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 Amen. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 7.

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 While you're getting there, I'd like to do two things.

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 First, I want to encourage attentive listening by pointing something out to you.

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 When TJ was praying, he prayed for the elderly in our church.

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 And then did you hear how he defined elderly?

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 He said, older than us.

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 And I think if you're being a careful listener, you're going to quickly go,

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 what is the median age in this congregation?

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 So this morning, TJ called me elderly.

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 And I don't know how I feel about that.

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 I'll own it, I suppose.

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 Second thing I want to do is I just want to take a moment.

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 I don't know how regularly you might do this.

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 I know I don't enough.

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 But take a moment to pause and consider how very privileged we are

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 to gather together as a church on Sunday morning

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 to see and sing and hear, open up God's Word.

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 What a blessing it is.

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 What do you think you might be doing otherwise this morning

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 if it weren't for God's grace in your life?

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 I wouldn't be doing this.

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 One of the greatest high points of my week,

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 I'd be off flitting away time doing something meaningless

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 instead of gathering with you.

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 It's also such a privilege that I get to open God's Word to you,

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 this abundant Word that we have,

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 and take the time during the week to study it

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 and present it to you on a Sunday morning.

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 So I'm glad to be here.

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 I'm glad that we can open up God's Word together.

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 I hope you feel the very same.

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 Our text for today is John 7, verses 10-29.

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 Once again, if this bothers you

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 because the subtitles in your Bible are not following this,

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 this is following the chiastic structure of this text.

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 We won't spend much of any time on that this morning,

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 but I just want you to understand

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 there's a reason that we're preaching 10-29.

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 I mentioned briefly last week

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 that John continually juxtaposes

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 those who reject Jesus as the Christ

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 and those who receive Jesus as the Christ,

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 and that this thematic element

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 carries all throughout the book,

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 and it is established at the outset of John's writing.

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 He wants us to take it up,

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 and he wants us to see,

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 look, there's two groups of people being presented here, right?

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 Those who reject, those who receive,

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 and it is his hope that we will receive.

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 At the outset, the theme is established.

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 John 1, verse 9 and following.

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 The true light, which gives light to everyone,

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 was coming into the world.

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 He was in the world,

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 and the world was made through him,

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 yet the world did not know him.

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 He came to his own,

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 and his own people did not receive him.

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 But to all who did receive him,

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 who believed in his name,

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 he gave the right to become children of God,

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 who were born, not of blood,

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 nor of the will of the flesh,

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 nor of the will of man,

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 but of God.

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 Now then, chapter 7 places us

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 in the middle of a growing crisis

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 in Jesus' ministry.

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 The crowds are confused.

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 The authorities are hostile.

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 The religious leaders are threatened.

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 The question driving this passage

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 is not whether Jesus is impressive,

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 but whether he has authority,

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 and more specifically,

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 where that authority comes from.

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 This text confronts us

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 with a sobering reality.

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 You can be surrounded by truth,

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 impressed by Jesus,

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 and still not know God.

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 May we all receive Jesus as the Christ

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 as we study together this morning.

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 Let me pray to that very end.

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 Father, help us as we take up your word,

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 as we open it together this morning.

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 We want to rightly understand it.

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 We want to glean from it

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 what can be gathered.

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 Lord, we humbly recognize

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 that we need your help

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 to do this very thing.

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 Help us to believe its promises,

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 obey its commands,

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 have affection for its author.

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 Help us to believe

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 that Jesus is in fact the Christ.

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 And we pray to this end

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 for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 John chapter 7, verses 10 through 21.

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 I'm going to begin reading

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 in verse 1 though,

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 just for some context.

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 I think it will help us

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 make some sense

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 of what's going to happen after.

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 John chapter 7,

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 beginning in verse 1.

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 After this,

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 Jesus went about in Galilee.

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 He would not go about in Judea

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 because the Jews

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 were seeking to kill him.

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 Now the Jews' feast of booths

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 was at hand.

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 So his brothers said to him,

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 Leave here and go to Judea

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 that your disciples

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 also may see the works

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 you are doing.

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 For no one works in secret

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 if he seeks to be known openly.

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 If you do these things,

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 show yourself to the world.

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 For not even his brothers

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 believed in him.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 My time has not yet come,

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 but your time is always here.

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 The world cannot hate you,

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 but it hates me

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 because I testify about it

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 that its works are evil.

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 You go up to the feast.

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 I am not going up to this feast,

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 for my time has not yet fully come.

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 After this,

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 he remained in Galilee.

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 But after his brothers

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 had gone up to the feast,

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 then he also went up,

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 not publicly,

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 but in private.

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 The Jews were looking for him

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 at the feast and saying,

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 Where is he?

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 And there was much muttering

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 about him among the people.

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 While some said,

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 He is a good man,

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 others said,

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 No, he is leading

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 the people astray.

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 Yet for fear of the Jews,

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 no one spoke openly of him.

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 About the middle of the feast,

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 Jesus went up into the temple

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 and began teaching.

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 The Jews therefore marveled,

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 saying,

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 How is it that this man

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 has learning

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 when he has never studied?

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 So Jesus answered them,

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 My teaching is not mine,

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 but his who sent me.

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 If anyone's will

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 is to do God's will,

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 he will know

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 whether the teaching

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 is from God

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 or whether I am speaking

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 on my own authority.

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 The one who speaks

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 on his own authority

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 seeks his own glory.

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 But the one who seeks

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 the glory of him

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 who sent him

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 is true,

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 and in him

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 there is no falsehood.

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 Has not Moses

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 given you the law?

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 Yet none of you

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 keeps the law.

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 Why do you seek

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 to kill me?

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 The crowd answered,

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 You have a demon.

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 Who is seeking

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 to kill you?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 I did one work

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 and you all

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 marvel at it.

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 Moses gave you

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 circumcision,

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 not that it is

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 from Moses

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 but from the fathers,

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 and you circumcise

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 a man on the Sabbath.

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 If on the Sabbath

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 a man receives circumcision

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 so that the law

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 of Moses

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 may not be broken,

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 are you angry with me

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 because on the Sabbath

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 I made a man's

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 whole body well?

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 Do not judge

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 by appearances

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 but judge

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 with right judgment.

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 Some of the people

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 of Jerusalem

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 therefore said,

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 Is not this the man

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 whom they seek

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 to kill?

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 And here he is

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 speaking openly

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 and they say

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 nothing to him.

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 Can it be that

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 the authorities

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 really know

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 that this is the Christ?

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 But we know

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 where this man

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 comes from

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 and when the Christ

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 appears

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 no one will know

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 where he comes from.

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 So Jesus proclaimed

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 as he taught

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 in the temple.

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 You know me

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 and you know

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 where I come from

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 but I have not come

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 of my own accord.

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 He who sent me

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 is true

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 and him

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 you do not know.

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 I know him

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 for I come from him

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 and he sent me.

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 Alright,

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 let's first look

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 a little bit

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 at the context.

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 Feast and fear

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 verses 10 through 13.

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 Verse 10 says,

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 But after his brothers

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 had gone up

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 to the feast

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 then he also went up

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 not publicly

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 but in private.

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 Recall,

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 Jesus did not

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 delay his departure

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 because he was afraid

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 but because he was

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 awaiting

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 the Father's sending.

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 His timing

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 and his manner

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 are all about

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 the divine timeline.

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 We developed that

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 some last week.

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 Next week,

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 Lord willing,

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 we will spend

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 some extended time

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 discussing the details

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 of the week.

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 This long feast

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 of booze

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 or tabernacles

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 as those details

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 will have bearing

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 on our understanding

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 of the text.

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 For today,

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 it is enough to know

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 that this was one

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 of Israel's

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 great pilgrimage feasts.

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!

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 It celebrated

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 God's provision

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 in the wilderness

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 after the Exodus

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 and it anticipated

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 future restoration.

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 resurrection.

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 Jesus goes up

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 to Jerusalem

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 for the feast

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 but he does so

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 quietly.

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 Not triumphantly,

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 not yet.

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 That will come.

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 But this time

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 to Jerusalem

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 he goes

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 quietly.

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 Throughout John's

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 gospel,

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 Jesus is never

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 rushed,

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 never reactive,

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 never careless.

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 He moves

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 according to the

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 divine timeline.

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 He goes

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 when he is

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 told

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 to go.

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 He's already

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 said in verse 6,

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 my time

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 has not

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 yet

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 come.

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 Not time

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 for me to go.

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 I trust the

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 Father.

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 I go

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 when the

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 Father

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 tells me

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 to go.

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 The steps

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 of Christ

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 are governed

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 by the

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 sovereign

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 will

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 of God

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 the Father.

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 Verses 11

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 through 13

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 describe

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 the atmosphere.

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 The Jews

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 are looking

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 for him

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 at the feast.

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 Where is

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 he?

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 We know

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 that he's

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 not gone

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 there because

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 they're seeking

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 to kill him.

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 The beginning

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 of the chapter

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 tells us

00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:07.039
 this.

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 And the people

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 are muttering.

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 Some say

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 he's a good

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 man.

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 Others say

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 no,

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 he's leading

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 the people

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 astray.

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 But they're

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 not talking

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 openly.

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 They're not

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 being loud

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 about it

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 because they're

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 afraid of

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 what the

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 Jews

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 might say.

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 Notice the

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 distinction

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 between the

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 Jews

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 and the

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 people.

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 The Jews

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 here is

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 referring to

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 the religious

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 leaders.

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 We get a

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 number of

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 hints at

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 this throughout

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 John's

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 writing.

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 It becomes

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 very clear

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 there's a

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 different group

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 here being

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 talked about.

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 The people

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 is everyone

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 else at

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 this festival.

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 Most,

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 to be sure,

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 would have

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 been Jewish

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 in ethnicity.

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 But there

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 would have

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 also been

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 those who

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 converted to

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 Judaism

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 from other

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 nations.

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 The people

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 are unsure

00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:57.860
 what to do

00:10:57.860 --> 00:10:58.500
 with Jesus

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 and notice

00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.600
 yet for fear

00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.700
 of the

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 Jews,

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 this distinct

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 group,

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 no one

00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:06.360
 spoke openly

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 of him.

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 There's a

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 festival and

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 there's fear

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 and fear

00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:14.039
 often

00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:15.039
 silences

00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:16.600
 truth.

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 It did

00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:18.580
 then and

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 it still

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 does

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 now.

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 So this

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 is the

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 setting

00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:23.519
 for what's

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 going on.

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 The middle

00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:25.700
 of this

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 week-long

00:11:26.319 --> 00:11:27.159
 celebration

00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:27.600
 is when

00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:27.879
 Jesus

00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:28.379
 begins

00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:29.679
 to teach

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 and I

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 have for

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 you three

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 points to

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 structure

00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:33.399
 the rest

00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:33.639
 of our

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 study.

00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:34.279
 So number

00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:34.639
 one,

00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:35.419
 Jesus

00:11:35.419 --> 00:11:35.960
 teaches

00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:36.939
 with an

00:11:36.939 --> 00:11:38.100
 inexplicable

00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:39.340
 authority.

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 Verses

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 14 through

00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:42.159
 18,

00:11:42.299 --> 00:11:42.500
 Jesus

00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:42.960
 teaches

00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:43.600
 with an

00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:44.960
 inexplicable

00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:46.799
 authority.

00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:47.960
 Verse 14

00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:48.480
 tells us

00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:48.840
 about the

00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.299
 middle of

00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:49.700
 the feast,

00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:50.360
 Jesus went

00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:50.840
 up into

00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:51.319
 the temple

00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:52.520
 and began

00:11:52.520 --> 00:11:54.060
 teaching.

00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:55.140
 We don't

00:11:55.140 --> 00:11:55.720
 know exactly

00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.160
 what he's

00:11:56.160 --> 00:11:56.440
 teaching,

00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.400
 but surely

00:11:57.400 --> 00:11:58.280
 that he

00:11:58.280 --> 00:11:59.180
 is the

00:11:59.180 --> 00:11:59.540
 Christ.

00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:00.780
 Suddenly,

00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:02.000
 publicly,

00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:03.560
 boldly,

00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.700
 Jesus does

00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:05.560
 not avoid

00:12:05.560 --> 00:12:06.060
 the temple,

00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:06.740
 he goes

00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:07.300
 and

00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:08.540
 confronts

00:12:08.540 --> 00:12:08.720
 it.

00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:10.080
 We can

00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:10.500
 have no

00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:10.900
 doubt

00:12:10.900 --> 00:12:11.520
 that it

00:12:11.520 --> 00:12:12.680
 was time

00:12:12.680 --> 00:12:13.260
 to do

00:12:13.260 --> 00:12:13.860
 this very

00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:14.220
 thing.

00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:15.320
 God the

00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:15.700
 Father

00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:17.120
 orchestrates

00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:17.720
 the growing

00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.460
 conflict we

00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:18.940
 will witness

00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:19.560
 as this

00:12:19.560 --> 00:12:20.000
 chapter

00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:20.680
 presses

00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:21.880
 on.

00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:22.440
 Again

00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:22.820
 and again

00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:23.240
 and again

00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:23.700
 we'll see

00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:24.240
 Jesus won't

00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:24.800
 say things

00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:25.100
 the Father

00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:25.540
 doesn't tell

00:12:25.540 --> 00:12:25.740
 him to

00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:26.000
 say,

00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:26.440
 he won't

00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:27.040
 do things

00:12:27.040 --> 00:12:27.320
 the Father

00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:27.860
 doesn't tell

00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.760
 him to

00:12:28.760 --> 00:12:29.040
 do,

00:12:29.140 --> 00:12:29.340
 and so

00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:29.820
 we have

00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:30.700
 an ordained

00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:31.260
 encounter

00:12:31.260 --> 00:12:32.560
 happening in

00:12:32.560 --> 00:12:32.900
 the middle

00:12:32.900 --> 00:12:33.720
 of this

00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:34.100
 festival.

00:12:35.380 --> 00:12:35.920
 Verse 15

00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:36.580
 records the

00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:37.340
 response to

00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:37.900
 his teaching.

00:12:38.520 --> 00:12:39.100
 The Jews

00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:41.000
 therefore marveled

00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.260
 saying,

00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:41.920
 how is it

00:12:41.920 --> 00:12:42.260
 that this

00:12:42.260 --> 00:12:42.820
 man has

00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:43.860
 learning when

00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:44.220
 he has

00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:44.720
 never

00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:45.860
 studied?

00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:47.519
 Now I

00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:47.800
 don't think

00:12:47.800 --> 00:12:48.080
 that what

00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:48.279
 we are

00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:48.919
 seeing here

00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:49.659
 is a

00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:50.100
 genuine

00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:51.100
 curiosity

00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:51.820
 about

00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:52.300
 Jesus.

00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:52.700
 Remember,

00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:53.460
 this group

00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:54.080
 is seeking

00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.259
 to kill

00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:55.560
 him.

00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:56.480
 They're

00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:56.899
 scratching

00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:57.379
 their heads

00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:57.740
 a bit

00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:58.879
 about why

00:12:58.879 --> 00:12:59.159
 is it

00:12:59.159 --> 00:12:59.460
 that he's

00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:00.320
 able to

00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.019
 speak in

00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:02.379
 this way.

00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:03.700
 The context

00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:04.259
 leads me to

00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.259
 believe it

00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:06.419
 is contempt

00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:06.960
 that is

00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.980
 disguised

00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:08.779
 as a

00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.240
 question.

00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:10.500
 How is it

00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:11.139
 possible that

00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:12.100
 this guy

00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:12.899
 could speak

00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:13.620
 in this

00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:14.620
 way?

00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:15.700
 They're not

00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:16.480
 denying his

00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.120
 grasp of

00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:17.440
 scripture.

00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:18.560
 They're

00:13:18.560 --> 00:13:19.100
 questioning

00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.720
 his

00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.019
 authority.

00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:22.799
 Jesus has

00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:23.220
 no

00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:24.259
 recognized

00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:24.899
 rabbinical

00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:25.419
 training,

00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:27.320
 no official

00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:28.480
 credentials.

00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:29.639
 He's been

00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:30.799
 hanging out

00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:31.279
 in the

00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:31.720
 nowhere

00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:32.700
 land.

00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:34.259
 No diploma

00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.259
 hanging on

00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:35.960
 his wall,

00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:37.100
 yet he

00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:38.259
 speaks

00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.740
 with authority.

00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:40.460
 Why?

00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:41.379
 Because of

00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.899
 who sent

00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:42.779
 him to

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.120
 speak.

00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:44.220
 Jesus

00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:44.620
 answers

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:44.779
 their

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.080
 question

00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.259
 in

00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:45.519
 verse

00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.580
 16.

00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:47.320
 My

00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:47.860
 teaching

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.960
 is not

00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:49.700
 mine,

00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:51.100
 but his

00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:52.480
 who sent

00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:52.740
 me.

00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:53.580
 And the

00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:54.100
 implication

00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.639
 is,

00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:55.860
 how is it

00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:56.160
 that this

00:13:56.160 --> 00:13:56.560
 man has

00:13:56.560 --> 00:13:57.160
 learning when

00:13:57.160 --> 00:13:57.360
 he has

00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:57.560
 never

00:13:57.560 --> 00:13:58.080
 studied?

00:13:58.240 --> 00:13:58.460
 Is that

00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:58.960
 God the

00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.580
 Father

00:13:59.580 --> 00:14:00.399
 is the

00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:00.840
 one

00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:02.160
 who sent

00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:02.399
 me?

00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:03.680
 This is

00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:05.019
 a staggering

00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:06.120
 claim.

00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.660
 Jesus does

00:14:07.660 --> 00:14:08.080
 not say

00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:08.759
 he developed

00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.420
 these ideas

00:14:09.420 --> 00:14:10.240
 or discovered

00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.620
 them.

00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:11.600
 He says

00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:12.040
 he was

00:14:12.040 --> 00:14:12.920
 sent.

00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.159
 He's

00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.319
 serving

00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:13.599
 as a

00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.559
 mouthpiece

00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:15.019
 of God

00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:15.179
 the

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.539
 Father.

00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:16.479
 This

00:14:16.479 --> 00:14:16.740
 is the

00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.099
 language

00:14:17.099 --> 00:14:17.419
 of

00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:18.339
 divine

00:14:18.339 --> 00:14:18.899
 commission.

00:14:20.319 --> 00:14:20.740
 Prophets

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:20.899
 are

00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:21.179
 sent.

00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.199
 We'll

00:14:22.199 --> 00:14:22.379
 see

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.699
 later

00:14:22.699 --> 00:14:23.419
 apostles

00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:23.879
 are

00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.860
 sent.

00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:25.620
 And

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:25.740
 here

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 the

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 Son

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 declares

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 that he

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 has been

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 sent

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 by the

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 Father.

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 Jesus

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 loves

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 to make

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 huge

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 claims

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 and we

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 should love

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 it when

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 he does

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 so.

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 He makes

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 massive

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 claims

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 about

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 himself.

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 Listen to

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 just a few

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 of them

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 that John

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 MacArthur

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 outlines for

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 us in

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 his

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 commentary

00:14:46.420 --> 00:14:46.940
 on these

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 verses.

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 This is a

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 very well

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 loved

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 commentary.

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 Next

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 Christmas,

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 if any of

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 you are

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 looking for

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 a present

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 for me,

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 I need

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 a new

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 John 1

00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.480
 through 11

00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.540
 commentary.

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 Listen to

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 just a few

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 of these.

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 And this

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 is so

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 helpful.

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 I'm not

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 going to

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 read you

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 all the

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 scripture

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 references.

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 MacArthur

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 does that

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 work for

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 us.

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 It's a

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 really

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 beautifully

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 well done

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 list that

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 he's put

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 here.

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 But just

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 listen to

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 some of

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 the things

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 that Jesus

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 has claimed.

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 He's claimed

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 to have

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 come down

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 from heaven,

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 to have

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 been sent

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 into the

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 world by

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 the Father,

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 to be the

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 Savior of

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 the world,

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 to be the

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 determiner of

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 people's

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 eternal

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 destinies,

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 to be the

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 source of

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 eternal life,

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 to be the

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 only way to

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 God,

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 to have the

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 right to be

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 honored on

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 equal basis

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 with the

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 Father,

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 to be one

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 with the

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 Father,

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 to have

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 power to

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 raise the

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 dead and

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 even rise

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 from the

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 dead himself,

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 to be the

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 one to whom

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 scriptures

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.480
 pointed,

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 to be the

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 supreme judge

00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:44.779
 who will

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 one day

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.279
 return in

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 glory,

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 to be without

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 sin,

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 to have all

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.539
 authority in

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.360
 heaven and

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 on earth,

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:52.899
 to have the

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 authority to

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 forgive sins,

00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:55.899
 to have authority

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.399
 over the

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 Sabbath,

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 to have the

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 authority to

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 answer prayer,

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 to have the

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 authority to

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 authorize prayer

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 in his name,

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 to be greater

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 than the

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 temple,

00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:04.799
 Solomon,

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 Jacob,

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 and Abraham,

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 to be the

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 bread of

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 life,

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 the only

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 source of

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 spiritual

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.299
 sustenance,

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 to be the

00:16:12.219 --> 00:16:12.659
 light of the

00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.039
 world,

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 to be the

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 resurrection and

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.519
 the life,

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.319
 to be the

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 Messiah or

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 the Christ,

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 to be the

00:16:19.359 --> 00:16:20.059
 Son of God

00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.519
 who would be

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.139
 seated at the

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 right hand of

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 God in

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 glory.

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 Astounding,

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 magnificent,

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.459
 huge claims

00:16:28.459 --> 00:16:29.240
 that he makes

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 about himself.

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 And if all

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 of these

00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.960
 claims are

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 true,

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 he is to

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 be worshipped.

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 Verse 17

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:41.799
 is crucial

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.319
 for us to

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 hear.

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 If anyone's

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 will is to

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.899
 do God's

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 will,

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 he will know

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 whether the

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 teaching is

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.980
 from God or

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 whether I am

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 speaking on

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.080
 my own

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.379
 authority.

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 Jesus does

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:58.960
 not say

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.779
 discernment

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.480
 begins,

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:00.980
 with

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.840
 intelligence

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:03.019
 or with

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.519
 education.

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.259
 He says

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 it begins

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:07.180
 with the

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.420
 will.

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.940
 If the

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.359
 heart is

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.960
 submissive,

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.339
 the truth

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.519
 will become

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:12.960
 clear.

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.920
 Unbelief

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.619
 is not

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.859
 primarily an

00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:17.400
 intellectual

00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.279
 problem,

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.079
 it is a

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.200
 moral

00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.819
 problem.

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 It has to

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.839
 do with

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.440
 who we

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.240
 are at

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.900
 our

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:25.059
 core.

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.559
 Lord,

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.619
 help us

00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.140
 to

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:28.599
 believe.

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.919
 Jesus

00:17:30.919 --> 00:17:31.399
 goes on

00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:31.679
 in verse

00:17:31.679 --> 00:17:32.319
 18 to

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.139
 provide a

00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:34.419
 test of

00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:35.379
 true

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:36.019
 authority.

00:17:36.219 --> 00:17:36.459
 He says

00:17:36.459 --> 00:17:36.839
 the one

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.500
 who speaks

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.000
 on his

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.359
 own

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:38.839
 authority

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 seeks

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.319
 his

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:40.899
 own

00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:42.259
 glory.

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.819
 Somebody's

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.179
 seeking their

00:17:44.179 --> 00:17:44.639
 own glory,

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.179
 then they're

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.799
 speaking of

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.299
 their own

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.639
 authority.

00:17:46.719 --> 00:17:46.939
 But the

00:17:46.939 --> 00:17:47.219
 one who

00:17:47.219 --> 00:17:47.539
 seeks the

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:47.899
 glory of

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.219
 him who

00:17:48.219 --> 00:17:48.679
 sent him

00:17:48.679 --> 00:17:49.319
 is true,

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:50.059
 and in

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.039
 him there

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.679
 is no

00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:53.059
 falsehood.

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.559
 Jesus is

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:54.899
 not

00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:56.460
 self-promoting,

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.279
 he is

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.740
 father-glorifying.

00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:00.119
 That alone

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.779
 sets him

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.339
 apart from

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:01.779
 every

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.639
 false

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.799
 teacher.

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.799
 Jesus

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.200
 teaches

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.859
 with an

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.839
 inexplicable

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.139
 authority.

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:09.799
 Secondly,

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.819
 Jesus exposes

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.740
 the hypocrisy

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.539
 of religious

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.559
 unbelief.

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.500
 See this

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.740
 in verse

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.399
 19

00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:15.980
 through

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.940
 24.

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.059
 In

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.740
 verse 19,

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.159
 Jesus

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.960
 confronts

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.299
 them

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.740
 directly.

00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:22.139
 Has

00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:22.440
 not

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.080
 Moses

00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:23.500
 given

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.640
 you

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 the

00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:23.980
 law,

00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:24.160
 yet

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.400
 none

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:24.540
 of

00:18:24.540 --> 00:18:24.720
 you

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.220
 keeps

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.460
 the

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:25.700
 law?

00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:26.200
 Why

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.580
 do

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:26.820
 you

00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.200
 seek

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:28.259
 to

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.480
 kill

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.700
 me?

00:18:29.780 --> 00:18:30.180
 They

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.500
 claim

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:30.920
 Moses.

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.020
 They

00:18:32.020 --> 00:18:32.500
 claim

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.840
 the

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.300
 law,

00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:34.380
 yet

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.400
 they're

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:35.759
 plotting

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.400
 murder.

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:37.960
 Jesus

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.640
 exposes

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:38.960
 the

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.460
 contradiction.

00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:40.700
 They

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.180
 boast

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.400
 in

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:41.960
 possessing

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.100
 the

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.320
 law

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:42.600
 while

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.200
 rejecting

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.700
 the

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.380
 lawgiver

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.440
 to

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.600
 the

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.200
 point

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.660
 of

00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:46.920
 putting

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.220
 him

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.960
 to

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.360
 death

00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:49.240
 on a

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.620
 cross.

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:50.940
 This

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.360
 plot

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.839
 is already

00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.119
 in

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.659
 motion

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.019
 as

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.240
 Jesus

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.599
 speaks

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:53.779
 to

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:53.979
 them.

00:18:55.219 --> 00:18:55.439
 In

00:18:55.439 --> 00:18:55.599
 verse

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:55.979
 20,

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.179
 the

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:56.679
 crowd

00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:56.959
 then

00:18:56.959 --> 00:18:57.559
 responds,

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.079
 you

00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:58.219
 have

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 a

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 demon

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 who

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 is

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 seeking

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 to

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 kill

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 you.

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 How

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 could

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 you

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 say

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 such

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 a

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 crazy

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 thing?

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 Truth

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 often

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 sounds

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 insane

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 to hardened

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 hearts.

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 These

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 two

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 verses,

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 for those

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 of you

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 who

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 will

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 care,

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 I

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 hope

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 some

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 of

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 you

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 do,

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 comprise

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 the

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 chiastic

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 center

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 of this

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 text.

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 So if

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 you

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 care to

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 plot it

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 out on

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 your

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 own,

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 this

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 is the

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 center,

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 verses

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 19 and

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 20.

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 John's

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 drawing our

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 attention to

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 this growing

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 conflict that's

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 going to result

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 in his

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 crucifixion.

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 Jesus answers

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 by pointing

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 to his

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 healing on the

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 Sabbath recorded

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 in John

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 chapter 5.

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 That's what he's

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 talking about.

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 That's the work

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 that he did

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 that they marvel

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 at.

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 Back in

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 John chapter 5,

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 the last time

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 he was in

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 Jerusalem,

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 you may

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 remember that

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 he healed

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 a man

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 at the

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 pool of

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 Siloam.

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 In

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 verse 21

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 through 23

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 he explains

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 that circumcision

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 is permitted

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 on the

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 Sabbath

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 because the

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 law itself

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 allows for

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 acts of

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 covenant

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 faithfulness

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 and mercy.

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 So they

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 would have

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 performed

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 circumcision

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 on the

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 eighth day

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 and if it

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 fell on the

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 Sabbath

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 they did

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 that work

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 and the

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 law allowed

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 for that.

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 Acts of

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 covenant

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 faithfulness

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 and of

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 mercy.

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 So then

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 what did

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 he do?

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 He did

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 an act

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 of mercy.

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 He healed

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 a man

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 on that

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 day and

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 it was

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 for that

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 reason

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 that they

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 were seeking

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 to kill

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 him.

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 His

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 argument

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 is airtight.

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 If on

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 the

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 Sabbath

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 a man

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 receives

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 circumcision

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 so the

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 law of

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 Moses

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 may not

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 be

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 broken,

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 are you

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 angry

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 with me

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 because

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 on

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 the

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 Sabbath

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 I

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 made

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 a

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 man's

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 whole

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 body

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 well?

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 Look

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 at the

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 hypocrisy

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:41.279
 of your

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 unbelief.

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 Verse

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 24

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 summarizes

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 the issue.

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 Do not

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 judge by

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 appearances

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 but judge

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 with right

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 judgment.

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 Jesus is not

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 here forbidding

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.879
 discernment.

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 He is

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 commanding it.

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 Superficial

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.679
 judgment looks

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 at credentials

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 and at

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 customs.

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 Right

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 judgment is

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 shaped by

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 truth and

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.139
 grounded in

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 God's word.

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 They should

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.919
 have had no

00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:11.539
 issue with

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.000
 his healing

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.139
 on the

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:13.419
 Sabbath.

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 They should

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.039
 have

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.560
 accepted

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:14.900
 him

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.440
 as

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.380
 the

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:16.779
 Christ

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.180
 and yet

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.400
 they're

00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:17.840
 so

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.560
 caught

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:18.880
 up

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 in

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 their

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.080
 keeping

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.300
 of

00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:20.460
 the

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.680
 law

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:20.840
 that

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.019
 they're

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.960
 neglecting

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.820
 central

00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:24.000
 elements

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.140
 of it.

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 So we

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.259
 see that

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.000
 Jesus exposes

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.840
 the hypocrisy

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.259
 of their

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.740
 religious

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.960
 unbelief.

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 Thirdly,

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.000
 Jesus reveals

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.759
 a divine

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.539
 origin

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.320
 that they

00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.779
 just

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.580
 refuse

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 to

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.740
 accept.

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 Verse

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 25

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.960
 to the

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.259
 end

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.619
 of the

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 text.

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 Verses

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 25

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 to 27

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.440
 show

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 the

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.420
 confusion

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.339
 of the

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.660
 Jerusalem

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.119
 crowd.

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 They

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.200
 think

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.379
 they

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:50.660
 know

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:50.839
 where

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.079
 Jesus

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.279
 is

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.599
 from

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:51.819
 and

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.420
 assume

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.980
 that

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.140
 the

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.720
 Christ's

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.200
 origins

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.440
 will

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.640
 be

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.220
 entirely

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:56.519
 mysterious.

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.879
 So much

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.740
 misunderstanding

00:21:58.740 --> 00:22:00.000
 about who

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.240
 the

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.680
 Christ

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.879
 would be.

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.559
 They

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:02.980
 misunderstood

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.480
 both

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.160
 Jesus

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:05.379
 and the

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.519
 Old

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.039
 Testament's

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.400
 teaching

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.920
 about

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.799
 the

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.099
 Christ.

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.299
 What

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.640
 he was

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.319
 to be

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.779
 and what

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.400
 he was

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.680
 to do.

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 Verse

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.619
 28

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.119
 is

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 filled

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.180
 with

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.660
 so

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.180
 much

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.759
 holy

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.559
 irony.

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.000
 Jesus

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.599
 proclaimed

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.079
 as he

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.440
 taught

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.779
 in the

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.140
 temple,

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.099
 you

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.720
 know me

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.619
 and you

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.200
 know where

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.579
 I come

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:25.980
 from,

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:26.839
 but I

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.119
 have not

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.420
 come of

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.740
 my own

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.039
 accord.

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.240
 He

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.440
 who

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.720
 sent

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:28.900
 me

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.119
 is

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.420
 true

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.680
 and

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.059
 him

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.720
 you

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:30.980
 do

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.339
 not

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.440
 know.

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.119
 Yes,

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.559
 they

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.440
 know his

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.819
 earthly

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.799
 background.

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.539
 Word

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:37.759
 had

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.259
 gotten

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.839
 around

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.180
 about

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.480
 who

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.839
 this

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.460
 Jesus

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.099
 is,

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.339
 this

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.680
 one

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.160
 claiming

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.059
 to be

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.700
 the

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.140
 Christ,

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.960
 but they

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.500
 do not

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.980
 know

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.720
 his

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.079
 heavenly

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.220
 origin.

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.240
 They

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.460
 know

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.200
 Nazareth,

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.420
 they

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.900
 do not

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.500
 know

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.160
 that he

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.299
 has

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.680
 come

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.299
 from

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.460
 the

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.799
 Father

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.360
 and

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.839
 therefore

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.779
 do

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.039
 not

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.660
 know

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.779
 the

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.120
 Father.

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 Verse

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.099
 29

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.640
 brings

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.799
 the

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.059
 matter

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.380
 to

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 its

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 very

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 sharpest

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 of

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 points.

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 Jesus

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 says,

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 I

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 know

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 him

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 for

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 I

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 come

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 from

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 sent

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 me.

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 This

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 is one

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 of the

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 clearest

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 assertions

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 of Jesus'

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 divine

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.619
 origin

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 in the

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 gospel

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 of

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 John.

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 Jesus

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 does not

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 merely

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 know

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 about

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 God,

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 he

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 knows

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 him

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 eternally

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 and

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 perfectly.

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 And

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 then comes

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 the

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 devastating

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 indictment

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 at the

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 end of

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 verse

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 28.

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 Him

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 you

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 do

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 not

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 know.

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 may

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 that

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 not

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 be

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 said

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 of

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 us,

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 him

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 you

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 do

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 not

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 know.

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 These

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 are

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 scripture

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 experts

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 and

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 devout

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 followers

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 of

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 the

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 law.

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 They

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 are

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 gathered

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 for

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 a

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 commanded

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 feast.

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 They

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 have

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 come

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 together

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 in

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 obedience

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 to

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 God's

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 word.

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 Jesus

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 says

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 plainly

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 that

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 they

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 do

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 not

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 know

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 God.

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 That

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 should

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 sober

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 every

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 one

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 of

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 us.

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 Every

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 should

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 think

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 them?

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 How

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 did

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 they

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 miss

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 Christ?

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 Jesus

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 says

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 in

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 John

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 chapter

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 5

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 verse

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 39

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 and

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 40

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 it

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 says

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 this

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 to

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 these

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 Jewish

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 leaders

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 you

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 search

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 the

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 scriptures

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 because

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 you

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 think

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 that

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 in

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 them

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 you

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 have

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 eternal

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 life

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 and

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 it

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 is

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 they

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 that

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 bear

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 witness

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 about

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 me

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 yet

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 you

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 refuse

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!

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 me

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 that

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 you

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 may

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 have

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 life.

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 search

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 the

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 scriptures

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.640
 don't

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 stop

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 doing

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 that

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 search

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 the

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.559
 scriptures

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.799
 but

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.200
 do

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 so

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.500
 that

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.599
 you

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.759
 may

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.140
 find

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 Jesus

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.879
 go

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 to

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 him

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 and

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.539
 have

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.940
 life

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 in

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 him.

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 Jesus

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.480
 reveals

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 his

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 divine

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 origin

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.619
 that

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:49.940
 they

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.619
 just

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 do

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 not

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 accept.

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 So

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 let's

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 think

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 about

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 a bit

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 of

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 application.

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 First

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 let me

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 say

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 that we

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 ought

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 to be

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 careful

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 to

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 beware

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 of

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 respectable

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.079
 unbelief.

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.940
 Many

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 admire

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.140
 Jesus'

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 teaching

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.359
 while

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.019
 rejecting

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 his

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 authority.

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 That

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 is

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.220
 not

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 faith

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 as

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 the

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 author

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 put it

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 it

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 is

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.879
 rebellion

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 with

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 manners.

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 We

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.460
 have

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 spoken

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 before

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 of

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 C.S.

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 Lewis'

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 trilemma.

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 He

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.859
 argues

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 rightly

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.379
 that

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.480
 you

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.680
 must

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 either

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 think

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 Jesus

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 a

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.700
 liar

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 or

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 a

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 lunatic

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 or

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 worship

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 him

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 as

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 Lord.

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 He

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 says

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 it's

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 not

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 appropriate

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 to

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 just

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 think

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 of

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 him

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 as

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 a

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 good

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 teacher

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 because

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 of

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 the

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 types

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 of

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 claims

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 he

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.119
 made

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.960
 about

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.460
 himself.

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 He

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.319
 either

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.680
 knows

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 it's

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 not

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 true

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 and

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 just

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 lies

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 or

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 he's

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 a

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.860
 crazy

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.360
 person

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 he

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:47.980
 actually

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.640
 thinks

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.059
 it's

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 true

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 or

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 it

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 is

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 in

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 fact

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 true.

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 And

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 if

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.360
 so

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.680
 which

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:54.799
 is

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.019
 what

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.319
 I

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.460
 put

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.740
 forward

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:55.920
 to

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.100
 you

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.279
 then

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.539
 we

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.880
 should

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.380
 worship

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.880
 him

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.920
 as

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.299
 Lord.

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.840
 Lewis

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.079
 wasn't

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.380
 the only

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.740
 person

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:01.940
 to

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.340
 reason

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.759
 in

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.340
 this

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.640
 way

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:03.860
 and

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.700
 included

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:04.860
 at

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:04.940
 the

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.140
 back

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.279
 of

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.579
 your

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:07.360
 bulletin

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.700
 a quote

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:07.900
 from

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.279
 G.K.

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.779
 Chesterton

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:08.819
!

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.900
 This

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:14.180
 first

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.380
 couple

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.720
 sentences

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 are

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 about

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.160
 not

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.620
 being

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:16.880
 able

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.120
 to

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.380
 make

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.700
 a

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.039
 crazy

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.500
 person

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.120
 see

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.259
 the

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.559
 light.

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:20.880
 The

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.400
 delusion

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.600
 of

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.000
 divinity

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.220
 is

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.440
 what

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.680
 he

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:22.960
 calls

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.079
 it.

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.200
 So

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.340
 that's

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.400
 what

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 these

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 first

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 sentences

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.200
 are

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 about.

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 He

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.900
 says

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.840
 this

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 impossibility

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.820
 of

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 letting

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 in

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 daylight

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 on

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 a

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 delusion

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.300
 does

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:29.860
 sometimes

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 cover

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 and

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.480
 conceal

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.060
 a

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.620
 delusion

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.400
 of

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.860
 divinity.

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:34.840
 It

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.000
 can

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.180
 be

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.740
 found

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.300
 not

00:26:36.300 --> 00:26:36.519
 among

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.000
 prophets

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.280
 and

00:26:37.280 --> 00:26:37.580
 sages

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:37.840
 and

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.200
 founders

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.400
 of

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.780
 religions

00:26:38.780 --> 00:26:39.400
 but

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.940
 only

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.440
 among

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 a

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.080
 low

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.540
 set

00:26:41.540 --> 00:26:41.880
 of

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.660
 lunatics.

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.560
 See

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:43.660
 what

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:43.759
 he's

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:43.940
 saying?

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.600
 Really

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.019
 crazy

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.300
 people

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:46.500
 think

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.640
 they're

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 God.

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 That's

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 what

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 he's

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.519
 saying.

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.420
 But

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.620
 this

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.740
 is

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.240
 exactly

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.460
 where

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.600
 the

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:50.920
 argument

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.500
 becomes

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.700
 intensely

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 interesting

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 because

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.559
 the

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.019
 argument

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.759
 proves

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.059
 too

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.639
 much

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.879
 for

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.359
 nobody

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.859
 supposes

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.039
 that

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.240
 Jesus

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.399
 of

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.759
 Nazareth

00:26:59.759 --> 00:26:59.980
 was

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.220
 that

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.500
 sort

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.619
 of

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 person.

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.199
 No

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.679
 modern

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.099
 critic

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.519
 in his

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.919
 five

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.319
 wits

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.799
 thinks

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.000
 that

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.139
 the

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.480
 preacher

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.720
 of

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:05.859
 the

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.159
 Sermon

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.319
 on

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 the

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:06.679
 Mount

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:06.919
 was

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.079
 a

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.439
 horrible

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.099
 half-witted

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 imbecile

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.179
 that

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.339
 might

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.519
 be

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.099
 scrawling

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.720
 stars

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.119
 on the

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.459
 walls

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:11.699
 of

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:11.879
 a

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.199
 cell.

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.539
 No

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.059
 atheist

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.480
 or

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.059
 blasphemer

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.599
 believes

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:15.740
 that

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:15.919
 the

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.259
 author

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.500
 of

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.659
 the

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.039
 parable

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.240
 of

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.379
 the

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.779
 prodigal

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.119
 son

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.639
 was

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:18.779
 a

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.319
 monster

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.539
 with

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.359
 historical

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.000
 criticism.

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:26.759
 He

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:26.959
 must

00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:27.139
 be

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.339
 put

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.919
 higher

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.199
 in

00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:28.399
 the

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.859
 scale

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.099
 of

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.419
 human

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.019
 beings

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.759
 than

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.119
 that.

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.919
 He

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.579
 can't

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:33.899
 just

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.379
 be a

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.759
 lunatic.

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.119
 Look

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.419
 at the

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.879
 things

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.099
 that

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.259
 he

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.119
 put

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.399
 on

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.939
 pages

00:27:37.939 --> 00:27:38.419
 for

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.939
 us.

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:39.939
 Yet

00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.119
 by

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.519
 all

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.059
 analogy

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.399
 we

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.579
 have

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.019
 really

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.299
 to

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.519
 put

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.679
 him

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.019
 there

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.339
 or

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.879
 else

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.559
 in

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.779
 the

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.299
 highest

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.159
 place

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:47.179
 of

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.439
 all.

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.919
 Lord

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:50.159
 recognize

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.439
 him

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:50.699
 as

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.079
 such.

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.899
 I

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.039
 hope

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.199
 that we

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:53.319
 will

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.559
 all

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.099
 recognize

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.439
 the

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.359
 soundness

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.899
 of

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.319
 this

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.119
 argument.

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.299
 More

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.500
 than

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.799
 that

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.299
 I

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.459
 hope

00:27:59.459 --> 00:27:59.559
 that

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.659
 we

00:27:59.659 --> 00:27:59.779
 will

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.000
 all

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.519
 arrive

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.659
 at

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:00.799
 the

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.219
 proper

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:01.879
 conclusion

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.139
 of

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.299
 this

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.679
 argument

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.119
 and

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.599
 bow

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.659
 the

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:04.980
 knee

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.459
 to

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:05.599
 the

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:05.919
 Lord

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.839
 Jesus

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.379
 Christ.

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.119
 Beware

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.699
 of

00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:10.899
 respectable

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:12.259
 unbelief.

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.740
 It is

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.619
 still

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.919
 unbelief.

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.259
 It is

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.039
 rebellion

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.339
 with

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.919
 manners.

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.819
 Take

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.000
 some

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.339
 time

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.500
 and

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.939
 examine

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:23.219
 your

00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:23.719
 will

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.220
 not

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.600
 merely

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.120
 your

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.460
 intellect.

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.420
 You

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.559
 can

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.940
 know

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.380
 something

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.819
 is

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.500
 true

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.819
 and

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.279
 yet

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.600
 refuse

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.059
 to

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.240
 do

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.460
 it.

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.519
 Are

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.839
 you

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.460
 being

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.299
 shaped

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.680
 by

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.140
 God's

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.539
 word

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.920
 in a

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.059
 way

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.220
 that

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.440
 the

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.019
 impulse

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.299
 of

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.440
 your

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.920
 heart

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.059
 and

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.160
 your

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.360
 will

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:42.539
 you

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.079
 want

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.299
 to

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.500
 do

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.700
 the

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.120
 things

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.680
 that

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.039
 God

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.579
 would

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.819
 have

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.039
 you

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.319
 do.

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.500
 It

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.039
 starts

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.299
 with

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.940
 belief.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.180
 It

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.740
 ends

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:49.980
 with

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.720
 continued

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.440
 belief.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.180
 obedience

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.500
 to

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.640
 his

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:52.880
 way

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.160
 to

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.460
 the

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.519
 very

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.240
 end.

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.320
 Ask

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.920
 honestly

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.180
 whether

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.360
 you

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.500
 are

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.680
 willing

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:57.860
 to

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.140
 do

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.880
 whatever

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.100
 it

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.420
 is

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.720
 that

00:28:59.720 --> 00:28:59.960
 God

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.320
 reveals

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.539
 to

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.799
 you

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.539
 that

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.660
 you

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.860
 should

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.100
 do.

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.460
 Finally,

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.880
 rest

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.980
 in the

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.400
 Christ

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.620
 who was

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:09.900
 sent.

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.299
 It's

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.799
 already a

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:11.940
 new

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.160
 year.

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.840
 We are

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.279
 off

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.640
 and

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.039
 running

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.259
 and

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.420
 there

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.600
 are

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:14.860
 a

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.279
 thousand

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.779
 tasks

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:15.799
!

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.000
 out

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.279
 before

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.519
 us

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.840
 so

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.120
 many

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.580
 things

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.000
 that

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.120
 we

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.259
 are

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.759
 determined

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.080
 to

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.400
 do.

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.140
 Most

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.300
 of

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:20.519
 them

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.300
 probably

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.120
 are

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.480
 good

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.980
 things

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.140
 that

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.240
 we

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.380
 should

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.519
 be

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.780
 set

00:29:24.780 --> 00:29:25.259
 about

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.460
 doing.

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:26.780
 I

00:29:26.780 --> 00:29:27.100
 think

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.660
 already

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.360
 perhaps

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.900
 some

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.080
 of

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.300
 you

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:30.500
 are

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.820
 tired.

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.300
 Can

00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:32.400
 you

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.620
 believe

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:32.780
 it?

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.040
 We're

00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:33.500
 already

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.140
 worn

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.420
 out.

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.120
 The

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.720
 holidays

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:37.080
 have

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.300
 us

00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:38.320
 tired.

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.019
 Perhaps

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 in

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 that

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 your

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 this

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 already

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 some

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 wrong

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 standing

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 Rest

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 of

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 the

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 Christ

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 who

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 sent.

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 your

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 in

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 him.

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 Jesus

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 sinners

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 him

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 his

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 he

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 He accomplished

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 that work

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 and we can

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 that.

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 He still

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 speaks

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 Jesus

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 does

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 with divine

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 authority

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 today.

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 We can

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 believe that

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 his promises

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 for us

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 are sure.

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 In conclusion

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 John 7

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 presses this

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 unavoidable

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 question

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 upon us

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 where

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 did

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 Jesus

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 come

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 from

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 who

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 is

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 he

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 if

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 he

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 came

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 only

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 from

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 Nazareth

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 he

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 can

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 be

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 dismissed

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 if

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 he

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 came

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 from

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 heaven

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 he

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 must

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 be

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 worshipped

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 Jesus

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 says

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 in

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 John

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 17

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 verse

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 3

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 this

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 is

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 eternal

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 life

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 that

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 they

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 know

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 you

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 the

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 only

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 true

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 God

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 and

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 whom

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 you

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 have

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 sent

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 let's

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 pray

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 as

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