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 In C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a interaction between Lucy and the great lion Aslan.

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 Aslan is, if you're familiar with it at all, he is the Jesus figure in the Narnia Chronicles.

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 And Lucy approaches Aslan and she gazes into his large but gentle and wise face.

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 And Aslan says to her, welcome child.

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 Lucy responds, Aslan, you're bigger.

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 Aslan answers, that is because you are older, little one.

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 She questions his response, not because you are.

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 I am not, he says.

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 But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.

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 Every year you grow, you will find me bigger.

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 That is, it's an analogy.

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 The bigger Jesus is to us, the more we grow in our understanding of Jesus, the bigger he is to us.

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 And the more central he becomes in our lives, the bigger our sense of purpose will be in our life.

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 Meaning and contentment and passion and the joy will grow more and more the bigger Jesus is to us.

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 And that's why our purpose here at St. Paul's is to treasure Jesus.

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 And we do it ultimately for our joy.

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 John's massive vision of Jesus has opened the eyes to countless, countless people over the centuries.

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 To the greatness of Jesus Christ.

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 And it has been equally profound as a gospel.

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 Equally profound as an impact on Christians.

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 And it expands their vision for the magnificence of who Jesus Christ is.

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 And so as we spend this term working our way through the first 12 chapters, my hope is that we, like Lucy with Aslan, would find Jesus to be bigger and bigger and bigger than we ever imagined.

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 To move beyond a mere religious response to him.

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 And the more central we see him in our lives, the more abundant our life will become.

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 And today, so therefore, as we come into John chapter 1, I want us to see who Jesus is, the profound change that he brings in our lives and what we need to do about it.

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 And that's just the first chapter.

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 So St. Paul's app, get that open in front of you.

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 Got three points there.

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 But also your Bibles in John chapter 1.

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 John chapter 1 is one of the most richest and also famous parts of the Bible.

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 The first 18 verses makes the claim that the rest of the gospel of John explains, defends and supports.

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 John chapter 1.

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 It's John chapter 1.

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 It's the first 18 verses is the prologue to the whole of the gospel.

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 And the main claim is that the word that was in the beginning became flesh and lived amongst us so that we could bear witness to the word.

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 That's the main claim.

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 And we are told five things about the word in these verses.

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 The word is a person.

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 The word is a divine person.

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 The word is an eternal divine person.

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 And the word is the eternal divine person who's the source of all things.

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 And lastly, the word is Jesus Christ.

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 Now you could take five years to explain each of those five statements.

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 But I want to focus on just one of these things that he's picked out.

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 And that is John's use of the word word.

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 I want us to focus on the word.

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 It's a very interesting way to describe who Jesus is.

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 The Greek word that John uses here for word is logos.

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 In the beginning was the logos.

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 And the logos came to dwell with us.

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 It's a word that has an enormous amount of meaning for the first century Greco-Roman world.

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 The Greek philosophers looked at nature.

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 They saw balance.

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 They saw harmony.

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 They saw design.

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 They saw order.

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 And they concluded that there is a cosmic principle of order behind all that they observed.

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 And they called that principle the logos of the universe.

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 And the logos for Greek philosophers was an impersonal divine structure that brought forth all that we experience in the world.

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 And that was the foundation of the Greek worldview, which is also the foundation of Western civilization.

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 The Eastern worldview is built on a similar principle of purpose and reason and order behind what we observe.

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 And so the logos is the purpose.

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 It's the reason.

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 It's the logic, which is where we get the word logos from.

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 We get it from logos.

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 Logic.

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 Logos.

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 It's the logic behind all things.

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 It is what makes sense of all things.

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 Maybe think of it like this.

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 Most things that we purchase these days comes with a set of manufacturer's instructions.

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 The more complex, the greater the instructions that you have associated with these things.

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 And the instructions ask how to use and to care for that particular item.

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 They are the manufacturer's purpose for the item.

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 The guidelines how to use it within its purpose.

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 In other words, the instructions are the logos for the item that we have in front of us.

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 And the use of that item must be aligned to the instructions.

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 To the design.

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 The reason for its existence.

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 And if you don't use it in line with the logos, at best, you will not get your value out of that item.

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 At worst, it will be disaster.

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 If you do not plug it into a PowerPoint, but you plug it into a hose, instead, it is not going to work.

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 And at the very least, your warranty is going to be voided.

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 The Greeks concluded that if we align our lives with the logos, life would go well for us.

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 However, if you don't align your life with the logos, you would at very least experience an emptiness in life.

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 A discontentment in life.

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 A constant searching in life.

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 At the very worst, you would destroy your life.

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 Now, there are many different versions of what the logos was and how you would align your life to the logos.

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 As there are today.

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 Everything from living selflessly for the sake of others, for the world and for future generations.

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 And then along comes John.

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 John the Baptist.

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 With the earth-shattering category of the Christian faith.

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 The logos is not a principle.

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 The logos is a person.

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 To understand the world, to understand all things, you must understand a person.

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 And this person is the designer and the source of all life.

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 The one who we are to align our lives with.

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 That this person is the truth that sits behind all things.

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 And to live life well, we must have a relationship of love centered on a person.

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 That is the radical claim of Christianity throughout the centuries.

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 But verses 5 to 11 tell us it's a claim that has faced rejection right from the very beginning.

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 Verse 9.

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 Have a look at that.

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 The true light that gives light to everyone has come into the world.

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 He was in the world.

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 And though the world was made through him, the world, that's the people, did not recognize him.

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 He came to those which was his own.

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 But his own did not receive him.

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 Verse 5 is the key to understanding the rejection.

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 The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 Other translations, for those who are familiar with different translations, say that the darkness has not understood it.

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 In his commentary on this verse, Don Carson says,

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 This verse is a masterpiece of planned ambiguity.

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 That is, the word that John uses here, and he's very careful with all his words,

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 the word he uses here can mean both overcome or understand.

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 In the same way we might ask, what does it mean to master something?

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 What does it mean when we say, I've mastered that?

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 It may mean that I've overpowered it.

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 Or it may mean, oh, I finally get it.

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 It may mean both of those things at the same time.

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 I finally get it.

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 I figured it out.

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 And that is, if you like, the ambiguity of this word is that there are two broad categories of rejecting the claims of Jesus Christ.

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 One is an overly hostile.

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 The other is just simply not to get him.

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 Not to understand him.

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 And either way, you've rejected him.

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 In the post-Christian era that we find ourselves in now,

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 some people are hostile to the idea that Jesus Christ is the truth

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 that sits behind the universe.

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 Our secular society is increasingly hostile to any idea that there is any form of absolute truth behind the universe.

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 And in some quarters, there is an attempt to overcome Jesus.

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 Another way to reject Jesus as the logos is the religious approach, the moralistic approach.

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 It is not to understand Jesus.

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 The religious approach is to see Jesus as laying down a set of rules for life

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 where I need to obey in order to work for his approval.

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 That is to misunderstand the logos.

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 To misunderstand who Jesus is.

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 Relativism and moralism are both forms of rejection of Jesus.

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 Both leave us looking ultimately to ourselves

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 and the consistency of our own lives for truth and meaning and hope.

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 And that is why we are living in a world with so many fragile egos

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 because it puts me, moralism and relativism, put me at the centre of the universe.

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 As the truth of the universe.

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 And it's an oppressive weight to bear.

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 On the other hand, what John puts in front of us here is so liberating.

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 There are hardly more beautiful words in the entire Bible

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 than verses 12 to 14, or 12 and 14.

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 To all who did receive him, to those who believe in his name,

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 he gave the right to become children of God.

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 Verse 14, the word became flesh and made his dwelling amongst us.

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 And we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son

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 who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 The right to become children of God.

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 That's what's at stake here in understanding who Jesus is.

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 The relationship of a parent to a child is not based on the child's performance.

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 It's not a consumeristic relationship.

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 It's not a cost-benefit relationship.

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 It's a covenant relationship based on unconditional faithfulness and commitment and love

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 from the parent to the child.

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 And in Jesus understanding him, we have the right to become children of God.

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 In other words, this claim that Jesus is the truth

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 is a non-oppressive truth claim.

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 And Jesus Christ declares it's possible to have that kind of relationship with the God of the universe.

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 How?

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 Because the logos, the word, became flesh and dwelt amongst us.

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 The logos of the universe came to us.

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 He hasn't left us to our own devices to navigate life,

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 to try and align ourselves with the manufacturer's purposes.

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 The word that John uses for dwelt here is the word tabernacled amongst us.

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 It's another name for templed amongst us.

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 And all around this world, through every culture, there are temples.

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 Temples have been built throughout history

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 because people, human beings from every culture

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 have instinctively sensed that there is a God,

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 there is a logos, there is a purpose, there is a being,

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 but there is a gap.

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 There is a big gap.

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 He is great and we are small.

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 And temples were built in every culture in an attempt to bridge that gap.

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 Sacrifices were offered.

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 Rituals were performed.

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 And holy people were engaged to bridge the gap for us.

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 And John tells us that the Lord of the universe

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 has now tabernacled with us.

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 He has bridged the gap himself.

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 Dwelt in our presence.

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 So that we might know who he is.

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 That's the beauty of the claim that Jesus is the word

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 and why we'd want to see and savour him and treasure him for who he is.

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 The heart of the universe is a person.

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 Now one person who saw Jesus, who witnessed Jesus for who he is

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 as the eternal creator God, the source of all life, was John the Baptist.

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 The first witness to the glory of Jesus Christ as the truth.

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 Now John was a guy who in the first century drew a lot of attention to himself

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 about his preaching and calling people to repent for their sin.

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 From the servants in the fields to King Herod himself in his palace.

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 From the religious elite to the Roman soldiers.

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 People everywhere were talking about John.

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 He had more Twitter followers than anyone.

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 Anyone on the face of the earth.

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 Lots of rumours went around about who John was.

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 That maybe John was the Logos.

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 Could he be the long awaited Jewish Messiah

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 who would rescue God's people from slavery?

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 Is he in fact the hope of humanity?

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 The saver of the nation?

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 Verse 20, he said, not me.

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 Well maybe he's the great Elijah, the prophet that Malachi predicted

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 that was going to come just before the Messiah.

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 Is John the Elijah figure from Malachi?

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 Nope, I'm not him either.

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 Well what about the prophet?

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 The promised prophet from Deuteronomy

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 who would lead God's people to a new day of dawn?

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 Nope, I'm not him either.

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 Who are you John?

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 What are we going to say about you?

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 How do you explain you John?

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 In all of your greatness and your millions of tweets

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 who are you?

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 I'm a voice.

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 Nothing special at all.

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 I'm a voice.

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 And yet you read Matthew chapter 11

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 and we get a very different picture of who John is

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 according to Jesus Christ.

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 This is Jesus' assessment of John.

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 Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John.

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 What did you go out to see?

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 A prophet?

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 Yes, I tell you.

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 And more than a prophet.

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 This is the one to whom it is written.

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 This is Malachi.

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 I will send my messenger ahead of you

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 who will prepare your way before you.

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 I tell you.

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 I tell you.

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 Among those born of women,

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 there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist.

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 That's Jesus' assessment of John.

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 He's worthy of all these millions of Twitter followers.

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 Jesus' assessment of John is profoundly different

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 than John's assessment of John.

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 After the arrival of Jesus,

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 this is what Jesus says,

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 among those born of women,

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 which is quite a lot of people as it turns out,

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 there has not been anyone greater than John.

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 No one greater than John.

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 Jesus says he is, in fact,

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 the Elijah figure that Malachi predicted.

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 So how do you reconcile those two perspectives?

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 Is John just someone that we might call in our modern day

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 someone with low self-esteem?

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 Or maybe someone who's got a false humility.

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 Yeah, not really about me.

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 Well, this is not at all.

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 It's not at all the case

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 because as we go through John's gospel,

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 we will see that someone with low self-esteem

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 and false humility would be incredibly fearful

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 and would lack an element of confidence.

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 And John, therefore,

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 would not be calling the religious elite

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 to the Roman soldiers

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 to herod himself in his palace

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:46.139
 to repent and to follow Jesus Christ.

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:48.420
 That is not someone of low self-esteem

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:51.220
 who would have that kind of boldness and brashness.

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:56.240
 What's happening here is that John,

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:58.420
 who bears witness to the Logos,

00:20:58.539 --> 00:21:01.579
 sees himself against Jesus and says,

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.180
 I am nothing.

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:07.399
 I may be the greatest human being

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:10.139
 who's ever walked the face of the earth up to Jesus,

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:11.799
 but I am nothing.

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.619
 Compared to Jesus.

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 He's saying to the crowd,

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.799
 you've missed the point.

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:22.579
 It's not about me.

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.879
 You've missed the point.

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:26.700
 It's not about me.

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 I am merely a voice announcing a greater one.

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 I've seen the Logos.

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:35.700
 The great one is verse 23,

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.759
 the Lord.

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:40.359
 And here John uses the covenant name

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.799
 of Israel's God, Yahweh.

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:47.160
 Verse 27 is the key to understanding

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:50.119
 John's understanding of himself

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.200
 in the presence of Jesus.

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 He is the one who comes after me,

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:57.480
 the straps of whose sandals

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 I'm not worthy to untie.

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:02.000
 First century Palestine

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 was a hot, dusty, dirty,

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.259
 mucky place.

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 By the end of the day,

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 your feet would stink

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:14.960
 bad.

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 I actually put originally in my text,

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 really bad,

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 but Microsoft wanted to correct that

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 for being bad grammar.

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 But I want to say really,

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 really, really bad.

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 Really bad.

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 And there were, in fact,

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.759
 Jewish laws

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 that said you could not demand

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 a servant

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 or a worker

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 or a disciple

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 to untie your sandals

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 unless

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:46.599
 they were a Gentile dog.

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 They weren't allowed

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:52.539
 to untie your sandals.

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 It was seen as so

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.559
 disgusting

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 in first century.

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 And every culture's got their things

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 which we would describe as

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.779
 disgusting.

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 And it was so disgusting

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:05.139
 in first century Palestine.

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 They had laws against it.

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 And notice what John

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.819
 says here.

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.559
 Notice what he doesn't say.

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.699
 He doesn't say,

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:17.700
 I am only worthy

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:20.100
 to untie his sandal.

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:23.160
 He actually says,

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.940
 I'm not even worthy

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:27.380
 to untie his sandal.

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.940
 He's saying to his audience here,

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:33.160
 I am lower

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.920
 than even the Gentile dogs

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:38.380
 in the face of Jesus Christ.

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.620
 He's saying,

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.319
 you,

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:44.839
 my Twitter account

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.799
 serves

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.899
 his glory.

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 That's why I'm here.

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:52.000
 I'm below the lowest

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.619
 of the Gentiles.

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 I understand

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.659
 the greatness

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.559
 of Jesus Christ.

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 Don't try and understand

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.099
 my greatness.

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.859
 My life

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 is to draw attention

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:01.000
 to him.

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.460
 My purpose

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.619
 is to bring him glory,

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 not myself.

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.039
 He is the logos.

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 He is the purpose.

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 He is the meaning,

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 the reason

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 for the universe.

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 He is the meaning.

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 But John also bears witness

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:17.159
 to Jesus Christ,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.179
 not just as the logos

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.960
 of the universe

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:20.159
 who has come to dwell

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 amongst his creation,

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.980
 but he also bears witness

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.339
 to how the logos

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.919
 has come to his creation

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:29.399
 and why he's come

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.200
 to his creation.

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:33.899
 He doesn't come

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:35.159
 as a devouring

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:36.799
 great lion

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:39.879
 that needs to be appeased,

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 but as a lamb.

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.780
 Now the relativist

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:47.620
 rejects the idea

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.700
 of a powerful

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.780
 divine designer.

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:51.040
 The moralist

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:52.520
 misunderstands

00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:53.180
 that the powerful

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.880
 designer

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 behind the universe

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 is in fact

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.580
 a lamb.

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 The logos

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:01.940
 is not just great

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.000
 but also good.

00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:04.220
 Verse 29,

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.700
 he points to Jesus

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.100
 and says,

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:06.700
 look,

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:07.860
 this is John,

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.320
 look,

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.339
 the lamb of God

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.339
 who takes away

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.579
 the sin of the world.

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:15.720
 Exclamation mark

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.240
 in the original

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.960
 Greek text,

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.960
 look.

00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.799
 Other versions

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.200
 have got,

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.799
 behold.

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.939
 John's Jewish audience

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:34.000
 knew exactly

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.960
 what he was saying

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.819
 when he said that.

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:38.839
 Centuries earlier

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.960
 when they were slaves

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.599
 in Egypt,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.819
 Moses went to Pharaoh

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.279
 and said,

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.480
 let my people go

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.679
 and Pharaoh

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:46.019
 refused to let

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.779
 them go

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.819
 and God sent

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.939
 a bunch of plagues

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:50.099
 to convince Pharaoh

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.179
 and all of Egypt

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:52.819
 and the final plague

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.659
 on Egypt

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.919
 because of their

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.500
 oppression

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.960
 and their rebellion

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.500
 and their injustice

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.779
 was an angel

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.279
 of death

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.220
 to strike down

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.700
 the firstborn son

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:04.220
 in every home.

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:07.079
 that was

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.059
 devastating

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.660
 for the hopes

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.740
 of a patriarchal

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.339
 society

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.140
 who pinned

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.660
 their hopes

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.799
 on the firstborn son

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:16.200
 and God

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.140
 also said

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.720
 to his people

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.500
 Israel,

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.680
 don't forget

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.400
 your sinners

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.900
 too.

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.120
 It's not because

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.660
 you're better.

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.559
 The only way

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.140
 that they could

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.940
 escape

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:30.059
 the same fate

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.220
 was if they

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.799
 were to kill

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.319
 a lamb

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.119
 and have

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.599
 its blood

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.119
 spread

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.259
 on the doorposts

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.980
 of their homes

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:39.119
 and when the

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:40.119
 angel of death

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:41.339
 sees the blood

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:43.000
 he will pass

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.379
 over the house

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:46.339
 and they will

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.179
 not be slain

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:47.960
 for their sin.

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.960
 In other words

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.819
 the lamb

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.700
 died

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.619
 so that the family

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.339
 didn't have to

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:56.000
 and from that

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.959
 very night

00:26:56.959 --> 00:26:58.899
 year after

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.399
 year

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.359
 century after

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.039
 century

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:02.799
 Israel celebrated

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.279
 the Passover

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.819
 meal

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.779
 and remembered

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.259
 the night

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.980
 that they didn't

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.599
 have to pay

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.419
 for their sin

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:11.379
 but how

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.240
 is it possible

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:14.199
 that a little

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:15.339
 lamb

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:17.079
 could possibly

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.799
 atone

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.299
 for the

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.419
 sin

00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:20.379
 of an individual

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.599
 or of a nation

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.539
 of a world

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.659
 how is that

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.240
 possible?

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.819
 You see

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.399
 John and his

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.019
 Jewish heroes

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.740
 would have also

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.759
 been quite familiar

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.759
 with another

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.379
 figure in the

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:32.019
 Old Testament

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.939
 that the book

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.500
 of Isaiah

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.079
 calls the

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.859
 suffering servant

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.059
 and Isaiah

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.799
 says this

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.259
 about the

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.939
 suffering servant

00:27:37.939 --> 00:27:38.919
 we all like

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.399
 sheep have

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.059
 gone astray

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.839
 each of us

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.319
 has turned

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.919
 to our own

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.240
 way

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.819
 and the

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.480
 Lord has

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.240
 laid on

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.779
 him

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:46.539
 the iniquity

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.119
 of us

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.719
 all

00:27:47.719 --> 00:27:48.879
 he was

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.459
 oppressed

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:51.039
 and afflicted

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.200
 yet he did

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.700
 not open

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.279
 his mouth

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.740
 he was

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.279
 led like

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.859
 a lamb

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.259
 to the

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.619
 slaughter

00:27:57.619 --> 00:28:00.420
 and John

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.899
 goes

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.819
 both of

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.440
 those images

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.159
 come together

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.440
 in the

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.940
 person of

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.240
 Jesus

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.559
 I'm

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:05.960
 channeling

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.319
 together

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.639
 in the

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:06.940
 person

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.460
 of Jesus

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.779
 the

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.299
 suffering

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.740
 servant

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.339
 is the

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.859
 sacrificial

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.159
 lamb

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.759
 for sin

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.399
 the

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:12.759
 logos

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.200
 of the

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.559
 universe

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.399
 is the

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:14.720
 suffering

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.159
 servant

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.579
 and he

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:15.839
 says

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.680
 behold

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.839
 look

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:20.700
 get it

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.700
 understand

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.319
 it

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.840
 the

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.580
 reason

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.160
 why

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.480
 our

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.160
 firstborn

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.620
 sons

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.039
 didn't

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.380
 die

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.740
 in

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.400
 Egypt

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:31.580
 and

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:31.779
 you

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.160
 don't

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.420
 need

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.640
 to

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.340
 now

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:35.600
 is

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.160
 because

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.980
 God

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.259
 has

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.620
 offered

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:37.900
 his

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.340
 own

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.759
 son

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.700
 as

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:39.880
 the

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.420
 sacrificial

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.900
 lamb

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:45.480
 and

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.100
 as

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.519
 he

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.440
 says

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.640
 to

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:47.840
 his

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.320
 hearers

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:48.440
 in

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.580
 the

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:48.860
 first

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.320
 century

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:49.680
 so

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:49.920
 he

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.160
 says

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.340
 to

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.660
 us

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 now

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 in

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 the

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 21st

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 look

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 behold

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 gaze

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 think

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 ponder

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 understand

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 get it

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 who

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 Jesus

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 is

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 logos

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 and

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 the

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 lamb

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 for

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 your

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 joy

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 the

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.399
 logos

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 of the

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 universe

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 has

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 sacrificed

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 himself

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 be

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 free

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 and

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 loved

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 and

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 known

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 and

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 approved

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 get

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 it

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 and

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 get

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 abundant

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 life

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 you

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 see

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 this

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.179
 news

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.359
 is

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 news

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 that

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 humbles

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 you

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 truth

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 lamb

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 it

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 humbles

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 you

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 because

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 that's

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 what

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 it

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 took

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 for

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 God

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 to

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 deal

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 with

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 our

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 rejection

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 of

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 him

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 but

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 it

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 also

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 lifts

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 you

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 up

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 because

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 his

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 love

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 for

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 us

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 is

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 so

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 great

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 that

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 he

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 was

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 in

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 fact

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 willing

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 to

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 do

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 it

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:05.879
 in

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 Jesus

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.019
 Christ

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 for

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 fragile

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 egocentric

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 people

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.699
 trying to

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 find the

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 truth

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.799
 in

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.539
 ourselves

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:20.039
 Jesus

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.699
 Christ

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:20.939
 in

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 him

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 we

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.799
 receive

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.000
 the

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 praise

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:22.720
 of the

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 praise

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.399
 worthy

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.140
 we

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 receive

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 the

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:24.920
 love

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 of

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 the

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 lovable

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 and

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 that

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 fills

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 you

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 up

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 on

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 the

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 inside

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 it's

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 the

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 source

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 of

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 abundant

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 life

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 it's

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 the

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 reason

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 John

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 is

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 so

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 bold

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 and

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 so

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 confident

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 and

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 yet

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 so

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 deeply

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 humble

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 it's

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 why

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.200
 the

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 whole

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 trajectory

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.180
 of

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 his

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 life

00:30:46.780 --> 00:30:47.000
 has

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 shifted

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 to

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 him

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 being

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 just

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 a

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.900
 voice

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 the

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 greatest

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.320
 priority

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.460
 in

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 his

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:52.920
 life

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.100
 is

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 to

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 be

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.580
 a

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.100
 voice

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:56.420
 a

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.680
 voice

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.880
 to

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 Jesus

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.760
 Christ

00:30:57.760 --> 00:30:59.080
 when

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.460
 Jesus

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.820
 said

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.000
 that

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.180
 John

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.320
 is

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:00.480
 the

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.760
 greatest

00:31:00.760 --> 00:31:01.020
 one

00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:01.260
 born

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 of

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 women

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 until

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.740
 now

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.260
 he

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:04.600
 added

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 something

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.260
 that

00:31:05.260 --> 00:31:05.400
 I

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 didn't

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 include

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.520
 the

00:31:06.520 --> 00:31:06.760
 first

00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:07.000
 time

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.220
 around

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.480
 let me

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.780
 include

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 it

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.020
 the

00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:08.220
 second

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.640
 time

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 among

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 those

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 born

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 of

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.220
 women

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.720
 there

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:12.860
 had

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 not

00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:13.360
 risen

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.820
 anyone

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.240
 greater

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.500
 than

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.720
 John

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:14.880
 the

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.200
 Baptist

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.580
 yet

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.980
 whoever

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.400
 is

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.840
 least

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.140
 in

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.340
 the

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.660
 kingdom

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.020
 of

00:31:19.020 --> 00:31:19.380
 heaven

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.400
 is

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.880
 greater

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.100
 than

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.440
 he

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:25.200
 the

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.640
 greatest

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.140
 in the

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.460
 world

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.019
 up to

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.340
 Jesus

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.620
 was

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.840
 John

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.019
 the

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.380
 Baptist

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.480
 but

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.820
 those

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:29.980
 who

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.299
 trust

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.519
 in

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.860
 Jesus

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.320
 on

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.640
 his

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.240
 terms

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.039
 are

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.259
 in

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.440
 fact

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.840
 greater

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.080
 than

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.279
 John

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.440
 the

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.759
 Baptist

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.960
 how can

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.160
 that

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.519
 be

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.880
 well

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.220
 ask

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.460
 yourself

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.980
 the question

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.480
 why was

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.680
 John

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:41.900
 so

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.259
 great

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:45.380
 why was

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.480
 he

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.740
 great

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:49.299
 it's

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.880
 because

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:51.599
 he

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:51.759
 was

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:51.900
 a

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.240
 voice

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.620
 he

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.819
 was

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.000
 the

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.359
 first

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.620
 to

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.120
 grasp

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.400
 the

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.920
 greatness

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.400
 of

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.759
 Jesus

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.359
 Christ

00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:00.240
 and

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.420
 he

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.779
 did

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:00.940
 it

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.140
 better

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.339
 than

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.620
 anyone

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:01.920
 else

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.200
 up to

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.380
 that

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.720
 point

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.140
 but

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.660
 every

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.120
 single

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.620
 Christian

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.279
 sits

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.599
 on

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:06.940
 this

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.380
 side

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.539
 of

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.660
 the

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:07.859
 death

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.019
 and

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.460
 resurrection

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.740
 of

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.039
 Jesus

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.799
 and

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:10.940
 it

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.240
 means

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.399
 that

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.539
 we

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.700
 have

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.899
 a

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.299
 greater

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.960
 capacity

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.460
 right

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.000
 now

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.119
 to

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.180
 understand

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.259
 to

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.899
 grasp

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.700
 who

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.119
 Jesus

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.659
 is

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.559
 for

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.019
 our

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.720
 joy

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:24.819
 and

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:24.940
 to

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.460
 experience

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.119
 the boldness

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.359
 of the

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.799
 confidence

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.099
 and the

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.500
 humility

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.819
 of

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.019
 John

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.159
 the

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.519
 Baptist

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:30.420
 to

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.579
 the

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.000
 degree

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.299
 that

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.460
 we

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.159
 behold

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.460
 who

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.859
 Jesus

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.519
 is

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.819
 we

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.099
 look

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.259
 to

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.539
 Jesus

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.159
 understand

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.899
 Jesus

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.599
 is

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:37.759
 the

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.359
 degree

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.000
 to

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.359
 which

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.619
 we

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:39.839
 will

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.419
 align

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.799
 our

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.240
 lives

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 with

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