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 our sermon text begins there

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 and it goes until

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 verse 30 of chapter 8

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 and I believe this is a good way

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 to read John because

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 he's taking a theme

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 and he reads in a story illustration

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 he sets up this amazing setting

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 and then the revelation of who God is

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 through Jesus Christ

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 comes through with power

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 so as you hear me read God's word

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 and follow along in your bible

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 remember listen to me

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 inspired, inerrant, insolubles

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 clear and sufficient word of God

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 the Holy Spirit breathed out the word

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 and the Holy Spirit in Christian

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 received it as truth

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 hear the word of the Lord

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 after Christ had

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 gathered around by the disciples

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 and one of the children

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 and the demon said wait

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 we have to have a child

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 and the last verse

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 I knew from Galilee too

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 they said

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 to make a meeting

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 Christians see that no prophet

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 and Rises

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 came down in

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 they said to the Lord

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 and they went

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 and reached to his own house

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 but Jesus went to the Mount of Harlan

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 early in the morning

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 he came again to the temple

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 all the people came to him

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 and he sat down

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 and taught him

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 the scribes and Pharisees

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 brought a woman

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 who had been taught in the gospel

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 and placed in the earth

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 in the midst

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 they said to him

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 this woman

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 has been taught in the act of the door

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 through now

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 in the wild

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 Moses

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 God commanded

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 to stone such women

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 so what did you say

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 which they said to text him

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 that they might

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 have some charge

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 to bring it against him

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 Jesus bent down

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 and wrote

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 with his finger on the ground

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 and as they continued to ask him

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 he stood up and said to them

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 let him

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 he would whip out sin among you

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 he was first to throw a stone at her

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 and once more

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 he bit down

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 and wrote on the ground

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 but when they heard it

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 they went away

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 one by one

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 and Jesus supported them

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 and Jesus

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 did run for one

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 of the witness

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 and of the witness

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 he supported them

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 Jesus stood up

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 and said to her

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 women

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 why are

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 where are they

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 have no one

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 to continue

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 he said no

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 no anyway

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 and Jesus said

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 neither do I can leave you

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 so

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 and from now on

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 sin no more

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 and then Jesus spoke to them

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 saying

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 I am

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 the light of the world

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 whoever follows me

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 will not walk in darkness

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 but will have the light

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 of life

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 so the Pharisees said to him

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 you are bearing witness

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 about yourself

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 your testimony is not true

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 and Jesus answered

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 even if I

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 do bear witness

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 about myself

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 my testimony is true

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 for I know

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 from where I came

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 and where I am going

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 but you do not know

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 where I came from

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 or where I am going

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 you judge according

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 to the flesh

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 I judge no one

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 yet

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 even if I do judge

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 my judgment is true

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 for it is not I alone

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 who judge

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 but I

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 and the Father

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 who sent me

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 to your law

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 it is written

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 that the testimony

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 of two people

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 is true

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 I am the one

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 who bears witness

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 about myself

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 and the Father

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 who sent me

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 bears witness

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 about me

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 they said to him

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 therefore

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 where is your father

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 he said

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 answered

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 you know neither me

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 nor my father

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 if you knew me

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 you would know

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 my father also

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 these words

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 he spoke

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 and them tread me

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 as he talked

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 in the temple

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 but no one

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 arrested him

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 because his hour

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 had not yet come

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 verse 21

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 so he said to them

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 again

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 I am going away

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 and you will seek me

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 and you will die

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 in your faith

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 where I am going

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 you cannot come

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 so the Jews said

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 will he kill himself

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 if he said

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 where I am going

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 you cannot come

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 he said to them

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 you are from below

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 I am from above

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 you are of this world

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 I am not of this world

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 I told you

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 that you would die

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 in your sins

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 so unless you believe

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 that I am he

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 you will die

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 in your sins

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 so they said to him

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 who are you

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 Jesus said to them

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 that's what I have been

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 telling me

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 in the beginning

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 I have much to say

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 about you

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 and much to judge

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 but he sent me

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 it too

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 and I declare

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 to the world

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 that I have heard him

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 they did not understand

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 but yet I'm speaking

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 to them

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 about the father

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 so Jesus said to them

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 when you have lifted up

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 the same as man

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 then you will know

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 that I am he

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 and that I do nothing

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 of my own authority

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 but speak

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 just as the father taught me

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 and he who said me

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 is with me

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 as he was big

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 out of sight

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 is with me

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 he has not left me alone

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 for I always

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 do the things

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 that are feeding me

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 in time

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 with me

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 as he was then

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 being saved

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 many

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 in time

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 this is the word

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 of the Lord

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 let's sit down

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 and do the news

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 of the Lord

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 would you pray with me

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 oh Lord

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 your word

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 is a lamp

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 to our feet

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 and a light

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 to our path

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 give us grace

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 to receive

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 your truth

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 by faith

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 and strength

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 to follow

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 on the path

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 that you set before us

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 through your son

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 Jesus Christ

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 amen

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 the beloved congregation

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 I have just one question

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 for you

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 from today's text

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 are you following

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 the light

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 of life

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 the Bible says

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 that if you're a Christian

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 you're a children

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 through this present realm

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 of death

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 and darkness

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 but we have that

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 glorious promise

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 throughout all of scripture

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 for example

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 Psalm 112 verse 4

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 life dawns

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 in the darkness

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 for God's people

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 behold Jesus

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 he is righteous

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 and gracious

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 and in the gospel

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 of God

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 he reveals God

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 to us

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 with seven things

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 we know the number

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 seven is the number

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 of perfection

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 of completeness

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 Jesus is the full

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 complete image

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 of God

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 the invisible God

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 made visible

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 to us

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 in the person

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 of Jesus

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 and these seven

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 I am statements

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 captured out

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 we've seen just

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 the first one so far

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 I am the bread of life

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 and in today's text

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 we have number two

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 and this is the focal point

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 of this entire sermon text

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 Jesus says

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 I am

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 I am

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 the light

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 of the world

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 I believe that Jesus

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 has just one point

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 from this long sermon

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 that we just said

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 and this is what

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 in verse 12

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 put your eyes on this

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 one

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 if you are following

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 Christ

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 you will not

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 walk in

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 but you will have

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 the light

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 of life

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 so today's sermon

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 is just one point

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 and that's it

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 so my question then

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 is are you

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 walking

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 are you following

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 the light

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 of life

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 Jesus said

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 I believe that

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 everything that he gave us

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 up to this

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 well

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 was sending

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 this really colorful

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 stage

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 for this great revelation

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 and then

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 the part after that

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 after he made

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 this great revelation

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 he's showing you

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 why this matters

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 and why everyone

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 needs to hear

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 this pronouncement

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 so that's what

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 so it was

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 so it's one message

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 one point the whole way

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 through

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 but first we'll start

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 with the sending

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 and then the big

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 revelation

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 what Jesus

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 declares

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 he is

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 and then finally

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 why this matters

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 for his audience

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 and for you

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 and for the

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 end of the world

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 alright

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 what we saw

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 at the very end

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 of chapter 7

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 that one of the

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 great feasts

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 of Israel

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 there were six feasts

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 three in the spring

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 three in the fall

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 the last one in the fall

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 is called the

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 Feast of Tabernacles

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 or the Feast of Luke

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 or the Feast of the Nation

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 so the children

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 come and they're

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 setting up tents

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 all over Jerusalem

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 that feast

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 things went in

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 I told you a couple

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 weeks ago

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 that in the morning

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 every day

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 the seven days

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 during the Feast

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 of the Nation

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 there was a

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 water pouring ceremony

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 what I didn't tell you

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 is there's another

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 ceremony that took

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 place at night

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 and it was called

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 the Illumination

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 of the Temple

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 so if you

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 first of all

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 I just want you

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 to try to

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 try to imagine

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 Jerusalem

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 ancient Jerusalem

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 in the dark

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 and have you ever

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 had that sensation

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 when you get on

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 an airplane

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 and you get that

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 window seat

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 and it's a night

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 flight

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 and you're going

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 up into the air

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 and you just

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 start to see

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 like oh there's

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 a time

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 you kind of

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 look out

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 where the moon

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 roads are

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 and then you

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 leave

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 and then you're

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 over Montana

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 or something

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 and it's really

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 picked black

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 so if any business

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 you like to do

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 there must be

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 a little town

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 right there

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 so try to picture

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 ancient Jerusalem

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 from that vantage point

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 of the sky

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 and the darkness

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 this is before

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 electricity

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 so to talk about

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 light

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 and really to talk

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 about torches

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 and fire

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 so just keep that

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 in mind

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 so Jerusalem

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 the temple

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 is the center

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 of the city

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 and the temple

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 is up on the hill

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 Calvary

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 is a little hill

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 right next to the temple

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 so from the cross

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 our Lord Jesus

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 could actually

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 look up at the temple

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 it's very very close

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 and behind Calvary

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 is the hill

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 of the soul

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 so the dead body

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 and the filth

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 would be taken

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 so picture at night

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 time

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 that study

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 those hills

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 in Jerusalem

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 they would do

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 this ceremony

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 where they had

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 these 75 foot

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 tall

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 basically

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 candelabra

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 these big

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 oil lit lamps

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 and every lamp

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 had 20 gallons

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 of oil

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 so the priests

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 would do the ceremony

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 people would gather

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 and they would light

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 those

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 and there were

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 four massive towers

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 of lamps

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 on the corners

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 of the temple

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 the people

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 every night

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 would get to see that

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 and historians

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 have written how

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 that illumination

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 of the temple

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 that ceremony

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 for seven days

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 it would light up

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 the entire city

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 so the rest

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 of the year

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 Jerusalem is dark

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 but during the

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 feast of the nation

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 the whole city

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 is lit up

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 even at night

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 well we read

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 in verse 53

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 that each man

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 went to his own home

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 as this feast

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 has come to a close

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 we're going to go

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 another year

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 with the city

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 being in the dark

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 we'll find out

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 that at least

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 one woman

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 and one man

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 were not married

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 to each other

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 did not go

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 to their own home

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 instead they

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 walked in the darkness

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 of that night

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 after the feast

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 was over

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 we're told that

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 Jesus went

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 to the Mount of Olives

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 Mount of Olives

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 was really close

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 to Jerusalem

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 and very short

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 walking distance

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 and that's really

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 near where Mary

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 and Martha's home

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 was

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 as well

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 they're good

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 friends of his

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 dear friends

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 and so on

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 so he could

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 often retreat

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 their rest

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 and then from there

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 he could go out

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 and even more

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 solitary

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 than to the garden

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 and have time

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 alone

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 to pray

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 well look at

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 verse 1

00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:10.240
 in chapter 8

00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:11.460
 Jesus came

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 to the temple

00:11:12.680 --> 00:11:15.419
 now where was

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 he in the temple

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 we know that

00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:18.919
 in just a moment

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 here in the same

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 setting

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 a woman will be

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 drugged to him

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 by the keepers

00:11:23.139 --> 00:11:23.659
 of the law

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 so he's in a part

00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:25.180
 of the temple

00:11:25.180 --> 00:11:25.680
 where women

00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:26.279
 can be brought

00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.259
 we have other clues

00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:28.860
 from the text

00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.299
 itself

00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:30.100
 in verse 20

00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:30.560
 put your eyes

00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:31.299
 down at verse 20

00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:32.480
 you see a goodness

00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:32.940
 descending

00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:33.779
 that where Jesus

00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:34.320
 was teaching

00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:34.779
 was called

00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:36.480
 the treasury

00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:37.960
 so the treasury

00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:38.480
 were these

00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.580
 three chests

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 with like

00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:41.259
 a horn shaped

00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:41.779
 funnel

00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:42.600
 and that's where

00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.139
 people would bring

00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:43.720
 their alms

00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:44.360
 and their tithes

00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.159
 and their money

00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:45.460
 gifts

00:11:45.460 --> 00:11:47.080
 so the court

00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:47.539
 of the women

00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:49.000
 was a busy place

00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:49.779
 there's money changers

00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:50.440
 there's people

00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:51.019
 bringing money

00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:52.139
 there's women

00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:52.620
 and men

00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:53.120
 it's a big

00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:53.700
 loud men

00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:55.140
 on the other

00:11:55.140 --> 00:11:55.620
 side of that

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 wall

00:11:56.040 --> 00:11:56.720
 in this

00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:57.100
 court of the

00:11:57.100 --> 00:11:57.360
 women

00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.200
 is a big

00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:58.540
 hall

00:11:58.540 --> 00:11:58.800
 like

00:11:58.800 --> 00:11:59.100
 picture

00:11:59.100 --> 00:11:59.600
 almost like

00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:00.640
 a senatorial

00:12:00.640 --> 00:12:01.220
 meeting room

00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:02.200
 that's where

00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:02.600
 the same

00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:02.900
 Hebrew

00:12:02.900 --> 00:12:03.400
 would be

00:12:03.400 --> 00:12:04.900
 so Jesus

00:12:04.900 --> 00:12:05.480
 is teaching

00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.220
 in this

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 court

00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:07.960
 and within

00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:08.660
 earshot

00:12:08.660 --> 00:12:09.300
 is the same

00:12:09.300 --> 00:12:09.640
 Hebrew

00:12:09.640 --> 00:12:10.920
 the powerful

00:12:10.920 --> 00:12:11.480
 elite

00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:12.140
 of this

00:12:12.140 --> 00:12:12.379
 church

00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:13.960
 just the day

00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:14.259
 before

00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:14.640
 they had

00:12:14.640 --> 00:12:15.000
 tried to

00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:15.320
 come and

00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:15.900
 arrest him

00:12:15.900 --> 00:12:17.220
 the officials

00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:17.879
 were hearing

00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:18.400
 this teaching

00:12:18.400 --> 00:12:19.060
 said no one

00:12:19.060 --> 00:12:19.480
 speaks with

00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:20.240
 such authority

00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:21.580
 and if the

00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:21.820
 demons

00:12:21.820 --> 00:12:22.299
 ends up

00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:22.600
 would we

00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:22.980
 arrest him

00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:23.460
 without giving

00:12:23.460 --> 00:12:24.060
 him a trial

00:12:24.060 --> 00:12:25.539
 that's the

00:12:25.539 --> 00:12:25.960
 setting from

00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:26.279
 the day

00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:26.680
 before

00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.360
 and this

00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:27.960
 next morning

00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:28.399
 the feast

00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:28.860
 is over

00:12:28.860 --> 00:12:30.519
 and the

00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:31.139
 crowds gather

00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:31.659
 around him

00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:32.120
 and form a

00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:32.759
 circle once

00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:33.159
 again

00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:34.039
 and what

00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:34.480
 is it that

00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.440
 Jesus is

00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:35.860
 doing

00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:36.940
 what does

00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:37.259
 the Bible

00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:37.659
 say

00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:39.899
 he begins

00:12:39.899 --> 00:12:40.840
 to teach

00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:42.440
 you see that

00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.919
 Jesus begins

00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.440
 to teach

00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.080
 these people

00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:45.659
 once again

00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:45.980
 who are

00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:46.539
 starving

00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:47.460
 spiritually

00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:47.919
 he is

00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:48.519
 feeding them

00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.680
 these people

00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:50.079
 were not

00:12:50.079 --> 00:12:50.620
 being fed

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 by the

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 teachers

00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.639
 of the

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 law

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 they

00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:52.199
 shouldn't

00:12:52.199 --> 00:12:52.379
 even

00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:52.839
 be called

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 that

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 they

00:12:53.939 --> 00:12:54.079
 were

00:12:54.079 --> 00:12:54.599
 more like

00:12:54.599 --> 00:12:55.919
 self-promoting

00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:56.899
 parasites

00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:57.539
 on a

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 religious

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 system

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 he is

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 not

00:12:59.379 --> 00:12:59.779
 we can

00:12:59.779 --> 00:12:59.959
 hear

00:12:59.959 --> 00:13:00.079
 the

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 Lord

00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:00.939
 Jesus

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 has

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 compassion

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 on this

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 crowd

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 they are

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 begging him

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 to come

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 back

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 and show

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 us the

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 plan of

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 redemption

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 in all

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 of our

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 history

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 these people

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 were blind

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 to the

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 promises

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 they did

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 have in

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 their

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 law

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 like

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 Isaiah

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 42

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 it

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 says

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 behold

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 my

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 servant

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 says

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 God

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 the

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 father

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 whom

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 I

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 uphold

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 and

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 whom

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 my

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 soul

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 delight

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 I

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 have

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 put

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 my

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 spirit

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 upon

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 will

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 bring

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 forth

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 justice

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 to the

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 nation

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 and I

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 will

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 lead the

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 blind

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 in a

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 way

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 they do

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 not

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 know

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 in

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 paths

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 they

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 have

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 not

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 known

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 I

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 will

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 guide

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 them

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 I

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 will

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 turn

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 the

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 darkness

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 before

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 them

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 into

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 light

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 and the

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 rough

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 places

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 I

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 will

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 make

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 level

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 ground

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 Jesus

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 is

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 teaching

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 them

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 the

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 plan

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 of

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 redemption

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 throughout

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 the

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 history

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 of their

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 nation

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 they're

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 starving

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 and

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 teaching

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 them

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 I

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 want to

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 pause

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 even

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 here

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 we

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 need

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 Christ

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 to be

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 our

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 teacher

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 just as

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 much

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 now

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 as

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 they

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 did

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 don't

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 we

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 our

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 cities

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 are

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 lit up

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 by

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 electricity

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 but we

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 live

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 in the

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 dark

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 realm

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 and unless

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 Christ

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 speaks to

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 us

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 we live

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 in that

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 darkness

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 and we

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 will not

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 be overcome

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 by the

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 darkness

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 if we're

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 with his

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 people

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 we

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 just

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 read

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 James

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 read

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 for

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 us

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 in

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 Ephesians

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 5

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 do

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 not

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 be

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 given

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 to

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 drunkenness

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 but be

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 filled

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 by the

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 spirit

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 and what

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 comes

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 next

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 is you

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 do it

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 with the

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 church

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 you sing

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 songs

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 together

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 you

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 admonish

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 one

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 another

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 so even

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 as Christ

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 is teaching

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 us

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 together

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 as a

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 church

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 he is

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 serving

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 that

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 purpose

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 in our

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 life

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 to be

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 the

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 light

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 over

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 us

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 are

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 you

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 following

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 the

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 life

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 of

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 Christ

00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:38.679
 in

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 his

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 life

00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.459
 are

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 you

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 walking

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 as a

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 pilgrim

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 through

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 the

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 death

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 and

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 destruction

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 and

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 darkness

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 blind

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 like the

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 Pharisees

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 or are you

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 walking

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 by the

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 light

00:14:50.579 --> 00:14:51.000
 of

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 Christ

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.360
 he

00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:52.799
 teaches

00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.079
 you

00:14:53.079 --> 00:14:53.919
 his

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 Holy Spirit

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 illumines

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 the

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 scripture

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 to you

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 as you

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 read it

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 you say

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 for

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 yourself

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 with your

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 loved ones

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 with your

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 family

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 Jesus

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 says

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 if you

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 listen

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 to me

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 you

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 will

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 not

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 walk

00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:04.339
 in

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 darkness

00:15:04.719 --> 00:15:05.559
 but

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 you

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 will

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 have

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 life

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 well

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 his

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 teaching

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 gets

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 interrupted

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 look at

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 verse 3

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 the

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 scribes

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 and

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 Pharisees

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 brought

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 a

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 woman

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 who

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 had

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 been

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 taught

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 in

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 adultery

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 placing

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 her

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 in

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 the

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 midst

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 so

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 you

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 need

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 to

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 picture

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 now

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 in

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 this

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 court

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 of

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 women

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 two

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 circles

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 important

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 so

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 it

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 sounds

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 confusing

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 what

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 happened

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 so

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 the

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 first

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 circle

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 is

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 the

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 outer

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 circle

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 away

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 from

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 Jesus

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 this

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 is

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 where

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 the

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 crowd

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 has

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 gathered

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 and

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 from

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 there

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 he

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 teaches

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 him

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 now

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 picture

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 the

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 Pharisees

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 and

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 scribes

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 grabbing

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 this

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 woman

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 bringing

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 her

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 now

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 into

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 the

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 middle

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 of

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 that

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 circle

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 forming

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 a

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 second

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 tighter

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 circle

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 closer

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 to

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 Jesus

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 so

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 in

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 their

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 midst

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 of

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 this

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 crowd that

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 surrounded

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 people

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 several

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 questions

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 come to

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 mind

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 that we

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 don't

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 have

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 the

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 answers

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 to

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 here

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 one

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 is

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 why

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 was

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 it

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 only

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 the

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 woman

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 brought

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 not

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 the

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 man

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 God

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 law

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 is

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 very

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 clear

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 you

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 shall

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 not

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 commit

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 adultery

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 doesn't

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 just

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 say

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 you

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 you

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 God's

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 people

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 will

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 not

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 do

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 that

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 now

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 here's

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 another

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 connection

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 is that

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 Deuteronomy

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 22

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 says that

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 if a

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 betrothed

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 girl

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 she has

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 found

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 guilty

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 she is

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 to be

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 stoned

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 it's not

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 saying it

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 needs to

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 be

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 a quick

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 murder

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 like a

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 capital

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 punishment

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 it's

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 specifically

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 calling

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 for

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 stoning

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 and

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 when you

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 think of

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 a

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 betrothed

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 girl

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 who

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 is

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 large

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 with

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 child

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 which is

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 evidence

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 that you

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 were

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 caught

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 in

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 the

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 act

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 of

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 adultery

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 who

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 comes

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 to

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 mind

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 Mary

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 is

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 another

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 of

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 Jesus

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 himself

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 right

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 of course

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 Mary did

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 not

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 commit

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 adultery

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:40.379
 but

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.620
 this

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:41.879
 scene

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.039
 is

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 very

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 powerful

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 I think

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 a great

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 insight

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 comes

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 from a

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 broader

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 context

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 from all

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 of the

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 gospels

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.060
 Mark

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 chapter

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.899
 10

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 we get

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 another

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 hint

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.120
 of

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 what's

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 going

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.000
 on

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 with

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 these

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.779
 corrupt

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 lawyers

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 some

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.440
 lawyers

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:57.659
 are

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 very

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 good

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.799
 but

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 some

00:16:59.219 --> 00:17:00.039
 obviously

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 they were

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 very

00:17:00.579 --> 00:17:01.000
 corrupt

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.899
 they make

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.259
 a case

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.699
 of Jesus

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 in Mark

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 10

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 they say

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 Moses

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 would allow

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 a certificate

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.819
 of divorce

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 and then we

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.099
 could just

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 send the

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:09.940
 woman away

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.379
 when we're

00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:10.740
 done with

00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:10.980
 it

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.899
 Jesus

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.279
 looked

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:12.639
 them in the

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 eye

00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.220
 and said

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 you are

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.119
 committed

00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:14.899
 adultery

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 you're the

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 ones who

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 deserve to

00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.000
 deserve

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 so picture

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 the other

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 thing that's

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 set up

00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:21.759
 here

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 the outer

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.819
 circle

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 represents

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 the masses

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.359
 of the

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 people

00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:25.099
 the poor

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 the peasants

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 the ones

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.500
 who are

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 spiritually

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.319
 striving

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:27.799
 they're

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.099
 the ones

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.319
 that are

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 so desperate

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.259
 that they

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.639
 will follow

00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:29.919
 Jesus

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 all around

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.159
 just to

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 get

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 food

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.720
 just to

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 have

00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:33.019
 them

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.319
 heal

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 their

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 loved

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.279
 one

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.559
 who had

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.299
 this horrible

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.779
 disease

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.319
 or maybe

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.799
 a demon

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:38.179
 but on the

00:17:38.179 --> 00:17:38.799
 inner circle

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.179
 I think

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 they're weak

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.599
 and this is a

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.359
 massive power

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:42.059
 struggle within

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.519
 Jerusalem

00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.559
 and all of

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:43.720
 this

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:43.919
 is

00:17:43.919 --> 00:17:45.039
 so you

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.379
 see what

00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:45.720
 trap

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:45.879
 they're

00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.279
 setting up

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.460
 there

00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.000
 it's a

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.200
 couple

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.460
 different

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:47.779
 things

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.220
 going on

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.419
 number

00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:48.759
 one

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:48.960
 it's

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.299
 basically

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.679
 that

00:17:49.679 --> 00:17:50.000
 are you

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.159
 with

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:51.559
 the filthy

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:51.779
 dirty

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.319
 people who

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.679
 don't know

00:17:52.679 --> 00:17:53.039
 the law

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.460
 and stand

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.779
 condemned

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:53.980
 them

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:55.200
 or

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:55.759
 are you

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:55.980
 going to

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.559
 take the

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:56.819
 side with

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.119
 the woman

00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:57.480
 that's who

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:57.660
 you're

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.420
 siding with

00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.399
 but if you

00:17:59.399 --> 00:18:00.019
 say no

00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:01.980
 don't stone

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.119
 her

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.019
 let her go

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.379
 free

00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:03.920
 then you're

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.279
 saying you

00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:04.599
 don't care

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:04.940
 about the

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.240
 law of

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.539
 God

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.259
 they're

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.559
 trying to

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.059
 trap you

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:08.220
 either way

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.619
 they're

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:08.779
 going to

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.079
 try to

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.519
 arrest

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:09.759
 him

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.579
 ultimately

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.059
 their goal

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.440
 is not

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.759
 to even

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.220
 kill her

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.399
 it's

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:13.119
 kill him

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:14.279
 can they

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.859
 trap him

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:16.839
 look at

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.279
 verse 7

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.479
 they

00:18:17.479 --> 00:18:18.000
 continue

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.479
 to ask

00:18:18.479 --> 00:18:18.639
 him

00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:19.079
 so over

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.339
 and over

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:19.539
 they're

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:19.979
 pressuring

00:18:19.979 --> 00:18:20.279
 him

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.019
 pushing

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.399
 in

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:23.219
 first time

00:18:23.219 --> 00:18:23.479
 Jesus

00:18:23.479 --> 00:18:24.059
 bows down

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.419
 and writes

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:24.699
 on the

00:18:24.699 --> 00:18:24.919
 dirt

00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:25.539
 verse 7

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.079
 says again

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.500
 he stood

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:26.779
 up

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.259
 and said

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.599
 to them

00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.979
 let him

00:18:28.979 --> 00:18:29.279
 who is

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.619
 without

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:29.899
 sin

00:18:29.899 --> 00:18:30.359
 among you

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.679
 be the

00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:31.139
 first to

00:18:31.139 --> 00:18:31.459
 throw

00:18:31.459 --> 00:18:32.419
 a stone

00:18:32.419 --> 00:18:33.059
 at

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.379
 him

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:35.399
 once more

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.599
 he

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.199
 bit down

00:18:36.199 --> 00:18:37.179
 and wrote

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.659
 on the

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.039
 ground

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:40.099
 a couple

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:40.579
 observations

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.099
 about our

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.539
 Lord's

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.019
 reply

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.699
 he wrote

00:18:43.699 --> 00:18:43.939
 on the

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:44.199
 dirt

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.600
 he was

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.000
 silent

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.920
 silent

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.559
 there's

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:48.920
 two things

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.240
 I think

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.620
 are very

00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.059
 interesting

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:51.900
 he's

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.160
 writing

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.519
 on the

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:52.819
 dirt

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:54.980
 well we

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.360
 told that

00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:55.580
 in the

00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:55.819
 Bible

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.200
 that the

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:56.400
 Lord

00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:56.799
 formed

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:56.980
 the

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.279
 man

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.700
 from the

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:57.960
 dirt

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.259
 on the

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.559
 ground

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.640
 we know

00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.080
 that every

00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:00.400
 one of

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:00.580
 us

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:02.440
 when we

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:02.680
 die

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.160
 to dust

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.539
 we shall

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:03.960
 return

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:05.840
 we don't

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.200
 know what

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.720
 he wrote

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.700
 there's no

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.059
 form of

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.559
 speculation

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.160
 but he

00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.440
 did it

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.240
 two times

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:12.019
 he

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.259
 breaks

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.580
 down

00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:13.100
 break

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.319
 by

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.779
 contact

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.000
 with

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.200
 him

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:15.440
 and he

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.839
 simply

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.119
 left

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.019
 in silence

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:18.339
 to fill

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.539
 the

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:18.819
 temple

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 and in

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 that silence

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 the law

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 of God

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 was written

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 on every

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 single

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 image bearer

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 of God

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 working on

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 the conscience

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 Romans 1

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 2

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 and 3

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 the

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 silence

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 of God

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 is a

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 terrifying

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 thing

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 we celebrate

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 how God

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 speaks

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 that's

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 something to

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 celebrate

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 we're not

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 left

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 in the

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 darkness

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 listen to

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 what the

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 Bible

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 says

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 about

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 the

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 silence

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 of

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 God

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 Habakkuk 2

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 20

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 describes the

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 Lord in

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 his holy

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 temple

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 what is that

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 called for

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 let all

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 the earth

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 keep silence

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 before him

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 in Acts 8

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 32

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 here's the

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 passage that

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 the Ethiopian

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 unit was

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 reading

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 from Philip

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 is sent to

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 St. David

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 and helped

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 him

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 out of

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 his

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 hand

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 like a

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 sheep

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 he was led

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 to the

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 slaughter

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 like a

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 lamb

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 before

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 his

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 shears

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 in silence

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 so he

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 opened

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 his mouth

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 and he

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 began

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 teaching

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 he

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 he

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 knows

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 his

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 goal

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 is to

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 be that

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 silent

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.959
 lamb

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 before

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 he

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 achieves

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 but now

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 is not

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 his

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 time

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 it

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 doesn't

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 end

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 with

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 Christ

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 being

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 slain

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 of

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 the

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 lamb

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 this

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 is

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 how

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 his

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 glorious

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 kingdom

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 talks about

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 silence

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 in the

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 eternal

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 state

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 revelation

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 8

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 1

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 when the

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 lamb

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 opened

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 the

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 seventh

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 field

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.899
 there

00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.139
 was

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.700
 silence

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 in

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 heaven

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 for

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 about

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 half

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 an

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 hour

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:03.879
 we

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 will

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 all

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.659
 hear

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.220
 the

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 silence

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.500
 of

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 the

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 lamb

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 of

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 God

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 one

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 day

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 look at

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 verse

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 9

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 when

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 Jesus

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.200
 gave

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 his

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 answer

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.059
 they

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.539
 couldn't

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 scrap

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.059
 him

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.200
 they

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.380
 went

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 away

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 one

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 by

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 one

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 beginning

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:20.960
 with

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 the

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 order

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.559
 and

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 Jesus

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.140
 was

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.380
 left

00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:23.819
 alone

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.000
 with

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 the

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 woman

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 standing

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.740
 before

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 him

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.680
 well we

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 do know

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 that

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:29.940
 the

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.220
 Pharisees

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 are going

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:30.880
 to talk

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 with him

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 again

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.539
 in

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:31.740
 verse

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.079
 15

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.420
 so they

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.559
 didn't

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:32.960
 go too

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 far

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.900
 so again

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.059
 just

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.279
 picture

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.519
 that

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 inner

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.160
 circle

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.120
 dispersing

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.559
 mainly

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:36.940
 back

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.180
 into

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.400
 the

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.720
 crowd

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.500
 and now

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.839
 Jesus

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.180
 now

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.819
 is

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.039
 going

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.279
 to

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.100
 everyone's

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.339
 eyes

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.660
 looking

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.079
 wrong

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.640
 him

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:42.740
 and

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:42.860
 the

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.120
 woman

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.839
 what

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.019
 will

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.140
 he

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.380
 say

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.539
 to

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:44.759
 her

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.519
 can

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:45.819
 Jesus

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.019
 be

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.360
 accused

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:46.559
 of

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.039
 hating

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.279
 the

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.519
 law

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.640
 of

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:47.960
 God

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.400
 is

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.519
 he

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:48.759
 really

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.019
 not

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.360
 one

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.480
 who's

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.579
 going

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.880
 to teach

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.799
 licentiousness

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:54.640
 look at

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:54.819
 her

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.059
 sin

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.420
 Jesus

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.019
 stood up

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.380
 and said

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.660
 to her

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.019
 woman

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:58.400
 where are

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.620
 they

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.279
 has

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.660
 no one

00:21:59.660 --> 00:21:59.819
 to

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.180
 condemn

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.460
 you

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.079
 he

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.299
 said

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.579
 no

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:01.799
 one

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.660
 see

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:03.819
 the

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.120
 light

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.519
 shining

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.819
 again

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:04.940
 in

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.039
 the

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.420
 darkness

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.240
 the

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.539
 darkness

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.039
 pushing

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.259
 in

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.399
 the

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.659
 darkness

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.119
 cannot

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.879
 overcome

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.519
 his

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.920
 light

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.200
 the

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.500
 light

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.659
 of

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:11.980
 Christ

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.259
 has

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.819
 shielded

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.319
 this

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.639
 sinner

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:16.039
 she

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.460
 cannot

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.819
 be

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.379
 condemned

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:17.879
 by

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.259
 fellow

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.819
 sinners

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:20.220
 but she

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.440
 also

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.759
 can't

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:20.920
 be

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.440
 justified

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.180
 by

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.519
 any

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.899
 sinner

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:25.159
 Jesus

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:25.700
 stands

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.139
 near her

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.599
 and says

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:28.180
 I

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.399
 am

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.619
 your

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:28.940
 shield

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:30.200
 I

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.420
 will

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.779
 stand

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.039
 by

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.279
 you

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.400
 I

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.559
 will

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:32.759
 be

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.360
 condemned

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.059
 in

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.420
 your

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.160
 sin

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.840
 if

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.000
 you're

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.140
 in

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.400
 Christ

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.640
 that's

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:37.779
 the

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.019
 same

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.460
 promise

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.900
 as

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.039
 you

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.299
 that's

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.400
 what

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.539
 we

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.799
 see

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:39.960
 in

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.160
 this

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.580
 beautiful

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:41.000
 hymn

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.640
 there was

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.019
 a woman

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.440
 bearing

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.120
 shame

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.480
 and

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.100
 scoffing

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:46.160
 guilty

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.600
 and

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.059
 hopeless

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.960
 where

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.220
 that

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.519
 woman

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.620
 caught

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:50.880
 in the

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.120
 eyes

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.440
 of

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.740
 sin

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:53.559
 but now

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:53.900
 because

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.079
 of

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.319
 Christ

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.539
 we

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:54.720
 can

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.000
 see

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.880
 bearing

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.500
 shame

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.880
 and

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.519
 scoffing

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.000
 rude

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.559
 in

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:58.859
 my

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.299
 place

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.900
 condemned

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.480
 he

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.799
 stood

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.700
 sealed

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:01.980
 my

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.339
 pardon

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.660
 with

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.160
 his

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.680
 blood

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.799
 hallelujah

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.500
 what

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.819
 a

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.180
 savior

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.880
 guilty

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.559
 helpless

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 lost

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 were we

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 blameless

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 lamb

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 of God

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 was he

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 sacrificed

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 to set

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 us

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 free

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 hallelujah

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 what

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 a

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 savior

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 so

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 Jesus

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 says to

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 her

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 neither

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 do

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 I

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 condemn

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 you

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 from

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 now

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 on

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 go

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 and

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 sin

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 no

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 more

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 what

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 is the

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 motivation

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 for

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 obeying

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 your

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 savior

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 what

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 is your

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 motivation

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 for

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 walking

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 in the

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 light

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 of

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 life

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 it's

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 gratitude

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 it's

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 gratitude

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 you are

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 not

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 condemned

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 go and

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 sin

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 no

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 more

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 out

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 of

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 gratitude

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 in

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 Christ

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 there

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 is

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 no

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 license

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 for

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 sin

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 in

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 Christ

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 there

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 is

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 perfect

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 love

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 you are

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 under

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 the

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 rule

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 of

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 Christ

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 which

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 is

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 love

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 you

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 obey

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 as a

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 child

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 whose

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 father

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 loves

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 you

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 and

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 son

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 and

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 his

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 son

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 has adopted

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 you

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 because

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 of

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 Christ

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 standing

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 in your

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 place

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 love

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 to

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 are

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 are

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 you

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 walking

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 in the

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 light

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 of

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 life

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 as many

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 days

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 as God

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 gives

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 you on

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 this earth

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 you are

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 called to be

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 a pilgrim

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 in the

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 present realm

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 of death

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 and darkness

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 Have you seen death and darkness this week?

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 I have.

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 Hold on to the promise that the light of the kingdom of heaven has dawned in Christ.

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 He is the light for his people.

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 He is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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 Behold Jesus.

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 He commands you, go and sin no more.

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 Jesus says, if you obey me, you will not walk in darkness,

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 but you will have the light of life.

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 So that's the sentence.

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 Now come those words from the lips of my Savior himself.

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 Everyone in the crowd, maybe some of you today are standing there,

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 I haven't figured out who Jesus really is.

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 And that's okay, you're hearing his gospel, his own words from scripture.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 You need to answer this question.

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 In verse 12, Jesus says, I am the light of the world.

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 To those in his audience, this would have brought to mind several images.

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 Why did they have this illumination ceremony?

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 Why did they raise up these porches way up high in the sky like this?

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 They were reminding the people that God is their leader.

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 He will lead them through the darkness of the wilderness like a pillar of fire.

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 They had to dwell in booths and tents and pack it all up every day and sojourn and travel and be pilgrims.

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 But they were not alone.

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 God's very presence was with them.

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 No one brought along oil.

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 This was not a man-made magic show.

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 This was the glory cloud, the glory fire of God himself with his people.

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 And when the cloud of fire moved, the pillars would move at night, they would march.

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 They would follow him through the wilderness.

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 That's what's on everyone's mind right now.

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 And the promise of the Messiah will come.

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 And he will dwell with you, the glory fire of God with his people.

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 Jesus said, I am the light of the world.

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 I am the glory presence of God.

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 I am the pillar of fire.

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 I am that flaming cloud that leads you.

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 I am the light of God to all nations, not just Jerusalem, not just Israel, to the ends of the earth.

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 I am the one who fulfills Isaiah 42.

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 It's through the justice of my kingdom that all the coastlands will have the law of God.

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 They've been waiting for the one Redeemer, just as you have.

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 It's for all nations that I have come.

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 He says, I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, and in paths that they have not known, I will guide them.

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 Whoever follows me, Jesus says, will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

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 You will have the light of life, Jesus promises.

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 He promises to turn the darkness into light before you.

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 The rough places he will make level ground.

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 Jesus promises to guide you, church, his people now, through this wilderness.

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 He is the same light that led the people of Israel as a picture, so that you can have faith now today, church.

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 He is the Shekinah glory of God, always represented as light.

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 This is who Jesus Christ is.

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:06.720
 He's not like John the Baptist who was a torch pointing to the one who would come.

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 He's not just a spotlight serving that purpose as an instrument.

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 Jesus is the essence of light itself.

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 These man-made torches were putting out light into the darkness.

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 Jesus is not the fire.

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 He is the light, the essence of God himself.

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:27.839
 See, God is spirit, and our physical eyes can't see God.

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 But the glorious attributes of God, all that he is, they are radiated and refracted out through the person of Jesus Christ.

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 He is light.

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 He is the light of light.

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 Who is Jesus to you?

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:59.120
 If Jesus is not your light of light, then you are still under the bondage of sin and death and darkness.

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:11.939
 Jesus, Jude 1 says, we read that God has put the rebellious fallen angels, demons, in eternal chains, under gloomy darkness, until the judgment of the great day.

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 See, the demons, the powers of darkness, are in chains now.

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 And they're still causing damage and destruction, but they're under the chains of God, and they will be judged one day, finally and fully.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:35.799
 And if you are not in the light, in the light of Christ, you are still under the destructive power of those dark forces.

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:41.299
 Ephesians 6.12 says,

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:44.279
 Ephesians 6.12 says it this way.

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 When true Christians wrestle against sin, Satan, and death,

00:29:54.399 --> 00:30:00.180
 you are not wrestling against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, the authorities, against the cosmic powers.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.779
 Listen to how God's going to do.

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:05.259
 Those powers rule over this present darkness.

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:14.759
 You are too weak outside of Christ to live.

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.079
 You will be devoured.

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 You will be devoured by sin in you and by sin in the world, and the wages of sin is death.

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:36.160
 But if you are in Christ, if you are following the light of life, you have the promise that he will show you how to live in such a dark world.

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:40.300
 He will be your light for you, and you must follow him, Jesus says.

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:46.859
 And if you follow me, you will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.059
 That's what Jesus is.

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:52.079
 He is the light of God given to the world.

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.079
 So what?

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.500
 First part.

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 So what?

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 I break down the next verses, 21 through 30, into four responses.

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 Four reasons why you cannot leave here without responding to Christ.

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 Number one.

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 Number one.

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 What Jesus is preaching is that you must trust me.

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:20.720
 He says, my testimony is true.

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.720
 I am my own witness.

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 I am God self-revealing to you.

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.580
 Look at verses 14 and 15.

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 I know where I came from.

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 I know where I am going.

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 Verse 21, he says, you will seek me.

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:36.880
 Where I am going, you cannot come.

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:40.759
 Verse 22, the Jews said, will he kill himself?

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.780
 Will he commit suicide?

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 Because we know that's illegal.

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.600
 No, it could be that.

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 Jesus said to them, you are from below.

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:49.720
 Verse 23, I am from above.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.420
 You are of this world.

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.700
 I am not of this world.

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.400
 Do you trust what I am doing?

00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:03.220
 You must trust what I am revealing is true.

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.720
 1 Timothy 3.16

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:11.840
 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of Godliness.

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:16.519
 He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit,

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:19.880
 seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations,

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:24.280
 believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:30.200
 And we trust how God has revealed himself in Christ.

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:34.960
 Here's the second, so what?

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:41.099
 Without Christ's light, you are blind,

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:47.819
 and your foolish, fleshly mind is darkened.

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:53.740
 In verse 18, he says,

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:56.519
 I have a divine nature.

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.500
 The Father bears witness to me.

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:03.279
 But you don't know the Father.

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:05.379
 So your minds are darkened.

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.639
 You can't believe me.

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.299
 You're outside of me.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.619
 How can you see my glory?

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:12.200
 Colossians 1, this is this way,

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:15.339
 that Christ's ministry through his church is exactly that,

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:17.659
 to make the word of God fully known.

00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:20.939
 The mystery hidden for ages and generations,

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.959
 but now revealed to the saints.

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:26.019
 To them God chose to make known

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:29.720
 how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.039
 of this mystery, which is Christ in you,

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:33.879
 the hope of glory.

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:36.480
 Jesus says, trust in me.

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:38.559
 And I open your eyes.

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.880
 See, the Father bears witness.

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.680
 You hear the gospel.

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.839
 My spirit gives you life,

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.220
 so you can behold me.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.099
 And when you behold me, you believe.

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:51.839
 But without my life, you are in darkness.

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.980
 Here's the third, so what?

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.860
 If you are still in darkness,

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.299
 you get a stern warning.

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:02.559
 Without Christ's light, here's his warning.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.579
 Look at verse 21.

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:07.980
 He says, you will die in your sins.

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:10.960
 In verse 24, Jesus says,

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:14.679
 unless you believe that I am God,

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.639
 you will die in your own sins.

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.940
 See, the light of God,

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:24.679
 that fire, glory, light,

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:27.739
 it's meant to illumine and to draw you.

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.719
 But those who approach God

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:31.939
 without reverence,

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.219
 without a contrite spirit of repentance,

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.759
 that same fire,

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:38.000
 that same glory of God consumes.

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.859
 Deuteronomy 4.11,

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:42.319
 Moses told the people,

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:43.819
 your forefathers came

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:45.179
 and stood at the foot of the mountain.

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:47.139
 Listen to how this mountain of God

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.799
 is described.

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:50.000
 The mountain was burned with fire

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:52.000
 through the heart of heaven,

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:53.519
 wrapped in darkness,

00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:55.500
 cloud in gloom.

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:57.059
 Leviticus 9.24,

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:59.400
 fire came out from before the Lord

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:01.340
 and consumed the burnt offerings

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.139
 and the pieces of fat on the altar.

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.059
 And when all the people saw it,

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:08.059
 they shouted and fell on their faces.

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.639
 See, God's glory,

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.340
 God's shining glory,

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:17.000
 is refracted through Christ as justice.

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:19.559
 The justice of God

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.619
 is shown nowhere more clearly

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:24.079
 than in the person of Jesus Christ.

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:30.760
 Isaiah 33 says it this way,

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:33.519
 that the sinners in God's kingdom

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.460
 who were afraid,

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.599
 who trembled at God,

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:38.380
 and who were seized by their sins,

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.800
 they knew they were godless.

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.880
 When they approached God,

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:43.219
 they knew that His justice

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.360
 would consume those

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.840
 who did not walk righteously

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:48.200
 and who did not speak uprightly.

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.800
 So God's people,

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.039
 when they behold His glory

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.640
 and His justice,

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.980
 they respond by saying,

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.539
 who among us

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:57.120
 can dwell with the consuming fire?

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.300
 Who among us

00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:01.500
 can dwell with everlasting burnings?

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:06.200
 If you behold God's glory in Jesus,

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.320
 you will know

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.320
 you cannot stand before Him

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:11.620
 by your own merit.

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.700
 2 Thessalonians 1,

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.359
 When the Lord Jesus

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:16.500
 is revealed from heaven

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.619
 with His mighty angels

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:19.000
 in flaming fire,

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.439
 as that image again,

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:22.099
 He will inflict vengeance

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:24.219
 on those who do not know God,

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.460
 on those who do not obey

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:28.919
 the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:31.259
 See the glory cloud of God,

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.759
 the consuming fire,

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:34.099
 that Jesus says,

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:37.059
 I am that firelight to the world.

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:40.039
 It's Jesus coming with the angels

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:41.900
 like a flaming army.

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:44.119
 And those who are not in His kingdom

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.119
 will be devoured

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:48.619
 because God is most just.

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:51.099
 There is no middle ground.

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.219
 You bow the knee to Christ

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.340
 now by faith

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:56.380
 in a contract heart,

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.279
 repenting,

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.519
 confessing your sin,

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.300
 your need for Him

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.980
 as your Savior,

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.460
 and you have life

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.460
 by His life.

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:05.139
 You reject Christ.

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.599
 You remain under the bondage

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:09.300
 of darkness and death

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.380
 and redeemers.

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:13.119
 Jesus said in verse 21

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.119
 and verse 24,

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.760
 you will die

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:19.059
 in your sins.

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:23.380
 But the promise

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.699
 is just as glorious.

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.840
 If you know me

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:27.000
 as your Savior

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.880
 and your Lord,

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:29.219
 you will not die

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.779
 in your sins,

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:31.239
 but you will have

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.880
 the light of life.

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.380
 This is the fourth

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.380
 so what for you?

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.199
 Believe

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:39.219
 that God is most

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.940
 gracious

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.860
 through Christ.

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.159
 See,

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.940
 through Christ,

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.039
 it's the glorious

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.119
 grace of God

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.880
 that shines forth.

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:49.280
 He pictured the temple

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.960
 and the hills,

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.420
 the people ascending.

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:53.059
 He pictured Calvary

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.820
 with the cross.

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.740
 And on Good Friday,

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.440
 darkness.

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:02.420
 In a spiritual sense,

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.740
 the cross becomes

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.820
 the pillar of fire.

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.700
 The cross becomes

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:08.300
 the torch ablaze

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.980
 so the world

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.760
 can look on

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.400
 at Christ.

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.760
 And you see

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.920
 the justice of God

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.700
 on the cross

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.460
 and you see

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.660
 the grace of God

00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:16.860
 through Christ.

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.880
 poured out,

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.740
 proclaimed,

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.519
 declared,

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.519
 lifted up

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.740
 on that mountain,

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.720
 that glory light

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:25.039
 shining out now

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.980
 of the grace

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:27.220
 of Jesus Christ.

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.840
 Look at verse 28.

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.860
 Jesus said to them,

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.619
 when you have

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.420
 lifted up

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.660
 the Son of Man,

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.260
 see,

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.980
 a light is not

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.460
 meant to be

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.980
 tucked away

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.860
 and put under something.

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:38.039
 The light is meant

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.099
 to be put on display.

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.480
 And the cross of Jesus

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.559
 is on display

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.539
 on Calvary

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.579
 for all the world

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.079
 to see.

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.639
 Then you will know

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.119
 that I am

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.299
 he,

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.920
 Jesus said,

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.739
 and that I do

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.920
 nothing by my own

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.759
 authority.

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.420
 He's fulfilling

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.579
 what Isaiah prophesied

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.539
 in Isaiah 53,

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:52.980
 9.

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.139
 There was no

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.980
 deceit

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:56.079
 in his mouth.

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.799
 He only speaks

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.440
 as the Father

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.460
 taught him.

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.759
 Look at verse 29.

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.760
 God,

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:04.140
 he who sent me

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:05.520
 is with me.

00:39:06.020 --> 00:39:06.620
 He has not

00:39:06.620 --> 00:39:07.600
 left me alone,

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:09.120
 for I always do

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:10.040
 the things

00:39:10.040 --> 00:39:10.760
 that are pleasing

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.980
 to him.

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:15.040
 God being just

00:39:15.040 --> 00:39:16.680
 and God being gracious

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.700
 was pleased

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:20.500
 to offer his Son,

00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:21.520
 his only Son,

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.400
 on the cross.

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:24.100
 Isaiah 53 says,

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:25.360
 it was the will

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.940
 of the Lord

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.840
 to crush him.

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.100
 Surely,

00:39:28.520 --> 00:39:29.320
 he has borne

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.060
 our griefs

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.539
 and carried

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.400
 our sorrows,

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.039
 yet we

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.619
 have seemed

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.840
 him stricken,

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.279
 smitten,

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.380
 afflicted by God.

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.779
 Who has believed

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.719
 what he has

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.599
 heard from us?

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.159
 And to whom

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.739
 has the arm

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.179
 of the Lord

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.900
 been revealed?

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.380
 All we like

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.860
 sheep have

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.559
 gone astray.

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.739
 We have turned

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.460
 everyone to

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.079
 his own way,

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:47.900
 and the Lord

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.820
 has laid on him

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.860
 the iniquity

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.940
 of us all.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.400
 He was pierced

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.579
 for our transgressions.

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.699
 He was crushed

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:56.239
 for our iniquities.

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.259
 Upon him

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:58.340
 was the chastisement

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:59.280
 that brought

00:39:59.280 --> 00:39:59.980
 us peace,

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.120
 and by his

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:01.480
 wounds,

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:03.760
 we are healed.

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:09.680
 Are you following

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:11.200
 the light of life?

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.280
 Jesus says,

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.540
 believe in me,

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.880
 and you will not

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:18.540
 walk in darkness.

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:19.960
 You will have

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.860
 the light of life.

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:25.420
 How do you know

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:27.400
 if you have

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:28.180
 the light of life?

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.039
 If you have

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.880
 the very essence

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:31.220
 of God with you?

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.099
 Well, Jesus

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:35.120
 promises that

00:40:35.120 --> 00:40:36.579
 after he's lifted up,

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:38.079
 many who are

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.700
 hearing him teach

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.360
 will believe.

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.900
 And look how

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:42.019
 our passage is today.

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.900
 Look at verse 30.

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.400
 As he was teaching,

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.960
 many believed.

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:50.360
 You can believe

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.200
 today as well.

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.760
 And you can have

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.260
 that assurance

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:54.099
 that you have

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:55.099
 the light of life.

00:40:56.120 --> 00:40:56.720
 That assurance

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:57.640
 is a gift to you

00:40:57.640 --> 00:40:58.579
 when the Holy Spirit

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.500
 of God himself

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.920
 made available to you,

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.840
 poured out through

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.780
 the cross of Jesus,

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:04.019
 the Holy Spirit

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.599
 in the people of God.

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:08.240
 And as we gather

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:08.980
 as a church

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.880
 of saved sinners,

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.559
 that's exactly

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:11.120
 who we are,

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.960
 nothing more,

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.620
 nothing less.

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:14.120
 We rejoice

00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:15.539
 because that Holy Spirit

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.920
 gives us the assurance

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.840
 that we have

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:19.079
 his light in us now.

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.019
 He does not

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.980
 leave us alone.

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.340
 He is physically,

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.800
 bodily,

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:24.360
 resurrected in heaven,

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.760
 but in his majesty

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.559
 and in his spirit,

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:28.360
 he is very near to us

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.320
 and you will never

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:31.760
 leave his people alone.

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:35.099
 Do you see

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:37.240
 the glory fire of God

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:39.219
 lifted up on the cross

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:40.179
 of Jesus Christ,

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:41.599
 put on display

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.679
 so you can believe?

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:45.079
 He took the just

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.320
 wrath of God

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:47.480
 in your place

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.579
 so that through

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.679
 that same cross

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.960
 you can come now

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.639
 freely

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:52.719
 and receive

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:54.320
 the life everlasting

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.820
 of the age to come.

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:57.539
 It's been inaugurated now.

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:59.219
 His kingdom has dawned

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:00.880
 in this dark age.

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.760
 Behold King Jesus,

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:05.280
 there is no other Savior.

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.920
 Be sure that he is your Lord.

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.079
 Listen to him.

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.099
 Believe him.

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.219
 Obey him.

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.219
 Trust him.

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.779
 And keep following

00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:15.859
 the light of life.

00:42:16.819 --> 00:42:17.259
 Let's pray.

00:42:22.879 --> 00:42:24.379
 O loving God,

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.239
 you are faithful

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:28.319
 to keep your covenant.

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:31.359
 We confess that you,

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:31.939
 Lord Jesus,

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:34.599
 are the great I am.

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:36.379
 You are the light

00:42:36.379 --> 00:42:36.939
 of the world.

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:40.340
 We trust

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:42.079
 that Jesus Christ

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:43.059
 was consumed

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.960
 on the cross

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:45.200
 as the Lamb of God

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:47.159
 so that your judgment

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:48.179
 might rightly

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.460
 pass over your people.

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:50.920
 You were crushed

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.720
 for our sins.

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:53.539
 You were lifted up

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:54.940
 on the cross

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:56.740
 that we might believe.

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:59.039
 May the gospel

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.920
 of your life,

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:00.760
 death,

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.559
 and resurrection

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:03.200
 now be lifted up

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:04.019
 through your church,

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.200
 through our lives,

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:06.039
 as a torch

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.300
 for the world

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:07.860
 to see

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:09.079
 and have faith

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:10.440
 that Jesus Christ

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:11.019
 alone

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:12.139
 is our only hope

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:13.019
 in life

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.920
 and in death.

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:15.019
 We trust you, Lord Jesus.

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:15.980
 Amen.