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 that the crowd decided

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 that it would be

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 a good idea

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 to make him king

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 and what does he do?

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 He resists.

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 He sends his disciples away

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 to protect them

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 from being carried away

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 with that ambition

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 and then he goes up the mountain

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 to pray by himself.

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 The next day

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 he finds himself again

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 surrounded by the crowd.

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 He had moved over to Capernaum

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 and there he was

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 and the crowd came

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 and he preached

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 an extended sermon.

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 An extended sermon.

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 And in that sermon

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 that we find

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 the substance of it here

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 he makes it

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 undeniably clear

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 that he is

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 the only way

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 of salvation.

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 He alone.

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 He makes reference

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 to the fact

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 that he would die

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 and that his sacrifice

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 would be the only hope

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 that people have

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 in satisfying

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 the wrath

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 of a holy God

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 against sin

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 and that faith

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 in him

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 was the only way

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 of heaven.

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 Well as you look

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 at this passage

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 what we're going

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 to find

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 is this summary

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 of the lengthy part

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 that we've talked about

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 pressed together

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 and we're going

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 to see first of all

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 salvation refused.

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 Now that's hard

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 to imagine isn't it?

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 Salvation refused.

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 We're also going

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 to see salvation received.

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 And then here's

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 what I want you to do.

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 I want you to stop

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 just for a minute.

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 Take your Bible

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 or take your

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 whatever you have

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 iPad or whatever

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 and I want you

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 to put your finger

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 on a couple

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 different things.

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 Look at verse 64.

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 It says

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 he knew who it was

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 who would betray him.

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 Now we're dealing

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 with a kind of

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 a global summary

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 at the end

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 of the chapter

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 about Christ's ministry

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 and here is a little

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 it almost seems

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 to be a little

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 marginal comment.

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 He knew who was

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 going to betray him.

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 It even gets ramped up

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 if you will go ahead.

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 You look there

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 at verse 70

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 it says

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 Jesus answered then

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 did I not choose

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 you the twelve

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 and yet one of you

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 is a

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 what?

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 Devil.

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 Verse 71

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 he spoke of Judas

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 the son of Simon

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 Iscariot

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 for he

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 one of the twelve

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 was going to

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 betray him.

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 Now look

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 you can understand

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 the Jews

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 redacting Jesus.

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 I mean we follow

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 that.

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 We see that.

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 You can understand

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 the disciples

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 who else shall we

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 go to?

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 You have the words

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 of life.

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 What is Judas

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 doing in all of this?

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 Ask yourself

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 the question

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 what is Judas

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 doing in this picture?

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 I wouldn't ask

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 the question

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 if I didn't have

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 an idea.

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 And I want you

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 to chew on that

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 and think about it

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 because I think

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 Judas' presence

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 is profoundly

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 significant to us

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 in our awe

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 at the glory

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 of salvation.

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 Well let's get

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 into the passage

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 and pick up

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 first of all

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 on salvation

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 refused

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 there in verse 60

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 when many of his

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 disciples heard it

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 they said

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 this is a hard

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 saying

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 who can listen

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 to it?

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 And I want you

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 to recognize

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 that when we

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 pick up here

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 in verse 60

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 we find that

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 this is at the

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 conclusion of

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 actually two days

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 of ministry

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 and in those

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 two days of

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 ministry

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 I want you

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 to know

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 that Christ

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 had over

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 and over

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 again

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 made the

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 issues

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 of salvation

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 undeniably

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 clear

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 and lest

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 you have

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 any question

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 about it

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 salvation

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 is not

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 something

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 that just

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 kind of

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 delivers us

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 from mediocrity

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 and gives us

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 something better

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 than what we

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 had before

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 salvation

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 is

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 the grace

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 of God

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 that delivers

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 us

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 from the

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 moral

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 bankruptcy

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 and darkness

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 of our own

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 heart

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 and gives

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 to us

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 eternal life

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 a change

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 we who were

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 dead in

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 trespasses

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 and sin

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 become alive

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 we who were

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 once

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 the absolute

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 miserable

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 hopeless

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 broken

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 individuals

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 in our

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 rebellion

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 against God

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 become the

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 children of

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 God

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 salvation

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 always has

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 the starting

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 point in

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 helping a

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 man recognize

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 the hardness

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 of his heart

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 and the despair

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 of his soul

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 and unless

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 you understand

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 the darkness

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 of your heart

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 and the sin

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 that is there

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 you have no need

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 for the Savior

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 Jesus made that

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 clear in his

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 preaching

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 and as you

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 work your way

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 through the

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 passage you

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 will see that

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 actually when

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 people heard

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 what Jesus

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 had to say

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 they were

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 offended at it

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 that brings us

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 here to verse

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 60 and mark

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 what it says

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 this is a hard

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 saying

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 and what I

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 want you to

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 understand

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 is this

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 is that people

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 understood

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 Christ's message

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 and they didn't

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 like what they

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 heard

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 they didn't

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 like what they

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 heard

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 how many of you

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 have wondered

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 that well

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 if I could

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 just make

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 the gospel

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 a little

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 clear

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 I mean

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 obviously

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 everybody

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 would like

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 it

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 hey

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 that's not

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 necessarily

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 the case

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 and the

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 absolute

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 perfect

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 instrument

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 and messenger

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 of the Lord

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 of hosts

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 namely

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 his own

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 son

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 who with

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 perfection

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 and humility

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 and with

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 tenderness

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 preached the

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 gospel message

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 at the end

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 of the day

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 when people

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 understood it

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 they didn't

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 like it

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 now mark

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 what this

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 actually is

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 saying

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 the statement

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 was really

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 not a

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 humble

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 understanding

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 or a

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 humble

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 admission

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 that the

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 gospel

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 was difficult

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 to understand

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 when it

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 says this

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 is a hard

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 saying

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 how many

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 of you

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 have actually

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 had to deal

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 with hard

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 sayings

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 that you

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 couldn't get

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 your hands

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 around

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 I mean

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 you know

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 someone's

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 trying to

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 explain something

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 to you

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 man can you

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 go over that

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 again slowly

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 because I

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 don't get

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 it

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 it's hard

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 it's complex

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 that's not

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 what they were

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 saying at all

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 what they were

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 saying is this

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 is they

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 understood

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 exactly what

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 Jesus was

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 saying

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 and they

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 were irritated

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 by it

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 they found

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 the gospel

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 objectionable

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 now why

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 is that

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 why is that

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 the truth

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 of the matter

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 is is that

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 the gospel

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 begins by

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 helping us

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 recognize

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 the bankruptcy

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 of our soul

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 and the

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 darkness

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 of our

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 heart

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 and the

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 rebellion

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 of our

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 nature

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 against the

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 authority

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 and the

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 supremacy

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 of God

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 and the

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 gospel

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 begins by

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 first of all

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 letting us

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 know that we

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 are in a

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 terrible

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 situation

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 it's kind

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 of interesting

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 actually I was

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 thinking about

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 this this

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 morning as I

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 was praying

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 because if

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 you were to

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 listen to a

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 lot of

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 televangelists

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 you would

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 hear a

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 very interesting

00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.320
 gospel do you

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 know what it

00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.280
 is Jesus

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 has a wonderful

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 plan for your

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 life and if

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 you kind of

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 send me a

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 check or two

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 I will see to

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 it that you

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 prosper how many

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 of you heard

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 something like

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 that or if

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 you put your

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 hand on the

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 tele not the

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 telephone anymore

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 that's and not

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 the TV anymore

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 flat screen but

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 you know hey if

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 you do this and

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 that whatever I

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 can either take

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 care of your

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 financial needs I

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 can make you a

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 happy and wealthy

00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:56.860
 person everybody

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 in your neighborhood

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 will like you just

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 follow my plan and

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 write your check

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 thus and so and

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 I'm going to

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 bless you that's

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 not the gospel

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:08.480
 that is a

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 huckster peeling

00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.919
 to people's

00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.639
 carnal desire

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 the gospel is

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 this first of all

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 you've got a

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 horrible disease

00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:18.419
 that is going to

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 doom you forever

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 and Jesus has

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 the answer and

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 come to him with

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.480
 a broken and

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 contrite heart and

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 he is going to

00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:27.840
 save you I do

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 want you to

00:14:28.199 --> 00:14:28.860
 understand that the

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 gospel is hard

00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.480
 news before it's

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 good news and

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 it's often

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 rejected and so

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 when we bring the

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 sweetness of the

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 gospel when we

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 bring the hope that

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 is there in Christ

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 Jesus we shouldn't

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 be overwhelmed if

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 on occasion it

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 ends up offending

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 people and is

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 really troublesome

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 you see people don't

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 mind having some of

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 their symptoms to

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 sin addressed but

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 what they really have

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 a problem with is

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 having the root issues

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 of their heart

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 exposed and brought

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 out into the light

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 where only Christ can

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 deal with them and

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 so as you look at

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 this opening passage I

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 do want you to

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 understand that as

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 we get a drift of

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 what ministry was

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 like for Christ we

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 shouldn't let people's

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 rejection of Christ

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 and the message of

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 hope of salvation in

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 him alone end up

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 being something that

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 overwhelms us and

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 causes us to be

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 discouraged in sharing

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 our passion to see

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 people come to

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 Christ don't let

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 people's struggle

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 discourage you from

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 ministry now

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 incidentally as you

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 look at this passage

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 you find there in

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 verse 60 people are

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 pretty irritated but

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 look at 61 Jesus

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 knowing in himself

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 that his disciples

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 were grumbling about

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 this said do you

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 take offense at this

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 that's kind of a

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 duh question isn't

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 it like is this really

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 a problem for you

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 how many of you

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 learned that sometimes

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 questions are just

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 designed to frame the

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 moment are you

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 having a problem

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 here is there

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 something bothering

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 you he knew what

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 was going on look at

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 verse 62 then what

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 what if you were to

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 see the son of man

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 ascending to where he

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 was before you see he

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 had helped them see

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 that their real problem

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 in life was not that

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 they needed another

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 meal or increase in

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 their income or maybe a

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 little bit of health

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 care the real issue was

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 the spiritual hardness

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 of their heart and

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 their moral depravity

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 and they struggled

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 with that they got

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 irritated he says hey

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 let's take it a step

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 further how is it going

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 to affect you look at

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 verse 32 62 how is it

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 going to affect you if

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 you were to see the son

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 of man ascending to

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 where he was before

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 what is that all about

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 remember Jesus had come

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 down from heaven and

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 here he was on earth

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 preaching that he was

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 the son of man and he

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 was also going to be

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 the one who was their

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 redeemer and hope and

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 he says and I'll tell

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 you what if you're

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 irritated with hearing

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 what I have to say let

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 me tell you the time is

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 coming when I'm going to

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 go up turn in your

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 Bibles over to Acts

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 chapter 2 so you have a

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 little further

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 understanding of this in

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 Acts chapter 2 the

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 sermon that Peter

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 preached at Pentecost

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 begins this way now

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 you're going to wonder

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 if I'm going to skip

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 over to verse 14 no I'm

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 not okay but in

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 essence what Peter says

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 is this is listen you

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 guys listen carefully to

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 what I have to tell you

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 there in verse 22 men

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 of Israel hear these

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 words Jesus of Nazareth a

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 man attested to you by

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 God with mighty works and

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 wonders and signs that

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 God did through him in

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 your midst as you

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 yourself know this

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 Jesus delivered up

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 according to the

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 definite plan and

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 foreknowledge of God

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 you crucified and killed

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 by the hands of lawless

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 men hey is that a way to

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 win friends and influence

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 people when you tell

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 them what they are I

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 mean hey you guys out

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 here a bunch of skunks

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 and let's top it off keep

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 on working forward Peter

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 explains and this Jesus

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 who you crucified what

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 happened he rose from the

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 dead and let's go a

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 little further if you

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 will notice in verse 36

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 it says let all the house

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 of Israel therefore know

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 for certain that God has

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 made him both Lord and

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 Christ this Jesus whom you

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 crucified in the context of

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 the argument he explains the

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 fact that Christ abides in

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 heaven he's lifted up he's up

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 there now and he is going to

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 come back someday and he is

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 going to deal with those who

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 have rebelled against him and

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 refused him and here is

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 Jesus going back to the

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 passage in John what he is

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 doing is telling them

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 undeniably and clearly the day

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 is coming when he is going to

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 rise again and rising again he

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 is going to be the judge and the

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 Lord of the whole earth if they

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 were struggling with hearing him

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 in the flesh tell them that they

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 had a sin problem he says that's

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 nothing compared to when I show

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 up again and I actually deal with

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 all the issues going on in your

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 life look at verse 66 after this

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 many of his disciples turned back

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 and no longer walked with him the

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 verse marks a very distinct change in

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 Christ's ministry very public open and

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 we find that this large throng of

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 people who heard the gospel clearly

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 proclaimed ended up saying we don't

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 want anything to do with what we're

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 hearing and what we see here is that

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 gospel truth eventually leads people

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 to believe or reject Jesus and so one

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 of the things that you can kind of

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 evaluate in your own ministry and by

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 the way why are we drawing breath

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 today does anybody have an idea why

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 we're drawing breath listen to me it's

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 not so you can kind of accumulate

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 something so you can retire and

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 eventually end up in a nursing home

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 everybody got that we are here on

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 temporary assignment for one explicit

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 reason and as a draw people to Jesus

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 and when that's over we're checking out

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 and going home

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 everybody said amen we're not here

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 together primarily primarily just to

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 enjoy one another's company we are here

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 to have our hearts and souls

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 encouraged by the glory of Christ and

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 as we are here together it is to kind

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 of catch the virus and the infection

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 and we go out and spread the happy

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 disease of Jesus is the only answer

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 everywhere we go right don't be

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 surprised if people don't like it don't

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 be surprised and you can evaluate the

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 testimony and ministry of Christ and use

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 it as a as a benchmark or an example of

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 how you go about it for one I do want

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 you to know that faithful witnessing

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 involves meeting needs say it with me

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 faithful witnessing involves meeting

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 needs when we go out what day is it

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 Greg we're going out to do oatmeal

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 19th I should have asked Connie Connie what

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 day are we going out it's 19th when we go

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 out and pass out little cups of oatmeal

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 and by the way there it's really nice it's

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 hot it's been fixed and in the back do

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 you put strawberries and raspberries on

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 top of it and then there's a separate

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 little baggie that has you know sugar in

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 it and a spoon and a napkin I mean it's

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 really well prepared we're going out

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 there and we're showing kindness but do

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 you know why we're really doing it because

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 there are people that need Jesus and I

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 don't mind whatever it is that gets an

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 opportunity and by the way so far I've

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 not had one chance really really to share

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 the gospel with anybody that I've talked

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 to there it takes time the last well I

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 won't go there we get sidetracked okay

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 you start with kindness everybody got

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 that say it with me you start with

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 kindness I do want you to know that

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 eventually faithful witnessing involves

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 more than just kindness it involves the

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 gospel and when that happens don't be

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 surprised if people don't accept it well

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 that's pretty sobering look at verse 66

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 it says and from this time many of his

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 disciples turned back and no longer walk

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 with him maybe he should have taken a

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 class in how to be persuasive you know

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 try something I mean well let's keep

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 going so Jesus said to the 12 do you want

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 to go away as well now I want you to look

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 at salvation received and do understand

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 this that when Jesus asked this question

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 everybody look up so you don't miss this

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 he wasn't asking because he was insecure

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 how many of you sometimes have asked

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 questions where you're really trying to

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 hope that the question comes back or the

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 answer comes back and kind of elevate

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 your spirit I mean out of 20,000 about

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 the crowd you can see them kind of

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 shuffling off and irritation muttering

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 with each other about low life Jesus I

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 mean why did he just keep feeding us

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 giving us this business about our sin

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 and blah blah blah we're leaving and he

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 says are you guys packing up and leaving

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 too and he wasn't asking because he

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 didn't know what the point was he wasn't

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 asking because he didn't know the hearts

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 of men his question was not for the sake

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 of discovery but really for the sake of

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 display so many times in your life the

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 challenges that we endure are more for

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 the sake of helping us see the issues so

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 we can actually come to grips with what's

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 going on and we can find the sufficiency

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 of Christ do you understand that point let

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 me say it slowly the difficulties and the

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 challenges that you face are often brought

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 into your life to help you discover the

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 needs that you have and the sufficiency

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 of Christ well I do like Peter's answer

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 look at it we just sang it earlier Peter

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 says Lord to whom shall we go you have the

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 words of eternal life well that's an answer

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 that just knocks it out of the park isn't

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 it and I want you to understand as you as you

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 look at this passage that here is is Peter and

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 he steps out to the front he says listen I see

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.920
 all these people who are rejecting you but you

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 know what are we going to do you're the one that

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 has the words of life these dear men that that

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 were part of this little little group 12

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 were not casual followers that were intrigued by

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 occasional miracles out of the 11 apart from

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 Judas 10 of them would die as martyrs and so I

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 want you to know that when Peter says what he

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:26.259
 does here in this passage he says you're the ones

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 has the words of life what he was saying is this is

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 that the salvation that we've received brings

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 complete faith in the finished work of Christ

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 alone now when you stop and think about this here

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 is 20,000 who walked away and 11 basically that

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 stayed it would be interesting for us to kind of

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 stop and say how did it happen that way well for

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 one I want you to look then at verse 68 or 69 or I'm

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 sorry 70 Jesus in 70 answers so how is it that you've

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 come to faith he says did I not choose you the 12 how is

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 it that those individuals had come to faith he says I

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 chose you now go back to 44 just for a minute and not for

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 the sake of of irritation but I want you to understand

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 that when Jesus said did I not choose you the 12 the point

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:28.479
 that he was making is that your relationship with me is of my

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 drawing you to faith verse 44 no one can come to me unless the

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 father who sent me draws him no one and so it's interesting as we

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 look at this passage to recognize that here is Peter making a profession and

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 confessing his faith and yet Jesus also reminds him of the fact that his

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 understanding was the work of grace it was not Peter just being smarter than

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 the rest let me give you another illustration that is exactly the same

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 and I want you to turn for it because of the importance of the of the

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 argument I make turn in your Bible to Matthew chapter 16 verse 17

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 go back to keep your finger in John because we are coming back there but

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 Matthew chapter 16 verse 17 just mark what what happens in that case Jesus is

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 talking with the disciples he said hey by the way who do men say that I am

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 and they kind of rattle off different things that they'd heard and and Jesus

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 says that yeah okay but what do you say well who do you think I am Peter says

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 what you are the Christ the son of the living God and I can see Jesus breaking

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 into a smile and say let me put an a-plus in your grade book you are smarter

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 than the rest of them is that what he says huh you got it Peter I mean you're the best

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 student I have is that what he says oh verse 17 and Jesus answered him did did

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 did Jesus let Peter give himself an attaboy and a pat on the back what would he do

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 immediately after Peter's confession Jesus launches he says blessed are you

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 Simon Barjona for flesh and blood what has not revealed this to you but my father is

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 who's in heaven you got it with someone else's help

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 don't want to ask you the question but how many of you ever relied on somebody else to

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 get an answer in a class huh you know is that you didn't know the answer you

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 and there you are you got you look brilliant don't you

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 Peter got the answer right Jesus turned around and said you didn't get it with your own help

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 you didn't get it by yourself the father my father he's the one who lit you up and helped

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 you understand and so why is God so focused on helping us understand that salvation is his

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 business and he's the one who does it I must confess that the fact of God's sovereignty

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 in salvation and the truth that salvation is his work alone could be a little frustrating a little

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 confusing if kept to itself how many of you heard what I just said

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 you see I believe entirely in the sovereignty of God in salvation

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 but at the same time I recognize that salvation is something that is profound in its beauty

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 and its declaration of the glory of Christ and as you think about this matter of salvation

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 it should awe you that God saves it all

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 earlier in the week I listened to Louis Giglio in his video or his DVD called indescribable

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 how many of you ever listened to Louis Giglio raise your hands come on get him up I'm losing

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 out the crowd here Louis Giglio and has a great you can pick it up on YouTube a thing called

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 indescribable he knocks it out of the park talking about creation listen to me creation is small potatoes

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 in terms of its significance in declaring the glory of Christ in this universe do you want you to

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 recognize that at creation you want you to recognize that at creation the angels kind of shouted for joy

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 it's like yeah you know another universe you know whatever and and that's small salvation is something

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 that causes them to be awestruck

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 so why is Judas in this picture

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 why is Judas in this picture

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 there

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 in verse 64 Jesus says

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 he knew from the beginning

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 who those were who did not believe

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 and who it was who would betray him

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 and in verse 70

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 did I not choose you the twelve and yet one of you is a devil

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 he spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot

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 for he one of the twelve was going to betray him

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 and as you look at this what I want you to recognize is we have the Jews who rejected Christ

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 we have the disciples who are drawn by grace to receive Christ

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 and overarching this thing is the awesome glory of a God who cares enough for us

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 that he is unrelenting in his interest in our salvation

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 and here's Judas in the picture and he is there to show us grace abounding

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 I want you to recognize that every step of the way

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 Christ who had chosen Judas to walk with him knowing fully that Judas would betray him

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 had to have pled with Judas

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 with the tenderness of Christ

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 that he would walk away

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 in faith

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 and not in doubt

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 Judas spent three years watching Jesus

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 he watched Jesus perform miracles

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 he saw Jesus handling the scriptures

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 he heard the teaching of Christ

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 he saw the compassion of the Savior

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 who came into the world to save sinners

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 and I have no doubt

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 that over and over again

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 Jesus with a winsome and a broken heart

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 ministered to Judas

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 and how did Judas handle it?

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 He turned his back

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 you know what?

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 the night that Jesus was betrayed

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 what he did was he broke bread with his disciples

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 and after he had done that

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 he washed their feet

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 do you know whose feet he washed along with the other eleven?

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 he washed the feet of Judas

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 I don't look at the statement in verse 70

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 as an indictment

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 or even so much as prophetic

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 but as one that was a recognition

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 of the desperate spiritual need of Judas

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 for the sake of drawing attention to the Savior

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 that he might be saved rather than doomed

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 and here is Judas

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 a model

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 and an example to us

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 of how Christ loves the broken and ruined sinner

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 and even in his rebellion

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 is winsome in his appeal to them

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 the last thing that Jesus said to Judas

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 when he came into the garden was this

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 do you betray me with a kiss?

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 are you doing this?

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 for real?

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 and the way that Jesus ministered to Judas

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 reminds us that in gospel ministry

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 there are no limitations to our affection

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 and our tenderness

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 do you understand that?

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 listen to me

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 it gives me an idea of how to handle a neighbor

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 who's really irritable

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 be like Jesus

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 it helps me understand how to handle a rebellious child

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 be like Jesus

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 it helps me know how to deal with rejection

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 and the disappointment of

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 the hardness of the world that we live in

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 be like Jesus

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 so as we close John chapter 6

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 here's what I want you to recognize

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 that this passage gives to us

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 a wonderful picture of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 truthful in exposing sin

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 and pride

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 people walked away from hearing Jesus

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 and they understood exactly what their heart's condition was

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 we see also that Jesus was humble

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 in explaining that salvation

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 is the work of God

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 we also see that he was wonderful

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 in bringing salvation

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 to all those that were called

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 and he was loving

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 even to the most hard

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 and unrepentant sinner

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 in the mix

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 so let me ask you this

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 that's my Jesus

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 do you know him

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 do you know him

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 do you know the one

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 who came into this world

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 to save sinners

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 of whom I am chief

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 or are you sitting out here this morning

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 with a heart that

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 is burdened by the guilt and shame of your life

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 and I want you to know

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 Jesus is the only answer

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 Jesus is the only answer

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 let's close in prayer

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 our father

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 as we look to the scriptures

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 this morning

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 and we see

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 the glory of our savior

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 our longing is this

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 is that he would be lifted up among us

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 and that we would delight in him

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 as our God

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 and our savior

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 and I pray this morning

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 that as

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 we bring this service

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 to a close

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 that

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 those who are here

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 that do not know Christ

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 would have their hearts

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 warmed by the Holy Spirit

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 and recognizing

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 the burden of their soul

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 would come to Christ

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 repenting of their sin

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 and believing in him alone

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 for their salvation

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 that's our prayer

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 that's our desire

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 as we sing

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 that Jesus would be lifted up

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 and we ask this in his name

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 amen

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 let's stand together

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 as our band comes to lead us

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 in our closing song

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 let me encourage you

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 if you're here today

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 and you recognize

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 the spirit of God

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 is addressing

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 a spiritual need you have

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 you may be here

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 and he is calling you

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 he's talking to you

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 about the spiritual burden

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 of your heart

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 and you recognize

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 I need Christ as my savior

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 as my savior

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